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Who says Tuesdays can’t be action-packed?! Day 1 of PokerStars India’s 15-day-long Summer Series set the stage for a blockbuster day of tournament action with 11 events on the schedule.
Abhimanyu Mittal emerged as the day`s top scorer with ₹5.75 Lakhs in total winnings. And he won all of that through two runner-up finishes – both in flagship tournaments.
> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s Mega Stack (Millionaire Bubble) for ₹3.30 Lakhs
> 2nd in Adda52’s The Mint for ₹2.45 Lakhs
Anurag Srivastava, Sujith Kumar, Prince Singh, PokerGuru Ambassador Gokul Raj, and Bharath ‘hzgod’ Kumar were the other standout winners.
Here`s a full-blown recap of the Tuesday tournaments.
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Spartan Poker
Spartan Poker`s Tuesday headliner, the ₹3,300 entry buy-in ₹20 Lakhs GTD Mega Stack (Millionaire Bubble), like the Monday marquees the day before, ran with a slightly reduced guarantee. Despite that, the 8 PM flagship outdid its last week’s run as 755 contestants collected a whopping ₹22.65 Lakhs prize pool.
Sujith ‘dancingshrimp’ Kumar championed the tourney to win a personal-best ₹3.82 Lakhs after striking a heads-up deal with Abhimanyu ‘ IshqBector’ Mittal (runner-up for ₹3.30 Lakhs).
Abhimanyu Mittal pulled off a stunning Tuesday night run with two runner-up finishes, netting a personal-best ₹5.75 Lakhs overall. He also finished runner-up in Adda52’s The Mint for ₹2.45 Lakhs to become the day`s top scorer.
PokerGuru Ambassador Gokul ‘Super Kings’ Raj was another MTT reg who made it on Tuesday`s top winners’ list. He FT-ed two tourneys, raking in almost ₹3 Lakhs overall.
> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s Mega Stack (Millionaire Bubble) for ₹1.97 Lakhs
> 4th in PokerBaazi`s The Endeavour for ₹1 Lakh
The former Millionaire champion Devrat ‘Leonidas1’ Singh money-bubbled the Mega Stack in 72nd place to win a free seat into ‘The Millionaire’ – Day 1A on Thursday.
Spartan Poker`s second Tuesday marquee, the ₹7.5 Lakhs GTD The Race, didn`t do too bad either, with a turnout of 637 runners collecting a prize pool worth ₹9.55 Lakhs. The 9:30 PM tourney went on until 5:18 AM, and the top 55 places breached the money line. The mystery user ‘avi098x’ came out on top to win a personal-best (on Spartan Poker) ₹1.85 Lakhs. ‘furiosa12’ came second for ₹1.18 Lakhs.
PokerStars India
PokerStars India’s Summer Series has sent the June temperatures soaring for MTT players. In its first-ever outing in India, the Summer Series makes a 15-day-long run with 129 events and over ₹4.80 Crores in guaranteed prizes.
Day 1 of the series had 11 Summer Series branded events on tap. The featured tourney of the day, the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Summer Series-06 Sixth Sense, registered a guarantee-crushing 339 contenders who signed up for ₹3,300. Bharath ‘hzgod’ Kumar outran the competition to win ₹1.91 Lakhs, his second-best recorded finish on the site. The most recent Sunday Superstack champion, Aditya ‘ukid767’ Singh, placed runner-up for ₹1.39 Lakhs.
The other Tuesday marquee, the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Summer Series – 08 Uppercut Mini, clocked in 231 entries, and 24 places got paid from the ₹5.77 Lakhs prize pool. After making two FT’s this past week, Anmol ‘freak_weird0’ Agarwal finally clinched the title and a personal-best (on PokerStars India) ₹1.16 Lakhs (includes ₹66,943 in bounties). PokerGuru Ambassador Rony ‘GoGetters1’ Chowdhury placed runner-up for ₹73,359 (includes ₹23,936 in bounties).
‘Poker_Basilisk’ (Won Summer Series – 01 Warm-up ₹3 Lakhs GTD for ₹70,547), ‘rkrohan@&’ (Won Summer Series – 4 Ultra KO ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD for ₹58,208), Umesh ‘Dhondu.chilll’ Sharma (Won Summer Series – 11 Ultrasonic ₹2 Lakhs GTD for ₹54,983), ‘J500PC’ (Won Summer Series – 09 Supersonic ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD for ₹30,024), Anirban D. ‘nocluewho’ Das (Won Summer Series – 03 Deepstack ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹29,072), ‘sanam007’ (Won Summer Series – 02 The Hot ₹50K GTD for ₹11,948), and ‘SkitzoSpyder’ (Won Summer Series – 05 Bounty Builder PKO ₹50K GTD for ₹11,895) took down the other Summer Series titles on Tuesday.
Summer Series Leaderboard Standings After Day 1
Rank Player Points
1 Anirban 'nocluewho' D Das 255
2 Tapan 'tweedu_taps' Mansotra 240
3 Akshay 'LalaSaab' Kapoor 185
4 Clinton 'Clinton Tavares' Tavares 160
5 Poker_Basilisk 140
PokerBaazi
PokerBaazi’s ₹12 Lakhs GTD The Endeavour registered another successful run. The ₹3,850 entry buy-in event logged in 430 hopefuls, making for a generous ₹15.05 Lakhs prize pool. Prince ‘NaNki’ Singh scripted a stellar run in the tourney, converting a ₹385 satellite entry into a commendable ₹3.03 Lakhs payday. This is his best-recorded finish this year and his fourth-best overall. The user ‘luckbox99’ placed runner-up for ₹2.12 Lakhs.
Rising Star Aman ‘KarmaPoker’ Parakh has won the ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD 6-Max Holdem Boost more times than anyone we can remember. He won the 9 PM tourney for an incredible 23rd-time last night, netting ₹67,154. TLB crusher Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPro’ Kumar placed runner-up for ₹47,120.
‘Realfc’ (anonymity requested) (Won Turbo ₹1.5 Lakh GTD for ₹51,858) & Vatsalya ‘MaxEV’ Rao (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD PLO BOOST Monster for ₹40,428) won the other marquees.
Adda52
Adda52`s ₹15 Lakhs GTD The Mint clocked in 501 entries, collecting a generous ₹17.53 Lakhs prize pool. After over seven hours of intense action, the former IOPC The Millionaire champion Anurag ‘NormanBates’ Srivastava shipped the tourney for ₹4.21 Lakhs. What`s even better, Srivastava had won The Mint last week as well, making this his second consecutive week winning the tourney. He also placed seventh in PokerStars India`s Summer Series-06 Sixth Sense for ₹31,565, adding over ₹4.51 Lakhs in total winnings.
The Mega Stack runner-up finisher Abhimanyu ‘PsychoDrama’ Mittal grabbed the second spot here as well, netting ₹2.45 Lakhs.
The ₹2.75 Lakhs GTD Voyager gathered a starting field of 543 challengers who bought in for ₹1,100 and helped create a juicy ₹5.43 Lakhs prize pool. The user ‘LaufingBuddha’ took down the title for ₹1.30 Lakhs, while ‘Souvik66’ placed runner-up for ₹76,020.
The other Tuesday winners were:
Player Prize Amount Event Poker Site
LaufingBuddha ₹1.30 Lakhs Voyager ₹2.75 Lakhs GTD Adda52
Poker_Basilisk ₹70,547 Summer Series – 01 Warm-up ₹3 Lakhs GTD PokerStars India
Aman 'KarmaPoker' Parakh ₹67,154 6-Max Holdem Boost ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD PokerBaazi
rkrohan@& ₹58,208 Summer Series – 4 Ultra KO ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD PokerStars India
Umesh ‘Dhondu.chilll’ Sharma ₹54,983 Summer Series – 11 Ultrasonic ₹2 Lakhs GTD PokerStars India
Jake3664
₹52,935 Night Rider – DeepStack Turbo ₹2.75 Lakhs GTD
Spartan Poker
Realfc ₹51,860 Turbo ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD PokerBaazi
Rana21 ₹50,540 Night DST ₹1 Lakh GTD PokerBaazi
Vatsalya ‘MaxEV’ Rao ₹40,430 PLO Boost Monster ₹1 Lakh GTD PokerBaazi
Rahul 'poker_king52' Purohit
₹38,642 Nighttide DST Adda ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD
Adda52
J500PC ₹30,024 Summer Series – 09 Supersonic ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD PokerStars India
Anirban D. ‘nocluewho’ Das ₹29,072 Summer Series – 03 Deepstack ₹1 Lakh GTD PokerStars India
RiveRat ₹24,000 Battlefield Tuesday ₹1 Lakh GTD PokerDangal
Romeo789
₹18,452 The Centurion ₹90K GTD
Spartan Poker
sanam007 ₹11,948 Summer Series – 02 The Hot ₹50K GTD PokerStars India
SkitzoSpyder ₹11,895 Summer Series – 05 Bounty Builder PKO ₹50K GTD PokerStars India
Hardik240711 ₹10,950 Under The Gun PLO ₹20K GTD Khelo365
Mega Stack (Millionaire Bubble) ₹20 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Buy-in – ₹3,300
Entries – 341
Re-entries – 156
Re-buys – 258
Prize Pool – ₹22,65,000
Places Paid – 71
Spartan Poker`s Mega Stack (Millionaire Bubble) saw its prize pool guarantee reduced to ₹20 Lakhs GTD this week. Despite the revision, it brought in a massive 755 entries, collecting a guarantee-smashing ₹22.65 Lakhs prize pool.
The event ran from 8 PM to 4:16 AM, with Sujith ‘dancingshrimp’ Kumar eventually trouncing the competition to collect his career-first online title and a personal-best ₹3.82 Lakhs.
Sujith Kumar stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.74 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.39 Lakhs
Sujith Kumar`s heads-up opponent was the in-form Abhimanyu ‘ IshqBector’ Mittal. While a heads-up deal in the Mega Stack saw Mittal take home ₹3.30 Lakhs in prize money, he also placed second in Adda52’s The Mint for ₹2.45 Lakhs, ringing in ₹5.75 Lakhs in total winnings.
PokerGuru Ambassador Gokul ‘Super Kings’ Raj was another big winner last night, with almost 3 Lakhs in total winnings.
> 3rd in Spartan Poker`s Mega Stack for ₹1.97 Lakhs
> 4th in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour for ₹1 Lakh
Madhab ‘madhabpal2017’ Pal (4th for ₹1.55 Lakhs), K ‘reddiered07’ Chakradhar Reddy (5th for ₹1.22 Lakhs), and Neeraj ‘Jannat52’ Kumar (8th for ₹50,057) FT-ed the tourney.
The former Millionaire champion Devrat ‘Leonidas1’ Singh fell out on the money bubble, and as per the payout structure of the event, won a free ticket to ‘The Millionaire’ – Day 1A that starts at 7 PM on June 3.
Final Table Results
*denotes a heads-up deal
The Mint ₹15 Lakhs GTD – Adda52
Buy-in – ₹3,850
Entries – 259
Re-entries – 242
Prize Pool – ₹17,53,506
Places Paid – 55
Adda52`s ₹15 Lakhs GTD The Mint drew 501 runners on its latest run to run well past the listed guarantee and collect ₹17.53 Lakhs in prize money.
The former IOPC The Millionaire champion Anurag ‘NormanBates’ Srivastava grabbed the bragging rights for the second consecutive week, this time for a ₹4.21 Lakhs payday. Abhimanyu ‘PsychoDrama’ Mittal secured a runner-up payday of ₹2.45 Lakhs.
Anurag Srivastava also FT-ed the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Summer Series – 06 Sixth Sense, where he placed seventh for ₹31,565, working up ₹4.53 Lakhs in total winnings. The Delhi-based pro now has over ₹5.35 Crores in lifetime winnings.
Haider ‘Donktown22’ Madraswala (3rd for ₹1.67 Lakhs), Young Gun Siddharth ‘skaria1’ Karia (6th for ₹61,373), PokerGuru Ambassador Rony ‘fish4life’ Choudhury (7th for ₹43,838) and Niharika ‘Nixiepixie’ Bindra (8th for ₹35,070) were the other known players to post an FT finish.
Final Table Results
The Endeavour ₹12 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi
Buy-in – ₹3,850
Entries – 220
Re-entries – 210
Prize Pool – ₹15,05,000
Places Paid – 54
PokerBaazi’s ₹12 Lakhs GTD, The Endeavour registered 430 entrants, smashing its advertised guarantee by ₹3.05 Lakhs.
The primetime tourney concluded in the wee hours today, with site regular Prince ‘NaNki’ Singh championing the event for a hefty ₹3.03 Lakhs. ‘luckbox99’ finished runner-up for ₹2.12 Lakhs.
For Singh, this happens to be the biggest score of the year and his fourth-best career finish, improving his lifetime winnings to ₹1.23 Crores.
The Mega Stack – Millionaire Bubble third-place finisher, PokerGuru Ambassador Gokul ‘Nygma’ Raj (3rd for ₹1.01 Lakhs), Harsh ‘direhash’ Rathore (5th for ₹75,702) and the Hurricane runner-up finisher Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra (7th for ₹50,568) also FT-ed the tourney.
Final Table Results
Summer Series-06 Sixth Sense ₹10 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India
Buy-in – ₹3,300
Entries – 168
Re-entries – 171
Prize Pool – ₹10,17,000
Places Paid – 41
PokerStars’ internationally renowned Summer Series has officially landed in India, with PokerStars India currently hosting the 15-day festival.
There were 11 events on the Day 1 schedule, and the day`s headliner, the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Summer Series – 06 Sixth Sense, started at 7.30 PM. The Tuesday marquee registered 339 entries to make for a profitable ₹10.17 Lakhs.
PokerStars India regular Bharath ‘hzgod’ Kumar won the event for ₹1.91 Lakhs, denying the most recent Sunday Superstack champion Aditya ‘ukid767’ Singh the title in heads-up play.
Bharath Kumar has won the event once before on February 4. The Tuesday score is also his second-best recorded finish on the site.
Aditya Singh, one of the top performers this past week, added a runner-up payday of ₹1.39 Lakhs, bringing his lifetime winnings to ₹82.90 Lakhs.
Guruprasad ‘fishcalling1’ Gupta (3rd for ₹1.01 Lakhs), Kunal ‘kunnotaguero’ Yadav (4th for ₹73,546), Harsh ‘kakori kabab’ Dembla (6th for ₹38,988), and the back-to-back The Mint champion Anurag ‘GutshotHaiBro’ Srivastava (7th for ₹31,565) FT-ed the tourney.
Final Table Results
The Race ₹7.50 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 302
Re-entries – 109
Re-buys – 226
Prize Pool – ₹9,55,500
Places Paid – 55
Spartan Poker’s ₹7.50 Lakhs GTD The Race dragged in 637 entries, collecting a massive ₹9.55 Lakhs prize pool.
After almost eight hours of playing, the mystery user ‘avi098x’ walked away with the title and ₹1.85 Lakhs in prize money. ‘furiosa12’ stood second for ₹1.18 Lakhs.
The mystery champion now has ₹3.52 Lakhs in recorded winnings on Spartan Poker.
Chandan ‘Meme lover’ Arora (4th for ₹68,700), Ashit ‘D. Carwin1’ Sharma (6th for ₹41,851), Vivek ‘acchemicals’ Karwa (7th for ₹31,149), and Achal ‘achalsonale’ Sonale (8th for ₹22,550) also earned final table payouts.
Final Table Results
Summer Series – 08 Uppercut Mini ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India
Buy-in –2,750
Entries – 129
Re-entries – 102
Prize Pool – ₹5,77,500
Places Paid – 24
The second featured attraction on Day 1 of the Summer Series was the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Summer Series – 08 Uppercut Mini. The tourney logged in 231 entries, and 24 places got paid from the ₹5.77 Lakhs prize pool.
Anmol ‘freak_weird0’ Agarwal proved the eventual champion, netting a site-best ₹1.16 Lakhs (includes ₹66,943 in bounties). PokerGuru Ambassador Rony ‘GoGetters1’ Chowdhury placed runner-up for ₹73,359 (includes ₹23,936 in bounties).
Rony Chowdhury also finished seventh in The Mint for ₹43,838, adding ₹1.17 Lakhs in total winnings.
Siddharth ‘siddonuts’ Pandey (4th for ₹26,304), Abhishek ‘Addysonu’ Sonu (6th for ₹24,373), and Harsh ‘kakori kabab’ Dembla (7th for ₹25,611) FT-ed the tourney.
Final Table Results (Includes Bounties)
Voyager ₹2.75 Lakhs GTD – Adda52
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 274
Re-entries – 269
Prize Pool – ₹5,43,021
Places Paid – 55
The anonymous user ‘LaufingBuddha’ outlasted the 543-entry field in Adda52’s ₹2.75 Lakhs GTD Voyager to win ₹1.30 Lakhs. ‘Souvik66’ finished runner-up for ₹76,020.
After this win, ‘LaufingBuddha’ has pushed their MTT winnings on Adda52 to ₹5.38 Lakhs.
Ranveer ‘seven2222’ Singh Sandhu (3rd for ₹51,585) and Harsh ‘harsh20’ Karanpuria (7th for ₹13,575) also FT-ed the tourney.
6-Max Holdem Boost ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 178
Re-entries – 126
Prize Pool – ₹3,04,000
Places Paid – 39
PokerBaazi’s 9 PM attraction, the 6-Max Holdem Boost, made another smashing run last night with 304 runners generating a smashing ₹3.04 Lakhs prize pool.
Rising Star Aman ‘KarmaPoker’ Parakh has won the Holdem Boost more times than anyone we know. Je added a record-extending 23rd-title to his record on Tuesday, netting ₹67,154, just as MTT reg Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPro’ Kumar finished runner-up for ₹47,120.
This happens to be Parakh’s fourth title victory in the last four days. The others include:
Pawan ‘Pawan46’ S (3rd for ₹30,309), Gautam ‘M8a7’ Rohilla (4th for ₹16,842), and Aditya ‘pnutbutterbacon’ Navalkar (6th for ₹13,467) also FT-ed the tourney.
Battlefield Tuesday ₹1 Lakh GTD – PokerDangal
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 70
Re-entries – 24
Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000
Places Paid – 15
PokerDangal user ‘RiveRat’ shipped the ₹1 Lakh GTD Battlefield Tuesday for ₹24,000, with ‘Jugaad’ placing runner-up for ₹17,500.
Under The Gun PLO ₹20K GTD – Khelo365
Buy-in – ₹330
Entries – 23
Re-entries – 5
Rebuys- 25
Add-ons – 20
Prize Pool – ₹21,900
Places Paid – 3
Khelo365 regular ‘Hardik240711’ came out on top in the ₹20K GTD ‘Under The Gun PLO’ on the site for ₹10,950, besting ‘nishantdreams’ (runner-up for ₹6,570) in heads-up play.
This report was updated at 5 PM on 02.06.2021.
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