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Daily Majors: Aayush Arya, Ayush Garg, Abhimanyu Mittal & Aditya Wadhwani Make a Killing in the Wednesday Flagships!

July kicked off with a surge of high-energy poker tournaments, but as the month progressed, the intensity simmered down to the routine flagship events, offering players a well-earned breather. This slower pace is projected to continue, as a significant contingent of regulars are currently busy at the 2023 APT Summer Series Da Nang.

Nevertheless, the excitement on the digital poker tables is far from dwindling. Pocket52`s ongoing Big Pocket Series and MPL Poker`s Steal Deal Series, specifically designed for micro-stake players, continue to inject an additional layer of exhilaration into the online poker scene.

Young Gun Aayush Arya was Wednesday’s standout performer, amassing 4.28 Lakhs from four deep runs. His crowning achievement was winning Adda52’s Maverick for the second time, earning a substantial 3.90 Lakhs just a few hours following a second-place finish in Spartan Poker’s Monster Stack, where he added ₹25,500 to his total earnings. The player ‘sonofmars1‘ also had a noteworthy performance, securing a substantial ₹2.21 Lakhs for his second-place finish in the Maverick.

Two-time The Millionaire winner, Ayush Garg, had an impressive day with three deep runs that netted him over 2.71 Lakhs. This included a top finish in Pocket52’s BPS#29 Avenger, earning him 1.85 Lakhs, and a runner-up finish in PokerStars India’s Monster Stack – Ticket Drop Edition, which supplemented another ₹72,658 to his total. ‘Kidpoker‘ performed admirably, finishing as the runner-up in BPS#29 Avenger and earning a respectable ₹1.30 Lakhs.

Pocket52 user ‘ProThatWasPromised’ claimed victory in the other Pocket52 flagship, BPS#28 Pocket Rockets, pocketing an impressive 2.63 Lakhs. ‘Farzi_pba2kw7jpc’ fell just shy of the top spot but secured a significant ₹1.88 Lakhs for second place.

Maintaining his winning momentum from Friday’s Chip up, Sandeep Asrani claimed the limelight with a splendid victory in Spartan Poker’s Destiny, securing a first-place prize of ₹2.57 Lakhs. Thanks to a three-way deal, Friday’s DPT Edition The Ballers finalist Siddharth Gangwar (2nd for ₹2.47 Lakhs) and Vaibhav Temani (3rd for ₹2.07 Lakhs) also walked away with sizable winnings.

Abhimanyu Mittal, a distinguished five-time IOPC title winner, seized his fourth title for the month in PokerBaazi’s The Pride, pocketing 2.32 Lakhs. He split the winnings with Kunal Agrawal, Monday’s BPS#18 Soda champion, who claimed a closely matched 2.32 Lakhs as the runner-up.

Aditya Wadhwani, a well-respected poker commentator, returned to the winner’s podium in grand style after a hiatus of nearly three months. Building on his second-place finish in Friday’s IMPS#98 HighRoller, Wadhwani emerged victorious in PokerBaazi’s WTF, garnering 2.16 Lakhs. A heads-up deal landed the user ‘akhil2301’ a personal-best 2.11 Lakhs as the runner-up.

Following a third-place finish in Tuesday’s Bounty Builder HR, the lawyer-turned-poker-pro Armaan Kochhar won PokerStars India’s Monster Stack – Ticket Drop Edition for the second time, securing a respectable ₹1.06 Lakhs.

Other Wednesday marquee winners included Mohak Kapoor (won two titles), Nitin Makkar, Pratik Gupta, Saurabh Rohila, Vikranth Varma, Rajneesh Thakur, Kushal Jain, Dinesh Jain, Rohit Malhotra, and Md Nazim.

Here are the Wednesday highlights!

 

PokerBaazi

The Pride – 15 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – 3,850

Entries – 257

Re-entries – 267

Prize Pool – 18,34,000

Places Paid – 70

Abhimanyu ‘AbhimanyuMittal’ Mittal, an accomplished five-time IOPC title winner, achieved another noteworthy win yesterday, claiming his fourth title of the month. Displaying unwavering determination, Mittal fired six bullets in PokerBaazi’s primetime Wednesday event, the 15 Lakhs GTD The Pride. The poker stalwart overpowered a challenging pool of 524 participants (257 unique) in less than eight hours of play, securing the 8 PM flagship title for the first time after three final table appearances, earning 2.32 Lakhs.

Abhimanyu Mittal
Abhimanyu Mittal

 

Before taking down the title, Mittal struck a heads-up deal with Kunal ‘symbolicchamp’ Agrawal, victor of Monday’s BPS#18 Soda. Agrawal walked away with a nearly comparable 2.32 Lakhs as the second-place finisher.

Adding to his victory, Mittal also managed a cash finish in WTF (12th for 23,716), rounding off 2.56 Lakhs in total earnings for the day. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: 5.55 Crores | Lifetime Profits: 2.07 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #12 | Annual Winnings: 1.89 Crores | Annual Profits: 48.31 Lakhs | Ranked #17 in the 2023 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes) | Ranked #26 in Annual Profits

Kovid ‘fzzzyyy’ Saraswat put forth a remarkable performance on Wednesday, amassing 1.94 Lakhs from three cash finishes, including two final table appearances:

Kovid Saraswat
Kovid Saraswat

 

> 3rd in Adda52’s Maverick for 1,53,750

> 8th in PokerBaazi’s The Pride for 36,680

> 43rd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for 3,950

Kovid Saraswat’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: 2.10 Crores | Lifetime Profits: 29.55 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #6

The final table of The Pride also featured other accomplished regs like Vinayak ‘salmanbhai’ Bajaj (3rd for 1.37 Lakhs), Guruprasad ‘fish_calling’ Gupta (4th for 1.04 Lakhs), Pratik ‘zpAAced’ Manjrekar (6th for 64,190), and Young Gun Devang ‘laila’ Yadav (7th for 44,933).

The Wednesday headliner, with a 3,850 entry buy-in, raised 18.34 Lakhs in the prize pool. The top 70 competitors shared in the spoils.

Final Table Results

  1. Abhimanyu ‘AbhimanyuMittal’ Mittal – 2,32,226*
  2. Kunal ‘symbolicchamp’ Agrawal – 2,31,959*
  3. Vinayak ‘salmanbhai’ Bajaj – 1,36,816
  4. Guruprasad ‘fish_calling’ Gupta – 1,04,355
  5. Aayush1989 – 84,181
  6. Pratik ‘zpAAced’ Manjrekar – 64,190
  7. Devang ‘laila’ Yadav – 44,933
  8. Kovid ‘fzzzyyy’ Saraswat – 36,680

*denotes a heads-up deal

 

WTF – 15 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – 2,200

Entries – 560

Re-entries – 518

Prize Pool – 21,56,000

Places Paid – 148

Aditya ‘adiwankenobi’ Wadhwani, a well-respected poker commentator, made a resounding comeback to the champion’s stand after a gap of nearly three months. Upgrading from his second-place finish in Friday’s IMPS#98 HighRoller, Wadhwani stormed through a guarantee-crushing field of 1,078 entries (560 unique) in PokerBaazi’s 15 Lakhs GTD WTF. This marathon tournament, lasting over nine and a half hours, culminated in an impressive victory for Wadhwani, adding a substantial 2.16 Lakhs to his coffers.

Aditya Wadhwani
Aditya Wadhwani

 

The tournament reached its climax with a heads-up deal between Wadhwani and the user ‘akhil2301,’ who secured a personal best 2.11 lakhs as the runner-up.

Aditya Wadhwani’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: 70.93 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: 26.71 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #2

The WTF final table also featured other seasoned players like Hemanshu ‘papakancha00’ Tomar (4th for 1.04 Lakhs), Akshay ‘CallmeAK’ Kapoor (5th for 82,575), and Clinton ‘clintontavares’ Tavares (7th for 44,198).

With an entry buy-in of 2,200, WTF far surpassed its guarantee by accumulating a hefty 21.56 Lakhs in the prize pool. The tournament paid out the top 148 finishers.

Final Table Results

  1. Aditya ‘adiwankenobi’ Wadhwani – 2,15,958*
  2. akhil2301 – 2,11,361*
  3. TheBrunson – 1,29,360
  4. Hemanshu ‘papakancha00’ Tomar – 1,04,135
  5. Akshay ‘CallmeAK’ Kapoor – 82,575
  6. Ashthap01 – 61,877
  7. Clinton ‘clintontavares’ Tavares – 44,198
  8. amu218 – 32,340

*denotes a heads-up deal

 

(7-Max) Daily SPRINT – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 155

Re-entries – 93

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 47

Making an impressive return, Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma emerged victorious in PokerBaazi’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) Daily SPRINT, marking his comeback to the winner’s spotlight after a break of 11 weeks. The high-energy event, which kicked off at 7.15 PM, saw Varma outclass a competitive ensemble of 248 players (155 unique) in just over five hours.

Vikranth Varma
Vikranth Varma

 

The culmination of the tournament was an exhilarating showdown as Varma negotiated a strategic four-way deal with three other talented finalists. The agreement resulted in Varma securing the title and a cash prize of ₹52,573.

Vaibhav ‘WakhraSwagNi’ Sharma earned a respectable second-place finish, pocketing ₹47,334. Pranay ‘5pranay’ Chaudhry landed the third place, taking home ₹46,729. Another strong competitor, Sahil ‘illuminati777’ Babbar, claimed the fourth spot with a prize of ₹44,030.

Pranay Chaudhry gathered a total of ₹59,310 from three cash finishes, including:

> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹46,729* (four-way deal)

> 67th in PokerBaazi’s The Pride for ₹11,004

> 35th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Afternoon SPRINT for ₹1,577

Pranay Chaudhry’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.35 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #3

Vivek ‘betraise’ Parmar (5th for ₹41,984) and Zeeshan ‘Deez49’ Hamza (7th for ₹14,550) were others who made the (7-Max) Daily SPRINT final table.

The ₹2,200 entry buy-in tournament filled in a marginal overlay of ₹4,000, with 47 players digging into the ₹5 Lakhs prize pool.

Final Table Results

  1. Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma – ₹52,573*
  2. Vaibhav ‘WakhraSwagNi’ Sharma – ₹47,334*
  3. Pranay ‘5pranay’ Chaudhry – ₹46,729*
  4. Sahil ‘illuminati777’ Babbar – ₹44,030*
  5. Vivek ‘betraise’ Parmar – ₹41,984
  6. 1Tuhinirankar1 – ₹17,650
  7. Zeeshan ‘Deez49’ Hamza – ₹14,550

*denotes a four-way deal

 

(7-Max) Afternoon Boost – 5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – 2,200

Entries – 161

Re-entries – 130

Prize Pool – 5,82,000

Places Paid – 53

PokerBaazi patron Nitin ‘nitinmakkar’ Makkar demonstrated his poker expertise by securing a tournament title for two days in a row. Overcoming a challenging field of 291 competitors (161 unique), Makkar, who won the 1 Lakh GTD (PKO-RE) on Tuesday, shipped the 5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) Afternoon Boost, earning a significant sum of 74,619 as the first-place prize. This marked his second victory this month in the daytime tournament.

Before the win, Makkar entered a three-way deal with ‘chuslaaa’ (2nd for 71,963) and Tuesday`s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT runner-up finisher ‘ignito’ (3rd for 64,451).

Makkar has accumulated a total of 94,821 through seven cash finishes, with his top achievements being:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Afternoon Boost for 74,619* (three-way deal)

> 14th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for 8,000

> 14th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Night SPRINT for 3,008

> 21st in PokerBaazi’s Daily Boost for 2,935

Nitin Makkar’s #PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: 5.53 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #3

The third-place finisher, ‘ignito,’ made a good return on their investment, having entered the 2 PM marquee through a 220 satellite! Their PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: 15.09 Lakhs | Site Profits: 2.55 Lakhs

The (7-Max) Afternoon Boost final table also featured other accomplished site regs like Dhaval ‘Faizal1506’ Doshi (4th for 39,285), Yuvraj ‘Yuvi0069’ Bhardwaj (5th for 27,761), Shivam ‘Daddyaddy’ Kumar Dubey (6th for 19,672), and Arjun ‘arr86’ Raghani (7th for 16,063).

The 2,200 buy-in tournament outperformed expectations, with 53 players sharing in the 5.82 Lakhs prize pool.

Final Table Results

  1. Nitin ‘nitinmakkar’ Makkar – 74,619*
  2. chuslaaa – 71,963*
  3. ignito – 64,451*
  4. Dhaval ‘Faizal1506’ Doshi – 39,285
  5. Yuvraj ‘Yuvi0069’ Bhardwaj – 27,761
  6. Shivam ‘Daddyaddy’ Kumar Dubey – 19,672
  7. Arjun ‘arr86’ Raghani – 16,063

*denotes a three-way deal

 

‘Dr19sidhu’ (Won 2.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Boost for 50,590), ‘karansc’ (Won 2 Lakhs GTD PLO-5 Boost for 48,590), ‘Usernameishigh’ (Won 3 Lakhs GTD Turbo for 45,780), RajneeshmsdhoniThakur (Won 2.50 Lakh GTD 7-Max Midnight SPRINT for 42,180), ‘_555_’ (Won 1 Lakh GTD PLO-6 Boost Monster for 30,420), Ravi955’ (Won 1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Night SPRINT for 23,560), Rohit ‘mrblue1205’ Malhotra (Won 1 Lakh GTD Evening SPRINT for 18,880) and ‘caps123’ (Won 50K GTD 5-Max Daily Turbo for 5,830) won the other PokerBaazi marquees.

 

Spartan Poker

Destiny – ₹15 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 143

Re-entries – 49

Re-buys – 106

Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000

Places Paid – 27

Riding high on his victory in Friday’s Chip up – Triple Chance, Sandeep ‘aceandten’ Asrani turned heads midweek with a spectacular win. Asrani sprinted ahead of a pack of 298 challengers (143 unique) in Spartan Poker’s ₹15 Lakhs GTD Destiny within seven hours, securing a splendid first prize of ₹2.57 Lakhs, his second-highest earning on the site.

The flagship Wednesday event concluded with a three-way deal. Siddharth ‘cooking_nuts’ Gangwar, the finalist of Friday’s DPT Edition The Ballers, secured a handsome ₹2.47 Lakhs for the second spot. Concurrently, Vaibhav ‘Choubey ji’ Temani walked away with the third-place payout of ₹2.07 Lakhs, thanks to the deal.

Sandeep Asrani’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹11.55 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #2

Siddharth Gangwar extended his winnings to two additional tournaments – PokerBaazi’s The Pride (26th for ₹13,755) and PokerStars India’s Monster Stack – Ticket Drop Edition (21st for ₹4,250), culminating in a total earning of ₹2.65 Lakhs for the day. This feat pushed him past the ₹2 Crore mark in online profits.

Siddharth Gangwar
Siddharth Gangwar

 

Siddharth Gangwar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.66 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.07 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #14 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.79 Crores | Annual Profits: ₹45.89 Lakhs

Pradip ‘Nit2Donk’ Ghosh rounded off a productive day with a collective earning of ₹1.06 Lakhs, courtesy of three deep tournament runs, including two seventh-place finishes.

Pradip Ghosh
Pradip Ghosh

 

Ghosh’s Wednesday finishes include:

> 7th in Spartan Poker’s Destiny for ₹56,100

> 7th in Adda52’s Maverick for ₹41,250

> 16th in PokerStars India’s Monster Stack – Ticket Drop Edition for ₹8,250

Pradip Ghosh’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.08 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.11 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #15 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.57 Crores | Annual Profits: ₹43.55 Lakhs

The Destiny final table was graced by some prominent regulars, including Tuesday’s Night Rider finalist Karan ‘Engineerlonda’ Malhotra (4th for ₹1.26 Lakhs), Sunday’s BSS Kickoff runner-up Ankit ‘AKJ615’ Jajodia (6th for ₹77,100) and Sunday’s (7-Max) BSS Championship winner Satyam ‘GTOonTilt’ Verma (8th for ₹40,650).

The Destiny, carrying a buy-in of ₹5,500, fell a mere two entries shy of its 300-player guarantee, awarding payouts to the top 27 finishers.

Final Table Results

  1. Sandeep ‘aceandten’ Asrani – ₹2,56,990*
  2. Siddharth ‘cooking_nuts’ Gangwar – ₹2,46,918*
  3. Vaibhav ‘Choubey ji’ Temani – ₹2,06,942*
  4. Karan ‘Engineerlonda’ Malhotra – ₹1,25,850
  5. Pochettino – ₹1,00,350
  6. Ankit ‘AKJ615’ Jajodia – ₹77,100
  7. Pradip ‘Nit2Donk’ Ghosh – ₹56,100
  8. Satyam ‘GTOonTilt’ Verma – ₹40,650

*denotes a three-way deal

 

Saurabh ‘darksider’ Rohila (Won 2.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Turbo 6-Max for 59,753), ‘flushed4’ (Won 1.50 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack for 37,740), ‘David Smith’ (Won 1 Lakh GTD Night Rider for 27,500), ‘nikku443’ (Won 1 Lakh GTD Dark Knight for 23,892), Kushal ‘Bhothard’ Jain (Won 75K GTD Hold’em PKO for 23,411), DineshAiravataJain (Won 75K GTD Sundowner – Triple Chance for 20,450), ‘pallav001’ (Won 1 Lakh GTD Chip Up for 16,749) and ‘AJ_PRO’ (Won 50K GTD Centurion for 8,554) won the other Spartan Poker marquees.

 

Pocket52

BPS#28 Pocket Rockets – ₹15 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹3,300

Entries – TBD

Re-entries – TBD

Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000

Places Paid – TBD

Pocket52`s ₹5 Crores GTD Big Pocket Series (BPS) delivered yet another thrilling roster of six tournaments on Wednesday. These tournaments, filled with zealous poker enthusiasts, had ‘ProThatWasPromised’ dominating the day’s featured event, the ₹15 Lakhs GTD BPS#28 Pocket Rockets. Exhibiting extraordinary gameplay, ‘ProThatWasPromised’ outplayed the competitive field, securing the BPS flagship title and a substantial winning amount of nearly ₹2.63 Lakhs.

A regular contender, ‘Farzi_pba2kw7jpc,’ was a strong competitor for the top spot but ultimately secured a second-place finish, bagging nearly ₹1.88 Lakhs in prize money.

Final Table Results

  1. ProThatWasPromised – ₹2,62,500
  2. Farzi_pba2kw7jpc – ₹1,87,500
  3. 89***843_xmccsBydi4 – ₹1,27,500
  4. Vikash – ₹97,500
  5. Adwait – ₹70,500
  6. Studded13 – ₹60,000
  7. Pawan ‘jeengar99’ Jeengar – ₹30,000
  8. SattuSupari_rt2nusJ5Lv – ₹30,000

 

BPS#29 Avenger – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹3,850

Entries – TBD

Re-entries – TBD

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – TBD

Two-time The Millionaire winner Ayush ‘lazyman’ Garg claimed the top spot in the much-anticipated 8 PM BPS Wednesday flagship event, Pocket52`s ₹10 Lakhs GTD BPS#29 Avenger. This impressive victory in the day’s biggest buy-in BPS tournament bagged Garg his largest winnings of the day, a first-place cash prize of ₹1.85 Lakhs. Meanwhile, the second place was clinched by ‘kidpoker,’ who walked away with a respectable ₹1.30 Lakhs.

Ayush Garg
Ayush Garg

 

Garg was on the cusp of bagging consecutive flagship titles last night, ending up as the runner-up in PokerStars India’s Monster Stack – Ticket Drop Edition and pocketing ₹72,658. He enjoyed an immensely fruitful mid-week session, amassing over ₹2.71 Lakhs from his title win, second-place finish, and another deep run, which included:

> 1st in Pocket52’s BPS#29 Avenger for ₹1,85,000

> 2nd in PokerStarsIndia’s Monster Stack – Ticket Drop Edition for ₹72,658

> 24th in PokerBaazi’s The Pride for ₹13,755

Ayush Garg’s online stats (excluding Pocket52): Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.62 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.97 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #7

Other players who left a significant imprint on the BPS#29 Avenger final table include Dhinesh ‘dhineshrocky007’ Kumar (4th for ₹70,000) and former Pocket Bullets winner NaveenKumar ‘gaddarinsaan’ S (5th for ₹50,000).

Final Table Results

  1. Ayush ‘lazyman’ Garg – ₹1,85,000
  2. kidpoker – ₹1,30,000
  3. WhoIAm – ₹90,000
  4. Dhinesh ‘dhineshrocky007’ Kumar – ₹70,000
  5. NaveenKumar ‘gaddarinsaan’ S – ₹50,000
  6. Vishal – ₹40,000

 

BPS#30 #Soda – 3 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – 1,500

Entries – TBD

Re-entries – TBD

Prize Pool – TBD

Places Paid – TBD

Sticking to his usual grind routine, Mohak ‘tiltin’ Kapoor put in substantial volume in his Wednesday grind session and, in the aftermath, won two 11 PM tournaments in his trademark style – making it three tournament title victories in two days.

Most notably, Kapoor, fresh off his victory in PokerBaazi’s Turbo on Tuesday, claimed his first-ever Big Pocket Series title in Pocket52’s BPS#30 #Soda, garnering 60,000. Regular participant ‘Salazar’ achieved a commendable second-place finish, banking 42,750.

Mohak Kapoor
Mohak Kapoor

 

Furthermore, Kapoor exhibited his relentless determination in Adda52’s Nighttide DST Adda. He entered the tournament six times before surpassing a challenging 205-participant field (116 unique), clinching the 11 PM tournament in a swift four hours and earning 30,448. This victory marked his 12th win in the late-night event.

In the Nighttide DST Adda, Kapoor struck a heads-up deal w/ none other than one of his closest competitors on the annual TLB (points) leaderboard, last night’s (7-Max) Midnight SPRINT champion Rajneesh Thakur (2nd for 26,298).

Extending his reign at the top of the annual TLB (points) leaderboard, Kapoor posted cash finishes in nine events and accumulated 1.32 Lakhs in total earnings! His standout performances include:

> 1st in Pocket52’s BPS#30 Soda for 60,000

> 1st in Adda52’s Nighttide DST Adda for 30,448* (heads-up deal)

> 8th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for 12,000

> 16th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Afternoon Boost for 8,264

> 34th in Adda52’s Maverick for 6,750

> 66th in PokerBaazi’s WTF for 6,468

> 8th in PokerStarsIndia’s Big Bubble Rush for 5,483

Sandeep Varma RS (4th for 21,000) also featured on the BPS#30 Soda final table.

Final Table Results

  1. Mohak ‘tiltin’ Kapoor – 60,000
  2. Salazar – 42,750
  3. KanchanSharma – 30,000
  4. Sandeep ‘effuno’ Varma RS – 21,000
  5. Devilfish1 – 15,750
  6. 82##.141##157127_5759575 – 12,000

 

 

MPL Poker

Steal Deal#18 Wowsome Wednesday – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 315

Re-entries – 125

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 23

Last night, Pratik ‘expert2311036’ Gupta was the star of the show on MPL Poker. Living up to his online moniker, Gupta expertly navigated a hefty field of 440 competitors (315 unique) in the day’s featured Steal Deal Series event, the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Wowsome Wednesday. His exceptional performance awarded him the largest slice of the prize pool, netting him ₹81,500. The player known as ‘cleverspeed8550‘ followed closely in second place, earning ₹49,500.

Pratik Gupta
Pratik Gupta

 

The event, which commenced at 8:30 PM, encountered an overlay shortfall of ₹60,000, with payouts reaching 128 participants.

Final Table Results

  1. Pratik ‘expert2311036’ Gupta – ₹81,500
  2. cleverspeed8550 – ₹49,500
  3. iconicpool61419 – ₹35,500
  4. pouuthdd – ₹25,000
  5. love4100152 – ₹19,125
  6. rpgcomrade82172 – ₹14,250

 

Shivam ‘tessa_corrupt’ Kumar (Won 1 Lakh GTD Steal Deal#17 for 19,200), Winesh ‘saraiyan0008’ Chaudhri (Won 50K GTD Steal Deal#19 for 10,822), Boddaniking_of_plo5’ Ankit (Won 50K GTD Steal Deal#12 MPL Brunch for 10,032), Govind ‘kkkkbbbbb’ Banjare (Won 30K GTD Steal Deal#15 MPL Sundowner for 6,099), Sajay ‘siddhivinayak’ Bithale (Won 20K GTD Steal Deal#20 for 4,700), Arvinder ‘socialhumor8717’ Bali (Won 20K GTD Steal Deal#11 for 4,700), Devrani ‘sonababu9400’ Devi (Won 10K GTD Steal Deal#16 for 2,485), Mukesh ‘mukesh899894’ Gurjar (Won 10K GTD Steal Deal#13 for 1,850), Mohammed ‘avenger01’ Faiz Alam (Won 6K GTD Steal Deal#14 for 1,086) won the other Steal Deal Series Wednesday tournaments.

 

PokerSaint

Emerald – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,000

Total Entries – 255

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 47

Demonstrating their skilful mastery, PokerSaint player ‘Shrvn‘ reigned supreme in the platform’s featured Wednesday event, the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Emerald. Overcoming an initial lineup of 255 contestants (including re-entries), ‘Shrvn’ pocketed a generous reward of ₹91,225. The player ‘rawbetvadra‘ closely followed, securing the second-place prize of ₹65,735.

The ₹2,000 entry buy-in tournament noted a minor overlay of ₹28,250. Notably, the top 47 finishers walked away with well-earned payouts.

Final Table Results

  1. Shrvn – ₹91,225
  2. rawbetvadra – ₹65,735
  3. goodOlbutton – ₹47,368
  4. Bullet_Raju – ₹34,132
  5. Lolsfrag – ₹24,595
  6. Sharky – ₹17,723
  7. scrambrahm – ₹14,396
  8. VSSLL00 – ₹11,694

 

 

PokerDangal

Booster Wednesday – 75K GTD

Buy-in – 550

Entries – 101

Re-buys – 35

Prize Pool – 75,000

Places Paid – 23

PokerDangal user ‘Rokomat’ was the last player standing in the site’s 75K GTD Booster Wednesday, besting a 136-player field (101 unique) and netting 15,750 in first-place prize money. The user ‘Kiki19’ finished runner-up for 11,625.

Final Table Results

  1. Rokomat – 15,750
  2. Kiki19 – 11,625
  3. yadavji89 – 8,813
  4. Elvishyadav – 6,750
  5. StarJan – 5,063
  6. swAAmi – 3,750

 

 

PokerStars India

Monster Stack – Ticket Drop Edition – 5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – 4,400

Entries – 84

Re-entries – 44

Regular Prize Pool – 2,56,000

Bounty Prize Pool – 2,56,000

Total Prize Pool – 5,12,000

Places Paid – 14

Building on his third-place finish in the Bounty Builder HR – Ticket Drop Edition on Tuesday, Armaan ‘armaan007111’ Kochhar, the lawyer-turned-poker-pro championed PokerStars India’s 5 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack – Ticket Drop Edition. Overcoming an initial lineup of 128 competitors (84 unique), Kochhar dominated the Wednesday tournament for the second time in six hours, racking up a tidy 1.06 Lakhs (55,156 in bounties). Another formidable contender Ayush ‘Kyanaamrakhu’ Garg, pocketed an impressive 72,658 (21,813 in bounties) in second place.

Armaan Kochhar
Armaan Kochhar

 

Armaan Kochhar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: 9.79 Crores | Lifetime Profits: 1.85 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #15

Ayush Garg, a two-time The Millionaire champion, had a field day yesterday and was simultaneously grinding the BPS#29 Avenger on Pocket52. In the end, Garg triumphed in the 8 PM tournament, securing his first BPS title and amassing a total of 2.71 Lakhs from three cash finishes, which included:

Ayush Garg
Ayush Garg

 

> 1st in Pocket52’s BPS#29 Avenger for 1,85,000

> 2nd in PokerStars India’s Monster Stack – Ticket Drop Edition for 72,658

> 24th in PokerBaazi’s The Pride for 13,755

Ayush Garg’s online stats (excluding Pocket52): Lifetime Winnings: 8.62 Crores | Lifetime Profits: 2.97 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #7

The Monster Stack final table featured known regs like Pranay ‘pranay1245’ Thawait (3rd for 54,196), Ram ‘TheLagLawyer’ Kakkar (opted out of our tracking) (4th for 45,401), and Venkat ‘fishyvishy22’ Vishwanath (7th for 13,713).

The Monster Stack – Ticket Drop Edition, with a 4,400 entry buy-in, surpassed its advertised guarantee, splitting the 5.12 Lakhs prize pool among the top 14 competitors. As part of its ongoing Ticket Drop Promotion, PokerStars India surprised players at randomly chosen tables with tickets worth 2,000 to the 10 Seats GTD The Colosseum Stack Mega Satellite.

Final Table Results (Including Bounties)

  1. Armaan ‘armaan007111’ Kochhar – 1,06,002
  2. Ayush ‘Kyanaamrakhu’ Garg – 72,658
  3. Pranay ‘pranay1245’ Thawait – 54,196
  4. Ram ‘TheLagLawyer’ Kakkar – 45,401
  5. kunallanger – 27,162
  6. pokerface0455 – 24,522
  7. Venkat ‘fishyvishy22’ Vishwanath – 13,713

 

‘asdfmrinal’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Big Bubble Rush for 42,325), ‘pythagoras8’ (Won 1 Lakh GTD Ultrasonic for 22,735), ‘dinesh9999’ (Won 50K GTD Super Stack PKO 8-Max for 14,853) and ‘Abhishekbairwa’ (Won 50K GTD Bounty Adrenaline 6-Max for 10,846) won the other PokerStars India marquees.

 

Adda52

Maverick – ₹15 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 297

Re-entries – 215

Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000

Places Paid – 55

Just a fortnight after claiming victory in The Endeavour, Young Gun Aayush ‘aayusharya’ Arya surged back into the limelight by clinching Adda52’s primetime mid-week event, the ₹15 Lakhs GTD Maverick. The 26-year-old poker pro outplayed a pool of 512 competitors (297 unique), winning the Wednesday flagship title for the second time after a marathon contest lasting well over eight hours. Arya translated his investment of ₹5,500 (from two bullets) into a grand prize of ₹3.90 Lakhs – the highest individual winning of the day. The runner-up, ‘sonofmars1,‘ walked away with a significant ₹2.21 Lakhs.

Aayush Arya
Aayush Arya

 

Arya’s success streak was not limited to this victory. He previously secured second place in Spartan Poker’s Monster Stack and earned cash prizes in PokerBaazi’s WTF and (7-Max) Daily SPRINT, amassing a total of ₹4.28 Lakhs for the day, hence securing his position as the day’s highest earner.

Arya`s Wednesday finishes include:

> 1st in Adda52’s Maverick for ₹3,90,000

> 2nd in Spartan Poker`s MonsterStack for ₹25,500

> 71st in PokerBaazi’s WTF for ₹6,468

> 24th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹6,150

Aayush Arya’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.96 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.26 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #13 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.96 Crores | Ranked #16 in the 2023 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)

Kovid ‘fzzfzz’ Saraswat also had a successful session, accruing ₹1.94 Lakhs from three cash finishes, including two final table scores:

> 3rd in Adda52’s Maverick for ₹1,53,750

> 8th in PokerBaazi’s The Pride for ₹36,680

> 43rd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹3,950

Kovid Saraswat’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.08 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹29.55 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #5

Pradip ‘Nit2Donk’ Ghosh, who earlier this month triumphed in the ITM #4 Sunday Supersonic, added ₹1.06 Lakhs to his winnings from three solid performances:

Pradip Ghosh
Pradip Ghosh

 

> 7th in Spartan Poker’s Destiny for ₹56,100

> 7th in Adda52’s Maverick for ₹41,250

> 16th in PokerStars India’s Monster Stack – Ticket Drop Edition for ₹8,250

Pradip Ghosh’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.08 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.11 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #15

Other high-achieving participants on the Maverick final table included Devbrat ‘roggerr’ Rout (5th for ₹79,500), Friday’s WTF winner Areyann ‘paisenikalbc’ Gurbaxani (6th for ₹52,500), and Saumil ‘indianavatar’ Krishnani (8th for ₹30,000).

The ₹2,750 entry buy-in flagship tournament experienced an overlay shortfall of ₹2.20 Lakhs and 55 players earned payouts.

Final Table Results

  1. Aayush ‘aayusharya’ Arya – ₹3,90,000
  2. sonofmars1 – ₹2,21,250
  3. Kovid ‘fzzfzz’ Saraswat – ₹1,53,750
  4. tsb2127 – ₹1,12,500
  5. Devbrat ‘roggerr’ Rout – ₹79,500
  6. Areyann ‘paisenikalbc’ Gurbaxani – ₹52,500
  7. Pradip ‘Nit2Donk’ Ghosh – ₹41,250
  8. Saumil ‘indianavatar’ Krishnani – ₹30,000

 

‘Sandy231’ (Won 1.20 Lakhs GTD Afternoon Adda for 32,940), Mohak ‘sparkie’ Kapoor (Won 1.50 Lakhs GTD Nighttide DST Adda for 30,448), ‘Pocket99’ (Won ₹1.20 Lakhs GTD Maverick Lite for 23,152), ‘Cyphr’ (Won 50K GTD Sundown Out Adda for 11,800), Md ‘t9ace’ Nazim (Won 40K GTD Bounty Adda for 11,319), ‘bhaagbc’ (Won 40K GTD Morning Adda for 10,727) won the other Adda52 marquees.

 

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Daily Majors: Myron Pereira, Parag Shah, Gaurav Sood & Amit Kaushik Crush the Thursday Flagships

Thursday brought another action-driven day of MTT action, and PokerStars India’s just-started Diwali Rush Series added even more firepower to the day`s proceedings. The top regs ended up dominating the flagships.

The Goa-based reg Myron Pereira set the virtual felts ablaze last night, taking down two headline tournaments and rounding up a jaw-dropping 10.30 Lakhs across six ITM finishes (his third-best online score). He won Adda52’s Godfather (6.12 Lakhs) and Spartan Poker’s Ultron (3.19 Lakhs), crossing 2 Crores in annual winnings.

Myron Pereira chopped the Ultron title three-way with Pavankiran Bellamkonda (2nd for 2.35 Lakhs) and ‘FlyOn’ (3rd for 2.14 Lakhs)!

Spartan Poker reg Parag Shah scored a thumping victory in the Thursday High Roller, winning a career-best 5.94 Lakhs. The #1 ranked player of the week, Gopal Bajaj, fired up another trailblazing run last night, netting over 4.73 Lakhs from top finishes in Spartan Poker`s Thursday High Roller (2nd for 4.22 Lakhs) and PokerStars India’s Diwali Rush-07 Uppercut Mini (3rd for 32,736).

The winningest player on our tracked database, Young Gun Gaurav Sood, dominated the opening day proceedings in PokerStars India`s Diwali Rush series. The two-time POY winner crushed the Diwali Rush-05 Super Highroller for a site-best 5.46 Lakhs (5.66 Lakhs overall), taking down his second HR title this month. Extending his heater, Vishal Ojha finished runner-up for 4.08 Lakhs (won 4.27 Lakhs overall).

Amit Kaushik was another Thursday chartbuster with 4.89 Lakhs in total winnings. He most notably parlayed a 825 satellite buy-in into an impressive 4.55 Lakhs payday after winning PokerBaazi’s The Summit. ‘Azadojha’ collected a site-best 3.19 Lakhs in second place (almost 10x more than their previous best finish).

Ankita Ajay was another player taking down two tournaments on Thursday, and collected 1.93 Lakhs. She rocked the Adda52 felts, taking down Monster Turbo (1.60 Lakhs) and Afternoon Adda (32,940). One of the top-ranked players of the year, Siddharth Gangwar, finished runner-up in Monster Turbo for 93,201 (won 1.57 Lakhs overall).

PokerGuru Ambassador Faiz Alam, Himanshu Arora, Nitin Rawat, poker coach Kanishka Samant, Vaibhav Arora, Pratik Doshi, Prithvi Singh, Prashant Jain, Aniruddha Joshi, Mohsin Shaikh, Rohit Malhotra, Dhaval Doshi, Manish Jangid, Sarvesh Sharma, and Karan Thakker won the other Thursday marquees.

Here are the Thursday highlights!

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Spartan Poker

Thursday High Roller (6-Max) – 20 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – 22,000

Entries – 60

Re-entries – 15

Rebuys – 33

Prize Pool – 21,60,000

Places Paid – 11

The Spartan Poker reg and former MS #16 champion Parag ‘Persie’ Shah outplayed the 106-entry field in the 20 Lakhs GTD Thursday High Roller, winning the ₹22K buy-in HR for a site-best ₹5.94 Lakhs!

Parag Shah
Parag Shah

 

The #1 ranked player of the week, Gopal ‘Mamacita’ Bajaj (2nd for 4.22 Lakhs), and Akshay ‘AustralianAccountant’ Kapoor (3rd for 2.76 Lakhs) rounded out the podium.

Parag Shah’s online stats (Spartan Poker & PokerBaazi): Lifetime Winnings: 1.13 Crores | Lifetime Profits: 14.54 Lakhs| Titles Won: #14 | Annual Winnings: 55.69 Lakhs

The DCS High Main Event runner-up finisher Gopal Bajaj fired up another trailblazing grind last night, netting over 4.73 Lakhs through three deep runs, which include:

Gopal Bajaj
Gopal Bajaj

 

> 2nd in SpartanPoker’s Thursday High Roller for 4,22,280

> 3rd in PokerStars India’s Diwali Rush-07 Uppercut Mini for 32,736

> 22nd in Spartan Poker’s Ultron for 18,252

Gopal Bajaj’s online stats (Spartan Poker & PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: 2.89 Crores | Lifetime Profits: 99.19 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #30 | Annual Winnings: 1.77 Crores | Ranked #1 in the Weekly Leaderboard Standings

The IOPC January 2022 Super High Roller champion Akshay Kapoor raked in 3.07 Lakhs through two deep runs on Spartan Poker, which include:

Akshay Kapoor
Akshay Kapoor

 

> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s Thursday High Roller for 2,76,480

> 10th in Spartan Poker’s Ultron for 30,927

Akshay Kapoor’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: 1.53 Crores | Lifetime Profits: 70.08 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #5 | Annual Winnings: 73.78 Lakhs

Ashit ‘D. Carwin1’ Sharma (4th for 2.13 Lakhs), Anurag ‘Norman Bates’ Srivastava (5th for 1.68 Lakhs), Saransh ‘TerrorGandhi$’ Garg (6th for 1.32 Lakhs), PokerGuru Ambassador Ankit ‘d00mtr00per’ Wadhawan (7th for 1.04 Lakhs), Sumit ‘Toin Coss’ Sapra (8th for 81,000), Srihari ‘bangbang99’ Bang (9th for 61,560), Vinayak ‘firehaimai’ Bajaj (10th for 54,000), and Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia (11th for 54,000) were others notables who cashed the Thursday High Roller.

Final Table Results

  1. Parag ‘Persie’ Shah – 5,94,000
  2. Gopal ‘Mamacita’ Bajaj – 4,22,280
  3. Akshay ‘AustralianAccountant’ Kapoor – 2,76,480
  4. Ashit ‘D. Carwin1’ Sharma – 2,12,760
  5. Anurag ‘Norman Bates’ Srivastava – 1,68,480
  6. Saransh ‘TerrorGandhi$’ Garg – 1,31,760

 

Ultron – 16 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – 5,500

Entries – 166

Re-entries – 53

Rebuys – 119

Prize Pool – 16,90,000

Places Paid – 31

The Goa-based reg Myron ‘Zzzzz369’ Pereira hit the ball right out of the park yesterday, taking down two headline tournaments and rounding up a jaw-dropping 10.30 Lakhs across six ITM finishes – his third-best online score. His buck-smashing Thursday run pushed him past 2 Crores in annual winnings.

Myron Pereira
Myron Pereira

 

His Thursday finishes include:

> 1st in Adda52’s Godfather for a site-best 6,12,500

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s Ultron for 3,19,250* (3-way deal)

> 14th in PokerStars India’s Diwali Rush-05 Super Highroller for 42,388

> 12th in PokerBaazi’s The Summit for 33,206

> 6th in PokerStars India’s Diwali Rush-07 Uppercut Mini for 18,683

> 26th in Adda52’s Monster Turbo for 4,438

Myron Pereira’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: 7.27 Crores | Lifetime Profits: 1.06 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #9 | Annual Winnings: 2.10 Crores

The 338-player starting field in the 20 Lakhs GTD Ultron whittled down to a three-way deal between Myron ‘Zzzzz369’ Pereira (1st for 3.19 Lakhs), Pavankiran ‘Rootahua Machi’ Bellamkonda (2nd for 2.35 Lakhs) and ‘FlyOn’ (3rd for 2.14 Lakhs)!

Ashit ‘D. Carwin1’ Sharma posted three deep runs, adding 3.39 lakhs overall. His Thursday finishes include:

Ashit Sharma
Ashit Sharma

 

> 4th in Spartan Poker’s Thursday High Roller for 2,12,760

> 5th in Spartan Poker’s Ultron for 1,08,836

> 30th in Adda52’s Godfather for 16,250

Ashit Sharma’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: 4.41 Crores | Lifetime Profits: 1.20 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #19 | Annual Winnings: 1.67 Crores

Final Table Results

  1. Myron ‘Zzzzz369’ Pereira – 3,19,250*
  2. Pavankiran ‘Rootahua Machi’ Bellamkonda – 2,34,545*
  3. FlyOn – 2,13,971*
  4. Lavesh ‘UPay4MyWeed98’ Meena – 1,37,566
  5. Ashit ‘D. Carwin1’ Sharma – 1,08,836
  6. Ashish ‘0mg_spew’ Munot – 82,641
  7. Siddharth ‘cooking_nuts’ Gangwar – 60,333
  8. Aditya ‘SuperuSer’ Sushant – 44,109

*denotes a three-way deal

 

Deepstack Turbo – 3.50 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – 1,100

Entries – 201

Re-entries – 53

Rebuys – 122

Prize Pool – 3,76,000

Places Paid – 31

The long-time MTT pro and poker coach Kanishka ‘Wildflower’ Samant came out on top of the 376-entry field in Spartan Poker’s 3.50 Lakhs GTD Deepstack Turbo last night for 79,524, picking up his second title this month. ‘Rabkabanda’ finished runner-up for 53,542.

Kanishka Samant
Kanishka Samant

 

Kanishka Samant’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: 3.52 Crores | Lifetime Profits: 1.21 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #4 | Annual Winnings: 55.36 Lakhs

Final Table Results

  1. Kanishka ‘Wildflower’ Samant – 79,524
  2. Rabkabanda – 53,542
  3. Grabaka_Hitman – 37,750
  4. Benjamin Roulette – 30,606
  5. Abhishek ‘letmewinplease’ Sonu – 24,214
  6. Mihir ‘CHIPMAGNET’ Ganatra – 18,386
  7. Kshithesh ‘tobirama’ Siraboina – 13,423
  8. KanaArjun – 9,814

 

Prithvi ‘Blunders whale’ Singh (Won 1.50 Lakhs GTD Night Rider for 48,732), ‘Gk999’ (Won 2 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack for 48,000), ‘TheManiacInTheCircuit’ (Won 2 Lakhs GTD Sundowner – Multi Entry for 42,300), ‘chief57‘ (Won 1 Lakh GTD Chip Up for 18,531), and ‘scantifier’ (Won 50K GTD The Centurion for 7,984) won the other Spartan Poker marquees.

 

PokerBaazi

The Summit – 15 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – 8,250

Entries – 149

Re-entries – 126

Prize Pool – 20,63,000

Places Paid – 36

Amit ‘quark’ Kaushik was one of the Thursday heroes, with almost ₹4.89 Lakhs in total winnings. The 27-year-old poker pro most prominently championed the guarantee-crushing 275-player field in PokerBaazi`s 15 Lakhs GTD The Summit, parlaying an ₹825 satellite buy-in into a nifty ₹4.56 Lakhs payday. The user ‘Azadojha’ pocketed a site-best 3.19 Lakhs in second place (almost 10x more than their previous best finish).

Amit Kaushik
Amit Kaushik

 

Amit Kaushik`s top Thursday finishes include

> 1st in PokerBaazi`s The Summit for ₹4,55,606 (his third title this month)

> 15th in Adda52`s Godfather for ₹25,000

Amit Kaushik`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: 4.22 Crores | Lifetime Profits: 1.53 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #18 | Annual Winnings: 1.53 Crores

Final Table Results

  1. Amit ‘quark’ Kaushik – 4,55,606
  2. Azadojha – 3,19,688
  3. Siddhanth ‘ender’ Kripalani – 2,05,631
  4. Anmol ‘anzzzzz’ Mehta – 1,52,213
  5. Kanchan ‘Kanchansharma’ Sharma – 1,14,263
  6. Piyush ‘aero’ Jain – 91,369
  7. Ronywalker – 75,900

 

Daily Value Boost – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,375

Entries – 455

Re-entries – 362

Prize Pool – ₹10,21,250

Places Paid – 131

Wednesday’s Night on Stars finalist, PokerGuru Ambassador Faiz ‘AilaGaya’ Alam (opted out of our tracking) went the distance in PokerBaazi`s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Daily Value Boost, firing twice in the 817-strong field before biting off the lion’s share of the guarantee-crushing prize pool worth ₹1.72 Lakhs in the first place. Site user ‘patience124’ came second for ₹1.20 Lakhs.

Faiz Alam
Faiz Alam

 

The #2 ranked player of 2021, Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia, grossed ₹1.61 Lakhs across six deep runs, which include:

Manish Lakhotia
Manish Lakhotia

 

> 12th in PokerStars India`s Diwali Rush-05 [Super Highroller] for ₹48,215

> 11th in Spartan Poker`s Thursday High Roller for ₹43,000

> 21st in PokerBaazi`s The Summit for ₹20,419

> 7th in PokerBaazi`s Daily Value Boost for ₹19,710

> 20th in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹18,750

> 28th in Spartan Poker`s Ultron ₹11,288

Manish Lakhotia’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹12.03 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.34 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #12

Final Table Results

  1. Faiz ‘AilaGaya’ Alam – ₹1,72,285
  2. patience124 – ₹1,19,997
  3. Ninad ‘DarAdal’ Naik – ₹83,640
  4. sajet69 – ₹58,211
  5. Abhinav ‘boom786’ Malhotra – ₹40,646
  6. Akshay ‘fsociety’ Dhingra – ₹28,391
  7. Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia – ₹19,710
  8. anachronox – ₹13,685

 

(7-Max) SPRINT – 5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – 1,650

Entries – 279

Re-entries – 184

Prize Pool – 6,95,000

Places Paid – 54

Himanshu ‘pokerbrat7’ Arora was the last player standing out of a 463-player field in PokerBaazi`s 5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) SPRINT. Last week’s Blockbuster champion, Arora, took down the 9 PM tournament for 1.24 Lakhs (his second title of the month) following a heads-up deal with ‘pintu00‘ (2nd for 1.13 Lakhs).

Himanshu Arora
Himanshu Arora

 

Himanshu Arora made away with over ₹1.43 Lakhs in Thursday winnings across three deep runs, crossing 1 Crore in recorded online profits!

His Thursday finishes include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for 1,24,472

> 39th in Adda52’s Godfather for 13,750

> 21st in Adda52’s Monster Turbo for 5,030

Himanshu Arora’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: 2.85 Crores | Lifetime Profits: 1 Crore | Titles Won in 2022: #11

Final Table Results

  1. Himanshu ‘pokerbrat7’ Arora – 1,24,472*
  2. pintu00 – 1,12,977*
  3. Prashant ‘jainprashant’ Jain – 62,922
  4. Fayaz ‘Jorach’ Ahmad Akhoon – 46,532
  5. Surya ‘Surya12’ Lohia – 34,933
  6. Manoj ‘Karwasra33’ Kumar – 27,988
  7. caveman007 – 23,335

*denotes a heads-up deal

 

Afternoon Boost – 5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – 2,200

Entries – 152

Re-entries – 103

Prize Pool – 5,10,000

Places Paid – 47

Two-time FTV Flamingo champion Vaibhav ‘vaibhi18’ Arora trounced the 255-entry field in PokerBaazi’s 5 Lakhs GTD Afternoon Boost, taking down his first title in three months for ₹71,871. He chopped the 2 PM marquee heads-up with Prem ‘lastbluff’ Chand Gope (2nd for ₹69,246).

Vaibhav Arora
Vaibhav Arora

 

Arora pocketed 78,469 overall through three ITM finishes, which include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi`s (7-Max) Afternoon Boost for 71,871

> 19th in PokerBaazi`s Midnight SPRINT for 3,494

> 12th in PokerBaazi`s Daily Night SPRINT for 3,104

Vaibhav Arora’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: 1.21 Crores | Lifetime Profits: 29.27 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #18

The Afternoon Boost made an over five-hour run from 2 PM to 7.05 AM, and the top 47 finishers got paid a share from a profitable 5.10 Lakhs prize pool.

Final Table Results

  1. Vaibhav ‘vaibhi18’ Arora – 71,871*
  2. Prem ‘lastbluff’ Chand Gope – 69,246*
  3. 007prachu – 45,747
  4. Neeraj ‘neeraj2828’ Bajaj – 35,496
  5. Nitesh750 – 25,245
  6. Apaar ‘floatfish’ Gautam – 18,003
  7. ThePeriodontist – 14,841

*denotes a heads-up deal

 

‘nb333’ (Won 2.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Boost for 52,060), Prashant ‘jainprashant’ Jain (Won 2.50 Lakhs GTD Midnight SPRINT for 48,450), ‘VikramJaiswal7’ (Won 1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Night SPRINT for 33,850), Rohit ‘mrblue1205’ Malhotra (Won 1 Lakhs GTD Evening SPRINT for 26,920), Dhaval ‘Faizal1506’ Doshi (Won 1 Lakhs GTD Daily Afternoon SPRINT for 24,360), ‘sidan2701’ (Won 1 Lakh GTD PLO5 Boost for 24,090), and ‘pokarjokar’ (Won 1 Lakh GTD (7-Max) SPRINT for 19,740) won the other PokerBaazi marquees.

 

Pocket52

Pocket Jacks – ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,450

Entries – 117

Re-entries – 69

Prize Pool – ₹2,50,000

Places Paid – 27

Pocket52 network user ‘redbloodflush’ ran past a 186-entry field in the site’s Thursday attraction, ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Pocket Jacks, winning the title for ₹51,875. The user ‘user1664119573’ finished runner-up for ₹38,750.

Final Table Results

  1. redbloodflush – ₹51,875
  2. user1664119573 – ₹38,750
  3. Hriday ‘MARRII’ Mondal – ₹27,500
  4. dhamna – ₹17,500
  5. Apricot – ₹13,125
  6. mrpro – ₹10,000

 

‘darbarji’ (Won ₹1 Lakhs GTD Pocket Tanks for ₹23,000), ‘Bolenath’ (Won ₹1 Lakhs GTD Pocket Brunch for ₹22,000), ‘Hirthk12’ (Won ₹65K GTD Pocket Snacks for ₹13,650) and ‘user1655373346’ (Won ₹50K GTD Pocket Squares for ₹11,500) won the other Pocket52 marquees.

 

PokerDangal

PLO 5 Thursday – 50K GTD

Buy-in – 1,650

Entries – 81

Rebuys – 36

Prize Pool – 58,500

Places Paid – 20

PokerDangal’s 50K GTD PLO 5 Thursday clocked in a guarantee-busting 117-player field. The user ‘Theflash’ came out on top, winning the title for 12,870, just as ‘Mr.Advocate’ finished runner-up for 9653.

Final Table Results

  1. Theflash – 12,870
  2. Mr.Advocate – 9,653
  3. Pheqwe – 7,020
  4. Dalbeer – 5,625
  5. StarJan – 3,949
  6. Mohit543 – 2,925

 

 

PokerStars India

Diwali Rush-05 Super Highroller [8-Max] – ₹25 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹16,500

Entries – 77

Re-entries – 44

Prize Pool – ₹25,00,000

Places Paid – 20

The winningest player on our tracked database, Young Gun Gaurav ‘3betPanda’ Sood dominated the opening day proceedings in PokerStars India`s Diwali Rush series! The two-time POY winner crushed the 77-player field in the ₹25 Lakhs GTD Diwali Rush-05 Super Highroller, winning the ₹16,500 buy-in Highroller for a site-best ₹5.46 Lakhs (his second HR title this month)!

Gaurav Sood
Gaurav Sood

 

Gaurav Sood posted deep runs in Spartan Poker’s Ultron (25th for ₹16,562) and PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost (87th for ₹2,860) as well, locking in ₹5.66 Lakhs in Thursday’s winnings. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹13.61 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹6.92 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #9 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.46 Crores | Ranked #13 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes) | Moves to #8 in Annual Profits

Extending his heater to a fourth consecutive day, Vishal ‘Darky012’ Ojha raked in ₹4.08 Lakhs for his runner-up finish in the Diwali Rush-05 Super Highroller (won ₹4.27 Lakhs overall).

Vishal Ojha
Vishal Ojha

 

Ojha’s Thursday finishes include:

> 2nd in PokerStars India’s Diwali Rush-05 Super Highroller for ₹4,08,071

> 10th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹11,234

> 22nd in Adda52’s Monster Turbo for ₹4,438

> 46th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹3,195

Vishal Ojha’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.27 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹62.94 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #7 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.53 Crores

Final Table Results

  1. Gaurav ‘3betPanda’ Sood – ₹5,46,207
  2. Vishal ‘Darky012’ Ojha – ₹4,08,071
  3. Aditya ‘ukid767’ Singh – ₹3,04,870
  4. Bedevilforyou – ₹2,27,769
  5. crishabh770 – ₹1,70,166
  6. Anuj ‘brockLesnar95’ Yadav – ₹1,27,131
  7. Avijit ‘SwangoRay’ Jaiswal – ₹94,980
  8. Sahil ‘you3bi4b’ Nair – ₹70,959
  9. Rajat ‘sharabikebabi’ Sharma – ₹62,383

 

Diwali Rush-07 Uppercut Mini – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 112

Re-entries – 81

Total Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Regular Prize Pool – ₹2,58,750

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹2,41,250

Places Paid – 29

Up-and-coming online crusher Nitin ‘NRIPOKER’ Rawat lapped up ₹1.17 Lakhs in Thursday winnings, including PokerStars India’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Diwali Rush-07 Uppercut Mini title, which he took down for ₹1.08 Lakhs (₹63,594 in bounties). Ashwini ‘Ashwinip4873’ Panwar finished runner-up for ₹70,758 (₹26,543 in bounties).

Nitin Rawat
Nitin Rawat

 

Nitin Rawat’s Thursday finishes include:

> 1st in PokerStars India’s Diwali Rush-07 Uppercut Mini for ₹1,07,809 (₹63,594 in bounties)

> 31st in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹5,106

> 36th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹4,306

Nitin Rawat’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.64 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹66.22 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #20

Final Table Results (Including Bounties)

  1. Nitin ‘NRIPOKER’ Rawat – ₹1,07,809
  2. Ashwini ‘Ashwinip4873’ Panwar – ₹70,758
  3. Gopal ‘MrBigSlick139’ Bajaj – ₹32,736
  4. yuvidilwariya – ₹26,550
  5. AN11328 – ₹21,817
  6. Myron ‘khAAbib’ Pereira – ₹18,683
  7. Varun ‘wardev’ Devayya – ₹9,030
  8. nirwair – ₹13,529
  9. Advait ‘ronaldinh18’ Rajguru – ₹18,412

 

Pratik ‘pratspratik’ Doshi (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Diwali Rush-03 Rocket UKO 75% for ₹60,465), Aniruddha ‘pocketacesaj69’ Joshi (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Diwali Rush-09 Flashing Lights for ₹45,758), ‘kidwithhim’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Diwali Rush-01 Bling Bling 8-Max for ₹45,144), Manish ‘manish jangid’ Jangid (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Diwali Rush-08 Primetime Lights for ₹19,070), ‘Rockerazad’ (Won ₹40K GTD Diwali Rush-06 Twinkling Stars PLO 6-Max Turbo for ₹13,039), ‘erickhawlhring’ (Won ₹50K GTD Diwali Rush-02 Bling Bling 8-Max for ₹11,055), and Karan ‘karannthakker’ Thakker (Won ₹50K GTD Diwali Rush-03 Festive Bounty Progressive KO for ₹9,417) shipped the other Diwali Rush marquees on PokerStars India.

 

Adda52

Godfather – ₹25 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 247

Re-entries – 230

Prize Pool – ₹25,00,000

Places Paid – 49

Stepping into the week with a firecracker third-place finish in the DCS High Main Event, Myron ‘zzzzz369’ Pereira went on a tear last night! The Goa-based reg won two headline tournaments and accumulated an impressive ₹10.30+ Lakhs across six deep runs.

Myron Pereira
Myron Pereira

 

Pereira hit a new milestone on Adda52, overpowering a 477-player field in the Thursday headliner Godfather to collect a site-best ₹6.13 Lakhs. ‘goofy25’ finished runner-up for ₹3.63 Lakhs.

And if that was not enough, Pereira took down Spartan Poker’s Ultron for ₹3.19 Lakhs (his second time winning the event this year), crossing ₹2 Crores in annual winnings.

Myron Pereira`s Thursday finishes include:

> 1st in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹6,12,500 (site-best finish)

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s Ultron for ₹3,19,250* (3-way deal)

> 14th in PokerStars India’s Diwali Rush-05 [Super Highroller] for ₹42,388

> 12th in PokerBaazi’s The Summit for ₹33,206

> 6th in PokerStars India’s Diwali Rush-07 [Uppercut Mini] for ₹18,683

Myron Pereira`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.27 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.06 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #20 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.10 Crores

The #BB2 MoneyMaker champion Sahil ‘you3bi4b’ Nair finished fifth in Godfather for ₹1.25 Lakhs, pulling out a Thursday haul worth ₹1.99 Lakhs.

Sahil Nair
Sahil Nair

 

His Thursday finishes include:

> 5th in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹1,25,000

> 8th in PokerStars India’s Diwali Rush- 05 [Uppercut Mini] for ₹70,959

> 22nd in PokerStars India’s Diwali Rush-03 [Rocket UKO 75%] for ₹2,578

Sahil Nair’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.80 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹65.25 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #6

The ₹25 Lakhs GTD Godfather registered an overlay shortfall of ₹1.15 Lakhs and paid out 49 places.

Myron Pereira
Myron Pereira

 

Final Table Results

  1. Myron ‘zzzzz369’ Pereira – 6,12,500
  2. goofy25 – 3,62,500
  3. Maelwyn – 2,50,000
  4. Bharat ‘rungooserun’ Vasan – 1,87,500
  5. Sahil ‘you3bi4b’ Nair – 1,25,000
  6. Pravin ‘spanks’ Garle – 87,500
  7. Jasven ‘bajateraho’ Saigal – 68,750
  8. Amar ‘PsykoEko’ Iyer – 56,250

 

Monster Turbo – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,500

Entries – 148

Re-entries – 115

Prize Pool – ₹5,91,750

Places Paid – 27

Like Myron Pereira, Ankita ‘ankumalik’ Ajay Malik was another player championing two tournaments yesterday. She rocked the Adda52 felts yesterday, as hours after taking down the ₹1.20 Lakhs GTD Afternoon Adda for ₹32,940, Ankita stormed past the 263-player field in the 9:30 PM Monster Turbo, collecting ₹1.60 Lakhs.

Ankita Ajay
Ankita Ajay

 

One of the top-ranked players of the year, Siddharth ‘kab00m’ Gangwar, secured a runner-up payday in the Monster Turbo worth ₹93,201.

Ankita Malik broke an almost seven-month-long dry spell with the twin title wins, netting ₹1.93 Lakhs overall. Her Thursday finishes include:

> 1st in Adda52’s Monster Turbo for ₹1,59,773 (her best score of 2022)

> 1st in Adda52’s Afternoon Adda for ₹32,940

Ankita Malik`s Adda52 stats (including HU SnGs): Site Winnings: ₹79.94 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹29.99 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #3

The MTT beast Siddharth Gangwar cashed three events for a Thursday take-home worth ₹1.57 Lakhs and won a Mega Satellite to win tickets to the FTS marquees worth ₹1,31,800!

Siddharth Gangwar
Siddharth Gangwar

 

His Thursday finishes include:

> 2nd in Adda52’s Monster Turbo for ₹93,201

> 7th in Spartan Poker’s Ultron for ₹56,749

> 20th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹6,230

Siddharth Gangwar`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.33 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.53 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #29 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.61 Crores | Moves to #9 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes) | Ranked #12 in Annual Profits | Ranked #5 in the Annual TLB (Points) Standings

Final Table Results

  1. Ankita ‘ankumalik’ Ajay – 1,59,773
  2. Siddharth ‘kab00m’ Gangwar – 93,201
  3. Varunn ‘VarunnG’ Gaala – 71,010
  4. VishuChi – 51,778
  5. Aarchit ‘Aarchit’ Dhadwal – 35,505
  6. pkjb007 – 25,149
  7. Ashish ‘goodpoker68’ Garg – 19,232
  8. Dayanand ‘1God’ Prass – 14,794

 

Mohsin gongoShaikh (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Nighttide DST Adda for ₹34,350), ‘Klaus0072’ (Won ₹60K GTD Bounty Adda for ₹13,852), Sarvesh ‘Playhereforsure13Sharma (Won ₹40K GTD Freeze Out Adda for ₹13,041), ‘gunrider’ (Won ₹40K GTD Sundown Adda for ₹11,800), and ‘Unmesh100’ (Won ₹50K GTD Evening Adda for ₹9,939) won the other Adda52 marquees.

 

Khelo365

Khelo365 user ‘scorpion14’ defeated Tuesday’s Sun Downer runner-up finisher ‘IamYourDADDY’ (2nd for 2,000) heads-up in the primetime 10K GTD tournament last night to win 3,000.

 

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Daily Majors: Devendra Suthar, Vinay B, Ganesh Kamat & Vishal Tulsyan Champion the Friday Flagships

The weekend is off to a thundering start! And while Spartan Poker’s Millionaire Series 5.0, PokerStars India’s Galactic Series and MPL Poker’s Master Series will be winding down to their respective finales on Sunday, the online regs can look forward to PokerBaazi’s brand-new 1000X Series that kicks off tomorrow!

Coming back to the Friday majors, the user ‘Waking Up’ (anonymity requested) made the headlines after shipping Spartan Poker’s MS #43 – Friday Millionaire for a whopping ₹13 Lakhs, becoming the 11th player to pick up a seven-figure score in the ongoing series! ‘Sami5’ finished runner-up for ₹8 Lakhs.

Vinay B‘s breakout Friday run saw him adding two titles and ₹2.17 Lakhs in prize money. The long-time circuit reg won PokerStars India’s Galactic Series-68 [Battle Royale 8-Max] (₹1.18 Lakhs) and Spartan Poker’s MS #46 Turbo PKO (₹68,326).

Ganesh Kamat popped his cherry by taking down his first-ever online title in Spartan Poker’s MS #45 – Deepstack Turbo, raking in a career-best ₹2.19 Lakhs.

Gaurav Bhutra championed Spartan Poker`s MS #42 – Multi Entry for ₹1.77 Lakhs, following a three-way deal with Varun Meena (2nd for ₹1.44 Lakhs) and ‘Relentle$$’ (3rd for ₹1.29 Lakhs).

The three-time The Millionaire champion Vishal Tulsyan thundered his way to the #2 position in the MS 2 Million Leaderboard standings after bagging his second Millionaire Series title in less than a week! The MS #23 – Monday Millionaire winner took down MS #44 for ₹1.61 Lakhs (won ₹1.92 Lakhs overall across four ITM finishes).

The former Adda52 Big Game winner Prem Madderla came out on top in Adda52’s The Ballers to collect ₹6.05 Lakhs. PokerGuru Ambassador Kartik Ved finished runner-up for ₹3.67 Lakhs (won ₹4.16 Lakhs overall).

Vishwas Khanna was the last player standing in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller and won the Friday flagship for a personal-best ₹5.05 Lakhs (won ₹5.14 Lakhs overall).

Vikram Mishra came out all guns blazing last night, FT-ing four events for ₹5.65 Lakhs overall, including a runner-up finish in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller for ₹3.54 Lakhs.

Devendra Suthar persisting with his stellar form took down PokerStars India’s Galactic Series-67 [Uppercut] for ₹2.70 Lakhs (won ₹2.89 Lakhs overall).

Smitesh Sandeep conquered MPL Poker’s Friday headliner, Master Series #26, for ₹1.50 Lakhs. Suresh Kumar came second for ₹1.05 Lakhs.

Anish Arora, Sabur Ali, Rohit Malhotra, Rahul Agrawal, Pavankiran Bellamkonda, Aniruddha Joshi, Zafar Ahmed, Jitin Nath, Shreyas Mantri, Arunav Mittal, Rahul Sengar, Ankit Pandey and Sarvesh Sharma shipped the other Friday marquees.

Here are the Friday highlights!

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Spartan Poker

MS #43 – Friday Millionaire (1st Place ₹10 Lakhs GTD) – ₹50 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 245

Re-entries – 108

Rebuys – 131

Prize Pool – ₹50,00,000

Places Paid – 50

Spartan Poker’s ₹50 Lakhs GTD MS #43 – Friday Millionaire final table was a star-studded affair! The ₹11,000 buy-in flagships attracted 484 entrants, overlaying ₹1.60 Lakhs. Making the most of the value on offer was ‘Waking Up’ (anonymity requested), who came out on top to clinch their career-first Millionaire Series title and a jaw-dropping ₹13 Lakhs – becoming the 11th player to bank a seven-figure payday in the ongoing series!

The Friday Millionaire final table was replete with regs like January’s IOPC #48 – Thursday Prime winner ‘Sami5’ (2nd for ₹8 Lakhs), MS #17 – Sunday Millionaire champion Yogesh ‘GAMA PEHALWAN’ Choudhary (3rd for ₹4.63 Lakhs), MS #33 – Wednesday Millionaire champion Karan ‘Junior-KK’ Kapur (5th for ₹2.10 Lakhs), NPS#25 Deepstack Championship (7-Max) winner Rohan ‘The Sightseer’ Bhasin (6th for ₹1.75 Lakhs) and Full House Finale champion Siddarth ‘PeterPunter’ Singhvi (8th in ₹1.10 Lakhs).

Karan Kapur
Karan Kapur

 

‘Waking Up’ triumphed over the stacked final table to end an over year-long title drought while simultaneously crossing ₹1 Crore in online profits. ! Their online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.44 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.01 Crores

Final Table Results

  1. Waking Up – ₹13,00,000
  2. Sami5 – ₹8,00,000
  3. Yogesh ‘GAMA PEHALWAN’ Choudhary – ₹4,62,500
  4. smokebutt – ₹3,30,000
  5. Karan ‘Junior-KK’ Kapur – ₹2,10,000
  6. Rohan ‘The Sightseer’ Bhasin – ₹1,75,000
  7. AimB0t – ₹1,25,000
  8. Siddarth ‘PeterPunter’ Singhvi – ₹1,10,000

 

MS #45 – Deepstack Turbo – ₹12 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹3,300

Entries – 222

Re-entries – 56

Rebuys – 141

Prize Pool – ₹12,57,000

Places Paid – 39

Ganesh ‘fedorholz2020’ Kamat parlayed a ₹440 buy-in satellite entry into a career-best ₹2.19 Lakhs payday after trouncing a 419-entry field in Spartan Poker`s ₹12 Lakhs GTD MS #45 – Deepstack Turbo – picking up his maiden online title! He chopped the 9:30 PM flagship heads-up with ‘Oustiner’ (2nd for ₹2 Lakhs).

Ganesh Kamat
Ganesh Kamat

 

Ganesh Kamat’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.74 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #1

Final Table Results

  1. Ganesh ‘fedorholz2020’ Kamat – ₹2,19,262*
  2. Oustiner – ₹2,00,324*
  3. Ritwik ‘Fisherman1997’ Khanna – ₹1,22,558
  4. Mohit ‘thejoker’ Mehta – ₹98,926.
  5. sunrunner – ₹77,557
  6. The Flying Dutchman – ₹58,702
  7. Arnav ‘AIOps’ Sharma – ₹43,115
  8. SIDDO19 – ₹31,676

*denotes a heads-up deal

 

MS #42 – Multi Entry – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹990

Entries – 740 (435)

Rebuys – 553

Prize Pool – ₹11,63,700

Places Paid – 111

Gaurav ‘RoLeBete’ Bhutra was another player who sattied his way to victory in a Spartan Poker marquee last night. Earlier in the day, Bhutra locked in two seats to the ₹10 Lakhs GTD MS #42 – Multi Entry through two ₹165 buy-in satellites and ended up taking down the event for his maiden Millionaire Series title and a ₹1.77 Lakhs payday along with a ticket to MS #48 – Saturday Millionaire.

Gaurav Bhutra
Gaurav Bhutra

 

He chopped the 7 PM marquee three-way with Varun ‘buffalosoldier’ Meena (2nd for ₹1.44 Lakhs) and ‘Relentle$$’ (3rd for ₹1.29 Lakhs).

Varun Meena
Varun Meena

 

Gaurav Bhutra’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹88.48 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #3

Varun Meena also cashed Spartan Poker’s MS #44 (31st for ₹6,271), locking ₹1.51 Lakhs in Friday winnings. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.80 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹45.67 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #5

Pranav ‘R_U_SUAR’ Khandalkar pocketed ₹73,443 through four ITM finishes and one bounty, which included:

Pranav Khandalkar
Pranav Khandalkar

 

> 5th in Spartan Poker’s MS #42 – Multi Entry for ₹55,644

> 28th in Spartan Poker’s MS #45 – Deepstack Turbo for ₹9,805

> 17th in Spartan Poker’s MS #46 – Turbo PKO for ₹4,382

> 18th in Spartan Poker’s Monster Stack for ₹2,712

Pranav Khandalkar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.91 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹82.43 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #2

Final Table Results

  1. Gaurav ‘RoLeBete’ Bhutra – ₹1,76,751*
  2. Varun ‘buffalosoldier’ Meena – ₹1,44,227*
  3. Relentle$$ – ₹1,28,501*
  4. UNKNOWN – ₹71,684
  5. Pranav ‘R_U_SUAR’ Khandalkar – ₹56,789
  6. Sumit ‘pleasedontbet’ Silwal – ₹42,941
  7. Jonty102 – ₹30,838
  8. Raghavendra ‘nannuchimoo’ Hada – ₹21,063

*denotes a three-way deal

 

MS #44 – ₹8 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 223

Re-entries – 41

Rebuys – 138

Prize Pool – ₹8,04,000

Places Paid – 39

What a week this is turning out to be for Vishal ‘Usbcable’ Tulsyan! Picking up his second title and making his fifth final table appearance at the ongoing Millionaire Series 5.0, Tulsyan shipped Spartan Poker’s ₹8 Lakhs GTD MS #44 for a cool ₹1.61 Lakhs and a ticket to MS #48 – Saturday Millionaire. Lavesh ‘UPay4MyWeed98’ Meena collected ₹1.07 Lakhs in second place.

Vishal Tulsyan

 

This was Vishal Tulsyan’s 20th cash of the series, catapulting him past Anurag Srivastava at #2 in the MS 2 Million Leaderboard rankings.

The three-time The Millionaire champion collected ₹1.92 Lakhs through his run last night. His Friday finishes include:

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s MS #44 for ₹1,61,202

> 27th in Adda52’s The Ballers for ₹16,948

> 25th in Spartan Poker’s MS #42 – Multi Entry for ₹10,551

> 15th in Spartan Poker’s MS #46 – Turbo PKO for ₹3,428

Vishal Tulsyan’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.86 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.21 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #11 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.60 Crores | Ranked #1 in the Monthly Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes) | Ranked #5 in Monthly Profit | Moves to #2 in the Millionaire Series Leaderboard Standings

Final Table Results

  1. Vishal ‘Usbcable’ Tulsyan – ₹1,61,202
  2. Lavesh ‘UPay4MyWeed98’ Meena – ₹1,07,173
  3. Hamdard – ₹78,390
  4. Fzzfzz – ₹63,275
  5. Vivek ‘KasolHieghts’ Singh – ₹49,607
  6. KeepAtItBro – ₹37,547
  7. Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved – ₹27,577
  8. Dhaval ‘ElegantlyWasted’ Mudgal – ₹20,261

 

MS #46 – PKO (Turbo) – ₹3.50 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 253

Re-entries – 63

Rebuys – TBA

Prize Pool – ₹TBA

Places Paid – 47

Vinay ‘ConCrete’ B was among the standout winners on Friday, shipping two tournaments and making another two ITM runs for ₹2.17 Lakhs in total winnings!

Vinay B
Vinay B

 

One of the two titles he won last night was Spartan Poker’s ₹3.50 Lakhs GTD MS #46 Turbo PKO for ₹98,140 (₹29,814 in bounties). He also nailed PokerStars India’s Galactic Series-68 [Battle Royale 8-Max] for ₹1.18 Lakhs.

Vinay B`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.64 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.11 Crores | Title Wins in 2022: #15| Annual Winnings: ₹1.49 Crores

Final Table Results (Including Bounties)

  1. Vinay ‘ConCrete’ B – 98,140
  2. arthas – 33,081
  3. Raghav ‘Mr. Bean’ Ananth – 26,663
  4. Siddharth ‘cooking_nuts’ Gangwar – 41,393
  5. Prabhat ‘Hondrick’ Paliya – 26,698
  6. hgoel1993 – 19,300
  7. kelvinkean3 – 19,916
  8. james_bond0071 – 11,421

 

2 Crores GTD – MS Main Event – Day 1C

> Day 1C – Entries: 161 | Re-entries: 39 | Rebuys: 92 | Survivors: 39 | Chip Leader: Ramji ‘bluffpolice123 Kishore G (214,552)

> Combined – Entries: 487 | Re-entries: 114 | Rebuys: 296 | Survivors: 110 | Overall Chip Leader: Anmol ‘Anzzzzz’ Mehta (294,071)

 

Millionaire Series 5.0 2 Million Leaderboard – Day 9

With just two days remaining for the Millionaire Series 5.0 to wrap up, the leaderboard crusher Bhanu ‘spectre’ Prakash KC (6,335 points) continues to dominate the 2 Million Leaderboard standings. Vishal ‘usbcable’ Tulsyan (6,200 points) bulldozed into the #2 position yesterday, displacing Anurag ‘CultOfPersonality’ Srivastava (5,566 points) to #3.

RankPlayerPoints
1Bhanu 'spectre' Prakash KC6,335
2Vishal 'usbcable' Tulsyan6,200
3Anurag 'CultOfPersonality' Srivastava5,566
4Varun 'buffalosoldier' Meena5,211
5Parag 'Persie' Shah4,446
6Siddharth 'FLIPopotamus' Kadel4,347
7Ashish 'Spewushhhiiiii' Ahuja3,784
8Anish 'TheProtagonist' Arora3,727
9Vishal 'Darky012' Ojha3,595
10Harsh 'Chiraunjilal Khosla' Bubna3,490

 

‘CanineClan’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack for ₹50,034), Zafar ‘Zedd’ Ahmed (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack for ₹43,338), ‘R_w’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Fri Poker Nite #1 – PLO4 for ₹24,199), ‘LuckyPatcher’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Chip Up for ₹20,050), ‘SCORPIONDUNK’ (Won ₹50K GTD Striker – PKO for ₹21,470), ‘Wasip’ (Won ₹50K GTD The Centurion for ₹10,575) won the other Spartan Poker marquees.

 

PokerBaazi

The Weekly HighRoller – ₹12 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 115

Re-entries – 94

Prize Pool – ₹20,90,000

Places Paid – 24

The former The Pride champion Vishwas ‘quickmaths’ Khanna outlasted a 209-player field in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller last night, raking in a personal-best ₹5.05 Lakhs. Vikram ‘Poker_lover’ Mishra, who had won the event last month, made a valiant attempt to repeat the feat but had to concede to a runner-up finish, pocketing ₹3.54 Lakhs – his 10th six-figure score of the year.

Vikram Mishra
Vikram Mishra

 

Vishwas Khanna ITMed another four events, collectively banking ₹5.14 Lakhs. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹26.24 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.44 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #12

Vikram Mishra had a bombastic Friday run for The Weekly HighRoller for one of four tournaments he FT-ed last night, raking in a nifty ₹5.65 Lakhs overall.

His top Friday finishes include:

> 2nd in PokerBaazi`s The Weekly HighRoller for ₹3,53,837

> 3rd in PokerStars India`s #GalacticSeries-67 [Uppercut] for ₹72,772

> 3rd in PokerBaazi`s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹70,693

> 3rd in PokerBaazi`s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹61,415

Vikram Mishra`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.52 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹69.56 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #6

Final Table Results

  1. Vishwas ‘quickmaths’ Khanna – ₹5,04,735
  2. Vikram ‘Poker_lover’ Mishra – ₹3,53,837
  3. Dishan ‘Yudi1234’ Jalan – ₹2,27,392
  4. Myron ‘priyankAAchoprAA’ Pereira – ₹1,68,454
  5. Areyann ‘kreishhAA’ Gurbaxani – ₹1,26,445
  6. Ashish ‘OMG_spew’ Munot – ₹1,01,156

 

(7-Max) SPRINT – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 278

Re-entries – 260

Prize Pool – ₹8,07,000

Places Paid – 63

Monday’s MS #25 champion Anish ‘PapaNegreanu’ Arora made quite the run in the PokerBaazi marquees last night. He overcame a 538-entry field in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT, winning the 9 PM marquee for the second time this year for ₹1.57 Lakhs (his second title of the month) and cashed another three events, rounding up ₹1.91 Lakhs in Friday earnings. ‘shraban56’ came second for ₹1.10 Lakhs.

Anish Arora
Anish Arora

 

Anish Arora`s top Friday finishes include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹1,56,800

> 6th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹27,289

Anish Arora`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.85 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹46.58 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #11

Final Table Results

  1. Anish ‘PapaNegreanu’ Arora – ₹1,56,800
  2. shraban56 – ₹1,09,913
  3. Vikram ‘Poker_lover’ Mishra- ₹70,693
  4. Aditya ‘LeoBazooka1897’ Pandita – ₹52,294
  5. Yuvraj ‘Yuvi0069’ Bhardwaj – ₹39,220
  6. Diven ‘diven’ Nagpal – ₹31,473
  7. davit – ₹26,228

 

(7-Max) Daily SPRINT – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 161

Re-entries – 147

Prize Pool – ₹6,10,000

Places Paid – 36

PokerBaazi loyalist Sabur ‘sabur’ Ali (opted out of our tracking) made his way past 308 entries in the site’s Friday edition of the (7-Max) Daily SPRINT, banking ₹1.36 Lakhs. Muthukumar ‘hero1965’ Rajagopalan finished runner-up for ₹95,480.

Muthukumar Rajagopalan
Muthukumar Rajagopalan

 

Final Table Results

  1. Sabur ‘sabur’ Ali – ₹1,36,074
  2. Muthukumar ‘hero1965’ Rajagopalan – ₹95,480
  3. Vikram ‘Poker_lover’ Mishra – ₹61,415
  4. Dhinesh ‘dhineshrocky007’ Kumar – ₹45,461
  5. Rohan ‘theoldrod’ Sahni – ₹34,126
  6. Anish ‘PapaNegreanu’ Arora – ₹27,289
  7. Folding – ₹22,669

 

Afternoon BOOST (7-Max) – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 132

Re-entries – 82

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 41

PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Afternoon BOOST drew a crowd of 214 participants, filling in ₹42,000 in overlays. Rohit ‘mrblue1205’ Malhotra proved the last player standing and grabbed the title for ₹76,957 after striking a heads-up deal with Ankit ‘Ankitj’ Thakur (2nd for ₹65,993)

Rohit Malhotra
Rohit Malhotra

 

Ankit Thakur made one other ITM finish for a Friday take-home of ₹67,733. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹17.47 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹57.65 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #8

Final Table Results

  1. Rohit ‘mrblue1205’ Malhotra – ₹76,957*
  2. Ankit ‘Ankitj’ Thakur – ₹65,993*
  3. ‘mamyam’ – ₹47,600
  4. Siddharth ‘overthinker’ Saxena – ₹37,350
  5. Sankalp ‘Wobbegong’ Marwah – ₹27,100
  6. Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur – ₹19,650
  7. abhishekkkg – ₹15,900

*denotes a heads-up deal

 

Rahul ‘poker3680’ Agrawal (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Hyper Sprint for ₹49,740), ‘TonyStack’ (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Midnight SPRINT for ₹49,680), ‘favkapil’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Night SPRINT for ₹44,890), Jitin ‘Jraj94’ Nath (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD (6-Max) Holdem BOOST for ₹40,000), Arunav ‘Frankie08’ Mittal (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹28,190), Rahul ‘GhatakTheGreat’ Sengar (Won ₹1 Lakhs GTD PLO Boost Monster for ₹24,050), ‘Rajjni07’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Evening SPRINT for ₹23,350), KripanshGentMrK’ Khosla (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD RE for ₹11,870), and ‘17JAT’ (Won ₹50K GTD Daily for ₹5,950) won the other PokerBaazi marquees.

 

MPL Poker

Master Series #26 – ₹6 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Total Entries – 283

Prize Pool – ₹6,00,000

Places Paid – 45

Smitesh ‘storyraja119236’ Sandeep redeemed himself after two previous third-place finishes in Master Series events as he went about totaling a 283-runner field in MPL Poker’s Friday flagship, ₹6 Lakhs GTD Master Series #26, taking home the winner’s due worth ₹1.50 Lakhs.

Suresh ‘suresh0024’ Kumar collected 1.05 Lakhs in second place.

Final Table Results

  1. Smitesh ‘storyraja119236’ Sandeep₹1,50,000
  2. Suresh ‘suresh0024’ Kumar₹1,05,000
  3. Mukesh ‘mukesh65’ Kumar₹75,000
  4. Neha ‘amitkulshresth’ Dixit₹56,250
  5. Md ‘khan3212640’ Wasim₹39,375
  6. Santu ‘firrikki’ Chatterjee₹28,125
  7. Prabhas ‘babatufaani’ Sharma₹22,500
  8. Jugun ‘suryabhau’ Singh ₹18,750

 

Shreyas ‘jua_hi_toh_hai’ Mantri (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Master Series #25 for ₹30,000) and Ankit ‘thekraken’ Pandey (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Master Series #27 for ₹18,876) won the other Master Series titles on Friday.

 

Master Series Leaderboard – Day 9

The top order in the Master Series leaderboard standings saw some churn yesterday. Prabhas Sharma (303.07 points) is still the player in charge, followed by Om Prakash (233.29 points). However, Utkarsh Raj (182.35 points) has grabbed the #3 spot from Jayant ‘coronawarriorgr’ K (178.59 points), pushing the latter down to #4.

The top two ranked players on the leaderboard stand to win expenses-paid packages worth ₹2.50 Lakhs each to watch India vs Pakistan World Cup match in Australia.

RankingsUser IdPoints
1Prabhas 'Babatufaani' Sharma303.07
2Om 'virat1008' Prakash233.29
3Utkarsh Raj182.35
4Jayant ‘coronawarriorgr’ K178.59
5'97*****146'167.11
6'Bad Boy'155.48
7'97*****688'154.01
8'Hoopspro23673'150.55
9'Kamasara'148
10'AVINASH'144.88

 

PokerStars India

Galactic Series-67 [Uppercut] – ₹12 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹4,400

Entries – 162

Re-entries – 128

Regular Prize Pool – ₹6,20,000

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹5,80,000

Total Prize Pool – ₹12,00,000

Places Paid – 35

It’s been a breakout week on all accounts for Devendra’ ThaBlack(3′ Suthar, with his top three career finishes all coming through deep runs in the last six days. And he added a fourth standout score to his tally last night by conquering the 290-entry filed in PokerStars India’s Friday headliner, ₹12 Lakhs GTD Galactic Series-67 [Uppercut], for ₹2.70 Lakhs (₹1,66,563 in bounties). Site user ‘aav007’ banked ₹1.13 Lakhs (₹10,125 in bounties) as the runner-up.

Devendra Suthar
Devendra Suthar

 

Suthar made another ITM finish in the day’s biggest guaranteed tournament, Spartan Poker’s MS #43 – Friday Millionaire (46th for ₹19,653), adding over ₹2.89 Lakhs to his Friday tally.

Devendra Suthar’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹32.23 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹9.45 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #2

Raghav Ananth collected a Friday paycheck worth ₹61,177 from three deep runs, which include:

Raghav Ananth
Raghav Ananth

 

> 7th in PokerStars India’s Galactic Series-67 [Uppercut] for ₹32,611 (₹11,625 in bounties)

> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s MS #46 – Turbo PKO for ₹22,500

> 12th in PokerStars India’s Galactic Series-71 [Blizzard] for ₹2,548

Raghav Ananth`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.69 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹34.88 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #5 | Annual Winnings: ₹64.84

The 8 PM Galactic Series-67 [Uppercut] got in the books at 2:45 AM. The 290-player starting field resulted in an overlay shortfall of ₹40,000, and the top 35 finishers benefitted from the added value.

Final Table Results (Including Bounties)

  1. Devendra ‘ThaBlack(3’ Suthar – ₹2,69,595
  2. aav007 – ₹1,13,157
  3. Vikram’ GreenSTUFF79′ Mishra – ₹72,772
  4. Pavankiran ‘Rootahua Macchi’ Bellamkonda – ₹77,509
  5. nirwair – ₹43,725
  6. Rumit ‘GatisKandis’ Khade – ₹32,356
  7. Raghav’ scambrahm’ Ananth – ₹32,611
  8. Vishal’ mdigurgaon’ Tulsyan – ₹27,381
  9. Vinayak ‘koi.toh.rok.lo’ Bajaj – ₹16,631

 

Galactic Series-68 [Battle Royale 8-Max] – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 136

Re-entries – 88

Regular Prize Pool – ₹2,80,000

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹2,80,000

Total Prize Pool – ₹5,60,000

Places Paid – 31

The long-time circuit regular Vinay ‘CharleSCorreA’ B is proving to be a force not to be reckoned with! After posting four FT finishes (including a title) earlier this week, the Tuesday Millionaire finalist scored a thumping victory in two 9:30 PM marquee titles last night, netting ₹2.17 Lakhs overall.

Vinay B
Vinay B

 

He plowed through a 224-strong field in PokerStars India’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Galactic Series-68 [Battle Royale 8-Max], grabbing the ₹1.18 Lakhs (₹69,883 in bounties) up top! Not long before that, he edged past 315 runners in Spartan Poker’s MS #46 – Turbo PKO, winning his maiden Millionaire Series title for ₹68,326.

Vinay B`s Friday finishes include:

> 1st in PokerStars India’s Galactic Series-68 [Battle Royale 8-Max] for ₹1,17,769

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s MS #46 – Turbo PKO for ₹68,326

> 15th in PokerStars India’s Galactic Series-67 [Uppercut] for ₹27,027

> 51st in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹3,551

Vinay B`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.64 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.11 Crores | Title Wins in 2022: #15| Annual Winnings: ₹1.49 Crores

The 9:30 PM Galactic Series-68 [Battle Royale 8-Max] got in the books at 3:32 AM, and the top 31 places got paid.

Final Table Results (Including Bounties)

  1. Vinay ‘CharleSCorreA’ B – ₹1,17,769
  2. sarthakssinghal – ₹62,339
  3. pravr88 – ₹56,936
  4. Rasesh’ DonBislery’ Jes – ₹31,562
  5. kunalduggal13 – ₹23,547
  6. Philip ‘minisha_lamba’ Jude – ₹22,090
  7. Ashwinip4873 – ₹25,286
  8. pad.iti – ₹16,627
  9. Sanjay’ raghav1990′ Khanna – ₹11,510

 

Pavankiran ‘Rootahua Macchi’ Bellamkonda (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Galactic Series-65 [Laser Tag UKO 75%] for ₹49,707), Aniruddha ‘pocketacesaj69’ Joshi (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Galactic Series-71 [Blizzard] for ₹48,488), ‘yuvidilwariya’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Galactic Series-64 [Hubble Bubble Rush] for ₹21,533), ‘Bangalore Pro’ (Won ₹40K GTD Galactic Series-69 [Pulsar PLO] [6-Max Turbo] for ₹15,726), ‘IamSandySingh’ (Won ₹70K GTD Galactic Series-70 [Solar Cycle] for ₹13,869), ‘1mYorDad’ (Won ₹40K GTD Galactic Series-66 [Bounty Planet] [Progressive KO] for ₹10,280) & ‘navit111’ (Won ₹40K GTD Galactic Series-63 [Grandfather’s Paradox 3-Max] for ₹8,732) won the other Galactic Series titles on PokerStars India.

 

Galactic Series Leaderboard – Day 8

Vaibhav ‘vaibsss’ Bhatia (#1 for 1,450 points) and Abhijeet ‘sexylady7766′ Kumar (#2 for 1,450 points) are busy in a cut-throat battle for the top spot on the Galactic Series Leaderboard. Niteen ‘niteenplus’ Raj (1,050 points) took a significant leap from the #7 place to land the #3 position on the leaderboard yesterday.

RankPlayerPoints
1Vaibhav 'vaibsss' Bhatia1,450
2Abhijeet 'sexylady7766' Kumar1,450
3Niteen 'niteenplus' Raj1,050
4yuvidilwariya1,045
5Aniruddha 'pocketacesaj69' Joshi1,035
6Shekhar 'Fi$h@rk' Singh935
7rkrohan@&910
8WaveBosss900
9Manish 'manish jangid' Jangid890
10Prabhat 'Prabhat1028' Kumar875

‘Ricky000029$$’ won the ₹50K GTD Afternoon on Stars for ₹13,366.

 

PokerDangal

5 Lakhs GTD – DMVS Main Event – Day 1B

> Day 1B – Entries: 117 | Rebuys: 77 | Survivors: 34 | Chip Leader: ‘Abhi1802’ (210,827)

> Combined – Entries: 255 | Rebuys: 171 | Survivors: 79 | Overall Chip Leader: ‘Abhi1802’ (210,827)

‘SpookyAtom’ (Won ₹50K GTD DMVS #6 – PLO6 for ₹15,342), ‘amanpoker27’ (Won ₹25K GTD DMVS #5 – PLO6 for ₹6,438) won the other DMVS titles on Friday.

 

Adda52

The Ballers – ₹20 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹7,500

Entries – 168

Re-entries – 187

Prize Pool – ₹24,21,100

Places Paid – 38

The June Adda52 Big Game champion Prem ‘chutny’ Madderla juggernaut his way to the top of a 355-entry field in Adda52`s ₹20 Lakhs GTD The Ballers, winning the tournament outright for ₹6.05 Lakhs – his second-best recorded finish.

PokerGuru Ambassador Kartik ‘Pegasus1505’ Ved fell inches short of winning his second The Ballers title, netting ₹3.67 Lakhs in second place. The WSOP bracelet winner cashed two Millionaire Series marquees, rounding up over ₹4.16 Lakhs in Friday earnings and hitting two career milestones.

Kartik Ved
Kartik Ved

 

> Crossing ₹4 Crores in tracked online profits

> Crossing ₹1.50 Crores in annual winnings

His Friday finishes include:

> 2nd in Adda52`s The Ballers for ₹3,66,797

> 7th in Spartan Poker`s MS #44 for ₹27,577

> 10th in SpartanPoker`s MS #45 – Deepstack Turbo for ₹21,998

Kartik Ved`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.71 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹4.03 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #8 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.51 Crores

Rising Star Ritwik ‘ritwik27’ Khanna made quite the run last night, accumulating almost ₹3.45 Lakhs across five ITM finishes – crossing ₹2 Crores in lifetime profits!

Ritwik Khanna
Ritwik Khanna

 

His Friday finishes include:

> 4th in Adda52’s The Ballers for ₹1,93,688

> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s MS #45 for ₹1,22,558

> 24th in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller for ₹20,064

> 23rd in PokerBaazi’s Daily SPRINT for ₹5,421

> 81st in Spartan Poker’s MS #42 for ₹3,200

Ritwik Khanna`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.55 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.02 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #12 | Annual Winnings: 2.41 Crores | Ranked #7 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)

Final Table Results

  1. Prem ‘chutny’ Madderla – ₹6,05,275
  2. Kartik ‘Pegasus1505’ Ved – ₹3,66,797
  3. erace – ₹2,66,321
  4. Ritwik ‘ritwik27’ Khanna – ₹1,93,688
  5. Priya ‘priyaranjan2k12’ Ranjan Das – ₹1,30,739
  6. Brajeshkumar123 – ₹90,791

 

Friday Bounty – ₹4 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,700

Entries – 121

Re-entries – 97

Prize Pool – ₹5,33,664

Places Paid – 24

The mystery user ‘Thebang02’ converted a paltry ₹270 satellite buy-in into a ₹96,394 payday in Adda52`s ₹4 Lakhs GTD Friday Bounty, with last week`s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT champion Rishabh ‘rishabh002’ Gupta finishing runner-up for ₹71,100.

Rishabh Gupta
Rishabh Gupta

 

Thebang02`s Adda52 stats: Site Winnings: ₹38.31 Lakhs| Site Profits: ₹7.61 Lakhs

Final Table Results

  1. Thebang02 – ₹96,394
  2. Rishabh ‘rishabh002’ Gupta – ₹71,100
  3. Bujo – ₹42,778
  4. radsah – ₹28,197
  5. MADpoker2192 – ₹22,739
  6. Haider ‘donktown22’ Madraswala – ₹26,505
  7. Sashank ‘TheTamizhDurrr’ Chakravarty – ₹25,870
  8. Myron ‘zzzzz369’ Pereira – ₹9,212

 

Sarvesh ‘playhereforsure’ Sharma (Won ₹40K GTD Freezeout Adda for ₹16,714), ‘patrickco’ (Won ₹60K GTD Bounty Adda for ₹11,334), and ‘Zambo999’ (Won ₹50K GTD Evening Adda for ₹10,100) won the other Adda52 marquees.

 

Khelo365

Khelo365 user ‘PunitRaj’ added ₹11,100 to their poker bankroll after winning the ₹30K GTD Prime Time PLO, just as ‘Vijaypatel58’ finished runner-up for ₹7,500.

 

Keep following PokerGuru for daily updates on the biggest winners across the major domestic networks!

Daily Majors: Ayush Garg, Harry Singh, Mithun Mahesh, Karan Radia & Gaurav Sood Shine in the Thursday Flagships

The Christmas cheer is in the air, and while most people are busy planning their year-end getaway plans, poker players seem to be sticking to the grind. At least, that`s what the encouraging Thursday turnouts indicate!

The former Adda52 Millions champion Ayush Garg shipped the Godfather for the third time last night for 5.50 Lakhs and chopped the top prize heads-up with Harry Singh (2nd for career-best 4.25 Lakhs).

Karan Radia came out on top in Spartan Poker’s Trending Thursday – IOPC Bubble, winning ₹3.75 Lakhs. The #3 ranked player of the month and former The Elite champion, Punya Behera, added ₹2.53 Lakhs in second place.

PokerGuru Ambassador Mithun Mahesh stook down PokerBaazi’s The Summit for ₹3.79 Lakhs, with Young Gun Sanat Mehrotra placing runner-up for ₹2.65 Lakhs.

Madhavkad07 was the last player standing in PokerStars India`s Highroller and won 2.19 Lakhs. The #1 ranked player of the year, Young Gun Gaurav Sood, banked 1.69 Lakhs in second place.

Tanmay Benara, Pradip Ghosh, Shubham Bhashker, Jaya Prajapati, Rohit Malhotra, Ajhar Hashmi, Laxman Jagtap, Vikash Kumar (two titles), Aryaman Arora, Subhayan Das, and Partho Datta won the other marquee titles.

Here are the Thursday highlights!

 

Spartan Poker

The 12th edition of the IOPC is less than a month away, and the fireworks have already started on Spartan Poker. Among the plethora of attractive promotions in the lead-up to the mega-series is the new Money Bubble offer that rewards the player who money-bubbles listed marquees with a ticket to an IOPC “Prime” event.

The first of them, the ₹16 Lakhs GTD Trending Thursday IOPC Bubble, played out yesterday. The ₹5,500 buy-in event logged in a guarantee-crushing 255-entry field, and the top 31 places won a share from the ₹17.75 Lakhs prize pool (over 10% more than the listed guarantee). MTT beast Karan ‘Majestic’ Radia was the last player standing and won ₹3.75 Lakhs. The #2 ranked player of the month, Punya ‘madhumangal’ Behera, who entered the event through a ₹275 satellite, placed runner-up for ₹2.53 Lakhs.

Karan Radia
Karan Radia

 

Punya Behara’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.47 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹70.41 Lakhs | Ranked #3 in the December Leaderboard Standings

The ₹4 Lakhs GTD Deepstack IOPC FT also crushed its advertised guarantee with a 538-strong field generating a ₹5.38 Lakhs prize pool. Tuesday’s Uppercut Mini champion Pradip ‘Nit2Donk’ Ghosh came out on top to win ₹76,662, posting his fourth title victory this past week. He chopped the Deestack title four-way with Shawn ‘LoopreviL’ Jose (2nd for ₹65,875), ‘Rahul4444s’ (3rd for ₹63,013), and ‘Jacques’ (4th for ₹56,240).

Pradip Ghosh
Pradip Ghosh

 

Pradip Ghosh’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.24 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹58.72 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2021: #13

‘spoonerism’ (Won Monster Stack ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹54,822), Jaya ‘denb’ Prajapati (Won Night Rider Deepstack ₹2 Lakhs GTD for ₹30,665), ‘poker.professor.z4’ (Won Ultimate 4 Card PLO ₹85K GTD for ₹22,252), and ‘XDXD’ (Won Striker ₹18K GTD for ₹4,529) won the other Spartan Poker marquees.

 

PokerBaazi

PokerGuru Ambassador Mithun ‘thepokeraja’ Mahesh raced past the 209-entry field in the site`s Thursday headliner, the ₹15 Lakhs GTD The Summit, collecting ₹3.79 Lakhs in prize money. Young Gun Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra finished runner-up for ₹2.65 Lakhs.

Mithun Mahesh
Mithun Mahesh

 

Last night`s win happens to be Mithun Mahesh’s 21st title victory this year and comes 10 days after he took down Spartan Poker’s WCS #54 – Mega Stack. The former Millionaire also cashed PokerStars India’s Highroller (8th for ₹35,365) & Adda52`s Godfather (24th for ₹18,750), adding a collective ₹4.33 Lakhs to his Thursday tally!

Mithun Mahesh`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.85 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.03 Crores | Annual Winnings: ₹3.09 Crores | Titles Won in 2021 #21 | Ranked #7 in the Annual Leaderboard Standings

The ₹4 Lakhs GTD (6-Max) SPRINT registered a 234-entry field, and 27 places got paid a share from the ₹4.68 Lakhs prize pool. Tanmay ‘truman’ Benara shipped the event for the second time this month for ₹1.10 Lakhs, while ‘Steelbala’ locked in the runner-up payout worth ₹77,270.

Tanmay Benara
Tanmay Benara

 

The WCS #80 – The Elite champion, Tanmay Benara, also cashed The Summit (11th for ₹27,588). His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.38 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹48.20 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2021: #37

‘Ronitankit’ (Won Holdem BOOST ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹53,410), ‘sevenpockets’ (Won Daily Night SPRINT ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹39,600), Shubham ‘kalalund’ Bhashker (Won PLO5 BOOST ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹32,700), Rohit ‘mrblue1205’ Malhotra (Won Evening SPRINT ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹30,490), Ajhar ‘ajharhashmi’ Hashmi (Won SPRINT ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹29,370), Laxman ‘alex16’ Jagtap (Won Daily Afternoon SPRINT ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹26,830), Subhayan ‘arjun100’ Das (Won Daily Morning SPRINT ₹50K GTD for ₹11,110), and ‘krishnarawani’ (Won 5-max Daily ₹50K GTD for ₹10,730) shipped the other Thursday marquees on PokerBaazi.

 

PokerStars India

The biggest draw on PokerStars India, 10 Lakhs GTD Highroller clocked in a 127-entry field, and with each of them signing up for 7,700, the top 15 finishers benefitted from the 1.11 Lakhs in overlay value added by the site. The user Madhavkad07 shipped the event for 2.19 Lakhs after edging past the #1 ranked player of the year, Young Gun Gaurav ‘3betPanda Sood (2nd for 1.69 Lakhs) in heads-up play.

Runner-up Gaurav Sood
Runner-up Gaurav Sood

 

The winningest player on our tracked database, Gaurav Sood, lapped up over 2.18 Lakhs last night, further cementing his place on top of the annual standings.

Gaurav Sood`s ITM finishes include:

> 2nd in Highroller for 1.69 Lakhs

> 11th in Trending Thursday – IOPC Bubble for 32,483

> 20th in The Summit for 16,929

Gaurav Sood’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: 11.11 Crores | Lifetime Profits: 5.81 Crores | Annual Winnings: 4.41 Crores | Ranked #1 in Annual Winnings & Profits

The 1.75 Lakhs Deepstack drew 149 runners – each of them signing up for 1,375. The top 17 places took a bite out of the 1.86 Lakhs prize pool. And walking away with the lion`s share of the prize money was tomdwaf,’ who won the title for 43,038 after beating Kunal ‘charsilaladka Chaudhary (2nd for 24,171) in the heads-up play.

Runner-up Kunal Chaudhary
Runner-up Kunal Chaudhary

 

guns4655 (Won Ultrasonic 1.25 Lakhs GTD for 30,989), Partho ‘SpidermanIndiaDatta (Won Afternoon on Stars 60K GTD for 10,790), min2thomas(Won Deepstack 50K GTD for 13,237), and Aryaman ‘AryaKnightArora (Won Primetime Grind 50K GTD for 12,167) took down the other Thursday marquees on PokerStars India.

 

Adda52

Adda52’s Thursday flagship, the Godfather, returned for its scheduled run at 8 PM last night. This 5,500 buy-in event registered a 450-player turnout, filling in a significant 2.50 Lakhs in overlays. The top 49 places booked a profit, with the former The Millionaire and Adda52 Millions champion, Ayush ‘lazyman’ Garg, shipping the event (his third time winning the Godfather title) and the day`s single largest score worth 5.50 Lakhs. A heads-up deal saw Harry ‘harrys111’ Singh lapping up a career-best 4.25 Lakhs in second place.

Ayush Garg
Ayush Garg

 

Ayush Garg`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: 4.81 Crores | Lifetime Profits: 1.79 Crores

The 5 Lakhs GTD Monster Turbo found a champion in ‘Aikansh98,’ who bested a guarantee-smashing 234-strong player field to collect the lion`s share of the 5.27 Lakhs prize pool worth 1.43 Lakhs. Mohit Kumar ‘Betoo’ Singh came second for 84,240.

‘Aikansh98’`s Adda52 stats: Site Winnings: 6.71 Lakhs | Site Profits: 4.28 Lakhs

Vikash ‘charuz’ Kumar scored a double victory – winning two 50K GTD events on Adda52 yesterday. He shipped the Bounty Adda for 13,758 and the Evening Adda for 10,340.

‘Bujo’ (Won Nighttide DST Adda 1.50 Lakhs GTD for 30,941), ‘Machine541’ (Won Freeze Out Adda 50K GTD for 13,753), and ‘TheMiracleBoy’ (Won Sundown Adda 50K GTD for 11,874) won the other Adda52 marquees!

 

Khelo365

Khelo365’s Thursday fixture, the ₹30K GTD, Hitman PLO, was taken down by site regular ‘trickett’ who fired four bullets before winning the title for ₹10,500. ‘gangol’ came second for ₹6,600.

 

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