It was a blockbuster week on the virtual felts with all major poker platforms coming out all guns blazing to host their massive guaranteed tournaments. We saw some incredible performances across major poker platforms throughout the week. Among the standout players,‘WholeLottaShove’ achieved a monumental feat by finishing runner-up in the Bounty Hunters Sunday Main Event 54 for INR 39.18 Lakhs and topping the weekly charts. Here is a quick look at the top five online scores of the past week:
‘WholeLottaShove’ – Won INR 39.18 Lakhs in Natural8 India’s Bounty Hunters Sunday ME 54
Mitesh Gupta – Won INR 27.16 Lakhs in Natural8 India’s Mystery Bounty Festival 260
Bharat Vasan – Won INR 16.42 Lakhs for winning Adda52’s 1 Crore GTD Mega Millions
Sanish Chhabra – Won INR 13.99 Lakhs as the runner-up in Adda52’s Mega Millions
Nitesh Katiyar – Won INR 12 Lakhs for a win in PokerBaazi’s (1000X) BSS SuperStack
All the top scorers of the week emerged from the online poker tournaments hosted across major online platforms on Sunday night. Here’s a quick recap of all the major winnings from the past week.
Natural8 India’s ‘WholeLottaShove’ & Mitesh Gupta Top Weekly Charts
While we saw several big winners throughout the week, the top scorers of the week emerged from tournaments hosted on Natural8 India. After an impressive runner-up performance in last month’s Daily Warm Up 250, the mystery player ‘WholeLottaShove,‘ topped the weekly charts by finishing runner-up in the Bounty Hunters Sunday Main Event 54 for INR 39.18 Lakhs. He made two deep finishes on Sunday night, collecting a life-changing INR 40.27 Lakhs in total winnings from his grind.
Another standout performer on Natural8 India was Mitesh Gupta. Battling through a massive field of 6,729 players, he managed to secure an impressive 11th-place finish in the Mystery Bounty Festival 260, pocketing a jaw-dropping INR 27.16 Lakhs and becoming the second biggest scorer of the week.
Bharat Vasan & Sanish Chhabra Win Big in Mega Millions
Breaking his four-month title drought, Bharat ‘rungooserun’ Vasan emerged victorious in Adda52’s 1 Crore GTD Mega Millions after beating a colossal field of 946 contenders (across four flights). A total of 111 players made it to the finale hosted on Sunday night. After over 5.5 hours of play, Vasan emerged victorious, securing a hefty INR 16.42 Lakhs payday through heads-up deal. This marked his third major victory of 2024, solidifying his position as third-highest earners of the week. He ran deep across three tournaments, raking in a stunning total of INR 17.92 Lakhs from his Sunday grind.
Close behind Vasan was, the EndBoss 4.0 champion, Sanish ‘sanish21’ Chhabra, who secured a remarkable runner-up finish in the Adda52 Mega Millions, earning a jaw-dropping INR 13.99 Lakhs from the same heads-up deal. This happens to be his best score on Adda52, and his best of 2024.
Adda52’s 1 Crore GTD Mega Millions Final Table Payouts (INR)
1-Bharat ‘rungooserun’ Vasan – 16,42,461*
2-Sanish ‘sanish21’ Chhabra – 13,99,259*
3-Anmol ‘ace10’ Narang – 9,28,256
4-Kritarth ‘TightAgressive28’ Pant – 6,73,635
5-texdolly – 4,88,857
6-Devang ‘spark123’ Yadav – 3,54,763
7-Kashish ‘Fletcher03’ Gupta – 2,57,452
8-Hardik ‘hardiknair1999’ Nair – 1,86,833
Nitesh Katiyar Wins 60 Lakhs GTD BSS SuperStack To Claim INR 12 Lakhs Top Prize
Sunday turned out to be a memorable day for Nitesh ‘batmanpok’ Katiyar on PokerBaazi. This former The Millionaire champion and NPS #127 Deepstack Championship gold medalist won the site’s 60 Lakhs GTD BSS Super Stack, earning a handsome INR 12 Lakhs in top prize money. He outlasted a field of 1,107 entries and Vishal Maharaj in the heads-up battle to claim his fourth PokerBaazi title of 2024. Maharaj secured a career-high INR 6.24 Lakhs for his runner-up finish in the INR 5,750 buy-in tourney.
PokerBaazi’s 60 Lakhs GTD BSS SuperStack Final Table Payouts (INR)
1-Nitesh ‘batmanpok’ Katiyar – 12,00,000
2-Vishal ‘VishalMaharaj’ Maharaj – 6,24,000
3-Aditya ‘pnutbutterbacon’ Navalkar – 3,60,000
4-Drish ‘dpatron’ Aggarwal – 3,06,000
5-Naresh ‘Emperor457’ Veeravalli – 2,58,000
6-ChickenTandoori – 2,10,000
7-KharbandaRajat – 1,62,000
8-Ashit ‘nexus010’ Sharma – 1,20,000
Other Prominent Winners Of The Week
The week also witnessed several other prominent online poker winners, including Shardul Parthasarathi, Amit Gehani, Faiz Alam, Prabhat Paliya, Aditya Kulkarni and several others.
> Shardul ‘duuurrrr’ Parthasarathi topped Tuesday charts with a victory in PokerBaazi’s 50 Lakhs The Endeavour, raking in INR 8.88 Lakhs after a HU deal with Faiz ‘AilaGaya’ Alam (2nd for INR 6.76 Lakhs)
>Amit ‘kavipri’Gehani dominated Thursday with a win in PokerBaazi’s 50 Lakhs GTD TheSummit (DoubleAnte), earning INR 8.45 Lakhs after a HU deal with ‘FoldMasterCK’ (2nd for INR 7.68 Lakhs).
>Prabhat ‘greatgatsby’ Paliya topped Wednesday’s charts, conquering PokerBaazi’s 25 Lakhs GTD The Pride for INR 6.30 Lakhs. The user ‘escape’ banked a personal-best INR 3.86 Lakhs as the runner-up.
>Aditya ‘Whoarewe’ Kulkarni stole the Monday spotlight with a victory in PokerBaazi’s 25 Lakhs The BigShow. He eventually beat Chethan ‘FoldMasterCK’ C K (2nd for INR 3,51,487) to win INR 5.42 Lakhs in top prize.
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