Daily Majors: Kapoor, Birewar, Singh, Chhabria, Suri & Chawla Dominate the Monday Flagships

It was again a rather lackluster Monday on the heels of an explosive Sunday. The overlay floods from the day before seeped into the start-of-the week tourneys, with most of the marquee events enduring shortfalls. Let us tell you what went down on Monday!

Spartan Poker

The Monday staple tourney on Spartan Poker, the ₹12 Lakhs GTD Recharge, fell just one entry short of the guarantee with a turnout of 599 entries. Arun ‘arungeo95’ George claimed the title and top prize of ₹1.53 Lakhs. A deal was struck between the top four finishers that saw ‘Rup67tam’ (runner-up for ₹1.43 Lakhs), ‘Donkashtra’ (3rd for ₹1.43 Lakhs) and ‘speedhead’ (4th for ₹1.31 Lakhs) also secure podium finishes.

The site’s ₹6 Lakhs GTD The Flash fared slightly better. Gathering 624 entries, the event was able to surpass its advertised guarantee by ₹24,000. ‘adshark1’ topped the field and banked a ₹1.21 Lakhs winner’s payday. ‘wirepower’ came in second for ₹76,752.

Adda52

Headlining Adda52’s Monday schedule was the ₹20 Lakhs GTD AOPS Big Stack Turbo. With a ₹4,400 buy-in, the event pulled in 451 entries, but it wasn’t enough to meet the listed guarantee, resulting in an overlay of ₹1.96 Lakhs. Well-known reg Ankit ‘helter_skelter’ Kapoor shipped the event for ₹3.05 Lakhs, following a four-way deal with Alok ‘apb1989’ Birewar (runner-up for ₹2.95 Lakhs), PokerGuru Ambassador Vivek ‘vivek94540’ Singh (3rd for ₹2.73 lakhs), and Shravan ‘sweatmyass13’ Chhabria (4th for ₹2.57 Lakhs). Kapoor now has recorded online earnings of ₹32.38 Lakhs.

The ₹5 Lakhs GTD AOPS Table For 6 was the other marquee tourney that played out on Adda52 yesterday. The tourney logged in 267 entries, generating a ₹6.67 Lakhs prize pool. The 2019 IPC ₹100K High Roller champion Pranay ‘setmeup’ Chawla juggernaut to the top of the field and pocketed ₹1.74 Lakhs. Incidentally, he also finished runner-up in PokerStars India’s The Classic Monday for ₹53,113. He is presently ranked #37 on the monthly leaderboard with ₹18.73 Lakhs in winnings.

PokerBaazi

Anish ‘THENUTS’ Suri has been on quite the heater these past few weeks. He has been consistently final tabling the mid guaranteed events, like placing fourth in two PokerBaazi tourneys – PLO Boost Monster ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹10,000 and the 6-Max Holdem BOOST DST ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹9,390 on June 27. Suri placed third in Spartan Poker’s Destiny Junior ₹4 Lakhs GTD for ₹47,081 on June 26. He also took down Spartan Poker’s Big Daddy ₹8 Lakhs GTD on Sunday for ₹1.64 Lakhs. Last night, he added another hefty score to his bankroll after winning PokerBaazi’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Bout for ₹2.11 Lakhs. Suri currently has lifetime online cashes to the tune of ₹90.92 Lakhs.

PokerStars India

PokerStars India’s ₹8 Lakhs GTD Battle Royale logged in 248 entrants, resulting in a shortfall of ₹1.80 Lakhs. Anonymous user ‘razzi15’ won the event for ₹1.72 Lakhs, after besting ‘DarksideOf82’ (runner-up for ₹84,943) heads-up. The top 39 places got paid and Siddharth ‘siddonuts’ Pandey (4th for ₹47,645) and Sumit ‘mrgr33n33’ Sapra (8th for ₹23,033), were others who posted final table scores.

The other Monday winners were:

AOPS Big Stack Turbo ₹20 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹4,400

Entries – 252

Re-entries – 199

Prize Pool – ₹20,00,000

Places Paid – 49

The featured AOPS tourney on Monday was the ₹20 Lakhs GTD AOPS Big Stack Turbo. The ₹4,400 buy-in tourney witnessed a shortfall of ₹1.96 Lakhs on the back of 451 participants (252 unique and 199 re-entries).

After deciding upon a four-way deal, Ankit ‘helter_skelter’ Kapoor took down the title and the ₹3.05 Lakhs cash prize that came with it. This happens to be Kapoor`s best score on the site and his second-biggest career win to date. His biggest score was the ₹3.74 Lakhs that he had won in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour on April 29.

Alok ‘apb1989’ Birewar (runner-up for ₹2.95 Lakhs), PokerGuru Ambassador Vivek ‘vivek94540’ Singh (3^rd for ₹2.73 lakhs), and Shravan ‘sweatmyass13’ Chhabria (4th for ₹2.57 Lakhs) were the other beneficiaries of the deal.

Manish ‘newkidpoker’ Lakhotia finished fifth for ₹1 Lakh.

Final Table Results

1. Ankit ‘helter_skelter’ Kapoor – ₹3,04,751*

2. Alok ‘apb1989’ Birewar – ₹2,94,971*

3. Vivek ‘vivek94540’ Singh – ₹2,73,319*

4. Shravan ‘sweatmyass13’ Chhabria – ₹2,56,959*

5. Manish ‘newkidpoker’ Lakhotia – ₹1,00,000

6. SIDDHU24 – ₹70,000

7. dev133 – ₹55,000

8. girish_iimc – ₹45,000

9. codekarma – ₹32,000
*denotes heads-up deal

Recharge ₹12 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 286

Re-entries – 97

Re-buys – 216

Prize Pool – ₹12,00,000

Places Paid – 55

Spartan Poker`s signature Monday tourney, the ₹12 Lakhs GTD Recharge, attracted 599 entries, falling just one entry short of the break-even mark.

Plowing his way through the stacked field was Arun ‘arungeo95’ George, who cut a four-way deal with ‘Rup67tam’ (runner-up for ₹1.43 Lakhs), ‘Donkashtra’ (3^rd for ₹1.43 Lakhs) and ‘speedhead’ (4^th for ₹1.31 Lakhs) before walking away with the title and 1.53 Lakhs in prize money.

The only known final table finishers was online reg Guruprasad ‘DONKAKING’ Gupta (7^th for ₹37,410).

Final Table Results

1. Arun ‘arungeo95’ George – ₹1,53,369*

2. Rup67tam – ₹1,43,362*

3. Donkashtra – ₹1,43,223*

4. speedhead – ₹1,31,696*

5. Buddy25 – ₹66,370

6. thejoker – ₹50,850

7. Guruprasad ‘DONKAKING’ Gupta – ₹37,410

8. tilt694ever – ₹28,320

9. LivoJohn – ₹22,920
*denotes four-way deal

The Bout ₹10 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 191

Re-entries – 211

Prize Pool – ₹10,05,000

Places Paid – 45

PokerBaazi`s ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Bout managed to surpass its advertised guarantee, reaching a prize pool of ₹10.05 Lakhs. Featuring a buy-in of ₹2,750, the tourney logged in 402 entries, and the top 45 places got paid.

Online regular and Spartan Poker’s Big Daddy ₹8 Lakhs GTD winner from Sunday, Anish ‘THENUTS’ Suri shipped the event for ₹2.11 Lakhs after besting ‘Dopeboy’ (runner-up for ₹1.48 Lakhs) heads-up.

Others who earned payouts on the final table were PokerGuru Ambassador Ratul ‘luna’ Steves (4th for ₹70,350), Guruprasad ‘fish_calling’ Gupta (5th for ₹52,760), Anurag ’13anurag’ Srivastava (6th for ₹42,210), Puneet ‘neo1’ Dua (8th for ₹28,140), and Young Gun Gaurav ‘gaug17’ Sood (9th for ₹21,110).

Final Table Results

1. Anish ‘THENUTS’ Suri – ₹2,11,000

2. Dopeboy – ₹1,48,000

3. AK10JQ – ₹94,970

4. Ratul ‘luna’ Steves – ₹70,350

5. Guruprasad ‘fish_calling’ Gupta – ₹52,760

6. Anurag ’13anurag’ Srivastava – ₹42,210

7. Kianmnatnihc ‘kianmnatnihc’ Reebak – ₹35,170

8. Puneet ‘neo1’ Dua – ₹28,140

9. Gaurav ‘gaug17’ Sood – ₹21,110

Battle Royale ₹8 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 141

Re-entries – 107

Prize Pool – ₹8,00,000

Places Paid – 39

With 248 entries (141 unique and 107 re-entries), PokerStars India’s ₹8 Lakhs GTD Battle Royale suffered an ₹1.80 Lakhs overlay. An unknown player ‘razzi15’ took the event down for ₹1.72 Lakhs after defeating ‘DarksideOf82’ (runner-up for ₹84,943) heads-up.

Siddharth ‘siddonuts’ Pandey (4^th for ₹47,645) and Sumit ‘mrgr33n33’ Sapra (8^th for ₹23,033) were the other notable FT scorers.

Final Table Results

1. razzi15 – ₹1,72,204

2. DarksideOf82 – ₹84,943

3. ARYAN5** – ₹52,271

4. Siddharth ‘siddonuts’ Pandey – ₹47,645

5. ankitmod – ₹42,726

6. raghav1990 – ₹28,432

7. Ritz1911980 – ₹20,414

8. Sumit ‘mrgr33n33’ Sapra – ₹23,033

9. jul1u592 – ₹17,170

The Flash ₹6 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 314

Re-entries – 100

Re-buys – 210

Prize Pool – ₹6,24,000

Places Paid – 55

The ₹6 Lakhs GTD The Flash found a champion in ‘adshark1,’ who defeated ‘wirepower’ (runner-up for ₹76,752) heads-up to win ₹1.21 Lakhs. The event attracted 624 entries to accumulate ₹6.24 Lakhs in the prize pool, and the top 55 places finished ITM.

Mandar ‘MAMA04’ Madaye (5^th for ₹35,506) and Umang ‘Umang94’ Kakarania (6^th for ₹27,331) posted FT scores.

Final Table Results

1. adshark1 – ₹1,21,056

2. wirepower – ₹76,752

3. sohilpalan – ₹55,474

4. $KellyMinkin$ – ₹44,866

5. Mandar ‘MAMA04’ Madaye – ₹35,506

6. Umang ‘Umang94’ Kakarania – ₹27,331

7. Tiger10 – ₹20,342

8. ritz1911 – ₹14,726

9. Azhor Ahai – ₹11,150

AOPS Table For 6 ₹5 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 134

Re-entries – 133

Prize Pool – ₹6,67,509

Places Paid – 27

The ₹5 Lakhs GTD AOPS Table For 6 attracted 267 entries (134 unique and 133 re-entries), to generate ₹6.67 Lakhs in the prize pool that was distributed among the top 27 finishers.

In the end, Pranay ‘setmeup’ Chawla was the last player standing and collected the winner’s prize of ₹1.74 Lakhs. He also finished runner-up in PokerStars India’s The Classic Monday for ₹53,113. The two scores helped him cross the ₹2 Crore-mark in recorded online cashes last night.

Chawla defeated ‘undiscoverdcolors’ (runner-up for ₹1.03 Lakhs) in the heads-up play.

Kunal ‘kunalpatni’ Patni (3rd for ₹77,764), Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra (4^th for ₹56,738), PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja (5^th for ₹38,381), Manish ‘newkidpoker’ Lakhotia (8^th for ₹16,688), and Bhola ‘bhola’ Sharma (9^th for ₹13,350) were the other notables who posted a deep run in the tourney.

This was Lakhotia’s second final table score of the night to go with his fifth-place finish in the AOPS Big Stack Turbo.

Final Table Results

1. Pranay ‘setmeup’ Chawla – ₹1,73,550

2. undiscoverdcolors – ₹1,03,463

3. Kunal ‘kunalpatni’ Patni – ₹77,764

4. Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra – ₹56,738

5. Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja – ₹38,381

6. abhi_1414 – ₹28,369

7. zaratetei2009 – ₹21,694

8. Manish ‘newkidpoker’ Lakhotia – ₹16,688

9. Bhola ‘bhola’ Sharma – ₹13,350

AOPS Brunch ₹4 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹1,250

Entries – 179

Re-entries – 158

Prize Pool – ₹4,00,000

Places Paid – 34

Adda52`s AOPS Brunch logged in a 337-strong field (179 unique and 158 re-entries) yesterday, to fall ₹20,875 short of meeting its₹4 Lakhs GTD prize pool.

Racing past the competition was Prateek ‘prateekrana587’ Rana, who outlasted Jitendra ‘zxcvuiop’ Chordia heads-up to walk-away with ₹1 Lakhs as prize money. Chordia settled for the runner-up prize worth ₹60,600.

Jairam ‘Keyser_Soze’ Parab (3^rd for ₹44,000), Dinesh ‘LOOSER_MM’ Singh (4^th for ₹33,400), Aditya ‘balls86’ Kumar Patodia (7^th for ₹12,000), and Naresh ‘fireexit’ Rathnam (8^th for ₹10,000) were the notable finalists.

AOPS Siesta ₹3 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 129

Re-entries – 106

Prize Pool – ₹3,00,000

Places Paid – 24

The ₹3 Lakhs GTD AOPS Siesta recorded 235 entries to bear an overlay worth ₹65,000.

Anonymous user ‘vishalmaharaj’ championed the event for ₹82,350, while Pratibh ‘MrGTO’ Saluja came in second for ₹48,000. Saluja has been in phenomenal form at the series and is leading the AOPS Mini Leaderboard with an incredible 10 title victories.

Ayaz ‘khan1977’ Khan (3rd for ₹36,000), Devrat ‘vickypune’ Singh (6th for ₹12,750), and Ajay ‘maybe59’ Agrawal (7th for ₹9,750) earned final table payouts.

The Classic Monday ₹3 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 77

Re-entries – 32

Prize Pool – ₹3,00,000

Places Paid – 17

PokerStars India`s ₹3 Lakhs GTD The Classic Monday garnered 109 entries in its latest weekly run. The event still fell short of meeting the posted guarantee by ₹82,000 and played all the way down to the wire following a three-way deal. It was‘ARYAN5**’ who captured the title for ₹53,113, with Pranay ‘aankhdikhatahai’ Chawla and Rajat Singh ‘Rsd1207’ Dhingra also banking as much for their respective runner-up and third-place finishes.

Partho ‘SpidermanIndia’ Datta (4^th for ₹28,574), PokerGuru Ambassador Shashank ‘GOAT-245’ Desai (5^th for ₹21,263), Harsh ‘kakori kabab’ Dembla (8^th for ₹8,762) and Amar ‘AceConsultant’ Mehta (9^th for ₹7,722) FT-ed the tourney.

Monster Stack ₹2.75 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹880

Entries – 145

Re-entries – 56

Re-buys – 118

Prize Pool – ₹2,75,000

Places Paid – 27

The ₹2.75 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack pulled in 319 entries to leave an overlay of ₹19,800, and the top 27 places got paid.

The winner emerged in ‘Ss_gilli,’ who defeated ‘Oneday93’ (runner-up for ₹41,015) heads-up to win ₹51,912.

L Mevei ‘lmw777’ Well (7^th for ₹9,474) and Surbhit ‘grovahova’ Grover (8^th for ₹7,453) were the other known players on the FT.

AOPS Dusk ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 146

Re-Entries – 111

Prize Pool – ₹2,57,006

Places Paid – 27

Adda52’s ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD AOPS Dusk drew 257 hopefuls to witness a prize pool of ₹2.57 Lakhs.

After deciding upon a heads-up deal, ‘Sureshchiku’ took down the title to win ₹55,028 in the first-place prize. ‘undiscoverdcolors’ was the runner-up and banked a ₹51,627 paycheque.

Devrat ‘vickypune’ Singh (4^th for ₹21,845), and Rahul ‘rahul615’ Thakur (9^th for ₹5,140) were the other notable finalists. In fact, Singh final tabled an incredible four AOPS tourneys yesterday. The other three events were AOPS Siesta (6^th for ₹12,750), AOPS WakeUp Call (5^th for ₹9,375), and AOPS Afterparty PLO (8^th for ₹6,400).

AOPS Afterparty PKO ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy–in – ₹880

Entries – 139

Re-Entries – 181

Prize Pool – ₹2,56,000

Places Paid – 34

The ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD AOPS Afterparty PKO drew 320 hopefuls to witness a prize pool collection of ₹2.56 Lakhs.

Himanshu ‘bagdwalhimanshu’ Bagdwal outlasted the competition and took down the title for ₹64,000. ‘kutkut69A’ was the runner-up and banked ₹38,784.

Pratibh ‘MrGTO’ Saluja (5^th for ₹14,720) and Devrat ‘vickypune’ Singh (8^th for ₹6,400) also final tabled the event.

Night Rider Monster Stack ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹880

Entries – 186

Re-entries – 72

Re-buys – 100

Prize Pool – ₹2,86,400

Places Paid – 31

The ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Night Rider Monster Stack drew a packed field of 358 hopefuls, and the top 31 places took a bite out of the ₹2.86 Lakhs prize pool. Topping them all was Sanjay ‘sanjayg007’ Gupta. He cut a deal with ‘cardshark91’ (runner-up for ₹38,327), ‘_omkar’ (3^rd for ₹36,306) and ‘dd2412’ (4^th for ₹35,706), before clinching the title and top prize of ₹41,986.

Monday MegaStack ₹2 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 52

Re-entries – 40

Prize Pool – ₹2,00,000

Places Paid – 12

The ₹2 Lakhs GTD Monday MegaStack registered an overlay of ₹16,000 after logging in 92 entries.

MTT crusher Faiz ‘AilaGaya’ Alam took down the title, while also adding ₹56,300 to his bankroll. The former AOPS Main Event champion defeated online reg Ritwik ‘Ritwikkhanna’ Khanna (runner-up for ₹39,420) heads-up.

Harsh ‘100crdream’ Dembla (3rd for ₹25,340), Pranav ‘GarviGujarat’ Desai (4th for ₹18,780), Sankalp ‘Wobbegong’ Marwah (7th for ₹9,380), Sandy ‘Ziigmund’ Lamba (8th for ₹7,500), and Divij ‘divij24’ Soni (9th for ₹5,640) posted FT scores.

Ultimate PLO ₹2 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 57

Re-entries – 8

Re-buys – 35

Prize Pool – ₹2,00,000

Places Paid – 9

Spartan Poker’s ₹2 Lakhs GTD Ultimate PLO landed right on the break-even mark with 100 entries, and the final nine places earned a payday.

The last user standing was ‘asg123’ who made a heads-up deal with Siddharth ‘Devils Advocate’ Ranshevre (runner-up for ₹48,955) before taking down the title and ₹51,345 in prize money.

Jimmy ‘brahmos999’ Arora finished 7^th for ₹9,800.

Pocket Queens ₹2 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 123

Re-entries – 76

Prize Pool – ₹2,00,000

Places Paid – 36

Pocket52’s ₹2 Lakhs GTD Pocket Queens suffered a ₹10,000 shortfall on the back of 199 entries.

Walking away with the lion`s share of the prize money was ‘Catfish’ who bested ‘FishyPlayer’ (runner-up for ₹27,000) heads-up to win ₹45,000.

Pocket Lunch ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 83

Re-entries – 53

Prize Pool – ₹1,50,000

Places Paid – 27

The ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD Pocket Lunch registered 136 entries leading to an overlay of ₹14,000.

The champion emerged in ‘Hd690m’ who beat ‘vr46’ (runner-up for ₹21,000) heads-up for the title and walked away with ₹34,500 in first-place prize money.

Monday Blues ₹1 Lakh GTD – Poker Dangal

Buy-in – ₹385

Entries – 118

Re-buys – 135

Add-ons – 59

Prize Pool – ₹1,09,200

Places Paid – 20

Poker Dangal’s ₹1 Lakh GTD Monday Blues drew 312 entries (118 unique, 135 re-buys and 59 add-ons) collecting a profitable ₹1.09 Lakhs in the prize pool. Online reg Ajit Singh ‘ace_bob’ Arora, who happens to be leading the yearly TLB leaderboard, raced past the competition to claim the title and the top prize worth ₹24,024.

The event paid out the final 20 players and the other known reg on the final table was Prashant ‘kingslayer’ Jha (3rd for ₹13,104).

Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD NLHE – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹275

Entries – 41

Re-entries – 41

Prize Pool – ₹20,500

Places Paid – 9

The ₹275 buy-in Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD NLHE attracted 82 entries and generated a ₹20,500 prize pool. The final nine players earned a payout, and it was ‘JonGregor’ who triumphed over the field to win ₹6,560.

This report was updated at 2 PM on 30.06.2020.

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