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While Mondays are usually slow-paced in comparison to Sundays, the ongoing 21-day lockdown, saw the action wilder than usual yesterday.
Once again, it was Spartan Poker’s ReCharge ₹18 Lakhs GTD that was the showstopper tourney of the day. The Monday flagship logged in 973 entries (437 unique, 148 re-entries, and 388 re-buys), resulting in a ₹19.46 Lakhs prize pool. Ameya ‘Encashed’ Gokhale championed the tourney after besting ‘philhermouth’ (runner-up for ₹2.31 Lakhs) heads-up to win ₹3.72 Lakhs.
Spartan Poker’s Deep Freeze ₹8 Lakhs GTD registered 107 participants, falling ₹1.58 Lakhs short of the posted guarantee. Online reg Vaibhav ‘Nikka Zaildar’ Sharma ran past the competition and won ₹2.04 Lakhs in prize money, while another young star Sandeep Varma ‘effuno’ RS came in second for ₹1.40 Lakhs.
Circuit regular Shardul ‘F – Bomb’ Parthasarathi raced to the top of a 354-strong entry field in the Destiny Junior ₹6 Lakhs GTD to win ₹1.09 Lakhs, following a three-way deal with ‘Etherboi’ (runner-up for ₹1.10 Lakhs), and Dheeraj Kumar ‘danial13’ Bairineni (3rd for ₹1.08 Lakhs). Here too, there was an overlay of ₹69,000.
PokerBaazi’s The Bout ₹10 Lakhs GTD pulled in 614 entries (290 unique, and 324 re-entries) obliterating the prize pool guarantee with a collection of ₹15.35 Lakhs. PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja has been in stellar form of late having won two titles on Sunday. He even made it in our weekly top five rankings last week. Ahuja added another title to his tally by taking down The Bout last night and collected ₹2.90 Lakhs in the process.
Ayush ‘Proman502’ Garg joined Ahuja on the podium after winning the Bout Mini ₹5 Lakhs GTD for ₹1.17 Lakhs. The tourney garnered 243 entries (130 unique and 113 re-entries), resulting in a shortfall of ₹14,000.
The signature Monday tourney on Adda52, the AOPS Inception ₹12.5 Lakhs GTD, posted a prize pool worth ₹19.13 Lakhs on the back of a 598-entry field (283 unique and 315 re-entries). Seasoned pro Vidwath ‘phoenix66990’ Shetty came out on top to win ₹3.29 Lakhs, following a three-way chop with Rubin ‘kornkif’ Labroo (runner-up for ₹3 Lakhs) and Mihir ‘gameofdeath’ Thakkar (3rd for ₹2.56 Lakhs).
Adda52’s AOPS Hold-em 6-Max ₹5 Lakhs GTD registered a field of 266 entries (137 unique and 129 re-entries), garnering a ₹6.65 Lakhs prize pool. Sandy ‘Narcos’ Lamba was the last player standing in the field and walked away with a winner’s payday of ₹1.72 Lakhs.
In its effort to help those affected by the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Adda52 has been hosting a special tournament, AOPS Falcon ₹5 Lakhs GTD. The brand has decided to donate the total rake collected from the tourney amounting to ₹2.5 Lakhs towards the COVID-19 Relief Fund. Last night, the Falcon attracted 242 entries (133 unique and 109 re-entries). Anonymous player ‘ankitmodi’ took down the title, winning ₹1.51 Lakhs in the process.
PokerStars India’s Monday Hustle ₹10 Lakhs GTD witnessed a field of 225 entrants (116 unique and 109 re-entries) that resulted in the site having to fill in an overlay of ₹1 Lakh. ‘shinchan786’ topped the tourney for ₹1.45 Lakhs, after striking a four-way deal with ‘rdx1111’ (runner-up for ₹1.01 Lakhs), ‘vinaash’ (3rd for ₹1.38 Lakhs) and ‘Poker_Basilisk’ (4th for ₹1.31 Lakhs).
The other marquee tourney at PokerStars India, the Battle Royale ₹5 Lakhs GTD, also saw the site having to fill in a shortfall of ₹47,500, after managing to bring in only 181 entries (96 unique and 85 re-entries). A three-way deal saw ‘GSB621’ taking down the title for ₹1.21 Lakhs, while ‘Jaffery25’ locked in ₹53,994 for their runner-up finish, even as Vikram ‘swingtrader23’ Ved Batra pocketed ₹45,362 for placing third.
The other Monday winners were:
Player | Prize Money | Event | Poker Site |
---|---|---|---|
saltwater | ₹1.13 Lakhs | Afternoon Showdown ₹8 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
Dheeraj ‘sarkar’ Bisht | ₹86,625 | Ultimate PLO ₹2.75 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
BrodaV | ₹81,804 | Deepstack Bounty ₹4 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
pot-pan | ₹72,340 | Night Rider ₹3.5 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
Monish 'monish1965' Kumar | ₹56,300 | Monday Megastack PKO ₹2 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
vishal352 | ₹55,369 | Micro Series-10 ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD | PokerStars India |
Duce7 | ₹37,956 | Unstoppable ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
skillking | ₹24,000 | Monday Blues ₹1 Lakh GTD | Poker Dangal |
ReCharge ₹18 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Entries – 437
Re-entries – 148
Re-buys – 388
Prize Pool – ₹19,46,000
Places Paid – 87
Topping a field of 973 entries (437 unique, 148 re-entries and 388 re-buys), Ameya ‘Encashed’ Gokhale took down Spartan Poker’s ReCharge ₹18 Lakhs GTD for ₹3.72 Lakhs. Gokhale’s final battle in the tourney was against ‘philhermouth’, who had to concede to a runner-up finish worth ₹2.31 Lakhs.
The tournament ran past its advertised guarantee, collecting a healthy prize pool worth ₹19.46 Lakhs.
Kavish ‘Dietchips’ Kukreja (4th for ₹1.28 Lakhs) and Amarjeet ‘superchor89’ Singh (9th for ₹31,719) were the familiar names on the FT.
Final Table Results
AOPS Inception ₹12.5 Lakhs GTD – Adda52
Entries – 283
Re-Entries – 315
Prize Pool – ₹19,13,616
Places Paid – 41
Adda52’s marquee Monday tourney, the AOPS Inception ₹12.5 Lakhs GTD, attracted a 598-strong field (283 unique and 315 re-entries), collecting ₹19.13 Lakhs in the prize pool.
In the end, it was Vidwath ‘phoenix66990’ Shetty who clinched the title along with ₹3.29 Lakhs first-place prize following a three-way deal with Rubin ‘kornkif’ Labroo (runner-up for ₹3 Lakhs) and Mihir ‘gameofdeath’ Thakkar (3rd for ₹2.56 Lakhs).
Sandeep ‘pokesand’ Singh (4th for ₹1.33 Lakhs), Vinay ‘vinay0902’ Rajpal (8th for ₹38,272), and Srihari ‘zombieballs’ Bang (9th for ₹28,704) posted FT scores.
Final Table Results
*denotes three-way deal
The Bout ₹10 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi
Entries – 290
Re-entries – 324
Prize Pool – ₹15,35,000
Places Paid – 72
Headlining PokerBaazi’s Monday schedule was The Bout ₹10 Lakhs GTD that attracted a massive field of 614 contenders (290 unique and 324 re-entries), generating a prize pool worth ₹15.35 Lakhs.
It took PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja four bullets to win the title and collect the ₹2.90 Lakhs first-place prize. This win makes it title number 3 for Ahuja this week following up on the two titles he won in the wee hours of Monday morning.
Prateek ‘khotasikka’ Singh (3rd for ₹1.30 Lakhs), Rubin ‘kornkid’ Labroo (6th for ₹58,177), Nitin ‘philhermouth’ Arora (7th for ₹48,506) and Harsh ‘100crdream’ Dembla (8th for ₹38,682) were others who posted final table scores.
Final Table Results
Monday Hustle ₹10 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India
Entries – 116
Re-entries – 109
Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000
Places Paid – 39
PokerStars India`s mainstay Monday tourney, the Monday Hustle ₹10 Lakhs GTD, dragged in a field of 225 entries (116 unique entries and 109 re-entries) which led to a juicy overlay of ₹1 Lakh and the top 39 places earned a payday.
The last player standing in the tourney was ‘shinchan786’ who collected ₹1.45 Lakhs following a four-way FT deal with ‘rdx1111’ (runner-up for ₹1.01 Lakhs), ‘vinaash’ (3rd for ₹1.38 Lakhs), and ‘Poker_Basilisk’ (4th for ₹1.31 Lakhs).
Sushant ‘sush2209’ Singh (5th for ₹57,103) FT`ed the tourney.
Final Table Results
*denotes four-way deal
Deep Freeze ₹8 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Entries – 107
Prize Pool – ₹8,00,000
Places Paid – 15
Spartan Poker`s Deep Freeze ₹8 Lakhs GTD brought in 107 runners yesterday, registering a sizeable ₹1.58 Lakhs shortfall. Vaibhav ‘Nikka Zaildar’ Sharma benefitted the most from the value on offer as he took down the tourney after defeating Sandeep Varma ‘effuno’ RS (runner-up for ₹1.40 Lakhs) heads-up.
Sagar ‘strangeplay’ Chowdhury (4th for ₹74,800) and Vivek ‘acchemicals’ Karwa (8th for ₹28,400) were the other prominent FT finishers.
Final Table Results
Afternoon Showdown ₹8 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Entries – 171
Re-entries – 49
Re-buys – 107
Prize Pool – ₹8,00,000
Places Paid – 31
Spartan Poker has value tournaments running round the clock, and the most popular one in the afternoon slot is the Afternoon Showdown ₹8 Lakhs GTD.
The tourney attracted 327 entries (171 unique, 49 re-entries and 107 re-buys) on its latest run. It was, however, unable to break-even, logging in a ₹1.46 Lakhs overlay. ‘saltwater’ came out on top to win the title and the ₹1.13 Lakhs up top following a three-way deal with ‘ErrorDetected’ (runner-up for ₹1.09 Lakhs) and Arpan ‘Novus’ Majhi (3rd for ₹1.09 Lakhs).
Others like Paras ‘AAKKQQJJ’ Jain (4th for ₹96,830) and Anurag ‘Immortal Killer’ Srivastava (5th for ₹51,520) posted FT finishes.
Final Table Results
*denotes three-way deal
Destiny Junior ₹6 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Entries – 183
Re-entries – 44
Re-buys – 127
Prize Pool – ₹6,00,000
Places Paid – 30
Monday saw the Destiny Junior ₹6 Lakhs GTD returning for a re-run on Spartan Poker. With 354 entries (183 unique, 44 re-entries and 127 re-buys), here too, there was a substantial overlay worth ₹69,000. Walking away with the title was a familiar name on the domestic circuit, Shardul ‘F – Bomb’ Parthasarathi.
Parthasarathi struck a three-way deal with the other two finalists – ‘Etherboi’ (runner-up for ₹1.10 Lakhs) and Dheeraj Kumar ‘danial13’ Bairineni (3rd for ₹1.08 Lakhs) to capture the title and a ₹1.09 Lakhs payday.
Final Table Results
*denotes three-way deal
AOPS Hold-em 6-Max ₹5 Lakhs GTD – Adda52
Entries – 137
Re-Entries – 129
Prize Pool – ₹6,65,006
Places Paid – 27
Adda52’s AOPS Hold-em 6-Max ₹5 Lakhs GTD logged in a field of 266 entries (137 unique and 129 re-entries) that helped create a guarantee-crushing prize pool of ₹6.65 Lakhs. The top 27 places got paid, and walking away with the lion`s share of the prize money was Sandy ‘Narcos’ Lamba, who won ₹1.72 Lakhs for his efforts.
It was a blistering day for Shardul ‘vamos96’ Parthasarathi, who finished 3rd for ₹77,473. Others like Vinay ‘ContemporisT’ Bk (4th for ₹56,525), Aditya ‘adit11’ Kulkarni (6th for ₹28,263), Anurag ‘NormanBates’ Srivastava (7th for ₹21,613), Kunal ‘KunalPatni’ Patni (8th for ₹16,625), and Hitesh ‘buntai’ Batra (9th for ₹13,300) rounded up the other prominent names on the FT.
Final Table Results
AOPS Falcon ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India
Entries – 133
Re-Entries – 109
Regular Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Places Paid – 24
Adda52’s AOPS Falcon ₹5 Lakhs GTD was hit with an overlay of ₹16,000 on the back of a 242-strong field (133 unique and 109 re-entries).
After using two bullets, anonymous player ‘ankitmodi’ emerged as the ultimate champion and collected ₹1.51 Lakhs (₹1,37,250 in prize money, and ₹14,185 in bounties) for the victory. Aarchit ‘Aarchit’ Dhadwal finished one place short of the title and received ₹87,086 (₹80,000 in prize money, and ₹7,086 in bounties).
Other familiar names on the FT were Nagendra ‘gameank123’ Singh Tomar (3rd for ₹66,157), and PokerGuru Ambassador Faiz ‘theinternetkid’ Alam (9th for ₹13,063).
Final Table Results
Battle Royale ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India
Entries – 96
Re-entries – 85
Total Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Regular Prize Pool – ₹2,73,750
Bounty Prize Pool – ₹2,26,250
Places Paid – 31
PokerStars India’s Battle Royale ₹5 Lakhs GTD logged in 96 unique entries and 85 re-entries falling ₹47,500 short on the posted guarantee. The top 31 places took advantage of the value on offer.
When the dust settled, ‘GSB621’ had all the chips in play and won the ₹1.21 lakhs top prize after cutting a three-way deal with ‘Jaffery25’ (runner-up for ₹53,994) and Vikram ‘swingtrader23’ Ved Batra (3rd for ₹45,362).
The final table also featured notables like Vishal ‘DeadGrinder1’ Madan (4th for ₹28,823) and Kaushik ‘breadbutterjam’ Tibrewal (8th for ₹14,171).
Final Table Results
*denotes three-way deal
Bout Mini ₹5 Lakhs GTD – Pokerbaazi
Entries – 130
Re-entries – 113
Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Places Paid – 27
The Bout Mini ₹5 Lakhs GTD on PokerBaazi gathered 243 entries (130 unique and 113 re-entries), resulting in a shortfall of ₹14,000.
Ayush ‘Proman502’ Garg trounced the field and bagged ₹1.17 Lakhs in first-place prize money.
Himanshu ‘himanshu.zak’ Singh (5th for ₹29,500), Jeevan ‘mailtojeevan’ Kumar (6th for ₹23,600), Anant ‘anant_infiniti’ Malik (7th for ₹19,600) and Aman ‘KarmaPoker’ Parakh (9th for ₹11,750) were the known names on the FT.
Final Table Results
Deepstack Bounty ₹4 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Entries – 214
Re-entries – 59
Re-buys – 135
Prize Pool – ₹4,08,000
Places Paid – 39
The Deepstack Bounty ₹4 Lakhs GTD on Spartan Poker had an unbeated run with 408 players (214 unique, 59 re-entries and 135 re-buys) making for a ₹4.08 Lakhs prize pool. The tourney paid out 39 places, and taking home the most significant slice of the prize pool was ‘BrodaV’ who padded his bankroll by ₹81,804 after beating Ayush ‘A116’ Jain (runner-up for ₹54,386) heads-up.
Some regs who posted FT finishes included Sreeharsha ‘yUDdam’ Boneni (3rd for ₹39,780) and Shardul ‘F – Bomb’ Parthasarathi (6th for ₹19,054).
Final Table Results
Night Rider ₹3.5 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Entries – 229
Re-entries – 65
Re-buys – 157
Prize Pool – ₹3,60,800
Places Paid – 39
With 451 entries (229 unique, 65 re-entries and 157 re-buys), Spartan Poker`s Night Rider ₹3.5 Lakhs GTD collected ₹3.60 Lakhs in prize money. Racing ahead of the rest, including his heads-up rival Sumit ‘sumitgh2050’ Ghosh (runner-up for ₹48,094), was ‘pot-pan.’ The player walked away with ₹72,340 for the win.
Other prominent ITM finishers were Prajit ‘Prajit’ Gambhir (7th for ₹12,375) and Ankur ‘showstopper89’ Aryan (8th for ₹9,092).
Final Table Results
Ultimate PLO ₹2.75 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Entries – 64
Re-entries – 34
Re-buys – 67
Prize Pool – ₹3,30,000
Places Paid – 13
Spartan Poker’s Ultimate PLO ₹2.75 Lakhs GTD attracted 165 hopefuls (64 unique, 34 re-entries, and 67 re-buys) yesterday. The fight for the title came down between Dheeraj ‘sarkar’ Bisht and Akash ‘Akash0510’ Gupta, and it was the former who prevailed and pocketed the top prize of ₹86,625. Gupta collected ₹58,226 for his second-place finish.
The tourney was successful in surpassing its guarantee and generated a ₹3.30 Lakhs prize pool. The final 13 finishers earned a payout, and among those who FT`ed the tourney were Shankar ‘ManiacKid’ Singh (6th for ₹17,106) and Akshay ‘SickRun’ Gupta (8th for ₹12,210).
Final Table Results
Micro Series-10 ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India
Entries – 133
Re-entries – 84
Prize Pool – ₹3,25,500
Places Paid – 35
The Micro Series-10 ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD on PokerStars India registered a total of 217 entrants (133 unique and 84 re-entries) to generate ₹3.25 Lakhs in prize money.
The winner emerged in ‘vishal352’ who took the top honors along with ₹55,369 in cash after a heads-up deal with ‘saisapna’ (runner-up for ₹55,369).
Among those who FT`ed the tourney were Vikram ‘GreenSTUFF79’ Mishra (3rd for ₹34,828), Partho ‘SpidermanIndia’ Datta (4th for ₹25,762), Ayan ‘interalia_1’ Ray (7th for ₹10,427), and Amar ‘AceConsultant’ Mehta (9th for ₹5,705).
Final Table Results
*denotes heads-up deal
Unstoppable ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Entries – 116
Re-entries – 27
Re-buys – 85
Prize Pool – ₹2,50,000
Places Paid – 20
A total of 228 entries (116 unique, 27 re-entries, and 85 re-buys) joined Spartan Poker’s afternoon tourney, Unstoppable ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD. The tourney logged in an overlay of ₹67,600 and eventually crowned a champion in ‘Duce7’ who went home ₹37,956 richer following a five-way deal with Ayush ‘A116’ Jain (runner-up for ₹36,315), ‘pp2717’ (3rd for 35,696), Ajit Singh ‘ace_bob’ Arora (4th for ₹29,902) and Ashish ‘100dagar’ Dixit (5th for ₹27,780).
Another notable final-table finisher was Bharat ‘hzgod’ Kumar (6th for ₹13,975).
Final Table Results
*denotes five-way deal
Monday Megastack PKO ₹2 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi
Entries – 70
Re-entries – 39
Prize Pool – ₹2,00,000
Places Paid – 12
The Monday Megastack PKO ₹2 Lakhs GTD on PokerBaazi witnessed an overlay of ₹36,500 on the back of 109 entries (79 unique and 39 re-entries).
Benefitting most from the situation and walking away with the lion’s share of the prize pool kitty worth ₹56,300 was Monish ‘monish1965’ Kumar.
Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPro’ Kumar (4th for ₹18,780), Shubham ‘BamBhole3796’ Tyagi (6th for ₹11,260), Karan ’99ayka99′ Jain (8th for ₹7,500), and Rachit ‘rachubaba’ Arora (9th for ₹5,640) posted FT finishes.
Final Table Results
Monday Blues ₹1 Lakh GTD – Poker Dangal
Entries – 106
Re-buys – 74
Add-ons – 55
Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000
Places Paid – 17
Poker Dangal’s Monday Blues ₹1 Lakh GTD logged in a field of 235 entries (106 unique, 74 re-buys, and 55 add-ons), resulting in an overlay of ₹17,750.
‘skillking’ came out on top in the end to win ₹24,000. ‘rvk874’ finished runner-up for ₹17,000.
Final Table Results
This report was updated at 2:00 PM on 7.04.2020.
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