It was a blockbuster week for poker enthusiasts across India. A whirlwind of adrenaline coursed through the veins of MTT aficionados, as several colossal online poker events unfolded during the week. Among these, the spotlight gleamed brightly on PokerBaazi’s INR 50 Crore GTD National Poker Series India 2024, drawing players from all across the country. Simultaneously, Natural8 India unleashed some massive GTD tournaments, while Spartan Poker hosted its Millionaire VII. Adding to the excitement, Junglee Poker hosted the grand finale of its INR 6 + Crore GTD Dhina Dhin Dha Series.
3 Crore GTD NPS#99 Mini Main Event – Subhojit Roy (INR 30 Lakhs)
In what proved to be a perfect storm of poker, sales professional turned poker player Subhojit ‘Jellyfish99’ Roy stole the spotlight, winning PokerBaazi’s 3 Crore GTD NPS#99 Mini Main Event on Sunday night and claiming a life-changing INR 30 Lakhs payday to make him the top scorer among the week’s winners. This was the first NPS Gold Medal for Roy who had made headlines for finishing runner-up in The MoneyMaker 50.0 last month, displaying his growing prowess in the game.
Buy-in – INR 4,025
Total Entries – 8,000 +
Prizpool – 3 Crores
Places Paid – 861
NPS legend Areyann ‘kreishhAA’ Gurbaxani, who was hunting for his sixth Gold Medal, came close to the victory, but ultimately had to settle for the runner-up finish worth a career-high INR 20.02 Lakhs. With a runner-up finish in the NPS#95 Sunday KickOff for INR 5.55 Lakhs and four other NPS cashes, he raked in over INR 26.30 Lakhs from his Sunday grind. Online MTT crusher Karan ‘Apocalypto’ Radia also made his mark, securing a third-place finish and earning INR 15 Lakhs in prize money.
Final Table Payouts (INR)
- Subhojit ‘Jellyfish99’ Roy – 30,00,000
- Areyann ‘kreishhAA’ Gurbaxani – 20,02,500
- Karan ‘Apocalypto’ Radia – 15,00,000
- Ashish ‘OMG_spew’ Munot – 10,19,100
- Gothideepac – 7,20,000
- Rahul ‘Godfather10’ Purohit – 5,40,000
- Suraj ‘kioshima6969’ Singh – 3,90,000
- Shubham ‘backchod’ Agarwal – 2,70,000
Omaholic Bounty MILLION$ – Sahil Nevatiya (INR 24.87)
The second single largest score of the week belonged to PLO specialist Sahil Nevatiya, who beat a field of 5,724 entries in Sunday’s Omaholic Bounty MILLION$ on Natural8 India, pocketing a staggering INR 24.87 Lakhs. The second biggest scorer of the week on Natural8 India was JaiKiran Kumar, who shipped the Zodiac Bounty MILLION$, besting 9,419 entries and banking INR 18.48 Lakhs.
Millionaire VII 1 Crore GTD – Tanmay Benara (INR 17.72 Lakhs)
Agra’s poker prodigy Tanmay ‘PlusEv’ Benara continued his momentum on the virtual felts. After conquering the NPS#90 Value Mine Gold on Friday, he secured a thrilling victory in Spartan Poker’s INR 1 Crore GTD Millionaire VII this past Sunday, pocketing a hefty INR 17.72 Lakhs in top prize.
Buy-in – INR 5,750
Entries – 2000 +
Survivors – 300 (177)
Prize Pool – inr 1,02,40,000
Places Paid – 279
Goonjan Mall narrowly missed out on victory in the Millionaire VII, securing a second place for INR 9.63 Lakhs. He also ran deep across another three tournaments, adding an impressive INR 11.35 Lakhs in total earnings. Nishaanth S also made it to the podium, finishing third for INR 6.69 lakhs.
Final Table Payouts (INR)
- Tanmay ‘PlusEv’ Benara – 17,37,728
- Goonjan ‘PresentSIR’ Mall – 9,62,560
- Nishaanth ‘superdeluxe’ S – 6,69,696
- Aditya ‘Ben K Rolle’ Singh – 4,84,352
- Devvrat ‘khulja$im$im’ Arya – 3,93,114
- Gaurav ‘KAIOKEN’ Bhandari – 3,15,187
- expo12345 – 2,40,947
- Dhaval ‘ElegantlyWasted’ Mudgal – 1,69,882
1 Crore GTD DDD#53 Blockbuster Main Event – Nishant Kumar (INR 16.08 Lakhs)
Buy-in – INR 11,000
Entries – 740
Prize Pool – INR 1,00,00,000
Places Paid – 107
Adding to the excitement on the virtual felts was Junglee Poker’s INR 6+ Crore GTD Dhina Dhin Dha Series finale on Sunday. The INR 1 Crore GTD DDD#53 Blockbuster Main Event headlined the series’s finale and drew in an impressive 740 challengers to compete for the massive up top prize. In the end, Nishant ‘RektAce’ Kumar emerged victorious, pocketing INR 16.08 lakhs in top prize. This marked his second title of the year as he also had shipped Adda52’s The Ballers for INR 4.22 Lakhs on March 1.
Final Table Payouts (INR)
- Nishant ‘RektAce’ Kumar – 16,08,000
- speedcube35732876 – 11,98,000
- riverbluff22 – ₹8,44,000
- RAV1619 – 5,95,000
- performer35079724 – 4,20,000
- gto_play – 2,96,000
- sporto7911002 – 2,33,000
- Ritwik ‘Fisherman1997’ Khanna – 1,83,000
Among other big winners on Sunday night, Adda52 Game Ambassador Ram ‘mowgumotu’ Kakkar etched his name as the NPS winner with a Gold Medal and INR 11.05 Lakhs in the 75 Lakhs GTD NPS#98 Sunday Slam. The user “slaverrel” placed runner-up, securing INR 8,47,300 for his podium finish.
MTT titan Sriharsha ‘ivey2’ Doddapaneni conquered the 50 Lakh GTD NPS#95 Sunday Kick-Off for his first-ever NPS Gold Medal and INR 7.23 Lakhs. After almost eight weeks, Mandar ‘MAMA04’ Madaye returned to the winners’ circle, winning the 30 Lakh GTD Adda52Millions for a career-high INR 6.84 Lakhs.
Notable Mentions
While the National Poker Series on PokerBaazi showcased some of the top scorers, a select few stood out as weekly chartbusters: Sahil Nevatiya (Monday), Taurush Gupta & Vaihava Sharma (Tuesday), Deepak Singh (Wednesday), Gautam Rohilla (Thursday), and Gaurav Sood (Friday). Their exceptional performances added an extra layer of excitement to the week’s proceedings.
| Day | Players Name | Tournament | Prize (INR) |
| Friday | Gaurav Sood | PokerBaazi’s NPS#92 #HighRoller | 13.69 Lakhs |
| Thursday | Gautam Rohilla | PokerBaazi’s NPS#83 (#PLO-4) #HighRoller | 5.95 Lakhs |
| Wednesday | Deepak Singh | PokerBaazi`s NPS#76 #BigKnockout | 8.51 Lakhs |
| Tuesday | Taurush Gupta (1st) | PokerBaazi`s NPS#69 #MiniHighRoller | 13.47 lakhs |
| Tuesday | Vaibhav Sharma (2nd) | PokerBaazi`s NPS#69 #MiniHighRoller, | 10.64 Lakhs |
| Monday | Sahil Nevatiya | Natural8 India’s #MondayMonsterStack 150 | 7.67 Lakhs |
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