Daily Majors: Gubba, Bothra, Singh, Saigal & Patni Dominate the Friday Flagships

Friday marked the start of the weekend, and the virtual felts were set ablaze with action. Spartan Poker`s Freezeout Master Series was hands down the star attraction of the day.

The much talked about ₹1 Million Dan Bilzerian Freeroll is here and slated to begin at 8 PM tonight on BLITZPOKER! Apart from the juicy cash prizes, the freeroll winner will ride home in a shiny new Harley Davidson Street 750. If that was not enough, he/she will win an all-paid round trip to Los Angeles to party with Dan Bilzerian himself!

For now, let’s take a look at the biggest winners from Friday.

Spartan Poker

The Freezeout Master Series is heading towards a grand finale, and Friday marked the start of the ₹50 Lakhs GTD FMS Main Event. Day 1A of the ₹11,000 buy-in event attracted 126 entrants, and only 21 players survived the opening day`s play. MTT crusher Anuj ‘tittooTauji’ Yadav bagged the end of day chip lead with 220,551 in the bag. Rounding out the top three stacks were ‘McFly’ (220,297) and Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma (213,083).

Running alongside the FMS Main Event was the ₹25 Lakhs GTD FMS #9 Highroller that gathered a player pool of 113 entries who ponied up the ₹22,000 buy-in. The event suffered an overlay of ₹2.40 Lakhs, and the top 15 places benefitted from the value on offer. It took more than eight hours for the event to culminate. In the end, former SSS The Millionaire X5 champion Abhishek ‘PoeticInjustice’ Gubba pipped cash game pro Akanksha ‘HashBrownie’ Singh heads-up to win the ₹6.38 Lakhs first-place cash prize. Singh, on the other hand, pocketed a personal-best ₹4.40 Lakhs for her runner-up finish.

Gubba made a second FT on Friday, placing seventh in Adda52’s The Ballers for ₹75,000. With ₹7+ Lakhs in winnings last night, he is just ₹1.50 Lakhs shy of touching the ₹1 Crore mark in recorded earnings!

The ₹12 Lakhs GTD TGIF was championed by ‘Legendback’ who collected ₹2.31 Lakhs after eliminating Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall (runner-up for ₹1.45 Lakhs) in second place. The ₹1,650 buy-in event logged in 782 entries to register an overlay of ₹27,000.

Day 1D of the 10 Lakhs GTD Velocity logged in 327 entrants, and topping the 39 survivors was Abhiroop ‘Ron007’ Gupta (129,844).

PokerBaazi

The most prominent winner on PokerBaazi turned out to be the site`s former Team Mentor Jasven ‘JasvenSaigal’ Saigal. The Mumbai-based pro shipped the ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Ridge to win ₹2.21 Lakhs. ‘hungryanimal’ finished runner-up for ₹1.55 Lakhs. The ₹3,300 buy-in event saw 270 participants that resulted in a substantial ₹1.90 Lakhs (19% of posted guarantee) shortfall.

Adda52

Day 1B of the ₹1 Crore GTD Full House attracted 255 entries who signed up for ₹5,500. After the stipulated 29 levels of play, only 29 players made the cut for Day 2 with Avinash ‘aksinha97’ Kumar leading the charge with a stack of 266,881. MTT regs Sreekanth ‘n0thing’ Narayan (221,590), and Bharat ‘rungooserun’ Vasan (211,750) rounded out the top three stacks of the day.

The ₹25 Lakhs GTD The Ballers logged in 353 participants who ponied the ₹7,500 buy-in to leave a shortfall of ₹81,950. The top 38 places earned a payout, and collecting the fattest paycheck worth ₹6.25 Lakhs was well-known MTT pro Deepak ‘bothras’ Bothra. He prevailed over ‘foldkardunga’ (runner-up for ₹3.78 Lakhs) in the heads-up to win the title.

The ₹4 Lakhs GTD Moonlight found a winner in ‘AmliDiPeenak’ who walked away with ₹87,739 in prize money after defeating ‘myeshu’ (runner-up for ₹82,435) in the heads-up.

PokerStars India

PokerStars India`s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Uppercut MAGIC Edition pulled in 244 entrants who paid the ₹4,400 buy-in to leave a marginal overlay of ₹24,000. It took the banker-turned-poker pro Kunal ‘iAlwaysHaveIt’ Patni seven hours to make it to the top and his efforts fructified into a ₹1.77 Lakhs payday. MTT crusher and the #3 ranked player on the annual rankings, Anant ‘Dr4gonW4rrior’ Purohit, finished runner-up for ₹1.02 Lakhs while the #2 ranked player this year, Srihari Bang, placed third for ₹69,936.

The ₹5 Lakhs Friday Euphoria clocked 170 entries, which resulted in an overlay of 75,000, and the top 29 places got paid. After almost six hours of play, the winner emerged in ‘yash1805,’ who netted ₹73,383 following a three-way deal with ‘pranay1245’ (2^nd for 70,129), ‘shanghai2710’ (3^rd for 75,849).

The other Friday winners were:

Full House ₹1 Crore GTD Day 1B – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 159

Re-entries – 96

Survivors – 29

The ₹5,500 buy-in ₹1 Crore GTD Full House played out its second starting flight on Friday. Day 1B registered 255 entries (159 unique and 96 re-entries). Adding to the Day 1A numbers, the event has collected 506 entries so far. Only 29 players could bag chips for Day 2, and carrying the biggest stack forward was Avinash ‘aksinha97’ Kumar (266,881). MTT regs Sreekanth ‘n0thing’ Narayan (221,590), Bharat ‘rungooserun’ Vasan (211,750) rounded out the top three stacks on Day 1B.

The Day 1A chip leader ‘Abhilasha212’ (323,412), is still the overall chip leader after the two starting flights.

Notables like Amarjeet ‘amarjeet1989’ Singh (209,067), Tanmay ‘tanmaybenara’ Benara (191,738), Saurabh ‘newkidintown’ Arora (173,042), Akash ‘Akashgupta1’ Gupta (160,299), and Vinayak ‘bhai_on_mary_jane’ Bajaj (142,832) made the top 10 chip counts list.

Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1B

1. Avinash ‘aksinha97’ Kumar – 266,881
2. Sreekanth ‘n0thing’ Narayan – 221,590
3. Bharat ‘rungooserun’ Vasan – 211,750
4. Amarjeet ‘amarjeet1989’ Singh – 209,067
5. tyche – 191,745
6. Tanmay ‘tanmaybenara’ Benara – 191,738
7. Parupalli – 189,317
8. Saurabh ‘newkidintown’ Arora – 173,042
9. Akash ‘Akashgupta1’ Gupta – 160,299
10. Vinayak ‘bhai_on_mary_jane’ Bajaj – 142,832

FMS#9 – Highroller ₹25 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹22,000

Entries – 113

Prize Pool – ₹25,00,000

Places Paid – 15

The biggest buy-in tourney of the FMS series, the ₹22,000 buy-in FMS#9 – Highroller, ran with a ₹25 Lakhs prize pool guarantee on Friday. The event had 113 runners in contention, but it wasn’t enough to avoid an overly, and the site had to fill in a deficit of ₹2.40 Lakhs.

Abhishek ‘PoeticInjustice’ Gubba obliterated the field, which included Akanksha ‘HashBrownie’ Singh heads-up, to claim a top prize worth ₹6.38 Lakhs. Singh took home and equally commendable ₹4.40 Lakhs for her runner-up finish.

With this win, Gubba now has ₹98.58 Lakhs in recorded winnings, ₹30.87 Lakhs of which he has won on Spartan Poker.

Meanwhile, Singh’s deep run in this tourney brought her a personal-best score, taking her lifetime tally to ₹18.98 Lakhs.

Dhiraj ‘supernuts’ Lakhotia (3^rd for ₹2.88 Lakhs), Dhaval ‘ElegantlyWasted’ Mudgal (4^th for ₹2.33 Lakhs), Young Gun Shardul ‘Faucet Failure’ Parthasarathi (8^th for ₹88,750) and Raman ‘tathagat’ Gujral (9^th for ₹65,000), were the known names on the final table.

Final Table Results

1. Abhishek ‘PoeticInjustice’ Gubba – ₹6,38,750
2. Akanksha ‘HashBrownie’ Singh – ₹4,40,000
3. Dhiraj ‘supernuts’ Lakhotia – ₹2,88,750
4. Dhaval ‘ElegantlyWasted’ Mudgal – ₹2,33,750
5. Ronaldinho18 – ₹1,88,750
6. Tonkaaa – ₹1,47,500
7. corona virus – ₹1,16,250
8. Shardul ‘Faucet Failure’ Parthasarathi – ₹88,750
9. Raman ‘tathagat’ Gujral – ₹65,000

The Ballers ₹25 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹7,500

Entries – 185

Re-entries – 168

Prize Pool – ₹25,00,000

Places Paid – 38

A total of 353 entries got logged in the ₹25 Lakhs GTD The Ballers on Adda52. The tourney experienced an overlay of ₹81,950 and ran for four hours before Deepak ‘bothras’ Bothra came out as the champion.

Bothra had on August 15, finished runner-up in the ₹20 Lakhs GTD PPL #54 ME Warm Up for ₹3.05 Lakhs. Last night, he defeated ‘foldkardunga’ (runner-up for ₹3.78 Lakhs) heads-up to win the title and ₹6.25 Lakhs. With this victory under his belt, Bothra now boasts over ₹2.61 Crores in recorded winnings across domestic sites.

Kapil Kumar ‘kapsa92’ Vasita (4^th for ₹2 Lakhs), Ankur ‘aceleration’ Sehgal (6^th for ₹93,750), Abhishek ‘messi010010’ Gubba (7^th for ₹75,000), and PokerGuru Ambassador`s Naresh ‘emperor457’ Veeravalli (8^th for ₹62,500) and Devvrat ‘glitch_d’ Arya (9^th for ₹50,000) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Deepak ‘bothras’ Bothra – ₹6,25,000
2. foldkardunga – ₹3,78,750
3. villan1122 ₹2,75,000
4. Kapil Kumar ‘kapsa92’ Vasita – ₹2,00,00
5. sham999 – ₹1,35,000
6. Ankur ‘aceleration’ Sehgal – ₹93,750
7. Abhishek ‘messi010010’ Gubba – ₹75,000
8. Naresh ‘emperor457’ Veeravalli – ₹62,500
9. Devvrat ‘glitch_d’ Arya – ₹50,000

TGIF ₹12 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 387

Re-entries – 128
Rebuys – 267

Prize Pool – ₹12,00,000

Places Paid – 71

Sporting a buy-in of ₹1,650, the TGIF fell ₹27,000 short of its advertised ₹12 Lakhs guarantee. Traversing the competitive 782-entry field was a mystery user ‘Legendback.’ The player earned their best score on Spartan Poker worth ₹2.32 Lakhs after defeating MTT crusher Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall (runner-up for ₹1.46 Lakhs) heads-up. Mall’s online scorecard now reflects ₹4.72 Crores in earnings.

Ujjwal ‘fultufun’ Rana (3rd for ₹1.05 Lakhs), Yuvraj ‘ThePredator’ Singh (4th for ₹82,320), Guruprasad ‘DONKAKING’ Gupta (5th for 64,680), and Aakash ‘shipsuperior’ Kedia (7th for 38,040) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Legendback – ₹2,31,600
2. Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall – ₹1,45,920
3. Ujjwal ‘fultufun’ Rana – ₹1,04,520
4. Yuvraj ‘ThePredator’ Singh – ₹82,320
5. Guruprasad ‘DONKAKING’ Gupta – 64,680
6. mylife12 – ₹50,520
7. Aakash ‘shipsuperior’ Kedia – 38,040
8. spanks – ₹26,520
9. pranavdurr – ₹21,000

Velocity Day 1D ₹10 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 171

Re-entries – 35

Rebuys – 121

Survivors – 39

The ₹10 Lakhs GTD Velocity ran its fourth flight last evening. Day 1D brought in 327 runners, leaving only 39 survivors after three and a half hours of play.

Abhiroop ‘Ron007’ Gupta was the end of the day chip leader with a stack of 129,844, with ‘RK0503’ (127,696) and Vivek ‘acchemicals’ Karwa (122,527) close behind.

Pravin ‘Youraiseishove’ Jain (121,655), Debneil ‘ChhotaDon’ Mukherjee (112,827), Ravi ‘Rvjn91’ Jain (108,264), and Ravinder ‘jason’ Singh (102,954) featured among the top stacks of the day.

Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1D

1. Abhiroop ‘Ron007’ Gupta – 129,844
2. RK0503 – 127,696
3. Vivek ‘acchemicals’ Karwa – 122,527
4. HarveyHomes – 121,728
5. Pravin ‘Youraiseishove’ Jain – 121,655
6. Debneil ‘ChhotaDon’ Mukherjee – 112,827
7. Reeraizer21 – 109,863
8. Ravi ‘Rvjn91’ Jain – 108,264
9. It’s Easy M’kay – 106,466
10. Ravinder ‘jason’ Singh – 102,954

The Ridge ₹10 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹3,300

Entries – 158

Re-entries – 112

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 36

PokerBaazi’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Ridge could only sell 270 registration slips, falling ₹1.9 Lakhs short on the advertised guarantee.

Powering his way through the field was veteran pro Jasven ‘JasvenSaigal’ Saigal, who championed the event for a hefty ₹2.21 Lakhs payday. Saigal fended off ‘hungryanimal’ in the heads-up play. The latter netted ₹1.55 Lakhs for their runner-up finish.

This was Saigal’s third-best score on the site, pushing his recorded earnings on PokerBaazi to ₹69.16 Lakhs.

Ishaan ‘ideatheater11’ Pandya (3rd for ₹99,700), Young Gun Anmol ‘anzzzzz’ Mehta (4th for ₹73,800), Chanti ‘Majay’ Nayak (5th for ₹55,400), Young Gun Arsh ‘Button_Hai_Bro’ Grover (7th for ₹36,800), and Gadadhar ‘gd1921’ Behera (8th for ₹29,500) posted FT scores.

Final Table Results

1. Jasven ‘JasvenSaigal’ Saigal – ₹2,20,900
2. hungryanimal – ₹1,55,000
3. Ishaan ‘ideatheater11’ Pandya – ₹99,700
4. Anmol ‘anzzzzz’ Mehta – ₹73,800
5. Chanti ‘Majay’ Nayak – ₹55,400
6. Sanjayv90 – ₹44,300
7. Arsh ‘Button_Hai_Bro’ Grover – ₹36,800
8. Gadadhar ‘gd1921’ Behera – ₹29,500
9. VIRJAIN – ₹22,100

Uppercut ₹10 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹4,400

Entries – 141

Re-entries – 103

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 47

The ₹10 Lakhs GTD Uppercut attracted 244 entries falling ₹24,000 short on its guarantee. Seasoned reg Kunal ‘iAlwaysHaveit’ Patni persisting with his winning form, championed the tourney to win ₹1.77 Lakhs.

MTT crusher and the #3 ranked player on the annual leaderboard, Anant ‘Dr4gonW4rrior’ Purohit, finished runner-up for ₹1.02 Lakhs.

Also posting final table finishes were, Srihari ‘bangbang1999’ Bang (4^th for ₹69,936), Bharat ‘hzgod’ Kumar (7^th for ₹23,929), Rohan ‘RSmincer’ Soman (8^th for ₹25,631) and PokerStars India Team Pro Muskan Sethi (9^th for ₹18,100).

Final table Results

1. Kunal ‘iAlwaysHaveit’ Patni – ₹1,77,825
2. Anant ‘Dr4gonW4rrior’ Purohit – ₹1,02,355
3. groovemantra – ₹54,254
4. Srihari ‘bangbang1999’ Bang – ₹69,936
5. Poker_Basilisk – ₹58,779
6. kailesh18- ₹29,836
7. Bharat ‘hzgod’ Kumar – ₹23,929
8. Rohan ‘RSmincer’ Soman – ₹25,631
9. Muskan Sethi – ₹18,100

Pocket Kings ₹7.5 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 184

Re-entries – 104

Prize Pool – ₹7,50,000

Places Paid – 45

The Friday night marquee tourney on Pocket52, the ₹7.5 Lakhs GTD Pocket Kings, was won by ‘niteenplus’ who bested Arpan ‘Novus’ Majhi heads-up to win ₹1.61 Lakhs in prize money. Majhi pocketed ₹99,375 in cash prize.

Ajay ‘Ajju6113’ Gupta netted ₹71,250 for his third-place finish.

The tourney experienced an overlay worth 66,000.

Final Table Results

1. niteenplus – ₹1,61,250
2. Arpan ‘Novus’ Majhi- ₹99,375
3. Ajay ‘Ajju6113’ Gupta – ₹71,250
4. Furious – ₹54,375
5. luckyoye – ₹41,250
6. kd69 – ₹31,500

Friday Euphoria ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 107

Re-entries – 63

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 29

PokerStars India’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Friday Euphoria dragged in 170 entrants, declaring a loss of ₹75,000.

The ₹2,750 buy-in event ran for nearly six hours before mystery user ‘yash1805’ came out on top to win ₹73,383, following a three-way deal with ‘pranay1245’ (runner-up for ₹70,129) and ‘shanghai2710’ (3^rd for ₹75,850).

The champion had shipped the ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD The Classic Monday for ₹57,784 earlier in the week and presently has ₹42.09 Lakhs in earnings on PokerStars India, with a profit of ₹17 Lakhs.

Chandan ‘RunBarryRun’ Arora (4^th for ₹38,717), Partho ‘SpidermanIndia’ Datta (6^th for ₹21,132) and Anurag ‘GutshotHaiBro’ Srivastava (7^th for ₹17,345), FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. yash1805 – ₹73,383*
2. pranay1245 – ₹70,129*
3. shanghai2710 – ₹75,850*
4. Chandan ‘RunBarryRun’ Arora – ₹38,717
5. Anson Jack – ₹28,604
6. Partho ‘SpidermanIndia’ Datta – ₹21,132
7. Anurag ‘GutshotHaiBro’ Srivastava – c
8. Investor9999 – ₹14,237
9. Deepak006 – ₹14,237

*denotes three-way deal

Moonlight ₹4 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹1,800

Entries – 160

Re-entries – 122

Prize Pool – ₹4,62,479

Places Paid – 30

Adda52’s late-night tourney, the ₹4 Lakhs GTD Moonlight, successfully smashed its guarantee on the back of 282 entries.

Mystery user ‘AmliDiPeenak’ defeated ‘myeshu’ (runner-up for ₹82,435) heads-up to win ₹87,739.

Banmanlang ‘bml2012’ Lyndem (3^rd for ₹71,934), and online reg Aman ‘karmapoker’ Parakh (4^th for ₹39,311) banked FT payouts.

Final Table Results

1. AmliDiPeenak – ₹87,739
2. myeshu – ₹82,435
3. Banmanlang ‘bml2012’ Lyndem – ₹71,934
4. Aman ‘karmapoker’ Parakh – ₹39,311
5. dhruv1234 – ₹26,593
6. Lawrdship – ₹18,499
7. Gaurav_libra4 – ₹13,874
8. RKJS – ₹11,562
9. Vibhuiit17 – ₹9,250

DVS #9 ₹2 Lakhs GTD – Poker Dangal

Buy-in – ₹880

Entries – 125

Re-buys – 130

Prize Pool – ₹2,04,000

Places Paid – 27

PokerDangal’s ₹2 Lakhs GTD DVS #9 attracted 255 entrants to post a prize pool of ₹2.04 Lakhs.

‘acehal’ was the last player standing and won ₹48,001. ‘THEGANGSTER’ finished runner-up for ₹33,680.

Final Table Results

1. acehal – ₹48,001
2. THEGANGSTER – ₹33,680
3. shay88 – ₹21,665
4. kahahoji – ₹16,034
5. Queenofaces – ₹12,036
6. xoxoxo – ₹9,629
7. rohit25king – ₹7,997
8. vinod1481 – ₹6,406
9. Rahul ‘JamesDenial007’ Sengar – ₹4,794

Pocket Kings ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 78

Re-entries – 37

Prize Pool – ₹1,50,000

Places Paid – 18

The ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD Pocket Kings booked an overlay of ₹35,000 from 115 registrations.

‘dracerys’ ran past the field to win the ₹37,500 first-place cash prize after defeating ‘Acejpoker’ (runner-up for ₹23,250) heads-up.

Rohin ‘Comeback5’ Bhansali placed fourth for ₹16,500.

Final Table Results

1. dracerys – ₹37,500
2. Acejpoker – ₹23,250
3. Rohin ‘Comeback5’ Bhansali – ₹16,500
4. powerfull – ₹12,750
5. Bhishma – ₹10,500
6. msdhoni07 – ₹8,250

Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹275

Entries – 38

Re-entries – 39

Prize Pool – ₹20,000

Places Paid – 8

‘Kaushal99’ claimed the top honors in Khelo365’s ₹20K GTD Grinder 2.0. The winner collected ₹6,800.

This report was updated at 5 PM on 22.08.2020.

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