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Thursday witnessed an abundance of action across stakes with Spartan Poker’s FMS, PokerBaazi’s Grinders Series, and Poker Dangal’s DVS offering players enough options. Let`s take a look at the highlights of the day.
Spartan Poker
The featured tourney on Spartan Poker`s Thursday schedule, the ₹22 Lakhs GTD Ultron, logged in 563 hopefuls to generate a prize pool worth ₹22.52 Lakhs. ‘ElegantlyWasted’ championed the tourney to win ₹4.36 Lakhs. The mystery player has on August 11 picked up a fifth-place score worth ₹1.09 Lakhs at the ₹20 Lakhs GTD Mega Stack. Last night, he rode past Bharat ‘dorasingh’ Vasan (runner-up for ₹2.76 Lakhs) and Vishal ‘BlueWhale222’ Madan (3rd for ₹2 Lakhs) to win the title.
Day 1C of the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Velocity logged in 284 runners. Adding the 540 entries that had come in earlier, a total of 788 players have signed up already. Only 32 players could make it across to Day 2 with ‘iNi010’ (157,089), ‘Donndon’ (152,224), and ‘pankajc’ (118,347) carrying forward the top stacks. So far, 91 players have advanced to Day 2 with one starting flight left to play out.
The featured tourney on the opening day of the Freezeout Master Series (FMS), i.e., ₹4 Lakhs GTD FMS #4, saw Rishab ‘rishabjain1983’ Jain outlasting a field of 124 entries to win the ₹1 Lakh cash prize. Nirmal ‘varonir’ Sankhla finished runner-up for ₹68,000. This was Jain`s second FT finish of the day, he had finished seventh in the Ultron for ₹73,415.
PokerBaazi
Shagun Jain scripted history last August when he trounced a gigantic 4,796-strong field to win PokerBaazi’s The Game Changer 2.0. He fell whiskers short of taking down the ₹20 Lakhs GTD The Summit last month, placing runner-up for ₹3.26 Lakhs. Just days before completing a year since his phenomenal GameChanger victory, the Jaipur-based Jain finally added The Summit title to his list of accomplishments. He outlasted 246 entries in the Thursday flagship tourney on PokerBaazi last night to win ₹4.71 Lakhs!
The event suffered a shortfall of ₹1.55 Lakhs, and Jain’s final opponent in the tourney was ‘md20’ (runner-up for ₹3.30 Lakhs).
Seasoned regs like former PPL MoneyMaker champion Romit ‘tilt83’ Advani (3rd for ₹2.12 Lakhs), Millionaire champion Dhinesh ‘dhineshrocky007’ Kumar (4th for ₹1.57 Lakhs), Abhishek ‘sharktops’ Jaiswal (5th for ₹1.18 Lakhs), Sagar ‘sagarpupul’ Choudhury (6th for ₹94,400), Young Gun Anmol ‘anzzzzz’ Mehta (7th for ₹78,400), PokerGuru Ambassador Laksh Pal ‘boomtlt23’ Singh (8th for ₹62,800) and Kanav ‘sokopa’ Parwal (9th for ₹47,000) FT-ed the tourney.
Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra was the other prominent winner on the site. He championed a field of 217 entries in the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Grinders #19 Thursday Monster to win ₹1.28 Lakhs.
Adda52
Adda52`s ₹1 Crore GTD Full House ran its first starting flight, Day 1A, yesterday. A total of 251 entries ponied up the ₹5,500 buy-in to enter, and only 26 survived the day’s onslaught. Carrying the chip lead on Day 1A was ‘Abhilasha212’ (323412), with Sahil ‘Bhaijiii’ Agarwal (315,523) and Avadh ‘cateyes’ Shah (272,230) rounding out the top three stacks of the day.
The biggest guaranteed tourney of the day was the ₹30 Lakhs GTD Godfather. The ₹5,500 buy-in tourney began proceedings at 8 PM, logging in 594 entries by the time the late registrations closed – falling ₹30,000 short of the guarantee. The final showdown for the title took place between two players in sublime form, Young Gun Arsh Grover and PokerGuru Ambassador Rohit ‘rohit22m’ Mishra. Eventually, Grover pushed Mishra to a runner-up position, claiming the title and a big ₹5.82 Lakhs payday after a heads-up deal.
Young Gun Arsh ‘BigggTymeR’ Grover has time and again proved that he is among the top MTT players in the country! Featuring among the top 5 winners this year, Grover had on August 9 finished third in the ₹50 Lakhs GTD The Hercules for ₹6.25 Lakhs. Last night, he ran deep in two tourneys; the other was his fourth-place finish in the ₹15 Lakhs GTD Highroller on PokerStars India for ₹1.23 Lakhs. He’s already racked up over ₹2.45 Crores in winnings this year, and is currently ranked #4 on the annual leaderboard!
Mishra collected a hefty ₹5.33 Lakhs in the Godfather for placing runner-up. The PokerGuru Ambassador did one better in the ₹6.5 Lakhs GTD Table For 6, where he traversed 213 entries, adding ₹1.11 Lakhs to his tally after reaching a 3-way deal with Himanshu ‘himanshu_s’ Sehgal (2nd for ₹1.03 Lakhs) and Siddharth ‘gabandheer’ Pandey (3rd for 84,462).
PokerStars India
Two big-ticket tourneys were running on PokerStars India last night, and the biggest draw of the day was the ₹15 Lakhs GTD Highroller. A total of 189 entries paid the ₹7,700 buy-in, resulting in an overlay of ₹1.77 Lakhs. An anonymous player, ‘Grindprix,’ came out on top to win ₹2.98 Lakhs after defeating ‘rauflala’ (2nd for ₹2.22 Lakhs) heads-up. Sandeep ‘SANDYINC.’ Rajora (3rd for ₹1.65 Lakhs), and the Godfather champion, Arsh ‘BiggggTymeR’ Grover (4th for ₹1.23 Lakhs), FT-ed the tourney.
The ₹5 Lakhs GTD Battle Royale was championed by ‘drpokerabc,’ who won ₹1.08 Lakhs after striking a heads-up deal with Vishal ‘DeadGrinder1’ Madan (runner-up for ₹66,245). The event logged in 194 entries, falling six entries short of the guarantee.
Madan was among the standout winners of the day for three FT finishes that included sixth-place finishes in the two Adda52 flagships. He won ₹1.05 Lakhs for finishing sixth in the Godfather and collected ₹22,898 for placing sixth in the Table For 6.
Incidentally, the mystery player ‘The Annihilator’ also final tabled two tourneys. They finished eighth in the Highroller for ₹38,267 and third in the Battle Royale for ₹34,369. The player has more than ₹90.60 Lakhs in winnings on the site with a profit of ₹32.77 Lakhs.
Poker Dangal
The ₹45 Lakhs GTD Dangal Value Series (DVS) is fast gaining momentum, and the headline tourney on Thursday, the ₹5 Lakhs GTD DVS Main Event, logged in 320 entries, falling ₹20,000 short of its listed guarantee. ‘Pokershark’ came out on top to win the title and ₹1.10 Lakhs. ‘Prakash7639’ finished runner-up for ₹77,500.
The other big Thursday winners were:
Player | Prize Money | Event | Poker Site |
---|---|---|---|
Pokershark | ₹1.10 Lakhs | DVS Main Day 2 ₹5 Lakhs GTD | Poker Dangal |
Rishab ‘rishabjain1983’ Jain | ₹1 Lakh | FMS #4 ₹4 Lakhs GTD (FO) | Spartan Poker |
Amit 'SachinTendulkar' Kumar Sahu | ₹71,232 | Pocket Whopper ₹3 Lakhs GTD | Pocket52 |
Shovefish | ₹55,058 | Ultimate PLO ₹2 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
MansaMusa | ₹53,805 | Night Rider – DeepStack Turbo ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
Ekapoor | ₹51,207 | FMS #5 Monster Stack ₹2.30 Lakhs GTD (FO) | Spartan Poker |
thesetminer | ₹46,000 | Pocket Lunch ₹2 Lakhs GTD | Pocket52 |
AJ23 | ₹44,617 | Afternoon Adda ₹2 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
THE_MOUTH | ₹40,200 | DVS Event #5 ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD | Poker Dangal |
kd69 | ₹34,500 | Pocket Dinner ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD | Pocket52 |
Proplr007 | ₹12,000 | Hitman PLO ₹30K GTD | Khelo365 |
Vamsi66666 | ₹7,050 | Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD | Khelo365 |
Full House ₹1 Crore GTD Day 1A – Adda52
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 146
Re-entries – 105
Survivors – 26
The ₹1 Crore GTD Full House played out the first out of its five opening flights last night. Gathering 251 entries, the day ran 29 ten minute-levels, at the end of which, only 26 players made it across to Day 2.
Leading the charge was ‘Abhilasha212’ (323,412), with Sahil ‘Bhaijiii’ Agarwal (315,523) and Avadh ‘cateyes’ Shah (272,230) bagging the next top stacks.
Rohan ‘sailor85’ Bhasin (219,478), Alok ‘APB1989’ Birewar (203,372), Pranav ‘IJustGamb0l’ Desai (182,085), and Manish ‘newkidpoker’ Lakhotia (180,687) featured among the top 10 stacks of the day.
Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1A
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 284
Re-entries – 310
Prize Pool – ₹30,00,000
Places Paid – 63
Adda52`s Godfather clocked in 594 entries, falling six entries short of meeting its ₹30 Lakhs prize pool guarantee.
After eight hours and thirty-six minutes of nail-biting action, Young Gun Arsh ‘bigggtymer’ Grover decimated his competition to win the tourney for the first time in his online career. The victory brought him his best-recorded score on Adda52 worth ₹5.82 Lakhs.
Grover came close to winning a second title yesterday, placing fourth in PokerStars India’s Highroller for ₹1.24 Lakhs. With total winning of over ₹7 Lakhs, he was the bigger winner of the day.
Grover’s online record has surpassed ₹4.85 Crores, and he is fast closing in on the ₹5 Crore-mark. He is presently ranked #4 on the annual leaderboard with ₹2.45 Crores in earnings.
Grover chopped the top prize with PokerGuru Ambassador Rohit ‘rohit22rm’ Mishra, who collected ₹5.34 Lakhs and the runner-up tag.
Rohan ‘rohan142’ Soman (3rd for ₹2.73 Lakhs), Varun ‘vnutsg’ Gupta (4th for ₹2.10 Lakhs), Vishal ‘IsnapUcry’ Madan (6th for ₹1.05 Lakhs), and Harshad ‘laiibhari’ Barve (7th for ₹82,500) posted FT finishes in the tourney.
Final Table Results
Buy-in – ₹4,400
Entries – 287
Re-entries – 92
Re-buys – 184
Prize Pool – ₹22,52,000
Places Paid – 55
The ₹22 Lakhs GTD Ultron gathered 563 entrants who ponied the ₹4,400 buy-in to generate a guarantee smashing ₹22.52 Lakhs prize pool. Topping them all was an unknown player ‘ElegantlyWasted,’ who walked away with ₹4.36 Lakhs after defeating Bharat ‘dorasingh’ Vasan (runner-up for 2.76 Lakhs) heads-up.
The anonymous winner was on a ₹5 Lakhs downswing on the site before this win and recovered almost 90% of his losses last night.
Vishal ‘BLueWhale222’ Madan (3rd for ₹2 Lakhs), Ramji ‘bluffpolice123’ Kishore G (6th for ₹98,638), and Rishab ‘rishabjain1983’ Jain (7th for ₹73,415) posted FT finishes.
Final Table Results
Buy-in – ₹8,250
Entries – 136
Re-entries – 110
Prize Pool – ₹20,00,000
Places Paid – 27
Overlay – ₹1.55 Lakhs
Running alongside the Grinders Series was PokerBaazi`s Thursday flagship ₹20 Lakhs GTD The Summit. The event kicked off at 8 PM. With only 246 entries registering to play, the tourney had to fill in a ₹1.55 Lakhs shortfall.
It took almost 7 hours from start to finish to find a champion, and in the end, it was the Game Changer 2.0 champion, Shagun ‘sogani22’ Jain, who came out on top to win the title and ₹4.71 Lakhs. ‘md20’ finished runner-up for ₹3.30 Lakhs.
The FT was replete with top regs. Players like former PPL MoneyMaker champion Romit ‘tilt83’ Advani (3rd for ₹2.12 Lakhs), Millionaire champion Dhinesh ‘dhineshrocky007’ Kumar (4th for ₹1.57 Lakhs), Abhishek ‘sharktops’ Jaiswal (5th for ₹1.18 Lakhs), Sagar ‘sagarpupul’ Choudhury (6th for ₹94,400), Young Gun Anmol ‘anzzzzz’ Mehta (7th for ₹78,400), PokerGuru Ambassador Laksh Pal ‘boomtlt23’ Singh (8th for ₹62,800), and Kanav ‘sokopa’ Parwal (9th for ₹47,000) posted FT finishes.
Final Table Results
Buy-in – ₹7,700
Entries – 117
Re-entries – 72
Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000
Places Paid – 31
The Thursday evening extravaganza on PokerStars India, the ₹15 Lakhs GTD Highroller, continued the overlay trend. The tourney attracted 189 participants, falling ₹1.77 Lakhs short of its advertised guarantee.
The event ran for nearly eight hours, ultimately crowning a champion in mystery user ‘GrindPrix,’ who added ₹2.98 Lakhs to their bankroll. ‘rauflala’ finished runner-up ₹2.22 Lakhs.
Sandeep ‘SANDYINC.’ Rajora (3rd for ₹1.65 Lakhs), Young Gun Arsh ‘BiggggTymeR’ Grover (4th for ₹1.23 Lakhs), Akshay ‘powershell42’ Asawa (5th for ₹92,248), Chandan ‘RunBarryRun’ Arora (6th for ₹68,799) and Sanat ‘durrsanta’ Mehrotra (7th for ₹51,310), collected FT payouts.
Final Table Results
Buy-in – ₹550
Entries – 146
Re-entries – 18
Re-buys – 120
Survivors – 164
The third starting flight of the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Velocity pulled in 284 entrants, and at the end of the four-hour grind, 164 players advanced to Day 2.
Grabbing the end of Day 1C chip lead was ‘iNi010’ (157,089) with ‘Donndon’ (154,224) and ‘pankajc’ (118,347) in hot pursuit.
Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1C
Buy-in – ₹2,750
Entries – 148
Re-entries – 70
Prize Pool – ₹5,45,000
Places Paid – 27
The ₹5 Lakhs GTD Grinders#19 Thursday Monster logged in 218 entries that helped create a prize pool worth ₹5.45 Lakhs, and 27 players made it in the money.
Almost five hours of battle, online regular Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra emerged as the champion and banked ₹1.28 Lakhs. Rising talent Kiran ‘pocketjs’ YK took home ₹89,980 for finishing runner-up.
Abhishek ‘ketchup’ Kumar (3rd for ₹57,880), Ritwik ‘Ritwikkhanna’ Khanna (4th for ₹42,840), Anujkumar ‘aatmaan’ Kodam (5th for ₹32,160), Sahil ‘ImHighIshove’ Mahboobani (6th for ₹25,720), Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia (7th for ₹21,360), and Nishant ‘stockfull’ Pandey (9th for ₹12,810) posted FT scores.
Final Table Results
Buy-in – ₹2,750
Entries – 113
Re-entries – 100
Prize Pool – ₹5,32,501
Places Paid – 21
Running alongside the Godfather was the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Table For 6. A turnout of 213 entries helped collect ₹5.33 Lakhs in the prize pool.
PokerGuru Ambassador Rohit ‘rohit22rm’ Mishra making his second top finish of the day, came out on top to win ₹1.12 Lakhs. He had chopped the top prize in the Godfather with Grover for ₹5.34 Lakhs, taking his total winnings for the day to ₹6.46 Lakhs. On Wednesday, Mishra had won PokerBaazi’s The Pride for ₹2.21 Lakhs.
Himanshu ‘himanshu_s’ Sehgal (runner-up for ₹1.04 Lakhs) and Siddharth ‘gabandheer’ Pandey (3rd for ₹84,462) were the other two beneficiaries of the deal.
Vishnu ‘violator’ Khandelwal (5th for ₹33,281) and Vishal ‘vishalkumar1270’ Kumar (6th for ₹22,898) rounded out the FT finishers in the tourney.
Final Table Results
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 163
Rebuys – 157
Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Places Paid – 36
Three hundred and twenty entries were counted on Day 2 of the DVS Main that offered ₹5 Lakhs as the guaranteed prize pool. The site had to fill in the ₹20,000 deficit.
Taking home the lion’s share of ₹1.10 Lakhs was ‘Pokershark,’ who outduelled ‘Prakash7639’ in the heads-up to win the title. The latter netted ₹77,500 for finishing second.
Bidya ‘Ankit420’ Shankar placed fifth for ₹27,700.
Final Table Results
Buy-in – ₹2,750
Entries – 125
Re-entries – 69
Total Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Regular Prize Pool – ₹2,57,500
Bounty Prize Pool – ₹2,42,500
Places Paid – 31
PokerStars India’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Battle Royale Mini suffered a ₹15,000 loss on the guarantee from 194 entries.
Anonymous user ‘drpokerabc’ took down the title for ₹1.08 Lakhs (₹45,421 in prize money and ₹63,554 in bounties), after a heads-up chop with Vishal ‘DeadGrinder1’ Madan – runner-up for ₹66,245 (₹43,940 in prize money and ₹22,304 in bounties).
Site regular ‘The AnnihiIator,’ who had final tabled the Highroller (8th for ₹38,267), picked up their second final table score of the night, finishing third for ₹34,369.
Akshay ‘VaahBhaiVaah’ Gupta finished 9th for ₹5,606.
Final Table Results
*denotes heads-up deal
FMS #4 ₹4 Lakhs GTD (FO) – Spartan Poker
Buy-in – ₹3,300
Entries – 124
Prize Pool – ₹4,00,000
Places Paid – 17
The headline tourney on Day 1 of the Freezeout Master Series (FMS), the ₹4 Lakhs GTD FMS #4, brought together 124 runners – booking an overlay of ₹28,000.
Rishab ‘rishabjain1983’ Jain powered his way through the competition to win the title and ₹1 Lakh in cash prize. Nirmal ‘varonir’ Sankhla finished runner-up for ₹68,000.
Pranav ‘pranavpoker’ Khandalkar (3rd for ₹44,200), and Prince ‘WhySoSick’ Kumar (4th for ₹36,600) posted FT scores.
Pocket Whopper ₹3 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 142
Re-entries – 69
Prize Pool – ₹3,16,500
Places Paid – 36
The headliner on Pocket52, the ₹3 Lakhs GTD Pocket Whopper, attracted 211 entries, generating a ₹3.16 Lakhs prize pool.
Site regular Amit ‘SachinTendulkar’ Kumar Sahu continuing his winning streak on the site topped the field and took home ₹71,232 in first-place prize money. ‘Monu12121’ finished runner-up for ₹42,727.
Uday ‘Darinda’ Mondal (4th for ₹24,528) and Aniket ‘kspocket’ Raj (6th for ₹14,242) earned final table payouts.
Pocket Lunch ₹2 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 115
Re-entries – 59
Prize Pool – ₹2,00,000
Places Paid – 27
Unknown player ‘thesetminer’ raced past a 174-entry field in Pocket52’s ₹2 Lakhs GTD Pocket Lunch to win₹46,000, just as George ‘Negreanu’ Solomon came in second for ₹28,000.
The event experienced an overlay of ₹26,000, with the top 27 places receiving payouts.
DVS Event #5 ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD – Poker Dangal
Buy-in – ₹385
Entries – 131
Rebuys – 159
Add-ons – 85
Prize Pool – ₹1,50,000
Places Paid – 15
The ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD DVS Event #5 booked a shortfall of ₹18,750 after bringing in 375 runners.
Mystery user ‘THE_MOUTH’ denied site regular Gaurav ‘BIT00Poker’ Verma (runner-up for ₹28,155) the title and pocketed ₹40,200 in prize money.
Subham ‘Jokermaniac’ Khandelwal earned ₹10,050 for his fifth-place finish.
Pocket Dinner ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 92
Re-entries – 43
Prize Pool – ₹1,63,000
Places Paid – 27
The ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD Pocket Dinner locked in 135 entrants, collecting ₹1.63 Lakhs in the prize pool.
‘kd69’ was the last player standing after defeating Naman ‘nammy09’ Puri (runner-up for ₹21,000) heads-up and won ₹34,500.
Hitman PLO ₹30K GTD – Khelo365
Buy-in – ₹550
Entries – 26
Re-entries – 29
Prize Pool – ₹30, 000
Places Paid – 6
Khelo365`s ₹30K GTD Hitman PLO fell five entries of its guarantee.
‘Proplr007’ took down the title and ₹12,000 with ‘happysting’ finishing runner-up for ₹6,300.
Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD – Khelo365
Buy-in – ₹275
Entries – 49
Re-entries – 45
Prize Pool – ₹23,500
Places Paid – 10
Khelo365’s ₹20K GTD Grinder 2.0 was championed by ‘Vamsi66666,’ who added ₹7,050 to their bankroll.
This report was updated at 4 PM on 21.08.2020
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