Indian Poker Pot: Now Features the Online Poker Winnings of the Full Week; Sharad Rao Wins 3 MTTs

The Indian poker community is expanding, and so is the Indian poker pot.  For the same good reasons, we at OPN India expanded our “Weekend Indian Poker Pot” to feature the Indian online poker winnings on Weekdays (Mon-Thu) along with the Weekends (Fri-Sun). The weekly column (published every Monday) renamed to “Indian Poker Pot” will now feature all the notable cash finishes, final table finishes and tourney winnings of Indian players of the last week (Mon-Sun).

Indian MTT grinders clinched the victory in 9 online tourneys along with a number of cashes and final table finishes. Amit ‘bblacklegend’ Jain brought the biggest individual figure in a single tourney winning $3,763 in the $109 NL Hold’em [Turbo], $12K Gtd on PokerStars on Wednesday, June 15. Sharad ‘KEENYLE’ Rao became “OPN Star of the Week” by winning 3 tourneys and finishing on the final table in another.  In the on-going MicroMillions 11 on PokerStars, Indian players are yet to strike a notable score. In total, Indians have cashed $3,834.54 at the end of 35 events in MicroMillions.

Monday

The 1^st day of the week started with Vineet aka ‘888pokerAKQ’ finishing in the runner-up place of the The $5,000 Typhoon – 2nd Chance on 888 Poker for $1,027. 4 more Indian players made final table finishes on Monday in different tourneys on PokerStars. Karan Radia placed 3^rd in the $22 NL Hold’em [1R1A], $15K Gtd for $1,745, Kartik Ved aka ‘pegasus’ finished 3^rd in the $16.50 NL Hold’em [8-Max], $2.5K Gtd for $300, Arvindhan pocketed $395 in the $5.10 NL Hold’em [Hyper-Turbo], $5K Gtd finishing 4^th and Buddhaluv finished 5^th in the $109 NL Hold’em [Turbo], $8K Gtd for $672.

Tuesday

Tuesday brought 2 notable scores for Indian Poker Pot, both of them being the tourney wins. Arsh ‘BigggTymeR’ Grover who now sits in the 5^th spot of India rankings won The $5,000 Swordfish on 888 Poker bagging $1,248. indiandurr won the low buy-in tourney $10.20 NL Hold’em [Heads-Up, Hyper-Turbo], $2K Gtd on PokerStars for $691.

Wednesday

Amit Jain aka ‘bblacklegend’ triumphed the field of 175 players in the $109 NL Hold’em [Turbo], $12K Gtd winning $3,763 which remained the highest figure of the week. Sharad ‘KEENYLE’ Rao won the $8.80 NL Hold’em [Progressive Super-Knockout], $8K Gtd] adding $1,080 to his online winnings. Karan Radia went unlucky in the Full Tilt Triceratops event as he missed the victory by one place. Karan finished in the runner-up place bagging $1,277. Ankit ‘aob1986’ Bajaj finished 3^rd in the $11 NL Hold’em [6-Max, Turbo], $4K Gtd on PokerStars for $618.

Thursday

Karan Radia brought the first win for Indians at the virtual felt on Thursday in the $11 NL Hold’em [8-Max], $5K Gtd for which he earned $1,186. He was soon joined by Sharad Rao who triumphed the $5.50 NL Hold’em [2R1A], $5K Gtd bagging $1,222. indiandurr won $1,615 finishing 6^th in the $109 NL Hold’em [Turbo], $30K Gtd.

Friday

Friday saw only 2 notable scores by the Indian MTT grinders at the online felt. Kartik Ved aka ‘pegasus’ won the $8.80 NL Hold’em [Progressive Super-Knockout], $8K Gtd] on PokerStars bagging $1,050. Sabyasachi Chakraborty aka ‘Infusion_leo’ finished 3^rd in the $11+R NL Hold’em, $7.5K Gtd on PokerStars for $947.

Saturday

Aditya Agarwal returned to the online felt fresh from his WSOP outing and clinched a victory on Friday. He won the $109 NL Hold’em [Turbo], $8K Gtd bagging $2,425. Sharad Rao who has been on a fantastic run throughout the week won yet another tourney on PokerStars. Sharad won $10.50 NL Hold’em [Super-Knockout], $15K Gtd for $1,312. Rahil Bhatia placed 20^th in the $215 Weekly 6-Max NLHE, $40K Gtd for $439 while Kartik Ved won $354 finishing 6^th in the $13.50 NL Hold’em [Knockout], $10K Gtd.

Sunday

Sunday saw 4 final table finishes by Indians in the online tourneys including the runner-up finish by Abhishek Rathod for $3,543 in the Titan Poker €25,000 Grand Sunday. Karan Radia who now ranks #1 Indian on Pocketfives won $1,488 finishing 6^th in the $55 NL Hold’em, $35K Gtd. Sharad Rao bagged $1,209 in the $5.50 NL Hold’em [2R1A], $12K Gtd finishing 4^th. Infusion_leo finished 8^th in the $11+R NL Hold’em, $15K Gtd for $478.

Here is the Indian Poker Pot for Week 29 (July 13 -19) on 2015: