It was a blockbuster week for the Indian MTT grinders on the virtual felts. A whirlwind of adrenaline coursed through the veins of MTT aficionados, as several colossal poker tournaments unfolded during the week. Among these, the spotlight gleamed brightly on PokerBaazi’s 50 Lakh GTD (1000X) BSS SuperStack. Fresh from his Tuesday Smash win, Samyak ‘stonedurrr’ Sethi dominated the biggest Sunday event, securing INR 6.67 lakhs in top prize money, which was the single-largest score on Sunday night.
This marked Sethi’s sixth title and second-biggest PokerBaazi payday of the year. To claim his latest title, he outlasted Karan ‘Mahadevpoker’ Pantola (runner-up for INR 5,05,000) in the heads-up play.
(1000X) BSS SuperStack Final Table Payouts (INR)
1-Samyak ‘stonedurrr’ Sethi – 6,57,500
2-Karan ‘Mahadevpoker’ Pantola – 5,05,000
3-Karan ‘collingwood’ Sitlani – 3,58,000
4-Sanchit ‘Czar’ Pande – 2,53,000
5-Mohit ‘thejoker’ Mehta – 1,74,500
6-Chirag ‘miyagi’ Sodha – 1,03,500
7-Raman ‘Ranzoo9’ Arora – 81,000
8- Sandeep ‘PoKcey’ Singh – 64,000
Vikhyat Ahlawat Wins Sunday’s (1000X) BSS SuperStack (INR 4,80,624)
The second biggest tournament unfolding on Sunday night was PokerBaazi’s 30 Lakh GTD BSS HighRoller. Sporting a buy-in of INR 12,500, the Sunday marquee attracted 286 players (186 unique), comfortably surpassing its guarantee and generating INR 31,08,820 in prize pool. While the top 53 were paid out, walking away with the lion’s share of the prize pool last Sunday’s Half Buy-in Millionaire third-place finisher, Vikhyat ‘supersaiyan57’ Ahlawat, who shipped the tourney for INR 4,80,624. This was his first victory since the AOPS Powerslam win, which came on January 28 this year.
Also making it to the podium was Aditya ‘gangajal’ Sushant, a WSOP bracelet winner and two-time The MoneyMaker champion, who secured a commendable 4th place finish for INR 2,09,845.
Final Table Payouts (INR)
1-Vikhyat ‘supersaiyan57’ Ahlawat – 4,80,624
2-ksc7 – 3,64,043
3-jarsj – 2,82,592
4-Aditya ‘gangajal’ Sushant – 2,09,845
5- arjunmahajan – 1,48,291
6-Gaurav ‘gauravgoru’ Bhutra – 1,05,078
Rishabh Gupta Finishes Runner-up in Bounty Hunters Circuit Edition #54 (INR 14.59 Lakhs)
Thursday night erupted with a frenzy of high-stakes poker battles across India’s leading poker platforms. The biggest scorer of the night was Rishabh Gupta who bagged a massive INR 14.59 Lakhs payday after his runner-up finish in Natural8 India’s Bounty Hunters Circuit Edition #54. Meanwhile, Armaan Kochhar notched up an impressive INR 5.37 Lakhs as runner-up in the Super Saver Hyper #55. Gupta was the top scorer of the week as no other player won over INR 14.5 lakh in a single tourney.
Among other Thursday marquees was The Summit – INR 25 Lakhs GTD. Featuring a buy-in of INR 8,625, the tourney drew in 318 challengers and crowned WSOP bracelet (online) winner Aayush ‘Learnnwin’ Arya as the champion, who banked INR 3,41,355 after a heads-up deal with Mahesh ‘mahikalra’ Shyamsundar (runner-up for INR 3,34,395).
Final Table Payouts (INR)
1-Aayush ‘Learnnwin’ Arya – 3,41,355*
2-Mahesh ‘mahikalra’ Shyamsundar – 3,34,395*
3-Siddharth ‘Siddonuts’ Pandey – 2,12,500
4-sw1612 – 1,67,500
5-Dhinesh ‘dhineshrocky007’ Kumar – 1,20,500
6-Rohit ‘mrblue1205’ Malhotra – 85,750
6-Ankit ‘d00mtr00p3r’ Wadhawan – 68,750
‘pushnplay’ & chanchalagr Feature Among Friday Top Scorers
Natural8 India crowned ‘pushnplay’ as their Friday night champion, who won a staggering INR 6.71 Lakhs. He shipped Speed Racer Bounty 32.10, pocketing INR 1.75 Lakhs and then proved his mettle through the 320 Bounty King of the Spring (2nd for INR 4.10 Lakhs) and Speed Racer Americas 108 (3rd for INR 86,520), collecting 6.71 Lakhs and topping the Friday charts.
The user ‘chanchalagr’ took down PokerBaazi’s The Quest – INR 25 Lakhs GTD, following an eight-hour battle against a 391-player field. He eventually outlasted RampageR1 (runner-up for INR 2,84,500) in the heads-up to ship the INR 5,750 buy-in tourney. The user ‘davoin’ placed third for INR 2,07,000.
Final Table Payouts (INR)
1-chanchalagr – 3,86,250
2-RampageR1 – 2,84,500
3-davoin – 2,07,000
4-Raghav ‘scambrahm’ Ananth – 1,57,250
5-PabloEco – 1,09,000
6-Ankit ‘gabru1410’ Agarwal – 80,000
7-aajtohogaa – 61,500
8-Devang ‘laila’ Yadav – 50,000
Advait Rajguru & Tarush Gupta Feature Among Wednesday Chartbusters
Advait Rajguru, following two Tuesday final table appearances, he exploded on Wednesday with five deep runs, collecting a jaw-dropping haul of at least INR 7.31 Lakhs. Rajguru’s highlights include a dominant 8th-place finish in Natural8 India’s 150 Mystery Wonderbox (INR 4.87 Lakhs) and a podium finish in PokerBaazi’s Pride HighRoller (INR 2.18 Lakhs), making him the day’s top scorer.
Pride HighRoller (PKO) – INR 18 Lakhs GTD
Tarush ‘Busterr’ Gupta is a dominant force on PokerBaazi and Natural8 India. The NPS#69 Mini HighRoller gold medalist shipped PokerBaazi’s INR 18 Lakhs GTD Pride HighRoller (PKO) after outlasting a 124-player field in the INR 15K buy-in tourney.
Final Table Payouts with Bounties (INR)
1-Tarush ‘Busterr’ Gupta – 4,83,897
2-Mitesh ‘mikeknp’ Gupta – 3,18,950
3-Advait ‘ExploitativeGTO’ Rajguru – 2,18,280
4-Satyam ‘satyamverma25’ Verma – 1,60,570
5-Dhinesh ‘dhineshrocky007’ Kumar – 1,23,888
6-Sumit1sharma – 89,155
Shriram Varma Wins PokerBaazi’s 30 Lakh GTD Endeavour HighRoller (INR 4.67 Lakhs)
PokerBaazi’s action was high-octane on Tuesday! Shriram Varma, fresh off his electrifying third-place finish in the NPS India 2024 Main Event, won the 30 Lakh GTD Endeavour HighRoller, pocketing a massive INR 4.67 Lakhs, by far the single largest score on Tuesday night on the virtual felts. This was the biggest guaranteed event on Tuesday since a technical glitch dimmed the NPS#146 Golden Rush.
The Endeavour HighRoller featuring a buy-in of INR 12,500 drew in 216 entrants and paid out the top 41 players out of the 30 lakh prizepool. Archit Khandelwal placed runner-up for INR 3.78 Lakhs.
Final Table Payouts (INR)
1-Shriram ‘MasterBet10’ Varma – 4,67,000
2-Archit ‘flyingmuck’ Khandelwal – 3,77,700
3-Ankit ‘d00mtr00p3r’ Wadhawan – 2,92,800
4-Siddharth ‘GangnamGangi’ Gangwar – 2,24,100
5-Advait ‘ExploitativeGTO’ Rajguru – 1,62,600
6-kraken2709 – 1,17,900
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