Daily Majors: Abhinav Iyer, Arjanveer Singh Chadha, Guneet Kwatra, Vikram Mishra & Kanchan Sharma Headline the Friday Flagships

Spartan Poker’s The Millionaire Series headlined a blockbuster Friday with a sizzling lineup of massive guaranteed tourneys. There were the usual weekly flagships running on the other poker platforms.

Here is a complete recap of all that transpired yesterday.

Spartan Poker

Friday marked the start of the much anticipated ₹2 Crores GTD Millionaire Series Main Event. Day 1A of the Main Event had 351 participants ponying up ₹11,000 to enter, and only 44 players advanced through to Day 2. Bagging the chip lead was BLITZPOKER player Bharat ‘bharatram1234’ Ram (583,066), with former Millionaire champion Saurabh ‘darksider’ Rohila (309,650) and ‘shanky2507’ (187,603) carrying forward the next top stacks.

The day`s most massive guaranteed tourney to play down to a winner was the ₹50 Lakhs GTD Millionaire Series#14. The Friday night extravaganza offered insane value as a turnout of 443 entries resulted in the site filling in a whopping ₹5.70 Lakhs overlay shortfall. Decimating the competition was a relatively lesser-known player, Mohit ‘baked_babua’ Hemant Savargaonkar, who banked a personal-best ₹10.02 Lakhs after running past bracelet winner Abhinav ‘hightr0ller’ Iyer (runner-up for ₹6.66 Lakhs) in heads-up play.

The other Spartan Poker marquee, the ₹12 Lakhs GTD Millionaire Series#13, gathered 785 challengers who bought in for ₹1,650, posting a shortfall of ₹22,500. The 8 PM tourney culminated at 4:17 AM with Deepak ‘DKR007’ U walking away with the title and the ₹2.31 Lakhs cash prize that came with it. Young Gun Kanchan ‘Midge Maisel’ Sharma placed runner-up for ₹1.45 Lakhs.

Two more starting flights of the high-value ₹10 Lakhs GTD Millionaire Series – D’Lite played out on Friday. Day 1C logged in 1,078 entries, and after 25 levels, 93 players bagged up for Day 2. Topping the survivors was Virat ‘Kuch chahiye’ Shekhar Singh (270,169), followed by Avinash ‘Seiborg09’ Anand (213,503) and ‘UnityPro’ (208,974).

Day 1D registered a starting field of 1,241 entries, and 99 players advanced through to Day 2. BLITZPOKER player Nitin ‘Ladone’ Tomar (237,972), Rohan ‘Rohan8585’ Sharma (226,631), and ‘Ashoka1’ (225,989) bagged the top stacks.

So far, 4,904 entries have been registered at the tourney across the four starting flights, with two more flights to go.

PokerStars India

PokerStars India’s Friday mainstay, the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Uppercut Magic Edition, logged in 246 entries, falling a paltry four entries short of its 250-entry guarantee. The Sunday Special PKO champion, Vikram ‘GreenSTUFF79’ Mishra, added another title to his tally after taking down the tourney for ₹1.90 Lakhs (₹79,736 in prize money and ₹1,10,546 in bounties). Online reg Armaan ‘armaan007111’ Kochhar finished runner-up for ₹1.09 Lakhs. This was Mishra’s second Uppercut title of the year, and with ₹96.29 Lakhs in recorded earnings, he is closing in on the ₹1 Crore mark.

The ₹2 Lakhs GTD Classic PKO was championed by upcoming talent Himanshu ‘hdwivedi3452’ Dwivedi, who netted ₹54,178 after eliminating ‘himanshu33’ (runner-up for ₹25,608) in second place.

Adda52

Adda52`s ₹22.5 Lakhs GTD The Ballers clocked in a starting field of 338 entries who bought in for ₹7,500 – enough to collect a guarantee-smashing ₹23.15 Lakhs prize pool. After a marathon nine-hour grind, coming out on top was PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer Singh ‘arjan30’ Chadha. The Chandigarh-based MTT pro banked ₹5.78 Lakhs for the win, with Rudramani ‘rud1478’ Pokhrel cashing ₹3.50 Lakhs for his runner-up finish. Chadha has stormed his way into the top 15 of the annual leaderboard rankings with this score!

The site’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Running Hot registered 282 participants who ponied up ₹2,200, and the top 30 finishers got a share of the ₹5.64 Lakhs prize pool. Online reg Myron ‘zzzzz369’ Pereira picked up his second title of the month in the tourney, winning ₹1.20 Lakhs. The anonymous ‘smr1g10’ finished runner-up for ₹93,424.

PokerBaazi

PokerBaazi`s Friday night special ₹12 Lakhs GTD The Weekly Highroller generated a juicy ₹14.80 Lakhs prize pool after 148 entrants signed up for ₹11,000. It took almost nine hours for the event to get in the books, and the former AOPS MINI ME champion, Guneet ‘guntz’ Kwatra, raced past the competition to collect ₹3.81 Lakhs. The musician turned MTT pro Dhaval ‘Rehab77’ Mudgal finished runner-up for ₹2.66 Lakhs.

Gwatra netted over ₹5 Lakhs last night as he also placed eighth in the ₹50 Lakhs GTD Millionaire Series #14 for ₹1.26 Lakhs.

The 9 PM Special ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD Friday 5 PLO pulled in 88 runners, overlaying ₹18,000. Harrish ‘Realfc’ Chaudary was the last player standing in the tourney and won ₹42,225, with TLB crusher Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPro’ Kumar placing second for ₹29,565.

Nish ‘nutscracker’ Majithia is on quite a roll. The player championed the ₹1.5 Lakh GTD Turbo for the second consecutive day last night, netting ₹36,075. Ankit ‘Ankitmodi’ Modi finished runner-up for ₹26,655.

The other Friday winners were:

Millionaire Series Main Event ₹2 Crores GTD Day 1A – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 230

Re-entries – 60

Re-buys – 61

Survivors – 44

The magnum opus of the Millionaire Series, the ₹2 Crores GTD Millionaire Series Main Event, kicked off last night with the opening flight, Day 1A. A total of 351 entries (230 unique, 60 re-entries, and 61 re-buys) were locked in, and only 44 progressed to Day 2.

Day 1A commenced at 6 PM and ran till 10:21 PM.

BLITZPOKER player Bharat ‘bharatram1234’ Ram emerged as the end-of-Day 1A chip leader with a stack of 583,066. Former SSS Millionaire champion Saurabh ‘darksider’ Rohila (309,650) and ‘shanky2507’ (187,603) rounded out the top three stacks.

2020 India Poker Champion Rubin ‘icantwin’ Labroo (180,429), Rachit ‘Ganja_babe’ Soni (153,577), Sanket ‘BANK$Y’ Arora (141,798), and Dhaval ‘ElegantlyWasted’ Mudgal (121,588) also made it into the top 10 stacks of the day.

Day 1B starts at 6 PM today.

Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1A

1. Bharat ‘bharatram1234’ Ram – 583,066
2. Saurabh ‘darksider’ Rohila– 309,650
3. shanky2507 – 187,603
4. Rubin ‘icantwin’ Labroo – 180,429
5. Ss_gilli – 164,807
6. Rachit ‘Ganja_babe’ Soni – 153,577
7. Hellblazer – 148,933
8. Sanket ‘BANK$Y’ Arora – 141,798
9. ThePhoenix – 122,635
10. Dhaval ‘ElegantlyWasted’ Mudgal – 121,588

Millionaire Series#14 ₹50 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 204

Re-entries – 107

Re-buys – 132

Prize Pool – ₹50,00,000

Places Paid – 39

The most-massive guaranteed tourney to play down to a winner last night was Spartan Poker`s ₹50 Lakhs GTD Millionaire Series#14. The huge prize pool guarantee attracted 443 participants, but it still wasn`t enough, resulting in an overlay of ₹5.70 Lakhs.

The event ran from 10 PM to 5:53 AM, and the top 39 spots received a slice of the prize money.

A relatively lesser-known player, Mohit ‘baked_babua’ Hemant Savargaonkar, raced ahead of the competition and bested the former bracelet champion Abhinav ‘hightr0ller’ Iyer (runner-up for ₹6.66 Lakhs) heads-up to stake his claim on a career-best ₹10.02 Lakhs payday.

Vatsalya ‘TooEasy’ Rao (3^rd for ₹4.87 Lakhs), Shashank ‘westworld’ Jain (5^th for ₹3.08 Lakhs), Apoorva ‘apgo’ Goel (7^th for ₹1.71 Lakhs) and Guneet ‘GeeKay’ Kwatra (8^th for ₹1.26 Lakhs) were among the notable names who FT-ed the tourney!

Final Table Results

1. Mohit ‘baked_babua’ Hemant Savargaonkar – ₹10,02,500
2. Abhinav ‘hightr0ller’ Iyer – ₹6,66,500
3. Vatsalya ‘TooEasy’ Rao – ₹4,87,500
4. Redlady – ₹3,93,500
5. Shashank ‘westworld’ Jain – ₹3,08,500
6. steak_addict – ₹2,33,500
7. Apoorva ‘apgo’ Goel – ₹1,71,500
8. Guneet ‘GeeKay’ Kwatra – ₹1,26,000

The Ballers ₹22.5 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹7,500

Entries – 165

Re-entries – 173

Prize Pool – ₹23,15,297

Places Paid – 34

Adda52`s ₹7,500 entry buy-in The Ballers returned for another weekly run last night, drawing in 338 entries. The event successfully surpassed its listed ₹22.5 Lakhs guarantee, generating a ₹23.15 Lakhs prize pool.

PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer Singh ‘arjan30’ Chadha won the marathon nine-hour-long session, banking ₹5.78 Lakhs. He had only two days ago placed third in the ₹35 Lakhs GTD Millionaire Series #8 for ₹3.06 Lakhs.

Chadha currently boasts of over ₹5.32 Crores in recorded lifetime winnings and has crossed ₹2.50 Crores in earnings for the year.

Rudramani ‘rud478’ Pokhrel finished runner-up for ₹3.50 Lakhs.

The final 34 finishers earned payouts with Vishal ‘IsnapUcry’ Madan (4^th for ₹1.93 Lakhs), PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja (5^th for ₹1.33 Lakhs), and Pradip ‘Nit2Donk’ Ghosh (6^th for ₹86,824) posting FT finishes.

Final Table Results

1. Arjanveer Singh ‘arjan30’ Chadha – ₹5,78,825
2. Rudramani ‘rud1478’ Pokhrel – ₹3,50,768
3. Krifard – ₹2,54,683
4. Vishal ‘IsnapUcry’ Madan – ₹1,93,328
5. Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja – ₹1,33,130
6. Pradip ‘Nit2Donk’ Ghosh – ₹86,824

The Weekly HighRoller ₹12 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 88

Re-entries – 60

Prize Pool – ₹14,80,000

Places Paid – 17

The ₹12 Lakhs GTD The Weekly HighRoller on PokerBaazi attracted 148 entries. The tournament began at 8 PM and took almost nine hours of tournament play before Guneet ‘guntz’ Kwatra came out on top to win ₹3.81 Lakhs. Seasoned poker pro Dhaval ‘Rehab77’ Mudgal finished runner-up for ₹2.66 Lakhs.

One of Kwatra’s most significant career scores dates back to August when he captured Adda52’s ₹1 Crore GTD AOPS Mini ME Finale for a whopping ₹25 Lakhs.

Yesterday, in addition to winning the Weekly HighRoller, Kwatra also final tabled the ₹50 Lakhs GTD Millionaire Series #14, placing eighth for ₹1.26 Lakhs. In total, he collected over ₹5.07 Lakhs for the night, pushing his lifetime tally over ₹4.21 Crores.

The other known players who FT-ed the event included Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra (3rd for ₹1.72 Lakhs), PokerGuru Ambassador Laksh ‘boomtlt23’ Pal Singh (4th for ₹1.27 Lakhs), and Rachit ‘baba_ramdev’ Soni (6th for ₹76,220).

Final Table Results

1. Guneet ‘guntz’ Kwatra – ₹3,81,100
2. Dhaval ‘Rehab77’ Mudgal – ₹2,66,844
3. Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra – ₹1,71,680
4. Laksh ‘boomtlt23’ Pal Singh – ₹1,27,132
5. TheWolverine – ₹95,312
6. Rachit ‘baba_ramdev’ Soni – ₹76,220

Millionaire Series#13 ₹12 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 373

Re-entries – 122

Re-buys – 290

Prize Pool – ₹12,00,000

Places Paid – 71

The ₹12 Lakhs GTD Millionaire Series#13 gathered 785 entries, falling a paltry ₹22,500 short of its listed guarantee.

It was a fiercely contested heads-up battle that saw Deepak ‘DKR007’ U eliminating Young Gun Kanchan ‘Midge Maisel’ Sharma in second place to win the title and the winner’s payday worth ₹2.31 Lakhs.

Sharma settled for a runner-up payout worth ₹1.45 Lakhs. She now has recorded online winnings of ₹1.8 Crores.

Raman ‘tathagat’ Gujral (6^th for ₹50,520) and Ramji ‘bluffpolice123’ Kishore G (8^th for ₹26,520) also earned the final table payouts.

Final Table Results

1. Deepak ‘DKR007’ U – ₹2,31,600
2. Kanchan ‘Midge Maisel’ Sharma – ₹1,45,920
3. Piyush303 – ₹1,04,520
4. Fifa21 – ₹82,320
5. RektKing – ₹64,680
6. Raman ‘tathagat’ Gujral – ₹50,520
7. avinkon – ₹38,040
8. Ramji ‘bluffpolice123’ Kishore G – ₹26,520

Uppercut Magic Edition ₹10 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹4,400

Entries – 127

Re-entries – 119

Total Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Regular Prize Pool – ₹5,08,000

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹4,92,000

Places Paid – 47

PokerStars India`s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Uppercut Magic Edition attracted 246 entries, escaping with just a ₹16,000 overlay shortfall. The top 47 places got paid with a min-cash worth ₹3,413, not to forget the additional bounty prizes.

After just a little over seven hours of play, Vikram ‘GreenSTUFF79’ Mishra decimated the competition to earn ₹1.90 Lakhs (₹79,736 in prize money and ₹1,10,546 in bounties). Armaan ‘armaan007111’ Kochhar came in second for ₹1.09 Lakhs (₹79,735 in prize money and ₹29,563 in bounties).

For the former HERCULES champion, Mishra, this was his second time winning the Uppercut this year. He previously won the event on September 11 for ₹3.06 Lakhs. The win has boosted his lifetime online score to ₹96.29 Lakhs.

The final table included the likes of PokerGuru Ambassador’s Mithun ‘ThePokeRajaIN’ Mahesh (3rd for ₹75,672) & Devvrat ‘bhasm@sur1’ Arya (4th for ₹45,928), along with Ashit ‘Cringing’ Sharma (5th for ₹34,489), and Karan ‘999AykA999’ Jain (7th for ₹20,127).

Final Table Results (Includes Bounties)

1. Vikram ‘GreenSTUFF79’ Mishra – ₹1,90,282
2. Armaan ‘armaan007111’ Kochhar – ₹1,09,298
3. Mithun ‘ThePokeRajaIN’ Mahesh – ₹75,672
4. Devvrat ‘bhasm@sur1’ Arya – ₹45,928
5. Ashit ‘Cringing’ Sharma – ₹34,489
6. chittu10 – ₹39,881
7. Karan ‘999AykA999’ Jain – ₹20,127

Millionaire Series – D’Lite ₹10 Lakhs GTD Day 1C – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹110

Entries – 398

Re-entries – 98

Rebuys – 582

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Survivors – 93

The ₹10 Lakhs GTD Millionaire Series – D’Lite completed two more flights yesterday.

Day 1C logged in 1,078 entries (398 unique, 98 re-entries, and 598 rebuys), and after playing 25 seven-minute levels, 93 players packed their bags for Day 2.

Topping the surviving field was Virat Shekhar ‘Kuch chahiye’ Singh (270,169), Avinash ‘Seiborg09’ Anand (213,503), and ‘UnityPro’ (208,974).

Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1C

1. Virat Shekhar ‘Kuch chahiye’ Singh – 270,169
2. Avinash ‘Seiborg09’ Anand – 213,503
3. UnityPro – 208,974
4. Rahul ‘rahulx’ Kaushik – 173,175
5. rst786 – 172,864
6. Abhishek ‘TheMagician’ Paul – 155,872
7. Ranjit9999 – 151,681
8. madpoker21 – 148,496
9. Lelooonga – 143,049
10. eightofspades – 140,457

Millionaire Series – D’lite Day 1D ₹10 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹110

Entries – 464

Re-entries – 119

Rebuys – 658

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Survivors – 99

The fourth starting flight, Day 1D of the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Millionaire Series – D’lite logged in 1,241 players, and 99 players advanced to Day 2.

Tallying up the entries across the first four starting flights, the tourney has registered 4,904 entries (Day 1A – 1,256, Day 1B – 1329, Day 1C – 1078, and Day 1D – 1,241) so far, with two more flights to go.

Bagging the top stacks of Day 1D were Nitin ‘Ladone’ Tomar (237,972), Rohan ‘Rohan8585’ Sharma (226,631), and ‘Ashoka1’ (225,989).

Day 2 begins at 10 PM today and will play all the way down to a winner.

Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1D

1. Nitin ‘Ladone’ Tomar – 237,972
2. Rohan ‘Rohan8585’ Sharma – 226,631
3. Ashoka1 – 225,989
4. Gdsa – 207,910
5. Prabhat ‘Tolltax’ Kumar – 194,799
6. NZT-48 – 193,581
7. Michelangelo – 193,214
8. A_Nonoo_Takle – 172,170
9. Naveenbarkhageetu – 158,667
10. bluemonster – 155,832

Running Hot ₹5 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 161

Re-entries – 121

Prize Pool – ₹5,64,000

Places Paid – 30

Outlasting a field of 282 entries, Myron ‘zzzzz369’ Pereira captured Adda52’s Running Hot for ₹1.20 Lakhs. The ₹2,200 buy-in tourney started at 9.30 PM, taking just about five-and-half hours to culminate.

Pereira’s final showdown was against ‘smr1g10,’ who had to concede to a runner-up score of ₹93,424.

This is the second title victory for Pereira this month. On December 1, he had topped a field of 193 entries to win the Uppercut Mini for ₹1.10 Lakhs. As of date, Pereira boasts of more than ₹2.66 Crores in online MTT winnings, of which he has accumulated more than ₹1.88 Crores through 2020.

The event collected a profitable ₹5.64 Lakhs in prize money, paying out the top 30 spots. Ram ‘mowgumotu’ Kakkar (4^th for ₹47,940) and Anab ‘ChampakBhoomiya’ Naiyer (8^th for ₹14,100) were the notable FT finishers.

Final Table Results

1. Myron ‘zzzzz369’ Pereira – ₹1,20,089
2. smr1g10 – ₹93,424
3. aqua77 – ₹81,741
4. Ram ‘mowgumotu’ Kakkar – ₹47,940
5. ankumalik ₹32,430
6. i4uvarma – ₹22,560
7. pyarseloonga – ₹16,920
8. Anab ‘ChampakBhoomiya’ Naiyer – ₹14,100

Classic PKO ₹2 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 88

Re-entries – 45

Prize Pool – ₹2,00,000

Places Paid – 14

The ₹2 Lakhs GTD Classic PKO was championed by Himanshu ‘hdwivedi3452’ Dwivedi, who collected a site-best ₹54,178 (including bounties) for the victory. The winner now has ₹1.38 Lakhs in recorded winnings on PokerStars India and ₹54,474 in net profits on the site.

The mystery user ‘himanshu33’ finished runner-up for ₹25,608.

With only 133 entries, the event suffered a negligible overlay of ₹500, and 14 places got paid.

Poker Streamer Raj ‘rsj75’ Shrestha Juneja (3^rd for ₹16,556), Nishant ‘Balaark’ Pandey (5^th for ₹12,375), Ankit ‘bawa737’ Bawa (6^th for ₹8,741), and Harsh ‘kakori kabab’ Dembla (7^th for ₹8,993) posted final table finishes.

Friday 5PLO ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Entries- 43

Re-entries – 45

Prize Pool – ₹1,50,000

Places Paid – 12

PokerBaazi’s ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD Friday 5PLO played out among 88 runners yesterday to suffer from an overlay of ₹18,000. The top 12 places were assured payouts, and making his way to the top was Harrish ‘Realfc’ Chaudary, who pocketed ₹42,225 after running through Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPro’ Kumar (2^nd for ₹29,565) in heads-up play.

Nikhil ‘blastupinside’ Arora (3^rd for ₹19,005), Taliwagang ‘Meverick’ Jamir (4^th for ₹14,085), Kabir ‘kabira36’ Dhamija (5^th for ₹10,560) and Siddharth ‘Siddonuts’ Pandey (6^th for ₹8,445) also featured on the 6-max FT.

Hercules ₹1 Lakh GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹770

Entries – 89

Re-entries – 37

Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000

Places Paid – 19

The ₹1 Lakh GTD Hercules logged in 126 participants who ponied up the ₹770 entry buy-in, overlaying ₹11,800.

The winner emerged in the anonymous user ‘pokerkid’, who earned a paycheck worth ₹23,000. Mahesh Kumar ‘MaheshGupta’ Gupta finished runner-up for ₹16,500.

Rajeev ‘Jesus’ Atal (4th for ₹9,000) was the only other known player of the FT.

Unravel ₹50K GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹440

Entries – 60

Re-entries – 37

Prize Pool – ₹50,000

Places Paid – 15

Pocket52’s ₹50K GTD Unravel was championed by ‘kw1996,’ who took away ₹11,500 after defeating Jeet ‘Tanmay007’ Mondal (runner-up for ₹8,500) in the heads-up play. The event attracted 97 entrants to leave an overlay of ₹11,200, and the top 15 places got paid.

Piyush ‘gourav0657’ Kumar (4^th for ₹5,000) and Aman ‘Instinct20’ Kumar (6^th for ₹3,000) posted FT scores.

This report was updated at 5 PM on 12.12.2020

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