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Ankit Omprakash Bajaj Bags ₹13.44 Lakh, Pradip Ghosh, Zeshan Hamza, Arunav Mittal Also Shine On Monday Night

Monday night on the virtual felts was anything but dull, as top pros and seasoned regulars put on a show across leading Indian poker platforms. Headlining the action was Ankit ‘Naturalm8’ Omprakash Bajaj, who turned heads with a massive ₹13.44 Lakh score. Alongside him, players like Pradip Ghosh, Zeshan Hamza, and Arunav Mittal made deep runs and banked big. Here’s a complete wrap-up of all the key results.

PokerDangal

100k GTD Monday Mania

• GTD: ₹1 Lakh
• Buy-in: ₹900
• Total Entries: 118

PokerDangal’s Monday Mania event boasted a ₹1 Lakh GTD for a ₹900 buy-in. The event attracted many Dangal regs, with 58 unique entries and 60 rebuys. A total of 15 players were paid, with ‘flashsurya’ clinching the title for ₹26,800. In 2nd place was ‘hotch_potch’, who took home ₹18,770, followed by ‘Nochop’ in 3rd for ₹12,070. ‘Hagrid’ and ‘Popeyes’ finished 4th and 5th, winning ₹8,940 and ₹6,700 respectively. Other Dangal regs like ‘Themisfits’, ‘Swindlers’, ‘Lawnmover’, and ‘Dynamite’ also finished in the money.

Natural8 India

Natural8 India’s grinders lit up the virtual felt on Monday night with standout performances across marquee events. From final tables to title clinches, here’s how the action unfolded:

Ankit ‘Naturalm8’ Omprakash Bajaj delivered a masterclass in the prestigious GGMasters Festival Edition 150, securing 9th place. His deep run earned him a hefty ₹13,44 Lakh reaffirming his status as one of India’s fiercest contenders.

Shobhit ‘Heisenbergj’ Jaju was unstoppable in the Superstack Turbo Special 30, outclassing 353 players to snag the top spot and add ₹1.80 Lakh to his bankroll.

‘rosarioai’ made waves in the Zodiac Main Event, finishing 6th and banking ₹3.80 Lakh. ‘Glock-19’ fired true in the Hold’em Deepstack, muscling into 3rd place out of 528 entrants to pocket a solid ₹3.38 Lakh — a podium finish in a tough structure event is no small feat.

‘Confuseus’ notched a commendable 13th place finish, walking away with ₹1.77 Lakh for the deep run in the Monday Monster Stack 150.

Junglee Poker

SS #3 Monday Monster

• GTD: ₹5 Lakh
• Buy-in: ₹2,300
• Total Entries: 258
• Total Prize Money: ₹16 Lakh

The Summer Showdown Series kicked off with Event #3 – Monday Monster – drawing 258 entries and exceeding its ₹5 Lakh GTD with a total prize pool of ₹5.16 Lakh. This resulted in 29 players being paid, with the minimum cash set at ₹3,870.
Lavesh ‘magicodds98’ Meena seized the opportunity to ship the event for ₹36,249, also collecting an impressive ₹60,765.62 in bounties. ‘rinku…sing’ took 2nd place for ₹36,197 plus ₹2,500 in bounties. ‘IamD1992’ placed 3rd for ₹24,587, followed by ‘pokerbro123’ in 4th with ₹21,104 + ₹21,234.38 in bounties. In 5th place, ‘tonyg11’ earned ₹16,150 + ₹19,406.25 in bounties.

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A23 Poker

The Cruiser

• GTD: ₹3 Lakh
• Buy-in: ₹1,400
• Total Entries: 237

A23 Poker’s The Cruiser saw 131 unique entries, 104 re-entries, and 2 rebuys. With a ₹1,400 buy-in, the event kicked off at 9:30 PM, offering players a starting stack of 15,000. ‘Cin11’ shipped the event for ₹58,662. Nipun ‘nipun3551’ Kumar followed in 2nd for ₹43,396, with Habil ‘MuckTheSystem’ Jiruwala taking 3rd for ₹32,100. ‘legend936908’ finished 4th for ₹23,744, and Pratiek ‘pratik110986’ Jain rounded out the top five with ₹17,563.

Notable finishes included Dhinesh ‘dinzy009’ Kumar in 6th (₹12,992), Praveen ‘praveen2626’ KR in 13th (₹4,521), Stavya ‘dgunner09’ Singh in 16th (₹3,887), and Anurag ‘NormanBates’ Srivastava in 27th (₹2,873).

Adda52

Inception

• GTD: ₹10 Lakh
• Buy-in: ₹3,500
• Total Entries: 235

Adda52’s primetime event, Inception, saw 131 unique entries, 98 re-entries, and 6 rebuys. Pradip ‘Nit2Donk’ Ghosh shipped the event, winning ₹1.95 Lakh. Pranav ‘pkpok’ Khandalkar took 2nd for ₹1.44 Lakh, and Vishal ‘Darky012’ Ohja followed in 3rd for ₹1.06 Lakh. Sachin ‘brownguy26’ Raj placed 4th (₹79,146), with ‘Rmitz’ in 5th (₹58,544). Aditya ‘A_Sushant’ Sushant final-tabled the event and finished 6th for ₹43,305.

Other notable entrants included Anmol ‘ace10’ Narang in 7th (₹32,033), Lakshya ‘luckybossipl’ Dawra in 10th (₹15,069), Praveen ‘praveen2626’ KR in 26th (₹1.11 Lakh), and Anurag ‘NormanBates’ Srivastava in 28th (₹9,577). A total of 35 places were paid.

PokerBaazi

The Big Show

• GTD: ₹30 Lakh
• Buy-in: ₹5,750
• Total Entries: 735
• Total Prize Money: ₹75 Lakh

PokerBaazi’s The Big Show saw massive participation with 340 unique entries and 395 re-entries, surpassing its ₹30 Lakh GTD with a final prize pool of ₹36.75 Lakh. ‘rgeader’ claimed the top prize of ₹5.1 Lakh. Aditya ‘speckem’ Pareek finished 2nd for ₹3.31 Lakh, with ‘Sumi9005’ in 3rd (₹2.45 Lakh), and ‘Pocket__aces’ in 4th (₹2.1 Lakh). Avish ‘thehorse7’ Sharma placed 5th for ₹1.75 Lakh.

Among the 111 paid places were Sameer ‘gofish’ Agarwal (6th – ₹1.41 Lakh), Adwait ‘SSHOTT’ Pol (9th – ₹52.55k), Aditya ‘gangajal’ Sushant (16th – ₹36.75k), Bhanuprakash ‘Chennaino1’ KC (26th – ₹23.89k), and Sachin ‘brownguy26’ Raj (38th – ₹18.38k).

The Big Show Lite

• GTD: ₹10 Lakh
• Buy-in: ₹2,000
• Total Entries: 824
• Total Prize Money: ₹34 Lakh

The Big Show Lite attracted 824 entries, with 118 places paid. The event concluded in a heads-up deal between ‘ifeellucky73’ and Dinesh ‘Daddu26’ Singh, who took 1st and 2nd for ₹1.78 Lakh and ₹1.83 Lakh respectively. MD ‘007Bahubali’ Zeeshan finished 3rd for ₹1.03 Lakh. ‘pokerfaceblr’ placed 4th for ₹81.72k, also finishing ITM in The Big Show.

Varun ‘BluffBluff’ Mittal earned ₹67.24k for his 5th place finish. Other notable ITM finishers included Aditya Sushant (8th – ₹31.4k), Praful ‘snakeeyes10’ Sinha (11th – ₹20.36k), Siddhanth ‘bullzeye’ Kapoor (30th – ₹6.45k), and Sachin Raj (39th – ₹6.45k) with yet another cash.

GrindHouse

• GTD: ₹12 Lakh
• Buy-in: ₹3,500
• Total Entries: 450
• Total Prize Money: ₹70 Lakh

Zeshan ‘Deez49’ Hamza and Vasu ‘BrothermanV’ Tyagi chopped the GrindHouse title, taking home ₹1.75 Lakh and ₹1.74 Lakh for their 1st and 2nd place finishes, respectively. ‘Nihilist’ was 3rd for ₹1.11 Lakh, followed by Nikesh ‘Durr102’ Chawla in 4th (₹83.56k), and Anuj ‘NinzaPunts’ Singh Rawat in 5th.

Other cashers included Sachin Raj, who had a stellar Monday, finishing 15th for ₹17.12k. Bhanuprakash ‘Chennaino1’ KC placed 44th (₹6.85k), Arsh ‘Button_Hai_Bro’ Grover 54th (₹6.85k), and Aditya Sushant barely avoided the bubble, finishing 70th (₹6.85k).

Daily Last Chance

• GTD: ₹10 Lakh
• Buy-in: ₹2,500
• Total Entries: 633
• Total Prize Money: ₹13.76 Lakh

A total of 102 players were paid. Topping the charts was Arunav ‘Frankie08’ Mittal for ₹2.1 Lakh. Anish ‘PapaNegreanu’ Arora finished 2nd for ₹1.38 Lakh, while ‘Madhur1994’ came 3rd for ₹1.02 Lakh. Jyotindra ‘JacksPaaro’ Dubey placed 4th (₹78.89k), and ‘phoenix7a’ came 5th (₹65.37k).

Other notable finishers were Vishal ‘VishalMaharaj’ Maharaj in 7th (₹41.42k), Siddhanth Kapoor in 65th (₹5.5k), and Pradip ‘Nit2Donk’ Ghosh in 71st (₹5.5k).

With standout scores across the board, Monday proved to be a thrilling grind for the MTT community. Ankit Bajaj’s final table in the GGMasters set the tone for a night of deep runs and title hauls. As the week rolls on, all eyes now turn to the midweek marquee events.

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