Daily Majors: Kochhar, Sushant, Shukla, Varma & Kumar Shine in the Monday Marquees

As has been the norm, the Monday MTTs were drenched in overlays. However, with Spartan Poker’s Grand Poker Series (GPS) set to make a comeback from October 2, there are some massive guaranteed tournaments to look forward to later this week. For now, let’s take a look at what took place yesterday.

Spartan Poker

Turning up the heat on Monday night was Spartan Poker’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD ReCharge that registered 485 contenders, but fell about 15 entries short of the break-even mark. One of India’s most well-known poker pros and a former WSOP bracelet winner Aditya ‘SuperuSer’ Sushant, has been in superb form off-late. After shipping PokerStars India’s Sunday Special for ₹3.54 Lakhs, the Chennai-based player was back in action in the ReCharge. Sushant captured the title after besting ‘Aishwarya89’ (runner-up for ₹1.33 Lakhs) heads-up and took home a winner’s payday worth ₹2 Lakhs. Sushant currently has ₹3.72 Crores in recorded online earnings, of which almost ₹1 Crore he has earned in 2020.

The ₹5.50 Lakhs GTD Flash too, saw Spartan Poker filling in an overlay of ₹88,000 since the ₹1,100 buy-in tourney could only muster 462 entries. Dhirendra ‘dhiru91’ Kumar topped the field and claimed ₹93,709 in cash prize. A heads-up deal saw ‘Laiibhari’ booking the runner-up seat for ₹89,880.

PokerBaazi

PokerBaazi’s The Bout, featuring a ₹10 Lakhs guarantee, was the big-ticket tournament on offer yesterday. Sporting a ₹2,750 entry buy-in, the event gathered 366 entrants, which resulted in an overlay of ₹85,000. Championing the tourney was Armaan ‘Armaan007’ Kochhar, who banked ₹2.10 Lakhs after outlasting Himanshu ‘pokerbrat7’ Arora (runner-up for ₹1.47 Lakhs) for the title.

A seasoned online reg, Kochhar’s previous title win had come in Spartan Poker’s ₹2 Lakhs GTD Ultimate PLO on July 2. This was a much-needed win for Kochhar, taking his online earnings to ₹1.38 Crores.

A series of ₹2 Lakhs GTD tourneys took place last night on PokerBaazi and ‘Apocalypto’ (Monday MegaStack ₹2 Lakhs GTD for ₹56,300), Siddharth ‘Siddonuts’ Pandey (IMPS#72 ₹2 Lakhs GTD for ₹42,000), and ‘siddyfloyd’ (IMPS#71 Daily ₹2 Lakhs GTD for ₹35,520), emerged as the victors.

Adda52

Adda52’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Inception was the signature Monday event on the site. Still, it wasn’t able to avoid a ₹11,200 deficit despite logging in 309 entries. ‘bulletsbaby’ locked horns with Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma for the top honors, and in the end, it as the former who walked away with the top prize of ₹2.5 Lakhs. Varma had to contend with a second-place payout of ₹1.52 Lakhs.

With this win, the champion has now accumulated ₹8.66 Lakhs worth of recorded earnings on Adda52, with a profit of ₹2.32 Lakhs. Meanwhile, Varma, who had won Spartan Poker’s ₹12 Lakhs GTD TGIF on September 25, boosted his lifetime winnings tally to ₹3.23 Crores and is currently ranked #19 on the annual leaderboard.

The ₹2 Lakhs GTD Quad KO 4-Max on Adda52 also joined the overlay brigade after 131 participants failed to collect the advertised guarantee, leading to a shortfall of ₹21,185. ‘ladypoker20’ shipped the event for ₹56,000.

PokerStars India

PokerStars India’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Eliminator Progressive KO attracted 353 entries and successfully surpassed its listed guarantee by ₹30,000. The mystery user ‘Prabhat1028’ shipped the event for ₹1.12 Lakhs, following a heads-up chop with Rohit ‘PillowFight22’ Mishra (runner-up for ₹64,541).

PokerDangal

While the inaugural Dangal Grinder Series (DSG) culminated on September 26, Day 2 of the series’ star attraction, the ₹10 Lakhs GTD DGS Main Event had to be delayed by a few days due to technical issues. The event concluded yesterday with Shivam ‘LALLORONA’ Shukla clinching the title for ₹1.75 Lakhs, just as ‘masterssmaan’ came in second for ₹1.22 Lakhs. This is the second flagship title for Shukla this month. He had won Spartan Poker’s ₹25 Lakhs GTD Grand Ultron on September 3 for a career-best ₹4.70 Lakhs.

The other Monday winners were:

ReCharge ₹10 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 236

Re-entries – 64

Re-buys – 185

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 39

The ₹10 Lakhs GTD ReCharge on Spartan Poker attracted 485 entries, experiencing an overlay of ₹30,000. Starting at 8 PM, it took nearly eight hours to complete.

Coming out on top was none other than India`s first WSOP bracelet winner, Aditya ‘SuperuSer’ Sushant. Sushant had just a day back, won the ₹18 Lakhs GTD Sunday Special Progressive KO on PokerStars India for ₹3.54 Lakhs. He helped himself to a ₹2 Lakhs paycheque last night after beating his heads-up rival ‘Aishwarya89’ (runner-up for ₹1.33 Lakhs) to the finish line.

The tournament paid out the final 39 players. Among those who ended their run on the FT was PokerGuru Ambassador Vivek ‘KasolHieghts’ Singh (6^th for ₹46,700), Anirudh ‘flash’ Reddy (7^th for ₹34,300), and Ajit Singh ‘ace_bob’ Arora (8^th for ₹25,200).

Final Table Results

1. Aditya ‘SuperuSer’ Sushant – ₹2,00,500
2. Aishwarya89 – ₹1,33,300
3. notoriusB.I.G – ₹97,500
4. ZaRosh – ₹78,700
5. Darthvader30 – ₹61,700
6. Vivek ‘KasolHieghts’ Singh – ₹46,700
7. Anirudh ‘flash’ Reddy – ₹34,300
8. Ajit Singh ‘ace_bob’ Arora – ₹25,200
9. BeBoT – ₹20,900

The Bout ₹10 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 208

Re-entries – 158

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 45

After an action-packed weekend, PokerBaazi had to fill in an overlay of ₹85,000 in its Monday flagship ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Bout. The tourney pulled in 366 entries, and the prize pool was shared by the top 45 finishers.

Almost after seven hours of play, Armaan ‘Armaan007’ Kochhar navigated his way across the field to win ₹2.10 Lakhs. Himanshu ‘pokerbrat7’ Arora netted ₹1.47 Lakhs for his runner-up finish.

Kaushik ‘kaushik1989’ Tibrewal (3^rd for ₹94,500), Sagar ‘sagarpupul’ Choudhury (4^th for ₹70,000), and Rahul ‘Clearsky’ Gupta (5^th for ₹52,500) posted FT scores.

Final Table Results

1. Armaan ‘Armaan007’ Kochhar – ₹2,10,000
2. Himanshu ‘pokerbrat7’ Arora – ₹1,47,000
3. Kaushik ‘kaushik1989’ Tibrewal – ₹94,500
4. Sagar ‘sagarpupul’ Choudhury – ₹70,000
5. Rahul ‘Clearsky’ Gupta – ₹52,500
6. Learnnwin – ₹42,000
7. Apocalypto – ₹35,000
8. ANKIT121 – ₹28,000

DGS Main Event ₹10 Lakhs GTD – PokerDangal

Buy-in – ₹990

Entries – 894

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 91

The ₹990 entry buy-in ₹10 Lakhs GTD DGS Main Event saw 894 contenders (Day 1A – 205, Day 1B –181, Day 1C – 183, Day 1D – 325) register across four starting flights. While the site had to fill in an overlay of ₹1.14 Lakhs, all the 91 players who qualified their way to Day 2 earned a payout.

Shivam ‘LALLORONA’ Shukla proved the last player standing and captured the title for ₹1.75 Lakhs after defeating ‘masterssmaan’ (runner-up for ₹1.22 Lakhs) heads-up.

The other known players on the FT were Shivkesh ‘Pokeraddictive’ Meena (5^th for ₹44,000), Madhab ‘madhabpal2015’ Pal (8^th for ₹23,700), and Somenn ‘Prokiller’ Singh (9^th for ₹17,800).

Final Table Results

1. Shivam ‘LALLORONA’ Shukla – ₹1,75,000
2. masterssmaan – ₹1,22,800
3. lightspeed – ₹85,000
4. papupass – ₹59,000
5. Shivkesh ‘Pokeraddictive’ Meena – ₹44,000
6. R100 – ₹36,000
7. Joonjoon – ₹29,800
8. Madhab ‘madhabpal2015’ Pal – ₹23,700
9. Somenn ‘Prokiller’ Singh – ₹17,800

Inception ₹10 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹3,500

Entries – 169

Re-entries – 140

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 34

Adda52`s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Inception pulled in 309 entries to post an overlay worth ₹11,200.

After over six hours of play, ‘bulletsbaby’ and Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma locked horns for the title. Eventually, the former clinched the title to win their best-recorded score on Adda52 worth ₹2.5 Lakhs. Their total winnings on the site have touched ₹8.66 Lakhs (₹2.32 Lakhs in profits).

The runner-up Varma settled for a prize of ₹1.52 Lakhs, pushing his annual tally over ₹2 Crores, while his lifetime MTT scorecard has reached ₹3.23 Crores.

Sagar ‘alwaysnutz’ Choudhury FT-ed two tourneys last night that included a 3rd place finish in this tourney for ₹1.10 Lakhs. Puneet ‘j4jolly’ Mishra finished 6^th for ₹37,500.

Final Table Results

1. bulletsbaby – ₹2,50,000
2. Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma – ₹1,51,500
3. Sagar ‘alwaysnutz’ Choudhury – ₹1,10,000
4. sourab14248908 – ₹83,500
5. Krifard – ₹57,500
6. Puneet ‘j4jolly’ Mishra – ₹37,500

The Flash ₹5.50 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 248

Re-entries – 62

Re-buys – 152

Prize Pool – ₹5,50,000

Places Paid – 39

The ₹5.5 Lakhs GTD The Flash started precisely 90 minutes after the ReCharge but ended around the same time. The tourney logged in 462 entries to experience a shortfall of ₹88,000.

Racing ahead of the field was Dhirendra ‘dhiru91’ Kumar, who pocketed the ₹93,709 up-top following a heads-up deal with ‘Laiibhari’ (runner-up for ₹89,880).

Kumar had on September 17, won the Adda52-hosted Godfather for ₹7.05 Lakhs, and this is his fourth tourney title of the month. He currently boasts over ₹75 Lakhs in lifetime winnings.

Also posting an FT finish was Rahul ‘Rahul2646’ Kabade (5^th for ₹33,935).

Final Table Results

1. Dhirendra ‘dhiru91’ Kumar – ₹93,709*
2. Laiibhari – ₹89,880*
3. 1Legend91 – ₹53,625
4. berus_sama – ₹43,285
5. Rahul ‘Rahul2646’ Kabade – ₹33,935
6. MayTheLuckBeWithYou – ₹25,685
7. MansaMusa – ₹18,865
8. Vaisak – ₹13,860
9. hawes – ₹11,495

*denotes heads-up deal

Eliminator Progressive KO ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 190

Re-Entries – 163

Regular Prize Pool – ₹2,64,750

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹2,64,750

Total Prize Pool – ₹5,29,500

Places Paid – 36

PokerStars India’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Eliminator Progressive KO attracted 353 entries to post a guarantee-surpassing prize pool of ₹5.30 Lakhs.

The curtains fell after ‘Prabhat1028’ and Rohit ‘PillowFight22’ Mishra decided to chop ₹48,129 the prize money and continue playing for the bounty. Eventually, the former clinched the title to win ₹1.12 Lakhs (₹48,129 in prize money and ₹64,037 in bounties).

The runner-up Mishra won ₹64,541 (₹48,129 in prize money and ₹16,412 in bounties). Mishra is closing in on touching ₹3 Crores in recorded winnings and currently boasts of ₹2.96 Crores in lifetime online scores.

The other finalists included Hemanth ‘mdp10s’ Motepalli (3^rd for ₹42,886), the Game Changer 4.0 Champion JaiKiran ‘ZEEKE777’ Kumar (5th for ₹21,239), Hitesh ‘hiteshbhai999’ Batra (6th for ₹15,294), and Arpan ‘Vasusenaa’ Majhi (7th for ₹19,227).

Final Table Results (Including Bounties)

1. Prabhat1028 – ₹1,12,166*
2. Rohit ‘PillowFight22’ Mishra – ₹64,541*
3. Hemanth ‘mdp10s’ Motepalli – ₹42,886
4. The Annihilator – ₹27,943
5. JaiKiran ‘ZEEKE777’ Kumar – ₹21,239
6. Hitesh ‘hiteshbhai999’ Batra – ₹15,294
7. Arpan ‘Vasusenaa’ Majhi – ₹19,227
8. backchod launda – ₹15,281
9. Unleashed2519 – ₹10,048

*denotes a heads-up deal

Pocket Queen ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 145

Re-entries – 53

Prize Pool – ₹2,50,000

Places Paid – 30

Gopal Kumar ‘pokkersstar’ Jha emerged victorious in Pocket52’s ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD tourney, the Pocket Queen, besting ‘HitTaxi’ (runner-up for ₹35,625) heads-up. The winner earned ₹50,000 in first-place prize money.

Rahul ‘Mrrahul777’ Kumar placed third for ₹25,000.

The event attracted 198 runners, falling ₹52,000 short against the advertised guarantee.

Quad KO 4-Max ₹2 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹2,000

Entries – 66

Re-Entries – 65

Prize Pool – ₹2,00,000

Places Paid – 13

Adda52’s ₹2 Lakhs GTD Quad KO 4-Max attracted 131 entrants to post an overlay of ₹21,185. The tourney started at 9.30 PM and went on till 1:49 AM.

In the end, ‘ladypoker20’ decimated his competition, including ‘akprata0’ (runner-up for ₹35,000) to win ₹56,000 in first-place prize money along with additional bounty prizes.

Pocket Lunch ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 79

Re-entries – 28

Prize Pool – ₹1,50,000

Places Paid – 18

Monday’s Pocket Lunch ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD was taken down by ‘SirMucksALot,’ who outlasted a 107-player field to capture the title and ₹37,500 in prize money.

The event suffered an overlay of ₹43,000, and the top 18 places received payouts.

Pocket Dinner ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 75

Re-entries – 44

Prize Pool – ₹1,50,000

Places Paid – 27

Pocket52’s ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD Pocket Dinner registered an overlay of ₹31,000, on the back of 119 players.

Site regular ‘tiltmenot’ defeated Tanmay ‘Tanmo’ Chatterjee heads-up to win the title for ₹34,500. Chatterjee bagged ₹21,000 for placing second.

Monday Blues ₹1 Lakhs GTD – PokerDangal

Buy-in – ₹385

Entries – 87

Rebuys – 104

Add-ons – 42

Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000

Places Paid – 15

The ₹1 Lakhs GTD Monday Blues attracted 233 entries (87 unique, 104 rebuys, and 42 add-ons), resulting in an overlay of ₹18,450.

Dominating the field and the six-max final table was Gaurav ‘BIT00Poker’ Verma, who won ₹24,000.

Jai ‘jaisharma13’ Sharma (3^rd for ₹12,750) also posted a deep finish in the event.

Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD NLHE – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹275

Entries – 38

Re-entries – 27

Prize Pool – ₹20,000

Places Paid – 7

Khelo365’s ₹20K GTD Grinder 2.0 clocked in 65 entries, resulting in an overlay of ₹2,125.

‘Star345’ took down the event for 7,200, while ‘saku007’ finished second for ₹4,000.

This report was updated at 1 PM on 29.09.2020.

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