With less than two months left for 2022 to wrap, we have finally had the BIGGEST Sunday of the year! While Spartan Poker’s Final Table Series (FTS) 5.0 concluded with a bang, PokerBaazi’s inaugural G.O.A.T. stole the show!
India’s first, and to date, biggest online tournament, offered a never-before-seen ₹7 Crores in guarantee! The ₹11,000 buy-in, 8 Qualifier-long mega tournament registered 7,233 entries to hit a new record by generating a jaw-dropping ₹7.20 Crores prize pool!
The finale of such an event was, expectedly, a heavily contested one. In the end, Rohit Kumar bagged the bragging rights of becoming the first-ever G.O.A.T champion and collected a life-changing ₹94.69 Lakhs for his breakout run. A heads-up deal ensured Puneet Sachan a monstrous ₹68.73 Lakhs for his runner-up finish.
Kumar, a 35-year-old data scientist at Walmart, residing in Bengaluru, said the following on his GOAT victory, “Struggle and failure teach us the most.” Wise words from a man who now has the second-largest online score in the domestic circuit, after Abhishek Maheshwari, PokerBaazi’s first-ever EndBoss champion.
Given the magnitude of the event, the top 10 finishers in the GOAT entered the ‘Millionaire’s Club.’ Besides Kumar and Sachan, the eight-handed final table comprised Young Gun Anmol Mehta (3rd for ₹31.52 Lakhs), Avish Sharma (4th for ₹27.13 Lakhs), Shashank Shekhar (5th for ₹23.03 Lakhs), Vishal Kumar (6th for ₹19.43 Lakhs), Vinayak Bajaj (7th for ₹16.19 Lakhs) and Anish Grover (8th for ₹13.24 Lakhs).
It was a choc-a-block lineup on PokerBaazi yesterday, and shipping the site’s other Sunday flagship, the (6-Max) BSS Championship, was Mohammad ‘Thepokerlion’ Shabaz for ₹11.54 Lakhs. WSOP Online bracelet winner Kartik Ved secured a runner-up finish worth ₹8.08 Lakhs and pocketed ₹9.95 Lakhs overall through five ITM finishes, crossing ₹9 Crores in tracked online winnings.
Online phenom Vaibhav Sharma came out on top in PokerBaazi`s BSS HighRoller, netting ₹6.77 Lakhs following a heads-up deal with Ayush Garg (2nd for ₹6.72 Lakhs). Sharma accumulated a whopping ₹11.30 Lakhs in Sunday winnings, hitting ₹9 Crores in online winnings. Garg collected ₹6.86 Lakhs in total earnings, storming into the “₹7 Crore Club.”
Gokul Raj ended an over three-month dry spell last night when he nailed PokerBaazi’s BSS SuperStack for ₹5.85 Lakhs (won ₹6.33 Lakhs overall) after besting Young Gun Aayush Arya (2nd for ₹3.72 Lakhs) heads-up.
Spartan Poker lit up the felts with a litany of mouth-watering tourneys as the FTS 5.0 wrapped up proceedings. Headlining the Sunday lineup was the ₹2 Crores GTD FTS #56 Main Event that crowned a champion in high-stakes crusher Sajal Gupta who took home a personal-best ₹39.67 Lakhs payday! Gupta also won himself a diamond-studded gold emblazoned Medallion studded with a 3-carat diamond and 37 grams of gold, along with an exclusive NFT! The lawyer-turned-poker pro Armaan Kochhar also pocketed a career-best ₹24.89 Lakhs for his second-place finish in the FTS 5.0 showstopper.
Abhishek Kumar got himself an FTS Gold Medallion after taking down the FTS #53 Sunday Special for ₹12.07 Lakhs (his first title in three months). He collected a career-best ₹12.80 Lakhs through six deep runs.
Young Guns Sanat Mehrotra (Won FTS #55 Maestro for ₹3.94 Lakhs) and Gaurav Sood (Won FTS #52 for ₹3.08 Lakhs) and Melo Partin (Won FTS #54 Double Chance for ₹2.13 Lakhs), won the last few FTS 5.0 Silver Medallions.
Tanmay Benara was the last player standing in PokerStars India’s Sunday headliner, Sunday Special – Boosted Guarantee, netting a site-best ₹4.63 Lakhs (won ₹5.50 Lakhs overall).
Vishal Bajaj won the second EPT Prague Step 3 qualifier on PokerStars India, securing an all-expenses paid package to the upcoming series worth ₹6 Lakhs.
Sarthak Singhal, Dayanand Prass, Aditya Kulkarni, Ambika Chowdhury, Ganesh Durgade, Rahul Agarwal, Manish Jangid, Ramakrishna Sagi, and Prithvi Singh shipped the other Sunday marquees.
Here are the Sunday highlights!
PokerBaazi
G.O.A.T – ₹7 Crores GTD
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 5,319
Re-entries – 1,914
Prize Pool – ₹7,20,00,000
Places Paid – 944
It was one of the most climactic Sundays for domestic online poker, as PokerBaazi played host to the G.O.A.T. finals that started at 9 PM. 1,036 qualifiers from a starting field of 7,233 entries (across eight Qualifiers) got back to the tables for a shot at winning the most-massive cash prize in Indian poker history.
While the first few Qualifiers registered subdued turnouts, a late rush in the final flight ensured the massive ₹7 Crores guarantee was not only met but comfortably crushed, and the prize pool stood at a never-seen-before ₹7.20 Crores.
PokerBaazi has emerged as a site that gives upcoming players a chance at winning life-changing money, EndBoss 1.0 champion Abhishek Maheshwari, EndBoss 2.0 champion Ishan Chugh and EndBoss 3.0 winner Jitendra Gadhwal being cases in point. In the wee hours of Monday, another relatively lesser-known player Rohit ‘Huskaral’ Kumar, became the new poster boy for Indian poker after taking down the record-breaking event for a career-defining ₹94.69 Lakhs.
Kumar chopped the G.O.A.T title heads-up with Puneet ‘puneetdurr111’ Sachan, who made away with ₹68.73 Lakhs as the runner-up of the biggest tournament held in the country!
Thirty-five-year-old Kumar, a data scientist at Walmart, hails from Patna, Bihar though he is currently based in Bengaluru. Kumar had sailed into the G.O.A.T finals via Qualifier 2. Talking to us earlier today, Kumar let out that he has been playing poker for over five years.
The G.O.A.T is the fourth tournament Kumar has won, though he has played plenty of poker in live settings in Bengaluru and in international locations like Las Vegas, New York, and Montreal. He summed up his feeling after the remarkable feat in one line, “Struggle and failure teach us the most.”
While his prior lifetime winnings were a modest ₹51.77 Lakhs, Kumar’s stellar Sunday run has nearly tripled his online earnings! Rohit Kumar’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹1.46 Crores | Site Profits: ₹94.58 Lakhs
The G.O.A.T runner-up Puneet Sachan also min-cashed PokerBaazi`s BSS MonsterStack (23rd for ₹7,106), bringing his Sunday winnings to ₹68.80 Lakhs. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.03 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹73.95 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #6
Young Gun Anmol ‘anzzzzz’ Mehta (3rd for ₹31.52 Lakhs), Avish ‘thehorse7’ Sharma (4th for ₹27.13 Lakhs), Shashank ‘Iverson003’ Shekhar (5th for ₹23.03 Lakhs), Vishal ‘karan23’ Kumar (6th for ₹19.43 Lakhs), Vinayak ‘salmanbhai’ Bajaj (7th for ₹16.19 Lakhs), and Anish ‘Sniper7’ Grover (8th for ₹13.24 Lakhs) were the other players who made the FT in the G.O.A.T.
The G.O.A.T. third-place finisher, Shashank Shekhar, cashed another six events, rounding up ₹24.57 Lakhs in Sunday winnings, getting him past ₹3 Crores in tracked online winnings.
His top Sunday finishes include:
> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s G.O.A.T for ₹23,03,000
> 27th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #56 Main Event for ₹1,09,562
> 61st in PokerBaazi’s BSS SuperStack for ₹16,540
> 86th in PokerBaazi’s (6-Max) BSS Championship for ₹14,504
Shashank Shekhar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.14 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.11 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #3 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.28 Crores
The Millionaire Series 5.0 Main Event champion Vinayak Bajaj cashed another four events, making for a Sunday take-home worth ₹18.35 Lakhs.
His Sunday finishes include:
> 7th in PokerBaazi’s G.O.A.T for ₹16,19,000
> 4th in PokerStars India’s Sunday Special – Boosted Guarantee for ₹1,34,715
> 15th in PokerBaazi’s BSS SuperStck for ₹41,350
> 46th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #53 Sunday Special for ₹22,931
> 16th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #52 for ₹16,904
Vinayak Bajaj`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.87 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.96 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #16 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.42 Crores
Former IOPC – The Crown champion Vaibhav ‘vane_shado’ Temani (10th for ₹10 Lakhs), Aryan ‘cyberpaapi’ Chandwani (13th for ₹6.84 Lakhs), Pranav ‘pranav.bang1’ Bang (15th for ₹4.32 Lakhs), Loveleen ‘kartoos’ Singh (16th for ₹4.32 Lakhs), Chirag ‘chiragkhanduja’ Khanduja (17th for ₹4.32 Lakhs), and Pradip ‘Nit2Donk’ Ghosh (20th for ₹2.16 Lakhs) were others who posted a deep run in the 7 Crores GTD G.O.A.T.
Final Table Results
- Rohit ‘Huskaral’ Kumar – ₹94,69,000*
- Puneet ‘puneetdurr111’ Sachan – ₹68,73,000*
- Anmol ‘anzzzzz’ Mehta – ₹31,52,000
- Avish ‘thehorse7’ Sharma – ₹27,13,000
- Shashank ‘Iverson003’ Shekhar – ₹23,03,000
- Vishal ‘karan23’ Kumar – ₹19,43,000
- Vinayak ‘salmanbhai’ Bajaj – ₹16,19,000
- Anish ‘Sniper7’ Grover – ₹13,24,000
*denotes a heads-up deal
(6-Max) BSS Championship – ₹50 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹8,250
Entries – 439
Re-entries – 440
Prize Pool – ₹65,92,000
Places Paid – 108
Given the frenzy surrounding the G.O.A.T, PokerBaazi slotted in the ₹50 Lakhs GTD (6-Max) BSS Championship last night. Mohammed ‘Thepokerlion’ Shabaz outran the guarantee-busting 879-entry field to collect a jaw-dropping ₹11.54 Lakhs. The win didn‘t come easy for Shabaz, who had to take on Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved heads-up – the WSOP bracelet winner netting ₹8.08 Lakhs as the runner-up.
Mohammed Shabaz’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹12.83 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹11.82 Lakhs
Ved made away with ₹9.95 Lakhs in Sunday winnings from five deep runs, becoming the second player (alongside Vaibhav Sharma) to cross ₹9 Crores in tracked lifetime winnings last night.
His Sunday finishes include:
> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s (6-Max) BSS Championship for ₹8,08,241 (His third-best finish of 2022)
> 32nd in Spartan Poker’s FTS #56 Main Event for ₹97,158
> 367th in PokerBaazi’s G.O.A.T for ₹35,980
> 33rd in Spartan Poker’s FTS #53 Sunday Special for ₹32,760
> 41st in PokerBaazi’s BSS SuperStack for ₹20,675
Kartik Ved`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹9.04 Crores | Annual Profits: ₹4.20 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #8 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.83 Crores
Shagun ‘sogani22’ Jain (7th for ₹1.93 Lakhs), Arvind ‘BigRedShove’ Halaharvi (8th for ₹1.54 Lakhs), Karan ‘Apocalypto’ Radia (9th for ₹1.15 Lakhs), and Puneet ‘neo1’ Dua (10th for ₹85,700) were others who posted top-10 finishes in the event.
Final Table Results
- Mohammed ‘Thepokerlion’ Shabaz – ₹11,53,688
- Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved – ₹8,08,241
- classic78 – ₹5,22,785
- Nishaanth ‘shanni’ Shanmughasundaram – ₹3,86,321
- Wilson ‘kalingkaling’ Yomso – ₹2,88,752
- M Keerthi ‘pokerkid08’ Kumar – ₹2,33,375
BSS SuperStack – ₹25 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 389
Re-entries – 438
Prize Pool – ₹41,35,000
Places Paid – 100
The ₹5,500 buy-in BSS SuperStack recorded 827 entries on Sunday, generating a guarantee-smashing ₹41.35 Lakhs prize pool. Gokul ‘Nygma’ Raj eventually crushed the vast field, winning the Sunday headliner for ₹5.85 Lakhs, scoring his first title victory in over three months. The #6 ranked player of the year, Aayush ‘Learnnwin’ Arya, collected ₹3.72 Lakhs in second place.
While this was the first time that Raj won the 7 PM tourney, he cashed another two events last night, adding ₹6,33,283 Lakhs to his poker bankroll.
His Sunday finishes includs:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s BSS SuperStack for ₹5,85,103
> 300th in PokerBaazi’s G.O.A.T for ₹43,180
> 98th in PokerStars India’s Sunday Special – Boosted Guarantee for ₹5,000
Gokul Raj`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.50 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.20 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #5
Final Table Results
- Gokul ‘Nygma’ Raj – ₹5,85,103
- Aayush ‘Learnnwin’ Arya – ₹3,72,150
- Anurag ‘13anurag’ Srivastava – ₹2,89,450
- Suneeth ‘suneethkalmady’ Kalmady – ₹2,27,425
- Ankit ‘gabru1410’ Agarwal – ₹1,86,075
- Karan ‘karangogi’ Malhotra – ₹1,44,725
- tiltplay – ₹1,03,375
- Sandy ‘Ziigmund’ Lamba – ₹82,700
BSS HighRoller – ₹20 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 198
Re-entries – 180
Prize Pool – ₹37,80,000
Places Paid – 45
The buzz around the G.O.A.T helped all the other Sunday flagship turnouts on PokerBaazi, including the ₹20 Lakhs GTD BSS HighRoller that registered a guarantee-crushing 378-player field. The event played down to a heads-up deal between two top pros, Vaibhav ‘WakhraSwagNi’ Sharma and Ayush ‘Proman502’ Garg – both hitting significant career milestones.
Sharma was named the champion and won the BSS HighRoller title for ₹6.77 Lakhs. He raked in a seven-figure payday worth ₹11.30 Lakhs last night (from four deep runs), crossing ₹9 Crores in tracked online winnings.
His Sunday finishes include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s BSS HighRoller for ₹6,77,254* (heads-up deal)
> 11th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #56 Main Event for ₹3,84,499 (including multiple scores)
> 21st in Spartan Poker’s FTS #53 #SundaySpecial for ₹51,480
> 76th in PokerBaazi’s BSS Championship for ₹16,481
Vaibhav Sharma’s online stats (including HU SnGs): Lifetime Winnings: ₹9.03 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.66 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #21 (including EPT Prague Qualifier) | Annual Winnings: ₹2.37 Crores
The two-time The Millionaire winner Ayush Garg collected ₹6.72 Lakhs as the runner-up. He posted ₹6.86 Lakhs in Sunday winnings (from two deep runs and a bounty), enough to get him into the “₹7 Crore Club.”
His Sunday finishes include:
> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s BSS HighRoller for ₹6,72,206* (heads-up deal)
> 94th in PokerBaazi’s BSS Championship for ₹12,526
> 20th in PokerBaazi’s BSS Kickoff for ₹6,415
Ayush Garg’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.69 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #17 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.17 Crores
Final Table Results
- Vaibhav ‘WakhraSwagNi’ Sharma – ₹6,77,254*
- Ayush ‘Proman502’ Garg – ₹6,72,206*
- Chizzale – ₹3,57,210
- bluffme19 – ₹2,64,600
- Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia – ₹1,98,450
- Prashanth ‘Iveyleague’ Sekar – ₹1,58,760
*denotes a heads-up deal
BSS Value Boost – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,375
Entries – 450
Re-entries – 398
Prize Pool – ₹10,60,000
Places Paid – 137
Friday’s Daily Value Boost finalist Dayanand ‘dayanandprass’ Prass redeemed himself yesterday as he raced past a massive 848-entry field in one of PokerBaazi’s Sunday Flagships, the ₹10 Lakhs GTD BSS Value Boost and ended up bagging a career-best ₹1.77 Lakhs in first-place prize money. Site-user ‘kawkaw13’ placed second for ₹1.24 Lakhs.
Prass also ran deep in two other events and cumulatively added ₹1.87 Lakhs to his bankroll yesterday. His Sunday finishes include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s BSS Value Boost for ₹1,77,126
> 21st in Adda52’s Sunday Showdown for ₹9,345
> 8th in PokerBaazi’s Turbo for ₹903
Dayanand Prass’ online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹44.20 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹5.78 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #18| Annual Winnings: ₹33.86 Lakhs
Shubham ‘backchod’ Agarwal placed eighth for ₹14,734 and grossed ₹1.03 Lakhs overall across another two ITM finishes, which include:
> 18th in PokerBaazi’s (6-Max) BSS Championship for ₹59,333
> 10th in PokerStars India’s Sunday Special for ₹27,546
> 8th in PokerBaazi’s BSS Value Boost for ₹14,734
Shubham Agarwal`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.54 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹45.57 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #13
Final Table Results
- Dayanand ‘dayanandprass’ Prass – ₹1,77,126
- kawkaw13 – ₹1,23,914
- Akshay ‘AkshayP’ Pathak – ₹86,390
- Chandan ‘Darkfish’ Arora – ₹60,102
- Mohammad ‘chandlerbing’ Azhar – ₹41,552
- Mitarani111111 – ₹28,938
- banatah – ₹20,140
- Shubham ‘backchod’ Agarwal – ₹14,734
(7-Max) BSS SPRINT – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 269
Re-entries – 255
Prize Pool – ₹10,48,000
Places Paid – 63
The PokerBaazi user ‘badshah123’ scored the big break they were chasing last night after coming out on top of a vast 524-player field in the ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) BSS SPRINT to collect a site-best ₹1.78 Lakhs*.
‘badshah123’ struck a four-way deal with Naman ‘KidPoker09’ Puri (2nd for ₹1.32 Lakhs), Siddhanth ‘Bullzeye’ Kapoor (3rd for ₹1.08 Lakhs), and ‘ggkcse’ (4th for ₹86,973).
Before the win, Badshah123 had ₹5.63 Lakhs in registered losses on the site and recovered almost 30% with the Sunday score.
The ₹2,200 buy-in BSS SPRINT registered a guarantee-crushing 524 entries, and the top 63 finishers got a share from the hefty ₹10.48 Lakhs prize pool.
Final Table Results
- badshah123 – ₹1,77,822*
- Naman ‘KidPoker09’ Puri – ₹1,32,623*
- Siddhanth ‘Bullzeye’ Kapoor – ₹1,08,661*
- ggkcse – ₹86,973*
- Sonu ‘sonushejpal’ Shejpal – ₹50,933
- Hemu0212 – ₹40,872
- Kunal ‘VasooliChacha’ Patni – ₹34,060
*denotes a four-way deal
BSS MonsterStack (6-Max) – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,750
Entries – 169
Re-entries – 154
Prize Pool – ₹8,07,000
Places Paid – 36
The #BB4 MoneyMaker runner-up finisher Aditya ‘adit11’ Kulkarni tamed the 323-entry field in PokerBaazi’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD BSS MonsterStack, winning the 5 PM marquee for ₹1.44 Lakhs. He took the diplomatic route before taking down the title by striking a three-way deal with Ritwik ‘Ritwikkhanna’ Khanna (2nd for ₹1.29 Lakhs), and last night`s Sunday Storm champion Sarthak ‘snickers21’ Singhal (3rd for ₹1.10 Lakhs).
Kulkarni had also made Day 2 in the G.O.A.T (348th for ₹43,176) and collectively added ₹1.89 Lakhs across his Sunday run. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.92 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹78.87 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #13
Ritwik Khanna, who recently crossed ₹7 Crores in tracked online winnings, made away with over ₹3.54 Lakhs across six deep runs, which include:
> 2nd in PokerBaazi`s BSS MonsterStack for ₹1,29,012
> 11th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #53 Sunday Special for ₹94,224
> 48th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #56 Main Event for ₹84,755
> 71st in PokerBaazi’s BSS SuperStack for ₹16,540
> 77th in PokerBaazi’s BSS Championship for ₹16,481
> 22nd in Spartan Poker’s FTS #52 for ₹12,776
Ritwik Khanna’s Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.04 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.14 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #14 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.91 Crores
Final Table Results
- Aditya ‘adit11’ Kulkarni – ₹1,44,674*
- Ritwik ‘Ritwikkhanna’ Khanna – ₹1,29,012*
- Sarthak ‘snickers21’ Singhal – ₹1,10,361*
- Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur – ₹59,594
- Sandeep ‘PoKcey’ Singh – ₹44,736
- Nishant ‘rektace’ Kumar – ₹35,772
*denotes a three-way deal
BSS Kickoff – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹3,300
Entries – 112
Re-entries – 86
Prize Pool – ₹5,94,000
Places Paid – 24
PokerBaazi user ‘zarxi’ championed the ₹5 Lakhs GTD BSS Kickoff after coming out on the top of a 198-entry field to collect the top prize of ₹1.43 Lakhs. ‘Thefacebook’ placed runner-up for ₹1.01 Lakhs.
zarxi’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹3.31 Lakhs
The ₹3,300 buy-in BSS Kickoff had 198 hopefuls buying for a share of the ₹5.94 Lakhs prize money and the top 24 places got paid.
Final Table Results
- zarxi – ₹1,43,451
- Thefacebook – ₹1,00,564
- jaiden1777 – ₹64,627
- Anurag ‘13anurag’ Srivastava – ₹47,876
- Adarsh ‘lazygamer007’ Jha – ₹35,937
- kalakhata – ₹28,750
- Pawan ‘Pawan46’ S – ₹23,879
- Smikijoejr – ₹19,127
‘blazin666’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD BSS for ₹71,130), ‘Bk108’ (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Midnight SPRINT for ₹67,790), Ambika ‘IronThrone’ Chowdhury (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD BSS Night SPRINT for ₹50,490), Ganesh ‘Ganesh24’ Durgade (Won ₹1 Lakhs GTD BSS for ₹33,040), Rahul ‘rahullpharm’ Agarwal (Won ₹1 Lakhs GTD SPRINT for ₹30,900), ‘Suhas0108’ (Won ₹1 Lakhs GTD Daily Morning SPRINT for ₹30,130), ‘harsh005’ (Won ₹40K GTD PLO Daily for ₹10,640) and ‘johnimsong’ (Won ₹50K GTD (5-Max) Daily for ₹5,830) won the other Sunday marquees on PokerBaazi.
Spartan Poker
FTS #56 Main Event (6-Max) – ₹2 Crores GTD
Buy-in – ₹35,000
Entries – 327
Re-entries – 125
Rebuys – 194
Survivors – 86 (73)
Prize Pool – ₹2,06,72,000
Places Paid – 79
Spartan Poker’s biggest-ever FTS 5.0 came to a thundering close last night with last FTS edition’s FTS #32 High Roller champion Sajal ‘GoMuckYourself’ Gupta whisking away the Main Event title for a career-best ₹39.67 Lakhs. He also notched up a second FTS Gold Medallion for the win while locking in one of the last two remaining seats on the Masters Table.
The 28-year-old Computer Science grad from IIT Delhi hasn’t been playing as much, but there was no denying him the glory last night. Coming into the weekend grind after an almost six-week gap, Gupta carried an above-average stack through Day 1A, making it all the way to the finish line to become the fifth-ever FTS Main Event champion!!
Sajal Gupta’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.48 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ~₹1.85 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #2 | Annual Winnings: ₹92.05 Lakhs
Armaan ‘space ace’ Kochhar, who had qualified from Day 1A, banked an equally impressive ₹24.89 Lakhs in second place. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.62 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.42 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #16 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.77 Crores
The two-time Millionaire winner Sriharsha ‘lvey2’ Doddapaneni picked up ₹15.05 Lakhs in Sunday winnings on the back of deep runs in the FTS Main Event (4th for ₹14.66 Lakhs) and FTS #53 Sunday Special (31st for ₹39,000).
Sriharsha Doddapaneni`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.67 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹4.21 Crores | Annual Winnings: ₹75.96 Lakhs
Friday’s FTS #45 runner-up finisher, Vivek ‘KasolHieghts’ Singh, locked in ₹11.80 Lakhs through five deep runs, which include:
> 5th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #56 Main Event for ₹10,89,414
> 20th in PokerBaazi’s BSS SuperStack for ₹37,215
> 51st in PokerBaazi’s (6-MAX) BSS Championship for ₹25,711
> 43rd in PokerBaazi’s BSS HighRoller for ₹21,168
> 49th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #52 for ₹6,832
Vivek Singh’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹9.88 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.32 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #19 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.48 Crores
Anurag ‘Norman Bates’ Srivastava accumulated a whopping ₹12.22 Lakhs from seven cashes and one bounty.
His top Sunday finishes include:
> 6th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #56 Main Event for ₹8,55,821
> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s BSS SuperStack for ₹2,89,450
> 4th in PokerBaazi’s BSS Kickoff for ₹47,876
Anurag Srivastava’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹9.56 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.12 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #25 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.95 Crores | Moves to #7 on the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)
The ₹35,000 buy-in tourney registered 646 entries across two starting flights, comfortably surpassing its advertised ₹2 Crores guarantee. The jaw-dropping ₹2.07 Crores in the prize pool was distributed among the top 79 finishers.
Some other notables who crossed the money line included Rubin ‘OMG_s1mple’ Labroo (7th for ₹6.39 Lakhs), Karan ‘Junior-KK’ Kapur (10th for ₹2.87 Lakhs), Vaibhav ‘Nikka Zaildar’ Sharma (11th for ₹2.87 Lakhs), Spartan Poker Team Pro Zarvan ‘Zarvan Tumboli’ Tumboli (12th for ₹2.44 Lakhs), Young Gun Arsh ‘BigggTymeR’ Grover (13th for ₹2.44 Lakhs), Prakash ‘Robin Van Charsi’ Gupta (14th for ₹2.13 Lakhs), Ashish ‘0mg_spew’ Munot (15th for ₹2.13 Lakhs), Vishnu ‘violator’ Khandelwal (16th for ₹1.88 Lakhs), Saransh ‘TerrorGandhi$’ Garg (17th for 1.67 Lakhs), Mithun ‘nodelocker’ Mahesh (18th for ₹1.67 Lakhs), and Pavankiran ‘Rootahua Machi’ Bellamkonda (19th for ₹1.67 Lakhs).
Final Table Results
- Sajal ‘GoMuckYourself’ Gupta – ₹39,66,957
- Armaan ‘space ace’ Kochhar – ₹24,88,909
- Pranav ‘Waking Up’ Bang – ₹17,81,926
- Sriharsha ‘lvey2’ Doddapaneni – ₹13,89,158
- Vivek ‘KasolHieghts’ Singh – ₹10,89,414
- Anurag ‘Norman Bates’ Srivastava – ₹8,55,821
FTS #53 Sunday Special – ₹50 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 297
Re-entries – 137
Rebuys – 190
Prize Pool – ₹62,40,000
Places Paid – 63
Abhishek ‘uncle_scrooge’ Kumar was another breakout Sunday winner staging an electrifying comeback. The former Sunday Superstack champion had gone MIA from online MTTs for the last three months. However, proving that the layoff hadn’t made him rusty, Kumar pocketed a career-best ₹12.80 Lakhs (across six deep runs) last night.
Abhishek Kumar hit the jackpot score in Spartan Poker’s ₹50 Lakhs GTD FTS #53 Sunday Special, taking down the final day headliner for an all-time best ₹12.07 Lakhs. The FTS Gold Medallion and a seat on the Masters Table were the other perks accompanying the cash prize. ‘PrettyLiLiar’ finished runner-up for ₹7.61 Lakhs.
Kumar’s Sunday finishes include:
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s FTS #53 Sunday Special for ₹12,06,816
> 20th in PokerBaazi’s (6-MAX) BSS Championship for ₹52,740
> 35th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) BSS SPRINT for ₹6,288
> 45th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #52 for ₹5,776
> 84th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #55 Maestro for ₹4,881
> 64th in PokerBaazi’s BSS Value Boost for ₹3,498
Abhishek Kumar`s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.54 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹67.59 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #3
Anirudh ‘flash’ Reddy pocketed ₹5.56 Lakhs from two deep runs, which include:
> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s FTS #53 Sunday Special for ₹5,46,000
> 31st in Spartan Poker’s FTS #55 Maestro for ₹9,776
Anirudh Reddy’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.44 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.13 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #7
Kunal ‘SoormaBhopali’ Patni is getting ready for the busy live poker season ahead and had a lot going for him last night, for he fired nine deep runs, collectively adding ₹6.93 Lakhs. His best finish came in Spartan Poker’s FTS #53 Sunday Special (4th for ₹4.27 Lakhs).
Kunal Patni`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.60 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.92 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #7 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.16 Crores
Final Table Results
- Abhishek ‘uncle_scrooge’ Kumar – ₹12,06,816
- PrettyLiLiar – ₹7,61,280
- Anirudh ‘flash’ Reddy – ₹5,46,000
- Kunal ‘SoormaBhopali’ Patni – ₹4,33,680
- Mrs Kapoor – ₹3,40,080
- Whateveh – ₹2,66,448
- Shashank ‘gtoexploiter77’ Jain – ₹2,00,304
- Anmol ‘Dead money’ Narang – ₹1,42,272
FTS #55 Maestro – ₹20 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 549
Re-entries – 175
Rebuys – 316
Prize Pool – ₹20,80,000
Places Paid – 103
Young Gun Sanat ‘orhem3001’ Mehrotra made quite the run in the penultimate event at FTS 5.0, Spartan Poker’s ₹20 Lakhs GTD FTS #55 Maestro, as he ransacked the 1,040-entry field in the 9:30 PM flagship, picking up his career-third FTS title (his first title of the series) for a ₹3.94 Lakhs top prize and the FTS Silver Medallion.
The DCS #32 PLO High Roller champion, Mehrotra, made away with ₹4.20 Lakhs yesterday across two ITM finishes and one bounty.
His Sunday finishes include:
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s FTS #55 Maestro for ₹3,93,952
> 34th in PokerBaazi’s BSS SuperStack for ₹24,810
Sanat Mehrotra’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹9.88 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.40 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #11 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.67 Crores | Ranked #12 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)
Leaderboard crusher Vinay ‘vinay0902’ Rajpal came close to clinching his first FTS 5.0 title but had to settle for a runner-up payday worth ₹2.41 Lakhs. Known for his multi-scoring abilities, Rajpal cashed five events (and one bounty), accumulating ₹2.67 Lakhs overall. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.77 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹91.51 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #10 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.50 Crores
Final Table Results
- Sanat ‘orhem3001’ Mehrotra – ₹3,93,952
- Vinay ‘vinay0902’ Rajpal – ₹2,41,072
- Nitin ‘NITINABD’ Rawat – ₹1,72,224
- Lavesh ‘UPay4MyWeed98’ Meena – ₹1,30,416
- a10jkq – ₹1,03,792
- Sami5 – ₹79,664
- jabwebet – ₹57,616
- Play_like_pro – ₹39,312
FTS #52 – ₹20 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 662
Re-entries – 248
Rebuys – 466
Prize Pool – ₹20,64,000
Places Paid – 135
The two-time POY and the winningest player on our tracked database, Young Gun Gaurav ‘mozzie17’ Sood, had quite the Sunday night run. The poker prodigy overcame the 1,376-entry field in Spartan Poker’s ₹20 Lakhs GTD FTS #52, clinching his fourth FTS title of the series for ₹3.08 Lakhs. It was his eighth final table finish at the FTS 5.0 and was just the push he needed to win the ₹50 Lakhs GTD FTS 5.0 Leaderboard race, earning an additional ₹15 Lakhs in bonus money.
He chopped the 4 PM tournament title heads-up with ‘Born NinjAA’ (2nd for ₹3.06 Lakhs).
Sood ITM-ed five more events to bank ₹5.31 Lakhs (overall), becoming the first player in the country to hit the ₹14 Crore milestone in online winnings.
His Sunday scores include:
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s FTS #52 for ₹3,08,222
> 22nd in Spartan Poker’s FTS #56 – Main Event for ₹1,46,771
> 26th in PokerBaazi’s BSS HighRoller for ₹27,972
> 69th in PokerBaazi’s BSS Championship for ₹18,459
> 32nd in PokerStars India’s Sunday Special – Boosted GTD for ₹15,262
> 82nd in PokerBaazi’s BSS SuperStack for ₹14,473
Gaurav Sood’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹14.03 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹7.20 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #13 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.89 Crores | Ranked #9 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)
Final Table Results
- Gaurav ‘mozzie17’ Sood – ₹3,08,222*
- Born NinjAA – ₹3,06,437*
- Rudramani ‘rud1478’ Pokhrel – ₹1,63,262
- Deepak ‘Optimist’ Singh – ₹1,22,602
- supersaiyan21 – ₹95,357
- Siddhanth ‘PluRibu$’ Kripalani – ₹70,589
- Time_HAS_Come – ₹50,547
- Shobhit ‘pinkflyod’ Jaiswal – ₹36,017
*denotes a heads-up deal
FTS #54 Double Chance – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in- ₹1,100
Entries – 849 (639)
Rebuys – 419
Prize Pool – ₹12,68,000
Places Paid – 127
Spartan Poker reg Melo ‘Melo’ Partin picked up one of the last FTS Silver Medallions of the series after shipping the ₹10 Lakhs GTD FTS #54 Double Chance for a site-best ₹2.13 Lakhs, ending an over 20-month-long title drought.
Saturday’s Night Rider champion, Mayank ‘Mayank9894t’ Thakkar, finished runner-up for ₹1.68 Lakhs. His online stats (excluding PokerBaazi): Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.73 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.73 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #1
The 8 PM tourney locked in 1,268 entries, generating a ₹12.68 Lakhs prize pool. The top 127 places received payouts.
Final Table Results
- Melo ‘Melo’ Partin – ₹2,12,803
- Mayank ‘Mayank9894t’ Thakkar – ₹1,67,851
- Devang ‘THENERDGUY’ Yadav – ₹1,01,440
- Sammyy – ₹76,080
- Ankit ‘magnum736’ Saurabh – ₹59,976
- CharlieDREW – ₹44,887
- Samay ‘Limitless’ Singh Modi – ₹31,573
- Blunder Master – ₹22,190
FTS 5.0 Leaderboard Results
The two-time POY, Young Gun Gaurav Sood, was always going to be a threat once he took the lead on the FTS 5.0 leaderboard. And he rode the momentum to the finish line after taking down his fourth title of the series yesterday, winning the FTS 5.0 Leaderboard race for a handsome ₹15 Lakhs in bonus money.
Samay Singh Modi put up a trailblazing run at the series, but like the DCS, where he finished #2 on the Mid and Low Leaderboards, the aspiring actor finished #2 here as well, netting ₹10 Lakhs in bonus money. Onas Malhotra, with seven FT finishes, sealed the #3 spot for ₹7 Lakhs.
| Rank | Player | Prize Amount (BM) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gaurav ‘mozzie17’ Sood | ₹15,00,000 |
| 2 | Samay ‘Limitless’ Singh Modi | ₹10,00,000 |
| 3 | Onas ‘papatumhare’ Malhotra | ₹7,00,000 |
| 4 | KAKAROT98$ | ₹4,50,000 |
| 5 | Karan ‘Majestic’ Radia | ₹3,50,000 |
| 6 | Gursimrann ‘f00l4u’ Brar | ₹3,00,000 |
| 7 | Aayush ‘Eureka226’ Arya | ₹2,50,000 |
| 8 | Ravi ‘Rvjn91’ Jain | ₹2,00,000 |
| 9 | Deepak ‘optimist’ Singh | ₹1,50,000 |
| 10 | Vaibhav ‘Nikka Zaildar’ Sharma | ₹1,00,000 |
‘suminus’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD OFC Cashfall for ₹30,000), ‘Yogesh12346’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Smash for ₹29,740), Prithvi ‘Blunders whale’Singh (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Dark Knight for ₹27,735), ‘battlefury’ (Won ₹60K GTD Striker – PKO for ₹24,609), ‘Ajay67776’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Chip Up for ₹18,981), ‘DanielNeg07’ (Won ₹50K GTD OFC Cashfall for ₹14,575), and ‘Rocky .’ (Won ₹50K GTD The Centurion for ₹11,148) won the other Spartan Poker marquees.
Pocket52
Pocket Kings – ₹15 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹3,300
Entries – 235
Re-entries – 128
Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000
Places Paid – 55
The user ‘PokerG’ outclassed the 363-entry field in the poker network`s Sunday headliner, ₹15 Lakhs GTD Pocket Kings, collecting ₹2.70 Lakhs in first-place prize money.
‘Shiv170’ finished runner-up for ₹1.95 lakhs.
Final Table Results
- PokerG – ₹2,70,000
- Shiv170 – ₹1,95,000
- Anujsingh – ₹1,35,000
- Rista – ₹97,500
- Futolao – ₹70,500
- PKBISWAS – ₹60,000
Arpan ‘Novus’ Majhi (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Pocket Knights for ₹46,000), ‘user1645726039’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Pocket Lunch for ₹33,000), ‘Ginishvadera’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Pocket Soda for ₹25,000) and ‘glamorous_klinklang_6451525’ (Won ₹60K GTD Pocket Squares for ₹14,691) won the other Pocket52 marquees.
PokerDangal
Sunday PLO6 – ₹50K GTD
Buy-in – ₹330
Entries – 78
Rebuys – 41
Prize Pool – ₹50,000
Places Paid – 20
PokerDangal user ‘Dalbeer’ won the ₹50K GTD PLO6 Sunday for ₹11,000 in first-place prize money. ‘Mechanic’ finished runner-up for ₹8,250.
Final Table Results
- Dalbeer – ₹11,000
- Mechanic – ₹8,250
- Nope11 – ₹6,000
- zokid – ₹4,500
- bigbang – ₹3,375
- Dwayne – ₹2,500
PokerStars India
Sunday Special – Boosted Guarantee – ₹30 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 337
Re-entries – 282
Regular Prize Pool – ₹15,47,500
Bounty Prize Pool – ₹15,47,500
Regular Prize Pool – ₹30,95,000
Places Paid – 79
The India Turbo Masters Main Event champion Tanmay ‘tanmay1909’ Benara delivered quite the Sunday run, posting almost ₹5.50 Lakhs in total winnings across six deep runs. The one score that stood out was the ₹4.63 Lakhs (his best score on the site) he won after acing PokerStars India`s Boosted GTD Week finale, the ₹30 Lakhs GTD Sunday Special! ‘Merlion30’ pocketed ₹2.83 Lakhs as the runner-up.
Tanmay Benara’s Sunday winnings include:
> 1st in PokerStars India`s Sunday Special – Boosted Guarantee for ₹4,62,632
> 35th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #53 Sunday Special for ₹32,760
> 38th in PokerBaazi’s BSS HighRoller for ₹21,168
> 94th in PokerBaazi’s BSS SuperStack for ₹14,473
> 102nd in PokerBaazi’s BSS Championship for ₹11,207
> 47th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #55 Maestro for ₹7,696
Tanmay Benara`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.66 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.26 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #22 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.27 Crore
The ₹5,500 buy-in Sunday Special, like most of the other flagships on the site this past week, managed to break past its advertised guarantee, generating a profitable ₹30.95 Lakhs prize pool. The top 79 finishers from a starting field of 619 participants got paid.
Final Table Results (Including Bounties)
- Tanmay ‘tanmay1909’ Benara – ₹4,62,632
- merlion30 – ₹2,83,349
- Mohammad ‘Bund_Blaster’ Azhar – ₹2,43,437
- Vinayak ‘koi.toh.rok.lo’ Bajaj – ₹1,34,715
- Vaibhav ‘vaibsss’ Bhatia – ₹85,187
- Algorithm101 – ₹76,580
- Siddharth ‘siddonuts’ Pandey – ₹68,539
- Aditya ‘serendipity789’ Sushant – ₹56,214
- Karan ‘The Annihilator’ Radia – ₹84,883
Sunday Storm (8-Max) – Boosted Guarantee – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 286
Re-entries – 145
Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000
Places Paid – 63
The in-form Sarthak ‘sarthakssinghal’ Singhal came out trumps in the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Sunday Storm (8-Max) – Boosted Guarantee (his third podium finish in a Boosted Guarantee event) and walked away with ₹1.79 Lakhs up top along with his fourth MTT title in less than two weeks. Rohit ‘shashi1183’ Kumar collected ₹1.32 Lakhs for a second-place finish.
The seven-time Primetime Grind champion, Singhal, made away with almost ₹3.40 Lakhs in Sunday earnings after two more deep runs, including another top-three finish!
His Sunday winnings include:
> 1st in PokerStars India’s Sunday Storm (8-Max) – Boosted Guarantee for ₹1,79,401
> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s BSS MonsterStack for ₹1,10,361
> 235th in PokerBaazi’s GOAT for ₹50,372
Sarthak Singhal’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹46.44 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹14.02 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #21
The ₹1,650 buy-in MTT fell short of breaking even by ₹3.53 Lakhs after clocking in 431 challengers, and the top 63 places got paid.
Final Table Results
- Sarthak ‘sarthakssinghal’ Singhal – ₹1,79,401
- Rohit ‘shashi1183’ Kumar – ₹1,32,431
- Venkat ‘fishyvishy22’ Vishwanath – ₹97,759
- Bharat ‘MojoJojo2193’ Vasan – ₹72,165
- Vaibhav ‘Tems30’ Temani – ₹53,271
- Haider ‘clickasaur007’ Madraswala – ₹39,324
- Rishabh ‘riverrshiverr’ Jain – ₹29,029
- kenpachipoker – ₹21,429
- leperfoot – ₹17,667
EPT Prague Step 3: 1 Seat & Expenses GTD
Buy-in – ₹7,700
Entries – 58
Re-entries – 20
Prize Pool – ₹8,50,000
Places Paid – 6
One of the most consistent top regs of the country today, Vishal ‘Vishalb22’ Bajaj nailed the second EPT Prague Step 3 qualifier on PokerStars India, earning himself an all-expenses paid package to the upcoming series worth ₹6 Lakhs (his best finish yet on the site)!
Bajaj will be joining Vaibhav Sharma (first qualifier winner) as part of EPT Team India at the EPT Prague festival in December.
Not done yet, Bajaj fired up deep runs in two Sunday headliners, reeling in over ₹7.28 Lakhs in total value yesterday. His Sunday finishes include:
> 1st in PokerStars India`s EPT Prague Step 3 for ₹6 Lakhs
> 64th in Spartan Poker`s FTS #56 Main Event for ₹70,285
> 10th in PokerBaazi`s BSS HighRoller for ₹57,834
Vishal Bajaj`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.80 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.05 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #12 (including the EPT Prague qualifier) | Annual Winnings: ₹2.69 Crores
The ₹7,700 buy-in Qualifier registered a 78-player starting field, overlaying ₹3.04 Lakhs. The top six finishers (excluding the winner) picked up a consolation ₹50,000 in prize money.
Final Table Results
- Vishal ‘Vishalb22’ Bajaj – ₹6,00,000
- Not.So.Pro_01 – ₹50,000
- Lavesh ‘lavesh786’ Meena – ₹50,000
- highroller2301 – ₹50,000
- Arsh ‘BiggggTymeR’ Grover – ₹50,000
- crishabh770 – ₹50,000
‘Maniak God’ (Won Kinghtly Stars PKO ₹3 Lakhs GTD for ₹66,327), Manish ‘manish jangid’ Jangid (Won Ultrasonic ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹28,728), ‘min2thomas’ (Won Super Stack PKO ₹50K GTD for ₹19,810), and ‘muttonmm’ (Won Total KO 100% ₹40K GTD for 14,525) won the other Sunday marquees on PokerStars India.
Adda52
Big Millions Finale – ₹2 Crores GTD
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 1,277
Re-entries – 696
Prize Pool – ₹2,00,00,000
Places Paid – 197
It was a BIG Sunday all across and lighting up the Sunday schedule on Adda52 was the Finale of the ₹2 Crores GTD Adda52 Big Millions.
The seventh edition of the Big Millions brought in 1,973 entries across six starting flights, falling 27 entries short of its 2,000-player guarantee. Some of the best poker players and regs turned up for the tournament, which played down to an eight-handed final table last night – and the final leg of the tournament will be held on November 13 onboard Casino Deltin Royale in Goa during the 13th edition of Deltin Poker Tournament (November 8 to 14). The final table will be live-streamed.
The Big Millions Finale began at 10 PM yesterday with 225 unique survivors, and the top 197 places were assured a payday, with a min-cash worth ₹37,414.
Varunn ‘VarunnG’ Gaala (5,575,108) bagged the chip lead, while Aarchit ‘Aarchit’ Dhadwal (5,278,732), the #1 ranked player of the year, Young Gun Anuj ‘anuj25395’ Yadav (4,050,083), Debapriya ‘debapriya_12345’ Manna (3,034,564) ‘dhana141’ (3,017,116), ‘SpaceRacer’ (2,693,061), Raghav ‘BaLuGaWhAlE’ Bansal (2,594,284), and Chandan ‘darkfish15’ Arora (2,079,386) are the other finalists who will be returning for the final table in Goa.
All finalists have won a complimentary three nights and four days stay in Goa for the DPT. They are all guaranteed at least ₹3.14 Lakhs but will be chasing the ₹31.64 Lakhs when they take their seats on the final table on November 13.
Final Table Chip Counts
- Varunn ‘VarunnG’ Gaala – 5,575,108
- Aarchit ‘Aarchit’ Dhadwal – 5,278,732
- Anuj ‘anuj25395’ Yadav – 4,050,083
- Debapriya ‘debapriya_12345’ Manna – 3,034,564
- dhana141 – 3,017,116
- SpaceRacer – 2,693,061
- Raghav ‘BaLuGaWhAlE’ Bansal – 2,594,284
- Chandan ‘darkfish15’ Arora – 2,079,386
Sunday Showdown – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,500
Entries – 248
Re-entries – 201
Prize Pool – ₹10,10,250
Places Paid – 47
Adda52 user ‘simranspartan’ picked up their third title on the site yesterday by taking down the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Sunday Showdown for a personal-best ₹1.59 Lakhs.
simranspartan’s Adda52 stats: Site Winnings: ₹5.50 Lakhs | Titles Won: #3
The 9:30 PM marquee registered a 449-player field and played down to a three-way deal with Ashish ‘xznny112’ Nailwal (2nd for ₹1.39 Lakhs) and Sankesh ‘CHERRYPAJI’ Kumar (3rd for ₹1.37 Lakhs) banking the other top payouts.
The APT Online July 2022 – PLO Highroller champion, Ashish Nailwal, accumulated ₹1.74 Lakhs in Sunday winnings through three deep runs, which include:
> 2nd in Adda52’s Sunday Showdown for ₹1,39,458
> 7th in PokerBaazi’s BSS Monster Stack (6-Max) for ₹29,716
> 77th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #52 ₹4,974
Ashish Nailwal’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.19 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹63.08 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #11 | Annual Winnings: ₹71.86 Lakhs
Final Table Results
- simranspartan – ₹1,59,141*
- Ashish ‘xznny112’ Nailwal – ₹1,39,458*
- Sankesh ‘CHERRYPAJI’ Kumar – ₹1,37,433*
- Vishal ‘vishalmaharaj’ Maharaj – ₹75,639
- goofy25 – ₹55,443
- sammy19 – ₹40,640
- Siddharth ‘skaria1’ Karia – ₹29,789
- Sandy ‘Narcos’ Lamba – ₹21,835
*denotes a three-way deal
Ramakrishna ‘KAdiamonds’ Sagi (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Nighttide DST Adda for ₹28,402), won the other title on Adda52.
Khelo365
Khelo365’s Sunday staple, the ₹1 Lakh GTD Big Bang, saw ‘nishant24k’ walking away with the title and ₹40,000 in first-place prize money. ‘Karti18’ finished runner-up for ₹25,000.
Site regular ‘fortunemaker’ championed the ₹50K GTD Dominator for ₹15,000 after defeating ‘Musu1415’ (2nd for ₹10,000) in the heads-up play.
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