Daily Majors: Abhishek Gubba, Anant Purohit & Kunal Patni Top the Thursday Flagships

A thrilling Thursday saw the impact of the country-wide lockdown continue to bring in a spike in participation across the online marquees. As always, Spartan Poker played host to the biggest guarantee tourney last night, the Ultron ₹25 Lakhs GTD, that clocked in 903 entries (392 unique, 172 re-entries and 339 re-buys). Anonymous user ‘MansaMusa’ claimed the lion’s share of the ₹36.12 Lakhs prize pool worth ₹6.93 Lakhs and ‘GoldSpot’ came in second for ₹4.34 Lakhs.

The Big Bounty ₹7 Lakhs GTD also had an eventful run and collected ₹9.32 Lakhs in prize money after attracting 466 entries (250 unique, 71 re-entries and 145 re-buys).Abhishek ‘PirateMihawk’ Jain topped the field to take home ₹1.61 Lakhs, after striking a heads-up deal with Arjun ‘Don Julio’ Kochhar (runner-up for ₹1.35 Lakhs).

The Summit ₹15 Lakhs GTD was the main attraction at PokerBaazi last night. The tourney accumulated a colossal prize pool kitty worth ₹28.35 Lakhs through 378 entrants (186 unique and 192 re-entries). One of the most congenial personalities of the circuit, Anant ‘Pro_Pro’ Purohit continuing his trailblazing form outlasted Aditya ‘adit11’ Kulkarni (runner-up for ₹4.16 Lakhs) heads-up to claim the title and top prize of ₹5.95 Lakhs.

Meanwhile, the PokerBaazi Bankroll Builder Series (PBBS) saw the fourth flight of the PBBS#19 Main Event ₹2 Lakhs GTD play out yesterday. A total of 174 entries (92 unique and 82 re-entries) were logged in, and only 16 runners advanced to Day 2. Prashant ‘pokerpoke388’ Chhabra bagged the most massive stack of 556,995, followed by ‘Aaleo4e’ (316,878) and Harsh ‘shiv22’ Goswami (297,486), who rounded out the top three stacks at the end of the play.

Adda52’s Godfather ₹25 Lakhs GTD had a fantastic outing as well, registering 757 entries (387 unique and 370 re-entries), resulting in a massive prize pool collection of ₹37.85 Lakhs. Abhishek ‘messi010010’ Gubba ran past the field and met PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘ragspoker’ Munot in the heads-up finale. In the end, Gubba took home the top honors, including a ₹8.70 Lakhs payday, while Munot had to settle for a second-place payout worth ₹4.99 Lakhs in prize money. Gubba also finished ninth in PokerStars India’s Highroller ₹15 Lakhs GTD for ₹35,091.

PokerStars India’s Thursday extravaganza, Highroller ₹15 Lakhs GTD, attracted 270 participants (149 unique and 121 re-entries), generating₹18.90 Lakhs in the prize pool. Seasoned pro Kunal ‘iAlwaysHaveit’ Patni topped the field and walked away with a winner’s paycheque of ₹3.59 Lakhs, while Goonjan ‘gmtesting.ind’ Mall finished runner-up for ₹2.64 Lakhs.

Capitalizing on the 21-day nationwide lockdown, PokerStars India introduced a new tourney yesterday – Thursday Thrill ₹5 Lakhs GTD. The inaugural run saw 234 entrants (137 unique and 97 re-entries) pony-up the ₹2,750 buy-in, resulting in a ₹5.85 Lakhs prize pool. Anant Purohit, playing under themoniker ‘Dr4gonW4rrior’, clinched his second title of the night and added ₹95,918 to his bankroll, following a heads-up deal with ‘himkat@stars’ (runner-up for ₹90,130).

Besides his two title victories, Purohit also posted two final table scores in Spartan Poker’s Big Bounty ₹7 Lakhs GTD (9th for ₹18,640) and Sundowner ₹3 Lakhs GTD (8th for ₹8,130) respectively.

The other Thursday winners were:

Godfather ₹25 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Entries – 387

Re-entries – 370

Prize Pool – ₹37,85,023

Places Paid – 82

Adda52’s marquee Thursday tourney, Godfather ₹25 Lakhs GTD, logged in 757 entries (387 unique and 370 re-entries), collecting a prize pool of ₹37.85 Lakhs. The top 82 places made it in the money and outlasting them all was Abhishek ‘messi010010’ Gubba, who defeated PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘ragspoker’ Munot (runner-up for ₹4.99 Lakhs) heads-up to claim the lion’s share worth ₹8.70 Lakhs.

The other final table finishers were Sreekanth ‘n0thing’ Narayan (5th for ₹1.79 Lakhs), Avneesh ‘IamAM’ Munjal (6th for ₹1.24 Lakhs), Sahil ‘imhighishove’ Mahboobani (7th for ₹94,625), PokerGuru Ambassador Ankit ‘d00mtr00p3r’ Wadhawan (8th for ₹71,915), and Pranay ‘setmeup’ Chawla (9th for ₹56,775).

Other circuit regs to cross the money line were Young Gun Gaurav ‘gauravarod’ Sood (10th for ₹37,850), Chirag ‘cs56’ Sodha (13th for ₹37,850), Rubin ‘kornkif’ Labroo (15th for ₹30,280), Vinayak ‘bhai_on_mary_jane’ Bajaj (21st for ₹26,495), Ankur ‘aceleration’ Sehgal (22nd for ₹22,710), Sagar ‘alwaysnutz’ Choudhury (23rd for ₹22,710), Zarvan ‘savitabhabhi13’ Tumboli (24th for ₹22,710), Naresh ‘fireexit’ Rathnam (26th for ₹22,710), Shardul ‘vamos96’ Parthasarathi (28th for ₹20,818), Anirudh ‘flash1303’ Reddy (33rd for ₹20,818), Deepak ‘bothras’ Bothra (41st for ₹15,140), Chirag ‘mahikk’ Bhardwaj (42nd for ₹15,140), Aditya ‘adikumar2010’ Kumar (43rd for ₹15,140), Sriharsha ‘ivey2’ Doddapaneni (44th for ₹15,140), Bhavyajeet ‘brbhavya’ Singh Rathore (45th for ₹15,140), Ankit ‘kasatankit’ Kasat (48th for ₹15,140), Saket ‘saker’ Kumar (50th for ₹13,248), Akshay ‘vibaks’ Nasa (51st for ₹13,248), Sikander ‘soundfsilenz’ Rajwade (55th for ₹13,248), Guneet ‘guntz’ Kwatra (56th for ₹13,248), Dheeraj ‘sarkar12345’ Bisht (57th for ₹13,248), Aniket ‘sandystorm’ Pradhan (58th for ₹13,248), Minissha ‘minissha’ Lamba (61st for ₹13,248), Manoj ‘thatsmymoney’ Pentakota (63rd for ₹13,248), Kavish ‘narcoss’ Kukreja (65th for ₹10,977), PokerGuru AmbassadorDevvrat ‘glitch_d’ Arya (69th for ₹10,977), Moola ‘udaymoola’ Udaya (70th for ₹10,977), Sanchit ‘sanchit1990’ Adukia (71st for ₹10,977), Sumit ‘sumit4game’ Saurav (74th for ₹10,977), Md. ‘007shakuni’ Zeeshan (77th for ₹10,977), Hitesh ‘buntai’ Batra (78th for ₹10,977), Siddarth ‘badtameez_donk’ Singhvi (80th for ₹10,977), and Anmol ‘anzzzzz’ Mehta (81st for ₹10,977).

PokerGuru Ambassadors Laksh ‘boomtilt23’ Pal Singh (25th for ₹22,710), Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja (36th for ₹17,033), Ashutosh ‘senojwod’ Balodhi (37th for ₹17,033), Rohit ‘rohit22rm’ Mishra (52nd for ₹13,248), and Arjanveer ‘arjan30’ Singh Chadha (72nd for ₹10,977) led by their mentor Aditya ‘iamherenow’ Agarwal (12th for ₹37,850) made ITM finishes in the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Abhishek ‘messi010010’ Gubba – ₹8,70,550
2. Ashish ‘ragspoker’ Munot – ₹4,99,620
3. Reg_Slayer – ₹3,40,650
4. thepokerfaceblr – ₹2,57,380
5. Sreekanth ‘n0thing’ Narayan – ₹1,79,788
6. Avneesh ‘IamAM’ Munjal – ₹1,24,527
7. Sahil ‘imhighishove’ Mahboobani – ₹94,625
8. Ankit ‘d00mtr00p3r’ Wadhawan – ₹71,915
9. Pranay ‘setmeup’ Chawla – ₹56,775

Ultron ₹25 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Entries – 392

Re-entries – 172

Re-buys – 339

Prize Pool – ₹36,12,000

Places Paid – 79

Spartan Poker’s Ultron ₹25 Lakhs GTD attracted 903 hopefuls (392 unique, 172 re-entries, and 339 re-buys) on its latest run. ‘MansaMusa’ proved the last player standing, and won the event for ₹6.93 Lakhs after defeating ‘GoldSpot’ heads-up. The latter pocketed a hefty ₹4.34 Lakhs payday for placing second.

The final table included the likes of Suraj ‘OmgRATHIII’ Rathi (3^rd for ₹3.11 Lakhs), Jai ‘jksisme’ Saha (4^th for ₹2.42 Lakhs), Rubin ‘kornkid’ Labroo (5^th for ₹1.90 Lakhs), Young Gun Ujjwal ‘Lord Hendrix’ Narwal (6^th for ₹1.49 Lakhs), Varun ‘VG92’ Gupta (7^th for ₹1.11 Lakhs), Shardul ‘F – Bomb’ Parthasarathi (8^th for ₹77,296) and Jaydeep Jaswantlal ‘GOOGLE’ Dawer (9^th for ₹61,042).

Saurabh ‘darksider’ Rohila (11^th for ₹50,206), Siddhanth ‘sidstack’ Kripalani (16^th for ₹32,869), Alok ‘Mazacar’ Birewar (18^th for ₹29,257), Sajal ‘GoMuckYourself’ Gupta (22^nd for ₹25,645), Rohan ‘subho’ Soman (24^th for ₹22,033), Dhaval ‘MandirYahinBanayenge’ Mudgal (25^th for ₹22,033), Young Gun Siddharth ‘schemer77’ Karia (26^th for ₹22,033), Rishi ‘BollywoodNight’ Gupta (27^th for ₹22,033), Arsh ‘BigggTymeR’ Grover (29^th for ₹19,143), Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall (30^th for ₹19,143), Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPros’ Kumar (37^th for ₹16,976), Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia (39^th for ₹16,976), Jyoti Ranjan ‘joey114114’ Nayak (41^st for ₹14,809), Deepak ‘chimpoo’ Bothra (43^rd for ₹14,809), Rohit ‘sttoned’ Kumar (44^th for ₹14,809), Harshad ‘omglukbox’ Barve (46^th for ₹14,809), Mihir ‘gameofdeath’ Thakkar (47^th for ₹14,809), Bhanu ‘spectre’ Prakash (48^th for ₹14,809), Paras ‘AAKKQQJJ’ Jain (50^th for ₹14,809), Sumit ‘Sands Myth’ Sapra (53^rd for ₹14,809), Nishant ‘FunkyouFTW1’ Sharma (55^th for ₹14,809), Kanchan ‘Bubblegum’ Sharma (57^th for ₹13,364), Kunal ‘TiltAtma’ Patni (65^th for ₹13,364), Meherzad ‘magician888’ Munsaf (70^th for ₹13,364) and Vikaash ‘viks82’ Shah (78^th for ₹12,280) also posted scores.

PokerGuru Ambassadors Mithun ‘Intuitionnn’ Mahesh (12^th for ₹42,621), Ankit ‘ShippingYard’ Wadhawan (28^th for ₹19,143), Gokul ‘Super Kings’ Raj (34^th for ₹16,976), Vivek ‘KasolHieghts’ Singh (62^nd for ₹13,364) and Laksh Pal ‘LuckyBhai$’ Singh (63^rd for ₹13,364) were the other prominent ITM finishers.

Final Table Results

1. MansaMusa – ₹6,93,142
2. GoldSpot – ₹4,34,884
3. Suraj ‘OmgRATHIII’ Rathi – ₹3,11,354
4. Jai ‘jksisme’ Saha – ₹2,42,726
5. Rubin ‘kornkid’ Labroo – ₹1,90,352
6. Ujjwal ‘Lord Hendrix’ Narwal – ₹1,49,536
7. Varun ‘VG92’ Gupta – ₹1,11,610
8. Shardul ‘F – Bomb’ Parthasarathi – ₹77,296
9. Jaydeep Jaswantlal ‘GOOGLE’ Dawer – ₹61,042

The Summit ₹15 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Entries – 186

Re-entries – 192

Prize Pool – ₹28,35,000

Places Paid – 45

The Summit ₹15 Lakhs GTD on PokerBaazi attracted a 378-strong player field (186 unique and 192 re-entries)) that helped create a massive prize pool of ₹28.35 Lakhs. It was none other than online phenom and veteran pro Anant ‘Pro_Pro’ Purohit who bested another online crusher Aditya ‘adit11’ Kulkarni (runner-up for ₹4.16 Lakhs) heads-up to walk away with the ₹5.95 Lakhs up top.

The star-studded final table included the likes of Chirag ‘miyagi’ Sodha (3^rd for ₹2.67 Lakhs), Ankit ‘akj290’ Jajodia (4^th for ₹1.98 Lakhs), Arun ‘Yoda’ Poply (5^th for ₹1.48 Lakhs), Young Gun Anuj ‘brockLesnar95’ Yadav (6^th for ₹1.19 Lakhs), Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall (7^th for ₹99,225), Gaurav ‘Zillastar’ Bhandari (8^th for ₹79,380) and PokerGuru Ambassador Gokul ‘Nygma’ Raj (9^th for ₹59,535).

The other prominent ITM finishers wereJai ‘jksisme’ Saha (10^th for ₹43,376), Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPro’ Kumar (11^th for ₹43,376), Rubin ‘kornkid’ Labroo (12^th for ₹43,376), Abhishek ‘messi010010’ Gubba(13^th for ₹35,438), Priyank ‘Piko1432’ Kothari (15^th for ₹35,438), Anirudh ‘flash1’ Reddy(16^th for ₹30,335), Dinesh ‘htc170209’ Kukreja (18^th for ₹30,335), Sanchit ‘sanchit1990’ Adukia (19^th for ₹26,649), Vaibhav ‘WakhraSwagNi’ Sharma (20^th for ₹26,649), Hitesh ‘hiteshbhai’ Batra (22^nd for ₹23,814), Sanket ‘blackcod’ Arora (24^th for ₹23,814), PokerGuru Ambassador Ankit ‘d00mtr00p3r’ Wadhawan (25^th for ₹20,979), Chandan ‘darkfish’ Arora (27^th for ₹20,979), Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma (28^th for ₹18,428), Aditya ‘Istredd’ Agarwal (30^th for ₹18,428), Akshay ‘sherlock52’ Nasa (31^st for ₹18,428), Jaydeep ‘JDBhaiya’ Jaswantlal Dawer (32^nd for ₹18,428), Dhaval ‘Rehab77’ Mudgal (33^rd for ₹18,428), Ranjeet ‘Rj147’ Negi (34^th for ₹18,428), Guruprasad ‘fish_calling’ Gupta (35^th for ₹18,428), Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra (37^th for ₹15,876), Sahil ‘ImHighIshove’ Mahboobani (38^th for ₹15,876), Jasven ‘JasvenSaigal’ Saigal (39^th for ₹15,876), PokerGuru Ambassador Laksh ‘boomtlt23’ Pal Singh (40^th for ₹15,876), Neeraj ‘neeraj2828’ Bajaj (41^st for ₹15,876), Naveen ‘TN30pro’ Prajapati (42^nd for ₹15,876), Guneet ‘guntz’ Kwatra (43^rd for ₹15,876), and Arsh ‘Button_Hai_Bro’ Grover (45^th for ₹15,876).

Final Table Results

1. Anant ‘Pro_Pro’ Purohit – ₹5,95,350
2. Aditya ‘adit11’ Kulkarni – ₹4,16,745
3. Chirag ‘miyagi’ Sodha – ₹2,67,908
4. Ankit ‘akj290’ Jajodia – ₹1,98,450
5. Arun ‘Yoda’ Poply – ₹1,48,838
6. Anuj ‘brockLesnar95’ Yadav – ₹1,19,070
7. Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall – ₹99,225
8. Gaurav ‘Zillastar’ Bhandari – ₹79,380
9. Gokul ‘Nygma’ Raj – ₹59,535

Highroller ₹15 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Entries – 149

Re-Entries – 121

Prize Pool – ₹18,90,000

Places Paid – 47

PokerStars India’s Thursday flagship, the Highroller ₹15 Lakhs GTD,attracted a 270-strong field (149 unique and 121 re-entries). The event smashed its advertised guarantee to accumulate ₹18.90 Lakhs in prize money.

Well known pro Kunal ‘iAlwaysHaveit’ Patni emerged victorious and banked a ₹3.59 Lakhs paycheque for coming out on top. Goonjan ‘gmtesting.ind’ Mall had to settle for ₹2.64 Lakhs as the runner-up prize.

PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer ‘ballistik310’ Singh Chadha (6th for ₹77,284), Anish ‘Bheet’ Patra (7th for ₹56,814), PokerGuru Ambassador Vivek ‘Mystic Peaks’Singh (8th for ₹41,766), and Abhishek ‘Satan98999’ Gubba (9th for ₹35,091) were the other notable finalists.

The other prominent ITM finishers were Sahil ‘inaboobham’ Mahboobani (14th for ₹20,814), Guneet ‘GSK1515’ Kwatra (15th for ₹20,814), Rachit ‘hack_R27’ Parihar (16th for ₹20,814), Chirag ‘WhyworrY_56’ Sodha (19th for ₹17,488), Hitesh ‘hiteshbhai999’ Batra (20th for ₹17,488), Sajal ‘NitCracker’ Gupta (22nd for ₹17,488), Shrey ‘pandeyshrey33’ Pandey (23rd for ₹17,488), Chandan ‘RunBarryRun’ Arora (24th for ₹14,693), Ram ‘TheLagLawyer’ Kakkar (25th for ₹14,693), Ayan ‘interalia_1’ Ray (26th for ₹14,693), Jai ‘inisme’ Saha (27th for ₹14,693), Shravan ‘lukBo$$13’ Chhabria (28th for ₹14,693), Rohit ‘kudos0202’ Behal (30th for ₹14,693), Yuvraj ‘yuvrajlo9097’ J Lohakpure (33rd for ₹12,345), Srihari ‘bangbang1999’ Bang (34th for ₹12,345), Amit ‘the_ziro’ J (35th for ₹12,345), Annkur ‘Flopzila’ Agarwal (38th for ₹12,345), Ranjeet ‘Bedevilforyou’ Negi (39th for ₹12,345), Kavish ‘Narcos251’ Kukreja (41st for ₹12,345), and Vidwath ‘RoronoA_1111’ Shetty (44th for ₹12,345).

From the PokerGuru team of Ambassadors, Ashish ‘chipcharity999’ Munot (18th for ₹17,488), Laksh ‘B00MTilt23’ Pal Singh (29th for ₹14,693), Devvrat ‘bhasm@sur1’Arya (42nd for ₹12,345), Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved (45th for ₹12,345), and Mithun’ThePokeRajaIN’ Mahesh (47th for ₹12,345) earned payouts.

Final Table Results

1. Kunal ‘iAlwaysHaveit’ Patni – ₹3,59,979
2. Goonjan ‘gmtesting.ind’ Mall – ₹2,64,630
3. crazynines99 – ₹1,94,537
4. vinaash – ₹1,43,010
5. FLlPflops – ₹1,05,130
6. Arjanveer ‘ballistik310’ Singh Chadha – ₹77,284
7. Anish ‘Bheet’ Patra – ₹56,814
8. Vivek ‘Mystic Peaks’ Singh – ₹41,766
9. Abhishek ‘Satan98999’ Gubba – ₹35,091

Big Bounty ₹7 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Entries – 250

Re-entries – 71

Re-buys – 145

Prize Pool – ₹9,32,000

Places Paid – 47

The Big Bounty ₹7 Lakhs GTD on Spartan Poker had an action-packed run with 466 runners (250 unique, 71 re-entries and 145 re-buys) converging on the felts. The tournament generated ₹9.32 Lakhs in prize money and paid out 47 places. Abhishek ‘PirateMihawk’ Jain walked away with the title and top prize of ₹1.61 Lakhs following a heads-up deal with Arjun ‘Don Julio’ Kochhar (runner-up for ₹1.35 Lakhs).

Young Gun Ujjwal ‘Lord Hendrix’ Narwal (6^th for ₹42,126), Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall (8^th for ₹22,740), and Anant ‘Pro’ Purohit (9^th for ₹18,640) also ran deep in the event.

Mihir ‘gameofdeath’ Thakkar (12^th for ₹13,793), Abhinav ‘Schumi91’ Iyer (14^th for ₹12,395), Rubin ‘kornkid’ Labroo (16^th for ₹10,997), Aditya ‘Yennefer’ Agarwal (17^th for ₹10,997), Sreeharsha ‘yUDdam’ Boneni (21^st for ₹8,667), Ayan ‘interlalia_1’ Ray (23^rd for ₹8,667), Sumit ‘Sands Myth’ Sapra (24^th for ₹7,735), Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPros’ Kumar (26^th for ₹7,735), Sandeep Varma ‘effuno’ RS (30^th for ₹6,803), Sumit ‘Sumitgh2050’ Ghosh (31^st for ₹6,803), Dheeraj Kumar ‘danial13’ Bairineni (36^th for ₹5,964), Kunal ‘TiltAtma’ Patni (44^th for ₹5,312), Mayank ‘chipseaterpro’ Makhija (46^th for ₹5,312), and Hitesh ‘hitesh bhai’ Batra (47^th for ₹5,312) also posted scores.

From the PokerGuru team of Ambassadors,Ankit ‘Shippament’ Wadhawan (15^th for ₹12,395), and Laksh Pal ‘LuckyBhai$’ Singh (37^th for ₹5,964) finished ITM.

Final Table Result

1. Abhishek ‘PirateMihawk’ Jain – ₹1,61,248*
2. Arjun ‘Don Julio’ Kochhar – ₹1,35,780*
3. Amod – ₹86,489
4. aarchit – ₹69,993
5. TheWitcher – ₹55,174
6. Ujjwal ‘Lord Hendrix’ Narwal – ₹42,126
7. tittooTauji – ₹30,942
8. Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall – ₹22,740
9. Anant ‘Pro’ Purohit – ₹18,640
   *denotes heads-up deal

Thursday MonsterStack₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Entries – 164

Re-entries – 118

Prize Pool – ₹7,05,000

Places Paid – 36

PokerGuru Ambassador Jayjit ‘england’ Ray clashed with Young Gun Gaurav ‘gaug17’ Sood last night over the PokerBaazi’s Thursday MonsterStack ₹5 Lakhs GTD title. Ray eventually prevailed and won₹1.55 Lakhs while Sood pocketed ₹1.09 Lakhs for coming in second.

The tourney pulled in 282 entrants (164 unique and 118 re-entries) that overshot the advertised guarantee by ₹2.05 Lakhs.

PokerGuru Ambassadors Shashank ‘indianrat’ Desai (3^rd for ₹70,289) and Ratul ‘luna’ Steves (5th for ₹39,057), Aditya ‘adit11’ Kulkarni (4^th for ₹52,029), Mohak ‘Tiltin’ Kapoor (6th for ₹31,232), Sreekanth ‘n0thing’ Narayan (7^th for ₹25,944), Aman ‘alwaysriver’ Kejriwal (8^th for ₹20,798), and Akshay ‘CallmeAK’ Kapoor (9^th for ₹15,581) final tabled the event.

Other notables who cashed includedSumit ‘runrabbitrun’ Advani (10th for ₹11,351), Pankaj ‘Cyclone6524’ Joshi (12^th for ₹11,351), Vishal ‘vishal0701’ Yadav (14^th for ₹9,306), Pranav ‘GarviGujarat’ Desai (17^th for ₹7,967), Kapil ‘Spady’ Arora (18^th for ₹7,967), Anuj ‘technoforever’ Mahajan (19^th for ₹6,980), Anubhav ‘Shovemaster’ Ray (20^th for ₹6,980), Sagar ‘sagarpupul’ Choudhury (21^st for ₹6,980), PokerGuru Ambassador Vivek ‘Nutpeddling729’ Singh (22^nd for ₹6,204), Anirudh ‘flash1’ Reddy (24^th for ₹6,204), Rubin ‘kornkid’ Labroo (25^th for ₹5,499), Shagun ‘sogani22’ Jain (26^th for ₹5,499), Debayan ‘dbz19’ Das (27^th for ₹5,499), Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPro’ Kumar (28^th for ₹4,794), Hitesh ‘hiteshbhai’ Batra (29^th for ₹4,794), Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall (32^nd for ₹4,794), and PokerGuru Ambassador Mithun ‘thepokeraja’ Mahesh (33^rd for ₹4,794).

Final Table Results

1. Jayjit ‘england’ Ray – ₹1,55,735
2. Gaurav ‘gaug17’ Sood – ₹1,09,275
3. Shashank ‘indianrat’ Desai – ₹70,289
4. Aditya ‘adit11’ Kulkarni – ₹52,029
5. Ratul ‘luna’ Steves – ₹39,057
6. Mohak ‘Tiltin’ Kapoor – ₹31,232
7. Sreekanth ‘n0thing’ Narayan – ₹25,944
8. Aman ‘alwaysriver’ Kejriwal – ₹20,798
9. Akshay ‘CallmeAK’ Kapoor – ₹15,581

Thursday Thrill ₹5 Lakhs GTD– PokerStars India

Entries – 137

Re-Entries – 97

Prize Pool – ₹5,85,000

Places Paid – 41

The spike in online traffic during the nation-wide lockdown has resulted in many sites introducing new tourneys or increasing the GTDs of existing ones. PokerStars India also added the new Thursday Thrill ₹5 Lakhs GTD tourney to its Thursday schedule. The debutant event witnessed a successful run collecting ₹5.85 Lakhs in the prize pool on the back of a234-strong entry field (137 unique and 97 re-entries).

After agreeing to a heads-up deal, Anant ‘Dr4gonW4rrior’ Purohit came out on top and was awarded ₹95,918 in first-place prize money, while ‘himkat@stars‘ took home ₹90,130 for their runner-up finish.

The final table included Ram ‘TheLagLawyer’ Kakkar (5^th for ₹29,788), and Aditya’serendipity789′ Sushant (8^th for ₹14,549).

Other notables that finished in the money were Anmolraj ‘modi chai wala’ Singh Chawla (12^th for ₹9,802), Partho ‘SpidermanIndia’ Datta (15^th for ₹8,046), Abhijeet ‘sexylady7766’ Kumar (17^th for ₹8,046), Sumit ‘ronnienav53’ Navlani (18^th for ₹6,604), Vishal ‘DeadGrinder1’ Madan (20^th for ₹6,604), Vikram ‘Prison M!ke’ Singh (21st for ₹6,604), Prashanth ‘nemesis9961’ Sekar (22nd for ₹6,604), Vineet ‘TheMentalistNo1’ Kumar (26^th for ₹5,421), Rohit ‘kick_aasss014’ Singh (27^th for ₹5,421), Xavier ‘xaviervz’ Anthony Vas (31st for ₹4,450), Shrey ‘pandeyshrey33’ Pandey (35^th for ₹4,450), Yash ‘hasyY@$#116’ Shrivastava (36^th for ₹4,450), Yuvraj ‘yuvrajlo9097’ Lohakpure (38^th for ₹4,450), and Piyush ‘plzdonttilt’ Chandak (39^th for ₹4,450), along with PokerGuru Ambassadors Shashank ‘GOAT-245’ Desai (23rd for ₹6,604), and Devvrat ‘bhasm@sur1’ Arya (37^th for ₹4,450).

Final Table Results

1. Anant ‘Dr4gonW4rrior’ Purohit – ₹95,918*
2. himkat@stars – ₹90,130*
3. siddharth141098 – ₹56,682
4. flyingfish333 – ₹41,091
5. Ram ‘TheLagLawyer’ Kakkar – ₹29,788
6. PAAKTS – ₹21,594
7. luckybuoy – ₹17,725
8. Aditya ‘serendipity789’ Sushant – ₹14,549
9. Sriko5 – ₹14,549
   *denotes heads-up deal

Monster Stack ₹4 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Entries – 333

Re-entries – 83

Places Paid – 55

Topping a field of 416 entries, ‘ganesha3009’ took down Spartan Poker’s Monster Stack ₹4 Lakhs GTD for ₹84,054. The player clashed with ‘Richie4ich’ (runner-up for ₹77,778) in his final showdown on the way to the podium.

With 55 places paid, Ankit ‘Anal-yzer’ Saxena (19^th for ₹6,049), Rameshwar ‘Tudu007’ Kumar (22^nd for ₹5,438), Rafiq ‘Mrkhan03’ Khan (30^th for ₹4,216), Sandy ‘ZIIGMUND’ Lamba (32^nd for 3,605), Srihari ‘bangbang99’ Bang (34^th for ₹3,605), Anuj ‘Anuj16101’ Laddhad (46^th for ₹2,994), Rishi ‘BollywoodNight’ Gupta (48^thfor ₹2,308) and Myron ‘mehhhhh’ Pereira (52^nd for ₹2,994) were some familiar names that found a mention on the payouts list.

PokerGuru Ambassadors Devvrat ‘RickdickulouS’ Arya (10^th for ₹9,654) and Naresh ‘FreeFlow’ Veeravalli (40^th for ₹2,308) were others who made ITM finishes.

Final Table Results

1. ganesha3009 – ₹84,054
2. Richie4ich – ₹77,778
3. khobikhenda – ₹65,115
4. rakeshguru – ₹64,988
5. Jack of clubs1 – ₹34,080
6. Chowmeinchoudhary – ₹26,762
7. hiker53 – ₹19,919
8. ajay2706 – ₹14,420
9. Rjbhoir – ₹11,670

Thursday Flash ₹4 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Entries – 234

Re-entries – 52

Places Paid – 39

The Thursday Flash ₹4 Lakhs GTD on Spartan Poker ran amid 325 players last night that comprised of 234 unique entries and 52 rebuys. Taking down the tourney was Prabhat ‘realitycHeque$$’ Paliya, who defeated ‘prazz’ to the title and won the ₹74,260 up top. The latter finished second for ₹62,853.

The other FT finishers were Dheeraj Kumar ‘danial13’ Bairineni (3^rd for ₹61,580), Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPros’ Kumar (4^th for ₹36,438), Tejas ‘Hunterrr’ Shridhankar (6^th for ₹20,766), and Mihir ‘gameofdeath’ Thakkar (8^th for ₹10,711).

Other notable scorers were Siddhanth ‘bullzeye’ Kapoor (10^th for ₹8,103), superchor89 (15^th for ₹6,389), Prakhar ‘Prak27’ Kapoor (20^th for ₹4,144), Md ‘Barrel_57’ Zeeshan (23^rd for ₹4,537), Rameshwar ‘Tudu007’ Kumar (34^th for ₹3,195), Anurag ‘Norman Bates’ Srivastava (30th for ₹3,611), Vinay ‘Netflixxed’ Bk (31st for ₹3,611) and Aniket ‘Anteman’ Waghmare (37th for ₹3,195).

Final Table Results

1. Prabhat ‘realitycHeque$$’ Paliya – ₹74,260
2. prazz – ₹63,853
3. Dheeraj Kumar ‘danial13’ Bairineni – ₹61,580
4. Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPros’ Kumar – ₹36,438
5. Edge – ₹28,567
6. Tejas ‘Hunterrr’ Shridhankar – ₹20,766
7. TheKaliCartel – ₹14,924
8. Mihir ‘gameofdeath’ Thakkar – ₹10,711
9. Chayanam – ₹9,677

Sundowner ₹3 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Entries – 176

Re-entries – 23

Re-buys – 98

Prize Pool – ₹3,00,000

Places Paid – 27

Spartan Poker’s Sundowner ₹3 Lakhs GTD almost touched its advertised guarantee after registering 297 entrants (176 unique, 23 re-entries, and 98 re-buys). This resulted in a very marginal₹3,000 overlay. In the end, user ‘SuperStorm66’ claimed the title and pocketed ₹59,585 in hard cash after prevailing over ‘MR.BEAST’ (runner-up for ₹51,715) in the heads-up finale.

Also, on the final tables were notables like Chandan ‘MeStrongYouFold’ Arora (7th for ₹11,220), Anant ‘Pro’ Purohit (8th for ₹8,130), and PokerGuru Ambassador Shashank ‘Jai Bajarangbali’ Desai (9th for ₹6,720).

Other known names who made it past the money line were Kshitij ‘TheG0dfath3r’ Kucheria (11th for ₹5,700), Paras ‘AAKKQQJJ’ Jain (18th for ₹3,600), Samsher ‘santacruzsam’ Gandhi (23rd for ₹3,300), and Amod ‘Amod’ Kelkar (26th for ₹3,000).

Final Table Results

1. SuperStorm66 – ₹59,585
2. MR.BEAST – ₹51,715
3. dorasingh – ₹30,870
4. guptraw – ₹25,170
5. aceking99 – ₹20,070
6. PaybackTime – ₹15,420
7. Chandan ‘MeStrongYouFold’ Arora – ₹11,220
8. Anant ‘Pro’ Purohit – ₹8,130
9. Shashank ‘Jai Bajarangbali’ Desai – ₹6,720

Hexagram ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Entries – 122

Re-entries – 99

Prize Pool – ₹4,42,000

Places Paid – 24

The site`s daily Hexagram ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD on Adda52 clocked in (122 unique hopefuls and 99 re-entries) on Thursday to accumulate a prize pool of ₹4.42 Lakhs.

Tournament regular ‘Reg_Slayer’ took down the tourney and netted ₹1.20 Lakhs after defeating Sanjay ‘Floppednuts’ Kumar (runner-up for ₹70,720) heads-up.

PokerGuru Ambassador Naresh ’emperor457′ Veeravalli (3rd for ₹54,145), Amit ‘amit030’ Kumar (4th for ₹38,675), and Abhishek ‘abhiom’ Chhajer (6th for ₹18,785) were the other FT finishers at the event.

The payouts list included other prominent names like Pranav ‘pkpok’ Khandalkar (11th for ₹7,735), Sumit ‘sumit4game’ Saurav (12th for ₹6,630), Ravinder ‘ravikirti’ Singh (15th for ₹5,525), Arun ‘kyachahiye’ Shankar (17th for ₹5,525), Naren ‘IMUNAGI’ Purohit (22nd for ₹3,315), and Siddarth ‘badtameez_donk’ Singhvi (24th for ₹3,315).

Final Table Results

1. ‘Reg_Slayer’ – ₹1,20,445
2. Sanjay ‘Floppednuts’ Kumar – ₹70,720
3. Naresh ’emperor457′ Veeravalli – ₹54,145
4. Amit ‘amit030’ Kumar – ₹38,675
5. Stealer007 – ₹26,520
6. Abhishek ‘abhiom’ Chhajer – ₹18,785
7. Smokijoe – ₹14,365
8. aj10kq – ₹11,050
9. PunYaLan – ₹8,840

Ultimate PLO ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Entries – 76

Re-entries – 18

Re-buys – 48

Prize Pool – ₹2,84,000

Places Paid – 13

The Ultimate PLO ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD on Spartan Poker pulled in 76 unique entries that, along with 18 re-entries and 48 re-buys, generated a prize pool worth₹2.84 Lakhs.

Archit ‘rocketarchie’ Khandelwal won the tourney and took away ₹74,550 in prize money after besting ‘Villain77’ (runner-up for ₹52,256) in the heads-up play.

Piyush ‘BlackMamba’ Gaikwad (3rd for ₹32,843), PokerGuru Ambassador Naresh ‘FreeFlow’ Veeravalli (8th for ₹10,508) and Gaurav ‘zillastar’ Bhandari (9th for ₹7,952) were others who posted FT finishes.

Final Table Results

1. Archit ‘rocketarchie’ Khandelwal – ₹74,550
2. Villain77 – ₹52,256
3. Piyush ‘BlackMamba’ Gaikwad – ₹32,843
4. Killingmachine – ₹27,122
5. Lungwangsun – ₹21,868
6. MujheMatRoko – ₹17,040
7. gogobhai – ₹13,490
8. Naresh ‘FreeFlow’ Veeravalli – ₹10,508
9. Gaurav ‘zillastar’ Bhandari – ₹7,952

PBBS#19 Main Event ₹2 Lakhs GTD Flight 4 – PokerBaazi

Entries – 92

Re-entries – 82

Survivors – 16

The fourth flight of the PBBS#19 Main Event ₹2 Lakhs GTD on PokerBaazi gathered a field of 174 entries (92 unique and 82 re-entries), and only 16 managed to carry their stacks to Day 2.

Prashant ‘pokerpoke388’ Chhabra bagged the most massive stack among the survivors worth 556,995 chips, while ‘Aaleo4e’ (316,878) and Harsh ‘shiv22’ Goswami (297,486) rounded out the top three stacks at the end of the day.

Harsh ‘shiv22’ Goswami (297,486), Ravinder ‘Ravikirti’ Singh (87,380), Ayush ‘Gizzy’ Khandelwal (69,240), and Jaydeep ‘JDBhaiya’ Jaswantlal Dawer (62,634) were among the other notables advancing to Day 2.

Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Flight 4

1. Prashant ‘pokerpoke388’ Chhabra – 556,995
2. Aaleo4e – 316,878
3. Harsh ‘shiv22’ Goswami – 297,486
4. manesarpoker – 191,896
5. poker_101 – 168,540
6. rohit25king – 162,761
7. sujitoommen – 146,716
8. Royalflush38 – 127,280
9. ShubhAKm – 110,285
10. enrolled – 109,928

The Classic ₹2 Lakhs GTD– PokerStars India

Entries – 110

Re-Entries – 64

Prize Pool – ₹2,61,000

Places Paid – 21

PokerStars India’s The Classic ₹2 Lakhs GTD witnessed a prize pool of ₹2.61 Lakhs on the back of a 174-entry field (110 unique and 64 re-entries).

After deciding upon a three-way deal, Sandy ‘Ziigmunddd’ Lamba claimed the title and picked up ₹47,525 in prize money. The other two beneficiaries of the deal were ‘PsykoEko’(runner-up for ₹52,292) and Aditya ‘LeoBazooka’ Pandita (3^rd for ₹43,727).

The other notable ITM finishers included Chandan ‘RunBarryRun’ Arora (5^th for ₹18,390), Harsh ‘kakori kabab’ Dembla (8^th for ₹7,755), Ram ‘TheLagLawyer’ Kakkar (13^th for ₹4,091), and PokerGuru Ambassador Devvrat ‘bhasm@sur1’ Arya (21st for ₹2,902).

Final Table Results

1. Sandy ‘Ziigmunddd’ Lamba – ₹47,525*
2. PsykoEko – ₹43,212*
3. Aditya ‘LeoBazooka’ Pandita- ₹43,727*
4. kgjadoo – ₹24,523
5. Chandan ‘RunBarryRun’ Arora – ₹18,390
6. Flipper108 – ₹13,790
7. rivertom96 – ₹10,341
8. Harsh ‘kakori kabab’ Dembla – ₹7,755
9. varunpothan82 – ₹5,815
   *denotes three-way deal

Afternoon Kick-Off ₹2Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Entries – 106

Re-entries – 29

Re-buys – 76

Prize Pool – ₹2,11,000

Places Paid – 20

After deciding upon a deal heads-up, Myron ‘mehhhhh’ Pereira toppled a field of 211 entries (106 unique, 29 re-entries and 76 re-buys) yesterday to win the Afternoon Kick-Off ₹2 Lakhs GTD for ₹43,199. Ankush ‘Armitrage’ Aryan took home ₹41,834 for his second-place finish.

The tourney generated a ₹2.11 Lakhs prize pool, and the top 20 places shared the payouts.

Rishabh ‘Decent devil’ Sood (4th for ₹18,737), Vivek ‘acchemicals’ Karwa (8th for ₹6,541), and Siddhanth ‘bullzeye’ Kapoor (9th for ₹5,064) posted FT scores.

Other ITM finishers were Natansh ‘evilbunny36’ Basandra (12th for ₹3,693), Siddharth ‘champ-ak’ Pandey (14th for ₹3,376), Sawan ‘Kahkelunga’ Kumar (16th for ₹3,102), Amod ‘Amod’ Kelkar (17th for ₹3,102), and Guruprasad ‘DONKAKING’ Gupta (20th for ₹2,827).

Final Table Results

1. Myron ‘mehhhhh’ Pereira – ₹43,199*
2. Ankush ‘Armitrage’ Aryan – ₹41,834*
3. pokervlogger – ₹22,683
4. Rishabh ‘Decent devil’ Sood – ₹18,737
5. TheDawnFacere – ₹15,044
6. Zadian – ₹11,795
7. resh29 – ₹8,841
8. Vivek ‘acchemicals’ Karwa – ₹6,541
9. Siddhanth ‘bullzeye’ Kapoor – ₹5,064
   *denotes heads-up deal

Warrior Arena ₹1.2 Lakhs GTD – Poker Dangal

Entries – 79

Re-buys – 49

Prize Pool – ₹1,28,000

Places Paid – 20

Shivkesh ‘Monster’ Meena outmaneuvered Kshitij ‘TheG0dfath3r’ Kucheria heads-up to win Poker Dangal’s Warrior Arena ₹1.2 Lakhs GTD. Meena captured the title and the top prize of ₹28,160, even as Kucheria locked in ₹21,120 for his runner-up finish.

The tourney registered 128 entries (79 unique and 49 re-buys), resulting in a ₹1.28 Lakhs prize pool. The top 20 places were paid, and the notables who finished in the money included Anshu ‘nope11’ Pandey (4th for ₹11,520), Arunav ‘Frankie08’ Mittal (13th for ₹2,560) and Somenn ‘Prokiller’ Singh (18th for ₹1,920).

Final Table Results

1. Shivkesh ‘Monster’ Meena – ₹28,160
2. Kshitij ‘TheG0dfath3r’ Kucheria – ₹21,120
3. SamsungApple – ₹15,360
4. Anshu ‘nope11’ Pandey – ₹11,520
5. TheDawn – ₹8,640
6. killfish – ₹6,400
7. Ramukaka – ₹4,800
8. mister – ₹3,840
9. Saksham ‘Razorfish’ Sharma – ₹3,200

This report was updated at 3:00 PM on 27.03.2020.

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