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Pocket52 Poker Sports League 5: Most Expensive Players, Unsold Players And More

Pocket52 Poker Sports League (PSL) Season 5 Auction was recently held at Novotel Hotel and Spa, Candolim, Goa. The star-studded auction ceremony saw six teams consisting of their captains and owners, bidding for 36 qualifiers, three woman qualifiers and 15 pros.

Finally, after hours of intense bidding action and battles among the teams, all the franchises had finalised their team members. To know about the complete teams and their members, click here.

Poker Sports League Season 5 Unsold Players

While the auction had a rule that every qualifier had to be picked by the teams, it was obvious that no qualifier would go unsold. The only category of players that went unsold were the pros. With 15 pros to be auctioned and only 10 pro spots left to be filled, five pros remained unsold in the PSL Season 5 Auction.

1. Himanshu Arora
2. Abhishek Goindi
3. Sreekanth Narayan
4. Aayush Arya
5. Jasven Saigal

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Poker Sports League Season 5 Most Expensive Qualifiers

While some players walked away unsold, there were others who were sold for massive bids. As every qualifier started with a base price of ₹50,000, it was especially overwhelming to see online qualifiers being sold for 9x their base price. It was also the first time in the history of PSL that qualifiers were sold at such high prices. To sum up the auction, let’s have a look at the top 10 highest-sold players in PSL Season 5 Auction.

1. Akshay Kapoor (Gujarat Falcons) – ₹4,50,000
2. Saransh Garg (Delhi Czars) – ₹4,40,000
3. Samyak Sethi (Lucknow Kings) – ₹4,00,000
4. Madhab Pal (Delhi Czars) – ₹3,90,000
5. Ankit Jain (Goan Nuts) – ₹3,80,000
6. Satyam Verma (Lucknow Kings) – ₹3,50,000
7. Nitin Gulati (Mumbai Anchors) – ₹3,20,000
8. Mohsin Shaikh (Deccan Aces) – ₹3,20,000
9. Avinash Tauro (Mumbai Anchors) – ₹3,00,000
10. Kapeesh Chaubey (Deccan Aces) – ₹3,00,000

Poker Sports League Season 5 Most Expensive Pros

Similarly, there were pros who were also sold at impressive amounts, with teams desperate to have them in their respective teams due to their noteworthy records. The bidding for all pros started at the base price of ₹2,00,000. Here’s a list of the pros who were sold, along with the amount for which they were bought.

1. Ankit Wadhawan (Mumbai Anchors) – ₹3,60,000
2. Ashish Ahuja (Goan Nuts) – ₹3,50,000
3. Paawan Bansal (Lucknow Kings) – ₹3,10,000
4. Sahil Mahboobani (Delhi Czars) – ₹2,90,000
5. Kanishka Samant (Gujarat Falcons) – ₹2,60,000
6. Siddhanth Kripalani (Lucknow Kings) – ₹2,60,000
7. Zarvan Tumboli (Gujarat Falcons) – ₹2,50,000
8. Arjanveer Singh Chadha (Deccan Aces) – ₹2,00,000
9. Aditya Sushant (Goan Nuts) – ₹2,00,000
10. Nishant Sharma (Delhi Czars) – ₹2,00,000

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