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Daily Majors: Anuj Yadav Strikes in NPS#92 Super HighRoller; Kunal Bhatia, Kartik Ved & Bharat Vasan Reel in Seven-Figure Payouts in the Friday Showstopper
PokerBaazi`s record-crushing NPS India 2023 is fast approaching its Sunday finale, and all eyes are on the two blockbuster weekend attractions, the NPS#106 Main Event and NPS#104 Golden Rush.
With a full crowd of regs busy playing the WPT Prime India tournaments in Goa, most online poker operators took the conservative route with guarantees. The strategy worked as most big-ticket tournaments avoided overlays.
The 2022 POY, Young Gun Anuj Yadav, couldn’t have asked for a better start to the weekend. The online phenom, in his trademark style, rode his final table chip lead to victory in the Friday showstopper, ₹1.25 Crores GTD NPS#92 Super HighRoller, clinching his first NPS gold medal of the series (his second overall) and ₹17.96 Lakhs in prize money (his single-best score of the year). He chopped the Super HighRoller title with the former IIOPC – The Crown Main Event runner-up finisher Kunal Bhatia (2nd for ₹18.53 Lakhs), who made a stunning comeback late in the tournament to win his first NPS silver medal and the day`s single-largest score.
Kartik Ved (3rd for ₹12.75 Lakhs) and Bharat Vasan (4th for ₹10.75 Lakhs) were others picking up seven-figure paychecks in NPS#92 Super HighRoller.
Young Guns were a dominating force yesterday, and Siddhanth Kripalani featured right up there among the Friday chartbusters. The IPC Megastacks Main Event champion nailed PokerBaazi’s NPS#93 (7-Max) Big SPRINT to win his first NPS gold medal and ₹4.29 Lakhs (won ₹4.49 Lakhs overall), busting an over four-month-long title drought.
Sunday`s NPS#62 Mini Main Event bronze medallist Tarush Gupta (2nd for ₹2.63 Lakhs), and last Friday`s NPS#56 HighRoller champion, Puneet Dua (3rd for ₹2.13 Lakhs) made the NPS#93 podium.
Armaan Kochhar (Won NPS#94 (5-Max) Hyper SPRINT for ₹1.59 Lakhs), Ravi Jain (Won NPS#89 Marathon for ₹1.66 Lakhs), Shreyansh Sharma (Won NPS#90 Megadive for ₹1.28 Lakhs), Yuvraj Bhardwaj (Won NPS#91 Deepdive for ₹81,857) won the other NPS gold medals on Friday.
Fresh off a Tuesday rampage, Young Gun Sanat Mehrotra pulled out another blinder of a run last night, winning Adda52’s The Ballers (₹5.01 Lakhs) and placing runner-up in Spartan Poker’s Futuristic – Triple Chance (₹1.42 Lakhs from three stacks) for ₹7.30 Lakhs in total winnings, crossing ₹4 Crores online profits.Spartan Poker user ‘KwiSatZ’ shipped The Elite (6-Max) for a site-best ₹4.18 Lakhs (their maiden title on the site). Ashwin Vijay satellited his way into the Friday headliner and collected ₹3.96 Lakhs as the runner-up (his second close finish this week), courtesy of a heads-up deal.
The former The MoneyMaker champion, Young Gun Anmol Mehta, dusted off a seven-week-long title jinx with a top finish in PokerStars India’s The Big Bash [6-Max PKO] for ₹1.04 Lakhs (₹54,469 in bounties) and added ₹3.04 Lakhs across five deep runs. Last week’s Bounty Builder HR winner Anmolraj Singh Chawla, bagged away ₹86,715 (₹36,969 in bounties) in second place.
Last night, the IndiaPlays Bounty Championship hosted its featured tournament, Texas Bounty. The 33-year-old full-time poker grinder Lave Kumar nailed the showstopper for ₹1.08 Lakhs (₹10,000 in bounties). ‘AyushRai’ finished runner-up for ₹77,500 (₹7,000 in bounties).
Yash Shrivastava, Abilash Bala, Ankit Nahar, and Mayank Shekhar won the other Friday majors!
Here are the Friday highlights!
PokerBaazi
NPS#92 Super HighRoller – ₹1.25 Crores GTD
Buy-in – ₹44,000
Entries – 181
Re-entries – 90
Prize Pool – ₹1,25,00,000
Places Paid – 35
PokerBaazi`s ₹1.25 Crore GTD NPS#92 Super HighRoller was the perfect Friday night spectacle, with a massive rail following the action as 181 top regs (271 total entries) battled for the top-heavy paydays and the NPS medals.
The ₹44K buy-in Super HighRoller went on for over ten hours, eventually playing down to a heads-up deal in the early hours today!
The 2022 POY, Young Gun Anuj ‘brockLesnar95’ Yadav, was the player with all the chips in play in the end and won his first NPS gold medal of the series (his second overall) and ₹17.96 Lakhs in prize money (his single-best score and 14th title this year).
The former IOPC – The Crown Main Event runner-up finisher Kunal ‘lncognito’ Bhatia made an amazing comeback in the tournament. The shortest stack around the FT bubble, a double-up with vs. Yadav`s , gave him the momentum to win his first-ever NPS silver medal, and he negotiated a better ₹18.54 Lakhs as the runner-up.
Kunal Bhatia`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.66 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹55.09 Lakhs | NPS Medals Won: 1 Silver
WSOP bracelet winner Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved, the NPS 2.0 Super HighRoller champion, made a strong run to defend his title but fell out in third place for ₹12.75 Lakhs, picking up his first NPS medal this series. He locked in ₹13.05 Lakhs across three deep runs last night, which include:
> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s NPS#92 Super HighRoller for ₹12,75,000
> 20th in Adda52’s The Ballers for ₹17,616
> 11th in PokerStars India’s The Big Bash [6-Max PKO] for ₹12,230
Kartik Ved`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹9.95 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹4.15 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #3 | NPS Medals Won: 1 Gold, 1 Silver, and 2 Bronze
The #4 ranked player on the NPS Podium leaderboard, Bharat ‘Thinkfloyd’ Vasan (opted out of tracking), made at least ₹11.44 Lakhs across three deep runs (two FT scores)!
His known Friday finishes include:
> 4th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#92 Super HighRoller for ₹10,75,000
> 4th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#89 Marathon for ₹68,530
> 182nd in PokerBaazi’s NPS#91 Deepdive for ₹907
Sushil ‘qazxsw2’ Kumar (5th for ₹8,87,500) and Vishal ‘Vishzz’ Bajaj (6th for ₹7,06,250) round out the NPS#92 Super HighRoller final table.
Last week`s chartbuster Shashank ‘Iverson003’ Shekhar (7th for ₹5.31 Lakhs), Ashutosh ‘senojwod’ Balodhi (8th for ₹4.06 Lakhs), Gautam ‘rabbithunter’ Kaul (9th for ₹3.12 Lakhs) and Jyoti ‘joey114114’ Ranjan Nayak (10th for ₹2.50 Lakhs) were others making a deep run in the 7:30 PM Super HighRoller.
With a packed field of regs busy playing the WPT Prime India tournaments in Goa, the ₹44,000 NPS#92 Super HighRoller registered a glaring ₹16.60 Lakhs in overlays. The top 35 finishers got a share of the massive ₹1.25 Crores guaranteed in prize money.
Final Table Results
- Anuj ‘brockLesnar95’ Yadav – ₹17,96,340*
- Kunal ‘lncognito’ Bhatia – ₹18,53,660
- Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved – ₹12,75,000
- Bharat ‘Thinkfloyd’ Vasan – ₹10,75,000
- Sushil ‘qazxsw2’ Kumar – ₹8,87,500
- Vishal ‘Vishzz’ Bajaj – ₹7,06,250
*denotes a heads-up deal
NPS#93 (7-Max) Big SPRINT – ₹25 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹4,400
Entries – 448
Re-entries – 364
Prize Pool – ₹32,48,000
Places Paid – 115
The first-ever IPC Megastacks Main Event champion Siddhanth ‘ender’ Kripalani, had been on the hunt for a title win for over four months and finally broke the title jinx last night. The Young Gun bagged away his first NPS gold medal in the ongoing series (his second overall) by taking down a stacked 812-entry field (448 unique) in PokerBaazi’s ₹25 Lakhs GTD NPS#93 (7-Max) Big SPRINT, winning the 8:30 PM NPS flagship for ₹4.29 Lakhs.
Sunday`s NPS#62 Mini Main Event bronze medallist Tarush ‘Busterr’ Gupta (opted out of tracking) collected the silver medal and ₹2.63 Lakhs in second place. Last Friday`s NPS#56 HighRoller champion, Puneet ‘neo1’ Dua, won the bronze medal and ₹2.13 Lakhs for making the NPS#93 podium.
Kripalani added ₹4.49 Lakhs to his glittering resume across two deep runs, which include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s NPS#93 (7-Max) Big SPRINT for ₹4,28,736
> 19th in Adda52’s The Ballers for ₹20,552
Siddhanth Kripalani’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.29 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.52 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #1 | NPS Medals Won: 2 Gold and 1 Silver
Last night’s The Big Bash [6-Max PKO] champion, Young Gun Anmol ‘anzzzzz’ Mehta, packed away ₹3.04 Lakhs in Friday earnings on the back of five scores, which include:
> 4th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#93 (7-Max) Big SPRINT for ₹1,78,315
> 1st in PokerStars India’s The Big Bash [6-Max PKO] for ₹1,04,215
> 29th in Adda52’s The Ballers for ₹15,659
> 63rd in PokerBaazi’s NPS#94 (5-Max) Hyper SPRINT for ₹4,544
> 68th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#91 Deepdive for ₹1,755
Anmol Mehta’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.66 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.87 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #4 | NPS Medals Won: 1 Bronze
Onni ‘Onimalhotra’ Malhotra (6th for ₹1.11 Lakhs) also FT-ed NPS#93 (7-Max) Big SPRINT.
The ₹4,400 entry buy-in tournament made a guarantee-crushing run, with 115 players getting a share from the ₹32.48 Lakhs prize pool.
Final Table Results
- Siddhanth ‘ender’ Kripalani – ₹4,28,736
- Tarush ‘Busterr’ Gupta – ₹2,63,088
- Puneet ‘neo1’ Dua – ₹2,13,394
- Anmol ‘anzzzzz’ Mehta – ₹1,78,315
- nk9771 – ₹1,44,211
- Onni ‘Onimalhotra’ Malhotra – ₹1,11,082
- ManiakGod – ₹82,824
NPS#89 Marathon – ₹12 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 396
Re-entries – 284
Prize Pool – ₹13,60,000
Places Paid – 70
Ravi ‘rvjn91’ Jain joined the ever-expanding list of first-time NPS gold medallists last night after ransacking a 680-player field (396 unique) in PokerBaazi’s ₹12 Lakhs GTD NPS#89 Marathon to win ₹1.66 Lakhs. He struck a heads-up deal in the 8:30 PM NPS marquee with the user ‘xxxtentacion,’ who bagged away the silver medal and ₹1.47 Lakhs.
Ravi Jain’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹27.16 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹10.46 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #3 | NPS Medals Won: 1 Gold
The #2 ranked player on the NPS Series leaderboard, Chirag ‘miyagi’ Sodha, kept the grind mode on by adding more TLB points and ₹76,596 from deep runs in five NPS tournaments, which include:
> 5th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#89 Marathon for ₹51,086
> 84th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#93 (7-Max) Big SPRINT for ₹11,368
> 11th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#90 Megadive for ₹9,064
> 94th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#94 (5-Max) Hyper SPRINT for ₹3,807
> 132nd in PokerBaazi’s NPS#91 Deepdive for ₹1,271
Chirag Sodha’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.86 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.42 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #2 | NPS Medals Won: 2 Gold, 1 Silver, and 2 Bronze | Ranked #2 on the NPS Series Leaderboard
Last night`s NPS#92 #SuperHighRoller fourth-place finisher Bharat ‘Thinkfloyd’ Vasan (4th for ₹68,530) and Tuesday`s NPS#73 Deepdive silver medallist Raghavendra ‘ThikanaCK’ Hada (8th for ₹21,057) were other site regs on the NPS#89 Marathon final table.
The ₹2,200 entry buy-in tournament distributed ₹13.60 Lakhs in prize money to the top 70 finishers.
Final Table Results
- Ravi ‘rvjn91’ Jain – ₹1,65,700*
- xxxtentacion – ₹1,46,672*
- Abhi3292 – ₹1,05,910
- Bharat ‘Thinkfloyd’ Vasan – ₹68,530
- Chirag ‘miyagi’ Sodha – ₹51,086
- Smar077 – ₹35,386
- grippingCracks3 – ₹25,668
- Raghavendra ‘ThikanaCK’ Hada – ₹21,057
*denotes a heads-up deal
NPS#94 (5-Max) Hyper SPRINT – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in- ₹2,200
Entries – 293
Re-entries – 321
Prize Pool – ₹12,28,000
Places Paid – 107
Armaan ‘Armaan007’ Kochhar quickly sprinted past the 614-strong field (293 unique) in PokerBaazi’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD NPS#94 (5-Max) Hyper SPRINT, winning the 9:30 PM tournament in just four hours for his first NPS gold medal and ₹1.59 Lakhs in prize money, posting his first title victory in over six weeks.
A three-way deal saw Abhineet ‘abbubro’ Singla bagging his first-ever NPS silver medal and ₹1.37 Lakhs in second place, while Anmol ‘freakweird0’ Agarwal collected his second NPS bronze medal and ₹1.23 Lakhs in third place.
Armaan Kochhar min-cashed two other tournaments, locking in ₹1.62 Lakhs overall. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.88 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.67 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #5 | NPS Medals Won: 1 Gold
Deepankur ‘Dp179’ Gupta (4th for ₹76,136) and Pavankiran ‘rootahuamachi’ Bellamkonda (5th for ₹52,313) were other notables on the NPS#94 (5-Max) Hyper SPRINT final table.
The ₹2,200 entry buy-in marquee generated a ₹12.28 Lakhs prize pool. The top 107 places got paid.
Final Table Results
1. Armaan ‘Armaan007’ Kochhar – ₹1,58,748*
2. Abhineet ‘abbubro’ Singla – ₹1,37,131*
3. Anmol ‘freakweird0’ Agarwal – ₹1,22,501*
4. Deepankur ‘Dp179’ Gupta – ₹76,136
5. Pavankiran ‘rootahuamachi’ Bellamkonda – ₹52,313
*denotes a three-way deal
NPS#90 Megadive – ₹8 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 422
Re-entries – 458
Prize Pool – ₹8,80,000
Places Paid – 143
The low-to-mid-stakes online grinder, Shreyansh ‘Halifax7701’ Sharma, made a lot of firsts yesterday. The upcoming poker pro persevered through an over eight-hour ordeal in PokerBaazi’s NPS#90 Megadive to win his maiden NPS gold medal (also his first title victory on the site), banking a career-best ₹1.28 Lakhs, posting his first-ever six-figure score!
Sharma fired two bullets in the 5:30 PM tournament (he won his first bullet through a ₹110 buy-in satellite), and the winning score helped him recoup all his past losses on PokerBaazi.
‘I was putting in the work and finally reaped the medal to show for it!’ said Shreyansh after winning the tournament.
Shreyansh Sharma’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹17.67 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹5.01 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #6
Last week`s NPS#52 (PLO-5) Slam Dunk winner Ankit ‘akj290’ Jajodia fell one short of a second NPS gold medal, banking a runner-up payday of ₹95,656 and the NPS silver medal. He managed deep runs in PokerBaazi’s NPS#94 (5-Max) Hyper SPRINT (95th for ₹3,807) and NPS#89 Marathon (61st for ₹4,361), netting almost ₹1.04 Lakhs post the Friday grind.
Omkarnath ‘omipower’ Nath (5th for ₹38,016) and the #5 ranked player on the NPS Podium leaderboard Abdul ‘ManiakGod’ Aziz (7th for ₹19,360) were other known players on the NPS#90 final table.
The ₹1,100 entry buy-in tournament had 143 players grabbing a share of the ₹8.80 Lakhs prize pool.
Final Table Results
- Shreyansh ‘Halifax7701’ Sharma – ₹1,27,952
- Ankit ‘akj290’ Jajodia – ₹95,656
- Mhonjan – ₹73,040
- Cryptanosaurus – ₹52,536
- Omkarnath ‘omipower’ Nath – ₹38,016
- unr007 – ₹25,784
- Abdul ‘ManiakGod’ Aziz – ₹19,360
- BondBhar007 – ₹13,992
NPS#91 Deepdive – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹550
Entries – 641
Re-entries – 569
Prize Pool – ₹6,05,000
Places Paid – 209
Yuvraj ‘Yuvi0069’ Bhardwaj stormed to #3 on the NPS Series leaderboard after a stellar Friday run, jumping nine places with ₹1.98 Lakhs in total winnings from four deep runs! His biggest score of the night came in the Friday showstopper, PokerBaazi’s NPS#92 Super HighRoller (33rd for ₹93,750), but it was his victory march in the evening marquee, ₹5 Lakhs GTD NPS#91 Deepdive, that stood out.
Wednesday’s (7-Max) Midnight SPRINT champion, Bhardwaj, packed up a guarantee-crushing 1,210-strong field in the ₹5 Lakhs GTD NPS#91 Deepdive in a little over eight hours to win his maiden NPS gold medal and the ₹81,857 up top.
The user ‘vijaykumar91’ collected the NPS silver medal and ₹63,525, even as Dayanand ‘dayanandprass’ Prass bagged his first NPS bronze medal and ₹46,101 in third place.
Yuvraj Bhardwaj’s Friday finishes include:
> 33rd in PokerBaazi’s NPS#92 Super HighRoller for ₹93,750
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s NPS#91 Deepdive for ₹81,857
> 9th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#94 (5-Max) Hyper SPRINT for ₹15,718
> 100th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#93 (7-Max) Big SPRINT for ₹7,146
Yuvraj Bhardwaj’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.70 Crores | Lifetime Profits ₹19.11 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #9 | NPS Medals Won: 1 Gold | Moves to #3 on the NPS Series Leaderboard
Tuesday’s NPS#72 (4-Max) Hyper SPRINT bronze medallist Kritarth ‘AgentJack’ Pant (6th for ₹15,609) and Rukshad ‘Culllensss’ Siganporia (8th for ₹7,563) also FT-ed NPS#91 Deepdive.
The ₹550 entry buy-in tournament posted ₹6.05 Lakhs in the prize pool, with 209 players punching a payday.
Final Table Results
- Yuvraj ‘Yuvi0069’ Bhardwaj – ₹81,857
- vijaykumar91 – ₹63,525
- Dayanand ‘dayanandprass’ Prass – ₹46,101
- jewelcichlid – ₹30,976
- value_bluff – ₹22,385
- Kritarth ‘AgentJack’ Pant – ₹15,609
- OG4twenty – ₹10,830
- Rukshad ‘Culllensss’ Siganporia – ₹7,563
₹3 Crores GTD NPS Main Event – Qualifier 5
Qualifier 5: Entries – 352 | Re-entries – 204 | Survivors – 74 | Chip Leader: Dhaval ‘rehab77’ Mudgal (343,000)
Combined: Entries – 2,815 | Re-entries – 923 | Survivors (Unique) – 411 | Overall Chip Leader: Ravinder ‘ravikirti’ Singh (536,000)
₹1 Crore GTD Golden Rush – Qualifier 9 & 10
Q 9 & 10: Entries – 760 | Re-entries – 330 | Survivors – 165
Combined: Entries – 8,060 |Re-entries – 2,302 | Survivors (Unique) – 1,180 | Overall Chip Leader – ‘Pralayantaka197’ (623,000)
NPS India 2023 Leaderboard Standings After Day 16
With the NPS India 2023 fast approaching its finale, Monday’s NPS#69 Deepdive winner Avneesh ‘iamam’ Munjal (16,475 points) continues to hold the fort as the #1 ranked player on the ₹50 Lakhs GTD NPS Series leaderboard. He crossed the money line in all six NPS tournaments yesterday, pushing his series tally to 75 cashes in 94 NPS tournaments, with a gold and silver medal each.
The defending NPS Main Event champion, Chirag ‘miyagi’ Sodha (14,907 points), has been relentlessly grinding throughout the series. Despite an impressive record of 82 scores (the most of anyone else), Sodha needs a lot of run good to close in the 1,568 points deficit on Munjal.
Last night’s NPS#91 Deepdive winner Yuvraj ‘Yuvi0069’ Bhardwaj (14,009 points) cashed four NPS tournaments yesterday, climbing nine places to #3 on the NPS Series leaderboard. He boasts 63 cashes in the series, including a gold and silver medal.
The top three spots of the NPS Podium leaderboard remain unchanged. In a three-way tie, Areyann ‘KreishhAA’ Gurbaxani (30 points) leads with three gold medals.
Vikram ‘Poker_lover’ Mishra (30 points) holds steady at #2 with two gold and two silver medals, and Thiyam ‘thiyam’ Dannish (30 points) holds the #3 spot with the same two gold and two silver medals. The battle is too close to call now, and it will be exciting to see who comes out on top to win the all-expenses paid trip to Las Vegas.
Rank Player Points
1 Avneesh 'iamam' Munjal 16,475
2 Chirag 'miyagi Sodha 14,907
3 Yuvraj 'Yuvi0069' BHardwaj 14,009
4 Vikhyat 'supersaiyan57' Ahlawat 13,849
5 Bharat 'Thinkfloyd' Vasan 13,819
6 Vaibhav 'durrrr1310' Saigal 13,773
7 Sam 'thereallokimon' Anand 13,427
8 Ankit 'akj290' Jajodia 13,418
9 Rishabh '13rishabh' Harsh 13,400
10 Gautam 'M8a7' Rohilla 13,201
‘emo919’ (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Boost for ₹53,840), ‘winnerwinner’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Night SPRINT for ₹31,840), ‘Acegikmoqsu’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD PLO-6 Boost Monster for ₹27,000) and Abilash ‘Steelbala’ Bala (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD 7-Max SPRINT for ₹25,870) won the other PokerBaazi marquees.
Spartan Poker
The Elite (6-Max) – ₹20 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 105
Re-entries – 34
Re-buys – 63
Prize Pool – ₹20,20,000
Places Paid – 20
Spartan Poker user ‘KwiSatZ,’ active on the site for over 16 months, won their first tournament last night. The mystery player outplayed 104 other contenders (202 total entries) in the ₹20 Lakhs GTD The Elite (6-Max), shipping the Friday flagship after seven hours and thirty-four minutes of gameplay for a site-best ₹4.18 Lakhs.
KwiSatZ’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹18.08 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1
This week’s Sunday Highroller runner-up finisher, Ashwin ‘A116’ Vijay, banked an equally impressive ₹3.96 Lakhs as the runner-up (his second runner-up finish this week), courtesy of a heads-up deal. The score was even sweeter for Vijay, who entered the tournament through a ₹1,100 satellite and spun it up to collect his best payday of the year so far.
Vijay also cashed the Futuristic – Triple Chance (24th for ₹8,800) and Adda52’s Friday Bounty (28th for ₹3,825), adding over ₹4.08 Lakhs in Friday earnings.
Ashwin Vijay’s online stats (excluding PokerBaazi): Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.27 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹59.39 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #3
Haider ‘Callmebabe’ Madraswala (3rd for ₹2,17,150) rounded out The Elite podium!
The ₹11,000 entry buy-in Friday headliner hit its advertised guarantee, with 20 players digging into the ₹20.20 Lakhs prize pool.
Final Table Results
- KwiSatZ – ₹4,18,419*
- Ashwin ‘A116’ Vijay – ₹3,95,641*
- Haider ‘Callmebabe’ Madraswala – ₹2,17,150
- Whateveh – ₹1,79,376
- Vaid51 – ₹1,44,026
- TheDriver – ₹1,12,918
*denotes a heads-up deal
Futuristic – Triple Chance – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 209
Re-entries – 96
Rebuys – 170
Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000
Places Paid – 39
Like The Elite, a mystery user ‘ILOVEYOUU,’ active on Spartan Poker for almost a year, hit the bullseye in the 8 PM Friday marquee, ₹10 Lakhs GTD Futuristic – Triple Chance. The player toppled the 536-entry field (209 unique) in the multi-entry tournament to collect a personal-best ₹2 Lakhs, winning their maiden title on Spartan Poker.
ILOVEYOUU’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹2.34 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹1.36 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1
Coming in fresh from a Tuesday rampage, Young Gun Sanat ‘orhem3001’ Mehrotra went on a tear last night. He took down Adda52’s The Ballers (₹5.01 Lakhs), came second in Spartan Poker’s Futuristic – Triple Chance (₹1.42 Lakhs – from three stacks), and cashed two other tournaments for ₹7.30 Lakhs in total winnings, crossing ₹4 Crores in tracked online profits.
His Friday finishes include:
> 1st in Adda52’s The Ballers for ₹5,01,079
> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s Futuristic – Triple Chance for ₹1,42,473 (from three stacks)
> 9th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#93 (7-Max) Big SPRINT for ₹56,840
> 17th in Spartan Poker’s The Elite (6-Max) for ₹29,694
Sanat Mehrotra’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹11.31 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹4.02 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #8 | Ranked #12 in All-Time Winnings
This week’s Wednesday High Roller runner-up finisher Gopal ‘Mamacita’ Bajaj (3rd for ₹97,500), Venkatesh ‘Balthazar’ Mukundan (6th for ₹46,700), and last night’s Daily Turbo finalist Biplob ‘hellhell’ Rana (8th for ₹25,200) were other site regs on the Futuristic – Triple Chance final table.
The ₹2,200 entry buy-in tournament registered ₹50,000 in overlays, and 39 players got paid.
Final Table Results
- ILOVEYOUU – ₹2,00,500
- Sanat ‘orhem3001’ Mehrotra – ₹1,33,300
- Gopal ‘Mamacita’ Bajaj – ₹97,500
- MaestroEric – ₹78,700
- YoungPrince – ₹61,700
- Venkatesh ‘Balthazar’ Mukundan – ₹46,700
- mukulmukulsharma – ₹34,300
- Biplob ‘hellhell’ Rana – ₹25,200
‘Rkraj’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack for ₹48,000), ‘BBZ POKER’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Night Rider for ₹41,292), ‘Decomposed’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Chip Up- Triple Chance for ₹21,305), ‘crownTHEclown’ (Won ₹50K GTD Turbo – Triple Chance for ₹12,743) and ‘KRISHNA0602’ (Won ₹50K GTD Centurion for ₹10,575) won the other Spartan Poker marquees.
Pocket52
Pocket Knights – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹3,300
Entries – 185
Re-buys – 80
Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000
Places Paid – 43
Pocket52’s Action Packed April Friday headliner, ₹10 Lakhs GTD Pocket Knights saw the poker network user ‘ravindra_SBl2WCCBUV’ breeze past the 265-player field to collect the hefty ₹1.80 Lakhs up-top.
Vicky ‘Fullhouse’ Mishra posted a superb runner-up finish, banking a cool ₹1.30 Lakhs.
Final Table Results
- ravindra_SBl2WCCBUV – ₹1,80,000
- Vicky ‘Fullhouse’ Mishra – ₹1,30,000
- Vishal09_WURvVHdLeVJaZFdZZS9VbjdCR0FTQT09 – ₹90,000
- FishyPlayer – ₹65,000
- HousePlayer52 – ₹47,000
- FishingRod – ₹40,000
‘TommyFookinShelby’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Pocket Lunch for ₹42,000), ‘Ganesh06’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Pocket Soda for ₹28,750), Mayank ‘MasterDevil’ Shekhar (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Pocket Snacks for ₹23,000), and ‘open_ardinghelli152_24626674’ (Won the ₹75K GTD Pocket Squares for ₹16,500) won the other Pocket52 marquees.
IndiaPlays
Texas Bounty Main Event – ₹500K GTD
Buy-in – ₹3,300
Entries – 98
Re-buys – 18
Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Places Paid – 18
The 33-year-old full-time poker grinder Lave ‘KillerRavanasur’ Kumar stole the thunder in the IndiaPlays Bounty Championship showstopper, ₹500K GTD Texas Bounty, obliterating a soft 116-player field to win the series’ Main Event for ₹1.08 Lakhs (won an additional ₹10,000 in bounties).
The user ‘AyushRai’ finished runner-up for ₹77,500 and pocketed ₹7,000 in bounties.
Final Table Results (Excluding Bounties)
- Lave ‘KillerRavanasur’ Kumar – ₹1,07,500
- AyushRai – ₹77,500
- Partha – ₹55,000
- TUZW1811 – ₹45,000
- CJPL1735 – ₹36,250
- Ragnarok98 – ₹31,250
- AOHD8419 – ₹27,500
PokerDangal
Friday Fun – ₹1 Lakh GTD
Buy-in – ₹660
Entries – 90
Re-buys – 38
Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000
Places Paid – 20
PokerDangal reg ‘88bluff’ outplayed the 128-player field (90 unique) in the ₹1 Lakh GTD Friday Fun, taking down the 8 PM tournament for ₹22,000. The site user ‘destroyer’ picked up ₹16,500 in second place.
Mahlima ‘zokid’ Fanai, who has been on a rampage in PokerDangal tournaments off late, finished fifth for ₹6,750.
Final Table Results
- 88bluff – ₹22,000
- destroyer – ₹16,500
- heavytilter – ₹12,000
- vinnu87 – ₹9,000
- Mahlima ‘zokid’ Fanai – ₹6,750
- AltF4Kishan – ₹5,000
- LeonardoNo7 – ₹3,750
PokerSaint
Sapphire – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,000
Entries – 95
Re-entries – 98
Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Places Paid – 35
PokerSaint user ‘clocktiktik’ fired three bullets before totaling the 193-player field in the site`s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Sapphire, taking down the Friday marquee for ₹94,294. ‘Rebel@3’ placed runner-up for ₹69,502.
Final Table Results
- clocktiktik – ₹94,294
- Rebel@3 – ₹69,502
- kibolche – ₹51,228
- Ali$ha – ₹37,759
- raj1010 – ₹27,831
- AnuragKureel – ₹20,513
- lastpenny – ₹16,519
- BeepBeepImaJeep – ₹13,302
PokerStars India
The Big Bash [6-Max PKO] – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in- ₹4,400
Entries – 72
Re-entries – 62
Total Prize Pool – ₹5,36,000
Regular Prize Pool – ₹2,68,000
Bounty Prize Pool – ₹2,68,000
Places Paid – 17
The former The MoneyMaker champion, Young Gun Anmol ‘Kaanchacheena’ Mehta, took down the 134-entry field (72 unique) in PokerStars India’s Friday headliner, ₹5 Lakhs GTD The Big Bash [6-Max PKO], to win ₹1.04 Lakhs (₹54,469 in bounties), posting his first top finish since winning the Godfather in February.
Last week’s Bounty Builder HR winner Anmolraj ‘modi chai wala’ Singh Chawla, improving upon his sixth-place finish in Monster Stack the day before, locked in ₹86,715 (₹36,969) as the runner-up.
The lawyer-turned-poker pro, Anmol Mehta, locked in a lofty ₹3.07 Lakhs across five deep runs (and one bounty) last night, which include:
> 4th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#93 (7-Max) Big SPRINT for ₹1,78,315
> 1st in PokerStars India’s The Big Bash [6-Max PKO] for ₹1,04,215
> 29th in Adda52’s The Ballers for ₹15,659
> 63rd in PokerBaazi’s NPS#94 (5-Max) Hyper SPRINT for ₹4,544
> 68th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#91 Deepdive for ₹1,755
Tuesday’s The Mint runner-up finisher Siddharth ‘gangnam gangi’ Gangwar (3rd for ₹70,923), NPS#9 Slamdunk winner JaiKiran ‘ZEEKE777’ Kumar (4th for ₹29,046), and last Thursday’s breakout winner Shagun ‘Sogani22’ Jain (6th for ₹29,843) were other regs on The Big Bash final table.
The 8 PM tournament dished out ₹5.36 Lakhs in prize money to the top 17 finishers.
Final Table Results (Includes Bounties)
- Anmol ‘Kaanchacheena’ Mehta – ₹1,04,215
- Anmolraj ‘modi chai wala’ Singh Chawla – ₹86,715
- Siddharth ‘gangnam gangi’ Gangwar – ₹70,923
- JaiKiran ‘ZEEKE777’ Kumar – ₹29,046
- imhobadshah – ₹20,636
- Shagun ‘Sogani22’ Jain – ₹29,843
- yash1297 – ₹13,809
Yash ‘hasyY@$#116’ Shrivastava (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Uppercut for ₹36,908), ‘lebowski287’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Ultrasonic for ₹21,718), ‘BattleBuddha’ (Won ₹50K GTD Bounty Adrenaline for ₹14,202) and Ankit ‘I am VR4Poker’ Nahar (Won ₹50K GTD Super Stack 8-Max for ₹11,438) won the other PokerStars India marquees.
Adda52
The Ballers – ₹18 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹7,500
Entries – 149
Re-entries – 138
Prize Pool – ₹19,57,340
Places Paid – 30
Young Guns dominated the Friday flagships, and driving up the action on Adda52 was Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra. The full-time pro had a blockbuster Tuesday outing, winning Spartan Poker`s Mega Stack and Adda52`s The Mint. He kept the heater going by nailing Adda52`s ₹18 Lakhs GTD The Ballers last night for ₹5.01 Lakhs – his third time winning the tournament.
Mehrotra fired four bullets in the 8 PM Friday flagship, eventually outlasting the 287-strong field (149 unique) and defeating the user ‘IBluffULol’ (2nd for ₹2.98 Lakhs) heads-up!
The IIT-IIM alum, Mehrotra, raked in a hefty ₹7.30 Lakhs from three top finishes, hitting ₹4 Crores in online profits.
His Friday finishes include:
> 1st in Adda52’s The Ballers for ₹5,01,079
> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s Futuristic – Triple Chance for ₹1,42,473 (from three stacks)
> 9th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#93 (7-Max) Big SPRINT for ₹56,840
Sanat Mehrotra’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹11.31 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹4.02 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #8 | Ranked #12 in All-Time Winnings
Deepak ‘peaceyo’ Singh (5th for ₹1.13 Lakhs) and Young Gun Neel ‘neeljoshi23’ Joshi (6th for ₹78,294) also FT-ed The Ballers.
The ₹7,500 entry buy-in tournament distributed the ₹19.57 Lakhs collected in the prize pool among the top 30 finishers.
Final Table Results
- Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra – ₹5,01,079
- IBluffULol – ₹2,98,494
- DooMAni – ₹2,25,094
- helloall123 – ₹1,66,374
- Deepak ‘peaceyo’ Singh – ₹1,12,547
- Neel ‘neeljoshi23’ Joshi – ₹78,294
‘Ved5959’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Nighttide DST Adda for ₹32,123), ‘amanpoker07’ (Won ₹1.20 Lakhs GTD Afternoon Adda for ₹28,354) and ‘dustp’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Kill Shot Bounty for ₹23,597) won the other Adda52 marquees.
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Daily Majors: Anuj Yadav, Aman Parakh, Harsh Bubna & Rajat Mahajan Make the Tuesday Headlines
The MTT crowd had plenty to choose from on Tuesday, with Spartan Poker’s India Turbo Masters 3.0 hosting eight turbo-paced tournaments alongside the regular flagships on the other online poker platforms. The action will hit top gear today as the biggest-ever National Poker Series India 2023 gets underway on PokerBaazi.
The 2022 POY, Young Gun Anuj Yadav, topped the Tuesday charts, locking in at least ₹5.24 Lakhs from three deep runs. He banked the day’s single-largest score in Spartan Poker’s ITM #20 Tuesday Big Turbo, winning the 9 PM flagship for ₹4.92 Lakhs. Vivek Singh secured an equally impressive ₹4.56 Lakhs (won ₹4.79 Lakhs overall) in second place, courtesy of a heads-up deal.
The ITM #1 Kick-Off champion Rising Star Aman Parakh won the other ITM flagship, Spartan Poker’s ITM #18 Tuesday Supersonic, adding a second ITM title to his resume and boosting his bankroll by ₹3.91 Lakhs (won ₹4.15 Lakhs overall). Dhruva Kalra earned ₹2.49 Lakhs in second place.
Sachin Kinger (Won ITM #21 DST for ₹1.43 Lakhs), Vivek Rawat (Won ITM #17 Rapid for ₹95,750), Vikas Yadav (Won ITM #22 PKO Turbo for ₹92,244), ‘NoConnection’ (Won ITM #19 Triple Chance Turbo for ₹86,300), Kripansh Khosla (Won ITM #15 Turbo Boost for ₹56,976), and Ravi Jain (Won ITM #16 PLO6 Turbo for ₹51,866) won the other India Turbo Masters marquees on Tuesday.
The user ‘Leo02’ won PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour for a personal-best ₹4.05 Lakhs. Online crusher Aditya Singh (opted out of our tracking) bagged away ₹2.69 Lakhs in second place (won at least ₹3.25 Lakhs overall), posting his fourth runner-up finish this year.
Harsh Bubna kept his heater running by firing up final table finishes in three big-ticket tournaments, hauling in an impressive ₹4.05 Lakhs. He made top finishes in PokerStars India’s Bounty Builder HR (1st for ₹2.15 Lakhs), PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour (5th for ₹1.38 Lakhs), and PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT (7th for ₹47,648). Friday’s The Big Bash champion Ayush Garg collected ₹1.85 Lakhs as the Bounty Builder HR runner-up.
Friday’s The Ballers champion Rajat Mahajan shipped Adda52’s The Mint for ₹3.63 Lakhs (won ₹3.77 Lakhs overall). MTT phenom Karan Radia came second for ₹2.19 Lakhs (won at least ₹2.57 Lakhs overall).
Kritarth Pant went the distance in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT, banking his second-best score on the site worth ₹1.96 Lakhs and busting a four-week-long title slump. He struck a heads-up deal with ‘Pratap42’ (2nd for ₹1.65 Lakhs).
The long-time circuit reg Gurpal Singh nailed PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for the second time, banking ₹1.36 Lakhs. Rohan Thomas John raked in an equally impressive ₹1.22 Lakhs as the runner-up, courtesy of a heads-up deal.
Rony Chowdhury, Raman Arora, and Mohak Kapoor won the other Tuesday marquees.
Here are the Tuesday highlights!
Spartan Poker
Spartan Poker’s India Turbo Masters 3.0 set the stage for an exhilarating Tuesday as players raced to the finish line in eight turbo-paced tournaments.
ITM #20 Tuesday Big Turbo (6-Max) – ₹20 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 126
Re-entries – 50
Re-buys – 67
Prize Pool – ₹24,30,000
Places Paid – 23
Banking the day’s single-largest score was none other than the 2022 POY, Young Gun Anuj ‘br0ckLesnar95’ Yadav, who clinched victory in Spartan Poker’s ₹20 Lakhs GTD ITM #20 Tuesday Big Turbo (6-Max), one of two ₹20 Lakhs GTD ITM flagships of the day. Yadav’s win, which netted him ₹4.92 Lakhs, marked his first triumph in over a month.
Yadav added at least ₹5.24 Lakhs in Tuesday winnings from three deep runs, which include:
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s ITM #20 Tuesday Big Turbo for ₹4,91,868
> 35th in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour for ₹17,850
> 10th PokerStars India’s Bounty Builder HR for ₹13,971
Vivek ‘KasolHieghts’ Singh was among the 126 players (243 total entrants) signing up for the 9 PM tournament and secured ₹4.56 Lakhs in second place, thanks to a heads-up deal. Singh’s three deep runs earned him nearly ₹4.79 Lakhs, adding to his already impressive tally.
Vivek Singh’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹11.28 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ~₹3.82 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #1
The Siliguri-based pro, Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia, currently ranked #6 in the annual rankings, had a fantastic Tuesday outing, netting a hefty ₹3.84 Lakhs from four deep runs – including a smashing three FT finishes.
His Tuesday finishes include:
> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s ITM #20 Tuesday Big Turbo for 2,55,150
> 4th in PokerStars India’s Bounty Builder HR for ₹63,871
> 4th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹56,595
> 41st in Adda52’s The Mint for ₹8,047
Sunday’s (7-Max) BSS Championship podium finisher Deepankur ‘AngryPitbull’ Gupta (6th for ₹1.30 Lakhs) also FT-ed ITM #20 Tuesday Big Turbo.
The ₹11,000 entry buy-in ITM flagship generated a prize pool of ₹24.30 Lakhs and paid the top 23 finishers.
Final Table Results
- Anuj ‘br0ckLesnar95’ Yadav – ₹4,91,868*
- Vivek ‘KasolHieghts’ Singh – ₹4,55,832*
- Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia – ₹2,55,150
- Kailen – ₹2,08,980
- je91 – ₹1,67,670
- Deepankur ‘AngryPitbull’ Gupta – ₹1,30,005
*denotes a heads-up deal
ITM #18 Tuesday Supersonic – ₹20 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in- ₹4,400
Entries – 252
Re-entries – 80
Re-buys – 170
Prize Pool – ₹20,08,000
Places Paid – 47
Rising Star Aman ‘Karmapoker’ Parakh‘s Sunday outing was a forebearer of things to come. The ITM #1 Kick-Off champion stormed past a 502-strong field (252 unique) full of regs in Spartan Poker’s ₹20 Lakhs GTD ITM #18 Tuesday Supersonic yesterday, adding a second ITM flagship title to his resume and boosting his bankroll by ₹3.91 Lakhs – his fourth cash in the series. Dhruva ‘elder_flower’ Kalra earned ₹2.49 Lakhs in second place.
Aman Parakh made deep runs in Adda52’s The Mint (13th for ₹18,288) and PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost (36th for ₹5,660), rounding up a nifty ₹4.15 Lakhs across his Tuesday run.
Aman Parakh`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.06 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.99 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #5 | Ranked #4 on the ITM 3.0 Leaderboard
Last week’s Daily Value Boost winner Sachin ‘brownguy26’ Raj posted over ₹1.14 Lakhs in Tuesday earnings from three deep runs (two final table scores), which include:
> 6th in Spartan Poker’s ITM #18 Tuesday Supersonic for ₹90,762
> 7th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹21,197
> 37th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Boost for ₹2,373
Sachin Raj’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹77.95 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹22.19 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #7
Monday’s ITM #12 #Turbo runner-up finisher Parag ‘Persie’ Shah (3rd for ₹1.86 Lakhs) and Biplob ‘hellhell’ Rana (5th for ₹1.19 Lakhs) were others on the ITM #18 Tuesday Supersonic final table.
The ₹4,400 entry buy-in tournament collected ₹20.08 Lakhs in the prize pool, and 47 players crossed the money line.
Final Table Results
- Aman ‘Karmapoker’ Parakh – ₹3,91,359
- Dhruva ‘elder_flower’ Kalra – ₹2,48,590
- Parag ‘Persie’ Shah – ₹1,86,342
- Ego_Dissolution – ₹1,50,801
- Biplob ‘hellhell’ Rana – ₹1,18,874
- Sachin ‘brownguy26’ Raj – ₹90,762
- prince1993 – ₹66,666
- ksc247 – ₹48,995
ITM #19 Triple Chance Turbo – ₹5.50 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 337 (216)
Re-buys – 227
Prize Pool – ₹5,64,000
Places Paid – 47
‘NoConnection’ (anonymity requested) was among the eight ITM champions crowned on Tuesday. They won the bragging rights in Spartan Poker’s ₹5.50 Lakhs GTD ITM #19 Triple Chance Turbo, stacking a 564-strong field (216 unique) to win ₹86,300. They chopped the 8 PM marquee three-way with Ashish ‘X– factor’ Pareek (2nd for ₹76,292) and Arnav ‘AIOps’ Sharma (3rd for ₹69,493).
Anand cashed three other ITM tournaments and won a bounty (₹250), adding ₹1.03 Lakhs in prize money and enough TLB points to climb to #2 on the ITM 3.0 Leaderboard (through 11 scores in the ongoing series).
NoConnection’s Tuesday finishes include:
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s ITM #19 Triple Chance Turbo for ₹86,300
> 9th in Spartan Poker’s ITM #16 PLO6 Turbo for ₹5,800
> 23rd in Spartan Poker’s ITM #15 Turbo Boost for ₹3,780
> 46th in Spartan Poker’s ITM #17 Rapid for ₹3,700
> 46th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Afternoon Boost for ₹3,658
Ashish Pareek was another Spartan Poker reg shaking up the ITM leaderboard by firing up four deep runs (three FT scores) for a total take-home worth ₹1.24 Lakhs, jumping to #9 on the series leaderboard.
Pareek`s Tuesday finishes include:
> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s ITM #19 Triple Chance Turbo for ₹75,242
> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s Night Rider for ₹32,232
> 7th in Spartan Poker’s ITM #17 Rapid for ₹15,050
> 35th in Spartan Poker’s ITM #22 PKO Turbo for ₹1,735
Ashish Pareek’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹1.88 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹19.05 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #8
Yogesh ‘Borntogamble’ Yogi (4th for ₹42,356), Suraj ‘Trashcan20’ Adiga (6th for ₹25,493), ITM #16 PLO6 Turbo winner Ravi ‘Rvjn91’ Jain (7th for ₹18,725), and Vaidik ‘TripleH’ Murkar (8th for ₹13,762) round out the ITM #19 final table.
The ₹1,100 entry buy-in tournament dished out ₹5.64 Lakhs in prize money to the top 47 finishers.
Final Table Results
- NoConnection – ₹86,300*
- Ashish ‘X– factor’ Pareek – ₹76,292*
- Arnav ‘AIOps’ Sharma – ₹69,493*
- Yogesh ‘Borntogamble’ Yogi – ₹42,356
- crownTHEclown – ₹40,890
- Suraj ‘Trashcan20’ Adiga – ₹25,493
- Ravi ‘Rvjn91’ Jain – ₹18,725
- Vaidik ‘TripleH’ Murkar – ₹13,762
*denotes a three-way deal
ITM #21 DST (6-Max) – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 158
Re-entries – 44
Re-buys – 120
Prize Pool – ₹6,44,000
Places Paid – 27
Thursday’s Super Stack PKO champion Sachin ‘FAKIRAA’ Kinger hit another home run yesterday in Spartan Poker’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD ITM #21 DST (6-Max). He topped a reg-infested 322-player field (158 unique) in the 9.30 PM tournament, banking ₹1.43 Lakhs for the win (his third title of the year).
The first-ever THC Main Event champion Abhimanyu ‘foul child’ Mittal notched up ₹96,278 as the runner-up.
Sachin Kinger’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹47.01 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.56 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #3
Online regs Atishay ‘momstacos’ Samuel (3rd for ₹66,268) and Sandy ‘Fifa21’ Lamba (6th for ₹33,102) also FT-ed ITM #21 DST.
The ₹2,200 entry buy-in tournament had 27 players digging into the ₹6.44 Lakhs prize pool.
Final Table Results
- Sachin ‘FAKIRAA’ Kinger – ₹1,42,646
- Abhimanyu ‘foul child’ Mittal – ₹96,278
- Atishay ‘momstacos’ Samuel – ₹66,268
- NEVERGIVEUP. – ₹54,032
- jaadugarni – ₹43,084
- Sandy ‘Fifa21’ Lamba – ₹33,102
ITM #17 Rapid – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹770
Entries – 361
Re-entries – 112
Re-buys – 166
Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Places Paid – 87
The ITM Rapid is an excellent value proposition for the low to mid-stakes grinders, who get several such tournaments through the India Turbo Masters 3.0 series to chase down ITM glory for buy-ins of less than ₹1,000.
Yesterday, ITM #17 Rapid sported an affordable ₹770 buy-in and ran two flights at 1 PM and 3 PM, respectively. Spartan Poker loyalist Vivek ‘TUF769’ Rawat had his most memorable day on the virtual felts, as the freeroll reg came out trumps over the 639-player field in the multi-flight tournament, winning his maiden online title and a personal-best ₹95,750 in prize money.
The FTS 6.0 leaderboard champion Gaurang ‘callmerockets’ Bhatti fell one short of victory, securing ₹61,150 in second-place prize money.
Rawat packed away a six-figure Tuesday paycheque worth ₹1.17 Lakhs from three deep runs (including the title victory), which include:
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s ITM #17 Rapid for ₹95,750
> 22nd in Spartan Poker’s ITM #18 Tuesday Supersonic for ₹18,674
> 37th in Spartan Poker’s ITM #19 Triple Chance Turbo for ₹2,164
Vivek Rawat’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹1.33 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹59,256 | Titles Won in 2023: #1
Kashish ‘Charmender’ Sachdev (6th for ₹22,600), ITM #19 Triple Chance Turbo runner-up finisher Ashish ‘X—factor’ Pareek (7th for ₹15,050), and Harshit ‘Ashwathama0026’ Dadhich (8th for ₹10,350) also FT-ed ITM #17 Rapid.
The ₹770 entry buy-in multi-entry tournament experienced an overlay shortfall of ₹52,700, and the top 87 finishers cashed in on the value on offer.
Final Table Results
- Vivek ‘TUF769’ Rawat – ₹95,750
- Gaurang ‘callmerockets’ Bhatti – ₹61,150
- MachaMoneyMatters – ₹44,600
- PHILIVEY01 – ₹33,000
- HeLL FIRe – ₹26,000
- Kashish ‘Charmender’ Sachdev – ₹22,600
- Ashish ‘X—factor’ Pareek – ₹15,050
- Harshit ‘Ashwathama0026’ Dadhich – ₹10,350
ITM #22 PKO Turbo – ₹4.50 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 240
Re-entries – 76
Re-buys – 148
Regular Prize Pool – ₹2,32,000
Bounty Prize Pool – ₹2,32,000
Total Prize Pool – ₹4,64,000
Places Paid – 47
After three close finishes, Spartan Poker loyalist Vikas a.k.a ‘CharlieDREW’ finally bagged his maiden India Turbo Masters title on Tuesday. The online reg persevered over the six-and-a-half hour’s runtime in the ₹4.50 Lakhs GTD ITM #22 PKO Turbo, banking the winner’s due worth ₹92,244 (₹47,027 in bounties), busting an over five-week-long title drought.
Vikas posted another deep run in Spartan Poker’s Night Rider (10th for ₹3,150). His Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹71.90 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹10.93 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #2
One of the IOPC 14.0 title winners, Nandan ‘RageMonster’ Pugalia, pulled out a ripper of a Tuesday run. He finished runner-up in ITM #22 for ₹36,936 (₹8,215 in bounties) after getting in through a ₹110 buy-in 5 seats GTD satellite. Hours before his ITM runner-up finish, Pugalia shipped PokerBaazi’s ₹1 Lakhs GTD Evening SPRINT (1st for ₹31,986), packing away ₹79,541 from four deep runs.
Pugalia`s top Tuesday finishes include:
> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s ITM #22 PKO Turbo for ₹36,936
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s Evening SPRINT for ₹31,986
> 12th in Spartan Poker’s ITM #19 Triple Chance Turbo for ₹8,347
Nandan Pugalia’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹72.92 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹17.72 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #4
Abdul ‘iSPEWaLOT’ Rashid Shaikh (3rd for ₹32,123) (₹10,594 in bounties), Shrvan ‘SSAScorpion’ Amlekar (4th for ₹24,111) (₹6,688 in bounties), Hemant ‘hemantg6’ Ghusinga (5th for ₹17,504) (₹4,078 in bounties), Siddhant ‘AajNahiAana’ Singh (7th for ₹15,827) (₹8,125 in bounties) and Raghavendra ‘ThikanaCK’ Hada (8th for ₹8,880) (₹3,219 in bounties) were the other known players on the PKO tournament final table.
The ₹1,100 entry buy-in ITM #22 PKO Turbo collected ₹4.64 Lakhs in prize money, and 47 players scored a payday.
Final Table Results
- Vikas ‘CharlieDREW’ – ₹92,244
- Nandan ‘RageMonster’ Pugalia – ₹36,936
- Abdul ‘iSPEWaLOT’ Rashid Shaikh – ₹32,123
- Shrvan ‘SSAScorpion’ Amlekar – ₹24,111
- Hemant ‘hemantg6’ Ghusinga – ₹17,504
- stickyMF – ₹15,854
- Siddhant ‘AajNahiAana’ Singh – ₹15,827
- Raghavendra ‘ThikanaCK’ Hada – ₹8,880
ITM #15 Turbo Boost – ₹3.50 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹990
Entries – 169
Re-entries – 54
Re-buys – 142
Prize Pool – ₹3,50,000
Places Paid – 31
Kripansh ‘GentMrK’ Khosla added his name to the first-time ITM title winner’s list by pulling out a dominating run over the 365-player field (169 unique) in Spartan Poker’s ₹3.50 Lakhs GTD ITM #15 Turbo Boost, shipping the 5 PM tournament in under six hours for ₹56,976 (his first title in over three weeks). A three-way deal earned ‘pranjal1990’ (2nd for ₹53,151) and ‘badbeat31’ (3rd for ₹47,366) the other top-heavy payouts.
Kripansh Khosla’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹32.85 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #2
Monday’s The Big Show finalist, Advait ‘Rattler$’ Rajguru (4th for ₹28,490) and Kutubuddin ‘RAVENofSPADES’ Siddique (7th for ₹12,495) also FT-ed ITM #15 Turbo Boost.
The ₹990 entry buy-in tournament fell ₹21,500 short of hitting its advertised guarantee, and 31 players got paid.
Final Table Results
- Kripansh ‘GentMrK’ Khosla – ₹56,976*
- pranjal1990 – ₹53,151*
- badbeat31 – ₹47,366*
- Advait ‘Rattler$’ Rajguru – ₹28,490
- hulk0111 – ₹22,540
- jadugar22 – ₹17,115
- Kutubuddin ‘RAVENofSPADES’ Siddique – ₹12,495
- Elbulli – ₹9,135
*denotes a three-way deal
ITM #16 PLO6 Turbo – ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in- ₹880
Entries – 113
Re-entries – 43
Re-buys – 151
Prize Pool – ₹2,50,000
Places Paid – 23
Accomplished Spartan Poker reg Ravi ‘Rvjn91’ Jain (opted out of our tracking) added an India Turbo Masters title to his name by ransacking the 307-strong field in the ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD ITM #16 PLO6 Turbo last night, taking down the 7 PM PLO6 marquee for ₹51,866. The user ‘Sesi357’ collected a profitable ₹43,496 in second place, courtesy of a heads-up deal.
Hemant ‘$Hamza$’ Meena (3rd for ₹26,250) and last week`s Ultron winner Nitin ‘NITINABD’ Rawat (6th for ₹13,375) were the other regs on the ITM #16 PLO6 Turbo final table.
The ₹880 entry buy-in tournament registered a marginal ₹4,400 in overlays. The top 23 places got paid.
Final Table Results
- Ravi ‘Rvjn91’ Jain – ₹51,866*
- Sesi357 – ₹43,496*
- Hemant ‘$Hamza$’ Meena – ₹26,250
- bluffpoki – ₹21,500
- rocky@ – ₹17,250
- Nitin ‘NITINABD’ Rawat – ₹13,375
* denotes a heads-up deal
India Turbo Masters 3.0 Leaderboard Standings After Day 3
With back-to-back title wins earlier in the week, Mahima ‘mabojojo’ Walia Das (2,631 points) sits atop the ₹15 Lakhs GTD ITM leaderboard for the second consecutive day. She boasts eleven ITM finishes in the series, including two title victories and an FT score.
Last night`s ITM #19 Triple Chance Turbo champion Sam ‘NoConnection’ Anand (2,546 points) has jumped four places to #2. He trails Das by a measly 85 points, making the fight for the top spot a closely contested battle. Anand also has eleven ITM finishes to his name, which include a top finish and two FT scores.
Spartan Poker reg Parag ‘Persie’ Shah (2,399 points) sneaked into the top #3 leaderboard yesterday on the back of three deep runs (including a third-place finish). Shah has ITM-ed ten tournaments in the series, two of them podium finishes.
Rank Player Points
1 Mahima 'mabojojo' Walia Das 2,631
2 zmxncbv 2,546
3 Parag 'Persie' Shah 2,399
4 Aman 'KarmaPoker' Parakh 2,351
5 Aryan 'bob_marley' Singh 2,328
6 Suraj 'Trashcan20' Adiga 2,031
7 Advait 'Rattler$' Rajguru 2,025
8 Hemant '$Hamza$' Meena 1,922
9 Ashish 'X--factor' Pareek 1,835
10 anshu86 1,748
‘demonrulzz’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Night Rider for ₹32,493), ‘steup1’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Chip Up- Triple Chance for ₹20,295), ‘fokerpoker’ (Won ₹50K GTD Turbo – Triple Chance for ₹12,325) and ‘Rekhraj666’ (Won ₹50K GTD Centurion for ₹10,025) won the other Spartan Poker marquees.
PokerBaazi
The Endeavour – ₹20 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 247
Re-entries – 229
Prize Pool – ₹23,80,000
Places Paid – 49
PokerBaazi user ‘Leo02’ made the Tuesday breakthrough by clinching their maiden title in the last four years they have been active on the site. The mystery player ransacked a guarantee-crushing 476-player field (247 unique) in PokerBaazi’s ₹20 Lakhs GTD The Endeavour, nailing the 8 PM Wednesday headliner for a personal-best ₹4.05 Lakhs.
Leo02’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹8 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹1.29 Lakhs | Titles Won: #1
Posting his fourth runner-up finish this year, online crusher Aditya ‘konstantin’ Singh (opted out of tracking) bagged away ₹2.69 Lakhs in The Endeavour. He reeled in at least ₹3.25 Lakhs through three deep runs last night, which include:
> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour for ₹2,69,000
> 6th in Adda52’s The Mint for ₹51,205
> 29th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹4,770
Fresh off a scintillating run last week, Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna kept his sails high. The Kolkata-based MTT pro notched up ₹4.05 Lakhs in Tuesday earnings through four deep runs, including final table scores in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour (5th for ₹1.38 Lakhs) and (7-Max) SPRINT (7th for ₹47,648), and a top finish in PokerStars India’s Bounty Builder HR (1st for ₹2.14 Lakhs).
Harsh Bubna’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.96 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹95.18 Lahks | Titles Won in 2023: #6
Saturday’s Nano Head Shot Bounty winner Ranjeet ‘Rj147’ Negi (3rd for ₹2.09 Lakhs), Tarush ‘Busterr’ Gupta (4th for ₹1.65 Lakhs), and Rishabh ‘rgeader’ Gupta (8th for ₹67,830) were the other notables on The Endeavour final table.
The ₹5,500 entry buy-in flagship paid the top 49 finishers a share of the ₹23.80 Lakhs prize pool.
Final Table Results
- Leo02 – ₹4,05,314
- Aditya ‘konstantin’ Singh – ₹2,68,940
- Ranjeet ‘Rj147’ Negi – ₹2,08,964
- Tarush ‘Busterr’ Gupta – ₹1,65,410
- Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna – ₹1,37,564
- tiltplay – ₹1,12,336
- jackiehusky – ₹89,012
- Rishabh ‘rgeader’ Gupta – ₹67,830
(7-Max) SPRINT – ₹12 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹3,850
Entries – 223
Re-entries – 141
Prize Pool – ₹12,74,000
Places Paid – 49
Kritarth ‘AgentJack’ Pant sprinted to the top of a crowded 364-player field (223 unique) in PokerBaazi’s ₹12 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) SPRINT in under six hours to win ₹1.96 Lakhs (his second-best score on PokerBaazi), crossing an over four-week-long title slump. Last month’s BTS#6 champion, Pant, chopped the 9 PM tournament title heads-up with ‘Pratap42’ (2nd for ₹1.65 Lakhs).
Kritarth Pant had a bountiful Tuesday run, bagging away ₹2.18 Lakhs from three ITM finishes, which include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹1,95,778
> 37th in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour for ₹17,850
> 57th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹4,528
Kritarth Pant’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹54.69 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹4.50 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #2
Yesterday’s Daily Boost winner, Raman ‘Ranzoo9’ Arora, raked in ₹1.42 Lakhs from three deep runs, which include:
> 4th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹88,543
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s Daily Boost for ₹51,545
> 38th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Night SPRINT for ₹1,560
Raman Arora’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹99.8 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹16.19 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #5
Yesterday’s The Mint finalist Vinay ‘Vinstill’ B (3rd for ₹1.12 Lakhs), Monday’s Iron Man finalist, Sarthak ‘snickers21’ Singhal (5th for ₹73,637), and last night’s Bounty Builder HR champion, Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna (7th for ₹47,648) were other top guns on the (7-Max) SPRINT final table.
The ₹3,850 entry buy-in tournament dished out ₹12.74 Lakhs in prize money to the top 49 finishers.
Final Table Results
- Kritarth ‘AgentJack’ Pant – ₹1,95,778*
- Pratap42 – ₹1,65,146*
- Vinay ‘Vinstill’ B – ₹1,11,857
- Raman ‘Ranzoo9’ Arora – ₹88,543
- Sarthak ‘snickers21’ Singhal – ₹73,637
- Quest4Best – ₹60,133
- Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna – ₹47,648
*denotes a heads-up deal
Daily Value Boost – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 365
Re-entries – 321
Prize Pool – ₹10,29,000
Places Paid – 113
The long-time circuit reg Gurpal ‘roothless’ Singh came out charging in PokerBaazi’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Daily Value Boost. The old-timer toppled the 686-player field in the 7.30 PM weekday attraction, taking it down for the second time for ₹1.36 Lakhs – his first six-figure score in a fortnight.
Rohan Thomas ‘RTJam’ John raked in an equally impressive ₹1.22 Lakhs as the runner-up, courtesy of a heads-up deal.
Gurpal Singh’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.53 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹65.22 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #6
Sachin ‘browguy26’ Raj FT-ed two flagship tournaments, accumulating ₹1.14 Lakhs from three deep runs. He placed sixth in Spartan Poker’s ITM #18 Tuesday Supersonic (₹70,762) and seventh in PokerBazi`s Daily Value Boost (₹21,197).
Sachin Raj`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹70.09 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹22.19 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #7
Sashank ‘TheTamizhDurrr’ Chakravarthy added 37,092 from three deep runs (two FT scores), which include:
> 8th in Spartan Poker’s ITM #21 DST 6 Max for ₹17,452
> 8th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹17,390
Sashank Chakravarthy’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.81 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹44.50 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #4
The ITM #20 Tuesday Big Turbo (6-Max) third-place finisher Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia (4th for ₹56,595) and Parteek ‘ptk007’ Maheshwari (5th for ₹42,189) also FT-ed Daily Value Boost.
The ₹1,650 entry buy-in tournament awarded ₹10.29 Lakhs in prize money to the top 113 finishers.
Final Table Results
- Gurpal ‘roothless’ Singh – ₹1,35,845*
- Rohan Thomas ‘RTJam’ John – ₹1,22,125*
- Marcopolo10 – ₹87,465
- Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia – ₹56,595
- Parteek ‘ptk007’ Maheshwari – ₹42,189
- Coldwater1923 – ₹29,224
- Sachin ‘browguy26’ Raj – ₹21,197
- Sashank ‘TheTamizhDurrr’ Chakravarthy – ₹17,390
*denotes a heads-up deal
(7-Max) Daily SPRINT – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 173
Re-entries – 118
Prize Pool – ₹5,82,000
Places Paid – 53
Rony ‘bisadip176’ Chowdhury (opted out of tracking) had been chasing a title win for over five weeks, and his hunt ended last night when he bested a 291-strong field in PokerBaazi’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Daily SPRINT, winning the 7:15 PM marquee for ₹82,171. The MTT reg struck a heads-up deal with yesterday’s The Mint third-place finisher, Avneesh ‘iamam’ Munjal (2nd for ₹75,958).
The two-time The Millionaire runner-up, Chowdhury, also FT-ed PokerStars India’s Bounty Builder HR (6th for ₹44,704), loading up at least ₹1.27 Lakhs on his Tuesday tally.
The two-time Destiny winner, Munjal, took home ₹2.76 Lakhs in Tuesday winnings through five ITM finishes (and one bounty). His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.53 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.04 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #7
Sunday’s Big Whale champion Dhinesh ‘dhineshrocky007’ Kumar (5th for ₹27,761), Sunny ‘Sunnyland’ Prajapati (6th for ₹19,672), and yesterday’s Daily Boost runner-up finisher Yuvraj ‘Yuvi0069’ Bhardwaj (7th for ₹16,063) were other regs on the (7-Max) Daily SPRINT final table.
The ₹2,200 entry buy-in tournament had 53 players taking a bite out of the ₹5.82 Lakhs prize pool.
Final Table Results
- Rony ‘bisadip176’ Chowdhury – ₹82,171*
- Avneesh ‘iamam’ Munjal – ₹75,958*
- LegendisBack – ₹52,904
- tiltplay – ₹39,285
- Dhinesh ‘dhineshrocky007’ Kumar – ₹27,761
- Sunny ‘Sunnyland’ Prajapati – ₹19,672
- Yuvraj ‘Yuvi0069’ Bhardwaj – ₹16,063
*denotes a heads-up deal
(7-Max) Afternoon Boost – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 151
Re-entries – 122
Prize Pool – ₹5,46,000
Places Paid – 53
PokerBaazi user ‘Jatin30692’ won the first marquee tournament on the site`s Tuesday schedule, the ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) Afternoon Boost for a personal-best ₹84,412. He took down the 273-player field in the 2 PM attraction, besting ‘dhuru4’ (2nd for ₹63,937) heads-up.
Jatin30692’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹1.49 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹48,052 | Titles Won: #4
The #2 ranked player on the annual TLB (points) leaderboard, Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur, lapped up ₹74,888 from five deep runs (two FT scores).
His top Tuesday finishes include:
> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s Daily Night SPRINT for ₹31,428
> 5th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Afternoon Boost for ₹26,044
Rajneesh Thakur’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.41 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.05 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #11 | Ranked #2 on the 2023 TLB (Points) Leaderboard | Ranked #20 in the 2023 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)
Monday’s breakout winner Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPro’ Kumar (4th for ₹36,855) and Nilansh ‘nilansh13’ Rajput (7th for ₹15,070) also FT-ed the (7-Max) Afternoon Boost.
The ₹2,200 buy-in tournament collected ₹5.46 Lakhs in the prize pool, and 53 players scored a payday.
Final Table Results
- Jatin30692 – ₹84,412
- dhuru4 – ₹63,937
- Note70 – ₹49,631
- Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPro’ Kumar – ₹36,855
- Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur – ₹26,044
- OMSHIVOHAM – ₹18,455
- Nilansh ‘nilansh13’ Rajput – ₹15,070
Raman ‘Ranzoo9’ Arora (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Boost for ₹51,550), Yash ‘ShakeyAnimal’ Jaiswal (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD 7-Max Midnight SPRINT for ₹49,300), Mohak ‘Titltin’ Kapoor (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD PLO-5 Boost for ₹47,200), ‘klaus0072’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD 7-Max SPRINT for ₹25,700), ‘jaisriram’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD PLO-6 Boost for ₹24,730) and ‘raxxh’ (Won ₹50K GTD 5-Max Daily for ₹6,100) won the other PokerBaazi marquees.
Pocket52
Pocket Jacks – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,800
Entries – 136
Re-buys – 88
Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Places Paid – 34
Pocket52 user ‘badshah123’ trounced a 224-entry field in the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Pocket Jacks, taking down the primetime marquee for ₹95,500. Online reg Lavesh ‘lavesh7’ Meena fell one short of the finish line, scoring ₹70,000 as the runner-up.
The FTS #11 Triple Chance winner from earlier this month, ‘SSAHisoka’, (anonymity requested) cashed ₹25,000 in fifth place. He added ₹77,022 to his poker bankroll from four deep runs (two FT scores), which include:
> 5th in Pocket52’s Pocket Jacks for ₹25,000
> 4th in Spartan Poker’s ITM #22 PKO Turbo for ₹24,111
> 7th in Spartan Poker’s ITM #21 DST 6 Max for ₹24,086
> 11th in Adda52’s Voyager for ₹3,825
SSAHisoka’s online stats (excluding Pocket52): Lifetime Winnings: ₹62.59 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹11.29 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #5
Final Table Results
- badshah123 – ₹95,500
- Lavesh ‘lavesh7’ Meena – ₹70,000
- panicky_curie168_21995422 – ₹45,000
- banuhdjd_hrZbC3JB0c – ₹35,000
- SSAHisoka – ₹25,000
- ROYALENFIEID – ₹20,000
‘Jaishreeram1’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Pocket Brunch for ₹28,650), ‘crocodile_rana70_14285795’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Pocket Snacks for ₹23,000), ‘Rmgkks’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Pocket Soda for ₹23,000), and ‘4betbluff’ (Won ₹75K GTD Pocket Squares for ₹17,250) won the other Pocket52 marquees.
PokerSaint
Sapphire – ₹3 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,350
Entries – 101
Re-entries – 98
Prize Pool – ₹3,00,000
Places Paid – 35
The user ‘Goldenweed’ outplayed the 199-player field in PokerSaint`s ₹3 Lakhs GTD Ruby, binking the Tuesday marquee for ₹43,592.
The users ‘Shristi13’ (2nd for ₹42,972) and ‘Shankarmahadevan’ (3rd for ₹42,450) earned profitable payouts on the podium, courtesy of a three-way deal.
Final Table Results
- Goldenweed – ₹43,592*
- Shristi13 – ₹42,972*
- Shankarmahadevan – ₹42,450*
- NotSoSaint – ₹22,655
- Sharky – ₹16,699
- Grand – ₹12,308
- Jungle_man – ₹9,911
- 9999lifetime – ₹7,981
* denotes a three-way deal
IndiaPlays
PLO-6 Bounty – ₹50K GTD
Buy-in – ₹330
Entries – 72
Rebuys – 61
Prize Pool – ₹50,000
Places Paid – 31
Pratik ‘Mrpoker18’ Parte was the last player standing in the ₹50K GTD PLO6 Bounty on IndiaPlays last night. He outran a 133-player field to win ₹12,650 (₹1,100 in bounties). ‘kismat7’ earned ₹8,400 (₹900 in bounties) for their runner-up finish.
Somnath ‘Scatter55’ Mondal won the ₹10K GTD PLO5 Bounty for ₹3,175.
PokerDangal
PLO 6 Booster Tuesday – ₹1 Lakh GTD
Buy-in – ₹660
Entries – 80
Re-buys – 67
Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000
Places Paid – 23
PokerDangal user ‘Rohitsharma66’ championed the ₹1 Lakh GTD PLO 6 Booster Tuesday for ₹21,000, besting ‘Coleman’ (2nd for ₹15,500) heads-up.
Final Table Results
- Rohitsharma66 – ₹21,000
- Coleman – ₹15,500
- Mastersss – ₹11,750
- Chaturkhiladi008 – ₹9,000
- kamalKing – ₹6,750
- Kiriti12345 – ₹5,000
PokerStars India
Bounty Builder HR – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹7,700
Entries – 75
Re-entries – 61
Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000
Places Paid – 15
Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna has been on a scoring overdrive since the 2023 WPT Prime Cambodia got over. He had a smashing run last week – headlined by two runner-up scores and a Thursday victory in Adda52’s Monster Turbo.
The Kolkata-based pro played with the same flair on Tuesday, firing up final table finishes in three big-ticket tournaments, hauling in an impressive ₹4.05 Lakhs. Winning his second tournament title in six days, Bubna stormed past the 136-player field in PokerStars India’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Bounty Builder HR to collect ₹2.15 Lakhs (₹1.16 Lakhs in bounties), defeating Friday’s The Big Bash champion Ayush ‘Kyanaamrakhu’ Garg heads-up. Garg picked up ₹1.85 Lakhs (₹86,570 in bounties) in second place.
Harsh Bubna`s Tuesday finishes include:
> 1st in PokerStars India’s Bounty Builder HR for ₹2,14,621
> 5th in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour for ₹1,37,564
> 7th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹47,648
Harsh Bubna’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.96 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹95.19 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #6
The ever-consistent Clinton ‘Clinton Tavares’ Tavares locked in ₹1.18 Lakhs from five ITM finishes.
His top Tuesday finishes include:
> 3rd in PokerStars India’s Bounty Builder HR for ₹88,822
> 3rd in PokerStars India’s Uppercut for ₹18,850
Clinton Tavares’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.93 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹51.47 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #13
Manish ‘theoldestkid’ Lakhotia made an exhilarating three final table appearances last night, grossing ₹3.85 Lakhs from the following deep runs:
> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s ITM #20 Tuesday Big Turbo for ₹2,55,150
> 4th in PokerStars India’s Bounty Builder HR for ₹65,621
> 4th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹56,595
> 41st in Adda52’s The Mint for ₹8.047
Monday`s Pocket Jacks champion Shailesh Kumar ‘ArithemeticMean’ Patel (5th for ₹55,448) and last night`s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT winner Rony ‘GoGetters1’ Chowdhury (6th for ₹44,704) were other notables on the Bounty Builder HR final table.
The 8 PM tournament recorded an overlay shortfall of ₹48,000, with the top 15 finishers digging into the prize pool.
Final Table Results (Including Bounties)
- Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna- ₹2,14,621
- Ayush ‘Kyanaamrakhu’ Garg – ₹1,84,871
- Clinton ‘Clinton Tavares’ Tavares – ₹88,822
- Manish ‘theoldestkid’ Lakhotia – ₹65,621
- Shailesh Kumar ‘ArithemeticMean’ Patel – ₹55,448
- Rony ‘GoGetters1’ Chowdhury – ₹44,704
- runcatcher – ₹25,412
- vishnu2534 – ₹26,898
- ToiDoi11 – ₹23,236
‘RedDM9’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs Uppercut for ₹49,687), ‘Swedhan6565’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Ultrasonic for ₹29,531) and ‘RAV1619’ (Won ₹50K Bounty Adrenaline 6-Max for ₹11,146) won the other PokerStars India marquees.
Adda52
The Mint – ₹14 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹3,850
Entries – 242
Re-entries – 176
Prize Pool – ₹14,63,000
Places Paid – 43
Rajat ‘happyfish’ Mahajan emerged as the breakout scorer on Adda52 for the second time in four days. He won The Ballers on Friday and dominated a field of 418 players (242 unique) in the ₹14 Lakhs GTD The Mint last night, shipping the Tuesday tournament for ₹3.63 Lakhs.
The former APT Online India Main Event champion, Mahajan, collectively added ₹3.77 Lakhs from three deep runs, which include:
>1st in Adda52`s The Mint for ₹3,62,824 (won the tournament for the second time)
> 13th in Spartan Poker`s ITM #21 DST 6 Max for ₹10,626
> 90th in PokerBaazi`s Daily Value Boost for ₹3,190
Rajat Mahajan`s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.28 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.83 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #5
MTT phenom Karan ‘Reg_Slayer’ Radia (opted out of tracking) cashed out for ₹2.57 Lakhs across two known finishes in The Mint (2nd for ₹2.19 Lakhs) and Spartan Poker’s ITM #20 Tuesday Big Turbo (14th for ₹37,665).
The #9 ranked player on the annual TLB (points) leaderboard, Avneesh ‘IamAM’ Munjal, lapped up ₹2.75 Lakhs from six ITM finishes.
His top Tuesday finishes include:
> 3rd in Adda52’s The Mint for ₹1,53,615
> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹75,958
> 13th in Spartan Poker’s ITM #18 Tuesday Supersonic for ₹29,718
> 22nd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹12,740
Avneesh Munjal’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.53 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.04 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #7
Aditya ‘konstantin’ Singh (opted out of tracking) ITM-ed at least three Tuesday tournaments – PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour (2nd for ₹2.69 Lakhs), Adda52’s The Mint (6th for ₹51,205), and PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT (29th for ₹4,770).
Samsher ‘santacruzsam’ Gandhi (4th for ₹1.17 Lakhs), (7-Max) SPRINT third-place finisher Vinay ‘ContemporisT’ B (3rd for ₹40,233), and Vishal ‘vishalmaharaj’ Maharaj (8th for ₹32,918) also FT-ed The Mint.
The ₹3,850 entry buy-in tournament dished out ₹14.63 Lakhs in prize money to the top 43 finishers.
Final Table Results
- Rajat ‘happyfish’ Mahajan – ₹3,62,824
- Karan ‘Reg_Slayer’ Radia – ₹2,19,450
- Avneesh ‘IamAM’ Munjal – ₹1,53,615
- Samsher ‘santacruzsam’ Gandhi – ₹1,17,040
- FloatingMonkey – ₹76,076
- Aditya ‘konstantin’ Singh – ₹51,205
- Vinay ‘ContemporisT’ B – ₹40,233
- Vishal ‘vishalmaharaj’ Maharaj – ₹32,918
‘richiecool7’ (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Voyager for ₹61,476), ‘akshay9109’ (Won ₹1.20 Lakhs GTD Afternoon Adda for ₹32,890), ‘Maelwyn’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Nighttide DST Adda for ₹30,301), ‘alr3dywinn3r’ (Won ₹1.40 Lakhs GTD The Mint Lite for ₹23,119), ‘DarthMelkor’ (Won ₹50K GTD Bounty Adda for ₹12,009), ‘Teaconnect’ (Won ₹40K GTD Sundown Adda for ₹11,800) and ‘rajjani21’ (Won ₹30K GTD Freeze Out Adda for ₹10,433) won the other Adda52 marquees.
Khelo365
Khelo365 user ‘spingo’ won the ₹20K GTD Under The Gun PLO for ₹10,000, while site regular ‘picnic123’ scored ₹6,000 in second place.
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India Poker Championship’s Final Table Series 6.0 Goes Live to Guarantee-Crushing Turnouts on Thursday
India Poker Championship’s biggest-ever Final Table Series 6.0 went live on Spartan Poker (and other Quadnet partner sites) on Thursday, March 2. With a schedule littered with big-ticket tournaments and a jaw-dropping ₹24 Crores guaranteed in prize money, the player community was expecting firecrackers from the get-go. However, the opening day turnouts exceeded all expectations.
We’ll be bringing you a detailed recap of the opening day proceedings, but before that, here’s a quick lowdown on how Day 1 of FTS 6.0 fared:
> Day 1 registered 19,300 total entries across five FTS tournaments, and Day 1A of the ₹50 Lakhs GTD FTS Marathon
> A total of ₹1,92,99,150 was awarded in prize money, comfortably exceeding the advertised ₹1,79,60,100 GTD
> Three silver medallions and two gold medallions were given away
> The FTS #3 Thursday Titan champion Laksh Pal Singh and FTS #4 Thursday Grande (6-Max) winner Vinayak Bajaj won gold medallions
> The FTS #1 Big Bang champion Vaidik Murhar, FTS #5 Turbo winner Ganesh Kamat and the FTS #2 winner Ravi Jain won silver medallions
> 25 players won at least ₹1 Lakh in cash prizes
> Vinayak Bajaj was the day’s top scorer for winning FTS #4 Thursday Grande (6-Max) for ₹13.91 Lakhs
> Vaidik Murhar took an early lead in the ₹50 Lakhs GTD FTS 6.0 Leaderboard after shipping the FTS #1 Big Bang for ₹4.38 Lakhs
> Laksh Pal Singh, Vinayak Bajaj, and Vaidik Murhar grabbed the first three seats on the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Masters Table scheduled for March 13, 8 PM
The FTS 3.0 is evidently off to a scintillating start, and this is just the beginning!
Day 1 Recap
The Final Table Series 6.0 promises over ₹24 Crores in guaranteed value, of which a gigantic ₹19.76 Crores is to be awarded in the 59 FTS tournaments. All FTS champions will receive medallions, including 1 diamond, 19 gold, and 39 silver.
Day 1 had the top poker talent in the country vying for a share of the ₹1,79,60,100 guaranteed across five featured FTS tournaments. The competition was break-neck as the top regs jostled for a spot on the final table and a chance at bagging the top-heavy payouts and FTS glory.
FTS Flagship Winners
The defending Millionaire Series Main Event champion Vinayak Bajaj headlined the Day 1 proceedings. Bajaj fired three bullets in the Day 1 headliner, ₹55K buy-in FTS #4 Thursday Grande (6-Max) and trampled over the 112-strong field (73 unique), bagging his first FTS gold medallion, and a ₹13.91* Lakhs paycheque – his third-best online score. In the final moments, Bajaj chopped the title heads-up with ‘IveyLeague9009’ (anonymity requested) (2nd for ₹13.32 Lakhs). Along with the title, Bajaj also advanced to the ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Masters Table scheduled for March 13 (8 PM).
Young Gun Laksh Pal Singh was another breakout winner. The IOPC 10.0 The Crown champion stormed past a 552-strong field (268 unique) in the ₹50 Lakhs GTD FTS #3 Thursday Titan, clinching his maiden FTS title for ₹9.10 Lakhs and securing a berth on the much-anticipated The Masters Table. Here again, a heads-up deal brought the tournament to a close, and Akshat Sharma landed a runner-up payday of ₹8.40 Lakhs.
The third player who rode high on Day 1 was Vaidik Murhar. The lesser-known Murhar decimated a massive 2,582-player field in the series-opener ₹25 Lakhs GTD FTS #1 Big Bang, boosting his online poker scorecard with a bang! He won his first-ever FTS title for a personal-best ₹4.38 Lakhs, beating ‘insufficient funds’ (2nd for ₹2.43 Lakhs) heads-up to recover all his site losses.
By winning the series opener, Murhar was officially the first player to secure a seat in The Masters Table. The massive turnout in the tournament ensured Murhar the most TLB points of the day, pushing him into an early lead on the FTS 6.0 Leaderboard.
FTS Marquee Winners
Ganesh Kamat converted a ₹550 satellite investment into a career-best ₹3.07 Lakhs payday with a thumping victory in the ₹15 Lakhs GTD FTS #5 Turbo, also bagging his first FTS silver medallion.
Ravi Jain was the other FTS silver medallion winner for his outright victory in the ₹10 Lakhs GTD FTS #2 for ₹2.42 Lakhs.
The ₹50 Lakhs GTD FTS Marathon hosted the first of its five starting flights on Thursday. Day 1A drew 485 entries (248 unique), and 70 progressed further, with Arjanveer ‘bazzingaa’ Singh Chadha (195,872) headlining the survivors.
FTS 6.0 Leaderboard Standings After Day 1
While the FTS 6.0 got off to a firecracker start, headlining the show in turnouts was the FTS #1 Big Bang that brought in a massive 2,582-player field. Unsurprisingly the top three finishers in the tournament took up the top spots on the ₹50 Lakhs GTD FTS 6.0 Leaderboard.
The FTS #1 Big Bang champion Vaidik ‘TripleH’ Murkar (1,752 points) towers above others on the series’ leaderboard, followed by ‘insufficient funds’ (1,237 points) and ‘UpNdOwN’ (1,011 points), ranked #2 and #3, respectively.
| Rank | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vaidik ‘TripleH’ Murkar | 1,752 |
| 2 | insufficient funds | 1,237 |
| 3 | UpNdOwN | 1,011 |
| 4 | Laksh 'b00mTilt23' Pal Singh | 992 |
| 5 | Ravi 'Rvjn91' Jain | 942 |
| 6 | Vinay 'vinay0902' Rajpal | 882 |
| 7 | Ganesh 'Fedorholz2020' Kamat | 861 |
| 8 | Parag 'Persie' Shah | 786 |
| 9 | Dracula11 | 715 |
| 10 | Akshat 'doubledown' Sharma | 698 |
What’s Coming Up in Week #1
The Final Table Series 6.0 will award 20 gold medallions, two of which were claimed on Day 1. Another ten gold medallions and 21 silver medallions remain to be won in the opening week (until Wednesday, March 8).
Coming to the weekend attractions, the top draw on Friday, March 3, is the ₹1 Crore GTD FTS #9 High Roller scheduled to start at 9 PM and sports an entry buy-in of ₹1.05 Lakhs. Also on the tap is the ₹70 Lakhs GTD FTS #8 Friday Titan. The ₹27,500 buy-in tournament takes off at 8 PM tonight.
The coming Sunday is shaping up to be a blockbuster one, and offering the biggest slice of tournament action will be the ₹1 Crores GTD FTS #18 Sunday Titan. The ₹11,000 entry buy-in tournament starts at 8 PM.
Other attractions include:
> ₹75 Lakhs GTD FTS #34 Wednesday Titan (Buy-in: ₹22,000, March 8, 8 PM)
> ₹65 Lakhs GTD GTD FTS #129 Tuesday Titan (Buy-in: ₹16,500, March 7, 8 PM)
> ₹60 Lakhs GTD FTS #19 Sunday Grande (Buy-in: ₹55,000, March 5, 9 PM)
> ₹60 Lakhs GTD FTS #35 Wednesday Grande (Buy-in: ₹55,000, March 8, 9 PM)
> ₹50 Lakhs GTD FTS #30 Marathon – Day 2 (Buy-in – ₹3,300, 5 Starting flights, Day 2 on March 5 from 10 PM)
> ₹50 Lakhs GTD FTS #30 Tuesday Grande (Buy-in: ₹44,000, March 7, 9 PM)
> ₹40 Lakhs GTD FTS #12 Saturday Titan (Buy-in: ₹11,000, March 4, 9 PM)
> ₹25 Lakhs GTD FTS #23 Monday Titan (Buy-in: ₹11,000, March 6, 8 PM)
> ₹25 Lakhs GTD TS #16 (Buy-in: ₹5,500, March 5, 5 PM)
Other FTS 6.0 Attractions
FTS G.O.D (Game Of Diamonds)
The most awaited tournament of the series, FTS 6.0 Main Event, has been rebranded as the FTS G.O.D (Game Of Diamonds). Slotted on March 12, with two starting flights and an entry buy-in of ₹35,000, the tournament allows you to compete for a ₹2 Crores GTD prize pool.
FTS G.O.D schedule:
Day 1A – March 12 at 1 PM
Day 1B – March 12 at 5 PM
Day 2 of FTS G.O.D will commence at 10:30 PM on March 12.
Giving the high rollers a chance to play for big money will be the ₹1.50 Crores GTD FTS #46 Super High Roller, scheduled for March 10, 9 PM. This is also the most expensive tournament at the stop, as players must dish out ₹2.10 Lakhs to enter.
Other top attractions of Week #2 include:
> ₹80 Lakhs GTD FTS #40 Thursday Grande (Buy-in: ₹88,000, 9 PM, March 9)
> ₹50 Lakhs GTD FTS #39 Thursday Titan (Buy-in: ₹11,000, 8 PM, March 9)
> ₹70 Lakhs GTD FTS #45 Friday Titan (Buy-in: ₹16,500, 8 PM, March 10)
> ₹65 Lakhs GTD FTS #57 Sunday Grande (Buy-in – ₹55,000, 9 PM, March 12)
> ₹60 Lakhs GTD FTS #56 Sunday Titan (Buy-in – ₹11,000, 8 PM, March 12)
> ₹50 Lakhs GTD FTS #54 (Buy-in: ₹2,750, 8 PM, March 12)
> ₹40 Lakhs GTD FTS #49 Saturday Titan – Beat the Pro (Buy-in- ₹16,500, 8 PM, March 11)
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Daily Majors: Vinayak Bajaj, Laksh Pal Singh, Kunal Patni & Maddhav Kohli Crush the Thursday Flagships
It was nothing short of a firecracker Thursday, with the biggest-ever Final Table Series 6.0 getting off to a blistering start on Spartan Poker (and other Quadnet sites). Online MTT players have a hectic few weeks ahead of them for the third edition of PokerBaazi’s 1000X Series starting today, and PokerStars India’s MicroMillions 5.0 gets underway on Sunday.
The frenzy to win FTS medallions was palpable yesterday, and Vinayak Bajaj emerged as Thursday`s top scorer. The defending Millionaire Series Main Event champion reeled in a whopping ₹14.05 Lakhs from three deep runs, notably championing the day`s top draw, Spartan Poker’s FTS #4 Thursday Grande (6-Max), for a whopping ₹13.91 Lakhs – (his third-best online score), the FTS gold medallion and a seat on the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Masters Table scheduled for March 13 (8 PM). He chopped the 9 PM tournament heads-up with ‘IveyLeague9009’ (anonymity requested) (2nd for ₹13.32 Lakhs).
The fifth biggest winner on our tracked database, Young Gun Laksh Pal Singh, won the other FTS gold medallion (his first) in Spartan Poker’s FTS #3 Thursday Titan, scoring an impressive ₹9.10 Lakhs and a seat on the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Masters Table. The IOPC 10.0 The Crown champion raked in almost ₹10.69 Lakhs from three ITM finishes (including the title victory), climbing five places to #10 in the POY rankings. Singh chopped the 8 PM flagship heads-up with the IOPC 14.0 Super High Roller runner-up finisher Akshat Sharma (2nd for ₹8.40 Lakhs) (won ₹8.71 Lakhs overall).
Vaidik Murkar (Won FTS #1 Big Bang for ₹4.38 Lakhs), Ganesh Kamat (Won FTS #5 Turbo for ₹3.07 Lakhs), and Ravi Jain (Won FTS #2 for ₹2.42 Lakhs) won FTS silver medallions on Day 1 of FTS 6.0.
Long-time poker pro Kunal Patni ended a month-long title slump with a victory march in Adda52’s Godfather worth ₹4.65 Lakhs (won ₹4.75 Lakhs overall). The former banker chopped the title three-way with Lavesh Meena (2nd for ₹4.06 Lakhs) and Khusee Ram Meena (3rd for ₹3.17 Lakhs).
Maddhav Kohli championed PokerBaazi’s The Summit for a career-best ₹5.40 Lakhs, picking up his first score in a week.
The former The Millionaire champion Rajat Sharma won PokerStars India’s The Colosseum [6-Max] for ₹3 Lakhs (won ₹3.27 Lakhs overall). Poker coach Mithun Mahesh scored a runner-up payday of ₹2.24 Lakhs, courtesy of a heads-up deal.
Parag Shah busted a four-week dry spell with a win in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost, netting ₹1.69 Lakhs (won ₹2.68 Lakhs overall). Sameer Agarwal finished runner-up for ₹1.31 Lakhs.
Surbhit Grover, Sony Puthussery, Davneet Sahni, Anilkumar Singh, Yuvraj Bhardwaj, Siddhant Singh, Sankalp Marwah, Dayanand Prass, and Kamal Punjabi won the other Thursday marquees!
Here are the Thursday highlights!
Spartan Poker
India Poker Championship`s biggest-ever FTS 6.0 got off to a guarantee-crushing start yesterday. The mega series had six events on the tap, including Day 1A of the ₹50 Lakhs GTD FTS Marathon.
FTS #4 Thursday Grande (6-Max) – ₹60 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹55,000
Entries – 73
Re-entries – 24
Rebuys – 25
Prize Pool – ₹61,00,000
Places Paid – 13
The defending Millionaire Series Main Event champion Vinayak ‘firehaimai’ Bajaj made a grand opening in India Poker Championship’s biggest-ever Final Table Series 6.0. He fired three bullets in Spartan Poker’s ₹55K buy-in FTS #4 Thursday Grande (6-Max) – having won one ticket through a ₹6,600 satellite – and navigated his way through the reg-heavy 112-strong field (73 unique), bagging his first FTS gold medallion, a whopping ₹13.91* Lakhs (his third-best online score), and a seat on the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Masters Table scheduled for March 13 (8 PM).
Bajaj chopped the FTS #4 Thursday Grande heads-up with ‘IveyLeague9009’ (anonymity requested) (2nd for ₹13.32 Lakhs).
Vinayak Bajaj was hands down the Thursday chartbuster with ₹14.05 Lakhs in total winnings across three deep runs, which include:
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s FTS #4 Thursday Grande for ₹13,91,366* (heads-up deal) (his first FTS title)
> 41st in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹11,172
> 186th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #1 Big Bang for ₹2,763
Vinayak Bajaj’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.79 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.15 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #3
Dhruvin ‘thepokerplayer’ Kothari (of IOPC fame) (3rd for ₹7.41 Lakhs), the #2 ranked player of 2022, Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja (4th for ₹5.83 Lakhs), the #3 ranked player of the year, Ashish ‘0mg_spew’ Munot (5th for ₹4.70 Lakhs), and Harsh ‘aaja maal phuka’ Dembla (6th for ₹3.66 Lakhs) were other top guns on the FTS #4 Thursday Grande final table.
Vishnu ‘violator’ Khandelwal (7th for ₹2.90 Lakhs), Rishabh ‘radda’ Gupta (8th for ₹2.26 Lakhs), Abhinav ‘hightr0ller’ Iyer (9th for ₹1.71 Lakhs), last night`s FTS #3 Thursday Titan champion Laksh ‘b00mTilt23’ Pal Singh (11th for ₹1.40 lakhs), Guneet ‘GeeKay’ Kwatra (12th for ₹1.25 Lakhs), and PokerBaazi`s (7-Max) SPRINT runner-up finisher, Mohit ‘Thejoker’ Mehta (13th for ₹1.25 Lakhs) were other top regs to cross the money line.
The ₹55,000 entry buy-in FTS #4 Thursday Grande collected ₹61 Lakhs in the prize pool, and 13 players got a share of the spoils.
Final Table Results
- Vinayak ‘firehaimai’ Bajaj – ₹13,91,366*
- IveyLeague9009 – ₹13,32,284*
- Dhruvin ‘thepokerplayer’ Kothari – ₹7,41,150
- Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja – ₹5,82,550
- Ashish ‘0mg_spew’ Munot – ₹4,69,700
- Harsh ‘aaja maal phuka’ Dembla – ₹3,66,000
*denotes a heads-up deal
FTS #3 Thursday Titan – ₹50 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 268
Re-entries – 121
Rebuys – 163
Prize Pool – ₹55,20,000
Places Paid – 65
The fifth biggest winner on our tracked database, Young Gun Laksh ‘b00mTilt23’ Pal Singh, made early inroads at the just-started FTS 6.0 on Spartan Poker by winning an FTS gold medallion (his first) on the opening day itself. It took nine hours and 22 minutes for the IOPC 10.0 The Crown champion to overcome the 552-player field (268 unique) in the ₹50 Lakhs GTD FTS #3 Thursday Titan, and he won his maiden FTS title for a massive ₹9.10 Lakhs along with a seat on the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Masters Table scheduled for March 13 (8 PM).
Singh chopped the 8 PM flagship title heads-up with the IOPC 14.0 Super High Roller runner-up finisher Akshat ‘doubledown’ Sharma, who scored an equally impressive ₹8.40 Lakhs in second place (won ₹8.71 Lakhs overall).
Laksh Pal Singh added almost ₹10.69 Lakhs from three ITM finishes (including the title victory) last night, storming past ₹12.50 Crores in tracked online winnings, climbing five places to #10 in the POY rankings, and taking over the #4 position on FTS 6.0 leaderboard.
His Thursday finishes include:
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s FTS #3 Thursday Titan for ₹9,09,600* (heads-up deal)
> 11th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #4 Thursday Grande (6-Max) for ₹1,40,300
> 22nd in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹18,750
Laksh Pal Singh’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹12.57 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹5.25 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #4 | Finished #20 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes) | Annual Winnings: ₹82.15 Lakhs | Moves to #10 in the 2023 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes) |Ranked #4 on the FTS 6.0 Leaderboard
The 2022 POY Young Gun Anuj ‘br0ckLesnar95’ Yadav (3rd for ₹4.91 Lakhs), Anubhav ‘KillaBot’ Ray (4th for ₹3.97 Lakhs), Amarjeet ‘Thodi Mariada Rakhiye’ Singh (5th for ₹3.14 Lakhs), and Devendra ‘thekid2003’ Suthar (6th for ₹2.42 Lakhs) were other known players on the FTS #3 Thursday Titan final table.
The ₹11,000 entry buy-in tournament generated a profitable ₹55.20 Lakhs prize pool, and the top 65 finishers made the payouts list.
Final Table Results
- Laksh ‘b00mTilt23’ Pal Singh – ₹9,09,600*
- Akshat ‘doubledown’ Sharma – ₹8,40,240*
- Anuj ‘br0ckLesnar95’ Yadav – ₹4,90,728
- Anubhav ‘KillaBot’ Ray – ₹3,96,888
- Amarjeet ‘Thodi Mariada Rakhiye’ Singh – ₹3,14,088
- Devendra ‘thekid2003’ Suthar – ₹2,41,776
- jivuvasan – ₹1,79,952
- Sagar97706 – ₹1,30,272
*denotes a heads-up deal
FTS #1 Big Bang – ₹25 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 1,347
Re-entries – 564
Rebuys – 671
Prize Pool – ₹25,82,000
Places Paid – 279
India Poker Championship’s biggest-yet Final Table Series 6.0 is off to a roaring start on Thursday. Testimony to this was the series-opener ₹25 Lakhs GTD FTS #1 Big Bang that registered a gigantic 2,582-player field, over half of them unique entries, generating a hefty ₹25.82 Lakhs prize pool.
Spartan Poker loyalist Vaidik ‘TripleH’ Murkar gave a super-boost to his online poker bankroll by topping the stiff competition to grab his first-ever FTS title for a personal-best ₹4.38 Lakhs, winning himself an FTS silver medallion and catapulting into an early lead on the FTS 6.0 Leaderboard. The user ‘insufficient funds’ collected ₹2.43 Lakhs as the runner-up.
The FTS #1 Big Bang win marked Murkar’s first title victory since November 26, 2019, when he won the ₹50K GTD Energise for ₹13,199. While last night`s win overshadows all his past scores, Murkar also becomes the first player to qualify for the one-of-a-kind The Masters Table, where 20 FTS champions will convene on March 13, 8 PM to compete to win all-expenses-paid packages to Las Vegas.
Vaidik Murkar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹13.93 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹6.33 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1 | Ranked #1 on the FTS 6.0 Leaderboard
Chasing his first title in over four weeks, the IOPC 14.0 Leaderboard topper Vinay ‘vinay0902’ Rajpal packed in ₹2.77 Lakhs across six ITM finishes last night.
His top Thursday finishes include:
> 4th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #1 Big Bang for ₹1,22,129
> 6th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹75,331
> 13th in PokerStars India’s The Colosseum [6-Max] for ₹31,233
> 41st in PokerBaazi’s The Summit for ₹22,208
> 7th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹22,173
Vinay Rajpal’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.93 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.13 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #7 | Ranked #13 in the 2023 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)
Parag ‘Persie’ Shah locked in ₹2.68 Lakhs from two FT runs, including PokerBaazi`s Daily Value Boost title.
His Thursday finishes include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹99,123
> 5th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #1 Big Bang for ₹99,123
Parag Shah’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.95 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹22.32 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #4
Sunday’s The Millionaire fifth-place finisher Karan ‘Junior-KK’ Kapur (7th for ₹60,754) was another known player on the 8-max FTS #1 Big Bang final table.
The ₹1,100 entry buy-in FTS 6.0 series opener ran from 5 PM to 3.19 AM, and 279 players got a share of the ₹25.82 Lakhs prize pool.
Final Table Results
- Vaidik ‘TripleH’ Murkar – ₹4,38,165
- insufficient funds – ₹2,42,708
- UpNdOwN – ₹1,68,863
- Vinay ‘vinay0902’ Rajpal – ₹1,22,129
- Parag ‘Persie’ Shah – ₹99,123
- Dracula11 – ₹79,474
- Karan ‘Junior-KK’ Kapur – ₹60,754
- sicky – ₹42,835
FTS #5 Turbo – ₹15 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 264
Re-entries – 103
Rebuys – 161
Prize Pool – ₹15,84,000
Places Paid – 55
Ganesh ‘fedorholz2020’ Kamat, best known for winning LEGEND #22 last November, can now call himself an FTS champion! The player cut stormed past 263 other players (528 total entries) in Spartan Poker’s ₹15 Lakhs GTD FTS #5 Turbo, winning his first FTS silver medallion.
Having won his ticket into the tournament through a ₹550 satellite, Kamat ended up banking a personal-best ₹3.07 Lakhs in the 9:30 PM FTS marquee, busting a three-month-long title drought. Spartan Poker pro Zarvan ‘Zarvan Tumboli’ Tumboli had a decent Thursday showing, pocketing ₹1.95 Lakhs in second place.
Kamat made deep runs in two other FTS tournaments – FTS #2 (61st for ₹4,765) and FTS #1 Big Bang (169th for ₹3,047) – adding ₹3.15 Lakhs altogether.
Gamesh Kamat’s online stats (SpartanPoker and PokerBaazi): Lifetime Winnings: ₹24.89 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹8.97 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1 | Ranked #7 on the FTS 6.0 Leaderboard
Snehil ‘snehil99’ Aggarwal (3rd for ₹1,40,818), Hemant ‘$Hamza$’ Meena (4th for ₹1,13,890), Gautam ‘kaana.raja’ Bansal (6th for ₹69,379), Vishal ‘Alicent Hightower’ Tulsyan (7th for ₹51,638), and Amit ‘Immortal Killer’ Sur (8th for ₹37,382) also FT-ed the 9:30 PM FTS marquee.
The ₹1,650 entry buy-in tournament had 55 players digging into the ₹15.84 Lakhs prize pool.
Final Table Results
- Ganesh ‘fedorholz2020’ Kamat – ₹3,07,296
- Zarvan ‘Zarvan Tumboli’ Tumboli – ₹1,94,832
- Snehil ‘snehil99’ Aggarwal – ₹1,40,818
- Hemant ‘$Hamza$’ Meena – ₹1,13,890
- calamander – ₹88,300
- Gautam ‘kaana.raja’ Bansal – ₹69,379
- Vishal ‘Alicent Hightower’ Tulsyan – ₹51,638
- Amit ‘Immortal Killer’ Sur – ₹37,382
FTS #2 – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 398
Re-entries – 102
Rebuys – 336
Prize Pool – ₹12,54,000
Places Paid – 71
The FTS #6 Double Chance champion from the previous FTS 5.0 in October, Ravi ‘Rvjn91’ Jain (opted out of tracking), added another FTS silver medallion to his poker cabinet. The Spartan Poker loyalist ran down a stacked 836-strong field (398 unique) in the 8 PM FTS attraction, ₹10 Lakhs GTD FTS #2, banking the top prize of ₹2.42 Lakhs. The mystery reg ‘bloodring_banger’ came second for ₹1.52 Lakhs.
Jain also scored in FTS #1 Big Bang, posting at least ₹2.45 Lakhs on his Thursday scorecard. His known finishes include:
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s FTS #2 for ₹2,42,022
> 136th in FTS #1 Big Bang for ₹3,408
The freshly-minted Destiny 26.0 champion Avneesh ‘IamAM’ Munjal cashed out ₹84,213 across his Thursday run from five ITM finishes, which include:
> 32nd in Spartan Poker’s FTS #3 Thursday Titan for ₹32,568
> 8th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #2 for ₹27,713
> 31st in FTS #5 Turbo for ₹10,930
> 12th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹9,336
> 55th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹3,666
Avneesh Munjal’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.29 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹97.99 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #5
Poker coach Kanishka ‘Wildflower’ Samant (3rd for ₹1.09 Lakhs), notorious leaderboard crusher Bhanu Prakash ‘MafiaGaming’ KC (5th for ₹67,591), Kashish ‘Nahihorha’ Gupta (6th for ₹52,793), and Gaurang ‘callmerockets’ Bhati (7th for ₹39,752) were others scoring on the ₹10 Lakhs GTD FTS #2 final table.
The ₹1,650 entry buy-in tournament paid 71 players a share from the ₹12.54 Lakhs prize pool.
Final Table Results
- Ravi ‘Rvjn91’ Jain – ₹2,42,022
- bloodring_banger – ₹1,52,486
- Kanishka ‘Wildflower’ Samant – ₹1,09,223
- sharath2312 – ₹86,024
- Bhanu Prakash ‘MafiaGaming’ KC – ₹67,591
- Kashish ‘Nahihorha’ Gupta – ₹52,793
- Gaurang ‘callmerockets’ Bhati – ₹39,752
- Avneesh ‘IamAM’ Munjal – ₹27,713
₹50 Lakhs GTD FTS Marathon – Day 1A
Day 1A: Entries: 248 | Re-entries: 40 | Rebuys: 197 | Survivors: 70 | Chip Leader: Arjanveer ‘bazzingaa’ Singh Chadha (195,872)
FTS 6.0 Leaderboard Standings – Day 1
India Poker Championship`s biggest-yer FTS 6.0 got a blockbuster start on Thursday, with the series-opener recording a massive turnout. No surprise then that the top-three finishers in the FTS #1 Big Bang retained the most points on the series leaderboard.
The FTS #1 Big Bang champion Vaidik ‘TripleH’ Murkar (1,752 points) holds the fort at the top of the FTS 6.0 leaderboard, with users ‘insufficient funds’ (1,237 points) and ‘UpNdOwN’ (1,011 points) ranked #2 and #3, respectively.
Rank Player Points
1 Vaidik ‘TripleH’ Murkar 1,752
2 insufficient funds 1,237
3 UpNdOwN 1,011
4 Laksh 'b00mTilt23' Pal Singh 992
5 Ravi 'Rvjn91' Jain 942
6 Vinay 'vinay0902' Rajpal 882
7 Ganesh 'Fedorholz2020' Kamat 861
8 Parag 'Persie' Shah 786
9 Dracula11 715
10 Akshat 'doubledown' Sharma 698
Rajneesh ‘samkap’ Thakur (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack for ₹48,000), ‘Ironman99’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Night Rider for ₹38,208), ‘FIGHT CLUB’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Chip Up – Triple Chance for ₹23,827), ‘HEART000’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Sundowner – Triple Chance for ₹23,250), and Akshay ‘hitler9’ Singh (Won ₹50K GTD The Centurion for ₹10,025) won the other Spartan Poker marquees.
PokerBaazi
The Summit – ₹20 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹8,250
Entries – 202
Re-entries – 221
Prize Pool – ₹31,73,000
Places Paid – 49
Maddhav ‘Maddhav’ Kohli charged through a guarantee-crushing field of 423 entrants (202 unique) in PokerBaazi’s ₹20 Lakhs GTD The Summit, taking down the Thursday flagship for a career-best ₹5.40 Lakhs, picking up his first score after a week and ending an over nine-week-long title drought. The user ‘Whoarewe’ finished runner-up for ₹3.59 Lakhs.
Maddhav Kohli’s online stats (PokerBaazi and Spartan Poker): Lifetime Winnings: ₹73.59 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1
Dhiraj ‘supernuts’ Lakhotia has had a litany of close finishes this year but not too many title wins. The IOPC 14.0 Wednesday Prime champion finished third in The Summit for ₹2.79 Lakhs (his 14th FT finish in 2023).
Dhiraj Lakhotia’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.09 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹80.98 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1
Last month’s BTS#21 and BTS#29 winner, Mayank ‘Newsolidcash’ Maruka, accumulated ₹2.59 Lakhs through seven ITM finishes, which include:
> 4th in PokerBaazi’s The Summit for ₹2,20,489
> 46th in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹11,250
> 16th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹8,974
> 8th in PokerStars India’s Super Stack PKO for ₹8,273
> 16th in Adda62’s Monster Turbo for ₹6,250
> 200th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #1 Big Bang for ₹2,265
> 19th in PokerBaazi’s Evening SPRINT for ₹1,772
Mayank Maruka’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.1 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹34.62 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #6
The #2 ranked player on the annual TLB leaderboard, Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur, scored ₹2.53 Lakhs through five deep runs – posting two FT finishes and winning a title.
His Thursday finishes include:
> 5th in PokerBaazi’s The Summit for ₹1,83,371
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s Monster Stack for ₹48,000
> 4th in Adda52’s Afternoon Adda for ₹10,320
> 20th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹5,814
> 18th in Adda52’s Monster Turbo for ₹5,000
Rajneesh Thakur’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.15 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹99.97 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #7 | Ranked #2 on the 2023 TLB (Points) Leaderboard
Aryaman ‘aryamancr7’ Mahajan (6th for ₹1.50 Lakhs) and Sreeprakaash ‘fitzmagic’ Seetharaman (7th for ₹1.19 Lakhs) also FT-ed The Summit.
The ₹8,250 entry buy-in flagship had 49 players digging into the ₹31.73 Lakhs prize pool.
Final Table Results
- Maddhav ‘Maddhav’ Kohli – ₹5,40,277
- Whoarewe – ₹3,58,493
- Dhiraj ‘supernuts’ Lakhotia – ₹2,78,546
- Mayank ‘Newsolidcash’ Maruka – ₹2,20,489
- Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur – ₹1,83,371
- Aryaman ‘aryamancr7’ Mahajan – ₹1,49,742
- Sreeprakaash ‘fitzmagic’ Seetharaman – ₹1,18,652
(7-Max) SPRINT – ₹12 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹3,850
Entries – 269
Re-entries – 187
Prize Pool – ₹15,96,000
Places Paid – 49
PokerBaazi’s February The MoneyMaker runner-up finisher, ‘1299sanj,’ did one better in the site’s ₹12 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) SPRINT, taking down a 456-strong field (269 unique) to collect ₹2.02 Lakhs.
The 9 PM flagship ended in a five-way deal that awarded Mohit ‘thejoker’ Mehta (2nd for ₹1.61 Lakhs), ‘jackrabbit1007’ (3rd for ₹1.56 Lakhs), Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPro’ Kumar (4th for ₹1.40 Lakhs) and Siddharth ‘FrancescoTotti’ Ranshevre (5th for ₹1.36 Lakhs) the other top-heavy cash prizes.
1299sanj’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹16.77 Lakhs | Titles Won: #2
Mohit Mehta (opted out of our tracking) has been a consistent scorer, and last night he also cashed Spartan Poker’s FTS #4 Thursday Grande (13th for ₹1.25 Lakhs), posting at least ₹2.86 Lakhs in Thursday’s winnings.
The mid-stakes volume junkie Neeraj Kumar scored ₹1.63 Lakhs through six ITM finishes, three of those runs ending on the FT.
His Thursday finishes include:
> 4th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹1,40,360
> 6th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Afternoon SPRINT for ₹7,112
> 6th in PokerBaazi’s Evening SPRINT for ₹5,578
> 34th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Afternoon Boost for ₹4,643
> 54th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹3,666
> 26th in PokerBaazi’s PLO-6 BOOST for ₹1,234
Neeraj Kumar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.52 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.63 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #8 | Ranked #3 in the 2023 TLB (Points) Standings
Siddharth Ranshevre scored ₹1.78 Lakhs from an impressive three FT finishes on PokerBaazi, which include:
> 5th in PokerBaazi’s (7-MAX) SPRINT for ₹1,35,930
> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s PLO-5 BOOST for ₹32,266
> 4th in PokerBaazi’s PLO-6 BOOST for ₹10,005
Last night’s FTS #1 Big Bang fourth-place finisher Vinay ‘vinay09’ Rajpal (6th for ₹75,331) and Aditya ‘KesarDa’ Kesharwani (7th for ₹59,690) were others on the (7-Max) SPRINT final table.
The ₹3,850 entry buy-in tournament dished out ₹15.96 Lakhs in prize money to the top 49 finishers.
Final Table Results
- 1299sanj – ₹2,02,090*
- Mohit ‘thejoker’ Mehta – ₹1,60,710*
- jackrabbit1007 – ₹1,56,357*
- Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPro’ Kumar – ₹1,40,360*
- Siddharth ‘FrancescoTotti’ Ranshevre – ₹1,35,930*
- Vinay ‘vinay09’ Rajpal – ₹75,331
- Aditya ‘KesarDa’ Kesharwani – ₹59,690
*denotes a five-way deal
Daily Value Boost – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 402
Re-entries – 376
Prize Pool – ₹11,67,000
Places Paid – 137
Parag ‘vix786’ Shah made quite the Thursday run, rounding up ₹2.68 Lakhs from two deep runs. The online reg got his title break in PokerBaazi’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Daily Value Boost, overtaking a 778-entry field (402 unique) in the 7:30 PM marquee to win ₹1.69 Lakhs – booking his first title victory in over four weeks.
Shah also FT-ed Spartan Poker’s FTS #1 Big Bang (5th for ₹99,123). His online stats (PokerBaazi and Spartan Poker): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.98 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹22.32 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #5
Sameer ‘Gofish’ Agarwal posted his first cash in over three weeks in PokerBaazi’s The MoneyMaker 30.0 the day before (14th for a career-best ₹2.26 Lakhs). He followed it up with a runner-up finish in the Daily Value Boost last night for ₹1.31 Lakhs.
Anmol ‘DapperDogWalker’ Kataria (5th for ₹46,680), Parteek ‘ptk007’ Maheshwari (6th for ₹31,509), and last night’s FTS #1 Big Bang and (7-Max) SPRINT finalist Vinay ‘vinay09’ Rajpal (7th for ₹22,173) were the notables on the Daily Value Boost final table.
The ₹1,650 entry buy-in tournament collected a ₹11.67 Lakhs prize pool, and 137 players crossed the money line.
Final Table Results
- Parag ‘vix786’ Shah – ₹1,68,982
- Sameer ‘Gofish’ Agarwal – ₹1,30,704
- 10Jsuited – ₹97,445
- iveykimaa – ₹68,853
- Anmol ‘DapperDogWalker’ Kataria – ₹46,680
- Parteek ‘ptk007’ Maheshwari – ₹31,509
- Vinay ‘vinay09’ Rajpal – ₹22,173
- phaizal – ₹16,805
(7-Max) Afternoon Boost – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 163
Re-entries -155
Prize Pool – ₹6,36,000
Places Paid – 59
The two-time IOPC title winner, Surbhit ‘grovahova’ Grover, traversed a 318-player field in PokerBaazi’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) Afternoon Boost, winning the daytime marquee for ₹1.01 Lakhs – his first recorded title victory since taking down ₹30K GTD Turbo – MonsterStack in the first week of February. The user ‘espanoza’ finished runner-up for ₹74,412.
Grover accumulated ₹1.63 Lakhs from four deep runs on Thursday, which include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Afternoon Boost for ₹1,00,870
> 18th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #3 Thursday Titan for ₹54,648
> 47th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #2 for ₹4,126
> 154th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #1 Big Bang for ₹3,047
Surbhit Grover’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.12 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.22 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #2
The three-time Daily Afternoon SPRINT champion Yuvraj ‘Yuvi0069’ Bhardwaj collected ₹43,057 for his fourth-place finish in Afternoon Boost. Hours later, he went on to champion PokerBaazi’s Daily Night SPRINT (1st for ₹40,912), collectively adding ₹99,277 from seven deep runs (including a title victory and another FT finish).
His top Thursday finishes include:
> 4th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Afternoon Boost for ₹43,057
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s Daily Night SPRINT for ₹40,912
> 19th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Midnight SPRINT for ₹3,662
> 19th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Boost for ₹3,449
> 102nd in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹3,268
Yuvraj Bhardwaj’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.35 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹15.40 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #3
The ₹2,200 entry buy-in tournament awarded ₹6.36 Lakhs in prize money to the top 59 finishers.
Final Table Results
- Surbhit ‘grovahova’ Grover – ₹1,00,870
- espanoza – ₹74,412
- Md ‘007Bahubali’ Zeeshan – ₹58,639
- Yuvraj ‘Yuvi0069’ Bhardwaj – ₹43,057
- FireonNuts – ₹30,655
- udixi18 – ₹21,815
- Playcool – ₹17,490
(7-Max) Daily SPRINT – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 180
Re-entries – 136
Prize Pool – ₹6,32,000
Places Paid – 59
PokerBaazi reg ‘Whoarewe’ outlasted a vast 316-strong field (180 unique) in the ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) Daily SPRINT, bagging away the winner`s due worth ₹93,151. Chess prodigy turned poker pro Ishita ‘Warrior08’ Arora raked in a profitable ₹81,028 for her runner-up finish in the 7:15 PM marquee, courtesy of a heads-up deal.
Rukshad ‘Culllensss’ Siganporia (5th for ₹30,462), Gunisha ‘obimikel’ Sinha (6th for ₹21,678), and Chirag ‘chiragkhanduja’ Khanduja (7th for ₹17,380) were the other known players on the (7-Max) Daily SPRINT final table.
The ₹2,200 entry buy-in tournament crushed its listed guarantee by ₹1.32 Lakhs, and the top 59 finishers boarded the money bus.
Final Table Results
- Whoarewe – ₹93,151*
- Ishita ‘Warrior08’ Arora – ₹81,028*
- Playcool – ₹58,270
- royalking7424 – ₹42,786
- Rukshad ‘Culllensss’ Siganporia – ₹30,462
- Gunisha ‘obimikel’ Sinha – ₹21,678
- Chirag ‘chiragkhanduja’ Khanduja – ₹17,380
* denotes a heads-up deal
‘SinWithAGrin’ (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD 7-Max Midnight SPRINT for ₹53,630), Sony ‘swAAmi’ Puthussery (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Boost for ₹52,490), ‘Jameso’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Morning SPRINT for ₹51,550), Anilkumar ‘jat777’ Singh (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD PLO-5 BOOST for ₹45,280), Yuvraj ‘Yuvi0069’ Bhardwaj (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Night SPRINT for ₹40,910), Siddhant ‘aajnahiaana’ Singh (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Afternoon SPRINT for ₹40,120), ‘Pankaj424708’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD 7-Max SPRINT for ₹40,060), ‘Ak0811’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Evening SPRINT for ₹27,720), and Sankalp ‘wobbegong’ Marwah (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD PLO-6 BOOST for ₹23,310) won the other PokerBaazi marquees.
IndiaPlays
TDS -Texas – ₹100K GTD
Buy-in – ₹600
Entries – 125
Rebuys – 31
Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000
Places Paid – 43
IndiaPlays user ‘NLMB2483’ won The Dominator Series marquee, ₹100K GTD Texas, for ₹21,000. The user ‘bullyboy11’ placed runner-up for ₹15,000.
Final Table Results
- NLMB2483 – ₹21,000
- bullyboy11 – ₹15,000
- ABXK2944 – ₹10,000
- Yokohama – ₹7,200
- Rolex8 – ₹4,250
- oOgway – ₹3,700
- Avatar2503 – ₹3,000
‘1234Chinmoy’ won ₹15K GTD TDS -PLO Bounty for ₹3,825.
PokerStars India
The Colosseum [6-Max] – 12 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – 11,000
Entries – 78
Re-entries – 64
Prize Pool – ₹14,20,000
Places Paid – 19
The former banker Rajat ‘sharabikebabi’ Sharma was the top scorer on PokerStars India yesterday. Improving upon his runner-up finish in the ₹12 Lakhs GTD The Colosseum [6-Max] two weeks ago, the former The Millionaire champion outplayed a formidable 142-strong field (78 unique) in the 8 PM flagship to win ₹3 Lakhs. Poker coach Mithun ‘ThePokeRajaIN’ Mahesh pocketed ₹2.24 Lakhs as the runner-up, courtesy of a heads-up deal.
The recent ‘₹12 Crore Club’ entrant Rajat Sharma filled in ₹3.27 Lakhs in Thursday earnings from two deep runs, which include:
> 1st in PokerStars India’s The Colosseum [6-Max] for ₹2,99,550* (heads-up deal) (his first time winning the tournament)
> 53rd in Spartan Poker’s FTS #3 Thursday Titan for ₹27,048
Rajat Sharma’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹12.08 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹4.68 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #4 | Finished #17 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)
The #2 ranked player of 2022, Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja, lapped up at least ₹7.36 Lakhs across four deep finishes last night, which include:
> 4th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #4 Thursday Grande for ₹5,82,500
> 4th in PokerStars India’s The Colosseum [6-Max] for ₹1,25,404
> 34th in PokerBaazi’s The Summit for ₹23,790
> 107th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #1 Big Bang for ₹4,028
Myron ‘khAAbib’ Pereira was another top reg on The Colosseum [6-Max] final table, and he cashed another three tournaments for a Thursday take-home worth ₹1.32 Lakhs.
His Thursday finishes include:
> 5th in PokerStars India’s The Colosseum [6-Max] for ₹93,812
> 32nd in PokerBaazi’s The Summit for ₹23,794
> 50th in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹11,250
> 85th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹3,268
> Made Day 2 in Spartan Poker`s FTS #Marathon – Day 1A
Myron Pereira’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.33 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.02 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #2
Last Thursday`s breakout winner Vishal ‘Vishalb22’ Bajaj, notched up ₹93,973 last night from two deep runs, which include:
> 6th in PokerStars India’s The Colosseum [6-Max] for ₹70,179
> 33rd in PokerBaazi’s The Summit for ₹23,794
Vishal Bajaj’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹9.28 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.80 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #8 | Finished #12 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)
The most profitable player of 2022, Sahil ‘allezjuju’ Chutani (3rd for ₹1,67,635), Faiz ‘LFGgggg’ Alam (7th for ₹57,320), this week`s Sunday SuperStack winner Amit ‘Stu Ungar 7694’ Kaushik (8th for ₹46,817), the two-time POY and top-ranked player in the country, Young Gun Gaurav ‘3betPanda’ Sood (9th for ₹46,817), and Akshay ‘LalaSaab’ Kapoor (10th for ₹38,239) were other notables posting a deep run.
The tournament made a slightly late start at 8.12 PM, and 19 finishers got a share from the ₹14.20 Lakhs prize pool.
Final Table Results
- Rajat ‘sharabikebabi’ Sharma – ₹2,99,550*
- Mithun ‘ThePokeRajaIN’ Mahesh – ₹2,24,087*
- allezjuju – ₹1,67,635
- Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja- ₹1,25,404
- Myron ‘khAAbib’ Pereira – ₹93,812
- Vishal ‘Vishalb22’ Bajaj – ₹70,179
*denotes a heads-up deal
‘dappi17’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Super Stack 8-Max for ₹44,470), ‘imhobadshah’ (Won ₹1 Lakhs GTD Ultrasonic for ₹25,048), ‘sagar9406’ (Won ₹50K GTD Bounty Adrenaline [6-Max] for ₹11,456), and ‘anshul1990’ (Won ₹50K GTD Super Stack PKO 8-Max for ₹10,873) won the other PokerStars India marquees.
Adda52
Godfather – ₹25 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 254
Re-entries – 246
Prize Pool – ₹25,00,000
Places Paid – 55
After an excellent start on the Asian circuit, winning two trophies in the APT Hanoi Vietnam VSOP last month, Kunal ‘FloatToMyBoat’ Patni bagged a big score last night. The ex-Adda52 Team Pro won the Thursday headliner on his former sponsor`s site, ₹25 Lakhs GTD Godfather, for ₹4.65 Lakhs, ending a month-long title slump.
The former banker chopped the title three-way with Lavesh ‘UPay4MyWeed98’ Meena (2nd for ₹4.06 Lakhs) and Khusee ‘ROYALSMEENA’ Ram Meena (3rd for ₹3.17 Lakhs).
Patni raked in ₹4.75 Lakhs across three deep runs on Thursday, hitting ₹3 Crores in online profits. His Thursday finishes include:
> 1st in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹4,65,065
> 66th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #1 Big Bang for ₹5,551
> 60th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹3,968
Kunal Patni’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹9.54 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.02 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #4
Karan Malhotra earned ₹1.69 Lakhs across his Thursday run from three ITM finishes, which include:
> 5th in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹1,25,000
> 33rd in Spartan Poker`s FTS #3 Thursday Titan for ₹32,568
> 45th in PokerBaazi`s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹11,172
Karan Malhotra’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.68 Crores | Lifetime Profits: 81.46 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #3
Tanmay ‘PlusEv’ Benara scored ₹1.26 Lakhs from two deep runs, which include:
> 6th in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹87,500
> 29th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #3 Thursday Titan for 38,088
Tanmay Benara’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.44 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.40 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #1
The in-form Sreekanth ‘n0thing’ Narayan added ₹93,608 across two ITM finishes, which include:
> 8th in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹50,000
> 25th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #3 Thursday Titan for ₹43,608
Sreekanth Narayan’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.55 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.91 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #4
The ₹5,500 entry buy-in Godfather just about broke even, registering the exact 500-entry field (254 unique) it had guaranteed, and 55 players got paid.
Final Table Results
- Kunal ‘FloatToMyBoat’ Patni – ₹4,65,065*
- Lavesh ‘UPay4MyWeed98’ Meena – ₹4,05,584*
- Khusee ‘ROYALSMEENA’ Ram Meena – ₹3,16,851*
- Manish ‘newkidpoker’ Lakhotia – ₹1,87,500
- Karan ‘gogikaran’ Malhotra – ₹1,25,000
- Tanmay ‘PlusEv’ Benara – ₹87,500
- rj147 – ₹62,500
- Sreekanth ‘n0thing’ Narayan – ₹50,000
*denotes a three-way deal
Monster Turbo – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,500
Entries – 133
Re-entries – 80
Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Places Paid – 21
A less than 10-day-old user on Adda52, Davneet ‘Texaroger’ Sahni, playing their 15th tournament in the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Monster Turbo, championed the 213-entry field (133 unique) in the 9:30 PM marquee, scoring a site-best ₹1.38 Lakhs. Somesh ‘JackNotMa’ Patel (opted out of tracking) picked up ₹81,250 for his second-place finish.
Sahni made away with ₹1.39 Lakhs across two deep runs on Adda52, which include:
> 1st in Adda52’s Monster Turbo for ₹1,37,500
> 22nd in Adda52’s Godfather Lite for ₹1,487
Davneet Sahni’s Adda52 stats: Site Winnings: ₹1.43 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹1.07 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1
The Monster Turbo fourth-place finisher, Sanish ‘sanish21’ Chhabra, raked in ₹66,792 in Thursday winnings on the back of two ITM finishes, which include:
> 4th in Adda52’s Monster Turbo for ₹45,000
> 14th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #1 Big Bang for ₹21,792
Sanish Chhabra’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.39 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.90 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #1
Onas ‘PapaTumhare97’ Malhotra raked in ₹29,470 from two deep runs, which include:
> 7th in Adda52’s Monster Turbo for ₹17,500
> 33rd in (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹11,970
Onas Malhotra’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹52.87 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹8.47 Lakhs
Seasoned pro Rishab ‘rish1994’ Malik notched up ₹73,413 from five deep runs on Thursday, which include:
> 51st in Spartan Poker`s FTS #3 Thursday Titan for ₹27,048
> 8th in Adda52’s Monster Turbo for ₹13,750
> 9th in PokerBaazi`s Daily Value Boost for ₹12,837
> 30th in PokerBaazi`s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹12,768
> 27th in Spartan Poker`s FTS #2 for ₹7,010
> Made Day 2 in Spartan Poker’s FTS Marathon – Day 1A
Rishab Malik’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.22 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.90 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #2
The ₹2,500 entry buy-in Monster Turbo registered an overlay shortfall of ₹20,750, and 21 players got paid.
Final Table Results
- Davneet ‘Texaroger’ Sahni- ₹1,37,500
- Somesh ‘JackNotMa’ Patel- ₹81,250
- kanishka27 – ₹61,750
- Sanish ‘sanish21’ Chhabra – ₹45,000
- Jaishankarr – ₹31,250
- blackjaws – ₹21,250
- Onas ‘PapaTumhare97’ Malhotra – ₹17,500
- Rishab ‘rish1994’ Malik – ₹13,750
‘Swapnillinpaws’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Godfather Lite for ₹36,541), ‘Rajput451’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Kill Shot PLO Bounty for ₹32,869), ‘Rudresh99’ (Won ₹1.20 Lakhs GTD Afternoon Adda for ₹32,940), ‘goofy25’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Nighttide DST Adda for ₹31,262), ‘ThePokerProfessor’ (Won ₹40K GTD Morning Adda for ₹11,806), Dayanand ‘1God’ Prass (Won ₹40K GTD Sundown Adda for ₹11,600), ‘Unmesh100’ (Won ₹30K GTD Freeze Out Adda for ₹10,922), and Kamal ‘kamalpunjabi11’ Punjabi (Won ₹60K GTD Bounty Adda for ₹10,821) won the other Adda52 marquees.
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