The virtual felts were ablaze this past week with several massive guaranteed tournaments taking place on India’s leading online poker platforms. As usual, the biggest winners often emerge from Natural8 India and this past week was no exception with a majority of top scores being achieved on this platform. The biggest story of the week was that of the mystery player ‘dontraiseplz,’. Here is a quick look at the top stories of the week!
Natural8 India’s ‘dontraiseplz,’ Tops Weekly Charts With INR 58.51 Lakhs
Fresh off his runner-up finish for INR 25.10 Lakhs in last Sunday’s Grand Prix Europe 125, ‘dontraiseplz‘ continued his dominant run into this week, racking in over INR 58.51 Lakhs from his Sunday grind. Highlighting his scores was a 36th-place finish in the Lunar Mystery Bounty that earned him a whopping INR 44.04 Lakhs – by far the single largest score this past week.
This score coupled with a victory in the APL Series: Sunday Crazy Eights for INR 12.73 Lakhs and a 9th-place in the Sunday CRAZY EIGHTS 88 for INR 1.73 Lakhs took his winnings for the day to a staggering INR 58.51 Lakhs. After these epic scores, he now has over INR 87 Lakhs in earnings this year and is only trailing ‘borntrouble’ in the 2025 earnings race!
‘borntrouble’ Wins INR 37.92 Lakhs in Bounty Hunters Sunday Big Game 215
Following his INR 33.08 Lakhs victory in the Bounty High Roller 525, ‘borntrouble’ continued his reign by taking down the Bounty Hunters Sunday Big Game 215 for a hefty INR 37.92 Lakhs and his first title of 2025. This win took his yearly earnings to over INR 1 Crore mark – the first player to achieve this feat in just 4 weeks of 2025. Also, the victory made hims the second biggest scorer of this past week.
‘borntrouble’ also stole the show on Wednesday by nearly conquering a 5,590-entry field in the Zodiac Rooster Night Crow Bounty. He eventually finished third for INR 8.70 Lakhs, making him the top scorer of the day.
Rishabh Gupta, Harsh Bubna & Anant Purohit Shine With Big Scores
While ‘dontraiseplz’ and ‘borntrouble’ dominated the spotlight, there were several other players who made waves this past week, including Rishabh Gupta, Harsh Bubna and Anant Purohit. A well-known player on Natural8 India, Gupta, who won the Daily Hyper 20 last August, clinched a 4th-place finish in The Weekender 50, winning a hefty INR 13.28 Lakhs.
Speaking of Harsh Bubna, he is one of the star performers on Natural8 India. Well-known for his remarkable performances both live and online, this Kolkata lad topped the Thursday charts with a staggering INR 12.72 Lakhs from his deep runs across five events. His biggest score of the day was INR 7 lakh victory in Natural8 India’s APL Series: Hold’em Deepstack, which he followed up with a runner-up finish in PokerBaazi’s 50 Lakh GTD The Summit for INR 5.06 Lakhs. With three more deep runs, he amassed INR 12.72 Lakhs, making him the top scorer for Thursday.
Online MTT crusher Anant Purohit made a deep run in Natural8 India’s Lunar Mystery Bounty, finishing 42nd for INR 8.20 Lakhs, while Tarun Goyal made waves with a victory the APL Series: Hold’em High Roller Bounty, earning him INR 7.88 Lakhs and featuring among Sunday’s top earners. Apart from scoring multiple deep runs on Sunday, Purohit also placed fifth in Natural8 India`s Bounty Hunters Daily Main 54 out of 4,818 contenders, adding INR 6.26 Lakhs to his bankroll on Tuesday. Coupled with a deep run in the The Endeavour, Purohit’s total winnings on Tuesday reached INR 6.39 Lakhs overall.
Jyotindra Dubey topped the Tuesday charts, winning PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour for INR 7.50 Lakhs after besting his heads-up mate Amit Chopra who banked INR 5 Lakhs. Among other prominent winners were the online regs in Anish Arora (won GGMasters Double Stack 25 for INR 6.29 Lakhs), Tarush Gupta (Won the Quest title for INR 5.18 Lakhs).
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Source: Natural8India and PokerGuru
