Daily Majors: Gagandeep Singh, Rachit Soni, Dinesh Singh, Rubin Labroo & Sagar Choudhury Bank the Big Monday Scores

It was yet another day on the virtual felts that was drenched in overlays. So much so that even the guarantee-smashing inaugural WPT Online India (WPTOI) series saw its big-ticket tourneys failing to meet their advertised guarantees.

Here is a recap of the Monday tournaments!

Spartan Poker

The Monday signature event on Spartan Poker, ₹10 Lakhs GTD ReCharge, attracted 493 contenders, but it wasn’t enough to avoid a marginal overlay of ₹14,000. Mystery user ‘Esoteric’ trounced the field and clinched the top prize of ₹1.85 Lakhs. A heads-up deal ensured that ‘bob_marley’ pocketed ₹1.48 Lakhs for their second-place finish.

The other Monday marquee on Spartan Poker, the ₹5.50 Lakhs GTD The Flash logged in 517 entries to register a ₹33,000 shortfall. ‘Slippery Slope’ took down the event for ₹77,328, after striking a four-way deal with ‘jackoffoff’ (runner-up for ₹71,410), ‘FinalTable007’ (3rd for ₹60,099) and ‘MAARRI’ (4th for ₹58,793).

PokerStars India

PokerStars India’s Monday night bonanza, the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Eliminator, was among the tourneys that suffered an overlay last night. A turnout of 276 entries led to the site having to fill in a shortfall of ₹86,000. Online reg Sagar ‘sagarpupull’ Choudhury emerged victorious, netting ₹1.12 Lakhs for the win. He struck a heads-up deal with ‘crylighter’ (runner-up for ₹59,764) before claiming the title. All 27 ITM finishers in the tourney collected TLB points towards the “Star of the Month” – November leaderboard race.

Choudhury is a prolific MTT crusher and has been in good form, for the most part, this year. He has accumulated an impressive ₹1.93 Crores from MTTs this year to sit among the top 30 winners of 2020.

The ₹1 Lakhs GTD Bigstack Turbo drew in 86 entries, overlaying ₹14,000. ‘Jaffery25’ shipped the event for ₹19,021, after agreeing to a three-way chop with ‘lovlok2’ (runner-up for ₹18,939) and Aastik ‘GoForKill’ Bhatia (3rd for ₹15,253).

PokerStars India’s weekly leaderboard race, ‘Star of the Month,’ has been steadily heating up. At present, Siddharth Pandey is in the pole position with 696 points. However, Armaan Kochhar is hot on Pandey’s heels and is seated in the second spot with 659 points.

Adda52

The fifth day of the WPT Online India was headlined by the ₹15 Lakhs GTD WPT Monday Feature that offered the most massive prize pool guarantee of the day. The tourney ran for more than six hours and collected 444 entries – falling ₹79,200 short of its listed guarantee to become the series’ first WPT Trophy event to register an overlay.

Gagandeep ‘gaganhyd’ Singh conquered the title and top prize of ₹3.67 Lakhs, while Rachit ‘baba_ramdev’ Soni finished runner-up for ₹2.17 Lakhs. Besides taking down the WPT Monday Feature, Gangandeep also cashed the WPT Monster Turbo (14th for ₹11,375), taking his overall Monday score to ₹3.78 Lakhs. Singh currently has lifetime online earnings of ₹77.58 Lakhs.

Adda52’s Table For 6 was the other marquee tourney on the WPTOI schedule last night. Offering ₹7 Lakhs in prize pool guarantees, the ₹2,750 entry buy-in event pulled in 307 participants and amassed a prize pool worth ₹7.68 Lakhs. 2020 India Poker Champion Rubin ‘kornkif’ Labroo triumphed over the crowded field to clinch his career-first WPT Online title, along with a cool ₹1.58 Lakhs payday. A heads-up chop witnessed Sanjay ‘Floppednuts’ Kumar rake in ₹1.49 Lakhs for his runner-up finish. Labroo is presently sitting atop ₹5.3 Crores in online earnings, of which ₹2.01 Crores he has earned this year.

The ₹5 Lakhs GTD WPT Classic also experienced an overlay. It fell ₹98,690 short of the break-even mark after registering 294 entrants. Business Head of Poker at Delta Corp, Manish ‘jhulelaal’ J. Adnani, was in phenomenal form yesterday. He kicked off the day by taking the Morning Adda for ₹14,500 before making a 15th place finish in the WPT Hustle for ₹2,039. He came whiskers close to claiming back-to-back WPT Online title in the WPT Classic but ultimately fell one spot short of the win, placing second for ₹76,250. The event was championed by ‘anand1895’ for ₹1.28 Lakhs.

PokerBaazi

The Bout was the featured tourney on PokerBaazi’s Monday roster. With a buy-in of ₹2,750, the event promised a ₹10 Lakhs guarantee. This was comfortably surpassed after 413 participants registered for the event, generating ₹10.33 Lakhs in the prize pool. Dinesh ‘Daddu26’ Singh locked horns with ‘ladda’ for the top honors, and in the end, the former took down the event for ₹2.08 Lakhs. ‘ladda’ banked a runner-up payout worth ₹1.45 Lakhs.

The other Monday winners were:

WPT Monday Feature ₹15 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹3,500

Entries – 246

Re-entries – 198

Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000

Places Paid – 49

The featured tourney at the inaugural WPT Online India series, the ₹15 Lakhs GTD WPT Monday Feature pulled in 444 entries (246 unique and 198 re-entries), to post an overlay of ₹79,200. Gagandeep ‘gaganhyd’ Singh navigated his way to the top to win the only WPT Trophy tourney on the day`s schedule and ₹3.68 Lakhs in prize money.

Rachit ‘baba_ramdev’ Soni, who had finished runner-up in the WPT India PLO Championship on November 7, picked up another second-place finish at the series, banking ₹2.18 Lakhs in the process.

This is not the first time that Singh has won a WPT Trophy. In October 2016, he had won the WPT National China NLHE WTB Hyper-Turbo for ¥4,280 (~₹46,720).

Singh, a former Mega Suits champion, registered his third-best online score with this win, improving his online record to ₹81.26 Lakhs.

Raghavendra ‘ThikanaCK’ Hada (3rd^h for ₹1.50 Lakhs), Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma (4^th for ₹1.13 Lakhs), and Anshul ‘vexagon’ Rana (6^th for ₹52,500) were others who posted FT scores.

Final Table Results

1. Gagandeep ‘gaganhyd’ Singh – ₹3,67,500
2. Rachit ‘baba_ramdev’ Soni – ₹2,17,500
3. Raghavendra ‘ThikanaCK’ Hada – ₹1,50,000
4. Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma – ₹1,12,500
5. Parmaatma – ₹75,000
6. Anshul ‘vexagon’ Rana – ₹52,500

The Bout ₹10 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 224

Re-entries – 189

Prize Pool – ₹10,33,000

Places Paid – 54

Following through after an action-packed weekend, PokerBaazi recorded a bumper turnout in its Monday flagship, ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Bout. The tourney pulled in 413 entries to collect a guarantee-smashing ₹10.33 Lakhs prize pool.

Almost eight hours of play later, online reg Dinesh ‘Daddu26’ Singh juggernaut his way to the top of the field to win ₹2.08 Lakhs in prize money. Mystery user ‘ladda’ netted ₹1.45 Lakhs for their runner-up finish.

Vinod ‘figureitout’ Megalmani (4^th for ₹69,180), Himanshu ‘pokerbrat7’ Arora (6^th for ₹41,610), Divij ‘divij24’ Soni (7^th for ₹34,690), and Sonu ‘sonurathore1’ Rathore (8^th for ₹27,670) were the other FT finishers.

Final Table Results

1. Dinesh ‘Daddu26’ Singh – ₹2,08,000
2. ladda – ₹1,45,000
3. dangerprone1 – ₹93,540
4. Vinod ‘figureitout’ Megalmani – ₹69,180
5. arajmohandas – ₹51,930
6. Himanshu ‘pokerbrat7’ Arora – ₹41,610
7. Divij ‘divij24’ Soni – ₹34,690
8. Sonu ‘sonurathore1’ Rathore – ₹27,670

ReCharge ₹10 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 224

Re-entries – 71

Re-buys – 198

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 39

Headlining the action on Spartan Poker, as usual, was the ₹10 Lakhs GTD ReCharge. The event kicked off at 8 PM and could muster a field of 493 entries (224 unique, 71 re-entries, and 198 re-buys) by the time registrations closed. A marginal overlay of ₹14,000 was recorded in the tourney.

It was nearly 4 AM on Tuesday morning by the time the last hand got dealt, and claiming the bragging rights was an anonymous player ‘Esoteric.’ The player, who is a regular on Spartan Poker, had on October 20 captured the ₹18 Lakhs GTD Mega Stack for ₹2.50 Lakhs. Yesterday, they padded their bankroll by ₹1.85 Lakhs following a heads-up deal with ‘bob_marley’ (runner-up for ₹1.48 Lakhs).

A total of 39 players earned a payout in the tourney, and among the known names to post an FT finish was Arpan ‘Novus’ Majhi (6^th for ₹46,700).

Final Table Results

1. Esoteric – ₹1,85,704*
2. bob_marley – ₹1,48,095*
3. masterbluff – ₹97,500
4. fishyvishy22 – ₹78,700
5. Hakuna matata – ₹61,700
6. Arpan ‘Novus’ Majhi – ₹46,700
7. isildurindia – ₹34,300
8. vaji – ₹25,200
9. jungleman27 – ₹20,900
   *denotes heads-up deal

WPT Table For 6 ₹7 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 162

Re-Entries – 145

Prize Pool – ₹7,67,506

Places Paid – 34

The other WPTOI side event on Adda52, the ₹7 Lakhs GTD WPT Table For 6, attracted 307 entrants to post a guarantee-smashing ₹7.68 Lakhs prize pool.

The tourney started at 9.30 PM and went on till 3:22 AM.

Outlasting the competition was the 2020 India Poker Champion Rubin ‘kornkif’ Labroo, who chopped the top prize with Sanjay ‘Floppednuts’ Kumar before bagging the title and ₹1.59 Lakhs in prize money. The latter banked ₹1.49 Lakhs for their efforts.

The former Godfather champion, Labroo, has had a tremendous year online. Last night`s win has helped him cross the “₹2 Crore-mark” in MTT winnings for 2020. His current lifetime tally reflects ₹5.30 Crores in recorded earnings.

The WPT Late Night PKO champion Pradip ‘Nit2Donk’ Ghosh (3^rd for ₹84,425), Sunday`s WPT Super Stack winner Saahib ‘saahib’ Bawa (4^th for ₹64,086), and IOPC Main Event – The Crown champion Harshit ‘Harshit114’ Sanghi (5^th for ₹44,131) were the other notable final table finishers.

Final Table Results

1. Rubin ‘kornkif’ Labroo – ₹1,58,993*
2. Sanjay ‘Floppednuts’ Kumar – ₹1,49,158*
3. Pradip ‘Nit2Donk’ Ghosh – ₹84,425
4. Saahib ‘saahib’ Bawa – ₹64,086
5. Harshit ‘Harshit114’ Sanghi – ₹44,131
6. hunterchikoo – ₹28,781
   *denotes a heads-up deal

The Flash ₹5.5 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 247

Re-entries – 82

Re-buys – 188

Prize Pool – ₹5,50,000

Places Paid – 47

A total of 517 entries (247 unique, 82 re-entries, and 188 re-buys) signed up for Spartan Poker’s ₹5.50 Lakhs GTD The Flash, resulting in an overlay deficit of ₹33,000.

The final 47 players made ITM finishes, where coming out on top after a four-way deal was ‘Slippery Slope’ (1^st for ₹77,328).

‘jackoffoff’ finished runner-up for ₹71,410, while ‘FinalTable007’ (3^rd for ₹60,099) and ‘MAARRI’ (4^th for ₹58,793) also partook in the deal.

Srijan ‘TheDawnFacere’ Batra finished 8^th for ₹13,420.

Final Table Results

1. Slippery Slope – ₹77,328*
2. jackoffoff – ₹71,410*
3. FinalTable007 – ₹60,099*
4. MAARRI – ₹58,793*
5. Arch129 – ₹33,560
6. DesiKanye – ₹24,860
7. Sparky67 – ₹18,260
8. Srijan ‘TheDawnFacere’ Batra – ₹13,420
9. Willrobya – ₹11,000
   *denotes four-way deal

WPT Classic ₹5 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹1,500

Entries – 173

Re-entries – 121

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 30

The other WPTOI side event that got hit by an overlay, the ₹5 Lakhs GTD WPT Classic, pulled in 294 entrants, translating into a shortfall of ₹98,690.

The tourney started at 2 PM and went on till 7:53 PM.

It was ‘anand1895’ who decimated the competition, including their heads-up opponent Manish ‘jhulelaal’ Adnani (runner-up for ₹76,250) to win the title for ₹1.25 Lakhs.

Vivek ‘victor2coolsmart’ Karwa (3^rd for ₹57,500), and PokerStars India’s ‘Star of the Month” – October, Shailesh ‘MrShailesh’ Patel (4^th for ₹42,500), FT-ed the event.

Final Table Results

1. anand1895 – ₹1,28,000
2. Manish ‘jhulelaal’ Adnani – ₹76,250
3. Vivek ‘victor2coolsmart’ Karwa – ₹57,500
4. Shailesh ‘MrShailesh’ Patel – ₹42,500
5. 2EZ4Me – ₹28,750
6. runyrules – ₹20,000
7. shay88 – ₹15,000
8. omega0611 – ₹12,500

Eliminator ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 150

Re-entries – 126

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 27

The ₹5 Lakhs GTD Eliminator made its scheduled run at 7.30 PM last night. The event drew 276 runners (150 unique and 126 re-entries) to overlay ₹86,000.

After over seven hours of action, Sagar ‘sagarpupull’ Choudhury captured the title for ₹1.12 Lakhs (₹56,389 in prize money, ₹51,190 in bounties). He had placed third in the same event last week for ₹37,499.

Choudhury has already qualified for the November Finale and was among the top-ranked players on the Week #1 leaderboard standing last week.

Chaitanya ‘crylighter’ Dhingra pocketed a runner-up payday of ₹59,764 (₹56,389 in prize money, ₹3,375 in bounties).

With the title in his grasp, Choudhury’s annual tally of scores has grown to ₹1.94 Crores with a gargantuan ₹4.29 Crores in lifetime earnings.

The final 27 players earned a share of the prize pool and collected points towards the PokerStars India “Star of the Month” – November leaderboard race.

Final Table Results

1. Sagar ‘sagarpupull’ Choudhury – ₹1,12,579*
2. Chaitanya ‘crylighter’ Dhingra – ₹59,764*
3. RAV1619 – ₹44,260
4. Rebellion30 – ₹37,965
5. Leo_Chaos_1985 – ₹21,505
6. SirRampagealot – ₹28,514
7. jjrock420 – ₹17,133
8. MrBigSlick139 – ₹8,969
9. ASHUTOSHKUMAR – ₹11,062

Turbo ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 57

Re-entries – 45

Prize Pool – ₹1,53,000

Places Paid – 17

PokerBaazi`s ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD Turbo broke the guaranteed century-mark in entries last night.

Karan ‘collingwood’ Sitlani ran past the 102-entry field to add take down the event for ₹35,360. Puneet ‘chipsteal’ Salaria finished runner-up for ₹25,810.

Sunday’s BSS SuperStack ₹20 Lakhs GTD champion Uttam ‘dragon777’ Shaw (6^th for ₹7,328) and Taliwagang ‘Meverick’ Jamir (7^th for ₹5,997) FT-ed the tourney.

Bigstack Turbo ₹1 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 51

Re-entries – 35

Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000

Places Paid – 15

With 86 entries, PokerStars India’s Bigstack Turbo fell ₹14,000 short of meeting its ₹1 Lakh prize pool guarantee.

A share of the spoils was distributed among the top 15 finishers, and taking home the title for ₹19,021 was mystery player ‘Jaffrey25.’ The player agreed to a three-way deal with ‘lovlok2’ (runner-up for ₹18,939) and Aastik ‘GoForKill’ Bhatia (3^rd for ₹15,253).

Himanshu ‘himkat@stars’ Kataria (4^th for ₹9,847) and Anantha ‘Art-of-Limping’ Nallepally (7^th for ₹4,237) were the other FT finishers.

Pocket Jacks ₹75K GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 92

Re-entries – 36

Prize Pool – ₹75,000

Places Paid – 19

‘Azamhusna’ bested ‘BluffGambler46’ in the heads-up play to clinch the ₹75K GTD Pocket Jacks title for ₹17,250. The latter added ₹12,375 to their bankroll for finishing runner-up.

‘kingofnoob’ placed third for ₹9,000. The player posted a second FT score, placing runner-up in Unravel for ₹9,000.

Monday Blues ₹75K GTD – PokerDangal

Buy-in – ₹440

Entries – 83

Re-entries – 65

Prize Pool – ₹75,000

Places Paid – 23

PokerDangal’s ₹75K GTD Monday Blues registered 148 entries, and 23 places got paid.

The mystery player ‘Sunny92’ clinched the title for ₹15,750.

Unravel ₹50K GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹440

Entries – 60

Re-entries – 32

Prize Pool – ₹50,000

Places Paid – 15

Pocket52`s ₹50K GTD Unravel experienced a shortfall of ₹13,200 after registering 92 entries.

The mystery user ‘manoj7053’ took down the title for ₹12,500. ‘kingofnoob’ came in second for ₹9,000.

Jeet ‘Tanmay007’ Mondal (3^rd for ₹6,750), Janani ‘Khapa’ Ghosh (4^th for ₹5,000), Chirag ‘Badsirck’ Khandelwal (5^th for ₹4,000), and Mukesh ‘Zulujhan’ Jhanvariya (6^th for ₹3,000) posted FT scores.

This report was updated at 4 PM on 10.11.2020.

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