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Coming back to the Friday recap, Akash Malik rang in the weekend in style by taking down Spartan Poker’s The Elite for an impressive third time. He lapped up the day`s top score worth ₹5.98 Lakhs. PokerGuru Ambassador Vishal Bajaj FT-ed two events, including a second-place finish in The Elite for ₹4.03 Lakhs.
Young Gun Sidhhanth Kripalani shipped PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller for the second time last night for ₹3.59 Lakhs. The former Millionaire winner Rishab Malik settled for a second-place payout worth ₹2.51 Lakhs.
The former IOPC Millionaire Main Event champion, Anurag Srivastava, was back in the spotlight, finishing third in Adda52’s The Ballers for ₹2.62 Lakhs. The user ‘Bujo’ won the title for ₹5.85 Lakhs, and ‘vidow’ came second for ₹3.48 lakhs.
The inaugural INCOOP Main Event champion Sanish Chhabra picked up his third Futuristic title for ₹1.80 Lakhs. Ram Kakkar secured the runner-up finish for ₹1.10 Lakhs.
Roshan Gurbuxani, Dhirendra Kumar, Amit Kumar Singh, and Yuvraj Bhardwaj won the other marquees.
Here are the Friday highlights!
Spartan Poker
It was a firecracker Friday on Spartan Poker with marquees like The Elite and Futuristic running alongside Day 1B of The Millionaire.
Akash ‘braceletdreams’ Malik claimed his career-third The Elite title yesterday, outlasting PokerGuru Ambassador Vishal ‘CrownUpJr’ Bajaj (2nd for ₹4.03 Lakhs) heads-up, scoring the day`s single-biggest score worth ₹5.98 Lakhs.
Despite falling one spot short of The Elite title, the former Millionaire champion, Vishal Bajaj, put up a stellar show, raking in ₹5.25 Lakhs.
His ITM finishes include:
> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s The Elite for ₹4,03,650
> 4th in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller for ₹1,19,796
> 25th in PokerStars India’s Uppercut [6-Max] MAGIC Edition for ₹2,000
Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra hurtled past the 1,195-entry field in Spartan Poker’s ₹9.50 Lakhs GTD Futuristic to collect the ₹1.80 Lakhs top prize. Ram ‘JohnnieRunner-Runner’ Kakkar finished runner-up for ₹1.10 Lakhs.
This is the third time the inaugural INCOOP Main Event champion, Sanish Chhabra, has won the Futuristic title. His stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.63 Crores | Lifetime Profit: ₹1.24 Crores
Day 1B of The Millionaire (Top Place ₹20 Lakhs GTD) brought in 213 entries, with only 33 runners making it through to Day 2. ‘geeegeee’ (214,526) grabbed the most enormous stack of the day, with bracelet winner Abhinav ‘hightr0ller’ Iyer (180,747) and Anand ‘OrangeZuce’ Babu Pallikona (148,307) rounding out the top three stacks.
‘ranksster’ (Won Monster Stack ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹59,220), Roshan ‘roshanthefish’ Gurbuxani (Won Night Rider – Monster Stack ₹2 Lakhs GTD for ₹53,924), ‘prajotm’ (Won Ultimate 6 Card PLO ₹1.25 Lakhs GTD for ₹34,255), ‘Dynasty_Parmara’ (Won Epic ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹24,600) and ‘pranjal1990’ (Won The Centurion ₹90K GTD for ₹12,649) shipped the other marquee events.
PokerBaazi
The biggest draw on PokerBaazi, the ₹12 Lakhs GTD The Weekly HighRoller obliterated its posted guarantee by ₹1.40 Lakhs as 134 participants bought in for ₹11,000. Racing past the competition was the #13 ranked player of the year, Siddhanth ‘ender’ Kripalani, who won The Weekly Highroller title for the second time last night for ₹3.59 Lakhs. Another former The Weekly HighRoller champion, Rishab ‘ryuk’ Malik placed runner-up for ₹2.51 Lakhs.
Siddhanth Kripalani’s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.63 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.08 Crores | Annual Winnings: ₹2.32 Crores
The other PokerBaazi marquee, the ₹4 Lakhs GTD (5-Max) Daily SPRINT, clocked in 204 contenders, and 24 places finished ITM. After almost five hours of intense action, ‘aikansh98’ captured the lion’s share worth ₹98,532. Kritagya ‘Kritagya_17’ Sharma finished runner-up for ₹69,074.
‘Nik3105’ (Won Daily Night SPRINT ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹49,380), ‘Vaibhi18’ (Won Holdem BOOST ₹2 Lakhs GTD for ₹45,740), ‘badman4321’ (Won PLO Boost Monster ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹31,530), ‘Thlamuanpuia’ (Won PLO5 BOOST ₹1 Lakh GTD Turbo for ₹30,400) and ‘prcp’ (Won 5-max DAILY ₹50K GTD for ₹10,290) won the other PokerBaazi marquees.
PokerStars India
PokerStars India’s ₹8 Lakhs GTD Uppercut MAGIC Edition logged in 162 entries, resulting in an overlay shortfall worth ₹1.56 Lakhs. The mystery player ‘Rebelliousking7’ proved the eventual champion and won ₹2.03 Lakhs (includes ₹1.17 Lakhs in bounties). Sreeharsha ‘DonkeyCommitted’ Boneni pocketed ₹1.10 Lakhs (includes 24,250 in bounties) for his runner-up finish.
The ₹2 Lakhs GTD The Classic brought in 122 entrants. Besting the competition was the former FTS Big Game champion Dhirendra ‘dmkool007’ Kumar, who won the title for ₹41,087 (includes ₹19,699 in bounties). The user ‘MrBigSlick139’ finished runner-up for ₹27,774 (includes ₹6,387 in bounties).
Dhirendra Kumar had won two tournaments on Thursday, namely, Thursday’s Time Tourney: 90 Minutes and PokerBaazi’s Daily Night Sprint, while picking five more ITM finishes. He boasts of ₹2.08 Crores in recorded online winnings.
His top finishes include:
> 1st in The Classic PKO ₹2 Lakhs GTD for ₹41,087
> 6th in the PLO5 Boost ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹6,080
‘uncrypted’ (Won Ultrasonic ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹38,741), ‘kidwithim’ (Won Ultra KO 75% ₹50K GTD for ₹24,745), Amit Kumar ‘AKumarss’ Singh (Won Afternoon on Stars ₹60K GTD for ₹17,537), ‘HarshPurwar’ (Won Deepstack ₹50K GTD for ₹12,352), ‘RTZPS’ (Won Time Tourney: 90 Minutes ₹50K GTD for ₹8,966) and ‘xzqtr1’ (Won Primetime Grind ₹50K GTD for ₹8,933) bagged the other marquee titles.
Adda52
Adda52 has had a rough week with disappointing MTT turnouts resulting in massive overlays all around, and last night was no different. It`s Friday headliner, the ₹22.50 Lakhs GTD The Ballers had to fill in a glaring ₹5.17 Lakhs shortfall as only 253 participants signed up to play. After a little over eight hours of play, the user ‘Bujo’ championed the event to collect a career-best ₹5.85 Lakhs beating ‘vidow’ (2nd for ₹3.49 Lakhs) heads-up. ‘Bujo’ now has ₹6.78 Lakhs in recorded winnings on Adda52 with ₹4.88 Lakhs in site-profits.
The former IOPC The Millionaire Main Event champion Anurag ‘NormanBates’ Srivastava collected ₹3.13 Lakhs from four ITM finishes last night.
His top finishes include:
> 3rd in Adda52’s The Ballers for ₹2.62 Lakhs
> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s Holdem Boost for ₹40,261
Anurag Srivastava’s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.15 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.06 Crores | Annual Winnings: ₹1.43 Crores
The Running Hot was replaced by the ₹5.50 Lakhs GTD Friday Bounty PKO yesterday. The ₹2,700 buy-in event attracted 256 entries, falling ₹38,000 short of its advertised guarantee. The user ‘anubhavanand2010’ was the last player standing and won ₹1.53 Lakhs (includes ₹10,391 in bounties). ‘brahmababa’ placed second for ₹99,957 (includes ₹14,707 in bounties).
TLB Crusher Neeraj ‘kumartomar’ Kumar collected ₹46,080 from seven ITM finishes last night.
His FT finishes include:
> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s PLO5 Boost for ₹21,287
> 8th in Adda52’s Friday Bounty for ₹14,375
Neeraj Kumar’s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.34 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.34 Crores | Annual Winning: ₹1.09 Crores
The other winners include ‘karan2good’ (Won Nighttide DST Adda ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹36,295), ‘Aayushlol’ (Won Afternoon Adda52 ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹31,923), Sagar ‘sagar28389’ Gulati (Won Punch ₹80K GTD for ₹26,180), ‘AlienMonk’ (Won Sundown Adda ₹50K GTD for ₹12,204), and Yuvraj ‘kalidenalii’ Bhardwaj (Won Evening Adda ₹50K GTD for ₹11,330).
The other Friday winners were:
Player | Prize Amount | Event | Poker Site |
---|---|---|---|
aikansh98 | ₹98,532 | (5-Max) Daily SPRINT ₹4 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
ranksster | ₹59,220 | Monster Stack ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
Roshan ‘roshanthefish’ Gurbuxani | ₹53,924 | Night Rider – Monster Stack ₹2 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
Nik3105 | ₹49,380 | Daily Night SPRINT ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
Vaibhi18 | ₹45,740 | Holdem BOOST ₹2 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
Dhirendra 'dmkool007' Kumar | ₹41,087 | The Classic ₹2 Lakhs GTD | PokerStars India |
uncrypted | ₹38,741 | Ultrasonic ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD | PokerStars India |
karan2good | ₹36,295 | Nighttide DST Adda ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
prajotm | ₹34,255 | Ultimate 6 Card PLO ₹1.25 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
Aayushlol | ₹31,923 | Afternoon Adda52 ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
badman4321 | ₹31,530 | PLO Boost Monster ₹1 Lakh GTD | PokerBaazi |
Thlamuanpuia | ₹30,400 | PLO5 BOOST ₹1 Lakh GTD Turbo | PokerBaazi |
kidwithim | ₹24,745 | Ultra KO 75% ₹50K GTD | PokerStars India |
Sagar 'sagar28389' Gulati | ₹26,180 | Punch ₹80K GTD | Adda52 |
Dynasty_Parmara | ₹24,600 | Epic ₹1 Lakh GTD | Spartan Poker |
Amit Kumar ‘AKumarss’ Singh | ₹17,537 | Afternoon on Stars ₹60K GTD | PokerStars India |
Ashu079 | ₹13,800 | Prime Time PLO ₹30K GTD | Khelo365 |
pranjal1990 | ₹12,649 | The Centurion ₹90K GTD | Spartan Poker |
HarshPurwar | ₹12,352 | Deepstack ₹50K GTD | PokerStars India |
AlienMonk | ₹12,204 | Sundown Adda ₹50K GTD | Adda52 |
Yuvraj 'kalidenalii' Bhardwaj | ₹11,330 | Evening Adda ₹50K GTD | Adda52 |
prcp | ₹10,290 | 5-max DAILY ₹50K GTD | PokerBaazi |
xzqtr1 | ₹8,933 | Primetime Grind ₹50K GTD | PokerStars India |
The Millionaire (₹20 Lakhs GTD to the Winner) Day 1B – Spartan Poker
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 125
Re-entries – 21
Re-buys – 67
Survivors – 33
Day 1B of Spartan Poker`s The Millionaire (₹20 Lakhs GTD to the Winner) brought in 213 entries, and only 33 made it through to Day 2.
The user ‘geeegeee’ (214,526) bagged the end-of-the-day chip lead.
The top 10 chip counts list was replete with notables like bracelet winner Abhinav ‘hightr0ller’ Iyer (180,747), Anand ‘OrangeZuce’ Babu Pallikona (148,307), Kunal ‘kvohra’ Vohra (146,830), Vikram ‘MentalScience’ Mishra (143,017), IOPC The Crown champion Harshit ‘PokerInOlympics’ Sanghi (126,352), Avadh ‘cateyes’ Shah (110,633) and Anurag ‘CultOfPersonality’ Srivastava (106,905).
With two starting flights out of the way, The Millionaire has logged in a 480-entry field (Day 1A – 267 entries and Day 1B – 213 entries and has three more flights to run before the Sunday finale.
Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1B
The Elite ₹27 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 133
Re-entries – 50
Re-buys – 83
Prize Pool – ₹27,00,000
Places Paid – 27
Spartan Poker’s Friday mainstay, The Elite, was undoubtedly the biggest draw last night. The ₹11,000 buy-in event registered 266 entrants, falling ₹40,000 short of breaking even.
Akash ‘braceletdreams’ Malik was the last player standing and won The Elite title for the third time last night for ₹5.98 Lakhs.
PokerGuru Ambassador Vishal Bajaj secured the runner-up payday of ₹4.04 Lakhs.
Bajaj also finished fourth in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly Highroller for ₹1.20 Lakhs, rounding up ₹5.25 Lakhs in cumulative earnings.
Mayur ‘Darthvader30’ Telangi (3rd for ₹2.78 Lakhs) and Manish ‘diamond101’ Ranjan (4th for ₹2.27 Lakhs) also FT-ed the event.
Final Table Results
The Ballers ₹22.50 Lakhs GTD – Adda52
Buy-in – ₹7,500
Entries – 144
Re-entries – 109
Prize Pool – ₹22,50,000
Places Paid – 27
The ₹22.50 Lakhs GTD The Ballers turned out to be another dampener for Adda52 as a below-par 253-player turnout (including re-entries) resulted in a whopping ₹5.17 Lakhs overlay shortfall.
After a little over eight hours of gameplay, the user ‘Bujo’ took down the event for a career-best ₹5.85 Lakhs. ‘vidow’ finished runner-up for ₹3.49 Lakhs.
The former IOPC The Millionaire Main Event champion & last night`s Holdem Boost winner Anurag ‘NormanBates’ Srivastava (3rd for ₹2.62 Lakhs), Sriharsha ‘ivey2’ Doddapaneni (5th for ₹1.29 Lakhs), and Rajat ‘oshoswami’ Sharma (6th for ₹95,625) scored FT finishes in the event.
Final Table Results
The Weekly HighRoller ₹12 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 78
Re-entries – 56
Prize Pool – ₹13,40,000
Places Paid – 15
Young Gun Siddhanth ‘ender’ Kripalani was the last player standing in PokerBaazi’s ₹12 Lakhs GTD The Weekly HighRoller and won the title for the second time last night for ₹3.59 Lakhs.
Siddhanth Kripalani`s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.63 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.08 Crores | Ranked #13 in the Annual Leaderboard Standings
The former The Weekly HighRoller champion, Rishab ‘ryuk’ Malik, placed second for ₹2.51 Lakhs.
Dishani ‘Dishvish’ Vijay (3rd for ₹1.61 Lakhs), PokerGuru Ambassador Vishal ‘Vishzz’ Bajaj (4th for ₹1.19 Lakhs), Young Gun Kanchan ‘Kanchansharma’ Sharma (5th for ₹89,780), and Saurabh ‘twister’ Rohila (6th for ₹71,824) posted FT finishes.
The ₹11,000 buy-in event registered 134 participants, generating a ₹13.40 Lakhs prize pool. The 8 PM tourney got in the books at 4:25 AM, and the top 15 places finished ITM.
Final Table Results
Futuristic ₹9.50 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Buy-in – ₹880
Entries – 777 (424)
Re-buys – 418
Prize Pool – ₹9,56,000
Places Paid – 111
Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra is no stranger to winning Spartan Poker’s Futuristic, and he won the Friday value offering for the third time last night, banking the lion’s share of the ₹9.56 Lakhs prize pool worth ₹1.80 Lakhs. Ram ‘JohnnieRunner-Runner’ Kakkar finished runner-up for ₹1.10 lakhs.
Abhijeet ‘TheSupremeOne’ Kumar (3rd for ₹78,010) and Deep ‘PatelBhai789’ Patel (6th for ₹35,276) also posted FT scores.
Final Table Results
Uppercut MAGIC Edition ₹8 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India
Buy-in – ₹4,400
Entries – 92
Re-entries – 69
Prize Pool – ₹8,00,000
Places Paid – 17
PokerStars India’s ₹8 Lakhs GTD Uppercut MAGIC Edition registered a 162-entry field, filling in ₹1.56 Lakhs in overlays. The event ran from 7.30 PM to 1.47 AM, and the user ‘Rebelliousking7’ came up trumps and won ₹2.03 Lakhs (includes ₹1.17 Lakhs in bounties). Sreeharsha ‘DonkeyCommitted’ Boneni came second for ₹1.10 Lakhs.
Young Gun Arsh ‘BiggggTymeR’ Grover finished sixth for ₹30,406.
Final Table Results (Includes Bounties)
Friday Bounty ₹5.50 Lakhs GTD – Adda52
Buy-in – ₹2,700
Entries – 154
Re-entries – 102
Prize Pool – ₹5,50,000
Places Paid – 33
Adda52`s ₹5.50 Lakhs GTD Friday Bounty replaced the Running Hot yesterday and couldn`t break the overlay curse as 256 registrations resulted in a ₹38,000 shortfall.
The user ‘anubhavanand2010’ championed the event to win ₹1.53 Lakhs (includes ₹10,391 in bounties), with ‘brahmababa’ placing runner-up for ₹99,957 (includes ₹14,707 in bounties).
Gautam ‘rabbithunter’ Kaul (3rd for ₹76,410), Ankit ‘ankitbawa’ Bawa (6th for ₹24,375), Ruhaan ‘malindcorp’ Malhotra (7th for ₹20,188), and PokerBaazi’s PLO5 Boost runner-up Neeraj ‘kumartomar’ Kumar (8th for ₹14,375) also FT-ed the event.
Final Table Results
(5-Max) Daily SPRINT ₹4 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 111
Re-entries – 93
Prize Pool – ₹4,08,000
Places Paid – 24
PokerBaazi’s ₹4 Lakhs GTD (5-Max) Daily SPRINT found a champion in ‘aikansh98’ who took away ₹98,532 after beating Kritagya ‘Kritagya_17’ Sharma (2nd for ₹69,074) heads-up.
Sabita ‘quadkiller007’ Mondal (3rd for ₹44,390) and Rasdeep ‘Newsolidcash’ Kumar (4th for ₹32,885) also FT-ed the event.
The ₹2,200 buy-in event registered 204 entries, collecting a ₹4.08 Lakhs prize pool. The 9 PM tourney ended at 1:51 AM, and the top 24 places boarded the money bus.
The Classic ₹2 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 80
Re-entries – 42
Prize Pool – ₹2,00,000
Places Paid – 13
The former FTS Big Game champion Dhirendra ‘dmkool007’ Kumar overcame a 122-entry field in PokerStars India`s ₹2 Lakhs GTD The Classic to collect ₹41,087 (includes ₹19,699 in bounties) and his third title in the last two days. ‘MrBigSlick139’ placed runner-up for ₹27,774 (includes ₹6,387 in bounties).
The below-par entry field resulted in an overlay deficit of ₹17,000.
Myron ‘khAAbib’ Pereira (7th for ₹9,360) and Rakesh ‘noviceanari’ Sharma (9th for ₹3,341) also FT-ed the event.
Prime Time PLO ₹30K GTD – Khelo365
Buy-in – ₹550
Entries – 19
Re-entries – 20
Prize Pool – ₹30,000
Places Paid – 4
‘Ashu079’ shipped Khelo365’s ₹30K GTD Prime Time PLO for ₹13,800.
This report was updated at 6 PM on 02.10.2021.
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