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

weekly online poker winsFrom 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 5th in the $22 NL Hold’em, $10K Gtd and $423 finishing 6th 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 5th. Another player who contributed to the Indian Poker Pot on Monday was Arvindhan. He bagged $443 finishing 7th 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 6th 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 7th 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 4th and pocketed another $634.50 finishing 5th in the $82 Weekly PL Omaha, $8K Gtd. He finished 6th in the $82 NL Hold’em [6-Max, Hyper-Turbo], $12K Gtd for $948.72 and bagged $1,025.12 finishing 4th 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 2nd for Rs 58,500. Arvindhan won the $22 NL Hold’em [Deep Stacks], $3K Gtd on PokerStars for $826. indiandurr bagged $735 finishing 6th 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 6th 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):

Player/User Event Prize/Position Date
abhi147 PS $22 NL Hold’em, $10K Gtd $745/5th 10-Aug
abhi147 PS $5.40 NL Hold’em [Turbo, Knockout], $12.5K Gtd $423/6th 10-Aug
abhi147 888 Poker The $5,000 Swordfish $698/3rd 10-Aug
abhi147 Titan Poker €5,000 Gtd Pearl $363/5th 10-Aug
Arvindhan PS The Big $5.50, $15K Gtd $443/7th 10-Aug
abhi147 Titan Poker €1,000 Gtd 6MAX $375/1st 13-Aug
Adi Agarwal $109 NL Hold’em [Turbo], $10K Gtd $785/6th 13-Aug
anmols $101 NL Hold’em [Heads-Up, Hyper-Turbo, Super-Knockout], $3.5K Gtd $762.50/2nd 14-Aug
anmols $27 NL Omaha H/L [6-Max, Hyper-Turbo], $1K Gtd – Guarantee Boost! $499.52/1st 14-Aug
kutu Adda52 IOPT 1.5 Lakhs Gtd Rs 48,000/1st 14-Aug
funsukwangdu $27 NL Hold’em [Progressive Super-Knockout], $25K … $490/7th 14-Aug
buddhaluv $109 NL Hold’em [Turbo], $8K Gtd $357/8th 14-Aug
buddhaluv $82 NL Hold’em [Turbo], $6K Gtd $1,913/1st 14-Aug
anmols $82 NL Hold’em [6-Max, Hyper-Turbo], $10K Gtd $1,100.27/4th 15-Aug
anmols $82 NL Hold’em [6-Max, Hyper-Turbo], $12K Gtd $948.72/6th 15-Aug
anmols $82 Weekly PL Omaha, $8K Gtd $634.50/5th 15-Aug
anmols $27 NL Hold’em [Turbo, Knockout], $15K Gtd $1,025.12/4th 15-Aug
himanshu690 Adda52 IOPT 3 Lakhs Gtd Rs 96,000/1st 15-Aug
rameshrtic Adda52 IOPT 3 Lakhs Gtd Rs 58,500/2nd 15-Aug
Arvindhan $22 NL Hold’em [Deep Stacks], $3K Gtd $826/1st 15-Aug
indiandurr The Big $5.50, $15K Gtd $735/6th 15-Aug
abhi147 PS.fr Summer Warm-Up – €50, €40 000 Gtd $1,944/6th 16-Aug
OshoSwami The Bigger $44, $35K Gtd $7,629/1st 16-Aug

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