Daily Majors: Ahuja, Srivastava, Choudhary & Laddhad Conquered the Monday Marquees

While Mondays are relatively slow-paced compared to Sundays, yesterday still saw some of the big names of the circuit participating in the flagship tourneys. Let us give you a quick recap of how things panned out.

Spartan Poker

On Monday nights, Spartan Poker hosts its weekly ReCharge tourney. Featuring a ₹12 Lakhs GTD, last night, the event wrangled in 563 entries, and the site had to fill in an overlay of ₹74,000. Rohin ‘silentkamina’ Bhansali emerged victorious after besting ‘PimpDaddyJiglo’ (runner-up for ₹1.48 Lakhs) in the heads-up play. The champion walked away with ₹2.33 Lakhs.

A player pool of 589 entries was accumulated in the ₹6 Lakhs GTD The Flash yesterday, leading to a shortfall of ₹11,000. Rising star Anuj ‘Anuj16101’ Laddhad championed the event for ₹1.16 Lakhs, outlasting PokerGuru Ambassador Naresh’ FreeFlow’ Veeravalli in the final showdown. Veeravalli pocketed ₹73,800 for his runner-up finish. Incidentally, Veeravalli also final tabled Adda52’s AOPS Table For 6, finishing third for ₹65,455.

Adda52

PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish’ rocky3705’ Ahuja has been in breakout form this year, and he booked back-to-back wins last night. After shipping Spartan Poker’s Sunday SuperStack for ₹7.40 Lakhs, Ahuja was back to the grind and claimed the title in Adda52’s ₹15 Lakhs GTD AOPS Inception. The Chandigarh-based pro ran past a field of 518 participants and banked the lion’s share of the guarantee-busting ₹16.57 Lakhs prize pool worth ₹3.97 Lakhs. Jitendra ‘zxcvuiop’ Chordia came in second for ₹2.32 Lakhs. Ahuja’s lifetime online cashes now stands tall at ₹4.8 Crores and is steadily inching towards the ₹5 Crore-mark.

The other marquee event on Adda52 was the ₹5 Lakhs GTD AOPS Table For 6. Registering 212 entries, the tourney just about managed to cross its listed guarantee and posted a prize pool of ₹5.30 Lakhs. Saahib’ saahib’ Bawa topped the field and took home ₹1.31 Lakhs in first-place prize money, after agreeing to a heads-up deal with ‘royallyflushed’ (runner-up for ₹1.01 Lakhs).

PokerBaazi

PokerBaazi’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Bout was the signature event on offer last night, and despite gathering 381 entries, the event fell ₹47,500 short of its advertised guarantee. For more than four months, Anurag Srivastava has maintained his spot in the top three of the yearly rankings. Playing under the moniker ‘13anurag’, the soft-spoken player championed The Bout and took home a cool ₹2.10 Lakhs in the top prize, after besting another veteran pro Sumit ‘boronyx’ Sapra (runner-up for ₹1.47 Lakhs) heads-up. Srivastava is currently ranked #2 in the yearly leaderboard, with ₹91.87 Lakhs in annual profits. The former Millionaire Main Event champion picked up two more final table scores in Spartan Poker’s ReCharge (9th for ₹24,000) and Adda52’s AOPS Afterparty PLO (4^th for ₹21,250), respectively.

PokerStars India

PokerStars India’s ₹9 Lakhs GTD Battle Royale saw 314 contenders battle it out for the top prize. The event incurred an overlay of ₹1.15 Lakhs, and taking advantage of the value on offer, Aayush’ House131313’ Choudhary championed the tourney for a ₹1.42 Lakhs payday.

The other Monday winners were:

AOPS Inception ₹15 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹3,500

Entries – 260

Re-entries – 258

Prize Pool – ₹16,57,597

Places Paid – 55

The marquee Monday event on Adda52, the ₹15 Lakhs GTD AOPS Inception, attracted a packed field of 518 entries, riding well past the advertised guarantee to collect a ₹16.57 Lakhs prize pool. PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja claimed back-to-back titles and captured the top honors to pad his bankroll by ₹3.97 Lakhs. Jitendra ‘zxcvuiop’ Chordia placed runner-up for ₹2.32 Lakhs. Ahuja had won Spartan Poker’s Sunday SuperStack for ₹7.40 Lakhs day before yesterday!

The other prominent FT scorers were Kamal ‘ksn123’ Naruka (3^rd for ₹1.57 Lakhs), Anant ‘anant_infiniti’ Malik (4^th for ₹1.24 Lakhs), Kunal ‘cvc’ Sharma (5^th for ₹82,880), and former Young Gun Kavish ‘narcoss’ Kukreja (8^th for ₹33,152).

Final Table Results

1. Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja – ₹3,97,824

2. Jitendra ‘zxcvuiop’ Chordia – ₹2,32,064

3. Kamal ‘ksn123’ Naruka – ₹1,57,472

4. Anant ‘anant_infiniti’ Malik – ₹1,24,320

5. Kunal ‘cvc’ Sharma – ₹82,880

6. UNKNOWN – ₹58,016

7. tsb2127 – ₹41,440

8. Kavish ‘narcoss’ Kukreja – ₹33,152

9. pirate_king – ₹24,864

Recharge ₹12 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 278

Re-entries – 74

Re-buys – 211

Prize Pool – ₹12,00,000

Places Paid – 47

Spartan Poker’s Monday signature tourney, the ₹12 Lakhs GTD Recharge, had a shortfall of ₹74,000 on the back of a field of 563 entries (278 unique, 74 re-entries, and 211 re-buys).

Rohin ‘silentkamina’ Bhansali triumphed over the packed, including ‘PimpDaddyJiglo’ (runner-up for ₹1.49 Lakhs) heads-up, to claim a top prize worth ₹2.34 Lakhs.

Abhishek ‘AvenueA’ Shivhare (5^th for ₹71,040), Kunal ‘TiltAtma’ Patni (6^th for ₹54,240), Ujjwal ‘fultufun’ Rana (7th for ₹39,840), and Anurag ‘Norman Bates’ Srivastava (9^th for ₹24,000) posted FT finishes.

Final Table Results

1. Rohin ‘silentkamina’ Bhansali – ₹2,33,880

2. PimpDaddyJiglo – ₹1,48,560

3. Paperboi – ₹111,360

4. kuville – ₹90,120

5. Abhishek ‘AvenueA’ Shivhare – ₹71,040

6. Kunal ‘TiltAtma’ Patni – ₹54,240

7. Ujjwal ‘fultufun’ Rana – ₹39,840

8. LFG – ₹29,280

9. Anurag ‘Norman Bates’ Srivastava – ₹24,000

The Bout ₹10 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 199

Re-entries – 182

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 45

Online phenom Anurag ’13anurag’ Srivastava juggernaut his way to the top in PokerBaazi’s Monday signature tourney, The Bout ₹10 Lakhs GTD, claiming ₹2.10 Lakhs in prize money. Srivastava bested APL Brand Ambassador and former Bout champion Sumit ‘boronyx’ Sapra, who finished runner-up for ₹1.47 Lakhs.

The tourney booked a shortfall of ₹47,500, after accumulating 381 entries.

Other notables who made it to the final table were Kunal ‘VasooliChacha’ Patni (4th for ₹70,000), Siddhanth ‘ender’ Kripalani (5th for ₹52,500),Nikhil ‘Silentkiller743’ Mishra (6th for ₹42,000), Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma (7th for ₹35,000), Rishab ‘ryuk’ Malik (8th for ₹28,000), and Kapil Kumar ‘kapsa92’ Vasita (9th for ₹21,000).

Final Table Results

1. Anurag ’13anurag’ Srivastava – ₹2,10,000

2. Sumit ‘boronyx’ Sapra – ₹1,47,000

3. flipper – ₹94,500

4. Kunal ‘VasooliChacha’ Patni – ₹70,000

5. Siddhanth ‘ender’ Kripalani – ₹52,500

6. Nikhil ‘Silentkiller743’ Mishra – ₹42,000

7. Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma – ₹35,000

8. Rishab ‘ryuk’ Malik – ₹28,000

9. Kapil Kumar ‘kapsa92’ Vasita – ₹21,000

Battle Royale ₹9 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 169

Re-entries – 145

Prize Pool – ₹9,00,000

Places Paid – 53

The ₹2,750 buy-in Battle Royale ₹9 Lakhs GTD drew 314 entries (169 unique and 145 re-entries) last night, falling short of its posted guarantee by ₹1.15 Lakhs. Capturing the top spot after defeating ‘mg.go.07’ (runner-up for ₹1.12 Lakhs) heads-up was Aayush ‘House131313’ Choudhary. Choudhary pocketed what is his largest reported online score to-date, a paycheque worth ₹1.42 Lakhs.

Other prominent players who missed out on the title but posted final table finishes include PokerGuru Ambassador Nadeem ‘Downtownplaya’ Basha (3^rd for ₹75,320) and Kunal ‘iAlwaysHaveit’ Patni (9^th for ₹22,280).

Final Table Result

1. Aayush ‘House131313’ Choudhary – ₹1,42,624

2. mg.go.07 – ₹1,12,171

3. Nadeem ‘Downtownplaya’ Basha – ₹75,320

4. riverrshiverr – ₹41,918

5. J4bberwocky – ₹33,379

6. kingsneverdie11 – ₹22,359

7. TSbutterchicken – ₹22,364

8. FHIRSE – ₹25,350

9. Kunal ‘iAlwaysHaveit’ Patni – ₹22,280

The Flash ₹6 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 286

Re-entries – 96

Re-buys – 207

Prize Pool – ₹6,00,000

Places Paid – 55

Racing past a field of 589 entries (286 unique, 96 re-entries, and 207 re-buys), Anuj ‘Anuj16101’ Laddhad championed The Flash for ₹1.16 Lakhs, beating PokerGuru Ambassador and cash game specialist Naresh ‘FreeFlow’ Veeravalli, who banked ₹73,800 for his runner-up finish.

The event fell eleven entries short of meeting its advertised ₹6 Lakhs GTD, and the prize money was distributed among the top 55 spots.

Amar ‘amarthepro’ Katharani (3^rd for ₹53,340), Anmolraj ‘sriracha’ Singh Chawla (4^th for ₹43,140), and Rishab ‘NoChanc3’ Malik (7^th for ₹19,560) posted final table finishes.

Final Table Results

1. Anuj ‘Anuj16101’ Laddhad – ₹1,16,400

2. Naresh ‘FreeFlow’ Veeravalli – ₹73,800

3. Amar ‘amarthepro’ Katharani – ₹53,340

4. Anmolraj ‘sriracha’ Singh Chawla – ₹43,140

5. shahzzadi – ₹34,140

6. wangyang0511 – ₹26,280

7. Rishab ‘NoChanc3’ Malik – ₹19,560

8. Peepspp – ₹14,160

9. AshG – ₹11,460

AOPS Table For 6 ₹5 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 105

Re-entries – 107

Prize Pool – ₹5,30,000

Places Paid – 21

The ₹5 Lakhs GTD AOPS Table For 6 logged in 212 entries to generate a prize pool of ₹5.30 Lakhs, and the top 21 places got paid.

Outlasting the competition was Saahib ‘saahib’ Bawa, who walked away with ₹1.32 Lakhs in prize money after cutting a deal with ‘royallyflushed’ (runner-up for ₹1.01 Lakhs) heads-up.

Also, posting FT scores were prominent names like PokerGuru Ambassador Naresh ‘emperor457’ Veeravalli (3^rd for ₹65,455), Tarun ‘aggtarun’ Goyal (4^th for ₹47,700), Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra (5^th for ₹33,125), Ankit ‘ankitmodi’ Modi (6^th for ₹22,790), and Pranav ‘pkpok’ Khandalkar (7^th for ₹18,815).

Final Table Results

1. Saahib ‘saahib’ Bawa – ₹1,31,559*

2. royallyflushed – ₹1,01,906*

3. Naresh ‘emperor457’ Veeravalli – ₹65,455

4. Tarun ‘aggtarun’ Goyal – ₹47,700

5. Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra – ₹33,125

6. Ankit ‘ankitmodi’ Modi – ₹22,790

7. Pranav ‘pkpok’ Khandalkar – ₹18,815

8. imluckbox – ₹14,575

9. abhiraja – ₹11,925

*denotes heads-up deal

Destiny Junior ₹4.5 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 118

Re-entries – 39

Re-buys – 65

Prize Pool – ₹4,50,000

Places Paid – 25

The Destiny Junior yesterday featured a ₹4.5 Lakhs prize pool guarantee. With only 222 participants (118 unique, 39 re-entries, and 65 rebuys) registering for the event, the site had to fill in a sizeable overlay of ₹1.17 Lakhs.

Mystery user ‘Azhor Ahai’ took down the event for ₹1.31 Lakhs, after defeating Anirudh ‘flash’ Reddy (runner-up for ₹70,875).

Siddharth ‘champ-ak’ Pandey (3rd for ₹50,625) and Suraj ‘MR.BEAST’ N Yadav (7^th for ₹13,050) FT-ed the tourney.

AOPS Brunch ₹4 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹1,250

Entries – 175

Re-entries – 126

Prize Pool – ₹4,00,000

Places Paid – 30

A total of 301 participants (175 unique entries and 126 re-entries) signed up for the ₹4 Lakhs GTD AOPS Brunch which resulted in an overlay of ₹61,375. Benefitting the most from the value on offer were the top five FT finishers who agreed to a deal, namely ‘hashtagpoker’ (runner-up for ₹56,697), ‘mig22’ (3^rd for ₹56,277), Alok ‘elusiveflame’ Kumar (4^th for ₹47,842) and Ankit ‘kasatankit’ Kasat (5^th for ₹45,281), while ‘rockeritza9’ claimed the title for ₹60,303 in prize money.

Alok ‘elusiveflame’ Kumar (4th for ₹47,842) and Kunal ‘cvc’ Sharma (7th for ₹12,000) FT-ed the tourney.

Monday MegaStack ₹3 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 61

Re-entries – 41

Prize Pool – ₹3,00,000

Places Paid – 12

Prateek ‘DABANGG2’ Sharma was crowned the champion in PokerBaazi’s ₹3 Lakhs GTD Monday MegaStack for ₹84,450. Online regular Prince ‘NaNki’ Singh placed second for ₹59,130.

The event suffered a hefty overlay of ₹96,000 against the proposed guarantee, after registering 102 entries.

Aayush ‘Goyal0279’ Goyal (3rd for ₹38,010), Rachit ‘rachubaba’ Arora (5th for ₹21,120), Millind ‘ulimpiraise’ Satam (6th for ₹16,890), Aditya ‘hashoil’ Sardana (7th for ₹14,070), Guruprasad ‘fish_calling’ Gupta (8th for ₹11,250), and Avinash ‘I_fart_u_faint’ Kumar (9th for ₹8,460) were amongst the lucky 12 players who got paid.

The Classic ₹3 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in- ₹2,200

Entries – 81

Re-entries – 38

Prize Pool – ₹3,00,000

Places Paid – 20

The other Monday flagship to run course on PokerStars India was the ₹3 Lakhs GTD The Classic. Despite 119 signups, the event still fell short of the break-even mark by ₹62,000.

It was ‘sheldon11cooper’ who walked away with the bragging rights and the ₹65,545 up top after beating ‘jul1u592’ (runner-up for ₹48,969) heads-up.

Vaibhav ‘vaibsss’ Bhatia (3^rd for ₹36,584) was the other known notable on the final table.

Monster Stack ₹3 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹880

Entries – 172

Re-entries – 59

Re-buys – 121

Prize Pool – ₹3,00,000

Places Paid – 31

Spartan Poker-hosted two Monster Stack tournaments yesterday and the first on the Monday schedule boasted of a ₹3 Lakhs GTD. The ₹880 buy-in event pulled-in 352 runners to post an overlay of ₹18,400.

Site regular Aniket ‘Anteman’ Waghmare decimated the competition and clinched the title for a ₹63,450 paycheque. Waghmare defeated Akash ‘Akash0510’ Gupta (second for ₹42,720) heads-up.

Mandar ‘MAMA04’ Madaye (5^th for ₹19,320), Ujjwal ‘fultufun’ Rana (7^th for ₹10,710), and Paras ‘AAKKQQJJ’ Jain (8^th for ₹7,830) earned final table payouts.

AOPS Siesta ₹3 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 138

Re-entries – 132

Prize Pool – ₹3,00,000

Places Paid – 27

The ₹3 Lakhs GTD AOPS Siesta gathered a crowd of 270 entries to fall 30 entries short of meeting its guarantee. ‘undiscoverdcolors’ raced past the competition and cut a heads-up deal with ‘Nit2Donk’ (2^nd for ₹61,341) to collect ₹63,159 in prize money.

Pratibh ‘MrGTO’ Saluja (3^rd for ₹34,950), Monish ‘monish1965’ Kumar (6^th for ₹12,750), and Monish ‘kidpoker077’ Annthem (8^th for ₹7,500) FT’ed the event.

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

Buy-in – ₹880

Entries – 176

Re-entries – 79

Re-buys – 115

Prize Pool – ₹2,96,000

Places Paid – 31

Spartan Poker’s Night Rider – Monster Stack was the second Monster Stack tourney that ran on the site yesterday. The ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD logged in 370 entries (176 unique, 79 re-entries and 115 re-buys), to surpass the ₹2.75 Lakhs GTD and garner a₹2.96 Lakhs prize pool.

‘ingloriousbasterds’ shipped the event for ₹52,612, after a heads-up chop with ‘dontknowpoker’ (runner-up for ₹52,142).

Sathish ‘Jaqkten’ Ananth (5^th for ₹19,062) and Omkar ‘_omkar’ Natuskar (6^th for ₹14,474) FT-ed the tourney.

AOPS Dusk ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 126

Re-entries – 99

Prize Pool – ₹2,50,000

Places Paid – 24

The ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD AOPS Dusk attracted 225 entries, falling ₹25,000 short on the posted guarantee. Walking away with the lion’s share was ‘siddhant0,’ who beat Bollywood actor Siddhanth ‘bullzeyepower’ Kapoor (runner-up for ₹68,625) heads-up to win ₹68,625.

Sanish ‘sanish21’ Chhabra finished 8^th for ₹6,250.

AOPS Afterparty PLO ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹880

Entries – 132

Re-entries – 167

Prize Pool – ₹2,50,000

Places Paid – 30

The ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD AOPS Afterparty PLO logged in an overlay worth ₹10,800 on the back of 299 entries and paid out 30 players.

An unknown player ‘gambling_buddha’ took down the event for ₹64,000 after defeating ‘VM24’ (runner-up for ₹38,125) in the heads-up match.

Anurag ‘NormanBates’ Srivastava picked up his third final table score of the night, finishing fourth for ₹21,250.

Ultimate PLO ₹2 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 44

Re-entries – 22

Re-buys – 42

Prize Pool – ₹2,16,000

Places Paid – 9

The Ultimate PLO on Spartan Poker attracted 108 entries (44 unique, 22 re-entries, and 42 rebuys), just about meeting its guarantee. Anish ‘anishsuri’ Suri clinched the title for ₹62,964, after defeating ‘Vakeel_sahab’ (runner-up for ₹45,360) heads-up.

Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPros’ Kumar (6^th for ₹13,392) and Himadri ‘Hi mad’ Pal (8^th for ₹8,208) posted deep runs in the tourney.

Pocket Queens ₹2 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 131

Re-entries – 82

Prize Pool – ₹2,13,000

Places Paid – 36

The ₹2 Lakhs GTD Pocket Queens was taken down by ‘Fullhouse’ who walked away with ₹47,933 in prize money.

The event overshot the posted guarantee by ₹13,000 on the back of 213 runners, and the top 36 places got paid.

Pocket Lunch ₹1 Lakh GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 81

Re-entries – 50

Prize Pool – ₹1,50,000

Places Paid – 27

‘Mrrahul777’ took down Pocket52’s ₹1 Lakh GTD Pocket Lunch for ₹34,500, after besting ‘madhabpal2015’ (runner-up for ₹21,000) heads-up.

Monday Blues ₹1 Lakh GTD – Poker Dangal

Buy-in – ₹385

Entries – 110

Re-buys – 127

Add-ons – 54

Prize Pool – ₹1,01,850

Places Paid – 17

Anonymous user ‘fighetrtoads’ defeated ‘hypnotize’ to conquer the ₹1 Lakh GTD Monday Blues on Poker Dangal last night for ₹24,444. The latter earned ₹17,314.

With 291 hopefuls, the event successfully surpassed the advertised guarantee and generated a prize pool worth ₹1.01 Lakhs.

Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD NLHE – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹275

Entries – 37

Re-entries – 45

Prize Pool – ₹20,500

Places Paid – 9

The ₹20K GTD Grinder 2.0 NLHE on Khelo365 drew 82 runners collecting a profitable ₹20,500 prize pool.

Charging ahead of the rest, ‘akhilpoker’ also defeated his heads-up rival ‘happysting’ (runner-up for ₹4,100) to the finish line to claim the top prize of ₹6,560.

This report was updated at 2:30 PM on 23.06.2020.

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