Like always, the Tuesday turnouts recorded a sharp uptick from the day before. There will be lot more to come as MPL Poker’s first-ever ₹4 Crores GTD India Poker Festival (IPF) kicks off tomorrow.
The two-time IOPC title winner Arun Sriram championed Spartan Poker’s Mega Stack (IOPC Bubble) for ₹2.63 Lakhs. He ITM-ed two more events taking home over ₹2.99 Lakhs, making him Tuesday’s biggest winner on. Raghav Ananth placed runner-up for ₹1.75 Lakhs.
The former IOPC-The Crown & Millionaire Series #5 – Double Millionaire champion, Vaibhav Temani, took down PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour for the third time for ₹2.63 Lakhs in prize money. TLB crusher Bhanu Prakash KC settled for a runner-up payout worth ₹2.56 Lakhs, courtesy of a heads-up deal.
The former AOPS Mini Main Event Finale champion PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer Singh Chadha won Adda52’s BTH Head Shot for ₹2.43 Lakhs. ‘ArjunThala’ placed runner-up in the event for ₹1.37 Lakhs.
The two-time Sunday Special champion Lavesh Meena won PokerStars India’s Bounty Builder HR for ₹2.40 Lakhs. Gautam Sethi secured a runner-up payday worth ₹1.76 Lakhs.
The SCS High–Main Event champion PokerGuru Ambassador Tarush Gupta won PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹1.43 Lakhs. Sandeep Singh Kohli placed runner-up for ₹1.01 Lakhs.
Young Gun Anmol Mehta shipped PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹1.18 Lakhs. ‘Aonepopp’ placed second for ₹82,550.
Vivek Karwa, Ankit Mathani, Aman Parakh, Paras Jain, Ashit Sharma, Rishi Bhardwaj, Abhiman Urs, Kaleem Pasha, Piyush Kumar, Ashish Kumar, and Rakesh Jangid were the day’s other standout winners.
Here are the Tuesday highlights!
Spartan Poker
Mega Stack (IOPC Bubble) – ₹12.50 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹3,300
Entries – 209
Re-entries – 76
Rebuys – 152
Prize Pool – ₹13,11,000
Places Paid – 39
The two-time IOPC title winner Arun ‘vazharmorghulis’ Sriram overcame the reg-laden 437-entry field in Spartan Poker’s ₹12.50 Lakhs GTD Mega Stack (IOPC Bubble) to champion the event for ₹2.63 Lakhs. Raghav ‘Mr. Bean’ Ananth placed runner-up for ₹1.75 Lakhs.
Arun Sriram also crossed the money line in two more events (including an FT score), taking home over ₹2.99 Lakhs. These scores also helped him climb one spot up to #10 in our Annual Winnings Leaderboard standings. His Tuesday scores include:
> Won Spartan Poker’s Mega Stack for ₹2.63 Lakhs
> 8th in PokerStars India’s Bounty Builder HR for ₹32,502
> 38th in PokerBaazi’s SPRINT for ₹3,838
Arun Sriram’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.36 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.15 Crores | Annual Winnings: ₹1.29 Crores| Titles Won in 2022: #7 | Moves to #10 in the 2022 Annual Winnings Leaderboard
Amit ‘deshominisation’ Kaushik ITM-ed three events (including two FTs) for ₹67,755 in collective winnings. His FT scores were:
> 7th in Spartan Poker’s Mega Stack for ₹44,967
> 8th in Adda52’s BTH Head Shot for ₹16,557
The ₹3,300 buy-in MTT collected 13.11 Lakhs in the prize pool and paid out the top 39 places.
Mohammad ‘IveGotTheNuts’ Arshaq money bubbled the event and walked away with a free ticket to the IOPC#42 Tuesday Prime as a consolation prize.
Final Table Results
- Arun ‘vazharmorghulis’ Sriram – ₹2,62,856
- Raghav ‘Mr. Bean’ Ananth – ₹1,74,756
- AllGhilliedUp – ₹1,27,823
- Shinu22 – ₹1,03,176
- Vinay ‘ConCrete’ B – ₹80,889
- thirteensix – ₹61,224
- Amit ‘deshominisation’ Kaushik – ₹44,967
- Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra – ₹33,037
The Race (IOPC FT) – ₹3 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 117
Re-entries – 23
Rebuys – 65
Prize Pool – ₹3,07,500
Places Paid – 20
Vivek ‘acchemicals’ Karwa topped the 205-entry field in Spartan Poker’s ₹3 Lakhs GTD The Race (IOPC FT) for ₹67,265. He chopped the title heads-up with Bhushan ‘funchampion’ Sohani (2nd for ₹56,657). ‘POSFIT’ placed third for ₹33,056.
The top three places also walked away with a free ticket to the IOPC#1 Launch Party.
Vivek Karwa’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.61 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹5.57 Lakhs | Annual Winnings: ₹7.78 Lakhs| Titles Won in 2022: #2 |
Final Table Results
- Vivek ‘acchemicals’ Karwa – ₹67,265*
- Bhushan ‘funchampion’ Sohani – ₹56,657*
- POSFIT – ₹33,056
- David2000 – ₹27,306
- Areyann ‘VerbalDiarrhea’ Gurbaxani – ₹21,925
- XTENSO – ₹17,189
- Bigboy larry barese – ₹12,884
- Supermax – ₹9,533
*denotes a heads-up deal
Paras ‘Jhukega nahi $ala’ Jain (Won Monster Stack ₹2 Lakhs GTD for ₹46,500), Ashit ‘D. Carwin1’ Sharma (Won Sundowner ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD for ₹44,713), Rishi ‘rb316’ Bhardwaj (Won Night Rider – DeepStack ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD for ₹43,410), ‘krishver’ (Won Chip Up ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹16,524), ‘Senbonzakura’ (Won Centurion ₹50K GTD for ₹10,575), ‘Karzy8’ (Won Epic ₹35K GTD – Multi-Entry for ₹7,691), and ‘flushhouse’ (Won Striker ₹18K GTD for ₹4,599) won the other Spartan Poker Tuesday events.
PokerBaazi
The Endeavour – ₹12 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹3,850
Entries – 205
Re-entries – 208
Prize Pool – ₹15,15,000
Places Paid – 54
The rush of players shows no signs of fading at PokerBaazi. The ₹12 Lakhs GTD, The Endeavour logged in a smashing 413-entry field, generating a prize pool of ₹15.15 Lakhs. The former IOPC-The Crown and Millionaire Series #5 – Double Millionaire champion, Vaibhav ‘vane_shado’ Temani, took down the event – winning his third The Endeavour title and ₹2.63 Lakhs in prize money. TLB crusher Bhanu ‘ChennaiNo1’ Prakash KC settled for a runner-up payout worth ₹2.56 Lakhs, courtesy of a heads-up deal.
Vaibhav Temani’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.95 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹74.60 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #2
Final Table Results
- Vaibhav ‘vane_shado’ Temani – ₹2,62,580*
- Bhanu ‘ChennaiNo1’ Prakash KC – ₹2,55,569*
- Deepbindas – ₹1,37,304
- Dhinesh ‘dhineshrocky007’ Kumar – ₹1,01,539
- hungryanimal – ₹76,230
- vr055 – ₹61,075
- Arunav ‘Frankie08’ Mittal – ₹50,921
- Sanchit ‘Czar’ Pande – ₹40,615
*denotes a heads-up deal
(7-Max) SPRINT – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 280
Re-entries – 212
Prize Pool – ₹7,38,000
Places Paid – 63
The SCS High–Main Event champion PokerGuru Ambassador Tarush ‘Busterr’ Gupta kept his heater going, winning PokerBaazi’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) SPRINT for the second time in three days (third time this year) for ₹1.43 Lakhs. Sandeep Singh ‘King19’ Kohli placed runner-up for ₹1.01 Lakhs.
Gupta also ITM-ed one more event, banking a collective ₹1.45 Lakhs. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.62 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹50.59 Lakhs | Annual Winnings: ₹71.54 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #12
The ₹1,650 buy-in event collected ₹7.38 Lakhs in the prize pool on the back of 492 registrations, and the top 63 places were paid.
Final Table Results
- Tarush ‘Busterr’ Gupta – ₹1,43,393
- Sandeep Singh ‘King19’ Kohli – ₹1,00,516
- AK10JQ – ₹64,649
- Shrey ‘Kingsb30’ Baj – ₹47,822
- Aditya ‘adityalucky’ Parashar – ₹35,867
- betraise – ₹28,782
- Morpheus – ₹23,985
(7-Max) Daily SPRINT – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 138
Re-entries – 102
Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Places Paid – 27
PokerBaazi’s 7:30 PM special, the ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) SPRINT, registered 240 entries, falling just ten entries short of its advertised guarantee. After nearly six hours of play, the lawyer-turned-poker-pro, Young Gun Anmol ‘anzzzzz’ Mehta, shipped the event for ₹1.18 Lakhs. ‘Aonepopp’ placed second for ₹82,550.
Final Table Results
- Anmol ‘anzzzzz’ Mehta – ₹1,17,650
- Aonepopp – ₹82,550
- Himanshu ‘himanshu.zak’ Singh – ₹53,100
- Prashant ‘vanillaice21’ Verma – ₹39,300
- Navneet ‘SICKafterCLICK’ Raj – ₹29,500
- Taliwabang ‘Meverick’ Jamir – ₹23,600
- Raubin ‘pkhelp123’ Sainju – ₹19,600
‘thala07’ (Won Holdem BOOST ₹3 Lakhs GTD for ₹66,270), ‘bigfish12’ (Won Daily Boost ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹56,500), ‘jasonroyce’ (Won Daily Night SPRINT ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹53,020), Ankit ‘ankit9300’ Mathani (Won Afternoon Boost ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹51,830), Aman ‘KarmaPoker’ Parakh (Won Hyper Sprint ₹2 Lakhs GTD for ₹49,740), ‘cocothelabrador’ (Won SPRINT ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹40,380), Ashish ‘Imgabru’ Kumar (Won Daily Afternoon SPRINT ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹31,110), ‘utgmyfoot’ (Won Daily Morning SPRINT ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹25,330), ‘Donzrag’ (Won PLO5 BOOST ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹24,090), ‘mrsolodolo’ (Won Evening SPRINT ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹22,290), and ‘rishstar’ (Won PLO Daily ₹40K GTD for ₹11,780) were other big winners on PokerBaazi.
PokerStars India
Bounty Builder HR (On-time Rake Refund) – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹7,700
Entries – 63
Re-entries – 48
Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000
Places Paid – 11
The two-time Sunday Special champion Lavesh ‘lavesh786’ Meena shipped PokerStars India’ Tuesday headliner, the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Bounty Builder HR, for ₹2.40 Lakhs (includes ₹1.13 Lakhs in bounties) yesterday. Meena ran past the 111-strong entry field, eventually beating Gautam ‘nomnomnom18’ Sethi to the finish line. Sethi secured a runner-up payday worth ₹1.76 Lakhs (includes ₹48,563 in bounties).
Lavesh Meena’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹90.95 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹27.20 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #6
The event ran from 8 PM to 2.17 AM and filled in an overlay of ₹2.23 Lakhs, with only the top 11 finishers earning a share of the spoils.
Final Table Results (Includes Bounties)
- Lavesh ‘lavesh786’ Meena – ₹2,39,965
- Gautam ‘nomnomnom18’ Sethi – ₹1,75,653
- Niraj ‘Niraj2401′ – ₹1,29,301
- Atishay ‘momstacos’ Samuel – ₹71,246
- Goonjan ‘gmtesting.ind’ Mall – ₹66,398
- harsha@patil – ₹52,582
- Tanmay ‘tanmay1909’ Benara – ₹34,763
- Arun ‘realruny’ Sriram – ₹32,502
- Sahil ‘inaboobham’ Mahboobani – ₹24,267
Uppercut Mini – ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,375
Entries – 79
Re-entries – 40
Total Prize Pool – ₹1,75,000
Regular Prize Pool – ₹1,00,625
Bounty Prize Pool – ₹74,375
Places Paid – 11
Abhiman ‘AbhimanUrs’ Urs shipped PokerStars India’s ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD Uppercut Mini for ₹41,183 (₹20,337 in bounties). Piyush ‘Zeta Sagittarii’ Kumar placed runner-up for ₹22,956 (₹2,109 in bounties).
Abhiman Urs’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹14 Lakhs | No. of Titles in 2022: #1
Runner-up Piyush Kumar did one better in the ₹50K GTD Primetime Grind to capture the tourney for ₹11,019, earning over ₹33,975 on Tuesday. Kumar sits with ₹8.16 Lakhs in tracked lifetime scores and a corresponding ₹3.05 Lakhs in lifetime profits.
The ₹1,375 buy-in event posted an overlay shortfall of ₹26,250 after only 119 players signed up to play.
Final Table Results (Including Bounties)
- Abhiman ‘AbhimanUrs’ Urs – ₹41,183
- Piyush ‘Zeta Sagittarii’ Kumar – ₹22,956
- bina111984 – ₹18,695
- kutkut3 – ₹18,586
- Partho ‘SpidermanIndia’ Datta – ₹10,005
- Jopay0310 – ₹8,773
- Harsimar ‘simar78’ Singh – ₹8,029
- VinayH71 – ₹6,105
- Kunal ‘kunalduggal13’ Duggal – ₹6,828
‘KaustubhKa’ (Won Ultrasonic ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹28,099), ‘vickp00’ (Won Deepstack ₹50K GTD for ₹15,967), and ‘kunalsingh1990’ (Won Afternoon on Stars ₹50K GTD for ₹13,803) won the other PokerStars India marquees.
Adda52
BTH Head Shot – ₹12.50 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹3,500
Entries – 211
Re-entries – 175
Prize Pool – ₹12,50,000
Places Paid – 43
The former AOPS Mini Main Event Finale champion PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer Singh ‘arjan30’ Chadha picked his second title of May, and seventh title victory of the year, on Adda52 last night. Chadha came out trumps over a 386-player field to win the BTH Head Shot for ₹2.43 Lakhs (includes ₹68,434 in bounties). ‘ArjunThala’ placed runner-up in the event for ₹1.37 Lakhs (includes ₹31,639 in bounties).
Arjanveer Singh Chadha’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹10.21 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.56 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #7 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.19 Crores
The ₹3,500 buy-in event filled in ₹20,590 in overlay shortfall, and 43 finalists cashed out.
Final Table Results (Includes Bounties)
- Arjanveer Singh ‘arjan30’ Chadha – ₹2,42,659
- ArjunThala – ₹1,37,017
- inki_pinky_ponky – ₹95,703
- Fletcher03 – ₹77,953
- Pravin ‘spanks’ Garle – ₹52,797
- Priya Ranjan ‘priyaranjan2k12’ Das – ₹39,494
- kingpablo24 – ₹33,757
- Amit ‘ragingbull’ Kaushik – ₹16,557
BTH Freeze ₹12.50 Lakhs GTD – Day 1C
Buy-in – ₹550
Entries – 88
Survivors – 8
Day 1C of the ₹12.50 Lakhs GTD BTH Freeze brought in another 88 entries and only eight bagged stacks for Day 2. Leading the pack is ‘Rinfeo’ (232,448), with ‘hunu79’ (205,346) and Amit ‘RagingBull’ Kaushik (184,816) bagging the other two top stacks from Day 1C.
Adding to 80 entries (Day 1A – 37, Day 1B – 43), the event has drawn 168 entries till now. Another flight will run today, and all qualifying stacks for this event will converge for Day 2 from 7 PM on Thursday, May 26.
End of Day Chip Counts
- Rinfeo – 232,448
- chunu79 – 205,346
- Amit ‘RagingBull’ Kaushik – 184,816
- Vaibhav ‘alienrobot’ Sharma – 151,699
- Chandan ‘darkfish15’ Arora – 149,792
- Mayank ‘AreyBetaRaise’ Maruka – 149,342
- gladiator86 – 149,342
- Ryan ‘plassma’ Cardoso – 97,393
‘Sinu222’ (Won BTH Ice Cube ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹69,288), Kaleem ‘fishwithnuts’ Pasha (Won BTH Win the Button ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹40,500), ‘brownguy26’ (Won Bounty Adda ₹60K GTD for ₹11,650), and ‘ten1020twenty’ (Won Evening Adda ₹50K GTD for ₹7,805) were others who bagged titles on Adda52 yesterday.
Khelo365
Rakesh ‘LangdaTyagi‘ Jangid championed the ₹20K GTD Under The Gun PLO on Khelo365 for ₹10,000, besting ‘Aauss‘ (runner-up for ₹6,000). Alexcy ‘JonGregor‘ Newmai came third for ₹4,000.
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