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The weekend is here, and with that, all sites have brought out the big guns – the massive guaranteed flagships – and the online regs just can’t seem to get enough. Manish Gandhi was the biggest winner on Friday as he took down The Elite on Spartan Poker for a personal-best ₹8.93 Lakhs. Online regs like Young Gun Sahil Chuttani, Myron Pereira, and Anant Purohit took down the other marquee tourneys. Here`s a quick recap of all the Friday action!
Spartan Poker
Overshadowing all the other flagships on Friday, the GPS edition of The Elite played out last night with a whopping ₹40 Lakhs guaranteed. The turnout of 458 entries (208 entries, 113 re-entries, and 137 re-buys) made short work of the guarantee by collecting a juicy ₹45.80 Lakhs prize pool. The top 47 finishers got paid, and the biggest cut went to
Manish ‘potlords’ Gandhi, who came out on top to win ₹8.93 Lakhs after defeating an anonymous player ‘Critical’ (2nd for ₹5.67 Lakhs) in the heads-up play. The FT was a stacked one with heavy hitters like Siddarth ‘PeterPunter’ Singhvi (3rd for ₹4.25 Lakhs), Nitin ‘TheWitcher’ Arora (4th for ₹3.43 Lakhs), Raghav ‘thatssosick’ Bansal (6th for ₹2.07 Lakhs), Sagar ‘Strangeplay’ Choudhury (7th for ₹1.52 Lakhs), and Ujjwal ‘Lord Hendrix’ Narwal (8th for ₹1.11 Lakhs) in contention.
The other big-ticket tourney on Spartan Poker, the GPS TGIF ₹12 Lakhs GTD, recorded 201 entries surpassing the posted guarantee with a prize pool collection worth ₹15.79 Lakhs. ‘imfish’ took down the title and ₹2.64 Lakhs following a three-way deal with ‘pokermuggle26’ (2nd for ₹1.86 Lakhs) and ‘BLueWhale222’ (3rd for ₹1.74 Lakhs).
The GPS Monster Stack ₹5 Lakhs GTD was championed by Ravinder ‘jason’ Singh, who banked ₹1.43 Lakhs prize money after defeating ‘Chickenbutter’ (runner-up for ₹91,364) heads-up for the title. The tourney recorded a guarantee-smashing prize pool worth ₹7.38 Lakhs from 492 entries, and the top 47 places finished ITM.
PokerBaazi
PokerBaazi`s PMVS The Ridge collected ₹12.06 Lakhs in the prize pool from a starting field of 402 entries. MTT reg Myron ‘priyankAAchoprAA’ Pereira came out on top to win the title and ₹2.53 Lakhs. This has been a phenomenal year for Periera, who has already cashed in over ₹80 Lakhs in MTT winnings so far. Riding high both on volume and consistency, the Goa-native is #4 on the 2020 TLB leaderboard.
‘dybalamask’ placed runner-up in The Ridge to win ₹1.77 Lakhs in prize money. Young Gun Gaurav ‘gaug17’ Sood (3rd for ₹1,14,000), Aditya ‘adit11’ Kulkarni (5th for ₹63,320), PokerGuru Ambassador Devvrat ‘flopCheck’ Arya (7th for ₹42,210) and Anant ‘Pro_Pro’ Purohit (8th for ₹33,770), all posted FT finishes.
The other headliner on the site, PMVS#14 ₹5 Lakhs GTD, was taken down by an anonymous player with the moniker ‘md20,’ who won ₹1.28 Lakhs.
Adda52
Friday saw the start of the ₹1 Crore GTD Full House and the ₹5,500 buy-in flagship tourney brought in 306 entries (199 unique challengers and 107 re-entries) on Day 1A. Only 30 players advanced to Day 2 in the first of the five starting flights with Nikhil ‘billZ’ Arora (518,938) bagging the most massive stack of them all. Trailing Arora is PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘ragspoker’ Munot (370,537), and a mystery user ‘echayan’ (269,092). Anmol ‘anzzzzz’ Mehta (256,676), Young Gun Siddharth ‘skaria1’ Karia (195,141), Danish ‘King0fMerge’ Shaikh (192,944), PokerGuru Ambassador Naresh ’emperor457′ Veeravalli (189,245), Sikander ‘soundfsilenz’ Rajwade (186,624), and Aarchit ‘Aarchit’ Dhadwal (182,386) feature among the top 10 stacks after Day 1A.
The other headline tourney that played out on Friday, The Ballers ₹22.50 Lakhs GTD, gathered a crowd of 384 runners (197 unique entrants and 187 re-entries) and the top 38 places banked a share of the ₹26.30 Lakhs prize pool. The last player standing turned out to be the MTT phenom and our former Young Gun Sahil ‘bluffme19’ Chuttani, who claimed the top prize worth ₹6.57 Lakhs after defeating ‘bluechipp’ heads-up!
PokerStars India
At PokerStars India, the Uppercut Magic Edition’s advertised ₹10 Lakhs GTD was smashed on the back of a field of 312 entries (187 unique entries and 125 re-entries), and the top 59 places took a bite out of the ₹12.48 Lakhs prize pool. Taking down the tourney for the third time was MTT crusher Anant ‘Dr4gonW4rrior’ Purohit, who picked up a cash reward of ₹2.27 Lakhs. ‘shivhare’ finished runner-up for ₹1.37 Lakhs. Purohit has over ₹4.69 crores in recorded online earnings and currently sits at the #5 spot on our 2020 Cashes leaderboard.
The Friday Euphoria ₹5 Lakhs GTD on PokerStars India was won by ‘Corpo08’ who took away ₹82,768 following a three-way deal with ‘yash1805’ (2nd for ₹70,330) and ‘PsykoEko‘ (3rd for ₹61,925).
The other Friday winners were –
Player | Prize Money | Event | Poker Site |
---|---|---|---|
md20 | ₹1.28 Lakhs | PMVS#14 ₹5 Lakhs GTD (8-Max) | PokerBaazi |
Tilting | ₹1.07 Lakhs | Pocket Kings ₹5 Lakhs GTD | Pocket52 |
ParasP | ₹1 Lakh | Kickstarter ₹4 Lakhs GTD | Khelo365 |
AceDoctor | ₹98,235 | Hexagram ₹3 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
Sumit 'runrabbitrun' Advani | ₹94,120 | PMVS#15 ₹4 Lakhs GTD (6-Max) | PokerBaazi |
Rahul 'chanakyax' Bhura | ₹94,120 | PMVS#12 DeepStack Turbo ₹4 Lakhs GTD (6-Max) | PokerBaazi |
Corpo08 | ₹82,768 | Friday Euphoria ₹5 Lakhs GTD | PokerStars India |
SidSparta21 | ₹60,583 | GPS#26 Monster Stack ₹3.5 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
Harsh 'harsh1327' Bubna | ₹54,176 | PMVS#11 (5-Max) ₹2 Lakhs GTD (6-Max) | PokerBaazi |
Terrier | ₹53,666 | Ultimate PLO ₹2 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
Tokio999 | ₹50,564 | Night Rider - Monster Stack ₹2.75 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
Natansh 'evilbunny36' Basandra | ₹44,204 | GPS#25 NLHE ₹2 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
riskypro | ₹40,000 | Dangal Friday ₹2 Lakhs GTD | Poker Dangal |
apalece | ₹12,000 | Prime Time ₹30K GTD PLO | Khelo365 |
Belivesek | ₹7,200 | Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD | Khelo365 |
Full House ₹1 Crore GTD Day 1A – Adda52
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 199
Re-Entries – 107
Survivors – 30
The Day 1A of the Full House ₹1 Crore GTD, kicked off 7 PM yesterday with the first of its five starting flights. After 29 nine-minute levels, the playing field of 306 contenders (199 unique and 107 re-entries) was whittled down to just 30 survivors.
Topping the list of survivors was circuit reg Nikhil ‘billZ’ Arora, who bagged a stack of 518,938. PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘ragspoker’ Munot (370,537), and ‘echayan’ (269,092) rounded out the top three stacks in the flight.
Making it in the top ten stacks from the flight were Young Gun`s Anmol ‘anzzzzz’ Mehta (256,676), and Siddharth ‘skaria1’ Karia (195,141), alongside former PokerGuru Team Member Danish ‘King0fMerge’ Shaikh (192,944), PokerGuru Ambassador Naresh ’emperor457′ Veeravalli (189,245), Sikander ‘soundfsilenz’ Rajwade (186,624), and Aarchit ‘Aarchit’ Dhadwal (182,386).
Other prominents who booked a seat into Day 2 were Abhishek ‘thegrinder’ Garg (135,325), Ashish ‘akb786’ Kaushik (129,293), Dhaval ‘dirtyzoso’ Mudgal (113,825), Alok ‘apb1989’ Birewar (110,544), Rubin ‘kornkif’ Labroo (108,483), Rajesh ‘phanthom’ Singh (104,406), Arunkumar ‘arunk8186’ Anandan (102,421), Ravinder ‘ravikirti’ Singh (50,480), and PokerGuru Ambassadors Arjanveer ‘arjan30’ Singh Chadha (121,796), Laksh ‘boomtilt23’ Pal Singh (99,438).
Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1A
GPS#28 The Elite ₹40 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 208
Re-entries – 113
Re-buys – 137
Prize Pool – ₹45,80,000
Places Paid – 47
Spartan Poker’s Friday showstopper, GPS The Elite ₹40 Lakhs GTD, logged in 458 entries (208 unique, 113 re-entries and 137 re-buys), generating a guarantee-smashing ₹45.80 Lakhs in the prize pool.
Manish ‘potlords’ Gandhi has been doing well on the virtual felts these past few days. After finishing sixth in the High Roller on Thursday for ₹2.24 Lakhs, he claimed The Elite title last night for a personal-best score of ₹8.92 Lakhs, taking his overall online cashes to ₹75.01 Lakhs. ‘Critical’ finished runner-up for ₹5.67 Lakhs.
It was a re-infested final table that saw the likes of Siddarth ‘PeterPunter’ Singhvi (3rd for ₹4.25 Lakhs), Nitin ‘TheWitcher’ Arora (4th for ₹3.43 Lakhs), Raghav ‘thatssosick’ Bansal (6th for ₹2.07 Lakhs), Sagar ‘Strangeplay’ Choudhury (7th for ₹1.52 Lakhs) and Young Gun Ujjwal ‘Lord Hendrix’ Narwal (8th for ₹1.11 Lakhs).
Site regular ‘McFly’ who had final tabled the High Roller (7th for ₹2.24 Lakhs) and the Ultron (3rd for ₹2.33 Lakhs) the day before, added yet another final table score to his tally, placing fifth for ₹2.71 Lakhs.
Final Table Results
The Ballers ₹22.5 Lakhs GTD – Adda52
Buy-in – ₹7,500
Entries – 197
Re-entries – 187
Prize Pool – ₹26,30,397
Places Paid – 38
Adda52’s The Ballers played out with a ₹22.5 Lakhs guarantee on Friday night. The event had a profitable run, with 384 signups (197 unique and 187 re-entries) collecting a ₹26.30 Lakhs prize pool. Well known reg Sahil ‘bluffme19’ Chuttani sailed past a reg-infested final table to win the event for ₹6.57 Lakhs.
Other prominent pros who finished their run on the final table were Ranjeet ‘rj147’ Negi (3rd for ₹2.89 Lakhs), Anil ‘spewtard’ Adiani (4th for ₹2.10 Lakhs), Vaibhav ‘alienrobot’ Sharma (5th for ₹1.42 Lakhs), PokerGuru Ambassador Laksh Pal ‘boomtilt23’ Singh (7th for ₹78,912), Abhishek ‘dx23’ Rathod (8th for ₹65,760) and Aarchit ‘Aarchit’ Dhadwal(9th for ₹52,608).
Final Table Results
GPS#27 TGIF ₹12 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 467
Re-entries – 162
Re-buys – 424
Prize Pool – ₹15,79,500
Places Paid – 87
The Friday staple event on Spartan Poker, the GPS TGIF ₹12 Lakhs GTD, drew in 1,053 entries (467 unique, 162 re-entries and 424 re-buys), outperforming last week’s 952 entries, and collecting a prize pool worth ₹15.79 Lakhs.
Anonymous user ‘imfish’ took down the event for ₹2.64 Lakhs, following a three-way deal with ‘pokermuggle26’ (runner-up for ₹1.86 Lakhs) and ‘BLueWhale222’ (3rd for ₹1.74 Lakhs).
Samsher ‘santacruzsam’ Gandhi (4th for ₹1.04 Lakhs), Vikram ‘swingtrader’ Ved Batra (5th for ₹82,134), former Young Gun Sahil ‘$lim$hady19’ Chuttani (6th for ₹64,286) and Vikram ‘greenSTUFF79’ Mishra (7th for ₹47,542) also posted final table finishes.
In fact, this was Chuttani’s fourth final table finish of the week, following his fifth-place finish in PokerBaazi’s BSS SuperStack for ₹1.25 Lakhs on Sunday, his runner-up finish in Spartan Poker’s GPS#22 High Roller ₹60 Lakhs GTD for ₹8.97 Lakhs on Thursday and his victory in Adda52’s The Ballers ₹22.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹6.57 Lakhs yesterday.
Final Table Results
*denotes three-way deal
PMVS#13 The Ridge ₹12 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi
Buy-in – ₹3,300
Entries – 214
Re-entries – 188
Prize Pool – ₹12,06,000
Places Paid – 45
The Friday night attraction, PMVS The Ridge ₹12 Lakhs GTD on PokerBaazi, drew 402 entries (214 unique and 188 re-entries) that help surpass the posted guarantee.
Racing past the field was circuit regular Myron ‘priyankAAchoprAA’ Pereira, who took down the title to win ₹2.53 Lakhs after besting Nehal Kumar ‘dybalamask’ Agarwal (runner-up for ₹1.77 Lakhs). Periera has been in blistering form these last few months and is currently sitting in the #4 spot on the 2020 TLB leaderboard.
While a good 45 players earned payouts, Young Gun Gaurav ‘gaug17’ Sood (3rd for ₹1,14,000), Aditya ‘adit11’ Kulkarni (5th for ₹63,320), PokerGuru Ambassador Devvrat ‘flopCheck’ Arya (7th for ₹42,210) and Anant ‘Pro_Pro’ Purohit (8th for ₹33,770) posted FT finishes.
Final Table Results
Uppercut PKO 6-Max MAGIC Edition ₹10 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India
Buy-in – ₹4,400
Entries – 187
Re-Entries – 125
Total Prize Pool – ₹12,48,000
Regular Prize Pool – ₹6,24,000
Bounty Prize Pool – ₹6,24,000
Places Paid – 59
The Friday Flagship event at PokerStars India, the Uppercut PKO 6-Max MAGIC Edition ₹10 Lakhs GTD, drew a 312-strong field (187 unique and 125 re-entries).
The top 59 places were assured a min-cash from the ₹12.48 Lakhs prize pool.
After using three bullets, online phenom Anant ‘Dr4gonW4rrior’ Purohit picked up ₹2.27 Lakhs (₹95,254 in prize money, and ₹131,828 in bounties) for the outright victory. ‘shivhare’ took home ₹1.37 Lakhs (₹95,253 in prize money and ₹42,109 in bounties) as the runner-up.
Purohit has over ₹4.69 crores in online winnings and sits on 5th place in our yearly cashes leaderboard. This also happens to be the third time he has won the Uppercut PKO 6-Max MAGIC Edition title. He won it the first time in February last year for ₹99,353 and the second time in November for ₹2.04 Lakhs.
PokerGuru Ambassador Laksh ‘B00MTilt23’ Pal Singh (4th for ₹57,934), Abhishek ‘Satan98999’ Gubba (5th for ₹56,531), Ajay ‘hanumanji1502’ Eshwaran (8th for ₹20,134), and Sanish ‘sneakysani’ Chhabra (9th for ₹30,384) were the notable finalists.
Final Table Results
GPS#29 Monster Stack ₹5 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 247
Re-entries – 77
Re-buys – 168
Prize Pool – ₹7,38,000
Places Paid – 47
Spartan Poker’s GPS Monster Stack ₹5 Lakhs GTD comfortably surpassed its advertised guarantee and created a prize pool of ₹7.38 Lakhs on the back of a 492-strong-entry field (247 unique, 77 re-entries and 168 re-buys).
The event crowned a champion in Ravinder ‘jason’ Singh who banked a cool ₹1.43 Lakhs, while ‘Chickenbutter’ came in second for ₹91,364. With this win, Singh’s recorded online winnings have touched ₹42.64 Lakhs.
The other notables on the final table included Rahul ‘Thakur615’ Thakur (3rd for ₹68,486), Young Gun Anmol ‘Anzzzzz’ Mehta (4th for ₹55,424), Avneesh ‘IamAM’ Munjal (5th for ₹43,690) and PokerGuru Ambassador Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved (8th for ₹18,007).
Final Table Results
PMVS#14 ₹5 Lakhs GTD (8-Max) – PokerBaazi
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 151
Re-entries – 138
Prize Pool – ₹5,78,000
Places Paid – 36
The PMVS ₹5 Lakhs GTD (8-Max) was another addition on PokerBaazi’s Friday schedule, and yesterday it ran as part of the ongoing PMVS series with a ₹5 Lakhs GTD. The guarantee was quickly overshot as 289 runners helped generate over ₹5.78 Lakhs in prize money.
The lion`s share of the event went to an anonymous player with the online moniker ‘md20,’ who defeated ‘Millind ‘ulimpiraise’ Satam’ heads-up to win ₹1.28 Lakhs. The latter pocketed ₹89,590 for finishing second.
Notables who posted final table scores were PokerGuru Ambassadors Rohit ‘rohit22rm’ Mishra (3rd for ₹57,630), and Devvrat ‘flopCheck’ Arya (6th for ₹25,610), Shashank ‘indianrat’ Desai (7th for ₹21,270), Pretit ‘ziggyluck’ Bais (8th for ₹17,050), and Karan ‘Paul7788’ Paul (9th for ₹12,770).
Final Table Results
Pocket Kings ₹5 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 137
Re-entries – 84
Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Places Paid – 45
Pocket52’s Pocket Kings failed to meet its advertised ₹5 Lakhs GTD after registering 221 entries (137 unique and 84 re-entries), and the top 45 places took advantage of the ₹58,000 overlay. Championing the event was ‘Tilting’ who beat out ‘madhabpal2015’ (runner-up for ₹66,250) in the heads-up play and collected ₹1.07 Lakhs in prize money.
Final Table Results
Friday Euphoria ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India
Buy-in – ₹2,750
Entries – 125
Re-Entries – 71
Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Places Paid – 35
PokerStars India’s Friday Euphoria ₹5 Lakhs GTD attracted 196 runners (125 unique and 71 re-entries) yesterday to fall 4 entries short of the ₹5 Lakhs guarantee.
‘Corpo08’ came on top of the field following up on a three-way deal with ‘yash1805’ (runner-up for ₹70,330) and ‘PsykoEko’ (3rd for ₹61,925) to collect a winner’s cheque of ₹82,768.
Goonjan ‘gmtesting.ind’ Mall (4th for ₹37,759), Siddharth ‘siddonuts’ Pandey (6th for ₹20,514), Prabhat ‘uchichaa19’ Paliya (7th for ₹16,519), and Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna (9th for ₹13,302 ) posted final table scores.
Final Table Results
*denotes three-way deal
Kickstarter ₹4 Lakhs GTD – Khelo365
Buy-in – ₹3,300
Entries – 99
Re-entries – 28
Prize Pool – ₹4,00,000
Places Paid – 20
Last night’s biggest tourney on Khelo365 was the ₹4 Lakhs GTD Kickstarter that logged in 127 entrants (99 unique and 28 re-entries), falling ₹19,000 short of break-even.
Racing past the competition was ‘ParasP’ who claimed the title and a hefty payday worth ₹1 Lakh in prize money. ‘Kingsunnu’ placed second for ₹72,000.
PMVS#15 ₹4 Lakhs GTD (6-Max) – PokerBaazi
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 146
Re-entries – 113
Prize Pool – ₹4,00,000
Places Paid – 27
The PMVS ₹4 Lakhs GTD (6-Max) generated a 259-player field (146 unique and 113 re-entries), falling short by ₹11,500 to meet the advertised guarantee.
‘Sumit ‘runrabbitrun’ Advani’ topped the field to walk away with the title and ₹94,120 in prize money. Dinesh ‘htc170209’ Kukreja finished second for ₹66,040.
Puneet ‘neo1’ Dua (4th for ₹31,440), PokerGuru Ambassador Vivek ‘Nutpeddling729’ Singh (5th for ₹23,600), Pratibh ‘pratibhsaluja’ Saluja (6th for ₹18,880), Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna (7th for ₹15,680), and Rachit ‘rachubaba’ Arora (8th for ₹12,560) posted FT finishes.
PMVS#12 DeepStack Turbo ₹4 Lakhs GTD (6-Max) – PokerBaazi
Buy-in – ₹1,650 1500
Entries – 129
Re-entries – 94
Prize Pool – ₹4,00,000
Places Paid – 27
With 223 player registrations (129 unique and 94 re-entries), the PMVS DeepStack Turbo ₹4 Lakhs GTD (6-Max) suffered an overlay of ₹65,500.
Rahul ‘chanakyax’ Bhura was the last player standing in the field and won ₹94,120 after defeating online reg Rachit ‘rachubaba’ Arora (runner-up for ₹66,040) heads-up.
Pranav ‘GarviGujarat’ Desai (4th for ₹31,440), Rafiq ‘Mrkhan’ Khan (5th for ₹23,600), Anirban ‘pottysingh’ D Das (6th for ₹18,880), PokerGuru Ambassador Faiz ‘AilaGaya’ Alam (8th for ₹12,560), and Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna (9th for ₹9,400) were the other ITM finishers.
GPS#26 Monster Stack ₹3.5 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Buy-in – ₹880
Entries – 241
Re-entries – 98
Rebuys – 183
Prize Pool – ₹4,17,600
Places Paid- 47
Spartan Poker’s GPS Monster Stack ₹3.5 Lakhs GTD accrued a guarantee-busting prize pool of ₹4.18 Lakhs, on the back of 522 registrations (241 unique, 98 re-entries, and 183 rebuys).
‘SidSparta21’ was the last player standing and won ₹60,583 following a four-way deal with Jyoti ‘joey114114’ Ranjan Nayak (runner-up for ₹52,894), Ravi ‘Rvjn91’ Jain (3rd for ₹46,038), and Ganesh ‘Alqaeda’ Jrk (4th for ₹43,689).
Another notable on the final table was Banmanlang ‘bml2012’ Lyndem (7th for ₹13,864).
Hexagram ₹3 Lakhs GTD – Adda52
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 99
Re-entries – 78
Prize Pool – ₹3,54,000
Places Paid – 19
Topping a field of 177 entries that included 99 unique and 78 re-entries, ‘AceDoctor’ captured Adda52’s popular Hexagram ₹3 Lakhs GTD for a ₹98,235 payday last night. The player defeated ‘Shark1411’ (runner-up for ₹59,472) in his final showdown at the event.
Prominent others who FTed the event were, Ritesh ‘ritesh5812’ Tripathi (3rd for ₹45,135) and Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall (8th for ₹9,735).
Night Rider – Monster Stack ₹2.75 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Buy-in – ₹880
Entries – 205
Re-entries – 68
Re-buys – 125
Prize Pool – ₹3,18,400
Places Paid – 39
Online regular ‘Tokio999’ shipped the Night Rider – Monster Stack ₹2.75 Lakhs GTD on Spartan Poker for ₹50,564 yesterday. The winner clinched the title after agreeing to a three-way deal with ‘Emiwaybantai’ (runner-up for ₹45,502) and ‘themistokles’ (3rd for ₹41,260).
The tournament garnered 205 unique entries, 68 re-entries, and 125 re-buys resulting in a ₹3.18 Lakhs prize pool. The top 39 places finished ITM and the notables who made it to the final table included Sanjay ‘sanjayg007’ Gupta (6th for ₹14,869) and Jyoti ‘joey114114’ Ranjan Nayak (7th for ₹10,921).
PMVS#11 (5-Max) ₹2 Lakhs GTD (6-Max) – PokerBaazi
Buy-in – ₹825 750
Entries – 151
Re-entries – 176
Prize Pool – ₹2,45,000
Places Paid – 36
Last night’s PMVS (5-Max) ₹2 Lakhs GTD (6-Max) was taken down by online regular Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna, who banked ₹54,176 towards prize money. Divij ‘divij24’ Soni earned ₹38,014 for his efforts.
The 327 hopefuls (151 unique and 176 re-entries) ensured that the posted guarantee was crushed by a healthy margin of ₹45,000.
Others who FTed the tourney were Shubham ‘kalalund’ Bhashker (3rd for ₹24,451), Siddartha ‘siddyk20’ Khandelwal (5th for ₹13,587), Aman ‘KarmaPoker’ Parakh (7th for ₹9,025), and PokerStars India’s THE MAMMOTH champion Vineet ‘whale’ Kumar (8th for ₹7,235).
Ultimate PLO ₹2 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 60
Re-entries – 16
Re-buys – 52
Prize Pool – ₹2,56,000
Places Paid – 11
Spartan Poker’s daily Ultimate PLO ₹2 Lakhs GTD just about managed to meet its listed guarantee and posted a ₹2.56 Lakhs prize pool through 128 entries (60 unique, 16 re-entries, and 52 e-buys).
Mystery user ‘Terrier’ emerged victorious and pocketed ₹53,666 in first-place prize money, following a three-way deal with ‘blackbuck’ (runner-up for ₹49,835) and ‘RunHot’ (3rd for ₹49,715).
Rishabh ‘Decent devil’ Sood (5th for ₹19,968), Piyush ‘BlackMamba’ Gaikwad (7th for ₹12,228) and former Millionaire United champion Mahima ‘mambojojo’ Walia Das (9th for ₹7,296), FTed the tourney.
GPS#25 NLHE ₹2 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Buy-in – ₹550
Entries – 185
Re-entries – 56
Rebuys- 177
Prize Pool – ₹2,09,000
Places Paid – 31
Spartan Poker’s GPS NLHE ₹2 Lakhs GTD crowned Natansh ‘evilbunny36’ Basandra as the victor after he bested a 418-strong field (185 unique, 56 re-entries, and 177 rebuys) to win ₹44,204 as the first-place prize. Basandra had notably won the Epic – ₹2 Lac GTD last Sunday for ₹31,491.
The top 31 places took a bite of the ₹2.09 Lakhs prize pool.
The site regs to post FT finishes were Ashish ‘intrcptr101’ Kaushik (3rd for ₹20,984) and Ajit ‘ace_bob’ Singh Arora (5th for ₹13,460).
Dangal Friday ₹2 Lakhs GTD – Poker Dangal
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 109
Re-buys – 69
Prize Pool – ₹2,00,000
Places Paid – 31
PokerDangal’s Dangal Friday ₹2 Lakhs GTD fell ₹22,000 short of meeting its posted guarantee on the back of 178 entries (109 unique and 69 re-buys).
In the end, ‘riskypro’ emerged victorious after defeating ‘bendly’ (2nd for ₹29,500) heads-up to win ₹40,000.
Hemant ‘honey91’ Dhiman (3rd for ₹22,000), Shubham ‘UPayMyRent’ Tyagi (6th for ₹9,000), and Prashant ‘kingslayer’ Jha (7th for ₹6,500) posted FT scores at the event.
Prime Time ₹30K GTD PLO – Khelo365
Buy-in – ₹550 (500+50)
Entries – 25
Re-entries – 28
Prize Pool – ₹30,000
Places Paid – 6
The Prime Time ₹30K GTD PLO on Khelo365 crowned in a champion ‘apalece’ who added ₹12,000 to his bankroll. Site regular ‘fortunemaker’ finished runner-up for ₹6,300.
Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD – Khelo365
Buy-in – ₹275
Entries – 41
Re-entries – 28
Prize Pool – ₹20,000
Places Paid – 7
‘Belivesek’ championed the Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD on Khelo365 for ₹7,200. The event had a shortfall of ₹2,750 against the posted guarantee after attracting 69 players (41 unique and 28 re-entries).
This report was updated at 2:30 PM on 06.06.2020.
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