In our Weekly High-Five feature, we bring you the top five scores of the week from India’s online poker landscape. The past week was a whirlwind for online MTT grinders, with several big guaranteed events unfolding on the virtual felts. Once again, the top scorers emerged from PokerBaazi’s 1 Crore GTD The Money Maker tournaments. Online MTT crusher Aditya Singh was the week’s biggest headliner maker as he scored two high-profile victories, shipping both The MoneyMaker and the Pride High Roller (PKO) on Sunday, collecting over 13.51 Lakhs.
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Here is a quick look at the week’s top scorers:
1. Aditya Singh – The MoneyMaker & PKO – Prize INR 13.51 lakhs
2. Nishant Kumar – TheMoneyMaker – Prize INR 10.56 lakhs
3. Vikash Kumar – The MoneyMaker – Prize 10.06 lakhs
4. ‘M3ssy’ – The MoneyMaker – Prize INR 8.90 lakhs
5. Jasven Saigal -The MoneyMaker – Prize INR 8.77 lakhs
Aditya Singh Clinches Two High-Profile Victories on Wednesday (INR 13.51 Lakhs)
All top online scores of the past week came from The MoneyMaker tournaments hosted on PokerBaazi. Aditya ‘konstantin’ Singh emerged as the top scorer of the week, raking in a whopping INR 13.5 lakhs on the back of two big victories on Wednesday on PokerBaazi. He first outlasted 158 high rollers conquering the 8:30 PM Pride HighRoller (PKO). For his efforts, he pocketed INR 4.31 Lakhs (INR 1.25 Lakhs in bounties). Ajay ‘Messironaldo007’ Dhayal fought valiantly in the INR 15K buy-in event but had to settle for the runner-up payout of INR 2.58 Lakhs (INR 23,750 in bounties).
Pride HighRoller (PKO) Final Table Payouts (INR)
Aditya ‘konstantin’ Singh – 4,31,015
Ajay ‘Messironaldo007’ Dhayal – 2,58,470
Dhinesh ‘dhineshrocky007’ Kumar – 2,10,945
Vivek ‘viveksnmc10’ Pal – 1,60,440
Utkarsh ‘utkarshvaish9’ Vaish – 1,38,420
Lavkanch – 1,04,370
Note: The payouts included bounties
Singh continued his winning streak and took down PokerBaazi’s #17 The MoneyMaker. The 8PM showstopper drew 1,726 entrants (1,129 unique players) and paid out the top 295 players from the INR 1 Crore prize pool. The lion’s share went to the eventual winner Aditya Singh who bagged a hefty INR 8.99 Lakhs payday after a heads-up deal with Hemant ‘hkm2828’ Gagwana (runner-up for INR 8,27,224). Singh is a rising star and this marked his 13th online poker title of 2024.
#17 The MoneyMaker Final Table Payouts (INR)
Aditya ‘konstantin’ Singh – 8,98,776*
Hemant ‘hkm2828’ Gagwana – 8,27,224*
ifurbadimurdad – 5,25,000
LuckyLuke – 3,75,000
Beatthepro – 2,50,000
Jaikumar ‘Crazynuts’ V – 2,00,000
POKERMAA – 1,60,000
Yashas ‘killshot0’ S – 1,28,000
Nishant Kumar Tops Sunday Charts With #21 #TheMoneyMaker Victory (INR 10.56 Laksh)
The second single largest score belonged to Mumbai’s Nishant ‘rektace’ Kumar who ran past a massive field of 2,112 in PokerBaazi’s #21 The MoneyMaker on Sunday night. For his grand victory, he claimed the coveted bracelet and a staggering INR 10.56 Lakhs payday – the single-largest win of the day! Additionally, Kumar also cashed two more events, raking in INR 10.98 Lakhs in total. This was his third title of 2024 and almost fifth cash finish in April’s The MoneyMaker mania.
The top 387 players were paid out from the guarantee-busting prize pool of INR 1,05,60,000, with the second largest prize of the tournament going to Adarsh Jha (second for INR 7.39 Lakhs).
Final Table Payouts (INR)
Nishant ‘rektace’ Kumar – 10,56,000
Adarsh ‘lazygamer007’ Jha – 7,39,200
Deepak ‘3streakbluff’ Singh – 5,28,000
Kabir ’tiltplay’ Tandon – 3,80,160
Thugdeal740 – 2,64,000
Siddharth ‘schemer’ Karia – 2,09,088
Utkarsh ‘utkarshvaish9’ Vaish – 1,68,960
JCchon413 – 1,33,056
Ranchi’s Vikash Kumar Baa Clinches His Maiden The MoneMaker Title (INR 10.06 Lakhs)
Ranchi’s Vikash Kumar Baa was the Friday’s chartbuster. He etched his name as the #19 The MoneyMaker champion. His top-notch performance netted him an incredible INR 10 Lakh prize, the single largest score of the day. Debneil Mukherjee finished behind him, adding INR 7.26 Lakhs to his bankroll. Thursday’s Summit HighRoller champion, Shashank Shekhar, rounded out the podium finishes, finishing third and taking home INR 5.25 Lakhs from the INR 1 Crore prize pool.
Final Table Payouts (INR)
Vikash Kumar ‘Errrr’ Baa – 10,00,000
Debneil ‘ChhotaDon’ Mukherjee – 7,26,000
Shashank ‘Iverson003’ Shekhar – 5,25,000
Utkarsh ‘utkarshvaish9’ Vaish – 3,75,000
JokerShailu – 2,50,000
Hkamwani – 2,00,000
delightdeepak – 1,60,000
JaiHanuman786 – 1,28,000
‘M3ssy’ Wins INR 8.90 Lakhs With His #5 #TheMoneyMaker Victory On Saturday
Following several close finishes in #5 #TheMoneyMaker, ‘M3ssy’ finally clinched the coveted bracelet in the 1 Crore GTD #20 The MoneyMaker on Saturday! He dominated a massive field of 1,867 challengers to claim the victory, which netted him a jaw-dropping personal-best prize of INR 8,90,074. Notably, this was his fifth cash finish in the April Money Maker Mania festival.
Last Sunday’s (#PLO-5) #BSS champion Shivkesh “pokeraddictiveFishseller” Meena finished runner-up and walked away with a career-best INR 8,09,926, courtesy heads-up deal. Arsh “Button_Hai_Bro” Grover (5th for INR 2.50 Lakhs), Prabhat “prabhat2810” Kumar (6th for INR 2 Lakhs), and Yudhishthir “Rowdy6” Singh Rathore (7th for INR 1.60 Lakhs) were the other notables names on the final table.
Jasven Saigal Takes Down #16 The MoneyMaker (INR 8.77 Lakhs)
Veteran poker pro and a dominant force on the live poker scene, Jasven Saigal took the PokerBaazi felts by storm on Tuesday by the platform’s #16 The MoneyMaker. He overcame a staggering 2,109-strong field in the 8 PM Tuesday showstopper earning him a massive INR 8.77 Lakhs, following a heads-up deal. This was his second best score on PokerBaazi. Close behind him was “richie5769” who banked INR 9,15,251 from the INR 1,05,45,000 prize pool.
Final Table Payouts (INR)
Jasven ‘JasvenSaigal’ Saigal – 8,77,399*
richie5769 – 9,15,251*
Satyam ‘EspenJorstad’ Bhalla – 5,27,250
Vinay ‘Vinstill’ B – 3,79,620
Raiserpoker – 2,63,625
Harshad ‘omglukbox’ Barve – 2,08,791
Drish ‘dpatron’ Aggarwal – 1,68,720
avinashgope00 – 1,32,867
Other Notable Scorers of the Week
Among other big scorers of the past week was online MTT crusher Nikit ‘nikitjain’ Jain who topped a massive 2,005-entry field in the 1 Crore GTD #15 The MoneyMaker on Monday, snagging the champion`s bracelet and a career-best INR 8.16 Lakhs payday after a heads-up deal. Close behind him was Stivan ‘pokersadu’ Fernandes (second for INR 8,88,316 – Largest score of the day).
Final Table Payouts (INR)
Nikit ‘nikitjain’ Jain – 8,15,934*
Stivan ‘pokersadu’ Fernandes – 8,88,316*
Aman ‘KarmaPoker’ Parakh – 5,01,250
chappypro – 3,60,900
Sparsh ‘sparsh1231’ Gupta – 2,50,625
Mukesh ‘Guruuu’ Surana – 1,98,495
Faiz ‘AilaGaya’ Alam – 1,60,400
Naman ‘instamuckk’ Agrawal – 1,26,315
The recent The Endeavour champion, Ridhav ‘Rids’ Chawla, dominated a colossal field of 1,944 players in PokerBaazi’s #18 The MoneyMaker, marking his fourth title of 2024 and netting him a career-best INR 6.48 Lakhs payday, courtesy four-way deal.
Final Table Payouts (INR)
Ridhav ‘Rids’ Chawla – 6,48,486*
Jitender ‘jitender226’ Kumar – 6,06,083*
Samarth ’tiltsingh’ Bhandari – 5,81,278*
Nitesh ‘batmanpok’ Katiyar – 7,39,154*
rajbhandarkar – 2,50,000
Himanshu ‘pokerbrat7’ Arora – 2,00,000
Aditya ‘adi1108’ Sharma – 1,60,000
Saar ‘saarrajpuria’ Rajpuria – 1,26,000
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