Sunday Online Railbird Report: Aditya Agarwal Wins Sunday Special ₹15 Lakhs GTD on PokerStars India For ₹3.65 Lakhs

It’s been a very busy week with the 2018 World Poker Tour (WPT) India playing host to some enthralling action in Goa. While the core group of domestic pros were busy at the WPT, another group of poker elites staked claim on the massive prizes on offer at the various domestic poker sites.

PokerStars India has created a niche for Sunday grinders by revamping the structure of its most-valued tournament, the Sunday Special, into a ‘Progressive KO’ format – a popular format that no one else offers with such value. It was only a matter of time but it came in this past Sunday where India`s poker pioneer and Team PokerStars Pro Aditya Agarwal took honors at the event for ₹3.65 Lakhs. Agarwal may have missed his chance at the WPT but he more than made up for it online as just last week he had won the Diwali Rush Highroller ₹10 Lakhs GTD for ₹1.72 Lakhs.

The list of other big Sunday winners at PokerStars featured names like Ankit ‘Bhoochal’ Saxena (The Classic NLHE ₹2 Lakhs GTD for ₹47,105), Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja (Sunday Stars ₹2 Lakhs GTD for ₹42,996), ‘tuhinanshu’ (Sunday Storm ₹2 Lakhs GTD for ₹38,516), ‘bhasm@sur1’ (Sunday Supersonic ₹1.25 Lakhs GTD for ₹30,426) and Vishal ‘Vishalb22’ Bajaj (Sunday Warm-Up ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD for ₹27,263).

Another trailblazer last Sunday – Sriharsha ‘ivey2’ Doddapaneni, juggernauted his way to the top in the Baazi Super Sunday (BSS) SuperStack ₹15 Lakhs GTD on India’s most trusted poker site – PokerBaazi. He outlasted a field of 259 entries (179 unique and 80 re-entries) and won ₹3 Lakhs in prize money! In other events, ‘Monster’ shipped the BSS PLO ₹5 Lakhs GTD for ₹1.25 Lakhs and Rohit ‘kudos0505’ Behal topped The Monster 6-Max ₹5 Lakhs GTD for ₹1.22 Lakhs.

In addition to the regular fixtures on PokerBaazi last Sunday were the last of the Baazi Grinders Special Series events. The headline event of the series – the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Main Event eventually turned out to become the biggest tournament last week on PokerBaazi with a massive 833 entries. While the top 63 places were assured payouts, taking home the lion`s share of the prize money i.e. ₹1.82 Lakhs was Vishal ‘Bhai9’ Marwaha. ‘Rishav1995’ took down the Grinders#32 6-Max ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹26,640.

Young Gun Arsh ‘BigggTymeR’ Grover was another standout performer this past Sunday as he won 9stacks’ signature event, the Sunday Stacks, for the second consecutive week, this time for ₹2.60 Lakhs.

Recently launched online poker site PokerRaj, is currently playing host to weekly Nations Cup Qualifier`s that have a ₹1 Lakh GTD every Sunday. This week Neel Ajit ‘Legolas33’ Joshi took down the event and won ₹33,000 along with a seat in the Nationals Cup Finale that will be held on January 13!

Fast growing online poker site MadOverPoker continues to churn out winners each week and this time we saw ‘BranStark’ (Dynamite for ₹36,221), Rakesh ‘Rainbow’ Ranjan (Grenade for ₹32,000) and Himadri ‘Black Cat’ Pal (NightCrawler for ₹18,952) winning the Sunday special fixtures on the site.

Sunday Special – Progressive KO ₹5,000 NLHE ₹15 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Entries – 115

Re-entries – 73

Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000

Places Paid – 31

Team PokerStars Pro Aditya ‘Aditya Agarwal’ Agarwal is India`s biggest online MTT winner with over $4 Million in recorded online cashes. Last Sunday he showed us why as he shipped the Sunday Special – Progressive KO ₹15 Lakhs GTD event on PokerStars India with relative ease, adding ₹3.65 Lakhs to his impressive poker resume.

Final Table Results

1. Aditya ‘Aditya Agarwal’ Agarwal – ₹3,65,141
2. Mrinal ‘-booy@h-‘ Manna – ₹1,60,557
3. azmadh – ₹1,25,150
4. Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja – ₹99,316
5. Vikram ‘Prison M!ke’ Singh – ₹63,253
6. CMBharat – ₹56,901
7. Chandan ‘RunBarryRun’ Arora – ₹47,138
8. checcm@te – ₹30,618
9. Infinitesuns – ₹19,427

BSS SuperStack ₹15 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Entries – 179

Re-entries – 80

Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000

Places Paid – 31

Sriharsha ‘ivey2’ Doddapaneni is another online phenom who is fast raking up scores online. His latest title win saw him outlasting a field of 179 unique entries in the BSS SuperStack ₹15 Lakhs GTD on PokerBaazi where he defeated ‘Yogiraj’ heads-up to bank a seven-figure score worth ₹3 Lakhs.

Final Table Results

1. Sriharsha ‘ivey2’ Doddapaneni – ₹3,00,000
2. Yogiraj – ₹2,21,250
3. TheTeacher – ₹1,65,000
4. Vinay ‘vinay09’ Rajpal – ₹1,20,000
5. AKfishing – ₹90,000
6. Mukeshahuja – ₹67,500
7. Aniket ‘Anteman’ Waghmare – ₹48,750
8. Vinay ‘Lovecee’ Choudhry – ₹37,500
9. looseplayer – ₹26,250

Sunday Stacks ₹10 Lakhs GTD – 9stacks

Entries – 70

Re-entries – 33

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 20

Last Sunday was one for the pros and it comes as no surprise that Young Gun Arsh ‘BigggTymeR’ Grover had a field day as he won the Sunday Stacks ₹10 Lakhs GTD on 9stacks for ₹2.60 Lakhs. Winning a 100+ entry online tournament may be considered an OK feat by many, but winning it on back-to-back weeks, well that calls for applause! Grover defeated another regular on the site – Amresh ‘Termi’ Kumar heads-up with the latter settling in for ₹1.80 Lakhs in prize money.

Final Table Results

1. Arsh ‘BigggTymeR’ Grover – ₹2,60,000
2. Amresh ‘Termi’ Kumar – ₹1,80,000
3. Murali ‘Antrose’ B – ₹1,30,000
4. Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall – ₹1,00,000
5. Gagandeep ‘kingjack’ Sharma – ₹63,000
6. Rajinder ‘Rafael13’ Kaur Arora – ₹45,000
7. Akshay ‘darulerofall’ Gupta – ₹32,500
8. Sumit ‘mrgr33n’ Sapra – ₹27,500
9. Amit ‘Samurai420’ Singh – ₹22,500
10. Praveen ‘praveenchandcr7’ Chand Kandela – ₹17,500

Grinders#33 Main Event ₹10 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Entries – 381

Re-entries – 452

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 63

Vishal ‘Bhai9’ Marwaha outlasted a massive 381 unique entries in the PokerBaazi’s Grinders #33 Main Event ₹10 Lakhs GTD winning ₹1.82 Lakhs for his stellar performance.

Final Table Results

1. Vishal ‘Bhai9’ Marwaha – ₹1,82,500
2. reddevil699 – ₹1,35,000
3. Ashish ’rocky3705’ Ahuja – ₹97,500
4. Aditya ‘Eatingseeds’ Degala – ₹72,500
5. Matpoker – ₹52,500
6. bain85 – ₹40,000
7. SharkTank – ₹30,000
8. Shekhar ‘Shakyshark’ Singh – ₹20,000
9. bubblestar – ₹15,000

BSS PLO ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Entries – 68

Re-entries – 21

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 11

The BSS PLO ₹5 Lakhs GTD on PokerBaazi crowned a champion in ‘Monster’ who banked ₹1.25 Lakhs after winning the heads-up battle against Prateek ‘DABANGG2’ Sharma.

Final Table Results

1. Monster – ₹1,25,000
2. Prateek ‘DABANGG2’ Sharma – ₹95,000
3. Glovem – ₹70,000
4. Indianpro – ₹55,000
5. Md ’007Bahubali’ Zeeshan – ₹40,000
6. maniac007 – ₹30,000
7. Nandu – ₹25,000
8. superman0837 – ₹20,000
9. Ayansh2017 – ₹15,000

The Monster 6-Max ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Entries – 85

Re-entries – 70

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 13

Rohit ‘kudos0505’ Behal defeated Vivekk ‘Vivek25’ Dube (runner-up for ₹92,500) heads-up to win The Monster 6-Max ₹5 Lakhs GTD on PokerBaazi for ₹1.22 Lakhs.

Final Table Results

1. Rohit ‘kudos0505’ Behal – ₹1,22,500
2. Vivekk ‘Vivek25’ Dube – ₹92,500
3. Shekhar ‘shakyshark’ Singh – ₹67,500
4. Christianomoon009 – ₹52,500
5. PokerScientist – ₹37,500
6. Varun ‘darthbane’ Patravali – ₹27,500
7. Nadeem ‘SpadeHunter’ Basha – ₹20,000
8. donjon – ₹16,250
9. readkidsanju – ₹13,750

The Classic NLHE ₹1,650 ₹2 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Entries – 62

Re-entries – 36

Prize Pool – ₹2,00,000

Places Paid – 11

Outlasting 98 entries Ankit ‘Bhoochal’ Saxena took top honors in The Classic NLHE ₹2 Lakhs GTD on PokerStars India for ₹47,105, after striking a heads-up deal with Ajit ‘ace_bob_here’ Singh Arora who finished runner-up for ₹45,821.

Final Table Results

1. Ankit ‘Bhoochal’ Saxena – ₹47,105*
2. Ajit ‘ace_bob_here’ Singh Arora – ₹45,821*
3. Vikram ‘Prison M!ke’ Singh – ₹29,308
4. Annkur ‘Flopzila’ Agarwal – ₹20,068
5. Dawn11600 – ₹16,093
6. tony1411651 – ₹10,275
7. hansakkk – ₹7,187
8. Psychonaut007 – ₹6,548
9. AKumarss – ₹4,852

*denotes heads-up deal

Sunday Stars – ₹2,500 NLHE ₹2 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Entries – 51

Re-entries – 28

Prize Pool – 2,00,000

Places Paid – 13

Following a heads-up deal with Navdeep ‘Psychonaut007’ Sahi (runner-up for ₹42,052), Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja won the Sunday Stars ₹2 Lakhs GTD on PokerStars India for ₹42,996.

Final Table Results

1. Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja – ₹42,996*
2. Navdeep ‘Psychonaut007’ Sahi – ₹42,052*
3. Utsav ‘rannyOO6’ Taneja – ₹27,166
4. Ankit ‘Bhoochal’ Saxena – ₹18,093
5. Vikram ‘Prison M!ke’ Singh – ₹12,960
6. Beyondthegrave – ₹9,124
7. theViperArena – ₹8,459
8. Nocluewho – ₹6,319
9. Goonjan ‘gmtesting.ind’ Mall – ₹5,696

*denotes heads-up deal

Sunday Storm – ₹2 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Entries – 256

Rebuys – 292

Add-ons – 79

Prize Pool – ₹2,00,000

Places Paid – 41

‘tuhinanshu’ won the Sunday Storm ₹2 Lakhs GTD on PokerStars India and took home ₹38,516 in first-place prize money.

Final Table Results

1. tuhinanshu – ₹38,516
2. yogybaba – ₹27,431
3. ashishchann – ₹19,536
4. Akshay ‘VaahBhaiVaah’ Gupta – ₹13,914
5. karthi2000 – ₹9,909
6. PRAYPLAY – ₹7,057
7. Nitesh ‘noplay2.0’ Shrothi – ₹5,820
8. Samu ‘AKumarss’ Rai – ₹4,800
9. YoungDumbBroke – ₹4,800

Dynamite – MadOverPoker

Entries – 77

Re-entries – 10

Prize Pool – ₹1,50,000

Places Paid – 9

Dynamite on MadOverPoker saw participation from 77 players. ‘BranStark’ won the event for ₹36,221.

Final Table Results

1. BranStark – ₹36,221
2. Matupalli ‘$hipittt’ Raviteja – ₹32,265
3. Chandana ‘Subh’ Badyakar – ₹27,512
4. tanmay007 – ₹15,000
5. Destroy – ₹12,000

Nations Cup Qualifier ₹1 Lakh GTD – PokerRaj

Entries – 56

Re-buys – 15

Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000

Neel Ajit ‘Legolas33’ Joshi pocketed ₹33,000 for winning the Nations Cup Qualifier ₹1 Lakh GTD on PokerRaj. Along with the prize money, Joshi also won a seat to the Nations Cup Final that will take place on January 13 and has an all-expenses paid trip to the Ireland along with the chance to represent Team India at the IFMP Nations Cup 2019 in Ireland on offer.

Final Table Results

1. Neel Ajit ‘Legolas33’ Joshi – ₹33,000
2. SHOWTIME – ₹17,000
3. adhik26 – ₹13,000
4. Gotyou – ₹10,000
5. nagpal72 – ₹8,000
6. MOZO_BROWN – ₹6,000
7. Shree55 – ₹5,000
8. mishti33 – ₹4,500
9. agent_47 – ₹3,500

Grenade – MadOverPoker

Entries – 72

Re-entries – 10

Rebuys – 27

Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000

Places Paid – 9

Rakesh ‘Rainbow’ Ranjan claimed the title in MadOverPoker’s Grenade for ₹32,000.

Final Table Results

1. Rakesh ‘Rainbow’ Ranjan – ₹32,000
2. Nirmal ‘rituprashant’ Bhutoria – ₹20,000
3. Kiran ‘Hitman17’ Kumar – ₹12,000
4. Method – ₹10,000
5. u2day – ₹8,000

Sunday Supersonic – ₹1.25 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Entries – 56

Re-entries – 24

Prize Pool – ₹1,25,000

Places Paid – 13

The Sunday Supersonic ₹1.25 Lakhs GTD on PokerStars India pulled in 56 unique entries and ‘bhasm@sur1’ topped the player pool to collect a winner’s paycheque of ₹30,426.

Final Table Results

1. bhasm@sur1 – ₹30,426
2. prawnpickle – ₹22,29
3. ATTA5437 – ₹16,978
4. grandfather44 – ₹12,683
5. kumar570 – ₹9,474
6. rahulstars – ₹7,077
7. Blacknight9769 – ₹5,287
8. tuffcookie777 – ₹3,949
9. Tanuj7 – ₹3,559

Sunday Warm-Up – ₹1,100 NLHE ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars

Entries – 90

Re-entries – 38

Prize Pool – ₹1,50,000

Places Paid – 20

The Sunday Warm-Up ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD on PokerStars was won by Vishal ‘Vishalb22’ Bajaj for ₹22,263 after a heads-up deal with ‘pokerguru578’ who pocketed ₹29,812 for his runner-up finish.

Final Table Results

1. Vishal ‘Vishalb22’ Bajaj – ₹27,263
2. pokerguru578 – ₹29,812
3. fishcake104 – ₹18,023
4. FlopTurn25 – ₹13,365
5. jugadupoker – ₹9,911
6. Amit ‘Stu Ungar 7694’ Kaushik – ₹7,350
7. infinitesuns – ₹5,451
8. Prison M!ike – ₹4,042
9. NightFury5 – ₹3,573
10. takingcuntrol – ₹3,158

Grinders#32 6-Max ₹1 Lakh GTD– PokerBaazi

Entries – 112

Re-entries – 110

Prize Pool – ₹1,11,000

Places Paid – 17

The Grinders#32 6-Max ₹1 Lakh GTD tournament at PokerBaazi saw ‘Rishav1995’ besting a 112-strong field to win the top prize of ₹26,640.

Final Table Results

1. Rishav1995 – ₹26,640
2. value_bluff – ₹18,870
3. Shekhar ‘shakyshark’ Singh – ₹13,320
4. shawnharrisdean – ₹9,990
5. harsh1327 – ₹7,770
6. Faiz ‘AilaGaya’ Alam – ₹5,550
7. Aone1 – ₹4,162
8. Pepinot – ₹3,052
9. Rony ‘bisadip176’ Chowdhury – ₹2,775
10. Sonu ‘Tolltax’ Kumar – ₹2,497

NightCrawler – MadOverPoker

Entries – 37

Re-entries – 2

Rebuys – 63

Add-ons – 27

Prize Pool – ₹54,150

Places Paid – 6

NightCrawler on MadOverPoker was won by Himadri ‘Black Cat’ Pal who bested 37 entries to claim the top prize of ₹18,952.

Final Table Results

1. Himadri ‘Black Cat’ Pal – ₹18,952
2. anthony – ₹12,183
3. meethabacha – ₹8,393
4. ninjakar – ₹6,227
5. Ryan ‘BinkSSS’ Cardoso – ₹4,602
6. HeyItsme – ₹3,790

That’s it for this week’s Sunday Online Railbird Report. We will be back next week with a roundup of all the major Sunday scores.