Abhishek Goindi, Sahil Chutani, Avinit Bagri & Mithun Mahesh Crush the Sunday Flagships

What a Sunday it was! Whether it was Novak Djokovic clinching his sixth Wimbledon title or Italy beating hosts England to become the 2021 UEFA European Football champions, there was action everywhere. Adding to this, after two weeks of relative calm, the virtual felts exploded with activity as the India Online Poker Championship (IOPC) returned for its 11th edition on Spartan Poker.

The blockbuster tournament series saw five of its six Day 1 events’ crown winners. Topping the list was poker coach Abhishek Goindi who was the day`s biggest winner. Not only did he champion Spartan Poker’s IOPC#2 Sunday Prime for ₹8.19 Lakhs, but he also packed in another five ITM finishes to rake in ₹10.27 Lakhs in Sunday winnings.

The IOPC#2 played down to a three-way deal, with the FTS 2.0 Main Event runner-up finisher Avinit Bagri (2^nd for ₹8.12 Lakhs) and ‘LorenzoVonMatterhorn’ (3^rd for ₹8.05 Lakhs) collecting the other top payouts.

Young Gun Sahil Chutani captured his fourth Adda52 Millions title and a ₹6.50 Lakhs payday. He added two more deep runs to his Sunday tally, netting ₹8.12 Lakhs in total earnings.

PokerGuru Ambassador Mithun Mahesh also featured among the big Sunday winners as he took down PokerBaazi’s BSS#4 SuperStack for ₹4.23 Lakhs. He, too, posted several ITM finishes, collecting ₹6.41 Lakhs overall.

Arun Sriram, Nitin Arora, Haider Madraswala, Deepesh Raka, PokerGuru Ambassador Rony Chowdhury, Swapnil Patil, Rahul Sengar, and Adarsh Subham took down the other Sunday marquees.

Here are the Sunday highlights!

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Spartan Poker

The 11th edition of the India Online Poker Championship (IOPC) got off to a roaring start on Sunday. Day 1 of #MissionKhazana saw players hunting for glory in six events, out of which five crowned champions.

The first major attraction of the 22-day long series was the ₹1 Crore GTD Blaze of Glory. The ₹7,700 entry buy-in event hosted three starting flights yesterday, clocking in 1,500 entries (Day 1A – 421, Day 1B – 528, Day 1C – 551), collecting a whopping ₹1.05 Crore prize pool. Only 222 qualifiers (Day 1A – 63, Day 1B – 66, Day 1C – 93), including 184 unique players, progressing to Day 2.

Day 2 ultimately played down to the eight-handed final table, headlined by Ashwin ‘A116’ Vijay (3,149,983). Advait ‘GTIO18’ Rajguru (3,116,696), the Sunday Showdown runner-up finisher, Young Gun Siddharth ‘Ari Tribbani’ Karia (2,635,124), Harshad ‘omglukbox’ Barve (2,112,751), Guneet ‘GeeKay’ Kwatra (2,027,390), Young Gun Shardul ‘Faucet Failure’ Parthasarathi (1,485,110), and Sachin ‘Ullumanati’ Sharma (1,043,342) were among the known names to make it to the final table. The final table commences at 5 PM today and will be live-streamed across multiple platforms, including PokerGuru’s Facebook page from 6 PM onwards.

Coming back to the events that did crown champions last night, poker coach Abhishek ‘MambaMentality’ Goindi towered over the 571 contenders in the ₹60 Lakhs GTD IOPC#2 Sunday Prime to collect the first-place prize ₹8.19 Lakhs, and an IOPC Gold Badge. The Poker India Bootcamp co-founder struck a three-way deal with the FTS 2.0 Main Event runner-up Avinit ‘pushnpray17’ Bagri (runner-up for ₹8.12 Lakhs) and former Sunday Superstack champion ‘LorenzoVonMatterhorn’ (3rd for ₹8.05 Lakhs).

The former IOPC Super Highroller fourth-place finisher Abhishek Goindi, who was one of the panelists at the ‘Pre-Flop Show’ for the National Poker Series along with sports anchor Ridhima Pathak and poker commentator Sriram Chakravarthy, was in trailblazing form last night as he raked up about ₹10.27 Lakhs in Sunday winnings from six ITM scores.

Apart from the title win in the IOPC#2 Sunday Prime, Abhishek Goindi cashed in three more IOPC events to move into an early lead on the ₹1 Crore added IOPC leaderboard standings with 1,834 leaderboard points. His ITM runs include:

> 1st in IOPC#2 Sunday Prime for ₹8.19 Lakhs

> 3rd in IOPC#3 Sunday Spotlight for ₹1.67 Lakhs

> 14th in Adda52 Millions for ₹31,250

> 48th in IOPC#5 Dream Catcher for ₹6,488

> 35th in IOPC#6 for ₹5,454

> 24th in Adda52’s Tornado for ₹4,211

Speaking of the ₹10 Lakhs GTD IOPC#3 Sunday Spotlight, the four-time Destiny champion Nitin ‘Demogorgon’ Arora reigned supreme over the 628-entry field and netted the lion’s share of the ₹18.84 Lakhs prize pool worth ₹3.65 Lakhs. PokerGuru Ambassador Vishal ‘CrownUpJr’ Bajaj finished runner-up for ₹2.32 Lakhs.

This happens to be Nitin Arora’s second IOPC title. He had won IOPC #79 in the January 2021 edition for ₹1.72 Lakhs.

Poker coach Anirban ‘nocluewho’ D Das finished ITM in 12 events yesterday, collectively earning ₹2.80 Lakhs. These scores included two FT finishes, namely, Spartan Poker’s IOPC #3 Sunday Spotlight (4^th for 1.35 Lakhs) and PokerStars India’s Sunday Highroller PKO (5^th for ₹59,105).

PokerStars India’s “Star of the Month” – December Siddharth ‘gangnam gangi’ Gangwar also booked five ITM finishes, worth a cumulative ₹1.85 Lakhs. His deep runs include:

> 5^th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #3 Sunday Spotlight for ₹1.07 Lakhs

> 6^th in PokerStars India’s Sunday Special PKO for ₹50,414

> 13^th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #6 for ₹13,480

> 47^th in PokerBaazi’s BSS#4 SuperStack for ₹10,971

> 198^th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #5 Dream Catcher for ₹1,861

The other multi-flight event to play out yesterday was the ₹12 Lakhs GTD IOPC #5 Dream Catcher. Sporting an affordable ₹660 entry buy-in, the event garnered 3,012 entries (Day 1A – 1,005, Day 1B – 1,075, and Day 1C – 932) over three starting flights to collect a guarantee crushing ₹18.07 Lakhs prize pool (over 50% more than its advertised guarantee). A total of 311 runners (274 unique) advanced to Day 2, with all of them assured a min-cash of ₹1,536. Haider ‘Callmebabe’ Madraswala was the last player standing and banked the ₹2.98 Lakhs up-top, while Archit ‘Archit789’ Saraogi received ₹1.63 Lakhs for his runner-up finish. Madraswala now has ₹1.32 Crores in lifetime scores with ₹31.01 Lakhs in net profits.

The series opener, the ₹12 Lakhs GTD IOPC#1 Launch Party, was taken down by the former GPS Ultron champion Suraj N ‘MR.BEAST’ Yadav for ₹1.82 Lakhs, following a heads-up chop with ‘Jhoncarter’ (runner-up for ₹1.72 Lakhs).

Deepesh ‘prince1993’ Raka won the final event of Day 1, the ₹7 Lakhs GTD IOPC #6 for a career-best (on Spartan Poker) ₹1.99 Lakhs. Shawn ‘LoopreviL’ Jose placed runner-up for ₹1.26 Lakhs.

With Day 1 of the IOPC July edition now in the books, poker coach Abhishek Goindi sits on top of the IOPC leaderboard standings with 1,834 points. IOPC#1 Launch Party winner Suraj N Yadav (1,618 points) and ‘Jhoncarter’ (997 points) round out the top three leaderboard standings.

IOPC July Edition Leaderboard Standings After Day 1

PokerBaazi

Two weeks since the inaugural National Poker Series culminated, the action on PokerBaazi is still sizzling hot. Sunday’s roster was headlined by the ₹20 Lakhs GTD BSS#4 SuperStack, and despite the IOPC hogging all the attention, the ₹5,500 entry buy-in marquee still generated a smashing ₹23.85 Lakhs prize pool from a turnout of 477 entrants. The former Millionaire champion, PokerGuru Ambassador Mithun ‘thepokeraja’ Mahesh, was back in the thick of the action following a week-long break. He went on to clinch the BSS SuperStack title, along with a ₹4.23 Lakhs top prize. A heads-up deal saw Nikhil ‘blastupinside’ Arora walk away with a second-place payout worth ₹3.92 Lakhs.

Mithun Mahesh accumulated ₹6.41 Lakhs in winnings last night, and his top finishes include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s BSS#4 SuperStack for ₹4,22,793

> 4th in PokerStars India’s Sunday Highroller – PKO for ₹1,28,945

> 17th in Adda52 Millions for ₹31,250

> 30th in PokerStars India’s Sunday Special PKO for ₹25,060

> 4th in PokerBaazi’s BSS#2 Afternoon for ₹20,221

Mithun Mahesh’s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.11 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.17 Crores

Rising Star Ritwik ‘Fisherman1997’ Khanna cashed in eight events that included two final table finishes yesterday, collectively earning ₹2.30 Lakhs. His FT scores were:

> 5^th in PokerBaazi’s BSS#4 SuperStack for ₹1.20 Lakhs

> 8^th in PokerStars India’s Sunday Special PKO for ₹33,091

PokerGuru Ambassador Rony ‘bisadip176’ Chowdhury was another PokerGuru Staking team member who turned a decent profit. The Young Gun ended a five-month-long title drought by shipping the ₹5 Lakhs GTD BSS#3 MonsterStack 6-Max for ₹1.52 Lakhs. This was the third time Rony Chowdhury claimed the MonsterStack title, pushing his overall online winnings to ₹3.65 Crores. Karan ‘bozo’ Kapur finished runner-up for ₹1.06 Lakhs.

The second ₹5 Lakhs GTD event on PokerBaazi, the BSS#5 MegaStack, found a winner in the Game Changer 4.0 runner-up finisher Mohak ‘Tiltin’ Kapoor. He bested Jerry ‘nongtuh’ Bareh (runner-up for ₹1.15 Lakhs) heads-up to claim a winner’s paycheque worth ₹1.63 Lakhs. Mohak Kapoor cashed in two more events, netting ₹2.06 Lakhs overall.

‘mavrick3532’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD BSS#6 Afterparty for ₹74,130), ‘gerrard09’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD BSS#2 Afternoon for ₹45,500), ‘bleedforthis’ (Won ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD for Turbo for ₹37,930), Rahul ‘GhatakTheGreat’ Sengar (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD BSS#1 Kick-off for ₹33,330) were the other title winners on PokerBaazi.

PokerStars India

For a second consecutive week, PokerStars India hosted both the Sunday Special and Sunday Highroller. However, this time, both events ran with a PKO format.

First up was the ₹15 Lakhs GTD Sunday Special Progressive KO that got underway at 5 PM and culminated at 1:18 AM after crowning a champion in mystery user ‘tabahi2k18’, who took home ₹2.77 Lakhs (includes ₹1.38 Lakhs in bounties). The former Millionaire champion Young Gun Devang ‘trappyfish93’ Yadav settled for a runner-up finish worth ₹1.70 Lakhs (includes ₹32,812 in bounties).

Monster Poker Club streamer Nitin ‘NRIPOKER’ Rawat finished ITM in three PokerStars India events, earning a cumulative ₹1.10 Lakhs. His scores were:

> 4^th in Sunday Special PKO for ₹90,968

> 3rd in Sunday Storm for ₹15,731

> 12^th in Sunday Warm-up for ₹3,159

The Sunday Special PKO registered 272 entries, falling ₹1.40 Lakhs short of its advertised guarantee.

Starting about two-and-a-half hours later was the ₹12 Lakhs GTD Sunday Highroller Progressive KO. Former Adda52’s Full House third-place finisher Arun ‘realruny’ Sriram has been quite the revelation this past week. On the heels of a blistering performance last week, Arun Sriram took down the Sunday Highroller for an impressive ₹3.03 Lakhs (includes ₹1.65 Lakhs in bounties). Arun Sriram scored in three more events raking in over ₹3.81 Lakhs. His ITM finishes include:

> 1st in PokerStars India’s Sunday Highroller PKO for ₹3,03,452

> 7th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC#3 Sunday Spotlight for ₹61,418

> 14th in PokerStars India’s Sunday Special PKO for ₹14,768

> 162^nd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC Launch Party for ₹1,742

Arun Sriram’s stats: Lifetime winnings: ₹93.65 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹24.36 Lakhs

Sahil ‘inaboobham’ Mahboobani placed second for ₹1.71 Lakhs (includes ₹33,438 in bounties), bringing his recorded online earnings closer to the ₹8 Crore-mark (₹7.95 Crores).

Former Adda52 Millions champion Rishab ‘NoChan(3’ Malik cashed in six events, including two FT scores. His Sunday tally came in at ₹3.73 Lakhs, boosting his lifetime scorecard to ₹2.40 Crores. His FT scores were:

> 5^th in Adda52 Millions for ₹2.12 Lakhs

> 3^rd in Sunday Highroller PKO for ₹1.32 Lakhs

PokerStars India regular Swapnil ‘pokpom1’ Patil pulled out a fantastic Sunday night run as he won the Ultrasonic title for an incredible 16^th time last night for ₹39,086. He also added a Sunday Supersonic title for ₹33,035 – his third time winning the event – netting ₹72,121 overall.

Adarsh ‘subham007’ Subham (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Sunday Storm for ₹28,632), ‘lavesh786’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Sunday Warm-Up for ₹27,873), and ‘jul1u592’ (Won ₹50K GTD Deepstack for ₹13,683) won the other titles on PokerStars India.

Adda52

Well-known for his exploits on the cash tables, Young Gun Sahil ‘bluffme19’ Chutani thundered through the Sunday marquees, collecting over₹8.13 Lakhs in Sunday winnings. Chutani’s biggest score of the night came in the ₹25 Lakhs GTD Adda52 Millions, where he ran past the 250-entry field to pocket a ₹6.50 Lakhs top prize.

This is Sahil Chutani`s fourth time winning the Adda52 Millions. He also scored in Spartan Poker’s IOPC#2 Sunday Prime (9th for ₹1.14 Lakhs), PokerStars India’s Sunday Special PKO (9th for ₹46,105), and Spartan Poker’s IOPC #5 – Dream Catcher (176^th for ₹2,060), taking his tracked online winnings north of ₹2.70 Crores with ₹1.23 Lakhs in net profits.

Vinayak ‘bhai_on_mary_jane’ Bajaj (runner-up for ₹3.87 Lakhs) and Young Gun Shardul ‘vamos96’ Parthasarathi (3rd for ₹2.91 Lakhs) secured podium finishes in the Adda52 Millions.

Adda52 regular ‘rtuteja’ took down the ₹20 Lakhs GTD DeepStack Madness for ₹4.90 Lakhs. The former The Mint champion locked horns with PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja in the heads-up showdown, with the latter adding ₹2.90 Lakhs in second-place prize money. The Adda52 reg ‘rtuteja’ boosted their overall scores tally on Adda522 to ₹42.05 Lakhs, with ₹10.14 Lakhs in site-profits.

Ranked #4 on the annual leaderboard, Ashish Ahuja added over ₹3.50 Lakhs in Sunday winnings across five ITM finishes. His deep runs include:

> 2nd in Adda52’s Deepstack Madness for ₹2.90 Lakhs

> 26th in Adda52 Millions for ₹22,500

> 22nd in PokerStars India’s Sunday Special PKO for ₹21,940

> 22nd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC#6 for ₹8,541

> 24th in PokerStars India’s Sunday Highroller PKO for ₹7,500

The ₹10 Lakhs GTD Sunday Showdown suffered a minor overlay of ₹7,750 on the back of 441 entrants. Adda52 reg ‘Oshuri’ won the event for ₹1.91 Lakhs. The IOPC Blaze of Glory finalist, Young Gun Siddharth ‘skaria1’ Karia, came second for ₹1.41 Lakhs.

The other Sunday winners were:

IOPC #4 Blaze Of Glory ₹1 Crore GTD Day 2 – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹7,700

Entries – 773

Re-entries – 273

Rebuys – 454

Prize Pool – ₹1,05,00,000

Places Paid – 215

The 11^th edition of the IOPC made a blistering start with an eye-popping ₹2 Crores in prizes guaranteed across six events on the opening day of the series. The day`s biggest draw was the ₹1 Crore GTD IOPC #4 Blaze of Glory that registered 1,500 entries across three starting flights to collect a ginormous ₹1.05 Crore prize pool. A total of 222 qualifiers (Day 1A – 63, Day 1B – 66, Day 1C – 93), including 184 unique players, converged for Day 2 that took off at 10 PM.

The play was halted with the formation of the final table, with Ashwin ‘A116’ Vijay (3,149,983) bagging the overnight chip lead.

Advait ‘GTIO18’ Rajguru (3,116,696), the FTS 2.0 Main Event champion Young Gun Siddharth ‘Ari Tribbani’ Karia (2,635,124), Harshad ‘omglukbox’ Barve (2,112,751), Guneet ‘GeeKay’ Kwatra (2,027,390), Young Gun Shardul ‘Faucet Failure’ Parthasarathi (1,485,110), and Sachin ‘Ullumanati’ Sharma (1,043,342) are the other known players in contention.

The Blaze of Glory is the first of the six marquee events of the series. In addition to the prize money, the eventual champion will receive an 18K Gold Badge and a seat at the IOPC Master’s Table.

The final table starts at 5 PM today and will be live-streamed across ten social platforms, including PokerGuru’s Facebook page, from 6 PM onwards. WSOP champion Aditya Sushant, Goonjan Mall, Zarvan Tumboli, and Young Gun Kanchan Sharma, along with IPC Director Peter Abraham, will be calling the action, so don’t miss out on the exciting FT action!

Dhruvin ‘thepokerplayer’ Kothari (9^th for ₹1.36 Lakhs), the IOPC #5 Dream Catcher winner Haider ‘Callmebabe’ Madraswala (10^th for ₹1.14 Lakhs), Avneesh ‘IamAM’ Munjal (13^th for ₹1.01 Lakhs), and PokerGuru Ambassador Ankit ‘Shippament’ Wadhawan (14^th for ₹90,825) were some other players who ran deep in the event.

Final Table Chip Counts

1. Ashwin ‘A116’ Vijay – 3,149,983
2. Advait ‘GTIO18’ Rajguru – 3,116,696
3. Siddharth ‘Ari Tribbani’ Karia – 2,635,124
4. Heartbrrkr – 2,429,614
5. Harshad ‘omglukbox’ Barve – 2,112,751
6. Guneet ‘GeeKay’ Kwatra – 2,027,390
7. Shardul ‘Faucet Failure’ Parthasarathi – 1,485,110
8. Sachin ‘Ullumanati’ Sharma – 1,043,342

IOPC#2 Sunday Prime ₹60 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 285

Re-entries – 104

Rebuys – 182

Prize Pool – ₹60,00,000

Places Paid – 55

The 8 PM IOPC attraction was the ₹60 Lakhs GTD IOPC #2 Sunday Prime. The tourney garnered 571 entries, filling in ₹2.90 Lakhs in overlays. The action went on till 5 AM when the final three players agreed on a deal.

Poker coach and former DPT High Roller champion Abhishek ‘MambaMentality’ Goindi clinched the title for a ₹8.19 Lakhs payday. The FTS 2.0 Main Event runner-up Avinit ‘pushnpray17’ Bagri (2^nd for ₹8.12 Lakhs) and former Sunday Superstack champion ‘LorenzoVonMatterhorn’ (3^rd for ₹8.05 Lakhs) booked the next best scores, courtesy of the three-way deal.

The win fetched Abhishek Goindi, his first tourney title of the year, and his first IOPC Gold Badge. The co-founder of Poker Bootcamp India had picked his personal-best online score worth ₹13.23 Lakhs with a fourth-place finish in the IOPC #99 Super High Roller in July last year.

Goindi posted another five ITM finishes, ringing in ₹10.27 Lakhs in Sunday winnings. His ITM finishes include:

– 1^st in the Sunday Prime ₹60 Lakhs GTD for ₹8.19 Lakhs

– 3^rd in the IOPC #3 Sunday Spotlight 10 Lakhs GTD for 1.67 Lakhs

– 14^th in Adda52 Millions for ₹31,250

– 48^th in the Dream Catcher ₹12 Lakhs GTD for ₹6,488

– 35^th in the IOPC #6 ₹7 Lakhs GTD for ₹5,454

– 24^th in the Tornado for ₹4,211

Goindi has made a substantial headstart on the ₹1 Crore-added IOPC Leaderboard after Day 1, where he towers with 1,834 points.

The third-place finisher ‘LorenzoVonMatterhorn’ also picked a 12^th place score in the IOPC Sunday Spotlight worth ₹25,811. The player now has ₹34.08 Lakhs in site scores, including ₹20.99 Lakhs in site profits.

The 2020 India Poker Champion Rubin ‘imightwin’ Labroo (8^th for ₹1.42 Lakhs) also posted an FT score in the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Abhishek ‘MambaMentality’ Goindi – ₹8,18,874*
2. Avinit ‘pushnpray17’ Bagri – ₹8,11,791*
3. LorenzoVonMatterhorn – ₹8,04,735*
4. acesfull – ₹4,31,400
5. Mutemath – ₹3,41,400
6. MrRobot999 – ₹2,62,800
7. Daniel0617 – ₹1,95,600
8. Rubin ‘imightwin’ Labroo – ₹1,41,600

*denotes a three-way deal

Adda52 Millions ₹25 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 135

Re-entries – 115

Prize Pool – ₹25,00,000

Places Paid – 27

Cash game pro Sahil ‘bluffme19’ Chutani delivered another applause-worthy performance last night as he took down the ₹25 Lakhs GTD Adda52 Millions for the fourth time for ₹6.50 Lakhs. The Young Gun collected ₹8.13 Lakhs overall across four ITM finishes.

> 1st in Adda52 Millions for ₹6.50 Lakhs

> 9th in IOPC Sunday Prime for ₹1.15 Lakhs

> 9th in #SundaySpecial PKO for ₹46,105

> 176^th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #5 – Dream Catcher for ₹2,060

Vinayak ‘bhai_on_mary_jane’ Bajaj placed runner-up for ₹3.87 Lakhs.

The ₹11,000 buy-in event just about broke even after registering 250 contenders, and the top 27 places got paid.

Blaze of Glory finalist, Young Gun Shardul ‘vamos96’ Parthasarathi (3^rd for ₹2.91 Lakhs), Rishab ‘rish1994’ Malik (4^th for ₹2.12 Lakhs), seasoned pro Sumit ‘hammer_head’ Sapra (5^th for ₹1.44 Lakhs), MTT crusher Sagar ‘alwaysnutz’ Choudhury (6^th for ₹1.06 Lakhs) also FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Sahil ‘bluffme19’ Chutani – ₹6,50,000
2. Vinayak ‘bhai_on_mary_jane’ Bajaj – ₹3,87,500
3. Shardul ‘vamos96’ Parthasarathi – ₹2,91,250
4. Rishab ‘rish1994’ Malik – ₹2,12,500
5. Sumit ‘hammer_head’ Sapra – ₹1,43,750
6. Sagar ‘alwaysnutz’ Choudhury – ₹1,06,250

DeepStack Madness ₹20 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹4,400

Entries – 267

Re-entries – 185

Prize Pool – ₹20,00,000

Places Paid – 49

The other Adda52 Sunday marquee, the DeepStack Madness, found a champion in the user ‘rtuteja’ who earned the winner’s paycheck worth ₹4.90 Lakhs after prevailing over PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja (runner-up for ₹2.90 Lakhs) in the heads-up battle.

The Adda52 reg ‘rtuteja’ boosted their overall scores tally on Adda522 to ₹42.05 Lakhs with ₹10.14 Lakhs in site-profits.

The ₹20 Lakhs GTD MTT featuring a ₹4,400 buy-in registered 452 entrants, filling in ₹1.92 Lakhs in overlays. The 7:30 PM event culminated at 3:37 AM, and the top 49 places walked past the money line.

MTT pro Siddarth ’badtameez_donk’ Singhvi (3^rd for ₹2 Lakhs), Raghav ‘mrbean98’ Ananth (6^th for ₹70,000), and Young Gun Arsh ‘bigggtymer’ Grover (8^th for ₹45,000) FT-ed the tourney!

Final Table Results

1. rtuteja – ₹4,90,000
2. Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja – ₹2,90,000
3. Siddarth ’badtameez_donk’ Singhvi – ₹2,00,000
4. newbiea – ₹1,50,000
5. mmanvendra – ₹1,00,000
6. Raghav ‘mrbean98’ Ananth – ₹70,000
7. gaubhas0731 – ₹55,000
8. Arsh ‘bigggtymer’ Grover – ₹45,000

BSS#4 SuperStack ₹20 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 221

Re-entries – 256

Prize Pool – ₹23,85,000

Places Paid – 54

PokerBaazi’s Sunday marquee, the ₹20 Lakhs GTD BSS#4 SuperStack, had 477 runners in the fray, crushing the listed guarantee by a whopping ₹3.85 Lakhs. The top 54 places finished ITM.

It was nearly 3:17 AM on the tournament clock by the time the last was dealt. The former The Millionaire champion PokerGuru Ambassador Mithun ‘thepokeraja’ Mahesh chopped the top prize heads-up with Nikhil ‘blastupinside’ Arora before taking down the title for ₹4.23 Lakhs. Arora bagged ₹3.93 Lakhs for his runner-up finish.

Mahesh’s break-out performance helped him earn a total of ₹6.41 Lakhs, pushing his lifetime earnings to ₹4.11 Crores. His other deep runs included:

> 4th in PokerStars India’s Sunday Highroller PKO for ₹1.29 Lakhs

> 17th in Adda52’s Adda52 Millions for ₹31,250

> 30th in PokerStars India’s Sunday Special PKO for ₹25,060

> 4th in BSS#2 Afternoon for ₹20,221

The high profile FT featured the likes of The NPS Main Event runner-up Ashwani ‘Leokarma2609’ Vishwakarma (3rd for ₹2.16 Lakhs), Adda52 Colossus champion PokerGuru Ambassador Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved (4th for ₹1.60 Lakhs), Rising Star Ritwik ‘Ritwikkhanna’ Khanna (5th for ₹1.20 Lakhs), Sahil ‘instinct’ Luthra (7th for ₹80,136), and last week`s Destiny fourth-place finisher Ranjeet ‘Rj147′ Negi (8th for ₹63,918).

Final Table Results

1. Mithun ‘thepokeraja’ Mahesh – ₹4,22,793
2. Nikhil ‘blastupinside’ Arora – ₹3,92,639
3. Ashwani ‘Leokarma2609’ Vishwakarma – ₹2,16,081
4. Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved – ₹1,59,795
5. Ritwik ‘Ritwikkhanna’ Khanna – ₹1,19,966
6. ace.high – ₹96,116
7. Sahil ‘instinct’ Luthra – ₹80,136
8. Ranjeet ‘Rj147’ Negi – ₹63,918

Sunday Special Progressive KO ₹15 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 154

Re-entries – 118

Total Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000

Regular Prize Pool – ₹8,20,000

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹6,80,000

Places Paid – 31

The user ‘tabahi2k18’ championed PokerStars India’s 5 PM Sunday marquee, the ₹15 Lakhs GTD Sunday Special PKO for ₹2.77 Lakhs (includes ₹1,39,062 in bounties). Young Gun Devang ‘trappyfish93’ Yadav secured a runner-up payday worth ₹1.70 Lakhs (includes ₹32,812 in bounties).

The ₹5,500 entry buy-in event logged in 272 entries to register an overlay shortfall of ₹1.40 Lakhs.

Pranav ‘41195’ Somani (3rd for ₹1.29 Lakhs), Vishnu ‘violator2018’ Khandelwal (7^th for ₹43,507), and the Adda52 Millions champion Sahil ‘allezjuju’ Chutani (9^th for ₹46,105) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results (Includes Bounties)

1. tabahi2k18 – ₹2,76,737
2. Devang ‘trappyfish93’ Yadav – ₹1,70,486
3. Pranav ‘41195’ Somani – ₹1,28,792
4. Nitin ‘NRIPOKER’ Rawat – ₹90,968
5. kingsneverdie11 – ₹66,081
6. Siddharth ‘gangnam gangi’ Gangwar – ₹50,414
7. Vishnu ‘violator2018’ Khandelwal – ₹43,507
8. Ritwik ‘Fisherman1997’ Khanna – ₹33,091
9. Sahil ‘allezjuju’ Chutani – ₹46,105

Sunday Highroller Progressive KO ₹12 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 70

Re-entries – 37

Total Prize Pool – ₹12,00,000

Regular Prize Pool – ₹6,65,000

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹5,35,000

Places Paid – 11

PokerStars India’s ₹12 Lakhs GTD Sunday Highroller PKO attracted 107 entries to post a ₹1.30 Lakhs shortfall for the site to fill.

The in-form Arun ‘realruny’ Sriram was the last player standing and won ₹3.03 Lakhs (includes ₹1,65,469 in bounties). This was Sriram’s third title of the month and his 11^th title victory this year. He also placed seventh in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #3 Sunday Spotlight for ₹61,418 and scored in three more events, raking in ₹3.81 Lakhs overall. His ITM finishes include:

> 1st in PokerStars India’s Sunday Highroller PKO for ₹3,03,452

> 7th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC#3 Sunday Spotlight for ₹61,418

> 14th in PokerStars India’s Sunday Special PKO for ₹14,768

> 162^nd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC Launch Party for ₹1,742

MTT pro Sahil ‘inaboobham’ Mahboobani placed runner-up for ₹1.71 Lakhs (includes ₹33,438 in bounties).

Bharath ‘hzgod’ Kumar (7^th for ₹44,174), the #1 ranked player of the year Manish ‘theoldestkid’ Lakhotia (8^th for ₹30,304) and PokerGuru Ambassador`s Mithun ‘ThePokeRajaIN’ Mahesh (4^th for ₹1.29 Lakhs), Laksh ‘B00MTilt23’ Pal Singh (6^th for ₹64,607), and Ashish ‘chipcharity999’ Munot (9^th for ₹56,671) also FT-ed the event.

Final Table Results (Includes Bounties)

1. Arun ‘realruny’ Sriram – ₹3,03,452
2. Sahil ‘inaboobham’ Mahboobani – ₹1,71,421
3. Rishab ‘NoChan(3’ Malik – ₹1,32,196
4. Mithun ‘ThePokeRajaIN’ Mahesh – ₹1,28,945
5. Anirban ‘nocluewho’ D Das – ₹59,105
6. Laksh ‘B00MTilt23’ Pal Singh – ₹64,607
7. Bharath ‘hzgod’ Kumar – ₹44,174
8. Manish ‘theoldestkid’ Lakhotia – ₹30,304
9. Ashish ‘chipcharity999’ Munot – ₹56,671

IOPC #5 Dream Catcher ₹12 Lakhs GTD Day 2 – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹660

Entries – 1,461

Re-entries – 337

Rebuys – 1,214

Prize Pool – ₹18,07,200

Places Paid – 311

Spartan Poker’s ₹12 Lakhs GTD IOPC #5 Dream Catcher registered 3,012 entries across three starting flights (Day 1A – 1,005, Day 1B – 1,075, and Day 1C – 932), pooling in a guarantee crushing ₹18.07 Lakhs (over 50% more than its advertised guarantee). Day 2 began at 10 PM with 311 qualifying stacks (Day 1A – 97, Day 1B – 106, and Day 1C – 108), including 274 unique players.

After almost five hours of play, Haider ‘Callmebabe’ Madraswala championed the event for ₹2.99 Lakhs. Archit ‘Archit789’ Saraogi placed runner-up for ₹1.63 Lakhs.

The IOPC January 2021 Edition MasterMind Aniket ‘Ntwadumela’ Waghmare (4th for ₹81,505), Siddhanth ‘Liu Kang’ Kapoor (6th for ₹56,692), poker streamer Bhushan ‘funchampion’ Sohani (7th for ₹42,288), and Gautam ‘BEATTHEFISH 86’ Sachdeva (8th for ₹29,891) FT-ed the event.

Final Table Results

1. Haider ‘Callmebabe’ Madraswala – ₹2,98,730
2. Archit ‘Archit789’ Saraogi – ₹1,63,371
3. Gk999 – ₹1,12,408
4. Aniket ‘Ntwadumela’ Waghmare – ₹81,505
5. cutymannu – ₹68,131
6. Siddhanth ‘Liu Kang’ Kapoor – ₹56,692
7. Bhushan ‘funchampion’ Sohani – ₹42,288
8. Gautam ‘BEATTHEFISH 86’ Sachdeva – ₹29,891

IOPC#1 Launch Party ₹12 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 1,065

Re-entries – 388

Rebuys – 1,109

Prize Pool – ₹12,81,000

Places Paid – 215

The IOPC July edition series opener, the ₹12 Lakhs GTD IOPC #1 Launch Party, commenced at noon yesterday. The event registered a whopping 2,562 entries, generating a hefty ₹12.81 Lakhs prize pool.

The former GPS Ultron champion Suraj N ‘MR.BEAST’ Yadav proved the last player standing and won ₹1.82 Lakhs and the title following a heads-up deal with ‘Jhoncarter’ (runner-up for ₹1.72 Lakhs).

Other known players on the final table included Nishkarsh ‘DesiKanye’ Madavi (4^th for ₹66,612), Uttam ‘ulam’ Lamba (5^th for ₹52,201), and Navin ‘NAVIN 33’ Bohania (6^th for ₹39,878).

Final Table Results

1. Suraj N ‘MR.BEAST’ Yadav – ₹1,82,027*
2. Jhoncarter – ₹1,71,657*
3. Bluffdaddy03 – ₹90,567
4. Nishkarsh ‘DesiKanye’ Madavi – ₹66,612
5. Uttam ‘ulam’ Lamba – ₹52,201
6. Navin ‘NAVIN 33’ Bohania – ₹39,878
7. Rahul4444s – ₹30,513
8. IAmTheBe$t – ₹21,610

*denotes a heads-up deal

IOPC#3 Sunday Spotlight ₹10 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹3,300

Entries – 309

Re-entries – 82

Rebuys – 237

Prize Pool – ₹18,84,000

Places Paid – 55

The ₹10 Lakhs GTD IOPC #3 Sunday Spotlight logged in 628 entries, generating a massive ₹18.84 Lakhs prize pool. The four-time Destiny champion Nitin ‘Demogorgon’ Arora clinched his second IOPC title and a ₹3.65 Lakhs payday, beating PokerGuru Ambassador Vishal ‘CrownUpJr’ Bajaj (runner-up for ₹2.32 Lakhs) to the finish line.

The IOPC Sunday Prime champion Abhishek ‘MambaMentality’ Goindi (3^rd for ₹1.67 Lakhs), Anirban D ‘pokernoob’ Das (4^th for ₹1.35 Lakhs), PokerStars India’s “Star of the Month” – December Siddharth ‘cooking_nuts’ Gangwar (5^th for ₹1.07 Lakhs), Harshad ‘omglukbox’ Barve (6^th for ₹82,519), and the Sunday Highroller champion Arun ‘vazharmorghulis’ Sriram (7^th for ₹61,418) also FT-ed the event.

Final Table Results

1. Nitin ‘Demogorgon’ Arora – ₹3,65,496
2. Vishal ‘CrownUpJr’ Bajaj – ₹2,31,732
3. Abhishek ‘MambaMentality’ Goindi – ₹1,67,488
4. Anirban D ‘pokernoob’ Das – ₹1,35,460
5. Siddharth ‘cooking_nuts’ Gangwar – ₹1,07,200
6. Harshad ‘omglukbox’ Barve – ₹82,519
7. Arun ‘vazharmorghulis’ Sriram – ₹61,418
8. Flahoolick – ₹44,462

Sunday Showdown ₹10 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹2,500

Entries – 258

Re-entries – 183

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 44

The Adda52 reg ‘Oshuri’ navigated their way to the top in the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Sunday Showdown to collect the ₹1.91 Lakhs up-top cash prize after besting the Blaze of Glory finalist Young Gun Siddharth ‘skaria1’ Karia (runner-up for ₹1.41 Lakhs) heads up. With this win, the champion crossed the ₹10 Lakh mark in site scores!

The IOPC commentator Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall (5^th for ₹56,571), and the Adda52 Millions runner-up finisher Vinayak ‘bhai_on_mary_jane’ Bajaj (6^th for ₹41,724) also FT-ed the tourney!

Final Table Results

1. Oshuri – ₹1,91,170
2. Siddharth ‘skaria1’ Karia – ₹1,40,998
3. harryscorpion – ₹1,03,994
4. jdpoker – ₹76,701
5. Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall – ₹56,571
6. Vinayak ‘bhai_on_mary_jane’ Bajaj – ₹41,724
7. arg_87 – ₹30,774
8. the_brave – ₹22,697

IOPC #6 ₹7 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 346

Re-entries – 97

Re-buys – 243

Prize Pool – ₹10,29,000

Places Paid – 63

The last event on Day 1 of the IOPC series was the ₹7 Lakhs GTD IOPC #6. The ₹1,650 buy-in event clocked 686 entrants, collecting a guarantee-crushing ₹10.29 Lakhs (almost 50% more than the advertised guarantee). The top 63 places walked past the money line.

The 11 PM tournament ended at 6.04 AM with Deepesh ‘prince1993’ Raka taking down the title for a personal-best (on Spartan Poker) ₹1.99 Lakhs. Saturday`s Mukkamaar runner-up finisher Shawn ‘LoopreviL’ Jose stood second for ₹1.26 Lakhs.

Deepesh Raka now has ₹5.33 Lakhs in recorded winnings under this username on Spartan Poker.

FTS 1.0 Main Event winner Arjun ‘lol this guy’ Pasricha (4th for ₹71,516), Vishal ‘Darky012’ Ojha (5th for ₹56,081), Aryan ‘bob_marley’ Singh (6th for ₹43,938), and Sankalp ‘wobbegong’ Marwah (8th for ₹23,461) also FT-ed the event.

Final Table Results

1. Deepesh ‘prince1993’ Raka – ₹1,99,112
2. Shawn ‘LoopreviL’ Jose – ₹1,25,538
3. Mahaka1 – ₹90,038
4. Arjun ‘lol this guy’ Pasricha – ₹71,516
5. Vishal ‘Darky012’ Ojha – ₹56,081
6. Aryan ‘bob_marley’ Singh – ₹43,938
7. iMax – ₹33,031
8. Sankalp ‘wobbegong’ Marwah – ₹23,461

BSS#5 MegaStack ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 156

Re-entries – 140

Prize Pool – ₹7,40,000

Places Paid – 36

PokerBaazi`s 8 PM fixture, the ₹5 Lakhs GTD BSS#5 MegaStack, clocked in 296 entrants, collecting a hefty ₹7.40 Lakhs prize pool.

The Game Changer 4.0 runner-up finisher Mohak ‘Tiltin’ Kapoor was the last player standing and claimed the first-place prize money worth ₹1.63 Lakhs, besting PokerBaazi regular Jerry ‘nongtuh’ Bareh heads-up. Bareh earned an equally handsome ₹1.15 Lakhs.

Mohak Kapoor cashed in two more events, netting ₹2.06 Lakhs in Sunday winnings.

Deepak’ DEEPAKALLIN’ Sachdeva (4th for ₹54,612), Mukesh’ Mukeshahuja’ Ahuja (5th for ₹40,996), Shubham’ Aurangzeb_9′ Mahapatra (6th for ₹32,782), PokerGuru Ambassador Shashank ‘indianrat’ Desai (7th for ₹27,232) and Tarush ‘Busterr’ Gupta (8th for ₹21,830) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Mohak ‘Tiltin’ Kapoor – ₹1,63,466
2. Jerry ‘nongtuh’ Bareh – ₹1,14,700
3. Samridhi ‘LEGGO’ Kapoor – ₹73,778
4. Deepak ‘DEEPAKALLIN’ Sachdeva – ₹54,612
5. Mukesh ‘Mukeshahuja’ Ahuja – ₹40,996
6. Shubham ‘Aurangzeb_9’ Mahapatra – ₹32,782
7. Shashank ‘indianrat’ Desai – ₹27,232
8. Tarush ‘Busterr’ Gupta – ₹21,830

BSS#3 MonsterStack 6-Max ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 155

Re-entries – 103

Prize Pool – ₹6,45,000

Places Paid – 27

PokerBaazi`s 5 PM special 6-Max BSS#3 MonsterStack saw the former The Millionaire runner-up finisher, PokerGuru Ambassador Rony’ bisadip176′ Chowdhury, outlasting the 258-player field for ₹1.52 Lakhs. The 6-Max Holdem BOOST DST winner from July 6, Karan ‘bozo’ Kapur, came second for ₹1.06 Lakhs.

This was Rony Chowdhury`s third time winning the BSS MonsterStack title, pushing his lifetime online winnings to ₹3.65 Crores.

Dishani’ Dishvish’ Vijay (3rd for ₹68,499), PokerGuru Ambassador’s Arjanveer ‘holdbaby’ Singh Chadha (4th for ₹50,697) and first-ever Millionaire Series Main Event champion Ashutosh ‘senojwod’ Balodhi (5th for ₹38,055), and Friday’s Futuristic runner-up finisher Siddharth’ Siddonuts’ Pandey (6th for ₹30,444) also FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Rony ‘bisadip176’ Chowdhury – ₹1,51,769
2. Karan ‘bozo’ Kapur – ₹1,06,490
3. Dishani ‘Dishvish’ Vijay – ₹68,499
4. Arjanveer ‘holdbaby’ Singh Chadha – ₹50,697
5. Ashutosh ‘senojwod’ Balodhi – ₹38,055
6. Siddharth ‘Siddonuts’ Pandey – ₹30,444

Tornado ₹4 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹1,750

Entries – 140

Re-entries – 128

Prize Pool – ₹4,69,000

Places Paid – 27

The user ’faizal1506’ was the last player standing at the ₹4 Lakhs GTD Tornado on Adda52 and won ₹1.21 Lakhs. The player fired nine bullets and defeated ‘Tenonten’ (runner-up for ₹72,695) in the heads-up play.

Saahib ‘saahib’ Bawa (3^rd for ₹54,639), Mohit ‘thejokerrrr’ Mehta (4^th for ₹39,865), Amit ‘ragingbull’ Kaushik (5^th for ₹26,968), Amit ‘penguin07’ Gaikwad (6^th for ₹19,933), Lavesh ‘lavesh7’ Meena (7^th for ₹15,243), and Debneil ‘noobneil’ Mukherjee (8th for ₹11,725) also FT-ed the tourney!

Big Bang ₹1 Lakh GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 31

Re-entries – 10

Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000

Places Paid – 5

Khelo365’s Sunday cornerstone, the ₹1 Lakh GTD Big Bang, logged in 41 hopefuls, leaving a glaring ₹38,500 in overlays for the site to fill. The top five places caught a share of the value on offer, with ‘axestar99’ taking down the title for ₹43,000. The user ‘Ronaldinho’ finished runner-up for ₹23,000.

Dominator ₹50K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 41

Re-entries – 29

Prize Pool – ₹50,000

Places Paid – 8

The second-biggest Sunday tourney on Khelo365, the ₹50K GTD Dominator, registered 70 entries, overlaying ₹15,000. The user ‘mukesh10’ was the last player standing and won ₹17,000. ‘Subham20’ came second for ₹10,000.

Daily ₹50K GTD PLO – PokerDangal

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 77

Re-buys – 48

Prize Pool – ₹62,500

Places Paid – 20

‘UYIS9444’ championed PokerDangal`s ₹50K GTD Daily PLO for ₹13,750 after defeating ‘Mkumar1’ (runner-up for ₹10,312) heads-up to the title.

This report was updated at 10 PM on 12.7.2021.

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