Online Poker Review for August 11: Ishaan Sunil Pandya, Vikranth Varma, Saahib and Others Excel in Digital Tournaments
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In the world of Indian poker, several players have recently made a significant impact, with notable wins across various tournaments on platforms such as PokerBaazi, Adda52, Natural8 India, and PokerStars.
PokerBaazi
Lakhan Nagajan Odedra clinched the TCOC Championship, walking away with a life-changing ₹16.53 Lakhs in a ₹1.25 Crore GTD event, marking his first seven-figure score. Jaikishan Jangid secured his first August title by winning The Endeavour Lite for ₹2.28 Lakhs, marking his ninth victory in 2025. Sameer Sharma won the Daily Last Chance event via a four-way deal for ₹1.94 Lakhs, his biggest score of the year after grinding since 2020. Neeraj “Dattebayo7” Sattawat finished 7th in The Summit tournament, winning ₹1,57,929 out of 428 players.
Adda52
Lunark won The Mint, claiming their first site title and ₹2.68 Lakhs—1.6 times their previous best score. Ansh Raj, Maharashtra’s NPS India 2025 Kickoff Gold Medallist, finished runner-up in the same event for ₹1.97 Lakhs.
Natural8 India
Abhishek Bhattacharjee won his first-ever live title in Event #67: RM1K Mystery Bounty – Turbo, earning RM10,600 (~₹2.19 Lakhs). Ishaan Pandya delivered notable wins during the week on Natural8 India. The grinder known as "Keechad" remained active and achieved multiple wins as a mystery grinder. Arjanveer Singh Chadha consistently made deep runs and final tables across multiple platforms, including Natural8 India.
PokerStars
No recent tournament winners or achievements on PokerStars India are explicitly mentioned in the recent search results.
Other notable winners include NainaArya, who won ₹1,45,301 in an unspecified tournament, nightyfury who won ₹98,650 in the FS Daily Marquee 5L GTD, lingumass who won ₹57,100 in the same tournament, YKARKI2147 who won ₹76,000 in the FS Daily Marquee 5L GTD, saahib who won ₹1,98,239 in the Inception, kochivi who won ₹2,07,009 in the Omaholic Monster Stack 25, boom786 who won ₹1,48,000 in the Daily Last Chance, and Vikranth Varma (borntrouble) who won ₹3,02,000 in the Daily Last Chance. Ishaan Sunil Pandya (potterhead007) won ₹34,49,887 in the Omaholic Mystery Bounty Main Event 215 on Natural8 India, and Nathababa1 won ₹1,06,505 in an unspecified tournament.
These highlights reflect strong performances mainly from PokerBaazi and Adda52, with Natural8 India featuring important live and online wins, while PokerStars India does not show notable recent results in available information. The winnings range from modest five-figure sums to life-changing seven-figure scores in INR. All figures and details are current up to August 22, 2025.
