Daily Majors: Chandan Arora, Laksh Pal Singh, Sahil Mahboobani, Harshad Barve & Ankit Wadhawan Dominate the Friday Flagships

Friday night unfolded high-octane action. The day clearly belonged to the PokerGuru Ambassadors, with the team taking down two flagship tourneys alongside another two FT finishes.

The #1 ranked player on the 2021 leaderboard standings, PokerGuru Ambassador Laksh Pal Singh championed The Elite on Spartan Poker for ₹5.73 Lakhs, while teammate Ankit Wadhawan took down The Weekly HighRoller on PokerBaazi for ₹3.73 Lakhs.

The other players hitting the day`s headlines were Vishal Kumar (won the ATOC Highroller for ₹10.60 Lakhs), Chandan Arora (3<sup>rd</sup> in ATOC Highroller for ₹9.18 Lakhs), Sahil Mahboobani (won PokerStars India`s ₹7 Lakhs GTD Uppercut for ₹1.54 Lakhs and placed runner-up in The Weekly HighRoller for ₹2.36 Lakhs and Harshad Barve (won Spartan Poker’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Futuristic for ₹1.53 Lakhs and placed 6th in the ATOC Highroller for ₹2.23 Lakhs)!

MTT players have an electrifying week coming up ahead with Spartan Poker’s Final Table Series (FTS) 2.0 and PokerStars India’s MicroMillions commencing their run tomorrow, i.e., Sunday!

For now, let’s do a complete recap of the Friday MTT’s!

Spartan Poker

Spartan Poker`s Friday headliner, the ₹30 Lakhs GTD The Elite, logged in 307 participants, and the top 27 places got a piece of the ₹30.70 Lakhs prize pool. After almost eight hours of play, the recent IOPC – The Crown champion, PokerGuru Ambassador Laksh ‘LuckyBhai$’ Pal Singh, came out on top to collect ₹5.73 Lakhs. He struck a heads-up deal with Sandeep ‘hawes’ Bhatnagar (runner-up for ₹5.65 Lakhs). After last night`s win, Laksh Pal Singh has pulled further ahead on the 2021 leaderboard and seems to be sprinting towards the “₹6 Crore-Club.”

Laksh Pal Singh`s Stats: Lifetime Earnings: ₹5.93 Crores (₹2.47 Crores net profits), Annual Earnings: ₹96.28 Lakhs (₹54.75 Lakhs net profits).

The ₹10 Lakhs GTD Futuristic featuring an affordable ₹880 entry buy-in, overlaid ₹91,200 after 1,136 hopefuls signed up to play. Harshad ‘omglukbox’ Barve was the last player standing and banked ₹1.53 Lakhs after cutting a heads-up deal with Ankit ‘GongZilla’ Singh (runner-up for ₹1.51 Lakhs). Barve had a smashing Friday night run as he also placed sixth in the ATOC Highroller for ₹2.23 Lakhs, banking ₹3.77 Lakhs overall.

PokerStars India

PokerStars India`s Friday mainstay, the ₹7 Lakhs GTD Uppercut, had to fill in ₹98,000 in overlays after registering 172 entries. The 7:30 PM tourney got in the books at 2:13 AM, with Sahil ‘inaboobham’ Mahboobani navigating his way to the top to win ₹1.54 Lakhs. PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja placed runner-up for ₹83,076.

Among a handful of players with over ₹7 Crores in lifetime earnings, Mahboobani went on a tear last night as he also placed runner-up in PokerBaazi`s The Weekly Highroller for ₹2.36 Lakhs, cashing ₹3.90 Lakhs overall.

All 29 ITM finishers in the Uppercut lapped up TLB points for the “Star of the Month” – March leaderboard race. For more details and the latest leaderboard standings, visit the promotions page.

The ₹2 Lakhs GTD Classic PKO did comparatively better as 147 runners helped collect a profitable ₹2.21 Lakhs prize pool. The mystery user ‘YKARKI2147’ shipped the tourney to win ₹48,150 (₹22,310 in prize money and ₹25,840 in bounties).

Gautam ‘BE@tTheF!sh’ Sachdeva placed runner-up for ₹27,138 (₹22,310 in prize money and ₹4,828 in bounties).

PokerBaazi

The Friday flagship at PokerBaazi, the ₹12 Lakhs GTD The Weekly HighRoller, gathered 111 entrants, falling ₹90,000 short of its advertised guarantee. The 8 PM event ended at 4:14 AM, with PokerGuru Ambassador Ankit ‘d00mtr00p3r’ Wadhawan coming out on top to win ₹3.73 Lakhs. The Uppercut champion, Sahil ‘ImHighIshove’ Mahboobani placed runner-up for ₹2.36 Lakhs.

The daily-running ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD 6-Max Holdem Boost saw ‘Surya12’ outlasting a guarantee-smashing field of 208 entries to away with the title and a paycheck worth ₹50,232. ‘Odinson’ placed runner-up for ₹35,214.

Adda52

Adda52’s inaugural ATOC series is just three days away from the finish line. On Friday, the ₹2 Crore GTD ATOC Main Event ran Day 1E, and the ₹11,000 entry buy-in flagship recorded 158 entries. Only 19 contenders survived the day`s play, with PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer Singh ‘arjan30’ Chadha (259,175) bagging the end-of-the-day chip lead. Rishabh ‘rishabh002’ Gupta (217,299) and Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall (184,161) carried forward the next top stacks the day.

The Main Event has filled in 781 entries so far and has four more starting flights lined up before Day 2 tomorrow.

The ATOC trophy event of the day was the massive ₹50 Lakhs GTD ATOC Highroller. The ₹27,500 entry buy-in tourney took flight at 9 PM on Friday and wrangled in 208 entries. The top 21 places took a dig at the ₹52 Lakhs prize pool. Vishal ‘vishalkumar1270’ Kumar championed the tourney to win the ATOC trophy and a career-best ₹10.60 Lakhs! He was part of a three-way FT deal with ‘PsychG0D’ (runner-up for ₹9.53 Lakhs) and Chandan ‘darkfish15’ Arora (3rd for ₹9.18 Lakhs).

The other Friday winners were:

ATOC ₹2 Crore GTD Main Event – 1E – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 94

Re-entries – 64

Survivors – 19

Day 1E of the ₹2 Crore GTD ATOC Main Event took flight at 7.30 PM on Friday and roped in 158 runners. By the end of the stipulated 29 levels of play, only 19 players were left standing. PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer Singh ‘arjan30’ Chadha (259,175) carried forward the most-massive stack of the day, with Rishabh ‘rishabh002’ Gupta (217,299) and Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall (184,161) rounding out the top three of the day.

Binit ‘Punter27’ Saraf (155,259), PokerGuru Ambassadors Devvrat ‘glitch_d’ Arya (145,250) and Laksh Pal ‘BoomTilt23’ Singh (128,831), and Sumit ‘Hammer_Head’ Sapra (107,669) were the other heavy hitters on the top 10 chip counts list.

The Main Event had filled in 781 entries so far. The site has added an extra ninth starting flight to the schedule– so there are now four more flights left to play out, with Day 1F and Day 1G scheduled to start at 7 PM and 10.30 PM, respectively, today.

Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1E

1. Arjanveer Singh ‘arjan30’ Chadha – 259,175
2. Rishabh ‘rishabh002’ Gupta – 217,299
3. Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall – 184,161
4. dedhanadhan – 178,270
5. sagar54 – 156,586
6. Binit ‘Punter27’ Saraf– 155,259
7. xxbajxx – 148,103
8. Devvrat ‘glitch_d’ Arya – 145,250
9. Laksh Pal ‘BoomTilt23’ Singh – 128,831
10. Sumit ‘Hammer_Head’ Sapra – 107,669

ATOC Highroller ₹50 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹27,500

Entries – 121

Re-entries – 87

Prize Pool – ₹52,00,000

Places Paid – 21

The ATOC featured tourney of the day, the ₹50 Lakhs GTD ATOC Highroller, recorded 208 entries to collect a profitable ₹52 Lakhs prize pool.

The play culminated at 4.55 AM, with Vishal ‘vishalkumar1270’ Kumar walking away with the ATOC trophy and a personal-best ₹10.60 Lakhs, following a three-way deal with ‘PsychG0D’ (runner-up for ₹9.53 Lakhs) and Chandan ‘darkfish15’ Arora (3^rd for ₹9.18 Lakhs).

This is the second flagship title for Kumar this year. On January 24, he had captured the Adda52 Millions for ₹6.82 Lakhs. On February 14, Kumar came close to winning the Adda52 Million again, eventually pocketing a runner-up finish worth ₹4.06 Lakhs. After last night`s seven-figure haul, Kumar’s MTT scorecard now stands at ₹56.79 Lakhs.

Nitin ‘Bigbluffs’ Arora (4^th for ₹4.68 Lakhs) and Harshad ‘Laiibhari’ Barve (6^th for ₹2.23 Lakhs) final tabled the event.

Final Table Results

1. Vishal ‘vishalkumar1270’ Kumar – ₹10,60,552*
2. PsychG0D – ₹9,53,461*
3. Chandan ‘darkfish15’ Arora – ₹9,18,787*
4. Nitin ‘Bigbluffs’ Arora – ₹4,68,000
5. pokraj – ₹3,25,000
6. Harshad ‘Laiibhari’ Barve – ₹2,23,600

*denoted three-way deal

The Elite ₹30 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 134

Re-entries – 69

Re-buys – 104

Prize Pool – ₹30,70,000

Places Paid – 27

Spartan Poker’s Friday headliner, The Elite, logged in 307 entries, successfully surpassing its ₹30 Lakhs prize pool guarantee.

PokerGuru Ambassador Laksh ‘LuckyBhai$’ Pal Singh raced past the competition and defeated Sandeep ‘hawes’ Bhatnagar in heads-up play to grab the title and the ₹5.73 Lakhs up-top. A heads-up chop ensured Bhatnagar an equally impressive ₹5.65 Lakhs.

The current IOPC Crown champion, Lakhs Pal Singh is currently sitting atop the annual leaderboard with ₹90.55 Lakhs in annual winnings (₹49.42 Lakhs in profits). Singh is within touching distance of the ₹6 Crores-mark in recorded online cashes and presently has ₹5.93 Crores on his online scorecard.

The final table was bustling with some of the most renowned names in the poker circuit. The lineup included the 2018 WPT India ₹20K Megastack Turbo champion Siddarth ‘PeterPunter’ Singhvi (3^rd for ₹3.15 Lakhs), PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘Donkey 07’ Munot (4^th for ₹2.57 Lakhs), Amit ‘1-855-925-7070’ Ajwani (5^th for ₹2.05 Lakhs), Ashit ‘D. Carwin1’ Sharma (6^th for ₹1.57 Lakhs), PPL High Roller winner Shashank ‘westworld’ Jain (7^th for ₹1.14 Lakhs) and Monday’s ATOC 6 Max Monday Feature champion ‘borntrouble’ (anonymity requested) (8^th for ₹83,197).

Final Table Results

1. Laksh ‘LuckyBhai$’ Pal Singh – ₹5,73,373*
2. Sandeep ‘hawes’ Bhatnagar – ₹5,65,597*
3. Siddarth ‘PeterPunter’ Singhvi – ₹3,15,903
4. Ashish ‘Donkey 07’ Munot – ₹2,57,573
5. Amit ‘1-855-925-7070’ Ajwani – ₹2,05,383
6. Ashit ‘D. Carwin1’ Sharma – ₹1,57,798
7. Shashank ‘westworld’ Jain – ₹1,14,818
8. borntrouble – ₹83,197

*denotes heads-up deal

The Weekly HighRoller ₹12 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 74

Re-entries – 37

Prize Pool – ₹12,00,000

Places Paid – 12

Total Entries – 111

Friday unfolded another outing for PokerBaazi`s ₹12 Lakhs GTD The Weekly HighRoller. With a turnout of 111 entrants, the ₹11,000 entry buy-in tourney ended up overlaying ₹90,000, and the top 12 places earned a payday.

PokerGuru Ambassador Ankit ‘d00mtr00p3r’ Wadhawan raced past the competition to win the lion’s share of the prize money worth ₹3.38 Lakhs. Last night’s Uppercut champion Sahil ‘ImHighIshove’ Mahboobani placed runner-up for ₹2.37 Lakhs.

Wadhawan now boasts of ₹4.71 Crores in recorded online winnings. Mahboobani`s online scorecard stands tall at a mammoth ₹7.13 Crores.

Rugal ‘Smikijoejr’ Advani placed fourth for ₹1.13 Lakhs.

Final Table Results

1. Ankit ‘d00mtr00p3r’ Wadhawan – ₹3,37,800
2. Sahil ‘ImHighIshove’ Mahboobani – ₹2,36,520
3. amitag – ₹1,52,040
4. Rugal ‘Smikijoejr’ Advani – ₹1,12,680
5. sidkid – ₹84,480
6. rani94 – ₹67,560

Futuristic ₹10 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹880

Entries – 319

Re-entries – 420

Re-buys – 397

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 103

Spartan Poker`s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Futuristic ran from 8 PM to 4:12 AM, garnering 1,136 entries, filling in ₹91,200 in overlays.

Harshad ‘omglukbox’ Barve putting up a smashing Friday night run, championed the Futuristic to win ₹1.53 Lakhs. He also finished sixth in Adda52’s ₹50 Lakhs GTD ATOC Highroller for ₹2.23 Lakhs, lapping up ₹3.77 Lakhs overall. The two scores have pushed his online scorecard to ₹1.41 Crores.

Ankit ‘GongZilla’ Singh struck a heads-up deal with Barve to collect ₹1.51 Lakhs, pushing his total earnings on Spartan Poker to ₹2.02 Lakhs.

Ruchika ‘NutzHunteR’ Sharma (4^th for ₹62,700), Praveen ‘pinawxd’ KR (5^th for ₹49,900), Chaitanya ‘baz’ Dhingra (6^th for ₹38,300) and Parth ‘ucallucry’ Budhraja (8^th for ₹18,900), also earned final table payouts.

Final Table Results

1. Harshad ‘omglukbox’ Barve – ₹1,53,816*
2. Ankit ‘GongZilla’ Singh – ₹1,51,483*
3. tobirama – ₹82,800
4. Ruchika ‘NutzHunteR’ Sharma – ₹62,700
5. Praveen ‘pinawxd’ KR – ₹49,900
6. Chaitanya ‘baz’ Dhingra – ₹38,300
7. AAAAQUADS – ₹27,700
8. Parth ‘ucallucry’ Budhraja – ₹18,900

*denotes heads-up deal

Uppercut ₹7 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹3,850

Entries – 94

Re-entries – 78

Total Prize Pool – ₹7,00,000

Regular Prize Pool – ₹3,99,000

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹3,01,000

Places Paid – 29

PokerStars India`s Friday night flagship, the ₹7 Lakhs GTD Uppercut, clocked in 172 participants, falling ₹98,000 short of its advertised guarantee.

The 7:30 PM tourney culminated at 2:13 AM, with MTT crusher Sahil ‘inaboobham’ Mahboobani topping the field to win ₹1.54 Lakhs (₹66,616 in prize money and ₹87,650 in bounties).

He missed out on winning a second title last night in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller. Mahboobani placed runner-up in the event for ₹2.37 Lakhs, pulling in ₹3.90 Lakhs overall.

Mahboobani is currently ranked #8 on the annual leaderboard with over ₹74.16 Lakhs in recorded winnings this year. His lifetime tally is even more impressive, reflecting an astronomical ₹7.13 Crores in winnings across domestic sites.

PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja placed runner-up to Mahboobani in the Uppercut for ₹83,076 (₹66,615 in prize money and ₹16,461 in bounties). He also finished eighth in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller for ₹45,000, boosting his lifetime tally to ₹7.11 Crores.

Parth ‘skilloverluck’ Aggarwal (7^th for ₹24,861) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results (Includes Bounties)

1. Sahil ‘inaboobham’ Mahboobani – ₹1,54,266
2. Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja – ₹83,076
3. rachit9786 – ₹46,633
4. crazyass93 – ₹45,320
5. CURR¥300 – ₹26,107
6. rdx1111 – ₹26,488
7. Parth ‘skilloverluck’ Aggarwal – ₹24,861

Grand Slam ₹4 Lakhs GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹3,300

Entries – 86

Re-entries – 16

Prize Pool – ₹4,00,000

Places Paid – 20

The monthly bonanza on Khelo365, the ₹4 Lakhs GTD Grand Slam, was taken down by site regular ‘picnic123’ who cashed the grand ₹1 Lakh up-top. ‘sara10477’ placed runner-up for ₹72,000.

With 102 registrations, the tourney filled in ₹94,000 in overlays.

The Classic PKO ₹2 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 91

Re-entries – 56

Total Prize Pool – ₹2,20,500

Regular Prize Pool – ₹1,10,250

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹1,10,250

Places Paid – 18

PokerStars India`s ₹2 Lakhs GTD Classic PKO clocked in 147 entries, collecting ₹2.21 Lakhs in the prize pool.

The anonymous user, ‘YKARKI2147,’ was the last player standing and won ₹48,150 (₹22,310 in prize money and ₹25,840 in bounties). Gautam ‘BE@tTheF!sh’ Sachdeva secured the runner-up finish worth ₹27,138 (₹22,310 in prize money and ₹4,828 in bounties), with Akash ‘as5072828’ Sharma placing third for ₹24,288.

6-Max Holdem Boost ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 107

Re-entries – 101

Prize Pool – ₹2,08,000

Places Paid – 24

PokerBaazi’s 9 PM hot cake, the ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD 6-Max Holdem BOOST, clocked in 208 hopefuls – once again crushing the advertised guarantee by ₹58000.

Mystery user ‘Surya12’ bested ‘Odinson’ heads-up to win ₹50,232, along with the title. The latter added ₹35,214 to their bankroll for finishing second.

Online regular Sankalp ‘Wobbegong’ Marwah (3^rd for ₹22,630), and Mohit ‘imohitahuja21’ Ahuja (5^th for ₹12,584) FT-ed the event.

Dangal Friday ₹1.2 Lakhs GTD – PokerDangal

Buy-in – ₹990

Entries – 80

Re-buy – 38

Prize Pool – ₹1,20,000

Places Paid – 20

PokerDangal’s Friday flagship, ₹1.2 Lakhs GTD Dangal Friday, wrangled in 118 entries, falling two entries short of meeting its listed guarantee. ‘MsdRox31’ decimated the competition to win ₹26,400. ‘Abhisk9646’ placed runner-up for ₹19,800.

Lalit ‘MsDhoni07’ Devpal (6th for ₹6,000) FT-ed the event.

Prime Time PLO ₹30K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 24

Re-entries – 15

Prize Pool – ₹30,000

Places Paid – 4

‘bhauchal’ championed Khelo365’s ₹30K GTD Prime Time PLO to win ₹13,800. ‘Falluren’ placed runner-up for ₹7,800.

This report was updated at 6:30 PM on 6.03.2021.

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