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After a fire-cracking Sunday, it was a relatively slow Monday on the virtual felts last night that saw most majors struggling to meet their advertised guarantees.
With the PokerBaazi Premier League is now done and dusted, at least for the time being, the site’s flagship Monday tournament, The Bout ₹10 Lakhs GTD, registered a slight overlay of ₹44,000 through 239 entries (131 unique and 108 re-entries). Well-known poker pro Alok ‘TheProfessional’ Birewar decimated the field to clinch the title along with the top prize worth ₹2.35 Lakhs. The other high-value event on PokerBaazi last night was the Monday MegaStack ₹3 Lakhs GTD which too failed to meet its stated guarantee by ₹54,000. Anonymous player ‘Shiv04’ shipped the event, netting a payday of ₹80,400.
Adda52’s Goa Fest ₹8 Lakhs GTD managed to scrape in 166 entries (97 unique entries and 69 re-entries), resulting in a significant ₹2 Lakhs shortfall yesterday. ‘xoredvoid,’ a regular player on the site, took down the event, bagging a winner’s payday of ₹2.16 Lakhs. Meanwhile, another site regular, Naren ‘IMUNAGI’ Purohit, claimed the Hexagram ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD title for ₹73,009. The Hexagram, unlike the Goa Fest, collected a prize pool of ₹2.58 Lakhs via 142 entries (81 unique and 61 re-entries).
Spartan Poker’s ReCharge ₹12 Lakhs GTD was one of the few tournaments hosted last night that smashed its offered guarantee. Registering a massive field of 614 entries (271 unique, 119 re-entries and 223 rebuys), the ReCharge generated a prize pool of ₹12.28 Lakhs. Vinayak ‘tuktuki’ Bajaj championed the event, banking ₹1.99 Lakhs in first-place prize money. Incidentally, Bajaj will be making his way to the coastal state of Goa next week to participate in the final table of PPL #46: The MoneyMaker ₹1 Crore GTD with the second largest stack of 3,352,521.
PokerStars India conducted two big guaranteed events last night – the Monday Hustle ₹6 Lakhs GTD and Zoom 3-Max Progressive KO ₹2 Lakhs GTD. While the Monday Hustle logged in a very marginal overlay of about ₹2,700, the Zoom 3-Max PKO just about met its guarantee with the regular prize pool accumulating ₹1,00,250 and the bounty prize pool reaching ₹99,750. ‘rdx1111’ came out on top to win the Monday Hustle for ₹98,871 after a heads-up chop with Utsav ‘rannyOO6’ Taneja (runner-up for ₹1.09 Lakhs). The Zoom 3-Max PKO crowned a winner in Rajesh ‘MCallingStation’ Shukla who took home ₹44,954 for his hard work.
On 9stacks, the daily StackUp@ 8 PM ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD, was taken down by ‘EIMonje’ who defeated Raj Kumar ‘Fireman’ Gahlot (runner-up for ₹45,000) heads-up, adding ₹65,000 to his bankroll.
Entries – 131
Re-entries 108
Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000
Places Paid – 27
With 239 entries (131 unique and 108 re-entries), The Bout ₹10 Lakhs GTD on PokerBaazi registered a shortfall of ₹44,000 in meeting its advertised prize pool guarantee. Taking the event down for a payday worth ₹2.35 Lakhs was Alok ‘TheProfessional’ Birewar.
The event featured a star-studded final table that included the likes of Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja (6th for ₹47,200), the winner of The Joker ₹15 Lakhs GTD on September 29, Bharat ‘Thinkfloyd’ Vasan (7th for ₹39,200) and Akshay ‘sherlock52’ Nasa (9th for ₹23,500).
The top 27 spots were paid, and Vinayak ‘salmanbhai’ Bajaj (10th for ₹17,200), Anmol ‘anzzzzz’ Mehta (25th for ₹8,300), Vivekk ‘Vivek25’ Dube (27th for ₹8,300) were among the other notable earners.
Final Table Results
Entries – 97
Re-entries – 69
Prize Pool – ₹8,00,000
Places Paid – 17
Adda52’s weekly Goa Fest ₹8 Lakhs GTD saw a below-par gathering of 166 entries (97 unique entries and 69 re-entries) that left a gaping ₹2 Lakhs overlay. Taking the most advantage of the value on offer was one of the top performers on the site ‘xoredvoid’ who banked another ₹2.16 Lakhs on the site. ‘xoredvoid’ had final tabled this same event last month and has final finishes in many other majors on the site like the Mega Suits, Godfather X, and Hitman, among other deep runs. Last week, the user shipped the Hexagram and has now added the Goa Fest title to his list of exploits.
Among the known names on the payouts like were Naresh ‘FireExit’ Rathnam (10th for ₹16,000), Sagar ‘alwaysnutz’ Choudhury (11th for ₹16,000) and Deepak ‘bothras’ Bothra (15th for ₹12,000).
Final Table Results
Entries – 271
Re-entries 119
Rebuys – 224
Prize Pool – ₹12,28,000
Places Paid – 55
Spartan Poker’s ReCharge ₹12 Lakhs GTD attracted 614 entries (271 unique, 119 re-entries and 223 rebuys) this Monday. Eventually, Vinayak ‘tuktuki’ Bajaj squared off with Karan ‘99ayka99’ Jain heads-up and beat the latter to win the top prize of ₹1.99 Lakhs.
Also posting a final table finish were Rachit ‘d9L’ Parihar (4th for ₹88,293) and Gaurav ‘GracedByGod’ Chhabria (5th for ₹69,873), while Dhirendra ‘dhiru91’ Kumar (19th for ₹12,157) and Sriharsha ‘yUDdam’ Boneni (24th for ₹9,701) were among the ITM finishers.
Final Table Results
Entries – 80
Re-entries – 43
Prize Pool – ₹3,00,000
Places Paid – 15
PokerBaazi’s Monday MegaStack ₹3 Lakhs GTD drew 123 runners (80 unique and 43 re-entries) yesterday. The event failed to meet its advertised guarantee resulting in an overlay of ₹54,000. In the end, it was ‘Shiv04’ who jostled over the title with ‘vijay0709’ and defeated the latter to win the top prize worth ₹80,400.
Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPro’ Kumar (13th for ₹4,800), and Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Kumar (14th for ₹4,800) also picked up scores.
Final Table Results
Entries – 104
Re-entries – 87
Prize Pool – ₹6,00,000
Places Paid – 31
PokerStars India’s Monday extravaganza, Monday Hustle ₹6 Lakhs GTD, failed to meet its advertised guarantee, resulting in a very marginal overlay of approximately ₹2,700.
‘rdx1111’ topped the field and pocketed ₹98,871 in the top prize, after striking a heads-up deal with Utsav ‘rannyOO6’ Taneja who walked away with ₹1.09 Lakhs for his second-place finish.
Among the notables who finished in the money were the likes of Bunty ‘hiteshbhai999’ Batra (4th for ₹49,476), Anuj ‘brockLesnar95’ Yadav (5th for ₹36,899), Sagar ‘sagarpupull’ Choudhury (7th for ₹20,524), Avijit ‘SwangoRay’ Jaiswal (8th for ₹15,307), Kanchan ‘thandicoke’ Sharma (9th for ₹13,062), Ayush ‘(Giz^zY)91’ Khandelwal (13th for ₹9,513), Harsh ‘kakori kabab’ Dembla (18th for ₹6,928) and Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja (30th for ₹5,912).
Final Table Results
*denotes heads-up deal
Entries – 81
Re-entries – 61
Prize Pool – ₹2,58,442
Places Paid – 15
Naren ‘IMUNAGI’ Purohit made another deep run on Adda52 and this time won the daily Hexagram ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD for ₹73,009. The event attracted 142 entries (81 unique and 61 re-entries) generating ₹2.58 Lakhs in the prize pool that was to be distributed among the top 15 finishers.
Deepak ‘bothras’ Bothra (8th for ₹7,107), Banmanlang ‘bml2012’ Lyndem (9th for Sagar ‘alwaysnutz’ Choudhury (11th for ₹5,169) and Aniket ‘WhiteRabbit’ Sharma (14th for ₹3,877) were among the players who earned a payday at the event.
Final Table Results
Entries – 125
Rebuys – 22
Prize Pool – ₹2,50,000
Places Paid – 20
9stacks’ daily mainstay tournament – StackUp@ 8 PM ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD – yet again failed to meet its guarantee, garnering only 147 entries (125 unique and 22 rebuys), leading to an overlay of around ₹29,500.
Raj Kumar ‘Fireman’ Gahlot, who has won this event on at least two prior occasions, i.e., September 13 and September 19, was denied a third title by ‘EIMonje’ last night. The champion eventually walked away with ₹65,000 while Gahlot pocketed ₹45,000.
Prashant ‘PRASHANT12’ Kumar (3rd for ₹32,500), Sagar ‘Dont3betme’ Choudhury (7th for ₹8,125) and Amresh ‘Termi’ Kumar (9th for ₹5,625) final tabled the event, while Dinesh ‘FI$H’ Singh (10th for ₹4,375), Anuj ‘ brockLesnar95’ Yadav (17th for ₹2,500) and Ashish ‘teshaTriple7’ Garg (18th for ₹2,500), finished ITM.
Final Table Results
Entries – 90
Re-entries 43
Total Prize Pool – ₹2,00,000
Regular Prize Pool – ₹1,00,250
Bounty Prize Pool – ₹99,750
Places Paid – 17
Rajesh ‘MCallingStation’ Shukla took down the Zoom 3-Max Progressive KO ₹2 Lakhs GTD on PokerStars India for ₹44,954.
Rachit ‘hack_R27’ Parihar (4th for ₹14,852) and Akash ‘bruce.lee0247’ Gupta (9th for ₹5,542) posted deep runs.
Final Table Results
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