Indian Poker Pot – Week 33: Rajat Sharma Headlines the Online Action with $7,629 win

From hot afternoons to drizzling evenings, India had a mixed weather last week and so was the Indian performance at the online poker felt. 7 MTT wins, 15 sub-$1,000 cashes and several final table finishes made the Indian Poker Pot of Week 33. Rajat Sharma aka OshoSwami became the “OPN Star of the Week” by winning $7,629 in The Bigger $44, $35K Gtd on PokerStars. Abhishek Rathod added over 4 thousand dollars to his on-going $100K challenge winning 1 MTT and final-tabling 5. anmols also won 1 PLO tourney and made 5 final table finishes in just 2 days making it a superb weekend.

Monday                                                                                                

Abhishek Rathod opened the week with 4 final table finishes on Monday. He bagged $745 finishing 5^th in the $22 NL Hold’em, $10K Gtd and $423 finishing 6^th in the $5.40 NL Hold’em [Turbo, Knockout], $12.5K Gtd on PokerStars. On 888 Poker, Abhishek missed the win by 2 places ($698/3rd) in The $5,000 Swordfish. He pocketed another $363 in the €5,000 Gtd Pearl on Titan Poker finishing 5^th. Another player who contributed to the Indian Poker Pot on Monday was Arvindhan. He bagged $443 finishing 7^th in the Big $5.50, $15K Gtd on PokerStars.

Thurday

Aditya Agarwal broke the 2-day long hebetude at the online felt by winning $785 for the 6^th place finish in the $109 NL Hold’em [Turbo], $10K Gtd. Abhishek Rathod won the €1,000 Gtd 6MAX on Titan Poker for $375. These two were the only notable scores by Indian online grinders on Thursday.

Friday

anmols strated off with the runner-up finish in the $101 NL Hold’em [Heads-Up, Hyper-Turbo, Super-Knockout], $3.5K Gtd on PokerStars for $762.50. Going further, he won the $27 NL Omaha H/L [6-Max, Hyper-Turbo], $1K Gtd – Guarantee Boost! tourney for $499.52. Sanjay Taneja aka funsukwangdu bagged $490 finishing 7^th in the $27 NL Hold’em [Progressive Super-Knockout], $25K Gtd on PokerStars. IOPT returned on Adda52.com this Friday wherein kutu took down the first event for Rs 48,000. Akash ‘Buddhaluv’ Sanghvi notched up the first place in $82 NL Hold’em [Turbo], $6K Gtd for $1,913. He also made a final table finish ($357/8th) in the $109 NL Hold’em [Turbo], $8K Gtd on PokerStars.

Saturday

anmols continued his good run on Saturday and made 4 final table finishes on PokerStars. In the $82 NL Hold’em [6-Max, Hyper-Turbo], $10K Gtd, he bagged $1,100.27 finishing 4^th and pocketed another $634.50 finishing 5^th in the $82 Weekly PL Omaha, $8K Gtd. He finished 6^th in the $82 NL Hold’em [6-Max, Hyper-Turbo], $12K Gtd for $948.72 and bagged $1,025.12 finishing 4^th in the $27 NL Hold’em [Turbo, Knockout], $15K Gtd.

In the IOPT 3 Lakhs Gtd toruney on Adda52, himanshu690 won the top prize of Rs 96,000 while rameshrtic placed 2^nd for Rs 58,500. Arvindhan won the $22 NL Hold’em [Deep Stacks], $3K Gtd on PokerStars for $826. indiandurr bagged $735 finishing 6^th in the The Big $5.50, $15K Gtd on PokerStars.

Sunday

The best was yet to come for the Indian Poker Pot in Week 33. Rajat Sharma bagged the biggest individual cash prize on Sunday winning The Bigger $44, $35K Gtd for $7,629. Another notable score came from Abhishek Rathod who bagged $1,944 finishing 6^th in the Summer Warm-Up – €50, €40 000 Gtd on PokerStars.fr.

Note: There wasn’t any notable score on Tuesday (Aug 11) and Wednesday (Aug 12) of Week 33.

Here is the Indian Poker Pot for Week 33 (Aug 10-16):

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