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Daily Majors: Sandeep Bhatnagar, Rohit Behal, Atishay Samuel & Sanish Chhabra Champion the Tuesday Flagships
After a subdued Monday, the lure of bigger guarantees brought the regs back to the virtual felts yesterday! The low to mid-stakes players had Pocket52`s Pocket Friendly Series to keep them busy.
PokerDangal`s biggest-ever ₹50 Lakhs GTD Destiny Changer will be another featured tournament we will be keeping tabs on this week. The first of the six starting flights of the Destiny Changer starts at 7:30 PM tonight.
Coming to the Tuesday recap, the day saw an eclectic mix of regs and recreational players hitting the big scores.
Sandeep Bhatnagar got his biggest break of the year last night when he championed arguably the toughest tournament running, Spartan Poker’s Tuesday High Roller, for ₹5.03 Lakhs. PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish Munot finished runner-up for ₹3.40 Lakhs.
The mystery reg ‘Drunken Monk’ won Spartan Poker`s other Tuesday flagship, Mega Stack, for a site-best ₹3.89 Lakhs. Here again, a PokerGuru Ambassador, Arjanveer Singh Chadha came second for ₹2.47 Lakhs. Chadha picked up another ₹10,063 through bounties in PokerStars India’s Bounty Builder HR and hit two significant milestones.
> Crossed ₹11 Crores in tracked lifetime winnings
> Crossed ₹2 Crores in annual winnings!
Rohit Behal was the last player standing in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour won the Tuesday headliner for ₹3.24 Lakhs, picking up his first title in over a year. The IOPC January 2021 – The Crown finalist Suresh Kolli came second for ₹2.27 Lakhs.
In the hunt for his first title in almost two months, Atishay Samuel busted that bubble by taking down two tournaments back-to-back. He championed PokerStars India’s Bounty Builder HR (₹2.40 Lakhs) before winning Adda52’s Voyager (₹61,716) a few hours later. He made another five ITM finishes, rounding up a cool ₹3.27 Lakhs in Tuesday winnings.
Sanish Chhabra crossed over a five-week-long title drought with a victory march in Adda52’s The Mint. He won the Tuesday title for ₹2.85 Lakhs after striking a heads-up deal with Deep Patel (2nd for ₹2.77 Lakhs). Chhabra raked in almost ₹3 Lakhs in Tuesday winnings across three deep runs, storming past ₹5 Crores in tracked online winnings!
Sunday`s BSS SuperStack champion Rising Star Aman Parakh pulled off another scintillating run on PokerBaazi. He cashed three events on the site, most prominently winning the (7-Max) SPRINT for the second time yesterday for ₹1.61 Lakhs – almost hitting the ₹5 Crores mark in online winnings!
Nithian Thomas shipped MPL Poker’s Tuesday Slam for ₹96,000 after besting Shubham Sehgal (2nd for ₹65,000) heads-up.
Pocket52 user ‘Letv’ took down the PFS flagship of the day, PFS#10 Pocket Jacks, for ₹49,014, with Joyanta Ghosh pocketing ₹35,399 in second place.
Rajneesh Thakur, Karan Sitlani, Rishi Mundhra, and Abhishek Gupta won the other Tuesday marquees!
Here are the Tuesday highlights!
Spartan Poker
Mega Stack – ₹20 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹4,400
Entries – 241
Re-entries – 87
Rebuys – 157
Prize Pool – ₹20,00,000
Places Paid – 47
A mystery reg ‘Drunken Monk’ got their much-needed breakout score last night! The Spartan Poker regular won the day`s biggest guaranteed tournament, ₹20 Lakhs GTD Mega Stack, for a site-best ₹3.89 Lakhs. Despite the breakout score, they sit on site losses worth ₹50.71 Lakhs!
PokerGuru Ambassadors made runner-up finishes in both the Spartan Poker flagships last night, with Arjanveer ‘bazzingaa’ Singh Chadha placing second in Mega Stack for ₹2.47 Lakhs. The Chandigarh based MTT pro scored another ₹10,063 by way of bounties in PokerStars India’s Bounty Builder HR, pocketing ₹2.58 Lakhs overall. His Tuesday run saw him hitting two career milestones:
> Crossing ₹11 Crores in tracked online winnings
> Crossing 2 Crores in annual winnings
Arjanveer Singh Chadha’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹11.02 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.82 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #13 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.01 Crores | Ranked #6 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)
The ₹4,400 buy-in Mega Stack registered 458 entries, experiencing an overlay deficit of ₹60,000. The 8 PM event ended at 4:16 AM, and paid out 47 places.
Final Table Results
- Drunken Monk – ₹3,89,800
- Arjanveer ‘bazzingaa’ Singh Chadha – ₹2,47,600
- Sweetie12 – ₹1,85,600
- Shyam ‘shyam1190’ Sundar – ₹1,50,200
- Debneil ‘ChhotaDon’ Mukherjee – ₹1,18,400
- Siddhanth ‘ChintuDedha’ Kapoor – ₹90,400
- bluechipp – ₹66,400
- TheTeacher2.0 – ₹46,194
Tuesday High Roller (6-Max) – ₹15 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 95
Re-entries – 31
Rebuys – 74
Prize Pool – ₹20,00,000
Places Paid – 17
Sandeep ‘Aya Sofia’ Bhatnagar opened his 2022 title tally with a bang by taking down arguably the toughest tournament yesterday, Spartan Poker’s ₹15 Lakhs GTD Tuesday High Roller, for ₹5.03 Lakhs (his biggest score of 2022).
Sandeep Bhatnagar`s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹90.01 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹15.82 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #1
PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘Donkey 07’ Munot came second for ₹3.40 Lakhs.
Ashish Munot’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.26 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.06 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #5
Sanket ‘GentleMonster’ Arora (3rd for ₹2.21 Lakhs), the two-time POY Young Gun Gaurav ‘mozzie17’ Sood (4th for ₹1.83 Lakhs), and Armaan ‘space ace’ Kochhar (5th for ₹1.47 Lakhs) also FT-ed the Tuesday High Roller.
Amit ‘Kavipri 2.0’ Gehani (9th for ₹50,000), Vaibhav ‘Nikka Zaildar’ Sharma (10th for ₹41,000), PokerGuru Ambassadors Vivek ‘KasolHieghts’ Singh (11th for ₹41,000) and Ratul ‘Atriohm’ Steves (13th for ₹36,000), Anant ‘Prometheius’ Purohit (14th for ₹33,000), Vinay ‘ConCrete’ B (15th for ₹33,000), Sandeep ‘PS_Sunshine’ Singh (16th for ₹31,400), and Romit ’tilt_83′ Advani (17th for ₹31,400) were others crossing the money line in the Tuesday flagship!
The ₹11,000 buy-in MTT clocked in a reg-laden field of 200 participants, generating a guarantee-crushing ₹20 Lakhs in the prize pool (an over 30% surplus). The 9 PM tourney got in the books at precisely 5 AM and paid out 17 places.
Final Table Results
- Sandeep ‘Aya Sofia’ Bhatnagar – ₹5,03,200
- Ashish ‘Donkey 07’ Munot – ₹3,40,000
- Sanket ‘GentleMonster’ Arora – ₹2,21,000
- Gaurav ‘mozzie17’ Sood ₹1,83,000
- Armaan ‘space ace’ Kochhar – ₹1,47,600
- LastTopUp – ₹1,16,400
Tuesday PN – ₹4.50 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 181
Re-entries – 58
Rebuys – 117
Prize Pool – ₹5,34,000
Places Paid – 31
Spartan Poker reg ‘elbedonk’ was the last player standing in late-night ₹4.50 Lakhs GTD Tuesday PN and won the title for ₹1.12 Lakhs, with ‘AaoChipender’ settling for a runner-up payday worth ₹76,042.
‘elbedonk’ made another deep run in Mega Stack (28th for ₹14,600), pocketing ₹1.27 Lakhs across their Tuesday run on the site. Their Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹75.39 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹6.21 Lakhs
Final Table Results
- elbedonk – ₹1,12,941
- AaoChipender – ₹76,042
- MightyLala – ₹53,614
- sangsss – ₹43,468
- Kapil ‘Pokerkingaadi99’ Chaudhary – ₹34,390
- Rise@boveHate – ₹26,113
- Somesh ‘JackNotMa’ Patel – ₹19,064
- Yash ‘gambler11’ Jaiswal – ₹13,937
‘aishni12’ (Won ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD Sundowner for ₹52,638), ‘BULL0666’ (Won ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD PN Night Rider for ₹38,673), Abhishek ‘Terrier’ Gupta (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD PN Ultimate 6 Card PLO for ₹35,651), Biplob ‘hellhell’ Rana (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD PN Hi-Fi – Turbo for ₹28,971), Rohit ‘kick_axxxs’ Singh (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Chip Up for ₹20,050), and ‘Priya20_20’ (Won ₹50K GTD The Centurion for ₹8,218) won the other Spartan Poker marquees.
PokerBaazi
The Endeavour – ₹12 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹3,850
Entries – 242
Re-entries – 218
Prize Pool – ₹16,10,000
Places Paid – 54
Rohit ‘Kudos0505’ Behal was one of the Tuesday chartbusters! The former BSS SuperStack champion conquered a 460-strong field in PokerBaazi’s ₹12 Lakhs GTD The Endeavour to win ₹3.24 Lakhs, scoring his first title victory in almost 13 months. The IOPC January 2021 – The Crown finalist Suresh ‘oil_trader’ Kolli finished runner-up for ₹2.27 Lakhs.
Rohit Behal squeezed out another deep run in Adda52’s The Mint (21st for ₹11,200), rounding up almost ₹3.35 Lakhs in Tuesday winnings. His online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹71.51 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹6.88 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #1
The Endeavour runner-up finisher Suresh Kolli fired up another FT finish in Adda52’s The Mint (7th for ₹42,000), raking in a hefty ₹2.69 Lakhs overall. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.89 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹60.72 Lakhs
Final Table Results
- Rohit ‘Kudos0505’ Behal – ₹3,23,610
- Suresh ‘oil_trader’ Kolli – ₹2,26,849
- Rajat ‘LungFakeer’ Sharma – ₹1,45,866
- Arvindhan ‘Bblackdegen’ Lakshminarayanan – ₹1,07,870
- Lordofspades62 – ₹80,983
- Aquib ‘Cavallino’ Ansari – ₹64,883
- destroyking – ₹54,096
- Malvette – ₹43,148
(7-Max) SPRINT – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 301
Re-entries – 253
Prize Pool – ₹8,31,000
Places Paid – 63
The APT Online India Feb 2022 Mini Main Event champion, Rising Star Aman ‘KarmaPoker’ Parakh, clinched PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT title for the second time yesterday for ₹1.61 Lakhs. Arun ‘Devillll27’ Thakur posted a runner-up finish worth ₹1.13 Lakhs.
Aman Parakh cashed another two events on PokerBaazi, adding ₹1.72 Lakhs to his burgeoning bankroll. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.99 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.82 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #20 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.43 Crores
Arun Thakur posted two runner-up finishes for a collective ₹1.61 Lakhs. His Tuesday finishes include:
> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹1,13,182
> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s Afternoon Boost for ₹47,337
Arun Thakur’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹32.72 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #2
PokerBaazi reg Karan ‘karangogi’ Malhotra crossed the money line in six events (including two FT finishes) for ₹88,048 (overall). His top Tuesday finishes include:
> 6th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹32,409
> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s Holdem BOOST for ₹31,976
> 24th in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour for ₹13,041
Karan Malhotra’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.57 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹50.75 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #17 | Annual Winnings: ₹60.25 Lakhs
Final Table Results
- Aman ‘KarmaPoker’ Parakh – ₹1,61,463
- Arun ‘Devillll27’ Thakur – ₹1,13,182
- Prashanth ‘Iveyleague’ Sekar – ₹72,796
- Amit ‘Speedevil’ Khanna – ₹53,849
- Bibhu ‘Daniel_Ivey’ Agarwal – ₹40,387
- Karan ‘karangogi’ Malhotra – ₹32,409
- Bhairab77 – ₹27,008
The #1 ranked player in the annual (TLB) standings, Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur, displaying his characteric consistency, cashed five PokerBaazi events (including two title victories), netting ₹89,435 overall.
His top Tuesday finishes include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s Hyper SPRINT for ₹50,119
> 11th in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour for ₹23,667
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s PLO Daily ₹12,000
Rajneesh Thakur’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.20 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹59.38 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #34 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.26 Crores | Ranked #1 in the Annual TLB (Points) Standings
‘Banta82’ (Won ₹3 Lakhs GTD Holdem BOOST for ₹59,167), Karan ‘collingwood’ Sitlani (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Boost for ₹47,988), ‘bluewaves’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Night SPRINT for ₹40,370), ‘redsniper11’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD SPRINT 1 AM for ₹35,016), ‘saurav29’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD PLO5 BOOST for ₹24,503), ‘arctrus’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Evening SPRINT for ₹22,881), ‘roshan789’ (Won ₹75K GTD PLO-5 SPRINT for ₹20,337), ‘imedh19’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Baazi Super Value for ₹11,329), and Ashish ‘Krazy8’ Mudgil (Won ₹50K GTD 5-Max Daily ₹6,325) won the other PokerBaazi marquees.
MPL Poker
Tuesday Slam – ₹4 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,999
Entries – 121
Re-entries – 75
Prize Pool – ₹4,00,000
Places Paid – 30
Nithian ‘tommy214’ Thomas outclassed the 196-player field in MPL Poker’s ₹4 Lakhs GTD Tuesday Slam to win the title and a personal-best ₹96,000. Shubham ‘sportstalk24’ Sehgal took home ₹65,000 in second-place prize money.
Final Table Results
- Nithian ‘tommy214’ Thomas – ₹96,000
- Shubham ‘sportstalk24’ Sehgal – ₹65,000
- Ruma ‘trishasain’ Alam – ₹42,000
- Jyoti ‘lazy_cheetah’ Gurjar – ₹34,000
- Manish ‘any1willdo’ Barman – ₹23,800
- Harman ‘love8755642’ Singh – ₹16,400
- Nikil ‘gambler0093’ Sah – ₹12,400
- Anjul ‘pariqueenstar’ Bajpai – ₹10,400
Pocket52
PFS#10 Pocket Jacks – ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹770
Entries – 255
Re-entries – 134
Prize Pool – ₹2,50,000
Places Paid – 55
Pocket52 user ‘Letv’ bested a 389-player field in the ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD PFS#10 Pocket Jacks to collect ₹49,014. Joyanta ‘Joyanta2’ Ghosh finished runner-up for ₹35,399.
Final Table Results
- Letv – ₹49,014
- Joyanta ‘Joyanta2’ Ghosh – ₹35,399
- UNKNOWN – ₹24,507
- user1643905814 – ₹17,700
- Shailesh ‘MrShailesh’ Patel – ₹12,798
- alfu1220 – ₹10,892
‘Lossers Cc_E3mB8a2eHd’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD PFS#8 UNRAVEL for ₹28,512), ‘Reeraizer’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD PFS#11 GLADIATOR for ₹27,750), ‘Flamboyant_ufUnxEG0Ee’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD PFS#9 POCKET SNACKS for ₹18,648), ‘Ghosh69’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD PFS#13 DESSERT for ₹18,500), ‘Psycho_rp’ (Won ₹75K GTD PFS#7 POCKET SODA for ₹15,563), and ‘musical_nath_11567803′ (Won ₹50K GTD PFS#12 Breeze for ₹11,424) won the other Pocket Friendly Series titles on Day 2 of the series!
PokerStars India
Bounty Builder HR (On-time Rake Refund) – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹7,700
Entries – 79
Re-entries – 50
Total Pool – ₹10,00,000
Regular Pool – ₹5,48,500
Bounty Pool – ₹4,51,500
Places Paid – 13
Atishay ‘momstacos’ Samuel was one of the standout winners on Tuesday, all thanks to his back-to-back wins in PokerStars India’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Bounty Builder HR (₹2.40 Lakhs, including ₹1.31 Lakhs in bounties) and Adda52’s Voyager (₹61,716).
Atishay Samuel raked in ₹3.27 Lakhs yesterday on the back of five ITM finishes, which include:
> 1st in PokerStars India’s Bounty Builder HR for ₹2,38,976
> 1st in Adda52’s Voyager for ₹61,716
> 17th in PokerBaazi’s The Mint for ₹13,300
> 53rd in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour for ₹7,406
> 25th in Spartan Poker’s Tuesday PN for ₹5,233
Atishay Samuel’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.32 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹69.32 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #15
PokerGuru Ambassador Vishal ‘Vishalb22’ Bajaj pocketed ₹86,931 through three deep runs, which include:
> 6th in PokerStars India’s Bounty Builder HR for ₹38,841
> 11th in Spartan Poker’s Mega Stack for ₹33,600
> 19th in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour for ₹14,490
Final Table Results (Including Bounties)
- Atishay ‘momstacos’ Samuel – ₹2,38,976
- tangovictor42 – ₹1,49,507
- Pranav ‘41195’ Somani – ₹1,16,644
- q72019 – ₹79,550
- Gaurav ‘3betPanda’ Sood – ₹55,733
- Vishal ‘Vishalb22’ Bajaj – ₹38,841
- Sandy ‘Ziigmunddd’ Lamba – ₹41,175
- brokakl – ₹25,074
- harsha@patil – ₹26,445
‘demons_rulzz’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Ultrasonic for ₹27,099), ‘ankur142’ (Won ₹50K GTD Deepstack for ₹11,842), Abhishek ‘Addysonu’ Sonu (Won ₹50K GTD Primetime Grind for ₹11,948) won the other PokerStars India marquees.
Adda52
The Mint – ₹14 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹3,850
Entries – 206
Re-entries – 167
Prize Pool – ₹14,00,000
Places Paid – 38
Sanish ‘sanish21’ Chhabra ended a five-week-long title drought by shipping Adda52’s ₹14 Lakhs GTD The Mint for ₹2.85 Lakhs. He chopped the Tuesday flagship with Deep ‘ChristopherCoke’ Patel (2nd for ₹2.77 Lakhs).
The former INCOOP Main Event champion, Chhabra, cumulatively added ₹3 Lakhs on the back of three deep runs yesterday, pushing his online scorecard past the ₹5 Crore-mark.
His Tuesday finishes include:
> 1st in Adda52’s The Mint for ₹2,85,362
> 16th in Spartan Poker’s Tuesday PN for ₹7,102
> 27th in PokerStars India’s Bounty Builder HR for ₹6,125
Sanish Chhabra’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.02 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.60 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #5
Pavankiran ‘RootahuaMacchi’ Bellamkonda banked almost ₹2 Lakhs through three ITM finishes, which include:
> 3rd in Adda52’s The Mint for ₹1,54,000
> 10th in Spartan Poker’s Mega Stack for ₹33,600
> 40th in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour for ₹8,694
Final Table Results
- Sanish ‘sanish21’ Chhabra – ₹2,85,362*
- Deep ‘ChristopherCoke’ Patel – ₹2,76,738*
- Pavankiran ‘RootahuaMacchi’ Bellamkonda – ₹1,54,000
- masterravi123 – ₹1,12,000
- Bhola ‘bhola’ Sharma – ₹75,600
- Sashank ‘TheTamizhDurrr’ Chakravarty – ₹52,500
- Suresh ‘insanium’ Kolli – ₹42,000
- happyfish – ₹35,000
*denotes a heads-up deal
Voyager – ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 173
Re-entries – 133
Prize Pool – ₹3,06,000
Places Paid – 34
Yesterday`s PokerStars India’s Bounty Builder HR winner, Atishay ‘pokergod56’ Samuel made another top finish in Adda52’s ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Voyager, winning the 9:30 PM marquee for ₹61,716. He chopped the title heads-up with Ram ‘mowgumotu’ Kakkar (2nd for ₹61,143).
Final Table Results
- Atishay ‘pokergod56’ Samuel – ₹61,716*
- Ram ‘mowgumotu’ Kakkar – ₹61,143*
- Rishabh ‘rishlangda’ Baj – ₹33,660
- Aditya ‘jumbo52’ Parashar – ₹25,551
- owlgod007 – ₹17,595
- htijnar2003 – ₹11,475
- technoforever – ₹9,180
- Saheb ‘Cyborg007’ Bhowmick – ₹7,650
*denotes a heads-up deal
Rishi ‘ronaldo94’ Mundhra (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Dinesh Karthik Pinch Hitter for ₹34,671), ‘deathreaper’ (Won ₹1.20 Lakhs GTD Afternoon Adda for ₹33,360), ‘NutsLagGaye’ (Won ₹40K GTD Morning Adda for ₹11,817) and ‘siva543’ (Won ₹30K GTD Dinner PLO Bounty Adda for ₹9,505) won the other Tuesday marquees on Adda52.
Khelo365
Khelo365 user ‘RRawani’ outlasted the 57-player field in the ₹10K GTD Sun Downer to collect ₹3,500 in first-place prize money.
Keep following PokerGuru for daily updates on the biggest winners across the major domestic networks!
Daily Majors: Dhinesh Kumar, Ujjwal Narwal, Akhilesh Chauhan & Sanish Chhabra Ring in Top Scores in the Thursday Flagships
It was a busy Thursday, both on the online and physical felts, and there`s a lot more to come. We’re heading into one of the most exciting weekends of the year, where India’s biggest-ever online tournament, PokerBaazi’s ₹5 Crores GTD #BBE ENDBOSS, will name its third champion!
Moving to the latest updates from IPC Megastacks in Nepal, 35-year-old Mahesh Shyamsundar captured his first-ever live title in the series opener ₹25K Kick-Off late last night, winning his first live title and a ₹8.15 Lakhs top prize after striking a four-way deal. A sizable Indian contingent will also be attending the ongoing WPT Prime Vietnam. The title sweats have already started with the winningest player on our tracked database, Young Gun Gaurav Sood, advancing to Day 2 in the first event of the series – the WPT Opener.
Coming to the Thursday online recap, the former Full House winner Dhinesh Kumar lapped up the day’s single-biggest score in Adda52’s Godfather, winning the flagship title for ₹6.20 Lakhs. Amarjeet Singh collected ₹3.75 Lakhs in second place.
Winning two flagships on the same day seems to have become the latest trend. Like Rubin Labroo and Siddharth Pandey the previous two days, Young Gun Ujjwal Narwal posted a trailblazing run last night – winning two headline tournaments for a collective ₹5.43 Lakhs. He took down Spartan Poker’s Trending Thursday for ₹3.23 Lakhs & PokerStars India’s Highroller for ₹2.19 Lakhs.
Wednesday’s Destiny champion Piyush Jain finished runner-up in the Trending Thursday for ₹2.18 lakhs, while Karan Kapur posted a second-place finish in the Highroller for ₹1.69 Lakhs.
November`s The Prestige winner Akhilesh Chauhan was the last player standing in PokerBaazi’s The Summit and won the Thursday flagship for the second time for ₹3.88 Lakhs. He chopped the title heads-up with the five-time The Summit champion Vaibhav Sharma (2nd for ₹3.76 Lakhs)!
Sanish Chhabra came out on top in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT to win ₹1.49 Lakhs. The INCOOP Main Event champion defeated Goan reg Myron Pereira (2nd for ₹1.04 Lakhs) heads-up!
Navneet Raj, Anmolraj Singh Chawla, Neeraj Sattawat, Pranav Kapoor, Vikram Ved Batra, Archit Agarwal, Prateek Ajmani, Rohit Mishra, Mohak Kapoor, Kunal Duggal, Nitin Suresh Kamath, & Mohsin Shaikh shipped the other Thursday marquees!
Here are the Thursday highlights.
PokerBaazi
#BBE EndBoss Day 1B – ₹5 Crores GTD
Entries – 670
Re-entries – 170
Survivors – 97
The second starting flight of PokerBaazi’s ₹5 Crores GTD #BBE EndBoss underperformed as compared to Day 1A – the primary reason being the ongoing IPC Megastacks in Nepal.
Day 1B logged in 840 entries (670 unique and 170 re-entries), and after five hours of play, 97 players carried stacks to Day 2.
Headlining the survivors was Madhur ‘LiTOnyx’ T Sandal (358,000), with Divanshu ‘1diot’ Khurana (343,000) and Hemant ‘hempaces’ Padamwar (302,000) rounding out the top three names on the day-end chip counts list.
Prateek ‘Pm1123’ Ajmani (294,000), Rising Star Ritwik ‘Ritwikkhanna’ Khanna (282,000), Gautam ‘M8a7’ Rohilla (278,000), ‘unicorn77’ (274,000), ‘kaprikiller’ (273,000), ‘gladiator86’ (262,000), and ‘chipfunk’ (262,000) made the top 10 chip count’s list.
India’s biggest ever online tournament, ENDBOSS, has brought in 1,700 entrants across its first two starting flights (Day 1A – 860 and Day 1B – 840)! It still needs another 3,300 entries from the remaining three flights to hit its massive ₹5 Crores prize pool guarantee.
Day 1C starts at 8 PM tonight!
Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1B
- Madhur ‘LiTOnyx’ T Sandal – 358,000
- Divanshu ‘1diot’ Khurana – 343,000
- Hemant ‘hempaces’ Padamwar – 302,000
- Prateek ‘Pm1123’ Ajmani – 294,000
- Ritwik ‘Ritwikkhanna’ Khanna – 282,000
- Gautam ‘M8a7’ Rohilla – 278,000
- unicorn77 – 274,000
- kaprikiller – 273,000
- gladiator86 – 262,000
- chipfunk – 262,000
The Summit – ₹15 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹8,250
Entries – 141
Re-entries – 130
Prize Pool – ₹20,32,500
Places Paid – 36
Akhilesh ‘Ikka5’ Chauhan shipped PokerBaazi’s ₹15 Lakhs GTD The Summit for the second time last night for ₹3.88 Lakhs. Vaibhav ‘WakhraSwagNi’ Sharma missed out on winning the Thursday flagship for a record sixth time and had to settle for a runner-up payday worth ₹3.76 Lakhs, courtesy of a heads-up deal.
Akhilesh Chauhan’s online stats (Spartan Poker & PokerBaazi): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.19 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹9.23 Lakhs | Annual Winnings: ₹38.76 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #3
Final Table Results
- Akhilesh ‘Ikka5’ Chauhan -₹3,87,801*
- Vaibhav ‘WakhraSwagNi’ Sharma -₹3,76,215*
- Avadh ‘Sting240’ Shah -₹2,02,640
- Ram ‘mowgumotu’ Kakkar -₹1,49,999
- Ratul ‘luna’ Steves -₹1,12,601
- Chirag ‘chiragkhanduja’ Khanduja -₹90,040
- Kanav ‘sokopa’ Parwal -₹74,796
*denotes a heads-up deal
(7-Max) SPRINT – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 302
Re-entries – 261
Prize Pool – ₹8,44,500
Places Paid – 72
PokerBaazi’s 9 PM attraction, ₹5 Lakhs GTD SPRINT, logged in 563 entries generating a guarantee-crushing ₹8.44 Lakhs prize pool. Navneet ‘SICKafterCLICK’ Raj was the last player standing and banked the lion’s share of the prize money worth ₹1.48 Lakhs following a heads-up deal with Ankita ‘reginaphalange’ Gupta (2nd for ₹1.23 Lakhs).
Navneet Raj’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹1.53 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹1.42 Lakhs
Final Table Results
- Navneet ‘SICKafterCLICK’ Raj -₹1,48,432*
- Ankita ‘reginaphalange’ Gupta -₹1,23,074*
- Ankit ’tiltplay’ Khattar -₹71,951
- Bhushan ‘bhushansohani’ Sohani -₹53,288
- Pradip ‘Nit2Donk’ Ghosh -₹39,945
- Rohit ‘rohit0004’ Yadav -₹32,007
- Rahul ‘bunnyhigh’ Solanki -₹26,686
*denotes a heads-up deal
(7-Max) Daily SPRINT – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 187
Re-entries – 167
Prize Pool – ₹7,08,000
Places Paid – 45
Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra outran the 354-entry field in PokerBaazi’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) Daily SPRINT, raking in ₹1.49 Lakhs for the win. Myron ‘priyankAAchoprAA’ Pereira collected ₹1.04 Lakhs in second place.
The former INCOOP Main Event winner, Sanish Chhabra, posted another three ITM finishes, making away with ₹2.04 Lakhs overall.
His Thursday finishes include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹1.49 Lakhs
> 14th in PokerStars India’s Highroller for ₹18,793
> 23rd in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹18,750
> 18th in Spartan Poker’s Trending Thursday for ₹17,520
Sanish Chhabra’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.65 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.49 Crores | Annual Winnings: ₹47.21 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #3
PokerGuru Ambassador Chandan ‘darkfish’ Arora FT-ed two events for ₹71,507. His FT finishes include:
> 5th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹37,170
> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s Deepstack for ₹34,337
Raman ‘Ranzoo9’ Arora won the PLO5 BOOST and cashed two other PokerBaazi marquees for ₹58,771 (overall). His Thursday finishes include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s PLO5 BOOST for ₹31,742
> 7th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹24,780
> 30th in PokerBaazi’s Holdem BOOST for ₹2,249
Final Table Results
- Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra -₹1,48,680
- Myron ‘priyankAAchoprAA’ Pereira -₹1,04,076
- Akshay ‘freddiemercury’ Gupta -₹66,906
- Avinash ‘ladda’ Koneru -₹49,560
- Chandan ‘darkfish’ Arora -₹37,170
- Kumar ‘badm3nt3n’ Suresh -₹29,736
- Raman ‘Ranzoo9’ Arora -₹24,780
Neeraj ‘neerunj’ Sattawat (Won Holdem BOOST ₹3 Lakhs GTD for ₹72,660), ‘Junta’ (Won Daily Boost ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹64,690), Vikram ‘vikrambatra’ Ved Batra (Won Daily Night SPRINT ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹54,080), Prateek ‘Pm1123’ Ajmani (Won Daily SPRINT ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹39,030), ‘redstriker’ (Won SPRINT ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹37,160), Rohit ‘rohit22rm’ Mishra (Won Afternoon SPRINT ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹34,420) shipped the other Thursday marquees on PokerBaazi.
Spartan Poker
Trending Thursday – ₹13 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 148
Re-entries – 58
Rebuys – 86
Prize Pool – ₹14,60,000
Places Paid – 27
One of the most consistent winners this year, Young Gun Ujjwal ‘Lord Hendrix’ Narwal, (opted out of our tracking), was the Thursday trailblazer with two titles and over ₹5.43 Lakhs in total winnings! He trounced the 292-player field in Spartan Poker’s Trending Thursday to collect ₹3.23 Lakhs shortly after taking down PokerStars India’s Highroller for ₹2.19 Lakhs.
Ujjwal Narwal’s top Thursday finishes include:
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s Trending Thursday for ₹3.23 Lakhs
> 1st in PokerStars India’s Highroller for ₹2.19 Lakhs
Wednesday’s Destiny champion Piyush ‘jacks_apart’ Jain made a strong bid to win back-to-back titles – but finished runner-up for ₹2.18 lakhs.
Final Table Results
- Ujjwal ‘Lord Hendrix’ Narwal – ₹3,23,390
- Piyush ‘jacks_apart’ Jain – ₹2,18,270
- LIVETODIEANOTHERDAY – ₹1,50,234
- Pradip ‘Nit2Donk’ Ghosh – ₹1,22,494
- Karan ‘Majestic’ Radia – ₹97,674
- Alok ‘ALOK.’ Pawar – ₹75,044
- mnac – ₹54,604
- Rishabh ‘radda’ Gupta – ₹39,566
Deepstack – ₹3 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 169
Re-entries – 57
Rebuys – 116
Prize Pool – ₹342,000
Places Paid – 27
Three days after winning the Monster Stack, Pranav ‘prnvkpr’ Kapoor won Spartan Poker’s ₹3 Lakhs GTD Deepstack for a personal-best ₹72,333. The mid-stakes crusher Gopal ‘TheRealG’ Bajaj, playing from Nepal, finished runner-up for ₹48,701.
Pranav Kapoor’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.62 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.02 Lakhs
Final Table Results
- Pranav ‘prnvkpr’ Kapoor – ₹72,333
- Gopal ‘TheRealG’ Bajaj – ₹48,701
- Chandan ‘Flow Like Water’ Arora – ₹34,337
- D@K$H – ₹27,839
- elbedonk – ₹22,025
- Plan_kinzhal – ₹16,037
- Sidhartha ‘mainhunfish’ Tulsyan – ₹12,209
- Shubham ‘theViperArena’ Chaudhary – ₹8,240
Archit ‘Archit810’ Agarwal (Won Monster Stack ₹2 Lakhs GTD for ₹46,026), ‘kamikaze212’ (Won Sundowner ₹1.25 Lakhs GTD for ₹27,514), ‘PKJB007’ (Won Chip Up ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹23,856), Nitin Suresh ‘naghiss’ Kamath (Won The Centurion ₹50K GTD for ₹10,506), and ‘Abin23’ (Won Epic ₹35K GTD for ₹7,753) were others who won the other Spartan Poker marquees.
PokerStars India
Highroller (On-time Rake Refund) – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹7,700
Entries – 77
Re-entries – 47
Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000
Places Paid – 15
Young Gun Ujjwal ‘CougarHunter69’ Narwal was an unstoppable force last night! The IIT-ian got his title-winning spree started by taking down PokerStars India’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Highroller (On-time Rake Refund) for ₹2.19 Lakhs, picking up his sixth High Roller title on the site this year.
Narwal was among the 124 players who signed up for the ₹7,700 buy-in event, and after an almost seven-hour-long grind, he defeated Karan ‘JUNIOR1-KK’ Kapur (2nd for ₹1.69 Lakhs) heads-up to bag the top prize.
The online crusher Ujjwal Narwal went on to win Spartan Poker’s Trending Thursday shortly afterward for another ₹3.23 Lakhs.
The 8 PM Highroller filled in ₹1.32 Lakhs in overlays and refunded the ₹700 in rake to everyone who was registered in the event before the start time.
Final Table Results
- Ujjwal ‘CougarHunter69’ Narwal -₹2,19,186
- Karan ‘JUNIOR1-KK’ Kapur -₹1,68,902
- sumit_5011 -₹1,30,154
- Sahil ‘inaboobham’ Mahboobani -₹1,00,295
- Deepesh ‘deep12322’ Raka -₹77,286
- kabir2298 -₹59,556
- Shravan ‘lukBo$$13’ Chhabria -₹45,893
- Arsh ‘BiggggTymeR’ Grover -₹35,365
- crishabh770 -₹30,194
Deepstack – ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,375
Entries – 71
Re-entries – 41
Prize Pool – ₹1,50,000
Places Paid – 13
PokerStars India’s ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Deepstack ran from 9.30 PM to 1.11 AM, with 112 participants vying for a share of the ₹1.50 Lakhs prize pool. The mystery user ‘honey mhr 1423‘ bested ‘testedOK‘ heads-up to win the title for ₹41,345 (₹22,910 in bounties). The latter lapped up ₹20,330 (₹6,172 in bounties) in second place.
Final Table Results (Includes Bounties)
- honey mhr 1423 -₹41,345
- testedOK -₹20,330
- Ashit ‘Cringing’ Sharma -₹13,452
- Tanay ‘tanayp’ Parekh -₹14,387
- dhondu.chilll -₹10,164
- MeraDeshMahaan -₹6,528
- Areax97 -₹3,783
- singhbliing23 -₹3,218
- Shubham ‘theViperArena’ Chaudhary -₹4,654
‘Tandope’ (Won Ultrasonic ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹21,523), Kunal ‘kunalduggal13’ Duggal (Won Afternoon on Stars ₹50K GTD for ₹14,316), ‘KDBATM’ (Won Primetime Grind ₹50K GTD for ₹12,965), and ‘Pg470621’ (Won Deepstack ₹50K GTD for ₹10,727) won the other PokerStars India marquees.
Adda52
Godfather – ₹25 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 237
Re-entries – 195
Prize Pool – ₹25,00,000
Places Paid- 43
Adda52’s Godfather ran from 8 PM to 4.35 AM last night. The former Millionaire Lite and Full House Finale winner Dhinesh ‘dinzy009’ Kumar outran the 432-entry field to claim the title and the ₹6.20 Lakhs up-top – emerging as the day`s top scorer. Amarjeet ‘amarjeet1989’ Singh placed runner-up for ₹3.75 Lakhs.
Dhinesh Kumar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.41 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.70 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #3
The ₹5,500 buy-in event got hit hard by the overlay avalanche as it had to fill in a ₹3.40 Lakhs shortfall.
Final Table Results
- Dhinesh ‘dinzy009’ Kumar – ₹6,20,000
- Amarjeet ‘amarjeet1989’ Singh – ₹3,75,000
- Mohit ‘thejokerrrr’ Mehta – ₹2,62,500
- Rachit ‘baba_ramdev’ Soni – ₹2,00,000
- Armaan ‘tandavam’ Kochhar – ₹1,30,000
- Harry ‘harrys111’ Singh – ₹87,500
- Vinay ‘ContemporisT’ B – ₹68,750
- Nitesh ‘nitkat’ Katiyar – ₹56,250
Monster Turbo – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,500
Entries – 137
Re-entries – 77
Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Places Paid – 21
The former IMPS #96 Highroller third-place finisher Anmolraj Singh ‘anmolrajy’ Chawla proved the last player standing in Adda52’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Monster Turbo, where he bested the 214-strong player field to grab the top prize of ₹1.38 Lakhs. Site reg Mohit Kumar ‘Betoo’ Singh secured a runner-up payday of ₹81,250.
Anmolraj Singh Chawla’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹91.18 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹34.59 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #4
The site filled in an overlay shortfall of ₹18,500.
Final Table Results
- Anmolraj Singh ‘anmolrajy’ Chawla – ₹1,37,500
- Mohit Kumar ‘Betoo’ Singh – ₹81,250
- Vikram Ved ‘swingtrader’ Batra – ₹61,750
- Ashit ‘nexus010’ Sharma – ₹45,000
- Amrit ‘amrit1111’ Mishra – ₹31,250
- Rishabh ‘rishabh002’ Gupta – ₹21,250
- Ankita ‘ankumalik’ Ajay – ₹17,500
- Abhimanyu ‘PsychoDrama’ Mittal – ₹13,750
Mohak ‘sparkie’ Kapoor (Won Nighttide DST Adda ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹32,429), ‘Champ1987’ (Won Afternoon Adda ₹1.20 Lakhs GTD for ₹30,300), ‘Padma37’ (Won Freeze-Out Adda ₹40K GTD for ₹14,266), ‘hope123’ (Won Bounty Adda ₹60K GTD for ₹12,251), ‘bopin’ (Won Morning Adda ₹50K GTD for ₹11,817), Mohsin ‘Gongo’ Shaikh (Won Evening Adda ₹50K GTD for ₹10,020), and ‘mayank0985’ (Won Dinner PLO Adda ₹30K GTD for ₹9,781) were among the other Thursday winners on Adda52.
Khelo365
Khelo365 user ‘Jigar7’ outlasted a 79-player field in the site’s ₹10K GTD Sun Downer to collect ₹4,000.
Keep following PokerGuru for daily updates on the biggest winners across the major domestic networks!
Daily Majors: Harshad Barve Champions Millionaire Series #13 – Wednesday Millionaire; Devang Yadav, Saransh Garg, Nitin Arora & Shriram Varma Win the Other Wednesday Flagships
Wednesday marked Day 4 of Spartan Poker’s (and partner sites BLITZPOKER & PokerHigh) The Millionaire Series 4.0, and the three Millionaire-branded events added extra spice to the regular MTT fare.
The former IOPC – Blaze Of Glory winner Harshad Barve was the day’s top scorer. The poker reg from Pune was one of the BPT Main Event finalists but got unlucky to bust in ninth place. However, there was no denying him the glory last night as he marched his way to the finish line in Spartan Poker’s Millionaire Series #13 – Wednesday Millionaire to collect ₹11.15 Lakhs (his second-best career finish). Yesterday`s Hyper Sprint winner Monam Hayat pocketed a career-best ₹6.86 Lakhs in second place.
Young Gun Devang Yadav was the last player standing in Adda52’s Maverick and won ₹3.82 Lakhs. Abhimanyu Mittal came second for ₹2.17 Lakhs.
Saransh Garg championed PokerBaazi’s The Pride for ₹3.12 Lakhs. The former The Millionaire champion Rishab Malik finished runner-up for ₹2.18 Lakhs.
The BPT March 2022 Main Event champion Nitin Arora shipped Spartan Poker’s Millionaire Series #14 for ₹1.93 Lakhs. Young Gun Karan Radia secured a runner-up payday worth ₹1.19 Lakhs.
Prince Singh won Spartan Poker’s Millionaire Series #12 for ₹1.66 Lakhs.
Jaikishan Jangid took down PokerBaazi’s SPRINT (7-Max) for ₹1.60 Lakhs. Pradip Ghosh settled for a runner-up finish worth ₹1.12 Lakhs. Ghosh also FT-ed Adda52’s La Luna (7th for ₹14,071).
Shriram Varma, Sanish Chhabra, Akash Singhal, Ankit Thakur, Saumil Krishnani, Rahul Sengar, and Piyush Nanda won the other marquee tournaments.
Here are the Wednesday highlights!
Spartan Poker
Spartan Poker’s The Millionaire Series 4.0 hit the midway mark yesterday! There were three featured events on the Wednesday plan, the day`s star attraction being the ₹40 Lakhs GTD Millionaire Series #13 – Wednesday Millionaire.
Millionaire Series #13 – Wednesday Millionaire – ₹40 Lakhs GTD (1st Place – ₹10 Lakhs GTD)
Buy-in – ₹6,600
Entries – 344
Re-entries – 133
Rebuys – 238
Prize Pool – ₹42,90,000
Places Paid – 60
After a little over eight hours of non-stop place, the former IOPC – Blaze Of Glory winner Harshad ‘Epic Whale’ Barve took down the day`s biggest guaranteed tournament, ₹40 Lakhs GTD Millionaire Series #13 – Wednesday Millionaire, for a second-best career score worth ₹11.15 Lakhs. Monam ‘Mhk123’ Hayat pocketed a career-best ₹6.86 Lakhs in second place.
Harshad Barve placed 76th in Millionaire Series #14 for ₹2,982, bringing his collective scores for the day to over ₹11.38 Lakhs, making him the Wednesday chartbuster. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.12 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹39.36 Lakhs | Annual Winnings: ₹49.39 Lakhs |Titles Won in 2022: #4
The runner-up, Monam Hayat, also took down PokerBaazi’s ₹2 Lakhs GTD Hyper Sprint for ₹50,474, collectively adding ₹7.37 Lakhs. His ITM finishes include:
> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s Millionaire Series #13 – Wednesday Millionaire for ₹6.86 Lakhs
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s Hyper Sprint for ₹50,474
Monam Hayat’s online stats (on PokerBaazi & Spartan Poker): Lifetime Winnings: ₹17.35 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #2
The ₹6,600 buy-in event logged in 715 entries, generating a ₹42.90 Lakhs prize pool.
Final Table Results
- Harshad ‘Epic Whale’ Barve – ₹11,15,400
- Monam ‘Mhk123’ Hayat – ₹6,86,400
- Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia – ₹3,94,680
- Eggfrycurry – ₹2,78,850
- Dhirendra ‘BustedFish’ Kumar – ₹1,73,745
- Amit ‘Kavipri’ Gehani – ₹1,28,700
- Yohan ‘PAPITO’ Patel- ₹1,07,250
- Shriram ‘MasterBet10’ Varma – ₹85,800
Millionaire Series #14 – ₹8 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 471
Re-entries – 165
Rebuys – 375
Prize Pool – ₹10,11,000
Places Paid – 95
The second Millionaire Series marquee, ₹8 Lakhs GTD Millionaire Series #14, drew 1,011 entrants, resulting in a prize pool collection of ₹10.11 Lakhs. The BPT March 2022 Main Event champion Nitin ‘Demogorgon’ Arora made quite the return to the virtual felts last night as he took down the title for ₹1.93 Lakhs. Young Gun Karan ‘Majestic’ Radia secured a runner-up payday worth ₹1.19 Lakhs.
The IOPC – Sunday Prime winner Nitin Arora crossed the money line in three other events, raking ₹2.28 Lakhs in Wednesday scores. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.21 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.20 Crores | Annual Winnings: ₹79.59 Lakhs| Titles Won in 2022: #5
Vinay ‘ConCrete’ B ITM-ed four events for a collective ₹91,559. His ITM finishes include:
> 6th in Spartan Poker’s Millionaire Series #14 for ₹40,238
> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s Night Rider – Monster Stack for ₹30,272
> 34th in Spartan Poker`s Millionaire Series #13 – Wednesday Millionaire for ₹17,299
> 60th in Adda52’s Maverick for ₹3,750
Final Table Results
- Nitin ‘Demogorgon’ Arora – ₹1,92,899
- Karan ‘Majestic’ Radia – ₹1,19,096
- SlugaBed – ₹85,126
- hutu001 – ₹65,210
- Mastermind000 – ₹51,662
- Vinay ‘ConCrete’ B – ₹40,238
- Arnav ‘AIOps’ Sharma – ₹29,319
- kj457 – ₹20,038
Millionaire Series #12 – ₹7.25 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹880
Entries – 560
Re-entries – 127
Rebuys – 409
Prize Pool – ₹8,76,800
Places Paid – 103
Online reg Prince ‘kostanikov’ Singh overcame a 1,096-player field in the ₹7.25 Lakhs GTD Millionaire Series #12 to win ₹1.66 Lakhs.
Prince Singh posted deep runs in three other marquees, pocketing over ₹1.78 Lakhs. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.59 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹44.66 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #12
Final Table Results
- Prince ‘kostanikov’ Singh – ₹1,66,066
With The Millionaire Series 4.0 past the mid-way stage, the ₹20 Lakhs added leaderboard race has seen some changes in the top order. Jaikiran ‘GOLI SODA’ Kumar (2,214 points) and Mohit ‘thejoker’ Mehta (2,137 points) have exchanged places at the top, even as ‘elbedonk’ (1,813 points) continues to hold on to the #3 position in the leaderboard rankings.
The Millionaire Series 4.0 Leaderboard Standings After Day 4
| Rank | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jaikiran 'GOLI SODA' Kumar | 2,214 |
| 2 | Mohit 'thejoker' Mehta | 2,137 |
| 3 | elbedonk | 1,813 |
| 4 | Bhushan 'funchampion' Sohani | 1,804 |
| 5 | CharlieDrew | 1,788 |
| 6 | Sanket 'GentleMonster' Arora | 1,770 |
| 7 | OldTimer | 1,680 |
| 8 | fizzlo | 1,669 |
| 9 | Harsh 'Chiraunjilal Khosla' Bubna | 1,56 |
| 10 | Manish thekid' Lakhotia | 1,640 |
Saumil ‘Indianavatar’ Krishnani (Won Night Rider – Monsterstack ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD for ₹45,384), ‘BAMYTH’ (Won Epic ₹80K GTD for ₹21,000), ‘obtuse1’ (Won Epic ₹35K GTD for ₹7,344), and ‘iamthebestest’ (Won Striker ₹18K GTD for ₹4,860) won the other Wednesday marquees on Spartan Poker.
PokerBaazi
The Pride – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹3,850
Entries – 226
Re-entries – 217
Prize Pool – ₹15,51,000
Places Paid – 54
The NPS gold medallist, Saransh ‘saransh004’ Garg, shipped PokerBaazi’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Pride for ₹3.12 Lakhs, picking up his sixth title of 2022! The former The Millionaire champion Rishab ‘ryuk’ Malik finished runner-up for ₹2.18 Lakhs.
Saransh Garg’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹83.85 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹27.89 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #6
The event registered 443 participants, generating a guarantee-smashing ₹15.51 Lakhs prize pool. The top 54 places got paid.
Final Table Results
- Saransh ‘saransh004’ Garg – ₹3,11,651
- Rishab ‘ryuk’ Malik – ₹2,18,465
- Imdad ‘rahuljohn1983’ Ahmed – ₹1,40,475
- Aditya ‘konstantin’ Singh – ₹1,03,884
- Kunal ‘symbolicchamp’ Agrawal – ₹77,990
- Kunal ‘VasooliChacha’ Patni – ₹62,485
- Amrit ‘bungakat’ Mishra – ₹52,097
- Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra – ₹41,553
SPRINT (7-Max) – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 298
Re-entries – 268
Prize Pool – ₹8,49,000
Places Paid – 72
Jaikishan ‘royalking7424’ Jangid raced past the 566-entry field in the ₹5 Lakhs GTD SPRINT (7-Max) to claim the lion’s share of the ₹8.49 Lakhs prize pool worth ₹1.60 Lakhs. His PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹59.71 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹18.42 Lakhs
Pradip ‘Nit2Donk’ Ghosh has been in stellar form since the start of 2022, having already clinched seven titles. He was gunning for his eighth title in the SPRINT (7-Max) but settled for a runner-up finish worth ₹1.12 Lakhs. He also placed seventh in Adda52’s La Luna for ₹14,071, raking in ₹1.27 Lakhs (overall)!
Final Table Results
- Jaikishan ‘royalking7424’ Jangid – ₹1,60,461
- Pradip ‘Nit2Donk’ Ghosh – ₹1,12,493
- Prami – ₹72,335
- Sunnyshashisingh – ₹53,572
- Varun ‘omniknight’ Meena – ₹40,158
- Vikram ‘vikrambatra’ Ved Batra – ₹32,177
- Kritagya ‘Kritagya_17’ Sharma – ₹26,828
Daily SPRINT – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 144
Re-entries – 131
Prize Pool – ₹5,50,000
Places Paid – 36
The ₹5 Lakhs GTD Daily SPRINT logged in 275 entries, posting a ₹5.50 Lakhs prize pool. Shriram ‘MasterBet10’ Varma was the last player standing and won ₹1.21 Lakhs, while the first-ever IOPC – The Crown champion Harshit ‘Harshit114’ Sanghi finished runner-up for ₹85,250.
Shriram Varma bagged ₹2.20 Lakhs (cumulatively) on the back of three deep runs that include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s Daily SPRINT for ₹1.21 Lakhs
> 8th in Spartan Poker’s Millionaire Series #13 – Wednesday Millionaire for ₹85,800
> 23rd in PokerBaazi’s The Pride for ₹12,559
Shriram Varma’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹28.53 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹9.64 Lakhs
Final Table Results
- Shriram ‘MasterBet10’ Varma – ₹1,21,495
- Harshit ‘Harshit114’ Sanghi – ₹85,250
- Sarveshshahni – ₹54,835
- dilbaghsingh – ₹40,590
- Sanjeeta ‘realkidsanju’ Kumari – ₹30,470
- Anuj ‘technoforever’ Mahajan – ₹24,365
- Ritu.79 – ₹20,240
- Gautam ‘rabbithunter’ Kaul – ₹16,225
Akash ‘hell12’ Singhal (Won Daily Boost ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹61,630), Ankit ‘Ankitj’ Thakur (Won Daily Night SPRINT ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹52,310), Monam ‘loosingfreak’ Hayat (Won Hyper Sprint ₹2 Lakhs GTD for ₹50,470), ‘golu2428’ (Won Holdem BOOST ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹36,180), ‘yashroy1’ (Won Evening SPRINT ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹26,930), ‘shades92’ (Won PLO Boost Monster ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹25,980), and ‘afsos’ (Won 5-max Daily ₹50K GTD for ₹13,150) shipped the other PokerBaazi marquees.
PokerStars India
Big Bubble Rush – ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 90
Re-entries – 71
Prize Pool – ₹1,61,000
Places Paid – 17
PokerStars India regular and the former Sunday Special PKO champion, Rahul ‘LaughingBoddha’ Sengar, topped the 161-strong field in the site`s ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Big Bubble Rush to win ₹39,197 (includes ₹24,687 in bounties). ‘168Hrs’ finished runner-up for ₹17,572 (includes ₹3,063 in bounties).
Rahul Sengar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.09 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹31.39 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #3
The ₹1,100 buy-in event ran from 9.30 PM to 2.42 AM, and the top 17 places took a bite out of the ₹1.61 Lakhs prize pool.
Final Table Results (Includes Bounties)
- Rahul ‘LaughingBoddha’ Sengar – ₹39,197
- 168Hrs – ₹17,572
- Ashit ‘Cringing’ Sharma – ₹15,835
- Amit ‘Stu Ungar 7694’ Kaushik – ₹9,417
- gs1289 – ₹8,652
- Bharat ‘MojoJojo2193’ Vasan – ₹8,590
- sumitm74 – ₹3,915
‘Xbox0710’ (Won Ultrasonic ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹24,056), Piyush ‘noname3006’ Nanda (Won Afternoon on Stars ₹50K GTD for ₹16,884), ‘yogisoni2704’ (Won Deepstack ₹50K GTD for ₹12,539), and ‘dinesh9999’ (Won Primetime Grind ₹50K GTD for ₹11,522) won the other PokerStars India marquees.
Adda52
Maverick – ₹15 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,750
Entries – 303
Re-entries – 289
Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000
Places Paid – 63
After two FT finishes earlier in the week, Young Gun Devang ‘spark123’ Yadav finally went the distance in Adda52`s ₹15 Lakhs GTD Maverick last night, winning the title outright for ₹3.82 Lakhs. He bested Abhimanyu ‘PsychoDrama’ Mittal (2nd for ₹2.17 Lakhs) in the heads-up play.
Devang Yadav crossed the money line in three more events, adding ₹4.17 Lakhs to his Wednesday tally. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.82 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.81 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #4
The ₹2,750 buy-in event clocked in 592 entries, experiencing an overlay shortfall of ₹20,000.
Final Table Results
- Devang ‘spark123’ Yadav – ₹3,82,500
- Abhimanyu ‘PsychoDrama’ Mittal – ₹2,17,500
- TheTamizhDurrr – ₹1,49,250
- Dhaval ‘dirtyzoso’ Mudgal – ₹1,08,750
- Kunal ‘Kunotaguero’ Yadav – ₹75,000
- Vishal ‘Mitsen’ Singh – ₹52,500
- Sagar ‘rajsagar32’ Raj – ₹41,250
- Mayank ‘AreyBetaRaise’ Maruka – ₹30,000
La Luna – ₹4 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,800
Entries – 145
Re-entries – 119
Prize Pool – ₹4,32,960
Places Paid – 27
The former The Millionaire and INCOOP Main Event champion, Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra, took down the ₹4 Lakhs GTD La Luna for ₹1.13 Lakhs after pipping the well-known poker coach Kanishka ‘kanishka27’ Samant (2nd for ₹67,109) in the heads-up showdown.
Sanish Chhabra cashed another four events for a collective ₹1.30 Lakhs. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.54 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.53 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #2
Final Table Results
- Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra – ₹1,12,570
- Kanishka ‘kanishka27’ Samant – ₹67,109
- Vikash ‘charuz’ Kumar – ₹50,440
- UPay4MyWeed98 – ₹36,802
- nuts280889 – ₹24,895
- AKQjjj – ₹18,401
Khelo365
Khelo365’s ₹25K GTD 6 Feet Under Deepstack PLO brought in 51 players, and ‘Max07’ outlasted them all to collect ₹8,750. ‘Vachann’ came second for ₹5,500.
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Avish Sharma, Vinay B, Manish Lakhotia, Rony Chowdhury & Sanish Chhabra Rake in Breakout Sunday Scores
The Sunday MTT lineup lacked the punch we`ve become accustomed to reporting the last few weeks. Still, the usual Sunday flagships and the NPS finale kept the regs busy.
PokerGuru Staking booked another breakout run last night, with PokerGuru Ambassadors winning two Sunday flagships, posting three runner-up scores and almost a dozen FT finishes!
Last month`s PokerBaazi Classics Game Changer third-place finisher Avish Sharma topped the Sunday charts as he won Spartan Poker’s Sunday Superstack for ₹8.40 Lakhs. Vikash Kumar placed second for ₹5.59 Lakhs.
Hot on Sharma’s trails was Vinay B, who went on a tear last night. He shipped the Adda52 Millions for ₹6.79 Lakhs, following a heads-up deal with Basant Kumar Singh (runner-up for ₹5.97 Lakhs). Vinay B ran deep in five more events, rounding up ₹7.65 Lakhs in Sunday winnings.
PokerGuru Ambassador Rony Chowdhury took down PokerBaazi’s BSS SuperStack for ₹4.21 Lakhs after striking a heads-up deal with Vinay Rajpal (2nd for ₹4.04 Lakhs). Chowdhry’s Sunday grind fetched him ₹4.53 Lakhs collectively.
The #2 ranked player of 2021, Manish Lakhotia, captured the Nano Main Event title for ₹4.01 Lakhs after eliminating ‘pinkfloyd’ (2nd for ₹2.90 Lakhs) in second place. Lakhotia added ₹5.67 Lakhs in Sunday winnings.
The former INCOOP Main Event champion Sanish Chhabra won his second Sunday Special PKO title last night for ₹3.19 Lakhs, adding ₹3.49 Lakhs in Sunday winnings. PokerGuru Ambassador Gokul Raj collected ₹1.73 Lakhs in second place.
PokerStars India ran the third (and final) EPT Sochi Main Event Qualifier yesterday. ‘Aa5hw1n’ topped the 51-entry field in the ₹5,500 buy-in qualifier to win an all-expenses-paid package worth ₹4 Lakhs package to the EPT Sochi Main Event.
Sanket Arora took down Spartan Poker’s Sunday Sundowner for ₹3.03 Lakhs.
Kunal Yadav bagged two Sunday titles, collectively adding ₹3.04 Lakhs. He won PokerBaazi’s BSS MonsterStack (₹1.42 Lakhs) and the Adda52-hosted Nano DST (₹62,054).
Md Zeeshan championed Nano High Roller for ₹2.72 Lakhs. He chopped the title three-way with ‘Fletcher03’ (2nd for ₹2.50 Lakhs) and Dhirendra Kumar (3rd for ₹2.12 Lakhs).
Atishay Samuel came out on top in PokerStars India`s Sunday Highroller for ₹2.39 Lakhs. PokerGuru Ambassador Ankit Wadhawan finished runner-up for ₹1.84 Lakhs.
Mandar Madaye proved the last player standing in PokerBaazi’s BSS Sprint and won ₹1.56 Lakhs. PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish Ahuja came second for ₹1.09 Lakhs.
Vivek Singh, Devrat Singh, Karan Pantola, Shubham Agarwal, Abhishek Sonu, and Kuldeep Jorwal won the other Sunday majors.
Here are the Sunday highlights!
Spartan Poker
In the absence of a flagship MTT series and weekend flagships like The Millionaire or Prestige, Spartan Poker`s Sunday MTT lineup was relatively modest.
The biggest guaranteed event on Sunday was the site`s signature ₹35 Lakhs GTD Sunday Superstack. The ₹11,000 buy-in event filled in a 314-strong field, locking in a guarantee-smashing ₹41.90 Lakhs prize pool. Last month’s PokerBaazi Classics’ Game Changer third-place finisher Avish ‘thehorse7’ Sharma championed the event to win ₹8.40 Lakhs, with Vikash ‘Davill’ Kumar finishing runner-up for ₹5.59 Lakhs.
Avish Sharma`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹86.56 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹38.17 Lakhs | First Title in 16 Months
Sanket ‘GentleMonster’ Arora raced past the 519-entry field in the ₹15 Lakhs GTD Sunday Sundowner, banking the most significant portion of the ₹15.57 Lakhs prize pool worth ₹3.03 Lakhs. ‘swimminwdafishies‘ came second for ₹1.92 Lakhs.
Sanket Arora also cashed Adda52’s Nano Highroller (11th for ₹19,784), netting ₹3.23 Lakhs. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.61 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.11 Crore | Titles Won in 2022: #2
The ₹8 Lakhs GTD Money Heist brought in 701 hopefuls, resulting in an overlay shortfall worth ₹28,900. After a little over eight hours of non-stop action, the user ‘ToTheMoon’ took down the event for ₹1.54 Lakhs. Siddharth ‘SidSparta21’ Ojha came second for ₹97,280.
‘ToTheMoon’ also finished 45th in the Sunday Sundowner for ₹8,875, pocketing ₹1.63 Lakhs cumulatively. Their Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹2.19 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹91,751
Devrat ‘Leonidas1’ Singh (Won Sunday Monster Stack ₹3.25 Lakhs GTD for ₹84,049), ‘Reddington1’ (Won Reloaded ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹33,225), ‘El’Chapo’ (Won Ultimate 4 Card PLO ₹85K GTD for ₹22,352), and ‘El’Chapo’ (Won The Centurion ₹50K GTD for ₹10,045) shipped the other Sunday marquees on Spartan Poker.
PokerBaazi
PokerBaazi ran another smashing edition of its Baazi Super Sunday (BSS) events yesterday! The ₹20 Lakhs GTD BSS SuperStack headlined the site`s weekend roster and received a rousing response with 499 hopefuls signing up for ₹5,500. Only the top 63 places got a piece of the guarantee-crushing ₹24.95 Lakhs prize pool (almost 25% more than the listed guarantee). PokerGuru Ambassador Rony ‘bisadip176’ Chowdhury was the last player standing and won the Sunday flagship for ₹4.21 Lakhs. Vinay ‘vinay09’ Rajpal collected ₹4.04 Lakhs in second place, courtesy of a heads-up deal.
Rony Chowdhury posted another two ITM finishes, filling in ₹4.53 Lakhs in Sunday winnings. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.30 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.40 Crores
The veteran MTT pro Romit ’tilt83′ Advani crossed the money line in four events (including two FT scores) yesterday, making away with ₹3.89 Lakhs (collectively).
His ITM finishes include:
> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s BSS SuperStack for ₹2.19 Lakhs
> 4th in Spartan Poker’s Sunday Sundowner for ₹1.17 Lakhs
> 21st in Spartan Poker’s Sunday Superstack for ₹41,062
> 23rd in Adda52’s Nano Highroller for ₹12,107
Romit Advani’s stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.59 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹92.61 Lakhs
Another MTT beast Sahil ‘ImHighIshove’ Mahboobani, scored in four events, altogether worth ₹2.50 Lakhs.
His ITM finishes include:
> 7th in Adda52 Millions for ₹95,400
> 7th in PokerBaazi’s BSS SuperStack for ₹81,088
> 19th in Spartan Poker’s Sunday Superstack for ₹45,252
> 10th in Spartan Poker’s Sunday Sundowner for ₹26,158
Sahil Mahboobani’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹9.34 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.19 Crores
PokerBaazi’s ‘₹10 Mein 10 Lakhpati’ returned for another run yesterday and churned out another 10 Lakhpati’s. Last night, the popular ₹10 buy-in event drew a 14,580-entry field (4,211 unique and 10,369 re-entries). After five hours and 40 minutes of play, the top ten finishers, namely – ‘roney72’, ‘rudraksha12/9’, ‘rjvenom619’, Areyann ‘kreishhAA’ Gurbaxani, ‘intervntion’, ‘sceneyahaii’, ‘aamool’, ‘modest_goldfish_bmg’, ‘thakurrahul123’, and Rithik ‘Rithiktawari’ Tawari each banked ₹1 Lakh in cash prize.
‘Shibajit’ money-bubbled the event in 11th place to win a OnePlus Nord phone as the consolation prize.
The ₹7 Lakhs GTD Daily Boost generated a ₹7.12 Lakhs prize pool on the back of a 356-entry field. PokerGuru Ambassador Vivek ‘Nutpeddling729’ Singh championed the event for ₹1.50 Lakhs, marking his third title victory in February. Raman ‘Ranzoo9’ Arora came second for ₹1.05 Lakhs.
Raman Arora made another deep run in the BSS Night Sprint (5th for ₹13,207), rounding up ₹1.18 Lakhs in Sunday winnings. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹27.79 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.96 Lakhs
The BSS schedule, as always, featured two ₹5 Lakhs GTD Sunday events. The ₹2,750 buy-in BSS MonsterStack 6-Max had 242 entrants vying for the title, making for a generous ₹6.05 Lakhs prize pool (over 20% more than its listed guarantee). The top 45 places were guaranteed a payday, with a min-cash worth ₹5,022. Kunal ‘callmeifyoucan’ Yadav was the last player standing and won ₹1.42 Lakhs. Yash ‘Riraizer’ Chitre came second for ₹99,886.
Kunal Yadav scored a Sunday double by taking down a second event a few hours later – Adda52’s Nano DST – for ₹62,054. The two wins and four ITM scores added ₹3.04 Lakhs to his online scorecard.
His ITM finishes include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s BSS MonsterStack for ₹1.42 Lakhs
> 11th in Spartan Poker’s Sunday Superstack for ₹73,325
> 1st in Adda52’s Nano DST for ₹62,054
> 12th in Adda52’s Nano Main Event Finale for ₹20,293
> 41st in PokerBaazi’s Daily Boost for ₹3,987
> 23rd in PokerBaazi’s BSS for ₹2,021
Kunal Yadav’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.54 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹16.41 Lakhs | No. of Titles in 2022: #6
The ₹2,200 buy-in BSS Sprint 7-Max brought in 371 runners, generating a ₹7.42 Lakhs prize pool. Mandar ‘MAMA04’ Madaye came out on top after over six hours of gameplay and won ₹1.56 Lakhs. The #6 ranked player of 2021, PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja, lapped up ₹1.09 Lakhs in second place.
Mandar Madaye’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Site Winnings: ₹43.22 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹1.20 Lakhs
‘vkdmgwopoq1’ (Won BSS Night SPRINT ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹52,663), Karan ‘Mahadevpoker’ Pantola (Won BSS ₹2 Lakhs GTD for ₹50,590), ‘gourprit’ (Won BSS Kickoff ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹40,950), Abhishek ‘chipndchair’ Sonu (Won BSS Afternoon SPRINT ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹37,007), and ‘D8055’ (Won Daily 5-Max ₹50K GTD for ₹10,278) won the other Sunday marquees on PokerBaazi.
PokerStars India
PokerStars India’s Sunday MTTs had a lot of value on offer, with both the Sunday Special – Progressive KO and the Sunday Highroller filling in steep overlays.
The ₹15 Lakhs GTD Sunday Special – Progressive KO registered a 235-entry field, resulting in an overlay shortfall worth ₹3.25 Lakhs. The top 27 finishers got paid, and grabbing the lion’s share of the prize money was none other than the former INCOOP Main Event champion Sanish ‘sneakysani’ Chhabra. He won the Sunday flagship for the second time yesterday for ₹3.19 Lakhs (includes ₹1.64 Lakhs in bounties), with PokerGuru Ambassador`s Gokul ‘Haxton Jr’ Raj (2nd for ₹1.73 Lakhs) (includes ₹1.18 Lakhs in bounties), and Laksh Pal ‘B00MTilt23’ Singh (3rd for ₹1.15 Lakhs (includes ₹12,188 in bounties), rounding out the podium.
The Sunday Special – PKO win happens to be Chhabra’s first title victory of the year. He cashed in another three events yesterday, making away with ₹3.49 Lakhs in Sunday winnings. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.40 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.53 Crores
The ₹11,000 buy-in Sunday Highroller logged in 87 entries, falling ₹1.30 Lakhs short of its ₹10 Lakhs guarantee. After a little over six hours of action, Atishay ‘momstacos’ Samuel made his way past the competition to win ₹2.39 Lakhs, picking up his third title of the year. The #4 ranked player of 2021, PokerGuru Ambassador Ankit ‘b00mtr00p3r’ Wadhawan, came second for ₹1.84 Lakhs.
The site also ran the third (and last) EPT Sochi Main Event Qualifier. The qualifier got under at 9.30 PM and had 51 players chasing the all-expenses-paid package worth 4 Lakhs to the EPT Sochi Main Event. In the final moments, ‘Aa5hw1n’ won the qualifier after defeating Arun ‘realruny’ Sriram heads-up. He received a free entry to the EPT Sochi Main Event worth ₹2.57 Lakhs (including TDS) and ₹1.43 Lakhs to cover their other expenses for the upcoming trip.
‘paisenkalbc’ (Won Ultrasonic ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹23,234), ‘kushagrakhatri’ (Won Afternoon on Stars ₹50K GTD for ₹16,059) and ‘ashu_sky’ (Won Deepstack ₹50K GTD for ₹11,165) won the other Sunday marquees on PokerStars India.
Adda52
Adda52`s Sunday MTT schedule packed quite the punch with the Nano Poker Series powering down to a scintillating finale.
Running alongside the NPS marquees was the site`s ₹25 Lakhs GTD Adda52 Millions. The ₹11,000 buy-in event recorded a 318-player strong starting field, and the top 34 places got to share the ₹31.80 Lakhs prize pool. The long-time MTT reg Vinay ‘ContemporisT’ B was the last player standing and won ₹6.79 Lakhs after striking a heads-up deal with Basant ‘Rush99’ Kumar Singh (2nd for ₹5.97 Lakhs).
Vinay B kept his online scorecard ticking and emerged as the second-biggest winner last night with ₹7.65 Lakhs in total winnings across six ITM finishes. These include:
> 1st in Adda52 Millions for ₹6.79 Lakhs
> 7th in Spartan Poker’s Sunday Sundowner for ₹51,692
> 9th in PokerBaazi’s BSS Monster Stack for ₹14,218
> 49th in Adda52’s Nano Highroller for ₹8,551
> 51st in Adda52’s Nano Main Event for ₹6,598
> 45th in PokerBaazi’s BSS SPRINT for ₹4,155
Vinay B`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.68 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹99.93 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #5
The 1 Crore GTD Nano Poker Series also wrapped up its run yesterday. The featured event at the series, the ₹25 Lakhs GTD Nano Main Event, filled in 1,500 participants across the event starting flights combined, and the ₹1,650 buy-in event ended up overlaying ₹2.50 Lakhs (10% deficit). Only 187 among the 193 Day 2 qualifiers boarded the money bus, with the #2 ranked player of 2021, Manish ‘newkidpoker’ Lakhotia, walking away with the title and the ₹4.01 Lakhs up-top. He defeated Shobhit ‘pinkfloyd’ Jaiswal (2nd for ₹2.90 Lakhs) in the heads-up play.
The undisputed “Cashes King” from Siliguri, Manish Lakhotia, raked in ₹5.67 Lakhs yesterday, crossing the ₹50 Lakhs mark in annual winnings. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹10.33 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.33 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #7
The other NPS flagship, ₹15 Lakhs GTD Nano High Roller, had 659 contenders signing up for ₹3,000, collecting a guarantee-crushing ₹17.99 Lakhs prize pool. The former Full House Finale champion Md ‘007shakuni’ Zeeshan came out on top to win ₹2.72 Lakhs following a three-way deal with ‘Fletcher03’ (2nd for ₹2.50 Lakhs), and Dhirendra ‘Dhiru006’ Kumar (3rd for ₹2.12 Lakhs).
Md Zeeshan`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.45 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹29.94 Lakhs
Kunal ‘Kunotaguero’ Yadav (Won Nano DST ₹2.25 Lakhs GTD for ₹62,054), Shubham’NewBackchod’ Agarwal (Won Nano Monster Turbo ₹2.50 Lakh GTD ₹45,320), ‘fuf4’ (Won Nano Fantastic Four ₹2 Lakhs GTD for ₹36,006), ‘deathy’ (Won Nano Sunday Blast ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹26,250), Kuldeep ‘lmspro7’ Jorwal (Won Nano Battleship ₹30K GTD for ₹9,716), and ‘magilal11’ (Won Nano PLO ₹25K GTD for ₹7,250) championed the last of the Nano Poker Series events yesterday.
MPL Poker
User ‘Lskjdusjhs’ was the last player standing in MPL Poker’s ₹4 Lakhs GTD, Sunday Showstopper to collect ₹96,000 in hard cash. Prince ‘klj’ Gurjar bagged ₹65,000 for his runner-up finish.
Khelo365
Khelo365 Sunday showstopper, ₹1 Lakh GTD Big Bang, was taken down by ‘Mohitk’ who won the ₹1,650 buy-in event for ₹37,000. ‘Ganguli24’ finished runner-up for ₹25,000.
Friday’s Refuel champion, Khelo365 regular ‘acedealer,’ took down the ₹50K GTD Dominator for ₹15,000 and bested ‘Zebronic77’ heads-up. The latter earned ₹10,000 for their second-place finish.
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