Daily Majors: Arya, Kripalani, Purohit & Mishra Dominate the Friday Marquees; Chaudhary Tops Day 1C of the Game Changer

Friday night marked the start of the weekend, and the action was ‘crackalackin’ across all the major platforms. Tournament action on Adda52 finally resumed yesterday after a two-day break. Here`s a recap of all that transpired.

Spartan Poker

Spartan Poker`s Friday night special, ₹30 Lakhs GTD The Elite turned out to be a smashing hit as it logged in 404 entries to collect a guarantee-crushing ₹40.40 Lakhs prize pool. Walking away with the up top prize money of ₹8.10 Lakhs was an anonymous player ‘Pocket_king_K’ who beat ‘Boller’ (2^nd for ₹5.38 Lakhs) in the heads-up play. This week’s Ultron runner-up, mystery crusher ‘Tiger10,’ came in third for ₹3.93 Lakhs.

The signature ₹10 Lakhs GTD TGIF had another successful outing last night after logging in 928 entries to form a prize pool kitty of ₹13.92 Lakhs. Anonymous user ‘nachu_kya’ took down the event for ₹2.66 Lakhs, after besting ‘Venkie’ (runner-up for ₹1.65 Lakhs) heads-up.

PokerBaazi

Over at PokerBaazi, the star attraction of the day was the third opening flight of the site’s flagship ₹2 Crores GTD Game Changer 3.0. Day 1C registered a starting field of 990 entries, and in the end, 108 players managed to make the cut for Day 2. Bagging the top stack at the end of the day was Aryan ‘aryanstark’ Chaudhary (479,000), who presently holds the overall chip leader status. Rounding out the top three stacks were Rajesh ‘intervntion’ Kumar Shukla (428,000) and PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer ‘holdbaby’ Singh Chadha (423,000). The ₹5,500 buy-in tourney requires 4,000 entries to break-even on the ₹2 Crores guarantee, and with 3,053 entries across the first three starting flights, it looks well on track.

The ₹3 Lakhs GTD Friday SuperStack found a champion in ‘endboss11’ who defeated the first-ever Game Changer champion Prashanth ‘Iveyleague’ Sekar (runner-up for ₹67,381) heads-up. The tourney logged in 199 entries to collect 3.98 Lakhs in the prize pool and the top 24 places got paid.

Adda52

Tournament action was possibly at an all-time high at Adda52 that was running its biggest-ever online series, the ₹22 Crores GTD AOPS Special Edition. That was before technical issues decided to play party spoiler. The site was forced to suspend all tournaments for the last two days given these persisting technical issues. Finally, it came out with the announcement yesterday that the remaining 5 days of the AOPS are being rescheduled to July 8-12. For now, the site will be running its regular featured tourneys till July 7.

The featured tourney on Friday was the ₹20 Lakhs GTD The Ballers. The return of tournament action on the site was welcomed by players as a packed field of 436 entries created a smashing ₹29.86 Lakhs prize pool, and 49 places got paid. Topping them all was PokerGuru Ambassador Devvrat ‘glitch_d’ Arya, who earned his biggest score at the site to date worth ₹7.31 Lakhs after defeating online reg Siddhanth ‘Sidstack’ Kripalani (runner-up for ₹4.33 Lakhs) heads-up.

The ₹3 Lakhs GTD Hexagram registered 248 entries, and the top 27 finishers took a stab at the ₹4.96 Lakhs prize pool. Championing the tourney was MTT reg Vikram ‘vikram2323’ Mishra, who banked ₹1.15 Lakhs following a heads-up deal with ‘vroy219’ (runner-up for ₹96,421).

PokerStars India

Shipping PokerStars India`s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Uppercut Magic Edition was MTT beast Anant ‘Dr4gonW4rrior’ Purohit, who outplayed Abhijeet ‘sexylady7766’ Kumar (runner-up for ₹1.02 Lakhs) heads-up to take home the winner’s paycheck worth ₹2.27 Lakhs. This was Purohit’s fourth time winning the Uppercut title, and the phenom is fast approaching the benchmark ₹5 Crore-mark in online earnings! The event recorded 269 sign-ups to create a prize pool of ₹10.76 Lakhs, and 47 places got paid.

The ₹5 Lakhs GTD Friday Euphoria attracted 210 participants to collect ₹5.25 Lakhs in the prize pool. Philip ‘minisha_lamba’ Jude came out on top and earned a paycheck of ₹99,009 after beating Vishal ‘DeadGrinder1’ Madan (runner-up for ₹72,977) in the heads-up play.

Game Changer 3.0 Day 1C ₹2 Crores GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 655

Re-entries – 335

Survivors – 108

Day 1C of the ₹2 Crores GTD Game Changer 3.0 saw 990 entries being registered. The mega tourney requires 4,000 entries to reach the break-even point. Till now 3,053 entries (Day 1A – 1,030 and Day 1B – 1,033) have been logged in across three starting flights. With one more starting flight, i.e., Day 1D left to unfold later today, it is likely that the tournament will meet its advertised guarantee.

Getting back to Day 1C, the third starting flight, that commenced at 8 PM last night, lasted for a little more than five hours. In the end, Aryan ‘aryanstark’ Chaudhary emerged with the most massive stack of 479,000 among the 108 Day 1C survivors.

Rajesh ‘intervntion’ Kumar Shukla (428,000) and PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer ‘holdbaby’ Singh Chadha (423,000) were hot on Chaudhary’s heels, in second and third spots, respectively.

Abhishek ‘ketchup’ Kumar (376,000), Young Gun Devang ‘laila’ Yadav (319,000), and Muthukumar ‘hero1965’ Rajagopalan (276,000), featured among the top 10 stacks.

Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1C

1. Aryan ‘aryanstark’ Chaudhary – 479,000
2. Rajesh ‘intervntion’ Kumar Shukla – 428,000
3. Arjanveer ‘holdbaby’ Singh Chadha – 423,000
4. Abhishek ‘ketchup’ Kumar – 376,000
5. eshankapoor – 373,000
6. Devang ‘laila’ Yadav – 319,000
7. Prodigy_poker – 305,000
8. Muthukumar ‘hero1965’ Rajagopalan – 276,000
9. kshitijd11 – 268,000
10. Wildcat – 259,000

The Elite ₹30 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 208

Re-entries – 82

Rebuys – 114

Prize Pool – ₹40,40,000

Places Paid – 39

Spartan Poker’s prime time tourney, the ₹30 Lakhs GTD The Elite, drew a packed field of 404 entries yesterday, breaching its advertised guarantee by more than 20% to collect a ₹40.40 Lakhs prize pool. The ₹11,000 buy-in event began at 9.30 PM and ran nearly nine hours to conclude, eventually crowning a champion in Sagar ‘Pocket_king_K’ Raj who defeated ‘Boller’ (runner-up for ₹5.38 Lakhs) heads-up to stake a claim on the title.

The player had last Sunday captured the ₹4.5 Lakhs GTD Reloaded on the site for ₹85,606. The player has, with his latest victory, added a sizeable ₹8.10 Lakhs to their bankroll.

Alok ‘Mazacar’ Birewar (4^th for ₹3.17 Lakhs), Young Gun Gaurav ‘mozzie17’ Sood (5^th for ₹2.49 Lakhs), Utkarsh ‘kidpokerNJ’ Vaish (6^th for ₹1.82 Lakhs), and Young Gun Arsh ‘BigggTymeR’ Grover (8^th for ₹95,327) were the other notable FT scorers.

Final Table Results

1. Sagar ‘Pocket_king_K’ Raj -₹8,10,020
2. Boller -₹5,38,532
3. Tiger10 -₹3,93,900
4. Alok ‘Mazacar’ Birewar -₹3,17,948
5. Gaurav ‘mozzie17’ Sood -₹2,49,268
6. Utkarsh ‘kidpokerNJ’ Vaish -₹1,82,187
7. Jhumroo -₹1,38,572
8. Arsh ‘BigggTymeR’ Grover -₹95,327
9. haayegarmi -₹84,436

The Ballers ₹20 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹7,500

Entries – 213

Re-entries – 223

Prize Pool – ₹29,86,601

Places Paid – 49

After a two-day hiatus due to technological problems, Adda52 was again operational. The remaining events on the AOPS schedule have been re-allocated from July 8 – 12. Still, there were only two premium events hosted on the site.

The first of the two events was the Ballers that offered ₹20 Lakhs in prize pool guarantee. Sporting a ₹7,500 buy-in, the event pulled in 436 entries (213 unique and 223 re-entries), to generate a guarantee-crushing ₹29.87 Lakhs prize pool, almost 50% over the posted guarantee.

PokerGuru Ambassador Devvrat ‘glitch_d’ Arya, who was ranked #27 on the yearly leaderboard took down the tournament and a career-high ₹7.32 Lakhs first-place prize. The win also helped him to climb two rungs and reach the #25 spot on the leaderboard with more than ₹1.22 Crores worth of winning this year.

Arya defeated Siddhanth ‘Sidstack’ Kripalani in the heads up play, who took home ₹4.33 Lakhs as the runner-up prize.

The final table was replete with notables like Ranjeet ‘rj147’ Negi (4^th for ₹2.24 Lakhs), Rohit ‘Ikkatikka’ Setia (5^th for ₹1.05 Lakhs), PokerGuru Ambassador Laksh ‘boomtilt23’ Pal Singh (7^th for ₹82,132), and Shravan ‘sweatmyass13’ Chhabria (8^th for ₹67,199).

Final Table Results

1. Devvrat ‘glitch_d’ Arya -₹7,31,717
2. Siddhanth ‘Sidstack’ Kripalani -₹4,33,057
3. HIMKIR69 -₹2,98,660
4. Ranjeet ‘rj147’ Negi -₹2,23,995
5. PokerPunter01 -₹1,49,330
6. Rohit ‘Ikkatikka’ Setia -₹1,04,531
7. Laksh ‘boomtilt23’ Pal Singh -₹82,132
8. Shravan ‘sweatmyass13’ Chhabria -₹67,199
9. believe -₹47,786

Uppercut Magic Edition ₹10 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹4,400

Entries – 163

Re-entries – 106

Total Prize Pool – ₹10,76,000

Regular Prize Pool – ₹5,38,000

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹5,38,000

Places Paid – 47

PokerStars India`s Friday night extravaganza, the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Uppercut Magic Edition, attracted 269 entries, collecting a guarantee surpassing ₹10.76 Lakhs in the prize pool.

With 47 places paid, ‘IAlwaysWIN007’ bubbled the tourney assuring the remaining players a ₹3,615 min-cash.

After just a little over seven hours of play, it was Anant ‘Dr4gonW4rrior’ Purohit, who climbed up to the #5 spot on the yearly leaderboard after shipping the event for ₹2.27 Lakhs (₹84,445 in prize money and ₹1,41,906 in bounties). This was his 4th time winning this tourney, taking his recorded online scorecard tally close to ₹5 Crores.

Purohit defeated Abhijeet ‘sexylady7766’ Kumar heads-up, the latter took home ₹1.02 Lakhs (₹84,445 in prize money and ₹17,750 in bounties).

Purohit had to make it past a host of tough opponents on the FT to win the title. This included the likes of Guneet ‘GSK1515’ Kwatra (4^th for ₹57,726), Kunal ‘iAlwaysHaveit’ Patni (5^th for ₹42,464), Young Gun Kanchan ‘thandicoke’ Sharma (6^th for ₹31,820), Vinayak ‘koi.toh.rok.lo’ Bajaj (7^th for ₹27,865), Bharat ‘MojoJojo2193’ Vasan (8^th for ₹32,645), and Prithu ‘fna1tics’ Gaur (9^th for ₹17,083).

Final Table Results (Including Bounties)

1. Anant ‘Dr4gonW4rrior’ Purohit -₹2,27,351
2. Abhijeet ‘sexylady7766’ Kumar -₹1,02,194
3. raghav1990 -₹70,749
4. Guneet ‘GSK1515’ Kwatra -₹57,726
5. Kunal ‘iAlwaysHaveit’ Patni -₹42,464
6. Kanchan ‘thandicoke’ Sharma -₹31,820
7. Vinayak ‘koi.toh.rok.lo’ Bajaj -₹27,865
8. Bharat ‘MojoJojo2193’ Vasan -₹32,645
9. Prithu ‘fna1tics’ Gaur -₹17,083

TGIF ₹10 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 442

Re-entries – 162

Rebuys – 324

Prize Pool – ₹13,92,000

Places Paid – 87

The Friday 8 PM tourney on Spartan Poker, the ₹10 Lakhs GTD TGIF, attracted 928 entries (442 unique, 162 re-entries, and 324 rebuys). With a prize pool of ₹13.92 Lakhs collected, the final 87 players made runs in the money.

It took nearly eight-and-half hours from start to finish, and in the end, unknown player ‘nachu_kya’ clinched the title and the top prize of ₹2.66 Lakhs after beating his heads-up rival ‘Venkie’ (2^nd for ₹1.65 Lakhs) to the finish line.

Among the players who featured on the final table was Wilson ‘PokerBadger’ Yomso (3rd for ₹1.18 Lakhs), Anil ‘spewtard’ Adiani (4^th for ₹91,872), Sreeharsha ‘yUDdam’ Boneni (5^th for ₹72,384), Young Gun Anmol ‘Anzzzzz’ Mehta (7^th for ₹41,899), and Charu Vikram ‘7freeman’ Kaushik (8^th for ₹28,814).

Final Table Results

1. nachu_kya -₹266,568
2. Venkie -₹1,65,926
3. Wilson ‘PokerBadger’ Yomso -₹1,18,738
4. Anil ‘spewtard’ Adiani -₹91,872
5. Sreeharsha ‘yUDdam’ Boneni – ₹72,384
6. barrelbrat -₹56,654
7. Anmol ‘Anzzzzz’ Mehta -₹41,899
8. Charu Vikram ‘7freeman’ Kaushik -₹28,814
9. haayegarmi -₹22,690

Pocket Kings ₹5 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 131

Re-entries – 74

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 36

The ₹5 Lakhs GTD Pocket Kings drew 205 entries to witness an overlay of ₹90,000. The top 36 places benefitted from the shortfall.

Racing past the competition was ‘Darinda,’ who collected the most significant chunk of the prize pool worth ₹1.12 Lakhs. The runner-up ‘John_wick1399’ received ₹67,500 as the prize.

Gaurav ‘BIT00Poker’ Verma (3rd for ₹51,500) was the only notable on the FT.

Final Table Results

1. Darinda -₹1,12,500
2. John_wick1399 -₹67,500
3. Gaurav ‘BIT00Poker’ Verma -₹51,500
4. CYBERILLIDIAN -₹38,750
5. Nastyboy -₹30,000
6. Ak47 -₹22,500

Friday Euphoria ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 136

Re-entries – 74

Prize Pool – ₹5,25,000

Places Paid – 34

Racing past a field of 210 entries was site reg Philip ‘minisha_lamba’ Jude, who captured PokerStars India’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Friday Euphoria title yesterday for ₹99,009. The runner-up Vishal ‘DeadGrinder1’ Madan banked ₹72,977 for his runner-up finish.

Sagar ‘0B0RRA’ Patnaik (4th for ₹39,647) and Young Gun Arsh ‘BiggggTymeR’ Grover (7th for ₹17,345) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Philip ‘minisha_lamba’ Jude -₹99,009
2. Vishal ‘DeadGrinder1’ Madan -₹72,977
3. knightrider1982 -₹53,789
4. Sagar ‘0B0RRA’ Patnaik -₹39,647
5. nikpokernoob -₹29,223
6. mavhisathem -₹21,539
7. Arsh ‘BiggggTymeR’ Grover -₹17,345
8. sautri13 -₹13,967
9. muttonmm -₹13,967

Kickstarter ₹4 Lakhs GTD NLHE – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹3,300

Entries – 88

Re-entries – 25

Prize Pool – ₹4,00,000

Places Paid – 20

Khelo365’s prime event on the Friday schedule, the ₹4 Lakhs GTD Kickstarter fell ₹61,000 short of hitting the break-even mark on the back of 113 registrations.

Anonymous user ‘Rav2017416’ was the last player standing after beating ‘chetan989’ (runner-up for ₹72,000) heads-up and won ₹1 Lakhs.

Friday SuperStack ₹3 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 121

Re-entries – 78

Prize Pool – ₹3,98,000

Places Paid – 24

The ₹3 Lakhs GTD Friday SuperStack featuring a buy-in of ₹2,200 collected a prize pool worth ₹3.98 Lakhs through 199 entries.

The event took five hours to find a champion with mystery user ‘endboss11’ besting the Game Changer 1.0 champion Prashanth ‘Iveyleague’ Sekar heads-up to win ₹96,120. Sekar took home ₹67,381 for his runner-up finish.

Ritwik ‘Ritwikkhanna’ Khanna (4^th for ₹32,080), Ayush ‘Proman502’ Garg (5^th for ₹24,080), Mahesh ‘mahikalra’ Shyamsundar (6^th for ₹19,260), Aayush ‘Goyal0279’ Goyal (7^th for ₹16,000) and Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPro’ Kumar (8^th for ₹12,820), were among the notables FT finishers.

Hexagram ₹3 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 155

Re-entries – 93

Prize Pool – ₹4,96,000

Places Paid – 27

The other Adda52 tourney, the ₹3 Lakhs GTD Hexagram, attracted a packed field of 248 entries. The ₹2,200 buy-in tournament accumulated ₹4.96 Lakhs in the prize pool, almost two-third over the guarantee.

The top two finishers decided upon a deal heads-up that saw Vikram ‘vikram2323’ Mishra walk away with the title and the ₹1.16 Lakhs cash prize that came along with it. ‘vroy219’ finished runner-up for ₹96,421.

Chirag ‘mahikk’ Bhardwaj (4th for ₹43,400), PokerGuru Ambassador Shashank ‘IndianRat’ Desai (5th for ₹29,760), and Aman ‘karmapoker’ Parakh (9th for ₹9,920) posted FT finishes.

Monster Stack ₹3 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹880

Entries – 217

Re-entries – 73

Rebuys – 156

Prize Pool – ₹3,56,800

Places Paid – 39

The ₹3 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack registered 446 entries to accrue ₹3.57 Lakhs in the prize pool.

After four and a half hours of play, Ravi ‘Rvjn91’ Jain was the last player standing after defeating ‘Badass’ (runner-up for ₹49,362) heads-up to win ₹69,738.

Guruprasad ‘DONKAKING’ Gupta (5^th for ₹22,015) and Utkarsh ‘utkarsh99’ Reniwal (6^th for ₹16,663) posted final tables scores.

Night Rider – Monster Stack ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹880

Entries – 220

Re-entries – 88

Rebuys – 155

Prize Pool – ₹3,70,400

Places Paid – 39

‘Himalayann’ bested a field of 463 entries that included ‘NatsuSlayer’ (runner-up for ₹49,374) and Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma (3^rd for ₹36,114) to capture the ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD Night Rider – Monster Stack title for ₹74,265. The tournament was not only able to surpass the break-even mark, but it went on to collect over 40% more on the guarantee translating into a ₹3.70 Lakhs prize pool.

Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma (3^rd for ₹36,114) was the other known notable on the final table.

Pocket Lunch ₹2 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 100

Re-entries – 50

Prize Pool – ₹2,00,000

Places Paid – 27

The afternoon event on Pocket52, the Pocket Lunch drew 150 entries to leave an overlay of ₹50,000, and the top 27 places benefitted from the value on offer.

Taking down the title was Gaurav ‘BIT00Poker’ Verma, who defeated ‘G6049080K’ (runner-up for ₹28,000) heads-up to win ₹46,000. Verma went on a tear on Pocket52 yesterday as he also placed 3rd in the Pocket Kings for ₹51,500.

Rasesh ‘ElProfesor’ Jes finished 4th for ₹16,000.

Ultimate PLO ₹2 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 55

Re-entries – 19
Rebuys – 31

Prize Pool – ₹2,10,000

Places Paid – 11

The Spartan Poker’s ₹2 Lakhs GTD Ultimate PLO drew 105 entries to collect a profitable ₹2.10 Lakhs in the prize pool. The podium place finishers decided on a deal that saw ‘NXTist’ walk away with the title and the ₹43,076 first-place cash prize. ‘corona virus’ took the runner-up spot for ₹42,551 and ‘Leveluno’ placed third for ₹38,730.

Siddharth ‘Devils Advocate’ Ranshevre finished 8^th for ₹6,548.

Dangal Friday (6-Max) ₹2 Lakhs GTD – Poker Dangal

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 98

Rebuys – 79

Prize Pool – ₹2,00,000

Places Paid – 31

The ₹2 Lakhs GTD Dangal Friday on Poker Dangal posted an overlay of ₹23,000 on the back of 177 registrations.

It was ‘killfish’ who came out on top after defeating ‘Vijay0709’ (runner-up for ₹29,500) heads-up to win ₹40,000.

Pocket Dinner ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 77

Re-entries – 29

Prize Pool – ₹1,50,000

Places Paid – 27

Last night, the Pocket Dinner drew a field of 106 entries to leave an overlay of ₹44,000. Topping the list was ‘babagolu’ who defeated ‘ScarL’ (runner-up for ₹23,250) heads-up to win ₹37,500.

Prime Time PLO ₹30K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 29

Re-entries – 25

Prize Pool – ₹30,000

Places Paid – 6

Mystery user ‘JonGregor’ claimed the Prime Time PLO title on Khelo365 yesterday after topping a field of 54 hopefuls. The player is a consistent winner on the site, and yesterday they defeated ‘jeyguru’ (2^nd for ₹6,300) heads-up to win ₹12,000.

Grinder 2.0 NLHE ₹20K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹275

Entries – 43

Re-entries – 48

Prize Pool – ₹22,750

Places Paid – 10

The top ten placed were paid a piece of the ₹22,750 prize pool that was collected with the help of 91 entries in Khelo365’s ₹20K GTD Grinder 2.0 NLHE.

An unknown user with the moniker ‘fortunemaker’ championed the event for ₹6,825. The runner-up prize went to ‘Proplr007’, who banked ₹4,550.

This report was updated at 4 PM on 04.07.2020.

Keep following PokerGuru for daily updates on the biggest winners across the major domestic networks!