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Daily Majors: Aayush Arya, Anurag Srivastava, Saransh Garg & Vaibhav Sharma Crush the Tuesday Flagships
Tuesday’s online poker scene was dominated by Spartan Poker’s India Turbo Masters 4.0 and Pocket52’s Pocket Poker Championship. Yet, PokerBaazi’s Indian Micro Poker Series Gold Edition provided an irresistible opportunity for micro and low-stakes players, allowing them a shot at substantial prizes at budget-friendly buy-ins. MPL Poker’s Steal Deal Series, starting tomorrow, promises another playground for these players
The day featured a series of champions, with Young Gun Aayush Arya taking the lead. The 26-year-old poker prodigy had a remarkable Tuesday session accumulating a staggering ₹6.42 Lakhs from four scores that included a top finish in the day`s biggest guaranteed tournament, PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour (₹4.46 Lakhs) and another notable fourth place in the (7-Max) SPRINT (₹1.04 Lakhs). Mohit Dhingra placed runner-up in The Endeavour for ₹2.66 Lakhs.
Spartan Poker regular Rohan Kumar staged a remarkable comeback with a victory in ITM #82 Tuesday Big Turbo (6-Max). This remarkable feat marked his first ITM title and awarded him his second-highest payout on the platform—an impressive ₹5.07 Lakhs. Faiz Alam (opted out of our tracking), fresh from his splendid performance on Sunday, claimed the second-place spot, netting ₹3.43 Lakhs (won at least ₹4.45 Lakhs overall).
Anurag Srivastava made a glorious return to the victory circle last night by taking down Adda52’s The Mint for the third time (his first this year) and a cash prize of ₹3.47 Lakhs. Utkarsh Srivastava (opted out of our tracking) finished runner-up in The Mint, securing ₹2.10 Lakhs.
With an incredible eight final table finishes since his triumph in the Daily Value Boost on May 22, Saransh Garg scored a long overdue victory in Spartan Poker’s ITM #80 Tuesday Supersonic, winning his eighth career ITM title and a substantial cash reward of ₹3 Lakhs (won ₹3.39 Lakhs overall). Before taking down the title, Garg agreed to a four-way deal with notables like Monday’s IMPS#16 finalist Siddharth Gangwar (2nd for ₹2.60 Lakhs), Dinesh Singh (3rd for ₹2.43 Lakhs), and Siddharth Pandey (4th for ₹2.40 Lakhs).
Vaibhav Sharma earned his 14th title of the year in PokerStars India’s Bounty Builder HR – Ticket Drop Edition for ₹2.50 Lakhs (won ₹3.25 Lakhs overall). The second-place position was taken by the current EndBoss Special Edition champion, Haider Madraswala, who pocketed ₹1.18 Lakhs.
Sachin Raj, last week’s Monster Turbo champion, celebrated dual victories in Spartan Poker’s ITM #85 Turbo 6-Max (₹1.39 Lakhs) and Pocket52’s PPC#20 Pocket Soda (₹60,000). He scored in two more tournaments to accrue ₹2.14 Lakhs overall. Aritra Hazra followed as the runner-up in ITM #85, pocketing ₹93,870.
Other winners of the India Turbo Masters Tuesday tournaments included Bhanu Prakash KC (Won ITM #79 Turbo for ₹1.15 Lakhs), Mayank Thakkar (Won ITM #84 DST 6 Max for ₹86,153), ‘Sudheendra Patel’ (Won ITM #81 Turbo for ₹84,600), Kunal Shalin (Won ITM #78 Turbo for ₹74,871), Prithvi Singh (Won ITM #77 Turbo 6-Max for ₹58,125) and ‘platinumm’ (Won ITM #83 Hyper for ₹44,300).
Kritarth Pant emerged victorious in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT, winning the 9 PM flagship title for the second time this year for ₹1.62 Lakhs. He struck a three-way deal with ‘Intruder’ (2nd for a career-best ₹1.60 Lakhs) and Om Prakash (3rd for a personal-best ₹1.57 Lakhs).
A popular poker streamer and Sunday’s (7-Max) BSS Championship finalist, Nitin Rawat, pocketed ₹2.43 Lakhs from two top finishes on Tuesday. He prominently took down Pocket52’s PPC#18 Pocket Bullets (₹1.75 Lakhs) and placed runner-up in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT (₹67,918).
‘Betaaz_badsha’ (Won PPC#19 Terminator for ₹1.53 Lakhs), ‘badshah123’ (Won PPC#16 Brunch for ₹54,000), and ’97##.598##160167_5499634′ (Won PPC#17 Pocket Snacks for ₹50,000) were other PPC title winners on Tuesday.
Siddharth Ojha, the IOPC 15.0 Value Millionaire winner from June 18, took down PokerBaazi’s IMPS#23 (6-Max) for ₹59,814. A four-way deal saw Nikunj Doshi (2nd for ₹76,490), ‘bisu4444′ (3rd for ₹66,760), and ‘gameofthrones’ (4th for ₹49,090) pocketing praiseworthy payouts.
‘BlueLabel’ (Won IMPS#18 for ₹58,270), ‘Gajaudhar’ (Won IMPS#22 for ₹44,640), ‘INDMARCOS’ (Won IMPS#19 for ₹15,200) and ’08milan’ (Won IMPS#20 6-Max for ₹12,700) emerged as winners of other IMPS Tuesday events.
Shivkesh Meena, Aritra Hazra, Sankalp Marwah, and Amandeep Singh claimed victory in the other Tuesday marquees!
Here are the Tuesday highlights!
PokerBaazi
The Endeavour – ₹20 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 275
Re-entries – 288
Prize Pool – ₹28,15,000
Places Paid – 70
The 26-year-old poker prodigy, Young Gun Aayush ‘Learnnwin’ Arya, an alumnus of BITS Pilani, had a fantastic night breaking his two-week dry spell after making it to four final tables in this time frame. Arya’s poker mastery shone in four big-ticket tournaments last night, accumulating a staggering ₹6.42 Lakhs in winnings, making him the day`s top scorer.
Arya`s crowning achievement was at PokerBaazi’s primetime flagship, ₹20 Lakhs GTD The Endeavour – a tournament he had already tasted victory in back in March 2021. Overcoming a field of 563 challengers (275 unique) in an intense eight-hour showdown, Arya clinched the Tuesday flagship title once again, pocketing a stunning first-place prize of ₹4.46 Lakhs.
Aayush Arya’s Tuesday finishes include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour for ₹4,45,896
> 4th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹1,04,447
> 28th in Spartan Poker’s ITM #80 Tuesday Supersonic for ₹15,951
> 21st in Spartan Poker’s ITM #79 Turbo for ₹7,603
Aayush Arya’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.88 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.24 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #12 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.86 Crores
Mohit ‘bhaiyamohit’ Dhingra, meanwhile, amassed ₹2.89 Lakhs from his second-place finish in The Endeavour, along with two more significant runs, elevating his lifetime winnings to ₹1.35 Crores.
Dhingra`s Tuesday finishes include:
> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour for ₹2,66,581
> 15th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹18,218
> 40th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Afternoon Boost for ₹4,687
Vinayak ‘salmanbhai’ Bajaj, last Friday’s The Ballers runner-up, claimed ₹1.19 Lakhs from two top-10 finishes, which included:
> 6th in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour for ₹98,525
> 10th in PokerStars India`s Bounty Builder HR for ₹20,669
Vinayak Bajaj’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹10.38 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.82 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #10 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.21 Crores | Annual Profits: ₹72.42 Lakhs | Ranked #11 in the 2023 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes) | Ranked #13 in Annual Profits
Deepender Singh ‘deepen123’ Ahlawat also made a notable contribution, finishing fifth in The Endeavour and taking home ₹1.29 Lakhs.
With an entry fee of ₹5,500, The Endeavour shattered its advertised guarantee, accumulating a ₹28.15 Lakhs prize pool. This pool was split amongst the top 70 finishers.
Final Table Results
- Aayush ‘Learnnwin’ Arya – ₹4,45,896
- Mohit ‘bhaiyamohit’ Dhingra – ₹2,66,581
- Polarstars – ₹2,09,999
- kushalg – ₹1,60,174
- Deepender Singh ‘deepen123’ Ahlawat – ₹1,29,209
- Vinayak ‘salmanbhai’ Bajaj – ₹98,525
- Venkie – ₹68,968
- sherlockholmesB – ₹56,300
(7-Max) SPRINT – ₹12 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹3,850
Entries – 216
Re-entries – 131
Prize Pool – ₹12,14,000
Places Paid – 35
In a return to form, Kritarth ‘AgentJack’ Pant, the February BTS#6 PKO champion, emerged victorious in PokerBaazi’s ₹12 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) SPRINT, winning the 9 PM flagship title for the second time this year. Competing against a formidable lineup of 347 players (216 unique), Pant outlasted them all in an intense six-hour-plus showdown. This victory, his first in over three months since his last triumph in this same event, saw Pant pocket ₹1.62 Lakhs following a carefully-negotiated three-way deal.
Adding an exciting twist, ‘Intruder,’ who took two shots in the event, earned a career-best ₹1.60 Lakhs for finishing in second place, courtesy of the deal. Another regular at PokerBaazi, Om ‘Oppyrates’ Prakash, who fired three bullets in the event, ended up in the top three and claimed a personal-best ₹1.57 Lakhs.
In addition to his victory, Pant made a cash finish in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT (13th for ₹4,756), bringing his total for Tuesday to just above ₹1.66 Lakhs. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹70.47 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹5.66 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #3
Last night’s The Endeavour champion Young Gun Aayush ‘Learnnwin’ Arya (4th for ₹1.04 Lakhs) and Pritam ‘ThePeriodontist’ Amritkar (6th for ₹68,619) also made the (7-Max) SPRINT final table.
With its ₹3,850 entry buy-in, the tournament amassed a sizable ₹12.14 Lakhs prize pool, extending payouts to 35 participants.
Final Table Results
- Kritarth ‘AgentJack’ Pant – ₹1,61,598*
- Intruder – ₹1,59,828*
- Om ‘Oppyrates’ Prakash – ₹1,57,087*
- Aayush ‘Learnnwin’ Arya – ₹1,04,447
- frank123 – ₹86,230
- Pritam ‘ThePeriodontist’ Amritkar – ₹68,619
- saifjolly – ₹51,616
*denotes a three-way deal
(7-Max) Daily SPRINT – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 171
Re-entries – 119
Prize Pool – ₹5,80,000
Places Paid – 53
PokerBaazi loyalist ‘5AA5’ sprinted to an impressive victory in the platform’s 7.15 PM feature, the ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) Daily SPRINT, on Tuesday. The mystery player, who secured the second spot in the PC#7 (PLO-6) High Roller on April 21, outplayed a challenging field of 290 entries (171 unique), ultimately conquering the tournament to earn the title and the winner’s reward of ₹89,668.
5AA5’s #PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹31.72 Lakhs | Titles Won: #21
Poker streamer Nitin ‘Gambler42’ Rawat continued his winning streak, adding another noteworthy finish after his impressive fourth place in Sunday’s (7-Max) BSS Championship. He bagged the runner-up payout of ₹67,918 in the (7-Max) Daily SPRINT. Furthermore, he seized his first Pocket Poker Championship title in Pocket52’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD PPC#18 Pocket Bullets later in the session, adding a staggering ₹1.75 Lakhs to his total earnings of ₹2.43 Lakhs.
Nitin Rawat`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.36 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.16 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #11 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.29 Crores
Kolkata-based professional Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna had a prosperous run, amassing ₹1.27 Lakhs from five cash finishes, including:
> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹52,722
> 10th in Spartan Poker’s ITM #80 Tuesday Supersonic for ₹31,827
> 8th in PokerStars India’s Bounty Builder HR – Ticket Drop Edition for ₹22,518
> 21st in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹12,145
> 23rd in Spartan Poker’s ITM #79 Turbo for ₹7,603
Harsh Bubna’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.81 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.17 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #4 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.47 Crores
Sahil ‘illuminati777’ Babbar (4th for ₹39,150), Sunday`s standout scorer Dhinesh ‘dhineshrocky007’ Kumar (5th for ₹27,666), and Sumit ‘runrabbitrun’ Advani (6th for ₹19,604) were other notable players on the (7-Max) Daily SPRINT final table.
The ₹2,200 entry buy-in tournament raised a prize pool of ₹5.80 Lakhs, with 53 players sharing the winnings.
Final Table Results
- 5AA5 – ₹89,668
- Nitin ‘Gambler42’ Rawat – ₹67,918
- Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna – ₹52,722
- Sahil ‘illuminati777’ Babbar – ₹39,150
- Dhinesh ‘dhineshrocky007’ Kumar – ₹27,666
- Sumit ‘runrabbitrun’ Advani – ₹19,604
- Maverick_ – ₹16,008
IMPS #23 (6-Max) – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹770
Entries – 490
Re-entries – 452
Prize Pool – ₹6,59,000
Places Paid – 155
Siddharth ‘Sidash21’ Ojha, the IOPC 15.0 Value Millionaire winner from June 18, ticked off another standout victory yesterday after three weeks of downtime. Joining a field of 942 competitors (490 unique) in PokerBaazi’s featured IMPS Gold Edition Tuesday event, the ₹5 Lakhs GTD IMPS#23 (6-Max), Ojha emerged victorious after over seven hours of play. The tournament concluded with a four-way deal, with Ojha securing the title and a prize of ₹59,814.
Nikunj ‘Livelynik2’ Doshi, the runner-up, bagged a significant reward of ₹76,490. ‘bisu4444′ (3rd for ₹66,760) and ‘gameofthrones’ (4th for ₹49,090) also pocketed praiseworthy payouts as part of the deal.
Besides his victory, Ojha attained a remarkable third-place finish in PokerBaazi’s IMPS#20 (6-Max), yielding total earnings of ₹66,724 for the day. His online stats (PokerBaazi and Spartan Poker): Lifetime Winnings: ₹69.57 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹13.65 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #9 | IMPS Titles Won: #2
Meanwhile, Ganesh Durgade has been making waves in the IMPS Gold Edition. Building upon his Monday’s triumph in the IMPS#10 (PLO-6), Durgade finished in the money in nine Tuesday tournaments, including five at the IMPS, amassing total winnings of ₹90,276. Durgade’s standout performance was in IMPS#18, which he won for ₹21,197, further extending his lead on the ₹7.50 Lakhs GTD IMPS Leaderboard, boasting a formidable 4,547 points.
Durgade`s top Tuesday finishes include:
> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s Daily Boost for ₹31,266
> 5th in PokerBaazi’s IMPS#26 (6-Max) for ₹25,057
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s IMPS#18 for ₹21,197
> Made Day 2 of IMPS#21 Super Value (from Qualifier 3)
Ganesh Durgade’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.32 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹7.09 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #8 | IMPS Titles Won: #6 | Ranked #1 on the ₹7.50 Lakhs GTD IMPS Leaderboard
The ₹770 entry fee IMPS#23 (6-Max) generated an impressive ₹6.59 Lakhs prize pool, fast exceeding the listed guarantee, with 155 players sharing the rewards.
Final Table Results
- Siddharth ‘Sidash21’ Ojha – ₹59,814*
- Nikunj ‘Livelynik2’ Doshi – ₹76,490*
- bisu4444 – ₹66,760
- gameofthrones – ₹49,090
- Ganesh ‘Ganesh24’ Durgade – ₹25,057
- vipul16 – ₹17,474
(7-Max) Afternoon Boost – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 185
Re-entries – 136
Prize Pool – ₹6,42,000
Places Paid – 59
On Tuesday, the small to mid-stakes player on PokerBaazi, ‘ravi955,’ struck gold. Amidst a challenging field of 321 contenders (185 unique) in PokerBaazi’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) Afternoon Boost, he won the 2 PM marquee in five hours and 25 minutes, bagging a cash prize of ₹74,652 after a four-way deal with ‘KINGIMO’ (2nd for ₹71,819), Kamal ‘bagdadi345’ Joshi (3rd for ₹66,823), and ‘Wiseguy’ (4th for ₹66,298).
Ravi955’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹8.20 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #3
Naman ‘pareeknaman’ Pareek (5th for ₹30,944) and Monday`s PPC#13 Pocket Jacks runner-up Dhaval ‘Faizal1506’ Doshi (6th for ₹22,021) also made it to the (7-Max) Afternoon Boost final table.
With a buy-in of ₹2,200, the daytime tournament generated a prize pool of ₹6.42 Lakhs. Cash prizes were awarded to the top 59 finishers.
Final Table Results
- Ravi955 – ₹74,652*
- KINGIMO – ₹71,819*
- Kamal ‘bagdadi345’ Joshi – ₹66,823*
- Wiseguy – ₹66,298*
- Naman ‘pareeknaman’ Pareek – ₹30,944
- Dhaval ‘Faizal1506’ Doshi – ₹22,021
- pingu – ₹17,650
*denotes a four-way deal
₹10 Lakhs GTD IMPS Super Value – Qualifier 3
Q3> Entries – 249 | Re-entries – 192 | Survivors – 71 | Chip Leader – ‘anujr’ (323,000)
Combined> Entries – 894 | Re-entries – 520 | Survivors – 230 (unique) | Chip Leader – ‘Thedude7’ (356,000)
‘BlueLabel’ (Won ₹4 Lakhs GTD IMPS#13 for ₹58,270), ‘Gajaudhar’ (Won ₹3 Lakhs GTD IMPS#22 for ₹44,640), ‘INDMARCOS’ (Won ₹80K GTD IMPS#19 for ₹15,200) and ‘08milan’ (Won ₹75K GTD IMPS#20 6-Max for ₹12,700) won the other listed IMPS Gold Edition tournaments on Tuesday.
IMPS Leaderboard Standings After Day 3
As the third day of PokerBaazi’s popular Indian Micro Poker Series Gold Edition came to a close, the contest for top positions on the ₹7.50 Lakhs GTD IMPS Leaderboard remained intense. Even though it’s been only three days into the series, the leaderboard’s leading ranks have seen little shift.
Ganesh ‘Ganesh24’ Durgade continues to rule the leaderboard for a second straight day, accumulating an impressive 4,547 points, a substantial lead of 1,920 points over his closest competitor. His dominant position is a testament to his stellar performance in 17 out of the 20 completed IMPS tournaments, which includes two title victories and four final table finishes.
Amandeep ‘amanpoker27’ Singh, the reigning IMPS leaderboard champion from May, is aiming for consecutive leaderboard victories. He currently sits in second place, with 2,627 points. This ranking is well deserved, as Singh has 14 cash finishes, including a remarkable runner-up finish in Monday’s IMPS#9.
Securing the third position with 1,961 points is Ringphamatai ‘matpoker’ Ningshen (opted out of our tracking).
Rank Player Points
1 Ganesh 'Ganesh24' Durgade 4,547
2 Amandeep 'amanpoker27' Singh 2,627
3 Ringphamatai "matpoker" Ningshen 2,376
4 "huterboy22" 2,338
5 Vivek 'chhotubhaiya' Kumar 2,324
6 "ghachak25" 2,317
7 Natansh "Evilbunny36" Basandra 2,260
8 "survin82" 2,071
9 "bluffmaster714" 2,070
10 "dangerprone1" 2,024
Shivkesh ‘pokeraddictive’ Meena (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD PLO 5 Boost for ₹44,650), Aritra ‘morsmordre’ Hazra (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Boost for ₹41,280), ‘chuslaaa’ (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD 7-Max Midnight SPRINT for ₹39,850), Abmori’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Night SPRINT for ₹25,580), ‘solitudesoul05’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD 7-Max SPRINT for ₹27,840), Sankalp ‘Wobbegong’ Marwah (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD PKO for ₹20,300) and ‘antiqueGuts8640’ (Won ₹50K GTD 5-Max Daily Turbo for ₹6,100) won the other PokerBaazi marquees.
Spartan Poker
ITM #82 Tuesday Big Turbo (6-Max) – ₹20 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 116
Re-entries – 47
Re-buys – 55
Prize Pool – ₹21,80,000
Places Paid – 23
Spartan Poker regular Rohan ‘Conquerorbhaiya’ Kumar demonstrated his poker prowess yet again last night. Kumar, whose most recent triumph was in the Sunday Superstack on March 19, staged a remarkable comeback with a victory in the 9 PM featured India Turbo Masters tournament. He managed to outplay 115 competitors (218 total entries) in the ₹20 Lakhs GTD ITM #82 Tuesday Big Turbo (6-Max) that unfolded just over six hours. This remarkable feat marked his first ITM title and awarded him his second-highest payout on the platform—an impressive ₹5.07 Lakhs.
Rohan Kumar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹37.24 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹16.09 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #4
Faiz ‘FoldTo1BB’ Alam (opted out of our tracking), fresh from his splendid performance on Sunday with over ₹18 Lakhs from four final table finishes, continued to impress in the ITM #82 Tuesday Big Turbo (6-Max). He claimed the second-place spot, netting ₹3.43 Lakhs. The Kolkata-based professional player also made strong finishes in Adda52’s The Mint (5th for ₹72,800) and PokerStars India’s Bounty Builder HR (9th for ₹28,505), taking his rich weekly haul up by at least ₹4.45 Lakhs.
The six-handed final table of the ITM #82 Tuesday Big Turbo also featured the two-time The Millionaire champion Ayush ‘Tabono’ Garg (3rd for ₹2.29 Lakhs), Kabir ‘KAKAROT98$’ Tandon (4th for ₹1.87 Lakhs), and Sathyandev ‘yoda23’ Yadav (6th for ₹1.17 Lakhs).
The 9 PM ITM flagship tournament, requiring an entry fee of ₹11,000, collected a guarantee exceeding ₹21.80 Lakhs in the prize pool. The tournament paid out the top 23 finishers.
Final Table Results
- Rohan ‘conquerorbhaiya’ Kumar – ₹5,06,850
- Faiz ‘FoldTo1BB’ Alam – ₹3,43,350
- Ayush ‘Tabono’ Garg – ₹2,28,900
- Kabir ‘KAKAROT98$’ Tandon – ₹1,87,480
- Get$chwifty121 – ₹1,50,420
- Sathyandev ‘yoda23’ Yadav – ₹1,16,630
ITM #80 Tuesday Supersonic – ₹20 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 178
Re-entries – 90
Re-buys – 141
Prize Pool – ₹20,45,000
Places Paid – 39
With an incredible eight final table finishes since his triumph in the Daily Value Boost on May 22, Saransh ‘TerrorGandhi$’ Garg was long overdue a win. And he got there last night. In a grueling six-hour contest, Garg outshone a competitive pool of 409 entrants (178 unique) in Spartan Poker’s ₹20 Lakhs GTD ITM #80 Tuesday Supersonic. The win in the 8 PM flagship, Garg’s eighth career ITM title and first in the current series, earned him a substantial cash reward of ₹3 Lakhs.
Before taking down the title, Garg agreed to a four-way deal with notables like Monday’s IMPS#16 finalist Siddharth ‘cooking_nuts’ Gangwar (2nd for ₹2.60 Lakhs), Dinesh ‘p@tience7744’ Singh (3rd for ₹2.43 Lakhs), and Siddharth ‘SIDDO19’ Pandey (4th for ₹2.40 Lakhs).
Besides his breakout win, Saransh Garg scored in four additional tournaments for a collective payday worth ₹3.39 Lakhs.
Garg’s Tuesday finishes include:
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s ITM #80 Tuesday Supersonic for ₹2,99,681* (four-way deal)
> 70th in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour for ₹16,890
> 25th in Adda52’s The Mint for ₹10,500
> 16th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹8,236
> 27th in Spartan Poker’s ITM #81 Turbo for ₹3,920
Saransh Garg’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.68 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.31 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #7 | ITM Titles Won: #8
Meanwhile, Nitin ‘Lawyer_on_trial’ Chahar, Monday’s ITM #76 Turbo (6-Max) winner, put on an impressive performance in three ITM Tuesday tournaments. Chahar made it to the final table in two of them, raking in ₹1.45 Lakhs in total and climbing to #4 on the ₹15 Lakhs GTD ITM 4.0 leaderboard.
Chahar’s Tuesday finishes include:
> 5th in Spartan Poker’s ITM #80 Tuesday Supersonic for ₹1,26,177
> 5th in Spartan Poker’s ITM #77 Turbo (6-Max) for ₹17,250
> 26th in Spartan Poker’s ITM #83 Hyper for ₹2,000
Nitin Chahar’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹11.77 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹7.48 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1 | ITM Titles Won: #1 | Moves to #4 on the ITM 4.0 Leaderboard
Notable players who also reached the ITM #80 Tuesday Supersonic final table include Aryan ‘bob_marley’ Singh (6th for ₹95,502) and the #7 ranked player of the year Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia (7th for ₹70,144).
The ₹5,500 entry buy-in ITM #80 Tuesday Supersonic distributed the ₹20.45 Lakhs prize pool among the top 39 finishers.
Final Table Results
- Saransh ‘TerrorGandhi$’ Garg – ₹2,99,681*
- Siddharth ‘cooking_nuts’ Gangwar – ₹2,59,592*
- Dinesh ‘p@tience7744’ Singh – ₹2,43,469*
- Siddharth ‘SIDDO19’ Pandey – ₹2,40,208*
- Nitin ‘Lawyer_on_trial’ Chahar – ₹1,26,177
- Aryan ‘bob_marley’ Singh – ₹95,502
- Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia – ₹70,144
- Get$chwifty121 – ₹51,534
*denotes a four-way deal
ITM #79 Turbo – ₹7 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 175
Re-entries – 51
Re-buys – 126
Prize Pool – ₹7,04,000
Places Paid – 31
Bhanu ‘spectre’ Prakash KC (opted out of our tracking), the champion of Friday’s ITM #48 Triple Chance – Turbo, tasted his second title triumph at the ongoing series last night. He bested a formidable field of 352 contenders (175 unique) in Spartan Poker’s ₹7 Lakhs GTD ITM #79 Turbo, winning the 7 PM event in less than six hours and pocketing a cash prize of ₹1.15 Lakhs. Prakash negotiated a three-way deal with Alok ‘ALOK.’ Pawar and Vinay ‘ConCrete’ B, who finished second and third, securing ₹1.05 Lakhs and ₹1 Lakh respectively.
As a prominent leaderboard powerhouse, Bhanu Prakash made significant strides in at least three more ITM tournaments yesterday. With total earnings of over ₹1.29 Lakhs, he ascended to the #2 position on the ₹15 Lakhs GTD ITM 4.0 leaderboard, boasting 7,294 points.
Prakash’s Tuesday finishes include:
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s ITM #79 Turbo for ₹1,14,942* (three-way deal)
> 19th in Spartan Poker’s ITM #85 Turbo (6-Max) for ₹7,510
> 25th in Spartan Poker’s ITM #81 Turbo for ₹3,920
> 15th in Spartan Poker’s ITM #83 Hyper for ₹3,000
Other notable regs on the ITM #79 Turbo final table included Kashish ‘BeeTa03’ Gupta (6th for ₹34,426), Gopal ‘Mamacita’ Bajaj (7th for ₹25,133), and Aarchit ‘aarchit’ Dhadwal (8th for ₹18,374).
With an entry buy-in of ₹2,200, the tournament allocated shares of the ₹7.04 Lakhs prize pool to the top 31 finishers.
Final Table Results
- Bhanu ‘spectre’ Prakash KC – ₹1,14,942*
- Alok ‘ALOK.’ Pawar – ₹1,04,566*
- Vinay ‘ConCrete’ B – ₹1,00,319*
- RickyPunting – ₹57,306
- ohmyace – ₹45,338
- Kashish ‘BeeTa03’ Gupta – ₹34,426
- Gopal ‘Mamacita’ Bajaj – ₹25,133
- Aarchit ‘aarchit’ Dhadwal – ₹18,374
*denotes a three-way deal
ITM #85 Turbo 6 Max – ₹5.50 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 124
Re-entries – 48
Re-buys – 126
Prize Pool – ₹5,96,000
Places Paid – 23
Last week’s Monster Turbo champion, Sachin ‘brownguy26’ Raj, celebrated two well-earned triumphs last night, taking his title count in July to four. Navigating a field of 298 competitors (124 unique) in Spartan Poker’s ₹5.50 Lakhs GTD ITM #85 Turbo 6 Max, Raj seized his inaugural ITM title and a handsome reward of ₹1.39 Lakhs in a contest that spanned under six hours. Aritra ‘Percival’ Hazra finished as the runner-up, pocketing ₹93,870, thanks to a heads-up deal.
Sachin Raj had an overall profitable night and secured a second title of the day by shipping Pocket52’s ₹3 Lakhs GTD PPC#20 Pocket Soda for ₹60,000! Overall, he accrued ₹2.14 Lakhs across four deep runs, including:
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s ITM #85 Turbo 6 Max for ₹1,38,570* (heads-up deal)
> 1st in Pocket52’s PPC#20 Pocket Soda for ₹60,000
> 27th in Adda52’s The Mint for ₹10,500
> 14th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Midnight SPRINT for ₹4,848
Sachin Raj’s online stats (excluding Pocket52): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.25 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹33.06 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #10
Meanwhile, Aritra ‘Percival’ Hazra made quite a splash last night. He clinched victory in PokerBaazi’s Daily Boost, achieved the runner-up position in ITM #85 Turbo 6 Max and less than an hour later, posted a runner-up finish in Spartan Poker’s ITM #85 Turbo 6 Max! Overall, Hazra amassed ₹1.78 Lakhs through five deep runs, which include:
> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s ITM #85 Turbo 6 Max for ₹93,870* (heads-up deal)
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s Daily Boost for ₹41,278
> 4th in Spartan Poker’s ITM #81 Turbo for ₹32,560
> 8th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Midnight SPRINT for ₹7,787
> 47th in PokerBaazi’s IMPS#23 (6-Max) for ₹2,440
Aritra Hazra’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹83.44 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹12.26 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #8
The final table of the ITM #85 Turbo 6 Max featured several distinguished players, including Sunday’s ITM #63 Sunday Supersonic champion Dishant ‘chutny’ Soni (3rd for ₹62,580), Pranav ‘R_U_SUAR’ Khandalkar (4th for ₹51,256), and last night`s Bounty Builder HR champion Vaibhav ‘Aam Jahe Munde’ Sharma (6th for ₹31,886).
The ₹2,200 buy-in tournament gathered a smashing ₹5.96 Lakhs prize pool, surpassing its listed guarantee, with the top 23 contenders receiving a piece of it.
Final Table Results
- Sachin ‘brownguy26’ Raj – ₹1,38,570
- Aritra ‘Percival’ Hazra – ₹93,870
- Dishant ‘chutny’ Soni – ₹62,580
- Pranav ‘R_U_SUAR’ Khandalkar – ₹51,256
- Immortal Killer – ₹39,092
- Vaibhav ‘Aam Jahe Munde’ Sharma – ₹31,886
ITM #84 DST 6 Max – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 185
Re-entries – 47
Re-buys – 126
Prize Pool – ₹5,37,000
Places Paid – 31
Four days after securing his maiden India Turbo Masters title in the ITM #49 Hyper, Mayank ‘Mayank9894t’ Thakkar has clinched yet another impressive victory. This time, he triumphed in Spartan Poker’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD ITM #84 DST 6 Max. In the 9:30 PM event, Thakkar outperformed a crowd of 357 other competitors (185 unique), taking home ₹86,153. Notably, a three-way deal was made, leading to Suraj ‘MR.BEAST’ N Yadav and ‘KanaArjun’ securing substantial payouts of ₹85,091 and ₹72,715, respectively.
Overall, Thakkar’s Tuesday run saw him accumulate ₹93,799 from two cash finishes, specifically:
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s ITM #84 DST 6 Max for ₹86,153* (three-way deal)
> 9th in Spartan Poker’s ITM #78 Turbo for ₹7,646
Mayank Thakkar’s online stats (Spartan Poker and Adda52): Lifetime Winnings: ₹12.86 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹5.20 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #4 | ITM Titles Won: #2
Suraj ‘MR.BEAST’ N Yadav also had a lucrative Tuesday session. Though he missed out on a title, Yadav earned ₹1.39 Lakhs from five deep runs, which included two notable second-place finishes.
Yadav`s Tuesday finishes include:
> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s ITM #84 DST 6 Max for ₹85,091* (three-way deal)
> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Midnight SPRINT for ₹38,826
> 13th in Spartan Poker’s ITM #78 – Turbo for ₹5,770
> 28th in Spartan Poker’s ITM #79 Turbo for ₹4,755
> 28th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Afternoon Boost for ₹4,687
Suraj N Yadav’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.18 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #7
With an entry buy-in of ₹1,650, the tournament smashed its posted guarantee, with a ₹5.37 Lakhs prize pool distributed among the top 31 players.
Final Table Results
- Mayank ‘Mayank9894t’ Thakkar – ₹86,153*
- Suraj ‘MR.BEAST’ N Yadav – ₹85,091*
- KanaArjun – ₹72,715*
- darksider – ₹43,711
- 1299sanj – ₹34,583
- koshetey – ₹26,259
*denotes a three-way deal
‘Sudheendra Patel’ (Won ₹4 Lakhs GTD ITM #81 Turbo for ₹84,600), Kunal ‘Pokachu’ Shalin (Won ₹3.50 Lakhs GTD ITM #78 Turbo for ₹74,871), Prithvi ‘Blunders whale’ Singh (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD ITM #77 Turbo 6-Max for ₹58,125) and ‘platinumm’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD ITM #83 Hyper for ₹44,300) won the other ITM Tuesday tournaments.
ITM 4.0 Leaderboard Standings After Day 10
As Spartan Poker’s India Turbo Masters (ITM) 4.0 approaches its conclusion, there has been a noteworthy shift in the top echelons of the leaderboard standings after an intense Tuesday session featuring nine ITM tournaments.
Neeraj ‘$elfClaimedPro’ Kumar remains the forerunner in the ₹15 Lakhs GTD ITM 4.0 leaderboard for the second day in a row, bolstered by two consecutive victories in the ITM #71 Turbo and ITM #72 Turbo on Monday. Kumar currently touts an impressive tally of 7,377 points.
Bhanu ‘spectre’ Prakash KC (opted out of our tracking) managed to ascend to the second position, having emerged victorious in the ITM #79 Turbo and made significant progress in at least three other ITM tournaments yesterday. KC boasts 7,294 points, a mere 83 points short of usurping the top spot.
Consequently, this surge by Prakash resulted in ‘Prince Of Persia’ being relegated to the third position on the leaderboard, albeit still maintaining a commendable score of 6,873 points.
Rank Player Points
1 Neeraj 'SelfClaimedPro' Kumar 7,377
2 Bhanu 'spectre' Prakash KC 7,294
3 "Prince Of Persia" 6,873
4 Nitin 'Lawyer_on_trial' Chahar 6,573
5 Ravi 'Rvjn91' Jain 6,054
6 SanWitcher 5,907
7 Sandeep "Maestroeric" Singh 5,342
8 Puneeth "Warhammer86" B N 4,989
9 Whateveh 4,613
10 Tandroid 4,418
‘Viralhog‘ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Chip Up for ₹19,476) and ‘jangidjiiii’ (Won ₹50K GTD Centurion for ₹8,652) won the other Spartan Poker marquees.
Pocket52
PPC#18 Pocket Bullets – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,500
Entries – 278
Re-entries – 106
Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000
Places Paid – 63
A popular poker streamer and Sunday’s (7-Max) BSS Championship finalist, Nitin ‘Gambler42’ Rawat, continues to make his mark in July. With an impressive record of six final table finishes, including a title victory already under his belt this month, Rawat picked up another flagship title last night!
Rawat made headlines as he seized his inaugural Pocket Poker Championship title in Pocket52’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD PPC#18 Pocket Bullets. This 7 PM PPC flagship victory earned him a hefty ₹1.75 Lakhs in cash rewards. ‘Pokerface86,‘ another participant on the site, secured the runner-up position, garnering ₹1.25 Lakhs.
Rawat’s virtual gameplay was exceptionally profitable. He was on the brink of back-to-back titles last night in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT, narrowly missing the top spot and finishing second, earning ₹67,918.
Nitin Rawat’s online stats (excluding Pocket52): Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.36 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.16 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #11 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.29 Crores
The Pocket Bullets final table also featured online regulars like Friday`s Pocket Knights runner-up NaveenKumar ‘gaddarinsaan’ S (4th for ₹65,000) and Lavesh ‘lavesh7’ Meena (6th for ₹40,000).
The ₹2,500 entry buy-in 7 PM PPC flagship registered an overlay shortfall of ₹1.36 Lakhs, with payouts going to the top 63 finishers.
Final Table Results
- Nitin ‘NITINRAWAT’ Rawat – ₹1,75,000
- Pokerface86 – ₹1,25,000
- khush1313 – ₹85,000
- NaveenKumar ‘gaddarinsaan’ S – ₹65,000
- Centering – ₹47,000
- Lavesh ‘lavesh7’ Meena – ₹40,000
PokerSaint
Ruby – ₹3 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,350
Total Entries – 250
Prize Pool – ₹3,00,000
Places Paid – 47
PokerSaint user ‘Bulletraju’ stood out among a highly competitive field of 250 participants (including re-entries) in the site’s featured Tuesday tournament, the ₹3 Lakhs GTD Ruby, claiming the title and a handsome ₹54,735 in winnings.
The final table witnessed an exciting heads-up showdown, with ‘sandhurathi’ collecting ₹39,441 in second place.
The ₹1,350 entry fee tourney met the benchmark, with 35 players finishing in the money.
Final Table Results
- Bulletraju – ₹54,735
- sandhurathi – ₹39,441
- Abd199 – ₹28,421
- Fishy – ₹20,479
- Antara777 – ₹14,757
- Yum.yum.cha – ₹10,634
PokerDangal
PLO 6 Booster Tuesday – ₹1 Lakh GTD
Buy-in – ₹660
Entries – 85
Re-buys – 61
Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000
Places Paid – 23
Proving their prowess, PokerDangal reg ‘Golu001’ shipped the ₹1 Lakh GTD PLO 6 Booster Tuesday last night. They outshined a competitive field of 146 entrants (85 unique) to emerge as the victor, walking away with the top prize of ₹21,000.
The tournament also witnessed an impressive performance by the user ‘mrPrakash’, who secured the runner-up payday of ₹15,500.
Final Table Results
- Golu001 – ₹21,000
- mrPrakash – ₹15,500
- ank1000 – ₹11,750
- DiptiDonna – ₹9,000
- Poornima – ₹6,750
- AmeyRahul – ₹5,000
PokerStars India
Bounty Builder HR – Ticket Drop Edition – ₹9 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹7,700
Entries – 65
Re-entries – 54
Regular Prize Pool – ₹4,83,500
Bounty Prize Pool – ₹4,16,500
Total Prize Pool – ₹9,00,000
Places Paid – 13
Vaibhav ‘GTO_LIFE_GG’ Sharma delivered an impressive Tuesday performance, winning his 14th title of the year by besting a field of 119 players (65 unique) in PokerStars India’s ₹9 Lakhs GTD Bounty Builder HR – Ticket Drop Edition. His victory, secured in less than six hours, earned him a notable ₹2.50 Lakhs (₹1.54 Lakhs in bounties). The second-place position was taken by the current EndBoss Special Edition champion, Haider ‘clickasaur007’ Madraswala, who pocketed ₹1.18 Lakhs (₹23,188 in bounties).
Sharma, making a comeback to the winner’s circle after nearly a month, recorded an impressive ₹3.25 Lakhs on Tuesday, thanks to five deep runs, including:
> 1st in PokerStars India’s Bounty Builder HR – Ticket Drop Edition for ₹2,49,516 (his second time winning this event since 2021)
> 6th in Spartan Poker’s ITM #85 Turbo 6 Max for ₹31,886
> 19th in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour for ₹28,150
> 15th in Spartan Poker’s ITM #79 Turbo for ₹10,419
> 22nd in Spartan Poker’s ITM #84 DST 6 Max for ₹4,778
Vaibhav Sharma’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹11.39 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.99 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #14 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.79 Crores | Annual Profits: ₹33.82 Lakhs
Adding to his exceptional weekly scorecard, Haider Madraswala garnered ₹1.61 Lakhs in winnings on Tuesday, achieved through two deep runs, which include:
> 2nd in PokerStars India’s Bounty Builder HR – Ticket Drop Edition for ₹1,18,484
> 11th in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour for ₹42,225
Haider Madraswala’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.65 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.61 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #5 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.61 Crores | Annual Profits: ₹67.59 Lakhs | Ranked #1 in the Weekly Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes and Profit)
The final table of the Bounty Builder HR was a tough battleground, featuring top regs like Sunday`s (7-Max) BSS Championship winner Vishal ‘Vishalb22’ Bajaj (4th for ₹67,658), the Sunday Special finalist Sreeharsha ‘DonkeyCommitted’ Boneni (6th for ₹51,278) and the recent Adda52 Millions champion Advait ‘ronaldinh18’ Rajguru (7th for ₹46,653).
The ₹7,700 entry buy-in Bounty Builder HR faced a ₹67,000 overlay, with the top 13 players sharing the ₹9 Lakhs prize pool. As part of its ongoing Ticket Drop Promotion, PokerStars India surprised players at randomly chosen tables with tickets to the 15 Seats GTD Monster Stack Mega Satellite.
Final Table Results (Including Bounties)
- Vaibhav ‘GTO_LIFE_GG’ Sharma – ₹2,49,516
- Haider ‘clickasaur007’ Madraswala – ₹1,18,484
- YKARKI2147 – ₹68,816
- Vishal ‘Vishalb22’ Bajaj – ₹67,658
- sam6471 – ₹53,654
- Sreeharsha ‘DonkeyCommitted’ Boneni – ₹51,278
- Advait ‘ronaldinh18’ Rajguru – ₹46,653
‘MAIKYOFOLDKAROO” (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Uppercut for ₹36,710), ‘gs1289’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Ultrasonic for ₹21,172), ‘DR5868’ (Won ₹60K GTD Super Stack PKO 8-Max for ₹15,624) and ‘KailashTKO’ (Won ₹50K GTD Bounty Adrenaline 6-Max for ₹12,196) and won the other PokerStars India marquees.
Adda52
The Mint – ₹14 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹3,850
Entries – 201
Re-entries – 194
Prize Pool – ₹14,00,000
Places Paid – 43
After over three weeks of making deep runs, last month’s Adda52 Millions champion, Anurag ‘NormanBates’ Srivastava, made a glorious return to the victory circle last night. Srivastava skillfully battled a crowd of 395 entrants (201 unique) in Adda52’s ₹14 Lakhs GTD The Mint, a mainstay Tuesday event, and emerged victorious. Following a grueling seven-hour battle in the 8 PM flagship, during which he bought into the event twice, Srivastava won the Tuesday tournament for the third time (his first this year) and a cash prize of ₹3.47 Lakhs.
Anurag Srivastava’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹11.38 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.11 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #9 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.38 Crores
Utkarsh ‘sam20542’ Srivastava (opted out of our tracking), who won Adda52’s Headshot Bounty on Saturday, was a whisker away from clinching his second title in three days. He finished runner-up in The Mint, securing a commendable ₹2.10 Lakhs.
Also gracing The Mint’s final table was Puneet ‘j4jolly’ Mishra, who finished fourth and claimed ₹1.12 Lakhs, and Faiz ‘TheInternetKid’ Alam, the ITM #82 Tuesday Big Turbo (6-Max) runner-up, who secured the fifth position and won ₹72,800 adding to his total winnings of at least ₹4.45 Lakhs.
This high-energy contest ran from 8 PM to 3:19 AM. Despite falling ₹17,500 short of its advertised guarantee, the event provided additional value to the 43 players who finished in the money.
Final Table Results
- Anurag ‘NormanBates’ Srivastava – ₹3,47,200
- Utkarsh ‘sam20542’ Srivastava – ₹2,10,000
- sonofmars1 – ₹1,47,000
- Puneet ‘j4jolly’ Mishra – ₹1,12,000
- Faiz ‘TheInternetKid’ Alam – ₹72,800
- 6x5x9x3x1x – ₹49,000
- Khushbakht – ₹38,500
- Zoca – ₹31,500
‘akx’ (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Voyager for ₹68,625) won the other Adda52 marquee.
‘pokergiri_44’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Nano DST for ₹54,900), ‘AAxeFighter’ (Won ₹1.40 Lakhs GTD Nano Mint for ₹31,060), ‘toobigtofail’ (Won ₹90K GTD Nano Siesta for ₹28,463), ‘jahaan’ (Won ₹70K GTD Nano Crack Jack for ₹14,895), ‘sanzoo’ (Won ₹30K GTD Nano Battleship for ₹10,528) and Amandeep ‘amanpoker27’ Singh (Won ₹25K GTD Nano PLO for ₹8,991) claimed victory in the Nano Poker Series tournaments on Tuesday.
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This Week in Poker: March 10 – 16
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!
The third week of March witnessed a lot of edge-of-the-seat action, with Spartan Poker’s Final Table Series (FTS) 2.0 and PokerStars India’s MicroMillions wounding down to a scintillating close.
Headlining this week’s top winners predictably is the FTS Main Event champion, Siddharth Karia. The Young Gun traversed a field of 622 entries in the ₹2 Crores GTD event to take home not just a career-best ₹32.26 Lakhs cash prize but also an 18K diamond-studded Gold Medallion, a customized Game Face, and an exciting hamper! For his stellar run, Karia is deservedly our “PokerGuru Star of the Week!”
The 29-year-old MTT pro had entered the FTS Main Event final table with the third largest stack and ended up striking a heads-up deal with runner-up Avinit Bagri to win the prestigious title. Avnit Bagri came extremely close to clinching the FTS Main Event title but had to contend with an equally impressive second-place payout worth ₹30.19 Lakhs.
Kushagra Mehta was one of the most consistent players at the FTS 2.0. Twice in the series, he came close to grabbing the FTS title, namely in the FTS#2 Kick-Off (runner-up for ₹9.03 Lakhs) and the FTS#11 Big Game (runner-up for ₹10.37 Lakhs). He wrapped up the series by placing third in the FTS Main Event for ₹17.24 Lakhs. His phenomenal performance has propelled him on top of the March leaderboard standings with ₹37.55 Lakhs in winnings (₹35.92 Lakhs in profit).
The two-time Millionaire champion Manish Lakhotia had made his way into the top three of the yearly leaderboard last week. He has steadily made his way to the top, dislodging the IOPC The Crown winner, PokerGuru Ambassador Laksh Pal Singh, from the top seat. Lakhotia presently has ₹1.03 Crores in annual winnings (₹23.83 Lakhs in profits) – and is only ₹59,749 ahead of Singh in annual earnings.
Most of the top scorers this week are big winners from the FTS 2.0. This includes Sumit Sapra, Rohit Agrawal, Ramesh Rao Thotapalli, Arjun Pasricha, Young Gun Anujkumar Kodam, Kumar Vatsal, Young Gun Shardul Parthasarathi, PokerGuru Ambassador Devvrat Arya, and the FTS 2.0 leaderboard topper Pulkit Goyal.
PokerStars India’s ‘Star of the Month’ March leaderboard race closed out Week #3 on Sunday with the 2020 India Poker Champion Rubin Labroo headlining the 25 qualifiers. Karan Malhotra and Sanish Chhabra ranked second and third in the leaderboard standings.. The March race has entered its final week, with the Finale to take place on March 24 at 9 PM.
The FTS 2.0 has ended, but Spartan Poker continues to roll out attractive offers and promotions for its user base. On popular demand, Spartan Poker has extended its cash game promotion, the ₹1 Crore Cash Club by three weeks (March 5 – 31).
Asia’s largest online poker room, Natural8, will also be churning out $8.8 Million in promotions all through March. The site, which is a top skin on the GGPoker Network (GGPN), is running $100 India-exclusive freerolls every Saturday (5:30 PM IST). That`s not all! The site will be hosting two online series simultaneously, the Vietnam Series of Poker (VSOP) Series (March 13 – 21) and the Omaholic Series 2021 (March 14 – 28).
Speaking of promotions, PokerBaazi has come on board as Associate Sponsors with IOS Boxing Promotions to host India`s first Las Vegas-style pro-boxing event – the ‘Battle on Ship 2021’. The event will see boxing champion and RummyBaazi Ambassador Vijender Singh defend his 12-0 winnings streak against Russia’s Artysh Lopsan, on March 19, in a super middleweight (76kg) showdown. The match will take place on the rooftop of the Majestic Pride Casino in Goa.
While the virtual felts have been dominating most of the action, live poker tournaments finally made a comeback in Goa with the DPT Xpress last week. The series had a record-smashing run from March 11 to 14 onboard Casino Deltin Royale. The series was off to a great start, with the series-opener ₹5K Burn N Turn registering 333 entries. Jaipur-based Shrey Baj claimed his career-first live title for a ₹3.35 Lakhs payday. The ₹10K Bounty title was captured by Sandeep Ramesh for ₹2.75 Lakhs, while Gautham Raju won the ₹10K Deepstack Turbo for ₹4.30 Lakhs.
The star attraction of the series, the ₹15K Main Event, locked in an impressive 421 entries. Ramesh Rao Thotapalli won his first major live title at the event, banking ₹12.04 Lakhs. Thotapalli has been crushing both the live and online felts lately. Two days before taking down the DPT Xpress Main Event title, Thotapalli came close to winning his first FTS title in the FTS Highroller, finishing third for ₹12.51 Lakhs.
In the other top developments, mobile gaming company Nazara Technologies’ much-awaited Initial Public Offering (IPO) opened for subscriptions today, making it the first Indian gaming firm to be publicly listed. The IPO is an offer for sale (OFS) of up to 52.9 Lakh equity shares by the company’s shareholders and promoters, and the issue closes on March 19.
The first of the three delayed WPT Main Event FTs from last year finally played out on March 10. The 2020 WPT Gardens Poker Championship found a winner in the San Diego-based player Markus Gonsalves, who won his first-ever WPT title and a personal-best $554,495 cash prize.
In other news, the Twitter feud between Vanesa Kade and Dan Bilzerian took a new turn on March 9 when GGPoker canceled the former’s affiliate account. The move led to a lot of drama on the microblogging site. After facing a lot of criticism, the site eventually came out with a six-paragraph statement defending its position. Needless to say, that too backfired with the poker community asking GGPoker to fire Bilzerian.
Online Railbird Report
In a week that saw an equal splattering of live and online poker, Young Gun Siddharth Karia ruled the virtual felts. The 29-year-old MTT pro outmaneuvered the 622-player field to capture the ₹2 Crores GTD FTS#25 Main Event title for a career-best ₹32.26 Lakhs! Karia won ₹32.46 Lakhs this past week to win the “PokerGuru Star of the Week” title.
Avinit Bagri finished runner-up to Karia in the FTS Main Event for a ₹30.19 Lakhs payday. He also cashed in the FTS Head Hunter, collecting ₹30.23 Lakhs overall.
Young Gun Anujkumar Kodam final-tabled three flagship tourneys this week, padding his bankroll by over ₹28.97 Lakhs.
His top finishes include:
– 4th in the FTS #25 Main Event ₹2 Crores GTD for ₹13.44 Lakhs
– 5th in the FTS#17 Highroller ₹1 Crore GTD for ₹8.35 Lakhs
– 1st in the Adda52 Millions for ₹6.86 Lakhs
Rohit Agrawal grabbed the spotlight by shipping the ₹1 Crore GTD FTS#17 Highroller for ₹28.49 Lakhs.
Finishing runner-up to Agrawal in the High Roller was seasoned reg Sumit Sapra who added a whopping ₹26.38 Lakhs through the week.
His top finishes include:
-2nd in the FTS#17 Highroller ₹1 Crore GTD for ₹19.25 Lakhs
– 1st in the FTS#23 for ₹6.77 Lakhs
Kushagra Mehta persisted with his spectacular form this week. Following his runner-up finish in the FTS#2 Kick-Off last week, Mehta added two more FT runs to his scorecard in the FTS#11 Big Game and the FTS Main Event, ending the week with an overall score of ₹28.26 Lakhs.
The FTS Big Game champion and the inaugural FTS Main Event winner, Arjun Pasricha, also final tabled the FTS #14 Monster Stack. He has reasons enough to celebrate since he earned over ₹22.13 Lakhs this week.
His top finishes include:
– 1st in the FTS #11 Big Game ₹85 Lakhs GTD for ₹16.44 Lakhs
– 4th in the FTS #14 Monster Stack ₹70 Lakhs GTD For ₹4.80 Lakhs
– 14th in the FTS #20 Head Hunter ₹40 Lakhs GTD for ₹54,278
Alok Birewar’s poker bankroll swelled by over ₹17.17 Lakhs on the back of his FT finish in the FTS Main Event and The Summit victory.
His top finishes include:
– 5th in the FTS #25 Main Event ₹2 Crore GTD for ₹10.54 Lakhs
– 1st in The Summit ₹15 Lakhs GTD for ₹3.84 Lakhs
– 4th in the Adda52 Millions for ₹2.15 Lakhs
Pulkit Goyal also grabbed two titles this past week, and along with FT finishes, he added ₹16.75 Lakhs to his poker winnings. He also topped the FTS 2.0 leaderboard, earning an additional ₹10 Lakhs in leaderboard prizes.
His top finishes include:
– 1st in the FTS#20 Head Hunter ₹40 Lakhs GTD for ₹5.65 Lakhs
– 1st in the FTS #18 ₹30 Lakhs GTD for ₹4.43 Lakhs
– 4th in the FTS #11 Big Game ₹85 Lakhs GTD for ₹5.90 Lakhs
The other top scorers of the week are:
> FTS High Roller fourth-place finisher Rubin Labroo (Cumulative winnings – ₹15.84 Lakhs)
> Kumar Vatsal (won ₹70 Lakhs GTD FTS #14 Monster Stack for ₹13.51 Lakhs)
> This week’s Godfather and The Mint champion, Young Gun Shardul Parthasarathi (Cumulative winnings – ₹13.27 Lakhs)
> Latest DPT Xpress Main Event champion, Ramesh Rao Thotapalli (3rd in the FTS#17 Highroller ₹1 Crore GTD for ₹12.51 Lakhs)
> FTS Main Event finalist, PokerGuru Ambassador Devvrat Arya (Cumulative winnings – ₹12.05 Lakhs)
> FTS Monster Stack runner-up Harshad Barve (Cumulative winnings – ₹9.97 Lakhs).
Notable Winners of the Week
| Player | Prize Amount | Event | Poker Site |
|---|---|---|---|
| Siddharth ‘Ari Tribbiani’ Karia | ₹32.26 Lakhs | FTS#25 Main Event ₹2 Crores GTD | Spartan Poker |
| Arjun ‘lol this guy’ Pasricha | ₹16.44 Lakhs | FTS#11 Big Game ₹85 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
| Kumar ‘Frank Lampard’ Vatsal | ₹13.51 Lakhs | FTS#14 Monster Stack ₹70 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
| Rohan ‘The Sightseer’ Bhasin | ₹7.73 Lakhs | FTS#8 Challenger ₹40 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
| filmyjuwari | ₹7.20 Lakhs | Mega Suits ₹30 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
| Sumit ‘AAddicted’ Sapra | ₹6.77 Lakhs | FTS#23 ₹35 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
| Pratibha ‘TeamRocket’ Arya | ₹5.89 Lakhs | The Ballers ₹22.5 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
| Pulkit ‘Championplayer’ Goyal | ₹5.65 Lakhs | Head Hunter ₹40 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
| Suresh 'pokergambit' Kolli | ₹5.51 Lakhs | FTS #15 ₹25 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
| Shardul ‘vamos96’ Parthasarathi | ₹5.11 Lakhs | Godfather ₹25 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
| Siddhanth 'PluRibu$' Kripalani | ₹4.97 Lakhs | FTS#12 ₹25 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
| Pulkit 'Championplayer' Goyal | ₹4.47 Lakhs | FTS#18 ₹30 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
| Utsav 'ranny006' Taneja | ₹4.20 Lakhs | BSS#4 SuperStack ₹20 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
| kapz | ₹3.88 Lakhs | The Weekly HighRoller ₹12 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
| Alok ‘TheProfessional’ Birewar | ₹3.85 Lakhs | The Summit ₹15 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
| Naresh 'emperor457' Veeravalli | ₹3.82 Lakhs | Maverick ₹15 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
| Chandan ‘RunBarryRun’ Arora | ₹3.17 Lakhs | Sunday Special Progressive KO ₹15 Lakhs GTD | PokerStars India |
| Shardul ‘Vamos96’ Parthasarathi | ₹3.02 Lakhs | The Mint ₹15 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
| Ashish ‘intrcptr101’ Kaushik | ₹2.82 Lakhs | FTS#24 ₹12.50 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
| Aditya 'konstantin' Singh | ₹2.65 Lakhs | The Endeavour ₹12 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
| filmyjuwari | ₹2.64 Lakhs | Excalibur ₹10 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
| Aditya 'adit11' Kulkarni | ₹2.31 Lakhs | The Pride ₹10 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
| Ghanshyam 'Tiger10' Tripathi | ₹2.28 Lakhs | Mega Stack – Millionaire Bubble ₹16 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
| Karan ‘gogikaran’ Malhotra | ₹2.26 Lakhs | Micro Millions#40 – [Eliminator - Progressive KO] ₹10 Lakhs GTD | PokerStars India |
| Shashank 'Goldfish097' Shekhar | ₹2.21 Lakhs | Uppercut Magic Edition ₹10 Lakhs GTD | PokerStars India |
| Rishab ‘NoChan(3’ Malik | ₹2.17 Lakhs | Highroller ₹10 Lakhs GTD | PokerStars India |
| Laldingliana ‘patea1971’ Tlau Vantawl | ₹2.10 Lakhs | FTS#13 ₹10 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
| Saahib 'saahib' Bawa | ₹2 Lakhs | Iron Man ₹8 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
| Sandeep 'pizzakhanahai' Chhabra | ₹1.95 Lakhs | Sunday Showdown ₹10 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
| Rajiv ‘BHAI HO THO AISA’ Srivastava | ₹1.80 Lakhs | ReCharge ₹9 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
| HerMess | ₹1.79 Lakhs | FTS #16 ₹10 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
| Sanat 'mehro2511' Mehrotra | ₹1.76 Lakhs | The Big Show ₹7.5 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
| Shagun ‘Sogani22’ Jain | ₹1.75 Lakhs | Micro Millions-45 Main Event ₹10 Lakhs GTD | PokerStars India |
| Banmanlang ‘bml2012’ Lyndem | ₹1.65 Lakhs | Monster Turbo ₹5 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
| 'debapriya_12345' | ₹1.49 Lakhs | Hurricane ₹4.5 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
| the_owl32 | ₹1.37 Lakhs | Micro Millions-21 Night on Stars ₹8 Lakhs GTD | PokerStars India |
| MallaNi | ₹1.34 Lakhs | Running Hot ₹5 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
| DeathDose | ₹1.33 Lakhs | Blockbuster ₹6 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
| rahuldiwan18 | ₹1.31 Lakhs | FTS#21 ₹7.5 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
| Ayush 'Proman502' Garg | ₹1.24 Lakhs | BSS#3 Monster 6-Max ₹5 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
| MrBigSlick139 | ₹1.22 Lakhs | Battle Royale ₹5 Lakhs GTD | PokerStars India |
| atulkhurana | ₹1.20 Lakhs | BSS#5 MegaStack ₹5 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
| Ashish 'Spewushhhiiiii' Ahuja | ₹1.18 Lakhs | FTS#10 ₹7 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
| Pratibh ‘Slippery Slope’ Saluja | ₹1.11 Lakhs | The Race ₹6.5 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
| AreyBetaRaise | ₹1.09 Lakhs | La Luna ₹4 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
| Utsav ‘rannyOO6’ Taneja | ₹1.09 Lakhs | Micro Millions – 29 The Classic ₹5 Lakhs GTD | PokerStars India |
| Kshithesh ‘tobirama’ Siraboina | ₹88,946 | FTS#22 ₹6 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
| Shubham20 | ₹86,000 | Reraise ₹2 Lakhs GTD | Khelo365 |
| Praveen ‘thepokerfaceblr’ Chandra | ₹84,500 | Voyager ₹2.75 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
| Partho 'SpidermanIndia' Datta | ₹84,342 | Sixth Sense ₹5 Lakhs GTD | PokerStars India |
| Saurabh ‘bombardier’ Ramola | ₹79,147 | The Flash ₹4.50 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
| Prabhat ‘prabhpal’ Paliya | ₹77,312 | Voyager ₹2.75 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
| boguspro | ₹71,500 | Voyager ₹2.75 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
| RektKing | ₹64,981 | FTS#19 ₹4 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
| Piyush 'aero' Jain | ₹57,178 | Grinders#10 Holdem Boost ₹2 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
| Ashwin ‘Ashwinvijay’ Vijay | ₹55,702 | Micro Millions – 44 Final Warrm-up | PokerStars India |
| Ashwinip4873 | ₹54,621 | Micro Millions – 35 [NLHE] ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD | PokerStars India |
| Sumit ‘pleasedontbet’ Silwal | ₹52,875 | Monster Stack ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
| noc1296 | ₹52,790 | Night Rider – Monster Stack ₹2.45 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
| Royalsagar | ₹49,740 | Grinders#4 Holdem Boost ₹2 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
| shivaay24 | ₹48,803 | Micro Millions-23 Deepstack ₹3 Lakhs GTD | PokerStars India |
| Mukeshahuja | ₹48,300 | BSS#6 After Party ₹2 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
| Akshit ‘alwaysgud’ Madan | ₹46,285 | Night Rider - Monster Stack ₹2.45L GTD | Spartan Poker |
| Amar 'PsykoEko' B Iyer | ₹45,122 | Uppercut Mini ₹2 Lakhs GTD | PokerStars India |
| Naman 'KidPoker09' Puri | ₹45,000 | Turbo ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
| Sachindubal4 | ₹44,760 | Turbo ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
| Vasu ‘Aggrolegend’ Ramanan | ₹44,580 | Micro Millions#42 [Omania] ₹1.25 Lakhs GTD | PokerStars India |
| Ashish 'Notoriouskonvict' Nailwal | ₹43,025 | 6-Max Holdem Boost ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
| Naman 'KidPoker09' Puri | ₹43,025 | 6-Max Holdem Boost ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
| Vinay2001 | ₹43,000 | Mega Spalsh ₹1 Lakh GTD | Khelo365 |
| kidneychor | ₹42,738 | Micro Millions-24 [Deep Hyper] ₹2 Lakhs GTD | PokerStars India |
| ravi250294 | ₹42,230 | Turbo ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
| Kunal ‘callmeifyoucan’ Yadav | ₹42,230 | Turbo ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
| Kunal ‘callmeifyoucan’ Yadav | ₹42,230 | Grinders#5 PLO BOOST ₹1.25 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
| Arpan 'Novus' Majhi | ₹41,782 | 6-Max Holdem Boost ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
| Utsav ‘ranny006’ Taneja | ₹40,200 | 6-Max Holdem Boost ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
| Vinay2001 | ₹40,000 | Big Bang ₹1 Lakh GTD | Khelo365 |
| mafakaralte7 | ₹39,413 | Micro Millions-30 [Ultrasonic] ₹2 Lakhs GTD | PokerStars India |
| JC1870 | ₹36,720 | Grinders#11 PLO BOOST ₹1.25 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
| varunpothan82 | ₹33,842 | Ultrasonic ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD | PokerStars India |
| sssss951 | ₹30,488 | Bigstack Turbo ₹1 Lakh GTD | PokerStars India |
| papa_ji | ₹30,120 | PLO Boost Monster ₹1 Lakh GTD | PokerBaazi |
| CURRY300 | ₹29,204 | Micro Millions – 46 Sunday Storm ₹2 Lakhs GTD | PokerStars India |
| Karan ‘99ayka99’ Jain | ₹28,800 | Warrior Arena – Bounty ₹1.2 Lakhs GTD | PokerDangal |
| Hero29 | ₹28,800 | Dangal Friday ₹1.2 Lakhs GTD | PokerDangal |
| Amei | ₹28,150 | PLO Boost Monster ₹1 Lakh GTD | PokerBaazi |
| abhidread | ₹28,150 | PLO Boost Monster ₹1 Lakh GTD | PokerBaazi |
| Anmol ‘freak_weird0’ Agarwal | ₹28,125 | Deepstack ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD | PokerStars India |
| imohitahuja | ₹27,953 | Bigstack Turbo ₹1 Lakh GTD | PokerStars India |
| Guddu_ki_Gun | ₹27,654 | Ultrasonic ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD | PokerStars India |
| Varun ‘wardev’ Devayya | ₹25,157 | Bigstack Turbo ₹1 Lakh GTD | PokerStars India |
| Naru96 | ₹24,571 | Sunday Supersonic ₹1 Lakh GTD | PokerStars India |
| Siddharth ‘CARDashian66’ Kadel | ₹24,150 | Grinders#2 6-Max ₹1 Lakh GTD | PokerBaazi |
| Manash 'ButtonRaiseSS' Kalita | ₹22,343 | Bigstack Turbo ₹1 Lakh GTD | PokerStars India |
| Shivam 'ruskypanda' Baldota | ₹22,150 | Bigstack Turbo ₹1 Lakh GTD | PokerStars India |
| mnjain | ₹22,000 | Wednesday PLO ₹1 Lakh GTD | PokerDangal |
| escanor1411 | ₹21,609 | Micro Millions-26 ₹1 Lakh GTD | PokerStars India |
| Swapnil ‘pokpom1’ Patil | ₹20,953 | Bigstack Turbo ₹1 Lakh GTD | PokerStars India |
| sahil7889 | ₹20,890 | Ultra KO 90% ₹50K GTD | PokerStars India |
| Shubham ‘theViperArena’ Chaudhary | ₹19,544 | Micro Millions-22 [Primetime Grind] ₹1 Lakh GTD | PokerStars India |
| Chaitanya 'crylighter' Dhingra | ₹18,437 | Micro Millions-28 [Primetime Grind] ₹1 Lakh GTD | PokerStars India |
| zravasya | ₹18,000 | Dominator ₹50K GTD | Khelo365 |
| RAV1619 | ₹16,707 | Micro Millions#41 [Primetime Grind] ₹1 Lakh GTD | PokerStars India |
| fakeer | ₹15,750 | Monday Blues ₹75K GTD | PokerDangal |
| Rakesh 'noviceanari' Sharma | ₹15,062 | Afternoon on Stars ₹60K GTD | PokerStars India |
| Poker_Basilisk | ₹14,950 | Micro Millions-19 [Alternating Blinds] ₹70K GTD | PokerStars India |
| kenny85 | ₹13,800 | Hitman PLO ₹30K GTD | Khelo365 |
| sassyanImat | ₹12,900 | Nitro ₹30K GTD | Khelo365 |
| RyadAli | ₹12,900 | Rivered PLO ₹30K GTD | Khelo365 |
| Salazar | ₹12,250 | Weekend Fun ₹50K GTD | PokerDangal |
| Hangcock | ₹12,000 | Prime Time PLO ₹30K GTD | Khelo365 |
| dnk150810 | ₹10,750 | 6 Feet Under Deepstack PLO ₹25K GTD | Khelo365 |
| thesaint | ₹10,000 | Under The Gun PLO ₹20K GTD | Khelo365 |
| apan ‘tweedu_taps’ Malhotra | ₹9,959 | Micro Millions-18 [4-Max Progressive KO] ₹50K GTD | PokerStars India |
| toufiqe2530 | ₹8,000 | Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD | Khelo365 |
| Kkaranchhab | ₹8,000 | Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD | Khelo365 |
| DILDAAR | ₹7,500 | Point Blank ₹15K GTD | Khelo365 |
| HarryIsTheHero | ₹7,256 | Micro Millions-20 [Bounty Builder] ₹30K GTD | PokerStars India |
| Komalravidas | ₹7,200 | Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD | Khelo365 |
| Christo91 | ₹7,200 | Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD | Khelo365 |
| JackSparrow | ₹7,200 | Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD | Khelo365 |
| Mahakal | ₹5,500 | Depositors Freeroll ₹25K GTD | PokerDangal |
Rubin Labroo Leads the PokerStars India “Star of the Month” – March Week #3 Qualifiers
Ace MTT reg Rubin Labroo garnered 1,066 TLB points last week in PokerStars India’s “Star of the Month”- March leaderboard race and leads the third batch of 25 qualifiers, making it to the March Finale slated for March 24.
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Spartan Poker Extends 1 Crore Cash Club Promotion Till March 31
Spartan Poker has extended its popular ₹1 Crore Cash Club promotion by three weeks (March 5 – 31). The promotion will award another ₹75 Lakhs in prizes in the coming three weeks.
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PokerBaazi Associate Sponsor for “Battle on Ship 2021”, Vijender Singh to Fight Russia’s Artysh Lopsan
RummyBaazi Ambassador, boxing icon Vijender Singh will be taking on Russia’s Artysh Lopsan in a boxing match on March 19. PokerBaazi is the associate sponsor for the event called the “Battle on Ship 2021” and will also be running a “Battle on Ship” freeroll at 7 PM today, awarding two VIP packages worth ₹25,000 each to the top two finishers.
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Natural8 is Giving Away $8.8 Million Through March Madness Promotion
It will be an exciting month on Natural8 as the site will be giving away $8.80 Million in promotions and offers! Players can win prizes by playing on the site’s daily cash game leaderboards, or they can also try out the new Omaha Tables on the Natural8’s All-In or Fold cash game tables.
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Natural8 has also announced $100 exclusive freerolls for Indian players every Saturday at 5:30 PM (IST).
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The Asia-facing site will also be hosting the Vietnam Series of Poker (VSOP). The series kicked off on March 13 and will run till March 21. The series comprises 14 events, promising VND 2,000,000,000 ($86,900) in prize pool guarantees.
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Omaha fans should check out the Omaholic Series 2021 on Natural8. Running from March 14 to 28, the series features 105 events and boasts of a jaw-dropping $7 Million in guarantees.
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Deltin Poker Tournament (DPT) Xpress 2021
Following a year-long hiatus brought on by the COVID-19 induced lockdown, live poker tournaments returned to Goa with the 2021 DPT Xpress series on board the Deltin Royale.
The showstopper of the series, the ₹15K Main Event, took place on March 15 and was taken down by well-known player Ramesh Rao Thotapalli. The funnyman ran through the 421-entry field to clinch his career-first live title for a ₹12.04 Lakhs top prize.
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Shrey Baj (Won the ₹5K Burn N Turn for ₹3.35 Lakhs), Sandeep Ramesh (Won the ₹10K Bounty for ₹2.75 Lakhs), and Gautham Raju (Won the ₹10K Deepstack Turbo for ₹4.30 Lakhs) were the other title winners at the series.
And 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.
DPT Xpress 2021: Ramesh Rao Thotapalli Bests Record 421 Entries in Main Event to Win His First Major Live Title & ₹12.04 Lakhs
The first domestic live stop of the year is finally in the books. The just-concluded Deltin Poker Tournament (DPT) Xpress brought live tournament poker back in Goa after an almost yearlong gap, and the bet paid off handsomely for the organizers. With record-shattering turnouts on all four days, the series set a new attendance benchmark in all events, more than doubling the previous best numbers recorded at past DPTX editions!
The Business Head of Poker at Deltin Royale, Manish J. Adnani, was ecstatic with the player turnouts when we spoke to him after the series. “The series’ numbers were surely past my expectations,” he said. “It was overwhelming to see this kind of participation, especially the 421 entries in the Main Event. Many players also made it for the event through satellites on Adda52. The team has worked relentlessly to deliver a great experience,” Adnani added.
After the two side events earlier in the week, the weekend action mainly was centered on the series` ₹15K Main Event. The Main Event held two starting flights on Saturday, and both of them registered record fields, hitting 421 entries (Day 1A – 250, Day 1B – 171) – over twice the 205-entry benchmark set at the DPTX Main Event in June 2019.
One-hundred-and-eight survivors returned for Day 2 on Sunday, and funny man Ramesh Rao Thotapalli (cover image) laughed all the way to the bank after beating them all to win his first live title and the lion’s share of the ₹58.05 Lakhs prize pool worth ₹12.04 Lakhs!
The 30-year old Thotapalli currently resides in Goa. He had entered the FT third in chips and single-handedly eliminated six of his eight FT opponents to win the DPTX trophy. Sameer Agarwal finished runner-up for ₹2.90 Lakhs.
Thotapalli is better-known for founding the popular Facebook group Indian Poker Bakchods. He has over a decade-long experience in playing live poker, but he has stuck to playing cash games for the most part. While his Hendon Mob profile list only two live cashes picked up in 2017 at Melbourne, he is well-known for his exploits in Bengaluru’s local tournaments in 2016. That said, the DPTX Main Event victory is not only Thotapalli’s biggest live tourney win; he has also broken new ground by clinching the DPTX trophy!
Talking to us, Thotapalli shared that he’s been going through a challenging phase in his personal life this past month and was really looking forward to playing at the DPT. “I just wanted to play the series and entered with a fresh mind,” he said, underlining that once he made it to the FT, he was pretty confident of making it to the top.
Thotapalli, who is full-time into organizing cash game festivals in Kolkata and Goa, when he’s not playing poker, added, “I had a good stack, to begin with, and was familiar with most of the players on the FT, knew their style…played solid, enjoyed every hand I played. It was never about the money. It was more about the title. I had to take down a title in India, so I’m glad that if not too early, finally I have it!!”
Interestingly, three of the past four DPTX Main Event champions, namely, Ankit Jajodia, Anant Purohit, and Deepak Raina, had made Day 2 in the Main Event. All three of them finished in the money, with Purohit and Raina making it to the FT!
The Sunday DPTX schedule also featured the ₹10K Deepstack Turbo. Here again, first-timer Gautham Raju was the last player standing as he topped the 171-entry field to win ₹4.30 Lakhs.
The resounding success of the DPTX will undoubtedly lead the way for other brands in lining up their live events. Adnani dropped a strong hint that an announcement for Deltin Royale’s flagship DPT series is on the horizon. Alluding to this, he said, “It was great to bring live tournament poker back to life in 2021. I am extremely happy with the event. All our teams have put in their best, and the results speak for themselves.
Look forward to announcing DPT dates in the coming few weeks. Hopefully, we can pull off DPT soon in the coming months based on the COVID situation going forward.”
₹15K Main Event – Day 2
The series’ showstopper, the ₹15K Main Event, logged in a record field of 421 entries across its two starting flights on Saturday, collecting an impressive ₹58.05 Lakhs prize pool.
The hearty participation ensured that the DPTX Main Event paid out over 50 places for the first time. The top 53 finishers pocketed a payday with a min-cash worth ₹25,310.
A little over a fourth of the starting field, i.e., 108 survivors (Day 1A – 62, Day 1B – 46), returned for the final day on Sunday. The musician-turned-MTT pro Dhaval Mudgal (2,54,100) – the Day 1B chip leader – entered Day 2 as the start of the day chip leader. J Raju (247,800), the second chip lead on Day 1B, held the second largest stack.
Day 2 began at 5 PM on Sunday, and it took three levels to reach the money. The hand-for-hand play on the money bubble ended with Suffraz Alam and Shiv Chug’s double-elimination on separate tables. Both players shared the 53rd payout worth ₹25,310, also winning the Main Event bubble contest to collect an Adda52 gift hamper each.
Some of the early ITM bustouts included Siddhanth Kripalani (51st for ₹25,310), Saumil Krishnani (49th for ₹25,310), Sankalp Marwah (46th for ₹25,310), Himanshu Gupta (43rd for ₹28,740), Varun Devayya (41st for ₹28,740), Akash Singhal (39th for ₹28,740), and Archit Garg (38th for ₹28,740).
Adda52 streamer Shivam Jain (24th for ₹47,890), Kshitij Kucheria (20th for ₹56,890), Guruprasad Gupta (17th for ₹68,210), Hetal Desai (16th for ₹68,210), Amit Dhal (15th for ₹83,020), Sanjay Mohan (14th for ₹83,020), J. Raju (13th for ₹83,020), Deepak Singh (12th for ₹99,850), and Vinay Jain (11th for ₹99,850) were some other players who posted a deep run.
There were three former DPTX Main Event champions in contention, and the March 2019 DPTX Main Event champion Ankit Jajodia (18th for ₹68,210) was the first of them to fall. The June 2019 DPTX Main Event champion Anant Purohit (39 BB) and the defending DPTX Main Event champion Deepak Raina (31 BB) made it to the FT.
The FT was a stacked one, with the series-opener Burn N Turn runner-up Nikunj Doshi getting a second shot at the title as he led the final nine with 79 big blinds (19,85,000). Thotapalli was third in chips with 40 big blinds, former WPT Vietnam Main Event champion Dhaval Mudgal (31 BB) and online regs Mohak Kapoor (38 BB) and Shivam Shukla (56 BB) also had decent stacks to maneuver.
Final Table Chip Counts
- Nikunj Doshi – 19,85,000 (79 BB)
- Shivam Shukla – 14,05,000 (56 BB)
- Ramesh Rao Thotapalli – 10,00,500 (40 BB)
- Anant Purohit – 9,80,000 (39 BB)
- Mohak Kapoor – 9,40,000 (38 BB)
- Dhaval Mudgal – 7,75000 (31 BB)
- Deepak Raina – 7,65,000 (31 BB)
- Sameer Agarwal – 2,90,000 (11 BB)
- Avinash Sharma – 90,000 (3.6 BB)
Final Table Recap
The shortest stack on the FT, Avinash Sharma, was the first player to be eliminated, and all his chips landed with Ramesh Rao Thotapalli.
Dhaval Mudgal and Deepak Raina doubled up before Raina lost his tournament live in eighth place. The defending Main Event champion hit tips with ace-ten, but Shivam Shukla’s pocket treys improved to a full house to win the pot.
The other former DPTX Main Event champion Anant Purohit didn’t last long either. His pocket jacks were cracked by Thotapalli’s ace-king in seventh place.
Next up, Nikunj Doshi was eliminated in sixth place by Shivam Shukla.
Sitting in the chip lead, Thotapalli took over a commanding advantage after scoring three back-to-back eliminations. He eliminated Mohak Kapoor, Shivam Shukla, and Dhaval Mudgal in fifth to third place, respectively.
With an overwhelming chip lead, Thotapalli soon dispatched his heads-up opponent Sameer Agarwal to win the Main Event title.
The final hand saw Agarwal jamming his 16 big blind-stack, and Thotappali called it off.
Sameer Agarwal
Ramesh Rao Thotapalli
The board ran giving Thotapalli a wheel.
Final Table Results (INR)
- Ramesh Rao Thotapalli – ₹12,04,000
- Sameer Agarwal – ₹8,07,240
- Dhaval Mudgal – ₹5,32,660
- Shivam Jain – ₹3,57,040
- Mohak Kapoor – ₹2,74,600
- Nikunj Doshi – ₹2,27,580
- Anant Purohit – ₹1,91,000
- Deepak Raina – ₹1,54,540
- Avinash Sharma – ₹1,18,260
Gautham Raju Wins ₹10K Deepstack Turbo For ₹4.30 Lakhs
The final tourney on the DPTX roster, the ₹10K Deepstack Turbo, took off at 7 PM on Sunday. For the first time, the event featured the re-entry option. By the time late registrations closed at the end of Level 8, 171 entries had been recorded in the event (included 60 re-entries).
Gautham Raju was the last player standing and won the DPTX trophy along with ₹4.30 Lakhs in prize money.
Raju was fifth in stacks at the start of the final table, with Akshit Gupta starting out in pole position. Gupta ran out of chips to take home a third-place payout, setting up the heads-up finale between Gautham Raju and Akash Singhal.
The deciding hand saw Raju moving all-in with and Singhal put his tournament life at risk with . Gautham paired his nine on the runout to win the tourney.
The top 21 places were assured at least ₹21,000.
The ITM list included names like Sankalp Marwah (21st for ₹21,000), Archit Garg (18th for ₹26,000), Vineet Kumar (17th for ₹26,000), Ranjeet Negi (15th for ₹32,000), Avinash Rajpal (14th for ₹32,000), Naveen Reddy (13th for ₹32,000), Nimit Shah (12th for ₹37,000), and Ameya Gokhale (11th for ₹37,000).
The defending champion, Abhishek Sharma, had also entered the tourney but failed to make it past the money line.
Final Table Results (INR)
- Gautham Raju – ₹4,30,000
- Akash Singhal – ₹2,90,000
- Akshit Gupta – ₹1,70,000
- Tanay Hargunaney – ₹1,05,000
- Puneet Tandon – ₹80,000
- Amarnath R – ₹65,600
- Pawan Jaiswal – ₹59,641
- Vishal Singh – ₹50,000
- Milena Mezhuieva – ₹44,000
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DPT Xpress 2021: Shrey Baj Outlasts 333 Entries to Win Maiden Live Title in the Series-Opener ₹5K Burn N Turn
After a near-year-long hiatus, live poker tournaments have returned in Goa with the 2021 Deltin Poker Tournament (DPT) Xpress. The four-event series kicked-off last evening on board the Deltin Royale, with the series-opener ₹5K Burn N Turn. The last domestic live stop before the COVID-19 induced lockdown was the DPT Xpress February Edition that took place at the same venue between February 27 – March 1, 2020.
The series got off to a fantastic start with the ₹5K Burn N Turn recording 333 entries last night! A much better turn out than the previous edition’s 197 entries, basically going to show that Indian poker enthusiasts have been itching for live tournaments! Jaipur-based Shrey Baj (cover image) emerged as the first champion of the 2021 DPT Xpress series!
Baj entered the final table in the second chip lead behind eventual runner-up Nikunj Doshi; following two quick knockouts on the FT, in Sachin Kinger and KN Suresh, he took over the chip lead just before the heads-up match started. While Doshi did steal away the lead from Baj early on, in the end, Baj overcame Doshi to walk away with his career-first live title and the ₹3.35 Lakhs cash prize.
Several familiar faces were seen in the fray, including Shivam Jain, Vineet Kumar, Gaurav Gupta, Abhishek Garg, poker coach Abhishek Goindi, former DPT Xpress Main Event champion Anant Purohit and 2020 IOPC The Millionaire United winner Siddhanth Kripalani.
The series has three more events lined up until March 14, and if the series-opener is any indication, the 2021 DPT Xpress will be packed to the brim with electrifying action. Perhaps this series will act as the much-needed catalyst for other live stops like the IPC and BPT to come out of hibernation.
Final Table Chip Counts
- Nikunj Doshi – 895,000
- Shrey Baj – 760,000
- Gaurav Jain – 625,000
- Suresh KN – 620,000
- Sachin Kinger – 585,000
- Abhishek – 455,000
- Firoz Khan – 230,000
- Siddharth Ranshevre – 180,000
- Ritesh Khatwani – 80,000
Final Table Recap
Firoz Khan was the first player to fall out of the nine-handed final table, with Ritesh Khatwani following him to the rail next.
Abhishek, Siddharth Ranshevre, and Gaurav Jain were all eliminated in quick succession during Level 23.
It took three more levels of play before India’s poker crusader, KN Suresh, was sent packing in fourth place by Shrey Baj. The elimination propelled Baj into the chip lead.
Soon after that, Sachin Kinger’s got busted by Baj’s pocket kings. Kinger’s third-place exit set up the heads-up between Baj and start-of-the-final table chip leader Doshi.
Baj’s back-to-back eliminations of Suresh and Kinger got him the edge over Nikunj Doshi heading into the final showdown. Doshi did whisk away the chip lead from Baj at one point, but the latter quickly won it back. It did not take long for Baj to deliver the final blow and win the title.
On the final hand, Baj limped from the button, and Doshi jammed his remaining stack. Baj quickly called.
Shrey Baj:
Nikunj Doshi:
The board did bring Doshi a flopped pair of tens, but it wasn’t enough to get past Baj’s pocket queens.
Final Table Results (INR)
- Shrey Baj – ₹3,35,000
- Nikunj Doshi – ₹2,50,000
- Sachin Kinger – ₹1,55,000
- KN Suresh – ₹1,02,000
- Gaurav Jain – ₹65,000
- Siddharth Ranshevre – ₹65,000
- Abhishek – ₹54,530
- Ritesh Khatwani – ₹44,770
- Firoz Khan – ₹35,180
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