Daily Majors: Aditya Sushant, Yudhishter Jaswal, Goonjan Mall, Md Zeeshan & Vinayak Bajaj Make Top Finishes in the Friday Flagships

With the weekend rolling in, the online action on Friday was electrifying. Grabbing the headlines was Ankur ‘Crimemastergogo’ Sehgal, who championed Spartan Poker’s The Elite for the second time last night for ₹7.68 Lakhs, making him the day`s top scorer. The two-time Millionaire champion Yudhishter Jaswal secured a runner-up payday worth ₹5.17 lakhs.

India`s first WSOP bracelet winner Aditya Sushant shipped Adda52’s The Ballers for ₹7.27 Lakhs beating Young Gun Gaurav Sood in heads-up play. Goonjan Mall, Md Zeeshan, Vinayak Bajaj, Ritwik Khanna, and Animesh Thakur dominated the other Friday marquee tourneys.

Here are the highlights!

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Spartan Poker

Spartan Poker’s weekend fiesta, the ₹1 Crore GTD Millionaire, completed its second starting flight on Friday. Day 1B of the ₹5,500 entry buy-in event gathered 366 participants, and only 54 survived the day`s onslaught. The last of the April The Millionaire editions has registered 710 entries (Day 1A – 344 and Day 1B – 366) so far, with three more flights to go before Day 2 on Sunday.

‘haristo’ (262,166), who had bagged the third-biggest stack on Day 1A, booked a second Day 2 seat, only this time as the Day 1B chip leader. PokerGuru Ambassador Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved (253,740) and ‘Flahoolick’ (183,278) made the top three names on the Day 1B survivor`s list.

The site`s featured Friday night tourney, The Elite, offered an even better ₹33 Lakhs prize pool guarantee than last week. The guarantee was easily crushed as 363 contestants helped collect a whopping ₹36.3 Lakhs prize pool. The 9:30 PM tourney went on for almost nine hours before Ankur ‘Crimemastergogo’ Sehgal championed the event for the second time, netting the day`s top score worth ₹7.68 Lakhs. He had championed The Elite for the first time last October for ₹7.40 lakhs (his previous best score).

The two-time The Millionaire champion Yudhishter ‘McFly’ Jaswal secured a runner-up payday worth ₹5.17 lakhs, while the circuit reg Harshad ‘omglukbox’ Barve placed third for ₹3.64 Lakhs.

Like The Elite, even the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Futuristic crushed its advertised prize pool guarantee easily, with a starting field of 1,396 challengers (491 unique players) generating a prize pool worth ₹11.17 Lakhs. The IOPC Mega Stack champion Vinayak ‘haayegarmi’ Bajaj was the last player standing and banked ₹1.79 Lakhs after striking a three-way deal with Manan ‘Devildareman’ Pancholi (runner-up for ₹1.26 Lakhs) and Anupam ‘phoenix07’ Mishra (3^rd for ₹1.19 Lakhs).

PokerBaazi

PokerBaazi`s ₹12 Lakhs GTD The Weekly HighRoller made a smashing return last night. The 8 PM flagship wrangled in 161 runners, and with each of them ponying up ₹11,000 to enter, a guarantee-crushing ₹16.1 Lakhs prize pool got formed. The three-time The Millionaire runner-up finisher Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall was the last player standing and added ₹4.15 Lakhs to his bankroll. Young Gun Shardul ‘duuurrrr’ Parthasarathi placed runner-up for ₹2.90 Lakhs, booking his eighth runner-up finish of the year.

With this win, Goonjan Mall has crossed ₹6.53 Crores in lifetime winnings (₹2.76 Crores in net profits)

Rising Star Ritwik ‘Ritwikkhanna’ Khanna (Won Holdem BOOST ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD for ₹60,710), Animesh ‘animeshth20’ Thakur (Won PBBS#25 7-Max Highroller ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹33,690), ‘piyudh1111’ (Won PBBS#24 Megastack ₹25K GTD for ₹5,348), ‘Wildstylz02’ (Won PBBS#22 ₹6K GTD for ₹1,554), ‘APPAX’ (Won PBBS#23 DST ₹7K GTD for ₹1,498), and ‘pujasingh023’ (Won PBBS#21 7-Max ₹4K GTD for ₹1,112) took down the other Friday night marquees.

PokerStars India

PokerStars India`s Friday headliner, the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Uppercut, collected a hefty ₹5.40 Lakhs prize pool after 270 runners signed up to play. An anonymous reg ‘gaur83’ outlasted them all, winning the Uppercut title for ₹91,692 (includes ₹46,523 in bounties). ‘kosmoz21′ placed runner-up for ₹68,098 (includes ₹22,930 in bounties).

The ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD Classic PKO logged in a playing field of 151 entrants, adding up ₹1.89 Lakhs in the prize pool. The mystery user ‘Dicktator1’ championed the tourney, collecting ₹45,660 (₹26,562 in bounties) for the win, with Ram ‘TheLagLawyer’ Kakkar placing runner-up for ₹20,660 (₹1,563 in bounties).

‘Ilikewinning69’ (Won Ultrasonic ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹26,649) and ‘Poker_Basilisk’ (Won Bigstack Turbo ₹70K GTD for ₹16,728) took down the other marquee titles.

Adda52

The featured tourney on Adda52, the ₹22.50 Lakhs GTD The Ballers, posted a guarantee-crushing ₹29.32 Lakhs prize pool from a turnout of 428 entries. India`s first WSOP bracelet winner Aditya ‘a_sushant’ Sushant navigated his way to the top to win ₹7.27 Lakhs. Young Gun Gaurav ‘gauravarod’ Sood placed runner-up for ₹4.40 Lakhs.

Aditya Sushant needs no introduction. He is a two-time Mega Suits winner and a three-time Adda52 Millions winner, but this was his first The Ballers title. The Friday night win has boosted his lifetime winnings (across domestic sites) to ₹4.62 Crores (₹2.04 Crores in net profits).

The ₹5 Lakhs GTD Running Hot brought in 393 runners, collecting ₹7.86 Lakhs in the prize pool. The 9:30 PM tourney came to a close at 4:05 AM, with former Full House winner Md ‘007shakuni’ Zeeshan walking away with the title and a ₹1.95 Lakhs payday. Ashit ‘nexus010’ Sharma finished runner-up for ₹1.18 Lakhs.

Md Zeeshan now has ₹1.65 Crores in lifetime winnings.

The other Friday winners were:

The Millionaire ₹1 Crore GTD Day 1B – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 181

Re-entries – 52

Re-buys – 133

Survivors – 54

The second starting flight of Spartan Poker’s ₹1 Crore GTD The Millionaire, Day 1B, registered 366 entries. After the stipulated four hours and 37 minutes of play, 54 runners booked a seat for Day 2.

The mystery user ‘haristo’ (262,166), who had bagged the third-biggest stack on Day 1A, grabbed the end-of-Day 1B chip lead. PokerGuru Ambassador Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved (253,740) and last week`s Trending Thursday winner ‘Flahoolick’ (183,278) rounded out the top three stacks of the day.

Vinay ‘BeepBeepImaJeep’ Rajpal (101,069), Pranav ‘I’mThePlayboi’ Bang (152,665), Vishnu ‘violator’ Khandelwal (140,647), Niharika ‘nutcracker303’ Bindra (134,616), Raman ‘tathagat’ Gujral (128,119), Armaan ‘space ace’ Kochhar (121,874) and Atif ‘LuckyWoolF’ Khan (121,671) were the notable names on the top 10 chip count`s list.

Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1B

1. haristo – 262,166
2. Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved – 253,740
3. Flahoolick – 183,278
4. Vinay ‘BeepBeepImaJeep’ Rajpal – 101,069
5. Pranav ‘I’mThePlayboi’ Bang – 152,665
6. Vishnu ‘violator’ Khandelwal – 140,647
7. Niharika ‘nutcracker303’ Bindra – 134,616
8. Raman ‘tathagat’ Gujral – 128,119
9. Armaan ‘space ace’ Kochhar – 121,874
10. Atif ‘LuckyWoolF’ Khan – 121,671

The Elite ₹33 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 164

Re-entries – 93

Re-buys – 106

Prize Pool – ₹36,30,000

Places Paid – 31

With the onset of the second COVID-19 wave, online traffic has been witnessing an uptick in numbers. Over the past few days, Spartan Poker has been steadily increasing the guarantees across most of its flagships. Last night’s The Elite was among the weekly marquees that saw its guarantee pumped up from ₹30 Lakhs to ₹33 Lakhs.

Running from 9:30 PM to 6:24 AM, the ₹11,000 entry buy-in event logged in 363 entries, generating a hefty ₹36.30 Lakhs prize pool. Site regular Ankur ‘Crimemastergogo’ Sehgal outlasted two-time Millionaire champion Yudhishter ‘McFly’ Jaswal (runner-up for ₹5.17 Lakhs) in the heads-up showdown to claim the title and top prize of ₹7.68 Lakhs.

The champion Ankur Sehgal now has ₹95.27 Lakhs in recorded winnings on Spartan Poker.

The final table also featured the likes of Harshad ‘omglukbox’ Barve (3rd for ₹3.64 Lakhs), TV star Anita ‘PokerFace14’ Hassanandani (4th for ₹2.95 Lakhs), and Pranav ‘I’mThePlayboi’ Bang (6th for ₹1.78 Lakhs).

Final Table Results

1. Ankur ‘Crimemastergogo’ Sehgal – ₹7,67,745
2. Yudhishter ‘McFly’ Jaswal – ₹5,16,912
3. Harshad ‘omglukbox’ Barve – ₹3,64,452
4. Anita ‘PokerFace14’ Hassanandani – ₹2,95,482
5. nirmal512 – ₹2,33,772
6. Pranav ‘I’mThePlayboi’ Bang – ₹1,77,507

The Ballers ₹22.5 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹7,500

Entries – 219

Re-entries – 209

Prize Pool – ₹29,31,800

Places Paid – 43

Adda52’s ₹22.5 Lakhs GTD The Ballers clocked in a guarantee-crushing ₹29.32 Lakhs prize pool as 428 runners signed up to play.

Topping them all was India’s first bracelet winner and former Millionaire champion Aditya ‘a_sushant’ Sushant. The former PokerGuru Team Pro took away ₹7.27 Lakhs for the outright victory. Young Gun Gaurav ‘gauravarod’ Sood placed runner-up for ₹4.40 Lakhs.

This happens to be Aditya Sushant`s best-recorded finish this year, while MTT beast Gaurav Sood crossed ₹8.21 Crores in lifetime winnings after last night’s run.

Young Gun Kanchan ‘thandicoke’ Sharma (3^rd for ₹3.08 Lakhs), Abhimanyu ‘PsychoDrama’ Mittal (4th for ₹2.35 Lakhs), Gagandeep ‘gaganhyd’ Singh (5th for ₹1.52 Lakhs), and Tarush ‘tarush123’ Gupta (6^th for ₹1.03 Lakhs) were other notable FT scorers.

Final Table Results

1. Aditya ‘a_sushant’ Sushant – ₹7,27,086
2. Gaurav ‘gauravarod’ Sood – ₹4,39,770
3. Kanchan ‘thandicoke’ Sharma – ₹3,07,839
4. Abhimanyu ‘PsychoDrama’ Mittal – ₹2,34,544
5. Gagandeep ‘gaganhyd’ Singh – ₹1,52,454
6. Tarush ‘tarush123’ Gupta – ₹1,02,613

The Weekly HighRoller ₹12 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 91

Re-entries – 70

Prize Pool – ₹16,10,000

Places Paid – 18

PokerBaazi’s ₹12 Lakhs GTD The Weekly HighRoller logged in 161 entries and paid 18 players a share from the ₹16.10 Lakhs prize pool.

It took a little over eight hours for well-known reg Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall to champion the event for ₹4.15 Lakhs. The three-time Millionaire runner-up finisher, Goonjan Mall, presently has ₹6.53 Crores in tracked online winnings.

Young Gun Shardul ‘duuurrrr’ Parthasarathi, who had placed runner-up in Thursday’s The Summit, persisted with his runner-up streak as he took second place in The Weekly HighRoller for ₹2.90 Lakhs. Parthasarathi now has ₹3.57 Crores in lifetime online winnings.

PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja (3rd for ₹1.87 Lakhs), Akshat ‘takingcuntrol’ Sharma (4th for ₹1.38 Lakhs), Harrish ‘Realfc’ Chaudary (5th for ₹1.04 Lakhs), and the #1 ranked player of the year Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia (6th for ₹82,920) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall – ₹4,15,000
2. Shardul ‘duuurrrr’ Parthasarathi – ₹2,90,283
3. Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja – ₹1,87,000
4. Akshat ‘takingcuntrol’ Sharma – ₹1,38,299
5. Harrish ‘Realfc’ Chaudary – ₹1,04,000
6. Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia – ₹82,920

Futuristic ₹10 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹880

Entries – 401

Re-entries – 491

Re-buys – 504

Prize Pool – ₹11,16,800

Places Paid – 127

Spartan Poker’s ₹880 entry buy-in ₹10 Lakhs GTD Futuristic did relatively better than last week, as 1,396 entries helped form a prize pool worth ₹11.16 Lakhs.

Vinayak ‘haayegarmi’ Bajaj shipped the event for ₹1.79 Lakhs after a three-way deal with Manan ‘Devildareman’ Pancholi (runner-up for ₹1.26 Lakhs) and Anupam ‘phoenix07’ Mishra (3rd for ₹1.19 Lakhs).

The former Hercules winner, Vinayak Bajaj, now sits on ₹2.39 Crores in lifetime online winnings.

Guruprasad ‘DONKAKING’ Gupta (4th for ₹67,008), Sumit ‘DistantTide’ Advani (5th for ₹52,824), and Kunal ‘kunaly005’ Yadav (8th for ₹19,544) also earned final table payouts.

Final Table Results

1. Vinayak ‘haayegarmi’ Bajaj – ₹1,79,229*
2. Manan ‘Devildareman’ Pancholi – ₹1,26,322*
3. Anupam ‘phoenix07’ Mishra – ₹1,19,056*
4. Guruprasad ‘DONKAKING’ Gupta – ₹67,008
5. Sumit ‘DistantTide’ Advani – ₹52,824
6. Greyhound15 – ₹39,535
7. Isildur2108 – ₹27,808
8. Kunal ‘kunaly005’ Yadav – ₹19,544

*denotes a three-way deal

Running Hot ₹5 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 203

Re-entries – 190

Prize Pool – ₹7,86,000

Places Paid – 43

Adda52`s 9:30 PM tourney, the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Running Hot, had 393 challengers vying for the title. The former Full House champion Md ‘007shakuni’ Zeeshan championed the tourney to take home the lion`s share of the ₹7.86 Lakhs prize pool worth ₹1.95 Lakhs. The ever consistent Ashit ‘nexus010’ Sharma finished runner-up for ₹1.18 Lakhs.

Thursday’s 6-Max Holdem Boost third-place finisher, Rising Star Aman ‘karmapoker’ Parakh (3rd for ₹82,530), Pritam ‘pritam1301’ Amritkar (4^th for ₹62,880), and MTT reg Masroor ‘jason911’ Ansari (5^th for ₹40,872) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Md ‘007shakuni’ Zeeshan – ₹1,94,928
2. Ashit ‘nexus010’ Sharma – ₹1,17,900
3. Aman ‘karmapoker’ Parakh – ₹82,530
4. Pritam ‘pritam1301’ Amritkar – ₹62,880
5. Masroor ‘jason911’ Ansari – ₹40,872
6. the_brave – ₹27,510
7. duksh92 – ₹21,615
8. Wadaplaya – ₹17,685

Uppercut ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 151

Re-entries – 119

Total Prize Pool – ₹5,40,000

Regular Prize Pool – ₹2,70,000

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹2,70,000

Places Paid – 29

The ₹5 Lakhs GTD Uppercut was the headline tourney on PokerStars India’s Friday roster, and 270 entrants ponied up the ₹2,200 entry buy-in to play the tourney. This generated a prize pool worth ₹5.40 Lakhs, and the top 29 places earned payouts.

Benefitting the most from the value on offer was the user ‘gaur83’, who defeated ‘kosmoz21’ heads-up to clinch the top honors and a ₹91,692 (includes ₹45,168 in bounties) paycheque. The latter banked ₹68,098 (includes ₹22,930 in bounties) for their second-place finish.

PokerStars India regular Devang ‘Infic11’ Mehta came fifth for ₹27,181 (includes ₹11,125 in bounties).

Final Table Results (Including Bounties)

1. gaur83 – ₹91,692
2. kosmoz21 – ₹68,098
3. bakuryu66 – ₹36,350
4. flipper595 – ₹25,198
5. Devang ‘Infic11’ Mehta – ₹27,181
6. masterssmaan – ₹31,844
7. Shakthiman – ₹11,921

The Classic [PKO] ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹1,375

Entries – 94

Re-entries – 57

Regular Prize Pool – ₹94,375

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹94,375

Total Prize Pool – ₹1,88,750

Places Paid – 18

Like the Uppercut, even PokerStars India’s ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD The Classic [PKO] signed up a guarantee-busting 151 entrants. The field whittled down to an epic heads-up showdown between mystery player ‘Dicktator1’ and accomplished MTT pro Ram ‘TheLagLawyer’ Kakkar. The former eventually walked away with the title and ₹45,660 (includes ₹26,562 in bounties), while Kakkar collected ₹20,660 (₹1,563 in bounties) for his runner-up finish.

Thursday’s Godfather fifth-place finisher Myron ‘khAAbib’ Pereira (4^th for ₹16,783) (includes ₹7,578 in bounties), and Deepak ‘MAIKYOFOLDKAROO’ Choudhary (6^th for ₹8,223) (includes ₹3,047 in bounties) FT-ed the tourney.

Holdem BOOST DST ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 134

Re-entries – 124

Prize Pool – ₹2,58,000

Places Paid – 27

The ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD Holdem BOOST DST locked in 258 entries, creating a ₹2.58 Lakhs prize pool.

Rising Star Ritwik ‘Ritwikkhanna’ Khanna took down the tourney for a second time last night, netting ₹60,710. ‘monk5555’ finished runner-up for ₹42,600, while Naman ‘KidPoker09’ Puri finished third for ₹27,400.

Ritwik Khanna currently boasts of ₹2.04 Crores in lifetime winnings.

Dangal Friday ₹1.2 Lakhs GTD – PokerDangal

Buy-in – ₹990

Entries – 88

Re-entries – 41

Prize Pool – ₹1,20,000

Places Paid – 20

The anonymous user ‘Salazar’ shipped PokerDangal’s ₹1.2 Lakhs GTD Dangal Friday for ₹26,400. The runner-up Anshu ‘nope11’ Pandey pocketed ₹19,800.

Ajit ‘ace_bob’ Singh Arora (5th for ₹8,100) was the only other notable on the final table.

Prime Time PLO ₹30K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 24

Re-entries – 19

Prize Pool – ₹30,000

Places Paid –5

‘Manuvm131313’ took down Khelo365`s ₹30K GTD Prime Time PLO to win ₹12,900. ‘chinna9533’ came second for ₹6,900.

Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹275

Entries – 42

Re-entries – 23

Prize Pool – ₹20,000

Places Paid –7

The user ‘Padukon’ fired three bullets before taking down Khelo365`s ₹20K GTD Grinder 2.0 for ₹7,200.

This report was updated at 4 PM on 01.05.2021.

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