Daily Majors: Grover, Kukreja, Kumar, Batra & Mishra Take Down the Thursday Flagships

With the weekend just two days away, there was some explosive action at display on the online felts last night. Headlining the list of majors was Spartan Poker’s SSS #23 Ultron ₹25 Lakhs GTD. The event was the Thursday showstopper at the ongoing Spartan Super Series (SSS), and despite registering 603 players (286 unique, 118 re-entries, and 199 rebuys), the event suffered an overlay of ₹88,000. Coming out on top yet again was Young Gun Arsh ‘BigggTymeR’ Grover. The Delhiite has been in top form of late. Last month Grover took down two major online titles, one on PokerBaazi and the other on PokerStars India. He took up a podium finish yet again last night after defeating Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma heads-up, adding ₹3.97 Lakhs to his bankroll.

The other big winner on the site was PokerGuru Ambassador Rohit ‘ShippingYard’ Mishra, who was last reported taking down PokerBaazi’s PMVS Mega Value Main Event ₹20 Lakhs GTD on December 8 for ₹3.51 Lakhs. Last night, Mishra championed a 346-entry field (187 unique, 50 re-entries, and 109 rebuys) to win the SSS #25 Hi-Fi ₹8 Lakhs GTD for ₹1.68 Lakhs. Like the Ultron, the event also fell short of meeting its guarantee by a margin of ₹1.08 Lakhs. Incidentally, Mishra also final tabled PokerStars India’s Highroller ₹12 Lakhs GTD last night, finishing sixth for ₹58,729.

While Spartan Poker’s aggressive guarantees led to overlays, PokerBaazi Thursday marquee event The Summit ₹15 Lakhs GTD comfortably cruised past its offered guarantee, generating ₹20.62 Lakhs in the prize pool through 275 entries (141 unique and 134 re-entries). Harsh ‘100crdream’ Kumar was the last player standing in the event and walked away ₹4.55 Lakhs richer!

Adda52’s Godfather ₹20 Lakhs GTD was another big guarantee event that landed in the overlay zone. After pulling in 377 entries (225 unique and 152 re-entries), Adda52 was still forced to fill in a ₹1.15 Lakhs shortfall. Online phenom Kavish ‘narcoss’ Kukreja is another top reg who has been in sublime form this past week. After taking down Spartan Poker’s Sunday SuperStack ₹40 Lakhs GTD on December 8 and PokerBaazi’s The Bout ₹10 Lakhs GTD on December 9, he added a further ₹5 Lakhs to his bankroll after championing The Godfather last night, making him the biggest Thursday winner!

Another notable performer on Thursday was Hitesh ‘hiteshbhai999’ Batra. He juggernaut his way to the top in PokerStars India’s Highroller ₹12 Lakhs GTD for ₹2.70 Lakhs. But that’s not all! He also came close to shipping PokerBaazi’s Thursday MonsterStack ₹5 Lakhs GTD, finishing runner-up to MTT regular Farhaad ‘kilpauk’ Khazvini. The latter banked ₹1.23 Lakhs for his win, while Batra took home ₹86,766 for his runner-up finish.

The other Thursday winners were:

SSS #23 Ultron ₹25 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Entries – 286

Re-entries – 118

Re-buys – 199

Prize Pool – ₹25,00,000

Places Paid – 55

Spartan Poker’s SSS #23 Ultron ₹25 Lakhs GTD attracted 603 runners (286 unique, 118 re-entries, and 199 re-buys) yesterday, booking an official overlay of ₹88,000. Well known online reg and Young Gun Arsh ‘BigggTymeR’ Grover climbed his way to the top of the field and defeated Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma heads-up to capture the title and ₹3.97 Lakhs in prize money. Varma pocketed a runner-up payday of ₹3.94 Lakhs.

Ayush ‘Lazyman’ Garg (5th for ₹1.42 Lakhs), Kanav ‘Shakerchi’ Parwal (6th for ₹1.09 Lakhs), and Dhaval ‘MandirYahinBanayenge’ Mudgal (7th for ₹81,500) were the other notables who posted final table finishes.

Neeharika ‘dewdrops’ Nsh (10th for ₹39,500), Abhishek ‘TheGrinder’ Garg (13th for ₹34,250), PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja (14th for ₹30,250), Siddharth ‘Sidddhu’ Mundada (15th for ₹30,250), Pulkit ‘Championplayer’ Goyal (17th for ₹27,250), Ram ‘TheLagLawyer’ Kakkar (18th for ₹24,750), Romit ‘tilt_83’ Advani (24th for ₹16,567), Aditya ‘S1ckB3at’ Chaudhary (25th for ₹19,750), Anurag ‘RickdickulouS’ Kureel (27th for ₹19,750), PokerGuru Ambassador Rohit ‘ShippingYard’ Mishra (28th for ₹17,250), Siddhanth ‘bullzeye’ Kapoor (31st for ₹14,067), Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPros’ Kumar (32nd for ₹14,750), Aniket ‘Anteman’ Waghmare (33rd for ₹11,567), Akash ‘Akash0510’ Gupta (34th for ₹11,567), Sriharsha ‘Fish2050’ Doddapaneni (38th for ₹11,567), Akash ‘utgwithyourmum’ Malik (42nd for ₹12,250), Gaurav ‘mozzie17’ Sood (43rd for ₹9,067), Ujjwal ‘Lord Hendrix’ Narwal (44th for ₹12,250), Ashish ‘mmonas’ Kaushik (51st for ₹9,067), PokerGuru Ambassador Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved (52nd for ₹12,250) and Kavish ‘Dietchips’ Kukreja (55th for ₹12,250) were the other notable scorers.

Final Table Results

1. Arsh ‘BigggTymeR’ Grover – ₹3,97,619

2. Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma – ₹3,94,880

3. ktr1973 – ₹2,22,250

4. potripper16 – ₹1,79,750

5. Ayush ‘Lazyman’ Garg – ₹1,42,250

6. Kanav ‘Shakerchi’ Parwal – ₹1,09,500

7. Dhaval ‘MandirYahinBanayenge’ Mudgal – ₹81,500

8. guru – ₹59,000

9. AlienAlbratoss – ₹47,750

Godfather ₹20 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Entries – 225

Re-entries – 152

Prize Pool – ₹20,00,000

Places Paid – 38

The Godfather ₹20 Lakhs GTD attracted a total of 377 entries (225 unique and 152 re-entries) to leave an overlay of ₹1.15 Lakhs.

Outlasting them all was seasoned pro Kavish ‘narcoss’ Kukreja, who defeated Ankit ‘ankitag182000’ Agrawal heads-up to win ₹5 Lakhs in prize money.

The final table of the event was full of established pros like Sajal ‘sa_jal’ Gupta (4th for ₹1.60 Lakhs), Pranay ‘setmeup’ Chawla (5th for ₹1.08 Lakhs), PokerGuru Ambassador Kartik ‘Pegasus1505’ Ved (6th for ₹75,000) and Sumit ‘hammer_head’ Sapra (9th for ₹40,000).

Some other notables who made it to the payouts list included Young Gun Karan ‘Reg_Slayer’ Radia (10th for ₹30,000), Ayan ‘gutshotguru1’ Ray (11th for ₹30,000), Neel ‘neeljoshi23’ Joshi (14th for ₹22,000), Tarun ‘aggtarun’ Goyal (19th for ₹19,000), Dhaval ‘dirtyzoso’ Mudgal (22nd for ₹16,000), Vaibhav ‘alienrobot’ Sharma (23rd for ₹16,000), Ragesh ‘ragesh91’ Mishra (24th for ₹16,000), Anurag ‘NormanBates’ Srivastava (28th for ₹14,000), Abhishek ‘thegrinder’ Garg (29th for ₹14,000), Young Gun Ujjwal ‘fourteenk’ Narwal (32nd for ₹12,000), Guneet ‘guntz’ Kwatra (33rd for ₹12,000), Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall (34th for ₹12,000), Siddarth ‘badtameez_donk’ Singhvi (37th for ₹12,000), and PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja (38th for ₹12,000).

Final Table Results

1. Kavish ‘narcoss’ Kukreja – ₹5,00,000

2. Ankit ‘ankitag182000’ Agrawal – ₹3,03,000

3. Nik989 – ₹2,20,000

4. Sajal ‘sa_jal’ Gupta – ₹1,60,000

5. Pranay ‘setmeup’ Chawla – ₹1,08,000

6. Kartik ‘Pegasus1505’ Ved – ₹75,000

7. Ritam ‘ritamb’ Bhattacharya – ₹60,000

8. cosh – ₹50,000

9. Sumit ‘hammer_head’ Sapra – ₹40,000

The Summit ₹15 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Entries – 141

Re-entries – 134

Prize Pool – ₹20,62,500

Places Paid – 36

PokerBaazi’s The Summit ₹15 Lakhs GTD accumulated 275 entries (141 unique and 134 re-entries), generating a prize pool worth ₹20.62 Lakhs.

Harsh ‘100crdream’ Kumar battled against a highly competitive final table comprising of Ajitesh ‘bazzinga29’ Bhargava (runner-up for ₹3.19 Lakhs), Ameya ‘Encashed’ Gokhale (3rd for ₹2.05 Lakhs), PokerGuru Ambassador Jayjit ‘england’ Ray (4th for ₹1.52 Lakhs), Armaan ‘Armaan007’ Kochhar (5th for ₹1.14 Lakhs), Alok ‘TheProfessional’ Birewar (6th for ₹91,369), Aditya ‘adit11’ Kulkarni (7th for ₹75,900) and Vivekk ‘Vivek25’ Dube (9th for ₹45,581), to clinch the top prize of ₹4.55 Lakhs.

Among the notables who breached the money line were the likes of Anmol ‘anzzzzz’ Mehta (10th for ₹33,206), Chirag ‘miyagi’ Sodha (11th for ₹33,206), Young Gun Ujjwak ‘Mr_Robot’ Narwal (12th for ₹33,206), PokerGuru Ambassador Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved (13th for ₹27,225), Anirban ‘pottysingh’ D Das (14th for ₹27,225), Pranay ‘setmeup’ Chawla (17th for ₹23,306), Vinayak ‘salmanbhai’ Bajaj (18th for ₹23,306), Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPro’ Kumar (19th for ₹20,419), Sahil ‘ImHighIshove’ Mahboobani (20th for ₹20,419), Rajat ‘LungFakeer’ Sharma (20th for ₹20,419), Rubin ‘kornkid’ Labroo (23rd for ₹18,150), PokerGuru Ambassador Vivek ‘Nutpeddling729’ Singh (27th for ₹16,088), Hitesh ‘hiteshbhai’ Batra (30th for ₹14,025), PokerGuru Ambassador Laksh ‘boomtlt23’ Pal Singh (31st for ₹14,025), Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall (32nd for ₹14,025), Dinesh ‘htc170209’ Kukreja (33rd for ₹14,025), PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘OMG_spew’ Munot (34th for ₹14,025), Young Gun Siddharth ‘schemer’ Karia (35th for ₹14,025) and Kavish ‘Narcos’ Kukreja (36th for ₹14,025).

Final Table Results

1. Harsh ‘100crdream’ Kumar – ₹4,55,606

2. Ajitesh ‘bazzinga29’ Bhargava – ₹3,19,688

3. Ameya ‘Encashed’ Gokhale – ₹2,05,631

4. Jayjit ‘england’ Ray – ₹1,52,213

5. Armaan ‘Armaan007’ Kochhar – ₹1,14,263

6. Alok ‘TheProfessional’ Birewar – ₹91,369

7. Aditya ‘adit11’ Kulkarni – ₹75,900

8. kidplay – ₹60,844

9. Vivekk ‘Vivek25’ Dube – ₹45,581

Highroller ₹12 Lakhs GTD– PokerStars India

Entries – 110

Re-Entries – 87

Prize Pool – ₹13,79,000

Places Paid – 34

Topping PokerStars India’s Highroller ₹12 Lakhs GTD was tournament regular Hitesh ‘hiteshbhai999’ Batra, who outlasted a field of 197 runners (110 unique and 87 re-entries) to win ₹2.70 Lakhs. Joining him on the podium was runner-up Chirag ‘WhyworrY_56’ Sodha who won ₹1.99 Lakhs and Goonjan ‘gmtesting.ind’ Mall who finished in third for ₹1.46 Lakhs.

The final table was swarmed with notables like Prashanth ‘nemesis9961’ Sekar (4th for ₹1.08 Lakhs), Sahil ‘inaboobham’ Mahboobani (5th for ₹79,727), PokerGuru Ambassador Rohit ‘PillowFight22’ Mishra (6th for ₹58,729), PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja (7th for ₹43,261), and Prashant ‘$$$OUL$$$UTRA’ Jain Bhutoria (8th for ₹31,867).

Young Gun Ujjwal ‘CougarHunter69’ Narwal (10th for ₹24,297), PokerGuru Ambassador Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved (12th for ₹21,216), Rubin ‘kornkid4’ Labroo (13th for ₹21,216), Anirban ‘nocluewho’ D Das (16th for ₹18,525), Rachit ‘hack_R27’ Parihar (19th for ₹16,176), Anuj ‘brockLesnar95’ Yadav (20th for ₹16,176), PokerGuru Ambassador Laksh ‘B00MTilt23’ Pal Singh (24th for ₹14,124), Gaurav ‘3betPanda’ Sood (27th for ₹14,124), Vikas ‘ACPcalling’ Chaudhary (28th for ₹14,124), along with PokerGuru Ambassadors Ashish ‘chipcharity999’ Munot (29th for ₹14,124), Vivek ‘Mystic Peaks’ Singh (30th for ₹14,124), and PokerGuru Ambassador Tathagata ‘RadioActivity’ Sengupta (31st for ₹14,124) were among the other notable in the money finishers.

Final Table Results

1. Hitesh ‘hiteshbhai999’ Batra – ₹2,70,784

2. Chirag ‘WhyworrY_56’ Sodha – ₹1,99,466

3. Goonjan ‘gmtesting.ind’ Mall – ₹1,46,931

4. Prashanth ‘nemesis9961’ Sekar – ₹1,08,233

5. Sahil ‘inaboobham’ Mahboobani – ₹79,727

6. Rohit ‘PillowFight22’ Mishra – ₹58,729

7. Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja – ₹43,261

8. Prashant ‘$$$OUL$$$UTRA’ Jain Bhutoria – ₹31,867

9. 1ll|1ll1|ll1| – ₹27,826

SSS #25 Hi-Fi ₹8 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Entries – 187

Re-entries – 50

Re-buys – 109

Prize Pool – ₹8,00,000

Places Paid – 30

Spartan Poker’s SSS #25 Hi-Fi ₹8 Lakhs GTD garnered a total of 346 entries (187 unique, 50 re-entries, and 109 re-buys) yesterday, falling ₹1.08 Lakhs short of the break-even point. Racing ahead of the rest, PokerGuru Ambassador Rohit ‘ShippingYard’ Mishra defeated ‘Tokio999’ heads-up to win the ₹1.68 Lakhs up top.

Charu Vikram ‘7freeman’ Kaushik (5th for ₹48,400), Vishal ‘Bhaii9’ Marwaha (6th for ₹40,000), Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPros’ Kumar (7th for ₹32,000), Md. ‘Barrel_57’ Zeeshan (8th for ₹25,200) and Anurag ‘RickdickulouS’ Kureel (9th for ₹20,000) ran deep to feature on the final table.

The top 30 finishers earned a cut from the prize pool. The payout list featured names like Kanav ‘Shakerchi’ Parwal (12th for ₹16,000), Avneesh ‘IamAM’ Munjal (13th for ₹12,800), Renventhung ‘Renben Poker’ Kikon (14th for ₹12,800), Paras ‘AAKKQQJJ’ Jain (18th for ₹10,400), Chirag ‘chilling’ Sodha (20th for ₹8,400), Aniket ‘Anteman’ Waghmare (23rd for ₹7,600), Rohit ‘sttoned’ Kumar (24th for ₹7,600), Sasi ‘sasikiranx’ Kiran (25th for ₹6,800), Raghav ‘thatssosick’ Bansal (26th for ₹6,800) and Rubin ‘kornkid’ Labroo (27th for ₹6,800).

Final Table Results

1. Rohit ‘ShippingYard’ Mishra – ₹1,68,000

2. Tokio999 – ₹1,17,600

3. nsfw – ₹80,000

4. mariaaaa – ₹64,800

5. Charu Vikram ‘7freeman’ Kaushik – ₹48,400

6. Vishal ‘Bhaii9’ Marwaha – ₹40,000

7. Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPros’ Kumar – ₹32,000

8. Md. ‘Barrel_57’ Zeeshan – ₹25,200

9. Anurag ‘RickdickulouS’ Kureel – ₹20,000

Thursday MonsterStack ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Entries – 127

Re-entries – 78

Prize Pool – ₹5,12,500

Places Paid – 24

Farhaad ‘kilpauk’ Khazvini championed PokerBaazi’s Thursday MonsterStack ₹5 Lakhs GTD and netted ₹1.23 Lakhs up top, after besting Hitesh ‘hiteshbhai’ Batra (runner-up for ₹86,766) heads-up.

A total of 24 runners received a piece of the ₹5.12 Lakhs prize pool. The known names among them were Anmol ‘anzzzzz’ Mehta (3rd for ₹55,760), Divij ‘divij24’ Soni (4th for ₹41,308), Sandeep ‘PoKcey’ Singh (5th for ₹31,006), Sam ‘thereallokimon’ Anand (7th for ₹20,603), PokerGuru Ambassador Nadeem ‘SpadeHunter’ Basha (9th for ₹12,351), Archana ‘turntable’ Saluja (12th for ₹9,020), Vivekk ‘Vivek25’ Dube (14th for ₹7,431), PokerGuru Ambassador Shashank ‘indianrat’ Desai (17th for ₹6,304), Rajat ‘happyfish’ Mahajan (18th for ₹6,304), Anirban ‘pottysingh’ D Das (20th for ₹5,535), Romit ’tilt83′ Advani ( 1st for ₹5,535), Haider ‘Haider’ Madraswala (22nd for ₹4,920), Deep ‘ChristopherCoke’ Patel (23rd for ₹4,920) and Sumanth ‘sp175’ Kumar (24th for ₹4,920).

Final Table Results

1. Farhaad ‘kilpauk’ Khazvini – ₹1,23,769

2. Hitesh ‘hiteshbhai’ Batra – ₹86,766

3. Anmol ‘anzzzzz’ Mehta – ₹55,760

4. Divij ‘divij24’ Soni – ₹41,308

5. Sandeep ‘PoKcey’ Singh – ₹31,006

6. thegreatvic – ₹24,805

7. Sam ‘thereallokimon’ Anand – ₹20,603

8. Sharat5 – ₹16,503

9. Nadeem ‘SpadeHunter’ Basha – ₹12,351

Hexagram ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Entries – 58

Re-entries – 37

Prize Pool – ₹2,50,000

Places Paid – 11

The Hexagram ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD on Adda52 attracted a field of 58 unique entrants that, along with another 37 re-entries, left a ₹77,100 overlay. The top 11 places were paid. Topping them all was the user ‘Kohlii’ who took away ₹72,500 after outdueling ‘pokerply’ heads-up.

Umang ‘umang94’ Kakarania (10th for ₹5,000), and Mukesh ‘mukesh2704’ Surana (11th for ₹5,000) posted deep runs.

Final Table Results

1. Kohlii – ₹72,500

2. pokerply – ₹48,750

3. anubhavgamble – ₹35,000

4. Aniket ‘WhiteRabbit’ Sharma – ₹27,500

5. raj413 – ₹20,000

6. Hellblue86 – ₹12,500

7. archio – ₹10,000

8. factory123 – ₹7,500

9. nehrasaab – ₹6,250

The Classic ₹2 Lakh GTD – PokerStars India

Entries – 80

Re-Entries – 62

Prize Pool – ₹2,13,000

Places Paid – 14

The Classic ₹2 Lakh GTD on PokerStars India attracted a player pool of 142 runners (80 unique and 62 re-entries), accumulating a prize pool of ₹2.13 Lakhs. It took two tries, but eventually ‘Sri@5774’ took home the ₹52,282 first-place money by defeating Rachit ‘hack_R27’ Parihar heads-up, who settled for ₹39,206 as the runner-up.

The top 14 places got paid, some familiar names that finished ITM were Varun ‘wardev’ Devayya (4^th for ₹22,047), Utkarsh ‘GawdManyu’ Reniwal (6^th for ₹12,398), Sriharsha ‘DonkeyCommitted’ Boneni (12^th for ₹4,244), and Apratim ‘HUSTLER.0081’ Chatterjee (14^th for ₹3,452).

Final Table Results

1. Sri@5774 – ₹52,282

2. Rachit ‘hack_R27’ Parihar – ₹39,206

3. Mickyn34 – ₹29,400

4. Varun ‘wardev’ Devayya – ₹22,047

5. dhondu.chilll – ₹16,533

6. Utkarsh ‘GawdManyu’ Reniwal – ₹12,398

7. sat_65ps – ₹9,297

8. pokpom1 – ₹6,972

9. DWAN_MAN – ₹5,228

Warrior Arena ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD – Poker Dangal

Entries – 86

Re-buys – 30

Prize Pool – ₹1,50,000

Places Paid – 17

Poker Dangal’s Warrior Arena ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD attracted 116 entries (86 unique and 30 re-buys) and suffered a ₹22,400 overlay, despite sporting a ₹1,100 (including ₹100 fees) buy-in. ‘VTN3COB’ made the most of the value on offer and took home the top prize of ₹36,000.

Arunav ‘frankie08’ Mittal (6th for ₹7,500), Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna (7th for ₹5,625), Ayush ‘Ashwinvijay’ Jain (8th for ₹4,125) and Ashraf ‘Ashrafpoker1’ Farooqui (13th for ₹3,375), were others who posted scores.

Final Table Results

1. VTN3COB – ₹36,000

2. Bluffking – ₹25,500

3. Varun ‘Alreadywinner’ Nagpal – ₹18,000

4. rvk874 – ₹13,500

5. Magesh18102 – ₹10,500

6. Arunav ‘frankie08’ Mittal – ₹7,500

7. Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna – ₹5,625

8. Ayush ‘Ashwinvijay’ Jain – ₹4,125

9. mailbox – ₹3,750

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