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Daily Majors: Suraj N Yadav, Saurabh Rohila, Vishal Bajaj & Suneeth Kalmady Rock the Tuesday Headlines
With just days left for 2022 to culminate, it’s been a significant year for Indian poker. Despite no big-guaranteed MTT series playing out on the virtual felts, most Tuesday marquees surpassed their advertised guarantees. Getting the temperatures high as we enter 2023 will be PokerBaazi’s ₹5+ Crores GTD 1000X Series, which takes off on January 1.
Topping the Tuesday headlines was ‘Mr.BEAST’ aka Suraj N Yadav, who lapped up a whopping ₹4.66 Lakhs across two FT finishes. Yadav most prominently took down Spartan Poker’s Mega Stack for ₹2.94 Lakhs following a heads-up deal with Rajiv Srivastava (2nd for ₹2.40 Lakhs).
Suraj N Yadav also came within striking distance in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT, eventually placing runner-up for ₹1.44 Lakhs. Mystery player ‘Pratap42’ claimed their maiden title for ₹2.04 Lakhs.
The second big scorer of the day was the IOPC June 2022 The Crown and Super High Roller champion, Saurabh Rohila, who took down Adda52’s Mechanical Bull, winning ₹3.07 Lakhs up top (won ₹4.21 Lakhs overall).
Vishal Bajaj was another standout performer last night. He rounded out ₹4.10 Lakhs across two deep finishes, including shipping Spartan Poker’s day’s Tuesday High Roller (for the third time), adding ₹3.78 Lakhs to his bankroll, following a heads-up deal with Tarush Gupta (2nd for ₹3.42 Lakhs).
Former BSS Championship winner Suneeth Kalmady fired four bullets in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour before clinching his second title of the month for ₹3.86 Lakhs. Rising Star Ritwik Khanna finished runner-up for ₹2.56 Lakhs (won ₹2.68 Lakhs overall).
The first-ever BTS Main Event champion Samyak Sethi finished fourth in Adda52’s Mechanical Bull (₹98,993) and shipped Spartan Poker’s The Race (₹81,956), making away with ₹1.81 Lakhs in Tuesday winnings.
Young Gun Anmol Mehta reeled in his first title in a month, taking down PokerBaazi’s DailyValue Boost for ₹1.44 Lakhs.
Last week’s Turbo Masters runner-up finisher on PokerStars India, ‘44706625’, did one better in the site’s Turbo Masters (8-Max) last night, collecting ₹1.04 Lakhs in first place.
Raman Arora, Manish Singh, Saurav Ghosh, Rahul Agarwal, and Sandeep Malik won the other Tuesday marquees.
Here are the Tuesday highlights!
Spartan Poker
Tuesday High Roller (6-Max) – ₹15 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 86
Re-entries – 34
Rebuys – 51
Prize Pool – ₹17,10,000
Places Paid – 17
Vishal ‘SimSlave’ Bajaj seems to have made a habit of shipping Spartan Poker’s Tuesday High Roller, having shipped the ₹15 Lakhs GTD tourney at least once in the past three months! Last night, the 26-year-old MTT pro traversed the 171-player field in the event, eventually cutting a heads-up deal with Tarush Tarush123’ Gupta (2nd for ₹3.78 Lakhs) to pocket the ₹3.78 Lakhs top prize.
Vishal Bajaj rounded out ₹4.10 Lakhs in cashes across another two ITM finishes. His Tuesday finishes include:
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s Tuesday High Roller for ₹3,78,474
> 10th in Spartan Poker’s Mega Stack for ₹25,922
> 33rd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹6,000
Vishal Bajaj’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.26 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.26 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #15 (including the EPT Prague qualifier) | Annual Winnings: ₹3.16 Crores | Ranked #12 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)
The former The Millionaire champion Anmol ‘Dead money’ Narang rounded out ₹1.72 Lakhs in cashes across two deep finshes, which include:
> 4th in Spartan Poker’s Tuesday High Roller for ₹1,56,465
> 42nd in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour for ₹15,855
Anmol Narang’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.89 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹31.97 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #3
Mohit ‘thejoker’ Mehta is steadily progressing towards the₹ 5 Crore milestone in tracked online winnings, and last night Mehta added ₹1.47 Lakhs to his online scorecard across four cashes, which include:
> 6th in Spartan Poker’s Tuesday High Roller for ₹99,522
> 16th in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour for ₹28,313
> 10th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹12,281
> 41st in Mechanical Bull for ₹6,806
Mohit Mehta’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.95 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.32 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #17
Mohak ‘Tiltin’ Kapoor (7th for ₹76,095), Rohan ‘The Sightseer’ Bhasin (9th for ₹42,750), and Rahul ‘BubbleDropMusic’ Kumar (10th for ₹35,055) also ran deep in the event.
Final Table Results
- Vishal ‘SimSlave’ Bajaj – ₹3,78,474*
- Tarush ‘Tarush123’ Gupta – ₹3,42,462*
- Uttam Kumar ‘chinunew’ Sinha – ₹1,88,955
- Anmol ‘Dead money’ Narang – ₹156,465
- LlinusLlove – ₹126,198
- Mohit ‘thejoker’ Mehta – ₹99,522
*denotes a heads-up deal
Mega Stack – ₹16 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹4,400
Entries – 204
Re-entries – 61
Rebuys – 106
Prize Pool – ₹16,00,000
Places Paid – 39
The former The Prestige winner Suraj N ‘MR.BEAST’ Yadav was true to his screen name last night! Getting into beast mode, Yadav posted three deep finishes, including a title win and a runner-up finish!
Yadav lapped up an impressive ₹4.66 Lakhs, and his most prominent run was in Spartan Poker’s ₹16 Lakhs GTD Mega Stack where he trumped a field of 371 entries, eventually striking a heads-up deal with Rajiv ‘Drunken Monk’ Srivastava (2nd for ₹2.40 Lakhs) before claiming the title and the ₹2.94 Lakhs up top.
His Tuesday finishes include:
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s Mega Stack for ₹2,94,128
> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹1,43,880
> 14th in Spartan Poker’s Tuesday High Roller for ₹28,215
Suraj N Yadav’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.34 Crores |Titles Won in 2022: #8 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.26 Crores
The APT India Online Main Event champion Debapriya ‘debapriya_12345’ Manna also cashed another event, making away with ₹1.15 Lakhs in Tuesday winnings. His Tuesday finishes include:
> 5th in Spartan Poker’s Mega Stack for ₹98,720
> 40th in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour for ₹15,855
Debapriya Manna’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.66 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹39.43 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #2
Final Table Results
- Suraj N ‘MR.BEAST’ Yadav – ₹2,94,128*
- Rajiv ‘Drunken Monk’ Srivastava – ₹2,39,952*
- Grabaka_Hitman – ₹,156,000
- Deep ‘PatelBhai789’ Patel – ₹1,25,920
- Debapriya ‘debapriya_12345’ Manna – ₹98,720
- Rony ‘Eunseom176’ Chowdhury – ₹74,720
- Arjun Kumar ‘2Pac4life’ Kochhar – ₹54,880
- Amit ‘Kavipri 2.0’ Gehani – ₹40,320
*denotes a heads-up deal
The Race – ₹3 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 131
Re-entries – 26
Rebuys – 78
Prize Pool – ₹3,52,500
Places Paid – 23
The first-ever BTS Main Event champion Samyak ‘stonedurr’ Sethi lapped up ₹1.81 Lakhs in Tuesday’s winnings across two deep finishes. Last Tuesday’s The Endeavour winner, Sethi, outran the 235-player field in Spartan Poker’s ₹3 Lakhs GTD The Race, clinching the title and the ₹81,956 up top.
Sethi’s better Tuesday cash came in Adda52’s Mechanical Bull, where he placed fourth. His Tuesday finishes include:
> 4th in Adda52’s Mechanical Bull for ₹98,993
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s The Race for ₹81,956
Samyak Sethi’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹99.90 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹25.12 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #21 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.20 Crores
Kashish ‘Nahihorha’ Gupta pocketed a ₹55,519 payout in second place.
The 9:30 PM tourney generated a ₹3.53 Lakhs prize pool and the top 23 runners crossed the money line.
Final Table Results
- Samyak ‘stonedurr’ Sethi – ₹81,956
- Kashish ‘Nahihorha’ Gupta – ₹55,519
- Sanchit ‘scofield1210’ Nag – ₹37,013
- dagadfool – ₹30,315
- Mohit ‘OfcourseOfcourse’ Savargaonkar – ₹24,323
- Aritra ‘Percival’ Hazra – ₹18,859
- aceking99 – ₹13,959
- boomhoops – ₹10,258
‘deceiverr’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack for ₹44,300), ‘Devil565624’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Night Rider for ₹37,687), ‘Mrs kapoor’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Ultra PLO6 for ₹33,623), ‘The Fiend’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Chip Up for ₹19,406), and ‘Dragon17047’ (Won ₹50K GTD The Centurion for ₹9,015) won the other titles on Spartan Poker.
PokerBaazi
The Endeavour – ₹20 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 230
Re-entries – 223
Prize Pool – ₹22,65,000
Places Paid – 49
PokerBaazi loyalist and former BSS Championship winner Suneeth ‘suneethkalmady’ Kalmady fired four bullets in the site’s Tuesday headliner, the ₹20 Lakhs GTD The Endeavour, before clinching his second title of the month along with a ₹3.86 Lakhs payday (his fourth-best career score).
Suneeth Kalmady’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹70.92 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹20.35 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #3
Last Wednesday’s Master Mind champion, Rising Star Ritwik ‘Ritwikkhanna’ Khanna, finished runner-up for ₹2.56 Lakhs. He picked up two more ITM finishes in PokerStars India’s Turbo Masters (16th for ₹8,224) and PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost (67th for ₹3,818), netting ₹2.68 Lakhs overall.
Ritwik Khanna’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.52 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.31 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #17 | Annual Winnings: ₹3.41 Crores | Moves to #6 on the 2022 POY Leaderboard (Total Cashes) | Ranked #19 in Annual Profits
The most recent Sunday Superstack winner, Anant ‘Pro_Pro’ Purohit, ran deep in four tourneys, lapping up ₹2.04 Lakhs in Tuesday winnings. His ITM finishes include:
> 5th in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour for ₹1,30,917
> 17th in Spartan Poker’s Tuesday High Roller for ₹26,847
> 11th in Spartan Poker’s Mega Stack for ₹25,922
> 9th in Adda52’s Mechanical Bull for ₹19,799
Anant Purohit’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹9.75 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.80 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #12 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.75 Crores
MPL Poker Pro Siddharth ‘schemer’ Karia pocketed ₹1.49 Lakhs through three ITM finishes, which include:
> 6th in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour for ₹1,06,908
> 15th in Spartan Poker’s Tuesday High Roller for ₹28,215
> 21st in Spartan Poker’s Mega Stack for ₹13,602
Siddharth Karia’s online stats (excluding MPL Poker): Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.05 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.47 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #10
The 8 PM flagship registered 453 entries, creating a guarantee-smashing ₹22.65 Lakhs prize pool, with the top 49 finishers receiving payouts.
Final Table Results
- Suneeth ‘suneethkalmady’ Kalmady – ₹3,85,730
- Ritwik ‘Ritwikkhanna’ Khanna – ₹2,55,945
- gdgdg – ₹1,98,867
- Shubham ‘backchod’ Agarwal – ₹1,57,418
- Anant ‘Pro_Pro’ Purohit – ₹1,30,917
- Siddharth ‘schemer’ Karia – ₹1,06,908
- Saurabh ‘twister’ Rohila – ₹84,711
- Vishal ‘karan23’ Kumar – ₹64,553
(7-Max) SPRINT – ₹12 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹3,850
Entries – 196
Re-entries – 111
Prize Pool – ₹12,00,000
Places Paid – 35
PokerBaazi reg ‘Pratap42’ trounced over the 307-entry field in PokerBaazi’s 9 PM marquee, the ₹12 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) SPRINT, clinching their maiden title on the site and walking away with a winner’s paycheque worth ₹2.04 Lakhs (their third-best score on the site).
Pratap42’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹17.01 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹53,761 | Titles Won: #1
Yesterday’s Mega Stack champion, Suraj ‘MR8BEAST’ N Yadav, finished runner-up for ₹1.44 Lakhs, netting ₹4.64 Lakhs overall.
Kunal ‘imcursed’ Shalin (4th for ₹1.02 Lakhs) and Diven ‘diven’ Nagpal (6th for ₹71,760) was the only other known names to FT the (7-Max) SPRINT.
Final Table Results
- Pratap42 – ₹2,04,000
- Suraj ‘MR8BEAST’ N Yadav – ₹1,43,880
- arnavkamboj – ₹1,21,200
- Kunal ‘imcursed’ Shalin – ₹1,02,000
- Hrohit – ₹86,760
- Diven ‘diven’ Nagpal – ₹71,760
- Realfc – ₹57,000
Daily Value Boost – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 371
Re-entries – 317
Prize Pool – ₹10,32,000
Places Paid – 119
November’s The G.O.A.T third-place finisher, Young Gun Anmol ‘anzzzzz’ Mehta, broke through his month-long title dry spell by shipping PokerBaazi’s 7:30 PM marquee, the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Daily Value Boost, for a cool ₹1.44 Lakhs.
The lawyer-turned-poker pro shipped the Daily Value Boost for the first time yesterday (his 13th title win of 2022), outlasting ‘tinulkr’ (2nd for ₹1.14 Lakhs) in the heads-up.
The ₹1,650 buy-in tourney logged 688 entrants, posting a guarantee-surpassing ₹10.32 Lakhs prize pool. The top 119 places were paid.
Final Table Results
- Anmol ‘anzzzzz’ Mehta – ₹1,43,758
- tinulkr – ₹1,13,520
- Parteek ‘ptk007’ Maheshwari – ₹85,656
- pintu00 – ₹58,308
- Nandan ‘ragemonster’ Pugalia – ₹39,216
- Pradip ‘Nit2Donk’ Ghosh – ₹26,832
- CharPatteWala – ₹20,021
- jimmy0507 – ₹15,583
Afternoon Boost – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 128
Re-entries – 101
Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Places Paid – 35
‘blazin666’ hit the much-needed breakout score after making the victory march in PokerBaazi’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Afternoon Boost! ‘blazin666’ took away their third best site score of ₹78,567 after striking a three-way deal with ‘shashi60’ (2nd for ₹74,150), and ‘ScorpionNuts’ (3rd for ₹68,334).
blazin666’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹23.92 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹98,582 | Titles Won in 2022: #11
The Daily Value Boost runner-up finisher from last month, Nandan’ ragemonster’ Pugalia, placed fourth for ₹37,350. He grossed ₹80,157 overall from two more deep runs, including another FT finish and also collected bounties in PokerStars India’s Uppercut (50th for ₹1,719). His Tuesday finishes include:
> 5th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹39,216
> 4th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Afternoon Boost for ₹37,350
> 17th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Afternoon SPRINT for ₹1,872
Nandan Pugalia’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹50.69 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹12.79 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #15 | Annual Winnings: ₹50.63 Lakhs
The ₹2,200 buy-in MTT fell short of breaking even by ₹42,000 on the back of 229 challengers, and the top 35 places got paid.
Final Table Results
- blazin666 – ₹78,567*
- shashi60 – ₹74,150*
- ScorpionNuts – ₹68,334*
- Nandan ‘ragemonster’ Pugalia – ₹37,350
- ayushrathour – ₹27,100
- GOAT07 – ₹19,650
- Divyanshu ‘Divyansh1995’ Agrawal – ₹15,900
*denotes a three-way deal
‘udixi18’ (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Boost for ₹48,050), ‘gowda89’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Night SPRINT for ₹46,400), Raman ‘Ranzoo9’ Arora (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹40,060), Manish ‘ROYALSAGAR’ Singh (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD PLO-5 BOOST for ₹28,390), ‘livecarder’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Evening SPRINT for ₹27,240), Rahul ‘rahullpharm’ Agarwal (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD PLO Boost Monster for ₹21,310), and ‘KHOIROM’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD PLO-6 BOOST for ₹20,030) also bagged titles on the site.
Pocket52
Pocket Jacks – ₹4 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 138
0Re-entries – 102
Prize Pool – ₹4,00,000
Places Paid – 38
Pocket52 network user ‘Rista’ raced past a 240-player field on the site’s Tuesday, offering the ₹4 Lakhs GTD Pocket Jacks, taking home ₹74,000 in first-place prize money. Site user ‘black_cat_bom_QpiUrNBbuE’ placed second for ₹52,000.
Final Table Results
- Rista – ₹74,000
- black_cat_bom_QpiUrNBbuE – ₹52,000
- FareenAsim – ₹36,000
- Isildur1_BZAf1nPJ2a – ₹28,000
- Karan ‘gogikaran’ Malhotra – ₹20,000
- adityalucky – ₹16,000
‘rnlo_CYuiJFoddo’ (Won ₹1.25 Lakhs GTD Pocket Brunch for ₹25,752), ‘287766_37JY0FUWOW’ (Won ₹75K GTD Pocket Soda for ₹16,500), ‘royal_nd86ycqY0g’ (Won ₹75K GTD Pocket Snacks for ₹15,750) and ‘ChintaMani’ (Won ₹60K GTD Pocket Squares for ₹13,020) won the other Pocket52 marquees on Tuesday.
PokerStars India
Turbo Masters (8-Max) – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹3,300
Entries – 91
Re-entries – 58
Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Places Paid – 20
Last week’s Turbo Masters runner-up finisher, ‘44706625’, finally got the monkey off their back and took down the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Turbo Masters (8-Max) for a handsome ₹1.04 Lakhs payday, while ‘kudakan’ placed second for ₹79,376.
The ₹3,300 buy-in MTT logged in 149 challengers to leave an overlay of 53,000, and the top 20 places got paid.
Final Table Results
- 44706625 – ₹103,640
- kudakan – ₹79,376
- Nitin ‘Mickyn34’ Gupta – ₹60,792
- Advait ‘ronaldinh18’ Rajguru – ₹46,559
- GudThimma – ₹35,658
- IMR444 – ₹27,310
- boga577 – ₹20,916
- Anand ‘easywithducks’ Babu Pallikona – ₹16,019
- leperfoot – ₹13,560
‘randomguy276’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Uppercut for ₹51,434), Saurav ‘saurav007’ Ghosh (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Ultrasonic for ₹27,866), ‘HAKERBOY999’ (Won ₹50K GTD Super Stack PKO 8-Max for ₹13,269), and ‘0HG0DPLZ’ (Won ₹50K GTD Bounty Adrenaline [6-Max] for ₹12,829) won the other Monday marquees on PokerStars India.
Adda52
Mechanical Bull – ₹12 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹3,499
Entries – 210
Re-entries – 179
Prize Pool – ₹12,37,414
Places Paid – 43
The IOPC June 2022 The Crown and Super High Roller champion, Saurabh ‘saurabh21’ Rohila trounced the 389-player field in Adda52’s Tuesday headliner, the ₹12 Lakhs GTD Mechanical Bull, taking home the lion’s share of the guarantee-surpassing prizepool worth ₹3.07 Lakhs. Site user ‘checkthat’ finished runners-up for ₹1.86 Lakhs.
Rohila posted another three ITM finishes, including one FT finish, securing ₹4.21 Lakhs in total winnings. His top finishes include:
> 1st in Adda52’s Mechanical Bull for ₹3,06,877
> 7th in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour for ₹84,711
> 14th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹18,000
> 39th in Spartan Poker’s Mega Stack for ₹11,040
Saurabh Rohila’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.81 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.80 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #17 | Annual Winnings: ~₹2.47 Crores
Yesterday’s The Race champion Samyak ‘stonedurr’ Sethi, placed fourth for ₹98,993, netting a handsome ₹1.81 Lakhs overall from two deep runs
The ₹3,499 buy-ins Mechanical Bull registered 389 runners, who surpassed the guarantees by ₹37,414, and the top 43 places were paid.
Final Table Results
- Saurabh ‘saurabh21’ Rohila – ₹3,06,877
- checkthat – ₹1,85,611
- raaVaanKaChela – ₹129,928
- Samyak ‘stonedurr’ Sethi – ₹98,993
- manishratwaya16 – ₹64,345
- Prashant ‘prashant1703’ Pandagre – ₹43,309
- Raghav ‘FuckedUpLife’ Siddalinga – ₹34,029
- Comedypoker – ₹27,842
‘boosterx’ (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Bumper Car for ₹84,828), ‘vedrishit’ (Won ₹1.20 Lakhs GTD Afternoon Adda for ₹31,500), ‘VishuChi’ (Won ₹40K GTD Sundown Adda for ₹11,876), ‘rajjani21’ (Won ₹40K GTD Freeze Out Adda for ₹11,248), ‘sunnydeep79’ (Won ₹60K GTD Bounty Adda for ₹11,052), and Sandeep ‘TheUnicorn’ Malik (Won ₹50K GTD Evening Adda for ₹8,799) won the other titles on Adda52.
Khelo365
Khelo365’s user ‘HAFEEZ777’ claimed the ₹10K GTD Sun Downer title for ₹3,100, while ‘Krishana123’ finished runner-up for ₹2,100.
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Daily Majors: Kunal Patni, Arsh Grover, Amit Kaushik & Amar Mehta Shine in the Friday Flagships
The online traffic witnessed a steady uptick for the second day in a row, and some of the country`s top pros reeled in massive scores. It promises to be an action-packed weekend, with the second edition of the PokerBaazi Classics starting on Sunday. The ₹1 Crore GTD PBC#1 The Money Maker headlines the opening day`s schedule, promising fireworks from the get-go.
Thursday`s breakout winner, the banker-turned-poker-pro Kunal Patni, kept the momentum going by accumulating an even better ₹8.44 Lakhs yesterday, emerging as Friday`s top scorer. He posted top finishes in Spartan Poker`s Friday High Roller (2nd for ₹5.52 Lakhs) & Adda52`s The Ballers (3rd for ₹2.33 Lakhs).
Young Gun Arsh Grover broke a nearly month-long absence from the domestic felts in style by taking down Spartan Poker’s Friday High Roller for ₹7.88 Lakhs, and collectively added ₹7.96 Lakhs across his Friday run.
Fresh off winning his first APT trophy in Vietnam earlier this month, Amit Kaushik dusted off an almost six-week-long title drought by taking down Spartan Poker’s The Elite for ₹6.65 Lakhs (₹6.92 Lakhs in Friday winnings). Eka Vedantham collected a personal-best ₹4.49 Lakhs for his runner-up finish in The Elite.
The user ‘sarpatta’ shipped Adda52’s The Ballers for a site-best ₹5.20 Lakhs. The former Full House runner-up Ravindra Arikeri placed second for ₹3.10 Lakhs.
The APT Online February 2022 Main Event champion Amar Mehta came out on top in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly Highroller to win ₹3.92 Lakhs, picking up his first title in five months. He struck a heads-up deal with Punya Behera (2nd for ₹3.91 Lakhs), who fired up another two ITM finishes for ₹4.21 Lakhs overall, hitting two career milestones – crossing ₹3 Crores in tracked online winnings and ₹1.50 Crores in annual winnings.
PokerGuru Ambassador Faiz Alam won PokerBaazi`s (7-Max) SPRINT for the second time this month for ₹1.32 Lakhs following a three-way deal with Shubham Tyagi (2nd for ₹1.05 Lakhs) and ‘thala07’ (3rd for ₹1.04 Lakhs).
The new PokerBaazi user ‘Mightyriver’ made quite the debut on the site with three ITM finishes and ₹1.51 Lakhs in total winnings. He most prominently took down the (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹1.33 Lakhs, beating Ayush Garg (2nd for ₹93,310) heads-up.
Rising Star Ritwik Khanna made away with almost ₹1.49 Lakhs in Friday winnings, including PokerStars India`s Uppercut title for ₹1.15 Lakhs (₹60,063 in bounties).
‘baronofcards won Adda52’s Friday Bounty for ₹1.16 Lakhs, with ‘brownguy26’ grabbing the second spot for ₹69,466.
Babita Kumari claimed the MPL Poker-hosted Friday Supreme for ₹1.02 Lakhs, with Abhishek Kumar securing a runner-up payday of ₹64,686.
Thursday’s Chip Up champion Karan Thakkar clinched two daytime tournaments: Adda5`s Afternoon Adda (₹32,940) and PokerStars India’s Afternoon on Stars (₹15,536), collectively adding ₹48,476.
Raman Arora, Gaurav Nawal, Arunkumar Singh, Rehmat Singh Walia, Avi Chauhan, Saurav Ghosh, Manoj Kumar, Mayank P, Ramesh Pathipati, Sarvesh Sharma, and Keshav Panwar won the other Friday marquees.
Here are the Friday highlights!
Spartan Poker
Friday High Roller (6-Max) – ₹30 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹27,500
Entries – 57
Re-entries – 30
Rebuys – 33
Prize Pool – ₹30,00,000
Places Paid – 13
Back with a BANG! That pretty much sums up Young Gun Arsh ‘BigggTymeR’ Grover`s Friday night run, who, returning after a month-long trip to the US, picked things up right where he left them by taking down Spartan Poker`s ₹30 Lakhs GTD Friday High Roller for ₹7.88 Lakhs. Thursday’s The Summit runner-up finisher Kunal ‘SoormaBhopali’ Patni was one of the 120 contenders in the fray and missed out on the title yet again, netting ₹5.52 Lakhs in second place.
Grover, who has fallen to #3 in the annual rankings because of his absence from online MTTs, pocketed another ₹8,290 in Adda52`s Friday Bounty, rounding up ₹7.96 Lakhs overall, making him Friday’s second-best scorer.
His Friday finishes include:
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s Friday High Roller (6-Max) for ₹7,87,500
> 14th in Adda52’s Friday Bounty for ₹8,290
Arsh Grover’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹11.61 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹5.58 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #18 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.40 Crores | Ranked #3 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes) | Moves to #4 in Annual Profits
Following through on his blistering run on Thursday, Kunal Patni emerged as Friday`s top scorer with ₹8.44 Lakhs in total winnings across four deep runs (including 2 FT finishes)!
His Friday finishes include:
> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s Friday High Roller for ₹5,52,000
> 3rd in Adda52’s The Ballers for ₹2,33,000
> 17th in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller for ₹23,495
> 20th in Spartan Poker’s The Elite for ₹36,000
Kunal Patni’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.96 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.71 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #5 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.52 Crores
PokerGuru Ambassadors Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja (7th for ₹1.42 Lakhs) and Arjanveer Singh Chadha (8th for ₹1.11 Lakhs), Young Guns Anuj ‘brockLesnar95’ Yadav (9th for ₹84,000) and Sahil ‘$lim$hady19’ Chutani (11th for ₹69,000), this week`s Thursday High Roller champion, Sahil Mahboobani (12th for ₹61,500), and Tuesday`s The Endeavour winner Gaurav ‘zillastar’ Bhandari (13th for ₹61,500) were the other notable who cashed the Friday High Roller.
Final Table Results
- Arsh ‘BigggTymeR’ Grover – ₹7,87,500
- Kunal ‘SoormaBhopali’ Patni – ₹5,52,000
- Himanshu ‘pokerbrat7’ Arora – ₹3,64,500
- AimB0t – ₹2,72,026
- Naren ‘IMUNAGI’ Purohit – ₹2,31,000
- Saurabh ‘darksider’ Rohila – ₹1,80,000
The Elite – ₹30 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 138
Re-entries – 49
Rebuys – 91
Prize Pool – ₹30,00,000
Places Paid – 27
The 27-year-old poker streamer Amit ‘en el vacio’ Kaushik won Spartan Poker’s ₹30 Lakhs GTD The Elite for ₹6.65 Lakhs, picking up his first title in over six weeks! The IOPC January 2022 – Blaze runner-up finisher, Kaushik, topped a 278-player field and defeated Eka ‘masterbluffs’ Vedantham (2nd for career-best ₹4.49 Lakhs) heads-up.
Kaushik, who won the APT Summer Festival Event #18: Deep Stack Hyper Turbo for his first APT trophy earlier this month, lapped up over ₹6.92 Lakhs across three deep runs.
His Friday finishes include:
> 1st in Spartan Poker`s The Elite for ₹6,64,500
> 19th in PokerBaazi`s The Weekly HighRoller for ₹20,535
> 10th in Adda52`s Friday Bounty for ₹5,760
Amit Kaushik’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.72 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.36 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #15 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.54 Crores
The Elite registered an overlay shortfall of ₹2.20 Lakhs, and the top 27 finishers benefitted from this added value.
Final Table Results
- Amit ‘en el vacio’ Kaushik – ₹6,64,500
- Eka ‘masterbluffs’ Vedantham – ₹4,48,500
- Sanat ‘orhem3001’ Mehrotra – ₹3,08,700
- Saurabh ‘darksider’ Rohila – ₹2,51,700
- HALAGALA – ₹2,00,700
- Joyithung ‘joyi2492’ Lotha – ₹1,54,200
Mega Sundowner – ₹8 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 694 (398)
Rebuys – 421
Prize Pool – ₹8,92,000
Places Paid – 103
Spartan Poker’s ₹8 Lakhs GTD Mega Sundowner clocked in 1,115 entries, collecting a generous ₹8.92 Lakhs prize pool. The Friday marquee went down the wire following a four-way deal that awarded the title to ‘Pure Vegetarian’ (1st for ₹1.12 Lakhs). Sony ‘swAAmi’ Puthussery (2nd for ₹1.04 Lakhs), ‘Nahihorha’ (3rd for ₹1.01 Lakhs), and ‘AaoChipender (4th for ₹84,730) pocketed the other top scores, courtesy of the FT deal.
Pure Vegetarian’ Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings ₹10.92 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹1.69 Lakhs
Final Table Results
- Pure Vegetarian – ₹1,11,672*
- Sony ‘swAAmi’ Puthussery – ₹1,04,353*
- Nahihorha – ₹1,01,358*
- AaoChipender – ₹84,730*
- GoneCase00 – ₹44,510
- Siddharth ‘cooking_nuts’ Gangwar – ₹34,164
- mukuw – ₹24,708
- RunDeepHooda – ₹16,859
*denotes a four-way deal
Gaurav ‘Takkar.sing’ Nawal (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack for ₹46,604), Arunkumar ‘denoi’ Singh (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Fri Poker Nite #3 for ₹43,338), Ramesh ‘Flimflam’ Pathipati (Won ₹30K GTD Energise for ₹11,019) and ‘AAAAQQQ’ (Won The Centurion ₹50K GTD for ₹10,025) won the other Spartan Poker marquees.
PokerBaazi
The Weekly Highroller – ₹12 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 99
Re-entries – 86
Prize Pool – ₹18,50,000
Places Paid – 21
The APT Online Feb 2022 Main Event champion Amar ‘kidpoker0109’ Mehta has been chasing the elusive title victory for the last five months. It all came together for Mehta last night as he outlasted a reg-laden 185-entry field in PokerBaazi’s ₹12 Lakhs GTD The Weekly Highroller to win the Friday flagship for ₹3.92 Lakhs following an almost even heads-up deal with Punya ‘madhumangal’ Behera (2nd for ₹3.91 Lakhs).
Amar Mehta’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.65 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹84.47 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #3 | Annual Winnings: ~₹58.69 Lakhs
Punya Behera pocketed ₹4.21 Lakhs last night on the back of two deep runs, hitting two career milestones – crossing ₹3 Crores in tracked online winnings and ₹1.50 Crores in annual winnings.
His Friday finishes include:
> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly Highroller for ₹3,90,826
> 11th in Adda52’s The Ballers for ₹30,000
Punya Behera’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.01 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.10 Crores | Annual Winnings: ₹1.53 Crores
Final Table Results
- Amar ‘kidpoker0109’ Mehta – ₹3,91,724*
- Punya ‘madhumangal’ Behera – ₹3,90,826*
- Ram ‘Mowgumotu’ Kakkar – ₹2,07,385
- Raldon – ₹ 1,53,550
- Mithun ‘thepokeraja’ Mahesh – ₹1,15,255
- Pinky ‘Catmeow’ Devi – ₹92,130
*denotes a heads-up deal
SPRINT (7-Max) – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 299
Re-entries – 243
Prize Pool – ₹8,13,000
Places Paid – 63
The (7-Max) SPRINT champion from July 15, PokerGuru Ambassador Faiz ‘AilaGaya’ Alam, won the 9 PM marquee for the second time this month for ₹1.32 Lakhs. The IPC Megastacks – ₹100K High Roller third place finisher outran the 542-entry field, eventually striking a three-way deal with Shubham ‘BamBhole3796’ Tyagi (2nd for ₹1.05 Lakhs) and ‘thala07’ (3rd for ₹1.04 Lakhs).
Faiz Alam made another deep run in PokerStars India’s Uppercut (37th for ₹4,000), making away with at least ₹1.35 Lakhs in Friday winnings.
Final Table Results
- Faiz ‘AilaGaya’ Alam – ₹1,31,396*
- Shubham ‘BamBhole3796’ Tyagi – ₹1,04,691*
- thala07 – ₹1,03,829*
- mp04priyank – ₹52,682
- Vishwas ‘quickmaths’ Khanna – ₹39,512
- Saurabh ‘twister’ Rohila – ₹31,707
- bagdadi345 – ₹26,423
*denotes a three-way deal
(7-Max) Daily SPRINT – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 163
Re-entries – 138
Prize Pool – ₹6,02,000
Places Paid – 36
The new PokerBaazi user ‘Mightyriver‘ made a grand debut on the site as they overcame a 301-entry field in the ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) Daily SPRINT to win ₹1.33 Lakhs. The two-time The Millionaire winner Ayush ‘Proman502’ Garg fell one place short of winning the 7:30 PM marquee for the third time, netting ₹93,310 in second place.
The user ‘Mightyriver’ played seven tournaments on their first day on PokerBaazi and crossed the money line in three (including a title win and an FT finish), collecting an impressive ₹1.51 Lakhs overall.
Their Friday finishes include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹1,32,982
> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s Daily Afternoon SPRINT for ₹15,178
> 23rd in PokerBaazi’s Daily Night SPRINT for ₹2,677
Mightyriver’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹1.51 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹1.30 Lakhs | Titles Won: #1
Final Table Results
- Mightyriver – ₹1,32,982
- Ayush ‘Proman502’ Garg – ₹93,310
- Abilash ‘Steelbala’ Bala – ₹60,019
- Sashank ‘TheTamizhDurrr’ Chakravarty – ₹44,428
- Abhishek ‘nanuabhi’ Gurung – ₹33,351
- missmaisel – ₹26,669
- Sanchit ‘devilsanchit’ Anand – ₹22,154
‘bagdadi345’ (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Afternoon BOOST for ₹82,009), ‘eeagle’ (Won ₹3 Lakhs GTD Holdem Boost for ₹51,801), ‘Rishabh_Ranka’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Hyper SPRINT for ₹48,542), Raman ‘Ranzoo9’ Arora (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Night SPRINT for ₹47,203), Rehmat ‘seinfeld’ Singh Walia (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Daily BOOST for ₹40,194), ‘ishael’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD SPRINT 1 AM for ₹39,261), Avi ‘avialte5121’ Chauhan (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Evening SPRINT for ₹29,164), ‘psytrance’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Daily Morning SPRINT for ₹28,439), ‘ashwani112’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Daily Afternoon SPRINT for ₹24,899), ‘dinesh9999’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD SPRINT 1 PM for ₹24,132), ‘vikas705’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD PLO Boost Monster for ₹22,041), and Keshav ‘hanuman3725’ Panwar (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Baazi Super Value for ₹10,118) won the other PokerBaazi marquees.
MPL Poker
Friday Supreme – ₹4 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,999
Total Entries – 238
Prize Pool – ₹4,00,000
Places Paid – 37
Babita ‘pailot979884540’ Kumari redeemed herself after her second-place finish in the Monday Madness, as she trampled over the 238-player field to clinch MPL Poker’s ₹4 Lakhs GTD Friday Supreme title for ₹1.02 Lakhs. Abhishek ‘chapakal’ Kumar collected a runner-up payday worth ₹64,686.
Final Table Results
- Babita ‘pailot979884540’ Kumari – ₹1,01,680
- Abhishek ‘chapakal’ Kumar – ₹64,686
- Muntiyaz ‘fireplay111’ – ₹43,917
- jua_hi_toh_hai – ₹34,831
- Sujit ‘kridence’ Nishad – ₹22,932
- yodha277239 – ₹16,225
- 89*****154 – ₹12,980
- luckbox96 – ₹10,348
Pocket52
Hercules – ₹3 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,500
Entries – 102
Re-entries – 71
Prize Pool – ₹3,00,000
Places Paid – 27
Pocket52 network user ‘Hirthk12’ outlasted the 172-entry field in the ₹3 Lakhs GTD Hercules to take home ₹62,250. Mintu ‘Mintu11’ Yadav settled for a runner-up payday worth ₹46,500.
Final Table Results
- Hirthk12 – ₹62,250
- Mintu ‘Mintu11’ Yadav – ₹46,500
- 4betbluff – ₹33,000
- RUNGOOD – ₹21,000
- HassiAces – ₹15,750
- Samir108 – ₹12,000
Pocket Queens – ₹2 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,250
Entries – 86
Re-entries – 46
Prize Pool – ₹2,00,000
Places Paid – 19
The user ‘KOHINOOR’ championed Pocket52`s ₹2 Lakhs GTD Pocket Queens, defeating 131 other opponents to collect ₹46,000. ‘secure_davy79_13974003’ raked in ₹33,000 in second place.
Final Table Results
- KOHINOOR – ₹46,000
- secure_davy79_13974003 – ₹33,000
- Gizopy – ₹24,000
- ADHEERA333 – ₹18,000
- Ghosh69 – ₹14,000
- killer001 – ₹10,000
PokerStars India
Uppercut – ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 112
Re-entries – 76
Total Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Regular Prize Pool – ₹3,12,000
Bounty Prize Pool – ₹1,88,000
Places Paid – 19
The #6 ranked player of the year, Rising Star Ritwik ‘Fisherman1997’ Khanna, filled in ₹1.49 in Friday winnings, most notably shipping PokerStars India`s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Uppercut for ₹1.15 Lakhs (₹60,063 in bounties). The 8 PM marquee ran for almost seven hours and experienced an overlay shortfall of ₹1.24 Lakhs.
Khanna`s Friday finishes include:
> 1st in PokerStars India`s Uppercut for ₹1,15,183
> 11th in PokerBaazi`s The Weekly HighRoller for ₹33,485
Ritwik Khanna`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.23 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ~₹1.93 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #10 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.10 Crores | Ranked #6 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)
Final Table Results (Including Bounties)
- Ritwik ‘Fisherman1997’ Khanna – ₹1,15,183
- ASG 961 – ₹59,620 (Bounties: ₹4,500)
- BloodringBanger – ₹45,345
- killeerbeee – ₹32,703
- Piyush ‘noname3006’ Nanda – ₹28,822
- IMR444 – ₹20,419
- Mayank ‘riverrshiverr’ Maruka – ₹20,211
‘rboora3232’ (Won ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD Uppercut Mini for ₹51,100), Saurav ‘saurav007’ Ghosh (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Ultrasonic for ₹24,602), Karan ‘Karannthakker’ Thakker (Won ₹50K GTD Afternoon on Stars for ₹15,536), ‘DiamondStacks’ (Won ₹50K GTD Deepstack for ₹11,624) and ‘kindergartenpac’ (Won ₹50K GTD Primetime Grind for ₹10,959), won the other PokerStars India marquees.
Adda52
The Ballers – ₹20 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹7,500
Entries – 148
Re-entries – 122
Prize Pool – ₹20,00,000
Places Paid – 27
Adda52 user ‘sarpatta’ outlasted the 270-entry field in the Friday headliner, ₹20 Lakhs GTD The Ballers, bagging their first title on the site this year and a personal-best ₹5.20 Lakhs in prize money. The former Full House Finale runner-up, Ravindra ‘wormhole’ Arikeri, chasing his first title in three months, collected ₹3.10 Lakhs in second place.
sarpatta’s Adda52 stats: Site Winnings: ₹11.90 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹6.80 Lakhs | Titles Won: #6
Ravindra Arikeri’s online stats (Spartan Poker & Adda52): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.53 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹21.13 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #3
The ₹7,500 buy-in event signed up 270 hopefuls, registering an overlay shortfall worth ₹1.59 Lakhs.
Final Table Results
- sarpatta – ₹5,20,000
- Ravindra ‘wormhole’ Arikeri – ₹3,10,000
- Kunal ‘FloatToMyBoat’ Patni – ₹2,33,000
- Guddu ‘Amankmr20’ Chaudhary – ₹1,70,000
- Vishal ‘darky012’ Ojha – ₹1,15,000
- Tanmay ‘PlusEv’ Benara – ₹85,000
Friday Bounty ₹4 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,700
Entries – 138
Re-entries – 104
Prize Pool – ₹6,05,000
Places Paid – 24
The Adda52 user ‘baronofcards navigated past a 242-entry field in the site`s Friday Bounty to collect ₹1.16 Lakhs (₹25,852 in bounties), ‘brownguy26’ took home a runner-up payday of ₹69,466 (₹16,807 in bounties).
Final Table Results (Includes Bounties)
- baronofcards – ₹1,16,195
- brownguy26 – ₹69,466
- somyasheshank – ₹41,733
- Siddharth ‘gabandheer’ Pandey – ₹34,216
- Saurabh ‘saurabh21’ Rohila – ₹30,921
- Murti8 – ₹23,270
- Masroor ‘yuvi434’ Ansari – ₹11,596
- Abhinav ‘Borntogamble’ Menon – ₹12,166
NOTE: the final payouts shared in the bounty event are based on our tracking generated data, and may differ from the actual payouts
Karan ‘karanthakker’ Thakker (Won ₹1.20 Lakhs GTD Afternoon Adda for ₹32,940), Manoj ‘Manojk786’ Kumar (Won ₹40K GTD Freeze Out Adda for ₹14,266), Mayank ‘mayankp0985’ P (Won ₹60K GTD Bounty Adda for ₹13,452), Sarvesh ‘playhereforsure13’ Sharma (Won ₹50K GTD Dinesh Karthik Half Century for ₹10,403), ‘ANJ2019‘ (Won ₹50K GTD Sundown Adda for ₹11,800) won the other Adda52 marquees.
Khelo365
Khelo365 user ‘hengokamki’ defeated ‘SALMANBABA’ (2nd for ₹6,600) heads-up in the ₹30K GTD Prime Time PLO to win ₹10,500.
‘Staniye T94′ took down the ₹10K GTD Sun Downer for ₹3,100.
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