The virtual action came down a notch on Monday, with the WPT Online India (WPTOI) series adding color to an otherwise slow day.

Last week’s WPT Deepstack champion C Satish took down the WPT Monday Feature 6-Max on Adda52 for ₹3.75 Lakhs and his second WPT trophy at the series. Jagat Bhandari (2nd for ₹2.27 Lakhs) and Rachit Rana (3rd for ₹1.65 Lakhs) made podium finishes.

The former Full House champion, Young Gun Sanat Mehrotra, championed the other WPT headliner, the WPT Table for 6, for ₹1.89 Lakhs.

PokerGuru Ambassador Ratul Steves shipped Spartan Poker’s ReCharge for the second time this year for ₹1.28 Lakhs following a four-way deal with Sagar Choudhury, Nitin Arora, and Debashis Bal.

PokerBaazi user ‘awarahoon’ won The Big Show for a personal-best ₹1.66 Lakhs. Aditya Kulkarni placed runner-up for ₹1.16 Lakhs (his third time taking second place in the event).

Anirban Das, Kasvajhala Vasistavamsi Krishna, Himanshu Bagdwal, Vikram Pratapdan Langa, Ravi Jain, Dhaval Heda, Jimmy Arora, Soumya Keshri, Rohan Sahni, Hemant Meena, Kunal Yadav & Mohith Vamshi won the other marquees.

Here are the Monday highlights!

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Spartan Poker

Spartan Poker’s Monday mainstay, the ₹2,200 entry buy-in ReCharge, crushed its ₹8 Lakhs prize pool guarantee by ₹52,000 after roping in 426 participants. The event played down to a four-way deal, and the former Value Bomb winner PokerGuru Ambassador Ratul ‘Atriohm’ Steves walked away with the title and ₹1.28 Lakhs in prize money. This win was Steves’ second time winning the ReCharge title. He had won the IOPC#30 ReCharge on January 18 for ₹4.45 Lakhs. It was also his third title victory of the year, boosting his lifetime tally to ₹4.10 Crores (₹1.66 Crores in net profits).

Sagar ‘maniacmachi’ Choudhury (2nd for ₹1.07 Lakhs), Nitin ‘Demogorgon’ Arora (3^rd for ₹1.01 Lakhs), and Debashis ‘dev255-pg1’ Bal (4^th for ₹97,728) were the other beneficiaries of the FT deal.

The recent 7 Crore Club entrant, Sagar Choudhury, made two top finishes last night for ₹1.60 Lakhs in cumulative earnings.

> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s ReCharge for ₹1.07 Lakhs

> 3^rd for PokerBaazi’s Daily Sprint for ₹53,100

The four-time Destiny winner Nitin Arora also posted a second FT score in Adda52’s WPT Hustle, placing sixth for ₹14,000.

The former Tornado winner Lavesh ‘devbhati’ Meena made away with three ITM finishes.

> 4^th in Adda52’s WPT Table for 6 for ₹62,900

> 7^th in Spartan Poker’s ReCharge for ₹29,224

> 12^th in PokerStars India’s Battle Royale for ₹8,189

Kasvajhala Vasistavamsi ‘Vamsi12’ Krishna came out on top in the ₹4.50 Lakhs GTD DeepStack to win ₹83,572 and chopped the title heads-up with Venkat ‘syravenkyreddy’ Reddy (2nd for ₹71,311). The win was a much-needed one for Krishna, who sits on site-losses over ₹6.70 Lakhs! The ₹1,100 entry buy-in event collected a ₹4.64 Lakhs prize pool after logging in 464 entrants, and the top 39 places boarded the money bus.

Vikram ‘Tatvmasi’ Pratapdan Langa (Won Monster Stack ₹2.75 Lakhs GTD for ₹60,913), ‘Soldout’ (Won Ultimate PLO ₹1.25 Lakhs GTD for ₹49,770), and ‘ZASS’ (Won Night Rider – Monster Stack ₹2.1 Lakhs GTD for ₹48,825) took down the other Spartan Poker marquees!

PokerBaazi

PokerBaazi returned with its micro-stakes Baazi Grinders Series that offers ₹50 Lakhs in guaranteed prizes across 42 value-laden events, and Monday marked Day 1 of the series.

The biggest draw on the site was the ₹7.50 Lakhs GTD The Big Show. The Monday primetime event registered 267 entries, overlaying ₹82,500. The user ‘awarahoon’ shipped the event to collect a personal-best (on PokerBaazi) ₹1.66 Lakhs. The site-reg Aditya ‘adit11’ Kulkarni came second for ₹1.16 Lakhs.

Aditya Kulkarni’s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.15 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹59.44 Lakhs

The ₹5 Lakhs GTD Daily Sprint saw the APT#41 PLO-5 Highroller champion Pankaj ‘Jmdpanku’ Sharma adding a second title to his August tally and ₹1.18 Lakhs in prize money. Bhavit ‘tyrogambit’ Jain came second for ₹82,550. The ₹2,200 entry buy-in event clocked in 227 participants to leave an overlay of ₹46,000, and the top 27 places finished ITM.

Pankaj Sharma’s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹99.72 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹17.63 Lakhs

Ravi ‘Rvjn91’ Jain (Won Daily Night Sprint ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD for ₹47,670), Dhaval ‘Dhavhe’ Heda (Won Grinders#4 6-Max Holdem Boost ₹2 Lakhs GTD for ₹43,160), Rohan ‘Theoldrod’ Sahni (Won Daily Afternoon Sprint ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹25,300), Hemant ‘Hkm2828’ Meena (Won Grinders#6 ₹80K GTD Turbo for ₹17,060), ‘Sunshine95’ (Won Grinders#2 ₹50K GTD ₹9,825), Kunal ‘Callmeifyoucan’ Yadav (Won Grinders#3 6-Max ₹50K GTD KO ₹9,635), and Mohith ‘Makeitbig’ Vamshi (Won Grinders#1 ₹30K GTD for ₹6,750) bagged the other Monday titles on PokerBaazi.

Adda52

On its final week, the World Poker Tour Online India (WPTOI) series had 10 events on the tap on Day 23 and crowned eight champions.

C ‘csat82’ Satish conquered the featured tournament of the day, the ₹15 Lakhs GTD WPT Monday Feature 6-Max to win ₹3.75 Lakhs and his second WPT trophy at the series. Jagat ‘jk307’ Bhandari (2nd for ₹2.27 Lakhs) and Rachit ‘faujidhaba’ Rana (3rd for ₹1.65 Lakhs) secured podium finishes in the Monday headliner.

Last week, Satish won the WPT Deepstack and now boasts ₹16.67 Lakhs in recorded winnings on Adda52.

The former Full House champion, Young Gun Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra, trounced the 296-entry field in the ₹7 Lakhs GTD WPT Table for 6 to win his first WPT Online title and a ₹1.89 Lakhs payday. ‘jigs2412’ finished runner-up for ₹1.13 Lakhs. Mehrotra also booked a seat for Day 2 of the WPT India Main Event and bagged the third biggest stack in the Day 1B flight.

Sanat Mehrotra’s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.12 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.21 Crores

Speaking of the WPT Main Event, yesterday, the ₹3 Crores GTD extravaganza hosted its second starting flight, i.e., Day 1B. The flight ran from 8 PM to 12:10 AM and registered 69 entries, with only five runners making it through to Day 2. The inaugural IOPC Mastermind Aniket ‘anteman’ Waghmare (406,438), Young Gun Anmol ‘anzzzzz’ Mehta (320,071), and Sanat Mehrotra (180,507) topped the day-end chip counts.

The marathon tournament, the ₹1 Crore GTD WPT Unreal hosted its 24th flight on Monday. The event recorded 253 entries, and 33 players progressed to Day 2. ‘spd304’ (299,562), ‘punjabimunda7489’ (280,568), and ‘chirandh’ (252,798) bagged the three most enormous stacks of the day.

‘archit810’ (Won WPT Hustle ₹4 Lakhs GTD for ₹99,200), ‘Dinny9’ (Won WPT Classic ₹4 Lakhs GTD for ₹85,280), Jimmy ‘milliondollerdream’ Arora (Won WPT Multiplier ₹4 Lakhs GTD for ₹82,426), Himanshu ‘baagdi’ Bagdwal (Won WPT Late Night PLO ₹3 Lakhs GTD for ₹75,000), ‘grind121’ (Won WPT Alpha ₹2.75 Lakhs GTD for ₹60,238), ‘az0’ (Won WPT Daily Warmup ₹2 Lakhs GTD for ₹52,000), ‘gamitt’ (Won WPT Regular 250 ₹25K GTD for ₹8,044), ‘ketugj’ (Won WPT PLO ₹30K GTD for ₹6,740) and ‘Pushkar52’ (Won WPT Regular 200 ₹20K GTD for ₹5,800) won the other WPT titles.

With Day 23 now in the books, the top-three on the WPT Online Mega Leaderboard standings remain intact. Raghav ‘FuckedUpLife’ Siddalinga retains his position at the top of the rankings with 1,066 points. PokerGuru Ambassadors Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja (981 points) and Ankit ‘d00mtr003r’ Wadhawan (946 points) are still ranked #2 and #3, respectively.

WPT Online India Leaderboard Standings After Day 23

PokerStars India

PokerStars India’s Monday headliner, the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Battle Royale (7-Max), saw the first-ever Adda52 Colossus champion Anirban ‘nocluewho’ Das decimating a 153-entry to win the title for the third time last night for ₹98,142 (includes ₹42,598 in bounties). The user ‘GodPGuru‘ placed runner-up for ₹78,532 (includes ₹24,551 in bounties).

Anirban Das’s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.44 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.29 Crores | Ranked #6 in the Annual Leaderboard Standings

PokerStars India’s “Star of the Month” – February Armaan ‘armaan007111’ Kochhar crossed the money line in five events for ₹1.28 Lakhs in cumulative earnings, pushing his lifetime tally to ₹5.58 Crores (₹1.14 Crores in net profits).

His ITM finishes include:

> 3^rd in PokerStars India’s Battle Royale for ₹47,772

> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s Ultimate PLO for ₹34,320

> 2nd in PokerStars India’s Bigstack Turbo for ₹22,392

> 10^th in Spartan Poker’s ReCharge for ₹14,910

> 36^th in Adda52’s WPT Monday Feature for ₹9,000

The ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD Deepstack was taken down by ‘himanshu33’ for ₹35,942 (includes ₹16,846 in bounties), who beat ‘ThaBlack(3’ (runner-up for ₹27,074) (includes ₹7,979 in bounties) heads-up.

Soumya ‘calyx666’ Keshri (Won Ultrasonic ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD for ₹32,229), ‘Radmod’ (Won Bigstack Turbo ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹31,072), ‘sachin choudhar’ (Won Afternoon on Stars ₹60K GTD for ₹17,603), ‘ANambiar’ (Won Primetime Grind ₹50K GTD for ₹11,241), and ‘arjun66’ (Won Deepstack ₹50K GTD for ₹11,010) won the other PokerStars India marquees.

The other Monday winners were:

WPT Main Event ₹3 Crores GTD – Day 1B – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹16,500

Entries – 55

Re-entries – 14

Survivors – 5

Day 1B of the ₹3 Crores GTD WPT Main Event locked in 69 entries, and only five players made it through to Day 2.

Aniket ‘anteman’ Waghmare (406,438), Young Guns Anmol ‘anzzzzz’ Mehta (320,071), and Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra (180,507), Saurabh ‘newkidintown’ Arora (64,688) and ‘ChupaRustam2901’ (63,296) made the Day 2 cut.

Complete Chip Counts at the End of Day 1B

1. Aniket ‘anteman’ Waghmare – 406,438
2. Anmol ‘anzzzzz’ Mehta – 320,071
3. Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra – 180,507
4. Saurabh ‘newkidintown’ Arora – 64,688
5. ChupaRustam2901 – 63,296

WPT Unreal ₹1 Crore GTD Flight 24 – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹499

Entries – 206

Re-entries – 47

Survivors – 33

Flight 24 of the ₹1 Crore GTD WPT Unreal registered 253 entries, and 33 runners advanced to Day 2.

The flight ran from 7:30 PM to 10:10 PM, and ‘spd304’ (299,562), ‘punjabimunda7489’ (280,568) and ‘chirandh’ (252,798) topped the surviving field.

Dhaval ‘faizal1506’ Doshi (215,616), Sravanth ‘sravanth49’ Reddy (143,814), and Devvrat ‘kinghyper’ Singh Kaurav (130,110) were others bagging sizable stacks.

Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1B

1. spd304 – 299,562
2. punjabimunda7489 – 280,568
3. chirandh – 252,798
4. acepoker7352 – 215,859
5. Dhaval ‘faizal1506’ Doshi – 215,616
6. JollyTheJoker52 – 215,052
7. rdav – 155,785
8. Sravanth ‘sravanth49’ Reddy – 143,814
9. Pankajpansare – 138,190
10. Devvrat ‘kinghyper’ Singh Kaurav – 130,110

WPT Monday Feature 6-Max ₹15 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹3,500

Entries – 208

Re-entries – 144

Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000

Places Paid – 38

Last week’s WPT Deepstack champion, C ‘csat82’ Satish, shipped the ₹15 Lakhs GTD WPT Monday Feature 6-Max for ₹3.75 Lakhs and his second WPT trophy. Jagat ‘jk307’ Bhandari placed runner-up for ₹2.27 Lakhs.

Rachit ‘faujidhaba’ Rana (3rd for ₹1.65 Lakhs), Neeraj ‘neeraj2828’ Bajaj (4th for ₹1.20 Lakhs), and APT Main Event champion, Subhayan ‘jacksparrow1995’ Das (6th for ₹56,250) earned final table payouts.

The ₹3,500 entry buy-in event gathered 352 entrants, filling in ₹3.79 Lakhs in overlays.

Final Table Results

1. C ‘csat82’ Satish – ₹3,75,000
2. Jagat ‘jk307’ Bhandari – ₹2,27,250
3. Rachit ‘faujidhaba’ Rana – ₹1,65,000
4. Neeraj ‘neeraj2828’ Bajaj – ₹1,20,000
5. Ankupoker986 – ₹81,000
6. Subhayan ‘jacksparrow1995’ Das – ₹56,250

ReCharge ₹8 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 198

Re-entries – 63

Re-buys – 165

Prize Pool – ₹8,52,000

Places Paid – 39

Spartan Poker’s Monday headliner, the ₹8 Lakhs GTD ReCharge, played down to a four-way deal with the former Value Bomb winner PokerGuru Ambassador Ratul ‘Atriohm’ Steves bagging the ReCharge title for the second time this year for ₹1.28 Lakhs. He had won the IOPC#30 ReCharge on January 18 for ₹4.45 Lakhs.

IOPC High Roller third-place finisher Sagar ‘maniacmachi’ Choudhury (2nd for ₹1.07 Lakhs), four-time Destiny winner Nitin ‘Demogorgon’ Arora (3^rd for ₹1.01 Lakhs), and Debashis ‘dev255-pg1’ Bal (4^th for ₹97,728) were the other beneficiaries of the deal.

Ratul Steves’s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.10 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.66 Crores

The 2,200 entry buy-in event collected a ₹8.52 Lakhs prize pool on the back of 426 entries.

PokerGuru Ambassador Shashank ‘reconnecting’ Desai (5^th for ₹52,568) and last night`s WPT Table for 6 fourth-place finisher Lavesh ‘devbhati’ Meena (7^th for ₹29,224 ) also FT-ed the Monday flagship!

Final Table Results

1. Ratul ‘Atriohm’ Steves – ₹1,28,168*
2. Sagar ‘maniacmachi’ Choudhury – ₹1,07,362*
3. Nitin ‘Demogorgon’ Arora – ₹1,01,261*
4. Debashis ‘dev255-pg1’ Bal – ₹97,728*
5. Shashank ‘reconnecting’ Desai – ₹52,568
6. JohnnieRunner-Runner – ₹39,788
7. Lavesh ‘devbhati’ Meena – ₹29,224
8. GulzarSahab – ₹21,470

*denotes a four-way deal

WPT Table for 6 ₹7 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 170

Re-entries – 126

Prize Pool – ₹7,40,000

Places Paid – 30

Young Gun Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra outlasted the guarantee-crushing 296-entry field in the ₹7 Lakhs GTD WPT Table for 6, netting ₹1.89 Lakhs and his first WPT Online title. ‘jigs2412’ came second for ₹1.13 Lakhs.

Sanat Mehrotra scored in three more events, raking in ₹2.14 Lakhs in Monday winnings. The Monday night run has brought his annual winnings close to the ₹2 Crores mark (₹1.99 Crores to be precise and ₹47 Lakhs in net profits).

Siddharth ‘gabandheer’ Pandey (3rd for ₹85,100), and Lavesh ‘lavesh7’ Meena (4th for ₹62,900), also FT-ed the event.

Final Table Results

1. Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra – ₹1,89,440
2. jigs2412 – ₹1,12,850
3. Siddharth ‘gabandheer’ Pandey – ₹85,100
4. Lavesh ‘lavesh7’ Meena – ₹62,900
5. bubba88 – ₹42,550
6. IMUNAGI – ₹29,600

Battle Royale [7-Max] ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 94

Re-entries – 59

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 17

One of the annual leaderboard toppers (the #6 ranked player of the year), Anirban ‘nocluewho’ D Das, topped the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Battle Royale on PokerStars India for the third time last night for ₹98,142 (includes ₹42,598 in bounties). ‘GodPGuru’ settled for a runner-up payday of ₹78,532 (includes ₹24,551 in bounties).

Anirban Das has won the Battle Royale title previously on January 7 and June 21. Das also ran deep in The Big Show, where he placed 20th for 7,425. His collective Monday winnings stood at ₹1.06 Lakhs, pushing his online winnings to ₹6.44 Crores.

The Monday marque ran from 7.30 PM to 2.06 AM, with 153 participants joining the action. The event experienced an overlay shortfall of ₹1.17 Lakhs, and the top 17 players got paid.

Armaan ‘armaan007111’ Kochhar (3rd for ₹47,772), Young Gun Anuj ‘brockLesnar’ Yadav (4th for ₹38,913), and Sandeep ‘SANDYINC.’ Rajora (5th for ₹26,001) also FT-ed the event.

Final Table Results (Includes Bounties)

1. Anirban ‘nocluewho’ Das – ₹98,142
2. GodPGuru – ₹78,532
3. Armaan ‘armaan007111’ Kochhar – ₹47,772
4. Anuj ‘brockLesnar’ Yadav – ₹38,913
5. Sandeep ‘SANDYINC.’ Rajora – ₹26,001
6. rohit292912 – ₹19,514
7. Keechad – ₹24,242

DeepStack ₹4.50 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 233

Re-entries – 75

Re-buys – 156

Prize Pool – ₹4,64,000

Places Paid – 39

The ₹4.50 Lakhs GTD DeepStack logged in 464 entries, posting a ₹4.64 Lakhs prize pool. Kasvajhala Vasistavamsi ‘Vamsi12’ Krishna was the last player standing and won the title for ₹83,572 following a heads-up deal with Venkat ‘syravenkyreddy’ Reddy (2nd for ₹71,311).

Dhaval ‘Ace of hearts’ Doshi (4^th for ₹36,517) and Atif ‘LuckyWoolF’ Khan (6^th for ₹21,669) also FT-ed the tourney!

Deepstack ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹1,375

Entries – 80

Re-entries – 45

Prize Pool – ₹1,75,000

Places Paid – 13

PokerStars India’s Deepstack took off at 9.30 PM and registered 125 hopefuls, resulting in an overlay deficit of ₹18,750.

The user ‘himanshu33‘ came out on top to win ₹35,942 (includes ₹16,846 in bounties) after defeating ‘ThaBlack(3‘ in the heads-up showdown. The latter collected a runner-up payday worth ₹27,074 (includes ₹, 7,979 in bounties).

Himanshu ‘himkat@stars’ Kataria (3rd for ₹14,382), Pranav ‘pkpok13’ Khandalkar (6th for ₹9,921), Young Gun Karan ‘The Annihilator’ Radia (7th for ₹6,290), and Chota Machhi, AKA, Arpit ‘bilbo_baggins1’ Jain (8th for ₹8,139) FT-ed the tourney.

Quick Freeze PLO ₹10K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹220

Entries – 20

Re-entries – 13

Prize Pool – ₹10,000

Places Paid – 4

‘Ashu079’ shipped Khelo365’s ₹10K GTD Quick Freeze PLO for ₹4,600. ‘Delerjee’ secured a runner-up payday worth ₹2,600.

This report was updated at 7 PM on 24.8.2021.

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