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The online action has reached a feverish pitch, with Spartan Poker`s The Millionaire Series setting the stage for a massive weekend ahead. PokerGuru Ambassadors crushed the MTT flagships for the second day running by scoring a title and two top-three finishes between them. Kanav Parwal emerged as the day`s top scorer after winning The Millionaire Series The Elite for ₹13.99 Lakhs. Young Gun Gaurav Sood finished runner-up for ₹5.35 Lakhs, climbing up to #2 on the annual rankings. PokerGuru Ambassador Vishal Bajaj placed third for ₹4.98 Lakhs.
PokerGuru Ambassador Ankit Wadhawan earned his first Super Achiever badge for crossing the benchmark ₹5 Crore mark in lifetime earnings last night after placing second in Adda52’s The Ballers for ₹4.23 Lakhs.
PokerGuru Ambassador Shashank Desai completed the trifecta of top finishes for PokerGuru Staking by taking down PokerBaazi’s The Weekly Highroller for a site-best ₹4.07 Lakhs. Yudhisthir Singh Rathore finished runner-up.
Deepak Choudhary came out in top in PokerBaazi’s COVID-19 relief tourney, The O2 Initiative, adding ₹2.78 Lakhs to his bankroll. PokerBaazi, in partnership with GiveIndia, will donate all the rake, i.e., ₹3.31 Lakhs, generated from the event to provide oxygen assistance to those in need.
Haider Madraswala, Piyush Jain, Kuttappan Assina, and poker streamer Gautam Rohilla shipped the other marquee tourneys of the day.
Here are the Friday highlights.
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Spartan Poker
The Millionaire Series 2.0 has entered the home stretch, and Friday saw Spartan Poker flagging off the showstopper ₹1.50 Crore GTD The Millionaire. Day 1A of the ₹11,000 entry buy-in event logged in 306 participants, and 44 stacks advanced through to Day 2. The mystery user ‘avikon’ (205,687), Raman ‘tathagat’ Gujral (187,772), and The Elite third-place finisher PokerGuru Ambassador Vishal ‘CrownUpJr’ Bajaj (184,972) bagged the top stacks of the day. The multi-flight tourney has another four flights to run before Day 2 on Sunday.
MTT players had two other headline tourneys on Spartan Poker to choose from last night. The day`s featured offering, the ₹40 Lakhs GTD Millionaire Series #8 The Elite, had 538 contenders signing for ₹11,000, creating a juicy ₹53.80 Lakhs prize pool (over a third more than the listed guarantee). The 9:30 PM tourney ended at 6:34 AM today, with the former Destiny champion Kanav ‘slickooo’ Parwal coming out on top to win a career-best ₹13.99 Lakhs, making him the fourth Millionaire at the ongoing series. Young Gun Gaurav ‘mozzie17’ Sood (runner-up for ₹5.35 Lakhs) and PokerGuru Ambassador Vishal ‘CrownUpJr’ Bajaj (3rd for ₹4.98 Lakhs) secured podium finishes in the tourney.
The undisputed #1 ranked player of 2020, Gaurav Sood, is the only player on our database with over ₹8 Crores in tracked earnings. The dentist-turned MTT pro lapped up almost ₹9.29 Lakhs in total winnings last night to climb up to #2 on the 2021 leaderboard standings. His Friday deep runs include:
> 2nd in Spartan Poker`s The Millionaire Series #10 – The Elite for ₹8,60,800
> 4th in PokerStars India`s Uppercut for ₹46,829
> 22nd in The Ballers for ₹21,167
Gaurav Sood`s stats: Annual Winnings: ₹1.68+ Crores | Annual Profits: ₹87+ Lakhs | Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.36 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹4.28 Crores
The high-value ₹10 Lakhs GTD Millionaire D’Lite was another marquee tourney that commenced its run on Friday. The ₹220 entry-buy-in tourney played out two of its seven starting flights last night. Day 1A logged in 779 entries, and 87 runners advanced to Day 2. Shrey ‘Kingsb30’ Baj (218,623), Sanket ‘DONKA’ Deshmukh (207,657), and Archit ‘Richie4ich’ Saraogi (202,481) bagged the top stacks of the flight. Day 1B pulled in 916 entries, and after the stipulated 25 levels of play, 87 survivors packed their bags for Day 2. ‘Ashoka1′ (206,458), ‘Loki92’ (201,608), and ‘MichaelScarn’ (173,722) topped the survivor’s list.
The ₹7 Lakhs GTD Millionaire Series #11 saw former Destiny winner Kuttappan ‘Dr House’ Assina shipping the tourney for ₹1.37 Lakhs following a four-way deal with ‘WuZetian’ (runner-up for ₹1.18 Lakhs), ‘MaiMeel’ (third for ₹1.15 Lakhs), and Rishab ‘NoChanc3’ Malik (4th for ₹1.05 Lakhs).
Kuttappan Assina sits on₹25.63 Lakhs in recorded winnings on Spartan Poker, with ₹10.58 Lakhs in net profits on the site.
The Millionaire Series Leaderboard Standings After Day 4
Rank | Player | Points1 |
---|---|---|
1 | slickooo | 2,340 |
2 | Laksh 'LuckyBhai$' Singh | 2,083 |
3 | Bhanu 'spectre' Prakash KC | 1,929 |
4 | Gaurav 'mozzie17' Sood | 1,826 |
5 | Aniket 'Ntwadumela' Waghmare | 1,708 |
6 | Jaya 'denb' Bharathkumar Prajapati | 1,705 |
7 | Anant 'Dr.Infinitipower' Malik | 1,672 |
8 | BloatedBelly | 1,610 |
9 | Kunal 'NutsTodayBluffTomorrow' Patni | 1,608 |
10 | Pranav 'I'mThePlayBoi' Bang | 1,560 |
PokerStars India
PokerStars India’s ₹3,850 entry buy-in Friday headliner, the ₹7 Lakhs GTD Uppercut MAGIC Edition, logged in 225 entries, and 24 places got paid a share of the ₹7.87 Lakhs prize pool. Monday’s Battle Royale winner Piyush ‘jacks_apart’ Jain shipped the tourney, netting ₹1.64 Lakhs (includes ₹96,811 in bounties).
Amar ‘AceConsultant’ Mehta placed runner-up for ₹72,645 (includes ₹5,250 in bounties).
With this win, Piyush Jain’s recorded earnings on PokerStars India have touched ₹8.69 Lakhs (₹2.68 Lakhs in net profits).
The ₹2 Lakhs GTD The Classic PKO saw ‘CURR¥300’ outlasting the 157-entry field to win ₹55,215 (includes ₹33,937 in bounties). ‘wolfbacki45 ‘ placed runner-up for ₹25,122 (includes ₹3,844 in bounties).
PokerBaazi
The star attraction on PokerBaazi was the ₹15 Lakhs GTD The O2 Initiative. With the entire nation reeling from the devastation caused by the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, PokerBaazi, in partnership with GiveIndia, hosted a ₹1,200 (₹200 per buy-in went to charity) entry buy-in charity tourney. The site donated 100% of the tournament fees to provide oxygen to those in need. The tourney logged in 1,655 entries to collect ₹16.55 Lakhs in the prize pool and ₹3.31 Lakhs in donations. Deepak ‘sabJuwaaHai’ Choudhary was the last player standing and added ₹2.78 Lakhs to his bankroll. Gurpal ‘roothless’ Singh settled for a runner-up score worth ₹1.95 Lakhs.
Running alongside The O2 Initiative was the ₹12 Lakhs GTD The Weekly HighRoller. The ₹11,000 entry buy-in tourney clocked in 158 entrants, resulting in a guarantee-crushing ₹15.80 Lakhs prize pool. PokerGuru Ambassador Shashank ‘indianrat’ Desai championed the event to win₹4.07 Lakhs, denying chef Yudhishthir ‘Rowdy6’ Singh Rathore (runner-up for ₹2.85 Lakhs) the title.
This happens to be Shashank Desai’s best-recorded finish of the year so far, pushing his lifetime earnings to ₹1.62 Crores (₹19.98 Lakhs in net profits). The Value Bomb Extreme runner-up finisher, Yudhishthir Rathore, converted a ₹550 satellite entry buy-in to a six-figure payday, boosting his lifetime tally to ₹1.06 Crores (₹12.16 Lakhs in net profits).
Poker streamer Gautam ‘M8a7’ Rohilla (Won Turbo ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD for ₹48,240) and ‘abarjatiya’ (Won PLO Boost ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹38,370) took down the other marquee tourneys on PokerBaazi.
Adda52
Adda52`s ₹22.5 Lakhs GTD The Ballers logged in 412 challengers to form a prize pool worth ₹28.22 Lakhs. The user ‘pratap2904’ came out trumps, winning the title for a personal-best ₹7 Lakhs. PokerGuru Ambassador Ankit ‘d00mtr00p3r’ Wadhawan placed runner-up for ₹4.23 Lakhs.
The former Holdem High Roller champion, Ankit Wadhawan`s six-figure score made him the latest entrant to the “Super Achiever’s Club,” adding the ‘₹5 Crores’ badge to his name. His lifetime tally reflects ₹5.01 Crore in winnings (₹1.10 Crores in net profits) across domestic sites.
Haider ‘Donktown22’ Madraswala toppled a field of 419 entries in the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Running Hot to win ₹2.08 Lakhs. Masroor ‘jason911’ Ansari placed runner-up for ₹1.26 Lakhs.
The other Friday winners were:
Player | Prize Amount | Event | Poker Site |
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Kapildev77 | ₹1 Lakh | Grand Slam ₹4 Lakhs GTD | Khelo365 |
CURR¥300 | ₹55,215 | The Classic PKO ₹2 Lakhs GTD | PokerStars India |
Gautam ‘M8a7’ Rohilla | ₹48,240 | Turbo ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
abarjatiya | ₹38,370 | PLO Boost Monster ₹1 Lakh GTD | PokerBaazi |
Siddharth 'SidSparta21' Ojha | ₹31,609 | The Centurion ₹1 Lakh GTD | Spartan Poker |
Joonjoon | ₹26,532 | Dangal Friday ₹1.2 Lakhs GTD | PokerDangal |
trueper | ₹13,999 | Ultrasonic ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD | PokerStars India |
nishantdreams | ₹13,800 | Prime Time ₹30K GTD | Khelo365 |
zravasya | ₹6,800 | Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD | Khelo365 |
Millionaire Series The Millionaire ₹1.5 Crores GTD Day 1A – Spartan Poker
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 176
Re-entries – 49
Re-buys – 81
Survivors – 44
The showstopper fixture of The Millionaire Series 2.0, the ₹1.5 Crores GTD The Millionaire, got underway on Friday with the first of its five starting flights.
Starting at 7 PM, Day 1A gathered 306 entries, and only 44 runners survived the stipulated 23 levels of play.
The mystery user ‘avikon’ (205,687), Raman ‘tathagat’ Gujral (187,772), and PokerGuru Ambassador Vishal ‘CrownUpJr’ Bajaj (184,972) bagged the top Day 1A stacks.
Young Gun Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra (162,794), Deepak ‘chimpoo’ Bothra (152,356), Dhaval ‘ElegantlyWasted’ Mudgal (143,045), and Raghav ‘thatssosick’ Bansal (127,029) were others who made the top 10 chip count`s list.
Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1A
Millionaire Series #10 – The Elite ₹40 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 249
Re-entries – 132
Re-buys – 157
Prize Pool – ₹53,80,000
Places Paid – 50
The day`s headliner, the ₹40 Lakhs GTD Millionaire Series #10 – The Elite that guaranteed a minimum ₹10 Lakhs up top, signed up 538 challengers.
Starting at 9:30 PM, the ₹11,000 entry buy-in tourney went on till 6:34 AM on Saturday, with the top 50 places taking a bite out of the ₹53.80 Lakhs prize pool.
The former PPL The Endeavour and Destiny champion, Kanav ‘slickooo’ Parwal, shipped the tourney for a career-best ₹13.99 Lakhs, breaching the ₹2.23 Crore mark in recorded online winnings!
Young Gun Gaurav ‘mozzie17’ Sood took second place for ₹8.61 Lakhs. The MTT phenom added almost ₹9.29 Lakhs in total winnings, his Friday night score pushing him above Manish Lakhotia to #2 on the annual leaderboard standings. His other deep runs include:
> 4th in PokerStars India`s Uppercut for ₹46,829
> 22nd in The Ballers for ₹21,167
The March Millionaire champion, PokerGuru Ambassador Vishal ‘CrownUpJr’ Bajaj (3rd for ₹4.98 Lakhs), and Anant ‘Dr.infinitipower’ Malik (4th for ₹3.55 Lakhs) also FT-ed the tourney!
Final Table Results
The Ballers ₹22.5 Lakhs GTD – Adda52
Buy-in – ₹7,500
Entries – 207
Re-entries – 205
Prize Pool – ₹28,22,204
Places Paid – 43
Adda52’s ₹22.5 Lakhs GTD The Ballers roped in 412 entrants, putting together ₹28.22 Lakhs in the prize pool. The top 43 places got paid.
The anonymous user ‘pratap2904’ shipped the tourney, netting a personal-best ₹7 Lakhs for the win. PokerGuru Ambassador Ankit ‘d00mtr00p3r’ Wadhawan placed runner-up for ₹4.23 Lakhs.
The runner-up score got Ankit Wadhawan an entry into the “₹5 Crore Club,” earning him his first Super Achiever badge. The PokerGuru Staking member boasts ₹5.01 Crore in lifetime winnings (₹1.10 Crores in net profits).
Tarush ‘tarush123’ Gupta (6th for ₹98,777) FT-ed the tourney.
Final Table Results
The O2 Initiative ₹15 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi
Buy-in – ₹1,200
Entries – 949
Re-entries – 706
Prize Pool – ₹16,55,000
Places Paid – 144
Raising funds for COVID-19 relief has become a top priority given the current crisis. And taking a stand in this fight, PokerBaazi ran a charity event last night, pledging 100% of the tournament fee to help provide oxygen to those in need.
The ₹15 Lakhs GTD O2 Initiative, featuring a ₹1,200 entry buy-in, registered 1,655 entries, and the top 144 places got paid from the ₹16.55 Lakhs prize pool. Moreover, ₹3.31 Lakhs were raised for charity!
Deepak ‘sabJuwaaHai’ Choudhary was the last player standing and won ₹2.78 Lakhs after besting Gurpal ‘roothless’ Singh (runner-up for ₹1.94 Lakhs) in heads-up play.
Gadadhar ‘gd1921’ Behera (5th for ₹69,841), PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer ‘holdbaby’ Singh Chadha (7th for ₹47,002), and Akansha ‘gogikaran’ Sehgal (8th for ₹37,403) FT-ed the tourney.
Final Table Results
The Weekly HighRoller ₹12 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 93
Re-entries – 65
Prize Pool – ₹15,80,000
Places Paid – 18
Running alongside was the ₹15 Lakhs GTD The O2 Initiative on PokerBaazi was the site`s Friday mainstay, the ₹12 Lakhs GTD, The Weekly HighRoller. The weekly tourney filled in 158 seats, collecting a ₹15.80 Lakhs prize pool.
After almost nine hours of intense action, PokerGuru Ambassador Shashank ‘indianrat’ Desai raced past the competition to bag the lion’s share of the prize money worth ₹4.07 Lakhs. His heads-up opponent, the recent Value Bomb Extreme runner-up finisher Yudhisthir ‘Rowdy6’ Singh Rathore took second place again for an equally impressive ₹2.84 Lakhs.
MTT pro Raghav ‘thatssosick’ Bansal (3rd for ₹1.83 Lakhs), online reg Karan ‘Apocalypto’ Radia (4th for ₹1.02 Lakhs), and Karan ‘collingwood’ Sitlani (6th for ₹81,370) also FT-ed the tourney.
Final Table Results
Millionaire Series D’lite ₹10 Lakhs GTD Day 1A – Spartan Poker
Buy-in – ₹220
Entries – 415
Re-entries – 84
Re-buys – 280
Survivors – 87
Spartan Poker’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Millionaire Series D’lite ran two starting flights on Friday. The first of seven starting flights, Day 1A, went on from 3 PM to 7:07 PM and registered 779 entries. After 25 levels of play, 87 runners advanced to Day 2.
Shrey ‘Kingsb30’ Baj (218,623), Sanket ‘DONKA’ Deshmukh (207,657), Archit ‘Richie4ich’ Saraogi (202,481), Vineesh ‘Rockblaster’ Bhatia (172,270), Priyank ‘Satoshi_Nakamoto’ Kothari (152,155), Tanay ‘Lalchi14’ Hargunaney (137,508), and Vikrant ‘King Leonidas’ Dangle (122,358) featured on the Day 1A top 10 chip counts list.
Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1A
Millionaire Series D’lite ₹10 Lakhs GTD Day 1B – Spartan Poker
Buy-in – ₹220
Entries – 461
Re-entries – 81
Re-buys – 374
Survivors – 87
Day 1B of the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Millionaire Series D’lite commenced at 9 PM and ran till 1:08 AM. Only 87 runners from a starting field of 916 entries progressed to Day 2.
The user ‘Ashoka1’ (206,458), ‘Loki92’ (201,608), ‘MichaelScarn’ (173,722), Aditya ‘KesarDaa’ Kesharwani (173,394) and Shiva ‘psilocybin7’ Balram (151,972) bagged the top stacks on Day 1B.
Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1B
Uppercut MAGIC Edition ₹7 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India
Buy-in – ₹3,850
Entries – 125
Re-entries – 100
Total Prize Pool – ₹7,87,500
Regular Prize Pool – ₹3,93,750
Bounty Prize Pool – ₹3,93,750
Places Paid – 24
PokerStars India’s ₹7 Lakhs GTD Uppercut MAGIC Edition logged in 225 entries, and 24 places got paid from a prize pool of ₹7.87 Lakhs.
Piyush ‘jacks_apart’ Jain walked away with the title and ₹1.64 Lakhs (includes ₹96,811 in bounties), while Amar ‘AceConsultant’ Mehta placed second for ₹72,645 (includes ₹5,250 in bounties). The champion now has ₹8.68 Lakhs in recorded winnings on PokerStars India.
The Elite runner-up finisher, Young Gun Gaurav ‘3betPanda’ Sood (4th for ₹46,829) and Ayush ‘Kyanaamrakhu’ Garg (6th for ₹36,628) FT-ed the tourney.
Final Table Results (Includes Bounties)
Millionaire Series #11 ₹7 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 473
Re-entries – 217
Rebuys – 364
Prize Pool – ₹10,54,000
Places Paid – 103
The last of the four Millionaire-branded events to start on Friday, the ₹7 Lakhs GTD Millionaire Series #11, was taken down by Assina ‘Dr House’ Kuttappan. He took away a ₹1.37 Lakhs payday following a four-way deal with ‘WuZetian’ (runner-up for ₹1.18 Lakhs), ‘MaiMeel’ (3rd for ₹1.15 Lakhs), and Rishab ‘NoChanc3’ Malik (4th for ₹1.03 Lakhs).
Shrey ‘Kingsb30’ Baj finished 5th for ₹51,725.
Final Table Results
*denotes a four-way deal
Running Hot ₹5 Lakhs GTD – Adda52
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 227
Re-entries -192
Prize Pool – ₹8,38,000
Places Paid – 43
Haider ‘Donktown22’ Madraswala outlasted a field of 419 entries in the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Running Hot to win ₹2.08 Lakhs. Masroor ‘jason911’Ansari placed runner-up for ₹1.26 Lakhs.
Haider Madraswala’s lifetime earnings have crossed ₹1.17 Crore after last night`s win.
Other known players who made it to the final table include Bhanu Prakash ‘ChennaiNo1’ KC (4th for ₹67,040), Manish ‘newkidpoker’ Lakhotia (6th for ₹29,330), and Shekhar ‘Brat_Poker’ Singh (8th for ₹18,855).
Final Table Results
Grand Slam ₹4 Lakhs GTD – Khelo365
Buy-in – ₹3,300
Entries – 95
Re-entries – 14
Prize Pool – ₹4,00,000
Places Paid – 20
The monthly extravaganza hosted by Khelo365, the ₹4 lakhs GTD Grand Slam, pulled in 109 registrations last night, filling in ₹73,000 in overlays.
The user ‘Kapildev77’ was the last player standing and won ₹1 Lakh, ‘burnturn,’ who fired two bullets, secured a second-place finish worth ₹72,000.
The Classic PKO ₹2 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 111
Re-entries – 46
Total Prize Pool – ₹2,35,500
Regular Prize Pool – ₹1,17,750
Bounty Prize Pool – ₹1,17,750
Places Paid – 17
PokerStars India’s ₹2 Lakhs GTD The Classic PKO locked in 157 entries, and 17 places got paid from the ₹2.35 Lakhs prize pool.
The mystery user ‘CURR¥300’ raced past the competition to take home a ₹55,215 payday (includes ₹33,937 in bounties). ‘wolfbacki45’ finished runner-up for ₹25,122 (includes ₹3,844 in bounties).
Ashit ‘Cringing’ Sharma (7th for ₹7,802) was the other known name on the final table.
Dangal Friday ₹1.2 Lakhs GTD – PokerDangal
Buy-in – ₹990
Entries – 104
Re-entries – 30
Prize Pool – ₹1,20,600
Places Paid – 20
PokerDangal`s Dangal Friday crushed its guarantee on the back of 134 hopefuls. Site regular ‘Joonjoon’ decimated the competition to win ₹26,532, with ‘Flawless’ placing runner-up for ₹19,899.
Prime Time ₹30K GTD – Khelo365
Buy-in – ₹550
Entries – 19
Re-entries – 16
Prize Pool – ₹30,000
Places Paid – 4
Khelo365 regular ‘nishantdreams’ championed the ₹30K GTD Prime Time PLO to win ₹13,800. ‘Manu131313’ fired six bullets and did well to turn a profit after placing second for ₹7,800.
Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD – Khelo365
Buy-in – ₹275
Entries – 60
Re-entries – 17
Prize Pool – ₹20,000
Places Paid – 8
The user ‘zravasya’ came out on top in the ₹20K GTD Grinder 2.0 to collect ₹6,800.
This report was updated at 7 PM on 8.05.2021.
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