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Daily Majors: Rubin Labroo Crushes the Tuesday Flagships, Wins Two Headline Tournaments & ₹5.58 Lakhs in Prize Money!
In line with the usual trend, the Tuesday MTTs clocked in better turnouts than Monday. But there`s a lot more to come as the week ahead promises to be laced with exciting online and live action with the country`s biggest online tournament, ENDBOSS, scheduled to start tonight. The third edition of the ₹5 Crores GTD ENDBOSS returns as part of PokerBaazi`s ongoing #BaaziBillion promotion at 8 PM tonight. There are five scheduled starting flights on the tap, followed by Day 2 on Sunday, where one lucky player will walk away with at least ₹1 Crore in prize money!
The vast majority of the MTT crowd has already arrived in Jhapa, Nepal, for the IPC Megastacks! The four-event series will host its first scheduled event, the ₹25K Kick-Off at Casino Vegas by Big Daddy in Hotel Mechhi from 5 PM onwards today. The PokerGuru coverage team will be posting daily reports of all the action from the venue!
Coming back to the Tuesday headlines, the 2020 India Poker Champion Rubin Labroo single-handedly crushed the primetime tournaments! The MTT pro won two featured events and cashed a third, altogether banking ₹5.58 Lakhs! Labroo`s terrific Tuesday run pushed him past ₹1 Crore in annual winnings. The former PPL Main Event champion won PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour (for the third time) for ₹2.73 Lakhs and Spartan Poker’s Mega Stack (for the second time) for ₹2.67 Lakhs.
Anirudh Reddy finished runner-up in Spartan Poker’s Mega Stack for ₹1.78 Lakhs.
PokerStars India user ‘snehadl’ championed the Bounty Builder HR (On-time Rake Refund) for ₹2.55 Lakhs (₹1.40 Lakhs in bounties), with the former Millionaire LITE winner Sreekanth Narayan collecting ₹1.28 Lakhs (₹13,125 in bounties) in second place.
Like Rubin Labroo, Vikram Ved Batra was another player bagging two titles. He won PokerBaazi’s Daily SPRINT (₹91,174) and PokerStars India’s UppercutMini (₹40,613) for a total take-home worth ₹1.37 Lakhs.
One of the top-ranked players in the annual TLB standings, Kunal Yadav, took down PokerBaazi`s (7-Max) SPRINT for the second time for ₹1.23 Lakhs after striking a heads-up deal with ‘upswing4eva’ (2nd for ₹1.13 Lakhs).
The #2 ranked player of the month and the recent SCS Main Event champion, PokerGuru Ambassador Tarush Gupta, added another title to his tally by shipping Spartan Poker`s The Race for the second time for ₹74,084. He struck a heads-up deal with Tanmay Hazra (2nd for ₹60,719).
Suraj Arora, Karan Malhotra, Subhajit Das, Karan Sitlani, Manash Kalita, Partho Dutta, Jagat Bhandari, Mohak Kapoor, Noel Pais, and Anurag Rawat won the other Tuesday marquees!
Here are the Tuesday highlights.
Spartan Poker
Mega Stack – ₹12.50 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹3,300
Entries – 205
Re-entries – 77
Rebuys – 162
Prize Pool – ₹13,32,000
Places Paid – 39
We had reached out to Rubin Labroo a few days ago to confirm if he would be defending his IPC Main Event title at the soon-to-start IPC Megastacks. While we were disappointed to hear he won’t be making the trip to Nepal, we know now that this won`t keep him away from the spotlight.
As a precursor to what we hope will be a busy week for the MTT reg, the former PPL Main Event champion took down two headline tournaments yesterday. One of them was Spartan Poker`s ₹12.50 Lakhs GTD Mega Stack – which dropped the Millionaire Bubble branding this week. He topped a 444-entry field to win the Tuesday flagship for the second time for ₹2.67 Lakhs. Anirudh ‘flash’ Reddy finished runner-up for ₹1.78 Lakhs.
If that was not enough, the 2020 India Poker Champion also won PokerBaazi’s ₹12 Lakhs GTD The Endeavour – his third time doing so – for a better ₹2.73 Lakhs via a three-way deal. He posted another deep run in Adda52`s The Mint, netting ₹5.58 Lakhs across his trailblazing Tuesday run, crossing ₹1 Crore in annual winnings.
His Tuesday finishes include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour for ₹2.73 Lakhs
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s Mega Stack for ₹2.67 Lakhs
> 14th in Adda52’s The Mint for ₹14,035
Rubin Labroo’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.32 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.61 Crores | Annual Winnings: ₹1 Crore | No. of Titles in 2022: #7
Vaibhav ‘Nikka Zaildar’ Sharma ITM-ed three events for ₹87,721 cumulatively. His Tuesday finishes include:
> 7th in Spartan Poker’s Mega Stack for ₹45,688
> 8th in PokerStars India’s Bounty Builder HR for ₹32,138
> 28th in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour for ₹9,895
Vaibhav Sharma’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.33 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.94 Crores
Final Table Results
- Rubin ‘OMG_s1mple’ Labroo – ₹2,67,066
- Anirudh ‘flash’ Reddy – ₹1,77,556
- AkkiDan7777 – ₹1,29,870
- jabwebet – ₹1,04,828
- Debneil ‘ChhotaDon’ Mukherjee – ₹82,184
- Nitin ‘NITINABD’ Rawat – ₹62,204
- Vaibhav ‘Nikka Zaildar’ Sharma – ₹45,688
- Akshat ‘doubledown’ Sharma – ₹33,566
The Race – ₹3 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 119
Re-entries – 32
Rebuys – 72
Prize Pool – ₹3,34,500
Places Paid – 20
Winning his first title since taking down the SCS Main Event earlier this month, PokerGuru Ambassador Tarush ‘Tarush123’ Gupta came out on top in Spartan Poker’s ₹3 Lakhs GTD The Race, netting ₹74,084 (his second time winning the Tuesday marquee). Tanmay ‘tanmay007’ Hazra settled for a runner-up payday worth ₹60,719, courtesy of a heads-up deal.
Tarush Gupta crossed the money line in two other events, cumulatively earning ₹87,435. His Tuesday finishes include:
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s The Race for ₹74,084
> 22nd in PokerStars India’s Bounty Builder HR for ₹9,625
> 39th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹3,726
Tarush Gupta’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.57 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹49.29 Lakhs | Annual Winnings: ₹59.70 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #10
Final Table Results
- Tarush ‘Tarush123’ Gupta – ₹74,084*
- Tanmay ‘tanmay007’ Hazra – ₹60,719*
- AtomicVendetta – ₹35,959
- LIVETODIEANOTHERDAY – ₹29,704
- WW22 – ₹23,850
- Sami5 – ₹18,699
- Nitin ‘Demogorgon’ Arora – ₹14,016
- abhi046rko – ₹10,370
*denotes a heads-up deal
‘prnvkpr’ (Won Sunday Monster Stack ₹2.25 Lakhs GTD for ₹59,063), ‘Sami5’ (Won Sundowner ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD for ₹44,826), ‘simsimpola’ (Won Night Rider – DeepStack ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD for ₹36,757), ‘skylark77’ (Won Epic ₹80K GTD for ₹20,588), ‘BoomTheBlunt1’ (Won The Centurion ₹50K GTD for ₹10,025), ‘cryme’ (Won Striker ₹18K GTD for ₹4,529), and ‘killerOP’ (Won 6 Card PLO – Epic ₹12K GTD for ₹3,583) championed the other Tuesday marquees on Spartan Poker.
PokerBaazi
The Endeavour – ₹12 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹3,850
Entries – 247
Re-entries – 209
Prize Pool – ₹15,96,000
Places Paid – 54
The ₹3,850 buy-in event ran from 8 PM to 3.31 AM, and the top 54 finishers earned a share from the ₹15.96 Lakhs prize pool.
The 2020 India Poker Champion Rubin ‘kornkid‘ Labroo was an unstoppable force last night. Some 20-odd minutes before he took down Spartan Poker`s Mega Stack, the MTT reg ran past the 456-player field in PokerBaazi`s The Endeavour, clinching the Tuesday title for the third time for ₹2.73 Lakhs. Labroo chopped the title three-way with ‘ssssss‘ (2nd for ₹2.34 Lakhs) and ‘acenogood‘ (3rd for ₹1.83 Lakhs).
Rubin Labroo’s Tuesday finishes include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour for ₹2.73 Lakhs
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s Mega Stack for ₹2.67 Lakhs
> 14th in Adda52’s The Mint for ₹14,035
Rubin Labroo’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.32 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.61 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #7
Final Table Results
- Rubin ‘kornkid’ Labroo – ₹2,73,432*
- ssssss – ₹2,33,776*
- acenogood – ₹1,83,062*
- ramankr888 – ₹1,06,932
- Pavankiran ‘rootahuamachi’ Bellamkonda – ₹80,279
- Mohit ‘thejoker’ Mehta – ₹64,319
- Vishnu ‘violator’ Khandelwal – ₹53,626
- Kunal ‘VasooliChacha’ Patni – ₹42,773
*denotes a three-way deal
SPRINT – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 251
Re-entries – 209
Prize Pool – ₹6,90,000
Places Paid – 54
One of the most consistent winners in the mid-stakes MTTs, Kunal ‘callmeifyoucan‘ Yadav, traversed the 460-entry field in PokerBaazi`s (7-Max) SPRINT, winning the title for the second time for ₹1.23 Lakhs. The user ‘upswing4eva‘ collected ₹1.13 Lakhs in second place, courtesy of a heads-up deal.
Kunal Yadav’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.05 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹20.16 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #12 | Ranked #8 in the 2022 TLB (Points) Standings
Final Table Results
- Kunal ‘callmeifyoucan’ Yadav – ₹1,22,908*
- upswing4eva – ₹1,13,003*
- shipittodaddy – ₹62,514
- Mohak ‘Tiltin’ Kapoor – ₹46,230
- Karan ‘Apocalypto’ Radia – ₹34,707
- Ankit ’tiltplay’ Khattar – ₹27,807
- stonedurrr – ₹23,184
*denotes a heads-up deal
(7-Max) Daily SPRINT – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 135
Re-entries – 107
Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Places Paid – 27
Online regular Vikram ‘vikrambatra’ Ved Batra was another chartbuster like Labroo, who bagged two titles. He most prominently won PokerBaazi`s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹91,174 following a three-way deal with site-reg Vivek ‘Vivek769’ Rawat (2nd for ₹87,265) and ‘naughtydude911’ (3rd for ₹74,860).
Vikram Ved Batra also shipped PokerStars India`s Uppercut Mini, rounding up ₹1.32 Lakhs in Tuesday winnings. His ITM finishes include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹91,174
> 1st in PokerStars India’s Uppercut Mini for ₹40,613
His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹66.53 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹17.46 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #6
The 7:30 PM marquee logged in 242 entries, falling eight players short of hitting its 250-player guarantee.
Final Table Results
- Vikram ‘vikrambatra’ Ved Batra – ₹91,174*
- Vivek ‘Vivek769’ Rawat – ₹87,265*
- naughtydude911 – ₹74,860*
- espanoza – ₹39,300
- Vaibhav ‘vaibhi18’ Arora – ₹29,500
- Pranav ‘openended’ Mago – ₹23,600
- Kovid ‘fzzzyyy’ Saraswat – ₹19,600
*denotes a three-way deal
Karan ‘karangogi‘ Malhotra (Won Holdem BOOST ₹3 Lakhs GTD for ₹66,270), Subhajit ‘redstriker‘ Das (Won Daily BOOST ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹65,830), ‘Openhand‘ (Won Afternoon BOOST ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹57,730), Karan ‘collingwood‘ Sitlani (Won Daily Night SPRINT ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹50,190), Manash ‘ravenclaws‘ Kalita (Won Hyper SPRINT ₹2 Lakhs GTD for ₹42,400), ‘Vishesh07‘ (Won SPRINT ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹41,510), ‘Amol18‘ (Won Evening SPRINT ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹32,140), ‘blazin666‘ (Won Daily Afternoon SPRINT ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹26,800), ‘Radheyk3‘ (Won Daily ₹50K GTD for ₹15,690), Mohak ‘Tiltin‘ Kapoor (Won PLO Daily ₹40K GTD for ₹11,660), and Noel ‘noelpais‘ Pais (Won Turbo Megastack ₹30K GTD for ₹9,340) won the other PokerBaazi marquees.
PokerStars India
Bounty Builder HR (On-time Rake Refund) – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹7,700
Entries – 55
Re-entries – 64
Total Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000
Regular Prize Pool – ₹5,83,500
Bounty Prize Pool – ₹4,16,500
Places Paid – 13
Spearheading the Tuesday action on PokerStars India was the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Bounty Builder HR (On-time Rake Refund). The 8 PM bounty event signed up 119 entrants, registering an overlay shortfall of ₹1.67 Lakhs.
It was 2.25 AM by the time the last hand was deal, with the user ‘snehadl’ walking away with the title and the ₹2.55 Lakhs up-top (₹1.40 Lakhs in bounties). Sreekanth ‘LaganaHiToHai’ Narayan finished runner-up for ₹1.28 Lakhs (₹13,125 in bounties).
The first-ever NPS Main Event champion & the #1 ranked player of the week, Mohammad ‘Bund_Blaster’ Azhar, pulled out another prolific run last night, cashing five events (including two FT scores) for ₹1.81 Lakhs (overall).
His Tuesday finishes include:
> 3rd in PokerStars India’s Bounty Builder HR for ₹1.17 Lakhs
> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s Holdem BOOST for ₹46,500
> 9th in Adda52’s Voyager for ₹6,180
> 16th in PokerBaazi’s Daily SPRINT for ₹6,000
> 15th in Spartan Poker’s The Race for ₹5,362
Mohammad Azhar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.53 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.08 Crores | Annual Winnings: ₹1.48 Crores | Ranked #4 in the 2022 Winnings Leaderboard (Total Cashed) | Ranked #1 in the Weekly Leaderboard Standings
Final Table Results (Including Bounties)
- snehadl – ₹2,54,679
- Sreekanth ‘LaganaHiToHai’ Narayan – ₹1,28,132
- Mohammad ‘Bund_Blaster’ Azhar – ₹1,17,216
- Neel ‘Worm236’ Joshi – ₹78,650
- Arsh ‘BiggggTymeR’ Grover – ₹71,526
- Ranjeet ‘Bedevilforyou’ Negi – ₹48,534
- Amit ‘the_ziro’ J – ₹46,219
- Vaibhav ‘GTO_LIFE_GG’ Sharma – ₹32,138
- Dhinesh ‘you3betl4bet’ Kumar – ₹30,637
Uppercut Mini – ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,375
Entries – 77
Re-entries – 45
Regular Prize Pool – ₹98,750
Bounty Prize Pool – ₹76,250
Total Prize Pool – ₹1,75,000
Places Paid – 14
The 9:30 PM bounty attraction, ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD Uppercut Mini, filled in a ₹22,500 overlay deficit on the back of a starting field of 122 participants.
Last night’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT champion on PokerBaazi, Vikram ‘swingtrader23’ Ved Batra, was the last player standing and won ₹40,613 (₹21,728 in bounties). ‘realpanda96’ finished runner-up for ₹27,917 (₹9,033 in bounties).
Final Table Results (Including Bounties)
- Vikram ‘swingtrader23’ Ved Batra – ₹40,613
- realpanda96 – ₹27,917
- volatilefire – ₹12,849
- Arpan ‘Vasusenaa’ Majhi – ₹11,814
- nishant010 – ₹11,814
- ratishharsha1 – ₹6,668
- Kunal ‘kunalduggal13’ Duggal – ₹7,473
- rkrohan@& – ₹9,632
- Partho ‘SpidermanIndia’ Datta – ₹7,123
Partho ‘Spidermanindia’ Dutta (Won Ultrasonic ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹22,113), ‘IamD1992’ (Won Afternoon on Stars ₹50K GTD for ₹13,150), ‘newbie884’ (Won Deepstack ₹50K GTD for ₹11,817), and ‘Iamdnutzz2207’ (Won Primetime Grind ₹50K GTD for ₹9,753) shipped the other Tuesday marquee.
Adda52
The Mint – ₹14 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹3,850
Entries – 213
Re-entries – 188
Prize Pool – ₹14,03,500
Places Paid – 43
The Adda52 user ‘bondo07‘ made their way past 401 entries in the site`s Tuesday headliner, ₹14 Lakhs GTD The Mint, to win ₹3.13 Lakhs. ‘T_Vercetti47‘ picked up a ₹2.45 Lakhs payday in second place.
‘bondo07’`s Adda52 stats: Site Winnings: ₹22.36 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹3.80 Lakhs
Final Table Results
- bondo07 – ₹3,13,265
- T_Vercetti47 – ₹2,45,328
- Tanmay ‘PlusEv’ Benara – ₹1,47,368
- chunu79 – ₹1,12,280
- Bujo – ₹72,982
- Rishabh ‘rishabh002’ Gupta – ₹49,123
- Bikshapathi ‘bikshapathi’ Velishetti – ₹38,596
- Vishnu ‘violator’ Khandelwal – ₹31,579
Voyager – ₹3 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 173
Re-entries – 136
Prize Pool – ₹3,09,000
Places Paid – 34
Suraj ‘MichaelScarnn‘ Arora outlasted 308 opponents (including 136 re-entries) in Adda52`s ₹3 Lakhs GTD Voyager to collect ₹77,250 (his second-best finish on the site). The user ‘filmyjuwari‘ finished runner-up for ₹46,814.
Suraj Arora`s online stats (except PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹24.93 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹5.92 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #3
Final Table Results
- Suraj ‘MichaelScarnn’ Arora – ₹77,250
- filmyjuwari – ₹46,814
- Gurpal ‘TheUndecided777’ Singh – ₹33,990
- Lakshay ‘lakshayadhikari’ Adhikari – ₹25,802
- Aarchit ‘Aarchit’ Dhadwal – ₹17,768
- Ps161986 – ₹11,588
- Rajat ‘rajatnara’ Kumar – ₹9,270
- s4pp4s – ₹7,725
The mystery user ‘Machine541‘ went on a tear in the low to mid-stakes MTTs on Adda52 – winning an incredible three titles and FT-ing the Evening Adda. They raked in ₹57,559 overall, boosting their site winnings to ₹33.98 Lakhs (₹4.39 Lakhs in site profits).
Their Tuesday finishes on Adda52 include:
> 1st in Adda52’s Nighttide DST Adda for ₹30,059
> 1st in Adda52’s Bounty Adda for ₹12,582
> 1st in Adda52’s Freeze Out Adda for ₹13,041
> 7th in Adda52’s Evening Adda for ₹1,877
‘vamseee450‘ (Won Afternoon Adda ₹1.20 Lakhs GTD for ₹32,940), ‘hemantbh‘ (Won Sundown Adda ₹50K GTD for ₹14,500), Jagat ‘jk307‘ Bhandari (Won Morning Adda ₹50K GTD for ₹13,041), and Anurag ‘Krifard‘ Rawat (Won Evening Adda ₹50K GTD for ₹9,325) won the other Adda52 marquees.
Khelo365
Khelo365`s ₹10K GTD Sun Downer was taken down by ‘Akolum,’ who added ₹4,500 to their poker bankroll.
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Daily Majors: Manash Kalita, Anurag Srivastava, Md Zeeshan & Harsh Dembla Champion the Wednesday Flagships
It was a regular Wednesday as far as the online MTT action was concerned, and an eclectic mix of regs bagged the top paydays.
The action is set to increase several notches higher from tomorrow when the ₹13 Crores GTD Final Table Series 4.0 gets underway on Spartan Poker (and other partner sites BLITZPOKER and Poker High). The weekend ahead promises to be an electrifying one with PokerBaazi`s ₹18.50 Crores GTD National Poker Series kicking off on Sunday.
The former UVS – The Millionaire LITE champion Manash Kalita took down the day‘s biggest guaranteed event, Spartan Poker‘s Destiny, for ₹6.74 Lakhs, becoming the first to book a seat in the Destiny 23.0 SnG Finale. Sandy Lamba (2nd for ₹4.20 Lakhs) and Sandeep Singh (3rd for ₹2.54 Lakhs) secured podium finishes.
Anurag Srivastava hit a new career milestone last night by crossing the ₹7 Crore mark in tracked online scores after winning Adda52‘s Maverick for the third time for ₹3.90 Lakhs. The former IOPC – The Millionaire champion bested Young Gun Arsh Grover heads-up, the latter collecting ₹2.21 Lakhs in second place.
‘Karan23’ came out on top in PokerBaazi’s The Pride and won ₹2.13 Lakhs. He chopped the title three-way with Lakshay Pahwa (2nd for ₹1.78 Lakhs) and Archit Saraogi (3rd for ₹1.69 Lakhs).
The former Full House winner Md Zeeshan was the last player standing in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT and won ₹1.54 Lakhs. Shubham Rai came second for ₹1.08 Lakhs.
This week`s Sunday Highroller champion Harsh Dembla kept his title-winning spree going as he took down PokerStars India‘s Night on Stars for ₹1.05 Lakhs. Akshay Panwar placed runner-up for ₹81,190.
Shubham Agarwal, Tanay Parekh, Sanjeeta Kumari, Taliwabang Jamir, Sanjay Khanna, BLITZPOKER user Induprakash Mishra, Manish Jangid, Pankaj Nanda, and Adwait Pol won the other Wednesday marquees.
Here are the Wednesday highlights!
Spartan Poker
Destiny – ₹22 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 221
Re-entries – 92
Rebuys – 196
Prize Pool – ₹25,45,000
Places Paid – 40
The former UVS – The Millionaire Lite champion Manash ‘Silver555’ Kalita made the Wednesday headlines for taking down Spartan Poker’s ₹22 Lakhs GTD Destiny for ₹6.74 Lakhs. Sandy ‘Fifa21’ Lamba (2nd for ₹4.20 Lakhs) and Sandeep ‘PS_Sunshine’ Singh (3rd for ₹2.54 Lakhs) secured podium finishes.
Manash Kalita is the first winner in the Destiny 23.0 series and correspondingly the first to book hiss seat on the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Destiny 23.0 SNG Finale set for May 8 (9 PM). He ITM-ed two more events last night, altogether banking ₹6.78 Lakhs. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹74.57 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹25.72 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #2
The Destiny runner-up finisher Sandy Lamba made three deep runs yesterday, collectively earning ₹4.32 Lakhs. His ITM finishes include:
> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s Destiny for ₹4.20 Lakhs
> 7th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Night SPRINT for ₹8,302
> 11th in PokerStars India’s Big Bubble Rush for ₹4,117
Sandy Lamba’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.80 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹77.26 Lakhs
One of the top-ranked players on the annual TLB (points) standings, Siddharth ‘cooking_nuts’ Gangwar, added more points to his tally with four ITM finishes worth ₹1.22 Lakhs. His ITM finishes include:
> 7th in Spartan Poker’s Destiny for ₹73,805
> 5th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹38,564
> 10th in Adda52’s La Luna for ₹6,913
> 26th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Boost for ₹2,613
Siddharth Gangwar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.11 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹76.25 Lakhs
Final Table Results
- Manash ‘Silver555’ Kalita – ₹6,74,425
- Sandy ‘Fifa21’ Lamba – ₹4,19,925
- Sandeep ‘PS_Sunshine’ Singh – ₹2,54,500
- arcadiaaa – ₹1,60,335
- Aditya ‘Aara_rara_ra’ Kesharwani – ₹1,14,525
- Moji ‘Zaalimp’ Padu – ₹89,075
- Siddharth ‘cooking_nuts’ Gangwar – ₹73,805
- Armaan ‘space ace’ Kochhar – ₹61,080
Wednesday Vibes – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 208
Re-entries – 59
Rebuys – 149
Prize Pool – ₹6,24,000
Places Paid – 39
Spartan Poker`s second Wednesday marquee, ₹5 Lakhs GTD Wednesday Vibes, saw the user ‘hodorthedog’ overcoming the 416-entry field to win ₹1.06 Lakhs. The user ‘LeoBaazoka’ collected an equally impressive ₹1.02 lakhs in second place, courtesy of a heads-up deal.
‘hodorthedog’ made quite the splash last night as they also took down the ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack for ₹68,695, netting ₹1.75 Lakhs from the two title wins. Their Spartan Poker Stats: Site Winnings: ₹14.32 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹3.51 Lakhs.
Final Table Results
- hodorthedog – ₹1,06,191*
- LeoBaazoka – ₹1,02,100*
- Shrey ‘Kingsb30’ Baj – ₹60,840
- Achilles1001 – ₹49,109
- KeepAtItBro – ₹38,501
- Yuvraj ‘Kalidenalii’ Bhardwaj – ₹29,141
- Boudicca – ₹21,403
- JaiKiran ‘GOLI SODA’ Kumar – ₹15,725
*denotes a heads-up deal
‘PT3025′ (Won Sundowner ₹2.25 Lakhs GTD for ₹51,319), ‘AtomicVendetta’ (Night Rider – Monster Stack ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD for ₹45,198), Induprakash ‘LARA LARA’ Mishra (Ultimate 6 Card PLO ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹32,940), ‘NanuPOW’ (Won Epic ₹80K GTD for ₹22,000), ‘Dark Nature’ (Won Epic ₹30K GTD for ₹9,636), and ‘Neel0731’ (Won The Centurion ₹50K GTD for ₹11,421) won the other Spartan Poker marquees.
PokerBaazi
The Pride – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹3,850
Entries – 198
Re-entries – 156
Prize Pool – ₹12,39,000
Places Paid – 45
PokerBaazi’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Pride wrangled in 354 entries, posting a ₹12.39 Lakhs prize pool. The event played down to a three-way deal with ‘karan23’ walking away with the title and ₹2.13 Lakhs in prize money. Lakshay ‘lakshay2401’ Pahwa (2nd for ₹1.78 Lakhs) and Archit ‘architbl’ Saraogi (3rd for ₹1.69 Lakhs) were the other beneficiaries of the deal.
The champion’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹30.47 Lakhs | Titles Won: #5 | Final Table Finishes: #48
The Pride third-place finisher Archit Saraogi pocketed ₹1.79 Lakhs yesterday on the back of two FT finishes.
> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s The Pride for ₹1,68,562
> 7th in Spartan Poker’s Sundowner for ₹10,057
Final Table Results
- karan23 – ₹2,13,110*
- Lakshay ‘lakshay2401’ Pahwa – ₹1,77,736*
- Archit ‘architbl’ Saraogi – ₹1,68,562*
- Sushil ‘qazxsw2’ Kumar – ₹86,730
- Abhijeet ‘ERROR404’ Kumar – ₹65,048
- anillaice21 – ₹52,038
- kingshigh677 – ₹43,365
- Arsh ‘Button_Hai_Bro’ Grover – ₹34,692
*denotes a three-way deal
(7-Max) SPRINT – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 304
Re-entries – 225
Prize Pool – ₹7,93,000
Places Paid – 63
Md ‘007Bahubali’ Zeeshan trounced the 529-entry field in PokerBaazi’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) SPRINT, clinching his third title of the year and ₹1.54 Lakhs in prize money. The former Full House Finale champion also cashed The Pride (32nd for ₹8,054), rounding up ₹1.62 Lakhs in Wednesday winnings.
Md Zeeshan’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.46 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹33.15 Lakhs
Shubham ‘Don903’ Rai has cashed the (7-Max) SPRINT six times, with his deepest run coming last night as he finished runner-up for ₹1.08 Lakhs.
Final Table Results
- Md ‘007Bahubali’ Zeeshan – ₹1,54,177
- Shubham ‘Don903’ Rai – ₹1,08,075
- Gotiyaa – ₹69,511
- MichaelScarn – ₹51,419
- Siddharth ‘GangnamGangi’ Gangwar – ₹38,564
- Arjun ‘CR7Fever’ Bharadwaj – ₹30,947
- nicknjones – ₹25,789
Tanay ‘TanayParekh’ Parekh (Won Daily Boost ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹74,000), Sanjeeta ‘realkidsanju’ Kumari (Won Hyper SPRINT ₹2 Lakhs GTD for ₹66,930), Taliwabang ‘Meverick’ Jamir (Won Holdem BOOST₹ 1.5 Lakhs GTD for ₹46,370), ‘ManiakGod’ (Won Daily Night SPRINT ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD for ₹45,250), ‘chhotubhaiya’ (Won PLO Boost Monster ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹31,170), and ‘jit16070’ (Won 5-max Daily ₹50K GTD for ₹14,020) shipped the other PokerBaazi marquees.
PokerStars India
Night on Stars – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,750
Entries – 90
Re-entries – 62
Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Places Paid – 17
Harsh ‘kakori kabab‘ Dembla has been crushing the PokerStars India flagships off late, and there is no slowing him down. After winning the Super Highroller (February 12) & Sunday Highroller (February 27) last month, Dembla added the Night on Stars title to his kitty, netting ₹1,04,951. Akshay ‘ak7208‘ Panwar placed runner-up for ₹81,190.
The ₹2,750 buy-in event clocked in 152 entrants and the top 17 places benefitted from the ₹1.20 Lakhs in overlay value added by the site.
Final Table Results
- Harsh ‘kakori kabab‘ Dembla – ₹1,04,951
- Akshay ‘ak7208‘ Panwar – ₹81,190
- Harsh ‘harsh1327‘ Bubna – ₹62,809
- Sachit ‘sach4694‘ Malik – ₹48,589
- Aditya ‘Casanovoracle‘ Pasari – ₹37,588
- akgdr – ₹29,078
- Mahesh ‘masteroffelts‘ Shyamsundar – ₹22,495
- Kunal ‘iAlwaysHaveit‘ Patni – ₹17,402
- killeerbeee – ₹13,462
Big Bubble Rush – ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 71
Re-entries – 58
Prize Pool – ₹1,50,000
Places Paid – 14
One of the three EPT Sochi online qualifiers, Sanjay ‘raghav1990‘ Khanna, won the ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Big Bubble Rush for ₹36,467. Adarsh ‘Subham007‘ Subham finished runner-up for ₹23,272.
The ₹1,100 buy-in event filled in ₹21,000 in overlays.
Final Table Results
- Sanjay ‘raghav1990‘ Khanna – ₹36,467
- Adarsh ‘Subham007‘ Subham – ₹23,272
- RAV1619 – ₹11,125
- Amit ‘Stu Ungar 7694‘ Kaushik – ₹9,839
- Gopal ‘MrBigSlick139‘ Bajaj – ₹7,541
- YKARKI2147 – ₹7,240
- Hotcheezzzzball – ₹4,694
‘Sush000‘ (Won Ultrasonic ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹22,882), Manish ‘manish jangid‘ Jangid (Won Afternoon on Stars ₹50K GTD for ₹13,054), ‘sarthakssinghal‘ (Won Prime Time Grind ₹50K GTD for ₹11,240), and Adwait ‘Adwait Pol‘ Pol (Won Deepstack ₹50K GTD for ₹10,103) took down the other PokerStars India marquees.
Adda52
Maverick – ₹15 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,750
Entries – 332
Re-entries – 279
Prize Pool – ₹15,27,512
Places Paid – 63
Adda52’s Wednesday mainstay, ₹15 Lakhs GTD Maverick, round up a starting field of 611 runners, filling in ₹15.28 Lakhs in the prize pool. A total of 63 players earned a share of the money, and the action wound down to a clash between the former IOPC – The Millionaire champion Anurag ‘NormanBates’ Srivastava and Young Gun Arsh ‘bigggtymer’ Grover. Srivastava eventually prevailed to claim the title and the ₹3.90 Lakhs up top – his third time winning this event! Grover had to settle for a runner-up payday worth ₹2.21 Lakhs.
Anurag Srivastava cashed two other events, rounding up ₹4.19 Lakhs in Wednesday earnings. He also crossed a significant milestone on the back of his Wednesday grind, crossing ₹7 Crores in tracked online winnings.
His ITM finishes include:
> 1st in Adda52’s Maverick for ₹3.90 Lakhs
> 5th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Boost for ₹18,559
> 13th in PokerStars India’s Night on Stars for ₹11,234
Anurag Srivastava’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.04 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.17 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #5
Final Table Results
- Anurag ‘NormanBates’ Srivastava – ₹3,89,513
- Arsh ‘bigggtymer’ Grover – ₹2,21,488
- sadhu16 – ₹1,51,986
- Faiz ‘theinternetkid’ Alam – ₹1,10,744
- Vishal ‘Mitsen’ Singh – ₹76,375
- rupoomdey – ₹53,463
- Mohit ‘thejokerrrr’ Mehta – ₹42,006
- saurav39 – ₹30,550
La Luna – ₹4 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,800
Entries – 143
Re-entries – 138
Prize Pool – ₹4,60,846
Places Paid – 30
Adda52`s 9.30 PM attraction, the ₹4 Lakhs GTD La Luna, brought in 281 hopefuls and the top 30 places got a share from the ₹4.61 Lakhs prize pool. It took the former APT #10 Monday Major champion Shubham ‘NewBackchod’ Agarwal just about six hours to cut his way past the competition and win the title for ₹1.18 Lakhs. The user ‘Rasalsachin’ placed runner-up for ₹70,278.
Final Table Results
- Shubham ‘NewBackchod’ Agarwal – ₹1,17,975
- Rasalsachin – ₹70,278
- Vishal ‘Mitsen’ Singh – ₹52,997
- Vikash ‘charuz’ Kumar – ₹39,171
- Atishay ‘pokergod56’ Samuel – ₹26,498
- Amrit ‘amrit1111’ Mishra – ₹18,434
‘Inzexet’ (Won Nighttide DST Adda ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹37,547), ‘pokerpro853’ (Won Sundown Adda ₹50K GTD for ₹14,112), ‘Bujo’ (Won Bounty Adda ₹60K GTD for ₹12,533), ‘Infinite00’ (Won Freezeout Adda ₹50K GTD for ₹12,171), Pankaj ‘Pok3rking’ Nanda (Won Evening Adda ₹50K GTD for 10,560), and ‘tannyboi’ (Won Midnight Bash ₹22K GTD for ₹5,619) won the other Adda52 marquees.
MPL Poker
MPL Poker user ‘Competator‘ championed the ₹2 Lakhs GTD Wednesday Bonanza for ₹39,000. ‘zdfighter007‘ collected ₹25,500 in second-place prize money.
Khelo365
Khelo365‘s Wednesday fixture, the ₹25K GTD Deepstack PLO, was taken down by ‘Abhims05,‘ who won ₹10,000. ‘KaranZZZ‘ placed second for ₹6,250.
Keep following PokerGuru for daily updates on the biggest winners across the major domestic networks!
This Week in Poker: September 8 – 14
In the PokerGuru feature ‘This Week in Poker,’ we bring you the weekly roundup of the most significant online scores by Indian MTT players and the top stories from both the live and online poker circuit. Here are this week’s top stories!
After two weeks of downtime, the online scene has exploded with activity, with three high voltage MTT stops starting days apart from each other. Spartan Poker FTS 3.0, PokerBaazi’s IMPS Gold Edition, and PokerStars India’s INCOOP all hit the ground running this week.
With an abundance of massive guaranteed tournaments, the week registered a slew of big winners. However, none more consistent than Haider Madraswala, who stormed his way to the top of the weekly charts. The old-timer has been on the rampage with two title wins and two runner-up finishes, adding ₹25.72 Lakhs this past week. Being the only player to net over ₹25 Lakhs in online winnings, Madraswala, deservedly, is our “PokerGuru Star of the Week!”
M Balakrishnan, Mohammad Azhar, Manash Kalita, Anmol Agarwal, Sahil Chutani, and PokerGuru Ambassador Mithun Mahesh were the other big scorers of the week.
With so much MTT action running all across, sites are going all out to get crossover traffic to hit the cash tables. PokerBaazi is closing in on its seventh anniversary and is pulling out all the stops to make the occasion momentous for the poker community. Just weeks after dropping the news of TheEndBoss 2.0, the site launched two cash game promotions – Cash Smash 7.0 and LIC Leaderboard – both promising ₹3.50 Crores in guaranteed prizes. The promotions are already live on the site and continue until October 31.
Asia’s largest online poker room, Natural8, also has a hoard of lucrative offers and promotions for September, including the Super MILLION$ Week with $15 Million in guaranteed prizes.
Moving over to the international sphere, the GGPoker/Natural8-leg of the 2021 WSOP Online Series wrapped up on September 12. A total of six gold bracelets were awarded during the final week of play, with France’s Arnaud Enselme claiming the last bracelet of the series in Event #33: $500 The Closer for $360,223. However, Russia’s Aleksei Vandyshev hogged the spotlight in the closing week of the series as he championed the $5,000 Main Event Online Championship for a jaw-dropping $2.54 Million.
Coming to live-action, after the successful culmination of Super High Roller Bowl (SHRB) Europe, PokerGO is now streaming high-stakes MTT action from the Poker Masters series taking place at the PokerGO Studios in Las Vegas. The opening week witnessed a lot of high-octane action, with six-time WSOP bracelet winner Daniel Negreanu capturing his second live title of the year in Event #5: $50K NLHE for $178,000. The win has made the GGPoker Ambassador the frontrunner in the race for the Purple Jacket.
The week also witnessed a host of new signups. Yuri Dzievielevski, aka “theNERDguy” was onboarded by partypoker as its new sponsored Team Pro, while PokerStars announced Rafael Moraes as its latest ambassador. The 2003 WSOP Main Event champion Chris Moneymaker partnered with European e-wallet digital payments provider MuchBetter, and Darren Elias joined BetMGM’s partypoker US network as a brand ambassador.
Online Railbird Report
Online poker has been the prevailing theme for the better part of two years now – ever since the COVID-19 virus reared its ugly head in the world. And even after all this time, the numbers continue to hold on strong.
On the domestic front, the MTT regs got almost two weeks off between the WPT Online India Series and FTS 3.0. The action has especially escalated in the last few days as PokerBaazi`s IMPS Gold Edition and PokerStars India`s INCOOP have significantly increased the count of daily marquees.
The “PokerGuru Star of the Week” title goes to Haider Madraswala, hands down the most consistent player of the week. Madraswala all but filed his nomination for the title last Wednesday itself with a runner finish in Spartan Poker`s Destiny. The online reg couldn`t have asked for a better start at FTS 3.0. He championed FTS #2 Friday Special for a hefty ₹9.75 Lakhs, bagging the first Gold Medallion of the series. And just two days later, he won another ₹7.38 Lakhs for his runner-up finish in the FTS #8 Sunday Special. He also took down the latest The Big Show on PokerBaazi. With ₹25.72 Lakhs earned over the week, he scored more than double of everyone else on the list.
His top finishes include:
> 2nd in the Destiny ₹23 Lakhs GTD for ₹4.27 Lakhs
> 1st in the FTS #2 Friday Special ₹50 Lakhs GTD for ₹9.75 Lakhs
> 2nd in the FTS #8 Sunday Special ₹60 Lakhs GTD for ₹7.38 Lakhs
> 1st in The Big Show ₹7.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹1.66 Lakhs
M Balakrishnan collected ₹12.05 Lakhs through the week, headlined by two title victories in the Trending Thursday and the Destiny 20.0 SnG Finale.
His top finishes include:
> 1st in the Destiny 20.0 Finale SNG ₹10 Lakhs GTD for ₹5 Lakhs
> 1st in the Trending Thursday ₹20 Lakhs GTD for ₹3.46 Lakhs
> 3rd in the FTS #6 ₹11 Lakhs GTD for ₹1.09 Lakhs
Arun Karthik topped the ₹60 Lakhs GTD FTS #8 Sunday Special to collect a seven-figure score worth ₹11.65 Lakhs.
Mohammad Azhar added anotherThe Big Deal title to his name – his second consecutive time winning the Thursday flagship. He FT-ed two other events, adding ₹11.58 Lakhs this week.
His top finishes include:
> 1st in The Big Deal ₹30 Lakhs GTD for ₹7.80 Lakhs
> 7th in the FTS #5 Saturday Special ₹40 Lakhs GTD for ₹1.33 Lakhs
> 7th in The Endeavour ₹12 Lakhs GTD for ₹81,534
PokerGuru Ambassador Ashutosh Balodhi was another one of the week’s movers and shakers. He started out with a sixth-place finish in Wednesday’s Destiny and took down Adda52`s Mega Suits on Sunday. In all, he earned almost ₹11.34 Lakhs.
His top finishes include:
> 1st in the Mega Suits ₹25 Lakhs GTD for ₹5.02 Lakhs
> 2nd in the Iron Man ₹8 Lakhs GTD for ₹1.24 Lakhs
> 2nd in the INCOOP – 6 Sixth Sense ₹10 Lakhs GTD for ₹1.41 Lakhs
Manash Kalita, Anmol Agarwal, Sahil Chutani, and PokerGuru Ambassador Mithun Mahesh were the other top scorers of the week.
Top Winners of the Week:
Player Prize Amount Event Poker Site
Arun 'Rohini Sharma' Karthik ₹11.64 Lakhs FTS#8 Sunday Special ₹60 Lakhs GTD Spartan Poker
Mohammad ‘Cupid stunt’ Azhar ₹7.79 Lakhs The Big Deal ₹30 Lakhs GTD Spartan Poker
Manash 'Silver555' Kalita ₹7.79 Lakhs FTS#5 Saturday Special ₹40 Lakhs GTD Spartan Poker
Mantri97 ₹6.65 Lakhs Adda52 Millions ₹25 Lakhs GTD Adda52
Nitesh 'KATIYAR11' Katiyar ₹5.62 Lakhs Destiny ₹23 Lakhs GTD Spartan Poker
Sandeep 'thak' Thakral ₹5.62 Lakhs The Ballers ₹22.5 Lakhs GTD Adda52
dstar ₹5.52 Lakhs Nano Main Event ₹25 Lakhs GTD Adda52
Ashutosh ‘senojwod’ Balodhi ₹5.01 Lakhs Mega Suits ₹25 Lakhs GTD Adda52
M 'LACHANCE' Balakrishnan ₹5 Lakhs Destiny 20.0 Finale ₹10 Lakhs GTD Spartan Poker
Dishani 'Dishvish' Vijay ₹4.17 Lakhs The Weekly HighRoller ₹12 Lakhs GTD PokerBaazi
Kartik 'TheInternetKid' Ved ₹3.92 Lakhs BSS SuperStack ₹20 Lakhs GTD PokerBaazi
Kunal ‘VasooliChacha’ Patni ₹3.91 Lakhs The Summit ₹15 Lakhs GTD PokerBaazi
Vaibhav ‘GTO_LIFE_GG’ Sharma ₹3.70 Lakhs Sunday Special Progressive KO ₹18 Lakhs GTD PokerStars India
Betoo ₹3.47 Lakhs The Mint ₹14 Lakhs GTD Adda52
M ‘LACHANCE’ Balakrishnan ₹3.46 Lakhs Trending Thursday ₹20 Lakhs GTD Spartan Poker
Goonjan ‘gmtesting.ind’ Mall ₹3.28 Lakhs Sunday Highroller ₹15 Lakhs GTD PokerStars India
Anurag 'GutshotHaiBro' Srivastava ₹3.13 Lakhs INCOOP-08 Bounty Builder HR ₹15 Lakhs GTD PokerStars India
arushiagarwal ₹3.09 Lakhs Maverick ₹15 Lakhs GTD Adda52
Manish 'diamond101' Ranjan ₹2.89 Lakhs FTS#15 ₹15 Lakhs GTD
Spartan Poker
Shagun ‘sogani94’ Jain ₹2.85 Lakhs Nano Highroller ₹15 Lakhs GTD Adda52
Rishab 'NoChan(3' Malik ₹2.51 Lakhs Highroller ₹12 Lakhs GTD PokerStars India
Arjanveer 'bazzingaa' Singh Chadha ₹2.37 Lakhs FTS#9 ₹12 Lakhs GTD Spartan Poker
Abhijeet ‘TheSupremeOne’ Kumar ₹2.35 Lakhs FTS #1 ₹12 Lakhs GTD Spartan Poker
Ashish ‘notoriouskonvict1’ Nailwal ₹2.20 Lakhs FTS #3 ₹10 Lakhs GTD Spartan Poker
duecesftw ₹2.04 Lakhs The Pride ₹10 Lakhs GTD PokerBaazi
Dhaval 'faizal1506' Doshi ₹2.04 Lakhs Iron Man ₹8 Lakhs GTD
Adda52
Jaideep 'NNomadas'Sajwan ₹1.97 Lakhs Uppercut [6-Max] Magic Edition ₹10 Lakhs GTD PokerStars India
Arvind ‘Flippopotomus’ Halaharvi ₹1.94 Lakhs The Endeavour ₹12 Lakhs GTD PokerBaazi
Harsh 'kakori kabab' Dembla ₹1.90 Lakhs INCOOP-06 Sixth Sense ₹10 Lakhs GTD PokerStars India
Sachin 'durrred' Sharma ₹1.78 Lakhs FTS#12 ₹11 Lakhs GTD Spartan Poker
Shashank 'reconnecting' Desai ₹1.69 Lakhs FTS#7 ₹10 Lakhs GTD Spartan Poker
Haider ‘Haider’ Madraswala ₹1.65 Lakhs The Big Show ₹7.5 Lakhs GTD PokerBaazi
Dhinesh 'dinzy009' Kumar ₹1.45 Lakhs Running Hot ₹5 Lakhs GTD Adda52
Shashank 'reconnecting' Desai ₹1.25 Lakhs FTS#10 ₹6 Lakhs GTD
Spartan Poker
Shashank 'reconnecting' Desai ₹1.25 Lakhs FTS#10 ₹6 Lakhs GTD Spartan Poker
Mohitkumar 'FloatingMonkey' Bohra ₹1.16 Lakhs FTS#13 ₹6 Lakhs GTD Spartan Poker
bloodring_banger ₹1.13 Lakhs Wednesday Vibes ₹6 Lakhs GTD Spartan Poker
Ashish 'TRIPPINonACID' Kumar ₹1.12 Lakhs Battle Royale (7-Max) ₹5 Lakhs GTD PokerStars India
Vijay 'VIJAYAIR01' Singh ₹1.09 Lakhs (5-Max) Daily SPRINT ₹4 Lakhs GTD PokerBaazi
rkrohan@& ₹1.03 Lakhs INCOOP-09 Uppercut Mini ₹5 Lakhs GTD
PokerStars India
Gautam 'M8a7' Rohilla ₹1.02 Lakhs (5-Max) Daily SPRINT ₹4 Lakhs GTD PokerBaazi
Killshot0510 ₹99,377 La luna ₹4 Lakhs GTD Adda52
Raghav 'scambrahm' Ananth ₹97,733 IMPS#5 ₹5 Lakhs GTD PokerBaazi
tanusri111 ₹97,083 Daily SPRINT 5-Max ₹4 Lakhs GTD PokerBaazi
Karan ‘The Annihilator’ Radia ₹96,614 Night on Stars ₹5 Lakhs GTD PokerStars India
Anmolraj 'anmolrajy' Singh Chawla ₹95,728 Voyager ₹3 Lakhs GTD Adda52
KickOff11 ₹74,525 Voyager ₹3 Lakhs GTD Adda52
Juli ‘Lily8’ Kumari ₹62,259 Nano DST ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD Adda52
Anurag '13anurag' Srivastava ₹61,410 Holdem BOOST ₹2 Lakhs GTD PokerBaazi
Biplob 'hellhell' Rana
₹59,389 Monster Stack ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD Spartan Poker
Hemant ‘hkm2828’ Meena ₹58,850 Daily Night Sprint ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD PokerBaazi
R ‘prakash7639’ J Prakash ₹56,442 Nano Godfather ₹3 Lakhs GTD Adda52
Karan 'Apocalypto' Radia ₹56,240 Holdem BOOST ₹2 Lakhs GTD PokerBaazi
Samu ‘AKumarss’ Rai ₹56,057 Big Bubble Rush 2 Lakhs GTD PokerStars India
Jimmy 'jeeven' Arora ₹51,602 Daily Night SPRINT ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD PokerBaazi
Faiz ‘AilaGaya’ Alam ₹51,000 Holdem Boost ₹2 Lakhs GTD PokerBaazi
banti111 ₹48,600 Daily Night SPRINT ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD PokerBaazi
'Siryourchipsplease' ₹46,604 Night Rider - Monster Stack ₹2.1 Lakhs GTD Spartan Poker
CURR¥300 ₹45,321 Big Bubble Rush ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD PokerStars India
‘loneraker’ ₹44,167 Ultrasonic ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD PokerStars India
Harsh 'kakori kabab' Dembla ₹42,841 The Classic ₹2 Lakhs GTD PokerStars India
'rajesh1010' ₹37,007 Daily Afternoon SPRINT ₹1 Lakh GTD PokerBaazi
Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPro’ Kumar ₹33,900 PLO Boost Monster ₹1 Lakh GTD PokerBaazi
Keechad ₹35,759 Ultrasonic ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD PokerStars India
cardshark6191 ₹34,101 Time Tourney: 90 Minutes ₹50K GTD PokerStars India
Arun 'Devillll27' Thakur ₹34,036 PLO5 BOOST ₹1 Lakh GTD PokerBaazi
Dhirendra 'dhiru91' Kumar ₹31,490 PLO5 BOSST ₹1 Lakh GTD PokerBaazi
100NUJ1 ₹30,550 PLO Boost Monster ₹1 Lakh GTD PokerBaazi
Sankalp 'Wobbegong' Marwah ₹28,150 PLO Boost Monster ₹1 Lakh GTD PokerBaazi
Abhishek ‘Addysonu’ Sonu ₹26,779 Ultra KO 100% ₹50K GTD PokerStars India
Murali ‘grind121’ Mohan ₹25,506 Nano Thursday Adda ₹90K GTD Adda52
Messironaldo007 ₹23,428 Nano Siesta ₹1 Lakh GTD Adda52
'Zed49' ₹22,062 Epic ₹1 Lakh GTD Spartan Poker
‘ladda’ ₹21,180 Daily Afternoon Sprint ₹1 Lakh GTD PokerBaazi
goblem00 ₹20,485 Nano Crack Jack ₹70K GTD Adda52
be_desi ₹20,418 Ultra KO 90% ₹50K GTD PokerStars India
'Viktor0802' ₹19,054 The Centurion Boost ₹1 Lakh GTD Spartan Poker
Vikram ‘swingtrader23’ Ved Batra ₹18,251 Afternoon On Stars ₹60K GTD PokerStars India
Vivek 'viveksnmc10' Pal ₹16,710 Turbo ₹75K GTD PokerBaazi
Raman 'Ranzoo9' Arora ₹16,710 Turbo 75K GTD PokerBaazi
Anand 'easywithducks' Babu Pallikona ₹16,298 Afternoon on Stars ₹60K GTD PokerStars India
‘Vegas316’ ₹15,592 Bigstack Turbo ₹70K GTD PokerStars India
Sreeharsha 'DonkeyCommitted' Boneni ₹14,596 Primetime Grind ₹50K GTD PokerStars India
'Jaydeep777' ₹13,800 Hitman PLO ₹30K GTD Khelo365
‘Rk2241’ ₹13,300 Turbo ₹75K GTD PokerBaazi
‘Ilikewinning69’ ₹12,519 Deepstack ₹50K GTD PokerStars India
‘Bhanuhansu1’ ₹12,500 Bounty Wednesday ₹50K GTD PokerDangal
Mahlima 'zokid' Fanai ₹12,250 PLO5 Thursday ₹50K GTD PokerDangal
vipinrrrr ₹12,200 5-max Daily ₹50K GTD PokerBaazi
'Bhanusharma1111' ₹11,500 6 Feet Under PLO Deepstack ₹25K GTD Khelo365
Vaibhav ‘vaibsss’ Bhatia ₹11,240 Primetime Grind ₹50K GTD PokerStars India
LYM2020 ₹10,581 Deepstack ₹50K GTD PokerStars India
Ashish Kumar 'Notoriousladka' Yadav ₹10,111 5-Max Daily ₹50K GTD PokerBaazi
Firdosh123 ₹8,424 Nano Battleship ₹30K GTD Adda52
Abhishek372 ₹7,623 Nano PLO ₹25K GTD Adda52
'picnic123' ₹4,600 SUN DOWNER ₹10K GTD Khelo365
PokerBaazi’s Cash Smash 7.0 & LIC Leaderboard Each Offer ₹3.50 Crore in Prizes (Sept 13 – Oct 31)
September might be a busy month for the MTT crowd, but cash game players have enough incentive to put in volume as well. Starting September 13 and up to October 31, PokerBaazi runs two promotional offers dishing out ₹3.50 Crore in each. The popular cash game promotion, Cash Smash 7.0, offering ₹3.50 Crore in prizes during their 18-day-long run. The site has also brought back the Loss Insurance Cover (LIC) Leaderboard that will run NLHE, PLO-4, and PLO-5 leaderboard sprints offering prizes.
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Natural8 Running Super Million$ Week, Offering a Chance to Win From $15M GTD Series & 4 Special Edition WSOP Rings (Sept 12 – 19)
Natural8 has come up with attractive offers for September. This includes the Super MILLION$ Week that offers players a chance to win from the $15M GTD series and four Special Edition WSOP rings from September 12 to 19.
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WSOP Online 2021
The GGPoker/Natural8-leg of the 2021 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Online completed its second edition on September 12. The series began on July 26, with 33 bracelets up for grabs.
Russia’s Aleksei Vandyshev grabbed his career-first gold bracelet in the biggest event of the series, Event #27: $5,000 Main Event Online Championship, walking away with a life-changing $2.54 Million.
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Poland’s Dominik Panka grabbed one of the last bracelets at the series, winning Event #28: $2,100 Bounty Championship NLHE for $185,228.
India’s first solo WSOP gold bracelet champion, Young Gun Abhinav “OBellaCiao” Iyer, placed 10th in the event for $17,383 (includes $5,164 in bounties).
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Closing the curtains on the series was France’s Arnaud Enselme, who championed the final tourney, i.e., Event #33: $500 The Closer for his first gold bracelet and $360,223.
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Ruslan “Sovs20” Rishko (Won Event #32: $210 WSOP Bounty Double MILLION$ for $282,586), Vlad Martynenko (
Poker Masters 2021
Offering a fresh dose of international high-stakes action, the 2021 Poker Masters opened for action at the PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas on September 9. The soon-to-be-dad Shannon Shorr shipped the series opener, $10K NLHE for #205,000.
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Over the weekend, GGPoker Ambassador Daniel Negreanu won his second tournament title of the year by taking down Event #5: $50K NLHE for $178,000. Negreanu’s win has pushed him to the top of the Purple Jacket leaderboard race.
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Sean Perry (Won Event #2: $10K NLHE for $206,400), Brock Wilson (Won Event #4L $10K NLHE for $189,800), Stephen Chidwick (Won Event #7: $10K NLHE for $183,600), Adam Hendrix (Won Event #3: $10K PLO for $186,300) and Maxx Coleman (Won Event #6: $10K 8-Game for $120,000) have also win titles.
With this, we conclude this week’s roundup of the latest news updates and developments from the world of poker. We will return again next week with our weekly report. Stay tuned.
Manash Kalita, Ashutosh Balodhi, Kartik Ved, Vaibhav Sharma & Goonjan Mall Champion the Sunday Marquees
Sunday was expectedly action-packed, with the third edition of the Final Table Series (FTS) now underway on Spartan Poker. PokerGuru Ambassadors dominated much of the action by winning four marquees and posting numerous FT finishes.
One of the biggest attractions of Sunday was the live-streamed final table of FTS#5 Saturday Special on Spartan Poker. The stacked final table featured well-known names from the domestic circuit, and Manash Kalita topped them all to collect ₹7.79 Lakhs. PokerGuru Ambassador Mithun Mahesh placed second for ₹4.95 Lakhs.
Stablemates Ashutosh Balodhi and Ratul Steves were both top contenders in Adda52’s Mega Suits. The duo chopped the event with Balodhi walking away with the title for ₹5.02 Lakhs. Steves collected ₹4.73 Lakhs in second place.
Similarly, Kartik Ved and Laksh Pal Singh were fighting over the BSS SuperStack title on PokerBaazi. Ved won the event for ₹3.93 Lakhs, and Singh banked ₹3.21 Lakhs for his runner-up finish, courtesy of a heads-up deal.
Arjanveer Singh Chadha (Won FTS#9 for ₹2.37 Lakhs) and Shashank Desai (Won FTS#7 for ₹1.69 Lakhs) were the other two PokerGuru Ambassadors who took down Sunday titles.
In the PokerStars India flagships, Vaibhav Sharma won the Sunday Special Progressive KO for ₹3.70 Lakhs, and Goonjan Mall took down the Sunday Highroller for ₹3.28 Lakhs.
M Balakrishnan, Raghav Ananth, Ashok Choudhary, Mohsin Shaikh, Deepak Singh, Prabhat Kumar, Amit Kumar Singh, Sandeep Varma, Umesh Sharma, Rahul Thakur, Shagun Jain, Tarush Gupta, and Yash Chitre shipped the other Sunday marquees!
Here are the Sunday highlights!
Spartan Poker
Day 3 of the FTS 3.0 had four events on the tap running alongside the live-streamed FT of the FTS#5 Saturday Special.
The ₹1 Crore GTD FTS – The Feast ran its third starting flight, and Day 1C registered 335 entries. Only 42 players survived the day’s onslaught. Ashwin ‘A116’ Vijay (175,224), Dhinesh ‘kendralust’ Kumar (169,090), and ‘CultOfPersonality’ (145,218) topped the day-end chip counts.
Another big draw, the ₹60 Lakhs GTD FTS#8 Sunday Special, locked in 594 entries, overlaying ₹60,000. Like the last two FTS flagships, the gameplay was paused with the formation of the eight-handed final table. Headlining the action today will be Piyush ‘jacks_apart’ Jain (2,525,354), who returns with the start-of-final table chip lead. Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma (1,882,520) and ‘THENERDGUY’ (1,696,182) carried forward the next two big stacks.
However, even before the Sunday Special started, the ₹40 Lakhs GTD FTS#5 Saturday Special had declared a champion. The former UVS Main Event champion Manash ‘Silver555’ Kalita was the last player standing and won ₹7.79 Lakhs! PokerGuru Ambassador Mithun ‘Zima Blue’ Mahesh chasing his first FTS title, finished runner-up for ₹4.95 Lakhs.
The ₹7,700 entry buy-in event registered 498 entries, filling in ₹5.14 Lakhs in overlays. Young Gun Arsh ‘BigggTymeR’ Grover bagged the Day 1 chip lead.
The first-ever NPS Main Event champion Mohammad ‘Cupid stunt’ Azhar was the first to be eliminated on Day 2 in eighth place for ₹97,600. Young Gun Sahil ‘$lim$hady19’ Chutani (7th for ₹1.32 Lakhs), PokerGuru Ambassador Akshay ‘AustralianAccountant’ Kapoor (6th for ₹1.80 Lakhs), Rahul ‘sttoned’ Kumar (5th for ₹2.36 Lakhs), Young Gun Karan ‘Majestic’ Radia (4th for ₹3 Lakhs), and Arsh Grover (3rd for ₹3.71 Lakhs) banked the other FT payouts.
You can watch the replay of the cards-up FT live stream below.
Joining Ashutosh Balodhi and Kartik Ved on the list of Sunday winners were two more PokerGuru Ambassadors, Arjanveer ‘bazzingaa’ Singh Chadha and Shashank ‘reconnecting’ Desai.
Arjanveer Singh Chadha trounced an 825-entry field in the ₹12 Lakhs GTD FTS#9 to win ₹2.37 Lakhs. He scored in a total of four events yesterday, raking in ₹2.69 Lakhs cumulatively.
His ITM finishes include:
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s FTS #9 for ₹2,37,476
> 24th in PokerBaazi’s BSS SuperStack for ₹16,800
> 36th in Adda52’s Mega Suits for ₹13,750
> 70th in PokerStars India’s Sunday Special – Progressive KO for ₹1,250
Chadha’s fellow stablemate, Shashank Desai, posted his fourth deep run in the ongoing series (winning his career-first FTS title) in the ₹10 Lakhs GTD FTS#7. Desai struck a heads-up deal with Himanshu ‘shambolic794’ Arora (2nd for ₹1.64 Lakhs) before collecting the ₹1.69 Lakhs winner’s payday.
Shashank Desai’s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.14 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹29.30 Lakhs
Spartan Poker`s Destiny 20.0 series also came to a close last night, with M ‘LACHANCE’ Balakrishnan emerging victorious in the SNG Finale for ₹5 Lakhs. Ashish ‘King$layer’ Kumar came second for ₹3 Lakhs, and Young Gun Kanchan ‘Midge Maisel’ Sharma placed third for ₹2 Lakhs.
‘Siryourchipsplease’ (Won Sunday Kick-off ₹2 Lakhs GTD for ₹43,950), ‘SHIV208951’ (Won Sunday Night Rider ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD for ₹27,771), ‘Renben888’ (Won Sunday Deep Freeze ₹75K GTD for ₹21,863) and ‘tranquilo5’ (Won Epic ₹30K GTD for ₹9,581) won the other Sunday Marquees.
Three days into FTS 3.0 and its Abhijeet ‘TheSupremeOne’ Kumar, who sits on top of the FTS leaderboard standings with 1,723 points. PokerGuru Ambassador Shashank ‘recon