In this feature, we bring you to the top three weekly, monthly, and yearly performers every Sunday. These rankings are based on cumulative winnings (cashes). However, the rankings only include players registered to our online ranking system, so hurry up and register if you haven’t signed up on PokerGuru yet!
The IPC Megastacks may be over, but most Indian crowds has reached Hanoi in Vietnam and are pulling big scores at the ongoing World Poker Tour (WPT) Vietnam! Only two days back, the IPC Megastacks ₹60K Main Event runner-up Aditya Sushant grabbed his second WPT trophy in Event #15: PLO. A total of nine Indians made it to Day 2 of the WPT Main Event, with Day 1C chip leader Zarvan Tumboli leading the team!
The biggest story back home on the online felts was the BB#8 EndBoss – India’s biggest online poker tournament but before we come to that, let’s look at how the annual POY standings look. Young Gun Anuj Yadav remained an unbeaten topper for the 12th consecutive week, and he sits with ₹2.10 Crores in annual cashes and a corresponding ₹1.15 Crores in annual profits.
The top three on the annual rankings remain the same. The #2 ranked Young Gun Arsh Grover is proving to be quite the steady runner to the top of the POY standings. In just under a month, Grover has added nearly ₹40 Lakhs to his online scorecard, covering significant distance with the reigning annual topper, Anuj Yadav. With ₹1.97 Crores in annual winnings, Grover will also very soon become the second Indian player to earn over ₹2 Crores this year.
Last week, we mentioned how the inaugural NPS Main Event champion Mohammad Azhar has fast climbed up the rankings on the back of a trailblazing week. Currently ranked #4, Azhar is threateningly close with less than ₹2 Lakhs separately the duo, Azhar sits with ₹1.64 Crores in annual cashes. It’ll be interesting to see whether Ahuja amps up his scorecard or Azhar takes over the coming week!
Now, about the EndBoss! Most Sundays are intense for online regs, but this past Sunday, Jitendra Gadhwal, the 26-year-old IT professional based out of Delhi, triumphed in the humungous 4,948-entry field in the ₹5 Crore GTD event to grab the top prize of ₹1 Crore. Surprisingly, we spoke to Gadhwal the next afternoon, and he was busy working. The IT professional who plays poker recreationally chose not to take a break after the long and tiring Sunday grind that has vaulted him straight to the top of the monthly and the weekly leaderboards!
That’s not all, Gadhwal has leaped the annual profit leaderboards, and with a whopping ₹98.61 Lakhs in profits, he is now ranked second to Anuj Yadav in the profit rankings.
The EndBoss runner-up Eshaan Kapoor ranks #2 on the monthly and weekly charts, with Mohammad Azhar rounding out the top three on the monthly leaderboard. The EndBoss third-place finisher Bhushan Sohani rounds out the podium for the week.
Weekly Online Rankings (May 22 – 28)
| Player | Weekly Cashes | Weekly Profit |
|---|---|---|
| Jitendra Gadhwal | ₹10,063,350 | ₹10,013,501 |
| Eshan Kapoor | ₹60,20,000 | ₹60,18,499 |
| Bhushan Sohani | ₹33,13,812 | ₹30,31,835 |
Monthly Online Rankings (May 1 – 28)
| Player | Weekly Cashes | Weekly Profit |
|---|---|---|
| Jitendra Gadhwal | ₹1,01,16,003 | ₹99,72,975 |
| Eshan Kapoor | ₹60,31,000 | ₹59,85,499 |
| Mohammad Azhar | ₹40,76,613 | ₹17,82,855 |
Yearly Online Rankings (January 1 – May 28)
| Player | Weekly Cashes | Weekly Profit |
|---|---|---|
| Anuj Yadav | ₹2,10,16,602 | ₹1,15,25,301 |
| Arsh Grover | ₹1,97,12,132 | ₹89,88,270 |
| Ashish Ahuja | ₹1,65,56,560 | ₹70,27,378 |
Weekly Online Rankings
1.Jitendra Gadhwal
Weekly Cashes – ₹1,00,63,350
Weekly Profit – ₹1,00,13,501
Weekly Leaderboard Points – 586
A poker enthusiast who has been playing the game for over the past three to four years, Jitendra Gadhwal will remember this week as one of the most career-defining moments in his poker resume. On Sunday, the 26-year-old Engineering Graduate toppled the 4,948-strong entry field to win the third edition of PokerBaazi’s EndBoss. As the latest “EndBoss,” Gadhwal pocketed a whopping ₹1 Crore! While he stormed into the top of the weekly leaderboard straightaway, Gadhwal also gave his tracked annual winnings a boost and dominated the May leaderboard standings!
Top Cashes This Week
– 1st in PokerBaazi’s #BB8 EndBoss for ₹1 Crore on May 22
2. Eshan Kapoor
Weekly Cashes – ₹60,20,000
Weekly Profit – ₹60,18,499
Weekly Leaderboard Points – N/A
Eshan Kapoor came whiskers close to taking down the latest EndBoss edition, eventually losing the bragging rights to Gadhwal. Nevertheless, Kapoor banked an equally impressive career-best online score of ₹60.20 Lakhs, taking up the #2 spot on the weekly and the monthly charts.
Top Cashes This Week
– 2nd in PokerBaazi’s #BB8 EndBoss for ₹60.20 Lakhs on May 22
3. Bhushan Sohani
Weekly Cashes – ₹33,13,812
Weekly Profit – ₹30,31,835
Weekly Leaderboard Points – 1,029
The EndBoss third-place finisher Bhushan Sohani rounds out the top three players on the weekly leaderboard. Sohani earned ₹31.35 Lakhs in the tourney, adding to over ₹33.13 Lakhs by the weekend approached.
Top Cashes This Week
– 3rd in PokerBaazi’s #BB8 EndBoss for ₹31.35 Lakhs on May 22
Gautam Kaul (Weekly Cashes – ₹21.68 Lakhs), PokerGuru Ambassador Nadeem Basha (Weekly Cashes – ₹18.26 Lakhs), and Aayush Arya (Weekly Cashes – ₹17.05 Lakhs) are the other top scorers of the week.
Monthly Online Rankings
1. Jitendra Gadhwal
Monthly Cashes – ₹1,01,16,003
Monthly Profit – ₹99,72,975
Monthly Leaderboard Points – 1,538
Jitendra Gadhwal’s victory in India’s biggest online poker tournament – the ₹5 Crore GTD EndBoss has pushed him to the top of the May leaderboard standings, where he stands tall with ₹1.01 Crores in winnings and a staggering ₹99.73 Lakhs in monthly profits.
Top Cashes This Month
– 1st in PokerBaazi’s #BB8 EndBoss for ₹1 Crore on May 22
2. Eshan Kapoor
Monthly Cashes – ₹60,31,000
Monthly Profit – ₹59,85,499
Monthly Leaderboard Points – 223
Eshan Kapoor’s trailblazing runner-up finish in PokerBaazi’s EndBoss also makes him the #2 ranked player of the month. Like Gadhwal, Kapoor’s singular score kept him high on the profit front, and he made away with ₹59.85 Lakhs in profits.
Top Cashes This Month
– 2nd in PokerBaazi’s #BB8 EndBoss for ₹60.20 Lakhs on May 22
3. Mohammad Azhar
Monthly Cashes – ₹40,76,613
Monthly Profit – ₹14,11,463
Monthly Leaderboard Points – 5,795
Rounding out the top three on the May leaderboard is the 24-year-old online phenom Mohammad Azhar. Azhar was in top gear through the month and lapped up a hefty ₹40.77 Lakhs. He was consistent, but he also ran well in flagship tournaments. While his runner-up finish in the IMPS #120 Main Event for ₹11.27 Lakhs was Azhar’s best score of May. He also captured titles like Adda52’s BTH Monster. Azhar has climbed two spots up to take up the #4 position on the annual leaderboard in just a month!
Top Cashes This Month
– 2nd in PokerBaazi’s IMPS#120 Main Event for ₹11.27 Lakhs on May 15
– 1st in Adda52’s BTH Monster for ₹7.97 Lakhs on May 22
– 2nd in PokerBaazi’s The Summit for ₹5.09 Lakhs on May 12
Arsh Grover (Monthly Cashes – ₹39.84 Lakhs), the BB#8 EndBoss third-place finisher Bhushan Sohani (Monthly Cashes – ₹39.39 Lakhs), and SCS #79 – High – Main Event winner Tarush Gupta (Monthly Cashes – ₹39.23 Lakhs are the other players who will close out May as the month’s top scorers.
Yearly Online Rankings
1. Anuj Yadav
Yearly Cashes – ₹2,10,16,602
Yearly Profit – ₹1,15,25,301
Yearly Leaderboard Points – 27,805
Young Gun Anuj Yadav had a rather slow week this time and racked up nearabout ₹2.83 Lakhs in cashes. Yadav ran the deepest in last Sunday’s Sunday Highroller on PokerStars India, where he placed fourth for ₹1.11 Lakhs. Still, Yadav is comfortably positioned as the #1 ranked player of the year, with ₹2.10 Crores in annual winnings. As he looks at 13 straight weeks at the POY topper, Yadav is still approximately ₹17 Lakhs ahead of his closest competitor, Arsh Grover.
Top Cashes This Year
– 3rd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #49 – High Roller (6-Max) for ₹12.30 Lakhs on January 27
– 6th in Spartan Poker’s FTS#41 – Main Event for ₹9.99 Lakhs on March 13
– 5th in PokerBaazi’s PBC#15 Game Changer for ₹9.18 Lakhs on January 9
2. Arsh Grover
Yearly Cashes – ₹1,97,12,132
Yearly Profit – ₹89,88,270
Yearly Leaderboard Points – 27,607
Young Gun Arsh Grover lapped over ₹5.69 Lakhs over the week, consolidating his position as the #2 ranked player in 2022. Grover managed to put in volume last Sunday despite being in Jhapa, Nepal, for the IPC Megastacks. He captured the BTH FTV Flamingo for ₹1.37 Lakhs, subsequently making it to the final table of The Big Show, where he finished third for ₹1.22 Lakhs.
All in all, Grover made away with ₹39.84 Lakhs in monthly cashes. Grover’s annual winnings stand at ₹1.97 Crore in annual cashes, and we can expect him to cross the ₹2 Crore marker for the same any day now.
Top Cashes This Year
– 1st in Spartan Poker’s FTS #41 – Main Event (6-Max) for ₹40.24 Lakhs on March 13
– 2nd in Spartan Poker’s FTS #24 – Big Game for ₹10.75 Lakhs on March 9
– 1st in Spartan Poker’s The Elite (6-Max) for ₹4.92 Lakhs on May 13
3. Ashish Ahuja
Yearly Cashes – ₹1,65,56,560
Yearly Profit – ₹70,27,378
Yearly Leaderboard Points – 26,985
PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish Ahuja was able to pull in only about ₹1.74 Lakhs over the week but retained his position as the third-ranked player of the year for another week, holding ₹1.66 Crores in annual cashes.
Top Cashes This Year
– 1st in Spartan Poker’s Millionaire Series #25 -Sunday Millionaire for ₹10.20 Lakhs on April 10
– 1st in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #49 – High Roller (6-Max) for ₹9.90 Lakhs on January 27
– 2nd in Spartan Poker’s Sunday SuperStack for ₹6.72 Lakhs on February 27
Mohammad Azhar (Weekly Cashes – ₹1.64 Crores), Rising Star Ritwik Khanna (Weekly Cashes – ₹1.52 Crores), and PokerGuru Ambassador Laksh Pal Singh (Weekly Cashes – ₹1.44 Crores) are the other top-ranked players of the year.
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