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It was an adrenaline-charged Wednesday as PokerBaazi’s most ambitious tournament to-date, the EndBoss finally got rolling last night. With a ₹11,000 buy-in, this ₹5 Crores GTD tournament needs to register a total of 5,000 entries across its four starting flights to hit the guarantee. The tourney made a strong start with Day 1A logging in a packed field of 1,205 entrants (817 unique and 388 re-entries) bringing in the majority of the tournament regs to play. After 27 levels of play, only 142 stacks were left standing. The most massive stack of them all belonged to Vaibhav ‘durrrr1310’ Saigal, who bagged 475,000 in chips. At the same time, PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘OMG_spew’ Munot (407,000) and Kamal ‘Identity’ Naruka (386,000) carried forward the next top stacks on Day 1A.
The Spartan Super Series continues to pull in the tournament crowds, and like always, Wednesday saw the SSS #47 Destiny ₹45 Lakhs GTD headlining the site’s tournament offerings. After taking down this tournament the last two times, Siddhanth Kripalani missed the hattrick as Sajal ‘GoMuckYourself’ Gupta topped the 1,076-entry field (450 unique, 238 re-entries and 388 re-buys) last night to walk away with the ₹13.45 Lakhs top prize. Gupta defeated Anmol ‘Anzzzzz’ Mehta (runner-up for ₹8.07 Lakhs) heads-up to book a berth in the Destiny SnG Finale. On the other hand, Anant ‘Pro’ Purohit took down SSS #49 Destiny Jr ₹6 Lakhs GTD for ₹1.58 Lakhs.
The other Spartan Poker major, the SSS #44 Afternoon Showdown ₹8 Lakhs GTD, crowned a champion in MTT crusher Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPros’ Kumar who won ₹1.47 Lakhs after defeating Kunal ‘cvc’ Sharma (runner-up for ₹1.33 Lakhs) heads-up. This could have easily been the second online title Kumar won last night as he also finished runner up in PokerBaazi’s Pride Mini ₹5 Lakhs GTD for ₹82,550! Prashanth ‘Iveyleague’ Sekar eventually took down the Pride Mini to win ₹1.17 Lakhs.
Adda52’s Wednesday line-up was dominated by the Maverick ₹10 Lakhs GTD. The tourney managed to clock in 718 entries (344 unique, 374 re-entries), making for a guarantee-smashing ₹16.33 Lakhs prize pool. Winning top honors in the tourney was PokerGuru Ambassador Mithun ‘themiths’ Mahesh, who pocketed the ₹3.75 Lakhs top prize after defeating ‘arrowheadd88’ (runner-up for ₹2.16 Lakhs) in the heads-up confrontation.
PokerGuru Ambassador Naresh ’emperor457′ Veeravalli has taken the online MTT`s by storm ever since the lockdown has forced this live cash game reg to start putting in more volume playing online MTT`s. The Hyderabad-based pro added another title to his tally last night, this time shipping Add52’s Hexagram ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD for ₹81,360. Veeravalli also finished sixth in the SSS#48 Mega Freeze ₹6.5 Lakhs GTD for ₹33,007.
Meanwhile, it was ‘mannu425’ who took down Adda52’s Falcon ₹4 Lakhs GTD to win ₹1.20 Lakhs.
Over at PokerStars India, ‘XxxThanosXxx59’ championed the Night on Stars ₹10 Lakhs GTD. The mystery player outlasted the 420-entry field (215 unique and 205 re-entries) to take home ₹1.89 Lakhs. The player had a formidable heads-up opponent in Siddharth ‘Siddonuts’ Pandey, but the latter eventually conceded to a runner-up finish that fetched him ₹1.38 Lakhs in prize money.
Another stand out performer last night was Anirban ‘nocluewho’ D Das, who FT`ed the biggest two tourneys on PokerStars India. Das placed ninth in the Night on Stars for ₹15,752 and finished eighth in the Big Bubble Rush ₹5 Lakhs GTD for ₹8,603.
The other Wednesday winners were:
Player Prize Money Event Poker Site
abhipoker7187 ₹1.27 Lakhs Big Bubble Rush ₹5 Lakhs GTD PokerStars India
Srihari ‘bangbang99’ Bang ₹1.07 Lakhs SSS $48 Mega Freeze ₹6.5 Lakhs GTD Spartan Poker
Big Fiszh ₹90,580 SSS #45 DeepStack Bounty ₹5 Lakhs GTD Spartan Poker
Tokio999 ₹75,625 Ultimate PLO ₹2.75 Lakhs GTD Spartan Poker
TheShowdown ₹74,296 SSS #46 ₹4 Lakhs GTD Spartan Poker
Prabhat ‘Tolltax’ Kumar ₹71,402 Night Rider – DeepStack Turbo ₹3 Lakhs GTD Spartan Poker
RahulYadav00000 ₹15,984 Wow Wednesday ₹50K GTD Poker Dangal
Day 1A EndBoss ₹5 Crores GTD – PokerBaazi
Entries – 817
Re-entries – 388
Survivors – 142
The curtains finally rose on India’s biggest to-date online poker tournament yesterday, with the EndBoss ₹5 Crores GTD opening its first starting flight. Flight 1A clocked 1,205 entries (817 unique and 388 re-entries), and after more than five hours of action, only 142 among them managed to find a bag for Day 2.
Leading the pack was poker pro and entrepreneur Vaibhav ‘durrrr1310’ Saigal with a sizable stack of 475,000. Hot on Saigal’s heel was PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘OMG_spew’ Munot (407,000) while Kamal ‘Identity’ Naruka (386,000) rounded out the top three stacks on Day 1A.
Vivekk ‘Vivek25’ Dube (290,000), PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja (265,000), Sagar ‘StuTheKidUngar’ PatnaikSS (251,000), Siddharth ‘Sidddhu’ Mundada (249,000), Manoj ‘killbill’ Pentakota (238,000), Peushup ‘RoyalRelic’ Eugene (225,000) and PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer Singh ‘holdbaby’ (205,000), Neel ‘Worm33’ Joshi (199,000), Kavish ‘Narcos’ Kukreja (187,000), Ragesh ‘ragesh91’ Mishra (183,000), Jaideep ‘GoneClubbing’ Sajwan (177,000), Sumit ‘boronyx’ Sapra (175,000), Chirag ‘miyagi’ Sodha (172,000), Shyam ‘IconicSJ’ Jogi (172,000), Anirban D ‘pottysingh’ Das (167,000), Xavier Anthony ‘xaviervz’ Vas (159,000), Haider ‘Haider’ Madraswala (150,000), Alok ‘TheProfessional’ Birewar (140,000), Uday ‘Udaymoola’ Moola (139,000), Prabhat Kiran ‘Miracle’ Mukherjea (138,000), Deepak ‘Kakoji’ Bothra (137,000), Anant ‘Pro_Pro’ Purohit (126,000), Pranav ‘GarviGujarat’ Desai (123,000), Rishab Singh ‘RatedR’ Rawat (122,000), Ballack ‘Ballack’ Micheal (117,000), Devvrat ‘flopCheck’ Arya (114,000), Dhirendra ‘Dhirendra987’ Singh (113,000), Nikhil ‘rn275’ Ramesh (112,000), Rohan ‘yo_bitch’ Rishi (111,000), Shagun ‘sogani22’ Jain (109,000), Sriharsha ‘ivey2’ Doddapaneni (108,000), Yudhishter Singh ‘Rowdy6’ Rathore (106,000), Ankit ‘bababakchod’ Kasat (99,500), Vinay ‘vinay09’ Rajpal (96,530), Utsav ‘ranny06’ Taneja (94,360), Gaurav ‘Zillastar’ Bhandari (92,590), Nikhil ‘Nikhil93’ Gutta (88,040), Arsh ‘Button_Hai_Bro’ Grover (87,490), Vikaash ‘Viks82’ Shah (64,240), Tejas ‘Kood’ Kadam (62,140), Sreekanth ‘n0thing’ Narayan (58,370), Sahil ‘ImhighIshove’ Mahboobani (27,360) and Siddharth ‘Siddchat’ Chaturvedi (22,320) were others who made it through to Day 2.
PokerGuru Ambassadors Laksh Pal ‘boomtlt23’ Singh (133,000), Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved (181,000) and Ankit ‘D00mtr00p3r’ Wadhawan (167,000) also managed to bag chips for Day 2.
Day 1B will get going from 7 PM tonight.
Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1A
SSS #47 Destiny ₹45 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Entries – 450
Re-entries – 238
Rebuys – 388
Prize Pool – ₹53,80,000
Places Paid – 85
While otherwise sporting a ₹30 Lakhs GTD, the ongoing SSS series saw Destiny making a return with an amped-up ₹45 Lakhs GTD. The tournament drew 1,076 hopefuls, generating a prize pool of ₹53.80 Lakhs. Well-known online reg Sajal ‘GoMuckYourself’ Gupta ran past the competition, including his heads-up rival Anmol ‘Anzzzzz’ Mehta (2nd for ₹8.07 Lakhs) to snag the Destiny title and a whopping ₹13.45 Lakhs paycheque. The win also got Gupta a spot on the Destiny SnG Finale that will take place on May 31 at 8 PM.
Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia (3rd for ₹4.84 Lakhs) and Sandeep ‘sandeeptulsyan’ Tulsyan (6th for ₹1.61 Lakhs) were the other prominent FT finishers.
Final Table Results
Maverick ₹10 Lakhs GTD – Adda52
Entries – 344
Re-Entries – 374
Prize Pool – ₹16,33,452
Places Paid – 72
Adda52`s signature Wednesday tourney, the Maverick ₹10 Lakhs GTD, logged in a massive field of 718 runners (344 unique and 374 re-entries) that helped generate a prize pool worth ₹16.33 Lakhs.
The last few weeks have been phenomenal for PokerGuru Ambassadors. Yet again it was one of our Team Ambassadors, Mithun ‘themiths’ Mahesh, who came out on top after defeating ‘arrowheadd88’ (runner-up for ₹2.16 Lakhs) heads-up to win ₹3.75 Lakhs in first-place prize money.
The reg infested final table featured the likes of Saurabh ‘newkidintown’ Arora (3rd for ₹1.47 Lakhs), Suresh ‘insanium’ Kolli (4th for ₹1.14 Lakhs), Ayush ‘lazyman’ Garg (5th for ₹81,673), Shashank ‘IndianRat’ Desai (6th for ₹57,171), Ritesh ‘ritesh5812’ Tripathi (7th for ₹44,920), Sushant ‘sush22’ Singh (8th for ₹32,669), and Myron ‘zzzzz369’ Pereira (9th for ₹24,502).
Final Table Results
Night on Stars ₹10 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India
Entries – 215
Re-entries – 205
Prize Pool – ₹10,50,000
Places Paid – 71
PokerStars India’s Night on Stars ₹10 Lakhs GTD just about managed to avoid an overlay, registering a ₹10.50 Lakhs prize pool on the back of 420 entries (215 unique and 205 re-entries).
After firing two bullets, ‘XxxThanosXxx59’ finally championed the competition and walked away with a top prize worth ₹1.89 Lakhs. Meanwhile, Siddharth ‘siddonuts’ Pandey came in second for ₹1.38 Lakhs.
Sandy ‘Ziigmunddd’ Lamba (3rd for ₹1.01 Lakhs), Hitesh ‘hiteshbhai999’ Batra (5th for ₹54,568) and Anirban ‘nocluewho’ D Das (9th for ₹15,752), posted FT finishes.
Final Table Results
SSS #44 Afternoon Showdown ₹8 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Entries – 165
Re-entries – 59
Rebuys – 153
Prize Pool – ₹8,00,000
Places Paid – 31
The battle for the title in Spartan Poker’s SSS #44 Afternoon Showdown ₹8 Lakhs GTD took place between the two circuit regulars Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPros’ Kumar and Kunal ‘cvc’ Sharma. Kumar eventually triumphed, banking a ₹1.47 Lakhs payday, while Sharma walked away with ₹1.33 Lakhs for his runner-up finish.
The tourney pulled in 377 entries (165 unique, 59 re-entries and 153 re-buys), falling ₹46,000 short on the advertised guarantee.
Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma (5th for ₹51,520), and Bhanu ‘spectre’ Prakash (6th for ₹39,120 were the other site regulars who FT`ed the tourney.
Final Table Results
SSS $48 Mega Freeze ₹6.5 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Entries – 225
Prize Pool – ₹6,75,000
Places Paid – 31
A 225-strong field converged for Spartan Poker’s SSS #48 Mega Freeze ₹6.5 Lakhs GTD yesterday, enough to generate a guarantee-crushing ₹6.75 Lakhs prize pool.
Racing past the competition was another seasoned player, Srihari ‘bangbang99’ Bang, who won ₹1.07 Lakhs after making a three-way deal with PokerGuru Ambassador Laksh Pal ‘LuckyBhai$’ Singh (runner-up for ₹1 Lakhs) and Nitin ‘TheWitcher’ Arora (3rd for ₹98,560).
Prabhat ‘realitycHeque$$’ Paliya (4th for ₹54,945), PokerGuru Ambassador Naresh ‘FreeFlow’ Veeravalli (6th for ₹33,007) and Charles ‘Jhonnymaddog’ Donnadieu (7th for ₹24,097) were others who posted FT finishes.
Final Table Results
Big Bubble Rush ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India
Entries – 117
Re-entries – 90
Total Prize Pool – ₹5,17,500
Regular Prize Pool – ₹2,58,750
Bounty Prize Pool – ₹2,58,750
Places Paid – 35
The Big Bubble Rush ₹5 Lakhs GTD on PokerStars India attracted 207 entries (117 unique and 90 re-entries), resulting in a prize pool collection of ₹5.17 Lakhs.
Anonymous player ‘abhipoker7187’ ran past the field and bested PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja heads-up, before claiming a winner’s paycheque of ₹1.27 Lakhs (₹48,797 in regular prize and ₹78,671 in bounties). Ahuja netted ₹42,100 (₹35,967 in regular prize and ₹6,132 in bounties) for his runner-up finish.
Harsh ‘kakori kabab’ Dembla (6th for ₹16,553), Kunal ‘iAlwaysHaveit’ Patni (7th for ₹19,564) and Anirban ‘nocluewho’ D Das (8th for ₹8,603) were the other circuit regs who FT`ed the tourney.
Final Table Results
Pride Mini ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi
Entries – 131
Re-entries – 96
Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Places Paid – 27
PokerBaazi’s Pride Mini ₹5 Lakhs GTD was hit with an overlay of ₹46,000 on the back of a 227-entry turnout (131 unique and 96 re-entries).
The tourney was taken down by online regular Prashanth ‘Iveyleague’ Sekar, who defeated Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPro’ Kumar heads-up to win ₹.17 Lakhs. Kumar, who was eyeing his second title of the day, pocketed ₹82,550 for his second-place finish.
Vikash ‘vikash789’ Kumar (3rd for ₹53,100), Guruprasad ‘fish_calling’ Gupta (4th for ₹39,300), Kiran ‘pocketjs’ YK (5th for ₹29,500), Gurukumarswami ‘urug79’ Gaddigimath (6th for ₹23,600), and Himanshu ‘ISquirtBullets’ Dewan (7th for ₹19,600) posted FT finishes.
Final Table Results
SSS #45 DeepStack Bounty ₹5 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Entries – 209
Re-entries – 50
Rebuys – 139
Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Places Paid – 31
An unknown player with the online moniker ‘Big Fiszh’ took down the SSS #45 DeepStack Bounty ₹5 Lakhs GTD for ₹90,580, after defeating ‘Bholebabaa’ (runner-up for ₹86,369) heads-up.
The tourney logged in 398 players (209 unique, 50 re-entries, and 139 re-buys), resulting in a sizable ₹1.02 Lakhs overlay.
Amit ‘Immortal Killer’ Sur (6th for ₹24,450) was another prominent player on the FT.
Final Table Results
Falcon ₹4 Lakhs GTD – Adda52
Entries – 82
Re-Entries – 72
Regular Prize Pool – ₹4,00,000
Places Paid – 15
The consistent overlays in the Falcon seem to have forced Adda52 to reduce the GTD for this tourney to ₹4 Lakhs from the initial ₹5 Lakhs. However, even the downward revision could not save the site from a loss, as 154 entrants (82 unique and 72 re-entries) resulted in a ₹92,000 shortfall in the tourney last night.
The player who benefited the most from the value on offer was an anonymous user ‘mannu425,’ who playing on his second bullet defeated tournament regular Rishabh ‘rishlangda’ Baj heads-up to walk away with ₹1,08,000 in prize money (and 18 bounties). Baj went home with ₹68,000 and an additional eight bounties for finishing second.
Devrat ‘vickypune’ Singh (5th for ₹28,000), and Ritesh ‘ritesh5812’ Tripathi (9th for ₹11,000) were others who FT`ed the tourney.
Final Table Results
SSS #46 ₹4 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Entries – 178
Re-entries – 37
Rebuys – 129
Prize Pool – ₹4,00,000
Places Paid – 31
Spartan Poker’s SSS #46 ₹4 Lakhs GTD drew 345 entries (178 unique, 37 re-entries and 129 rebuys) falling ₹55,000 short of break-even.
‘TheShowdown’ clinched the title and the top prize of ₹74,296 after a heads-up deal with online regular Aman ‘Karmapoker’ Parakh. Parakh earned ₹66,439 for his runner-up finish.
Vivek ‘acchemicals’ Karwa (3rd for ₹40,160), Bhanu ‘spectre’ Prakash (4th for ₹32,560), and Rohan ‘TheNxtChamp’ Soman (6th for ₹19,560) were the other FT finishers.
Final Table Results
Night Rider – DeepStack Turbo ₹3 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Entries – 199
Re-entries – 55
Rebuys – 168
Prize Pool – ₹3,37,600
Places Paid – 31
Spartan Poker`s Night Rider – DeepStack Turbo ₹3 Lakhs GTD attracted 422 entries (199 unique, 55 re-entries, and 168 rebuys), generating a profitable ₹3.37 Lakhs in prize money.
When the dust settled, it was Prabhat ‘Tolltax’ Kumar standing at the podium with the top prize of ₹71,402, with Deepak ‘Optimist’ Singh collecting ₹48,074 for his second-place finish.
Also making FT finishes were Divyanshu ‘Divroxxx’ Patel (5th for ₹21,741), Bharat ‘hzgod’ Kumar (6th for ₹16,508), Armaan ‘space ace’ Kochhar (7th for ₹12,052) and Ankur ‘showstopper89’ Aryan (9th for ₹7,292).
Final Table Results
Ultimate PLO ₹2.75 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Entries – 61
Re-entries – 17
Rebuys – 52
Prize Pool – ₹2,75,000
Places Paid – 11
Spartan Poker`s Ultimate PLO ₹2.75 Lakhs GTD registered a field of 130 entries (61 unique, 17 re-entries and 52 rebuys) yesterday falling ₹15,000 short of meeting its ₹2.75 Lakhs guarantee.
After using two bullets, ‘Tokio999’ came out on top to win ₹75,625. Chirag ‘chilling’ Sodha made another deep run, this time collecting ₹53,763 for his runner-up finish.
Piyush ‘BlackMamba’ Gaikwad (4th for ₹27,088), Saurabh ‘bombardier’ Ramola (5th for ₹21,450), and Jimmy ‘brahmos999’ Arora (7th for ₹13,200) FT`ed the tourney.
Final Table Results
Hexagram ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD – Adda52
Entries – 88
Re-Entries – 56
Prize Pool – ₹2,88,000
Places Paid – 15
Adda52’s Hexagram ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD brought together 144 entries (88 unique and 56 re-entries) to collect a prize pool worth ₹2.88 Lakhs.
Topping the field was PokerGuru Ambassador Naresh ’emperor457′ Veeravalli, who fired two bullets and eventually reached the top to win ₹81,360.
Aman ‘karmapoker’ Parakh (4th for ₹27,360), Amit ‘amit030’ Kumar (6th for ₹12,960), and Anmol ‘anzzzzz’ Mehta (9th for ₹6,480) were the other prominent regs who posted FT scores.
Final Table Results
Wow Wednesday ₹50K GTD – Poker Dangal
Entries – 109
Re-buys – 86
Add-ons – 27
Prize Pool – ₹66,600
Places Paid – 17
Poker Dangal’s Wow Wednesday ₹50K GTD logged in 222 entries (109 unique entries, 86 re-buys and 27 add-ons) to smash the advertised guarantee and the top 17 places took home a piece of the ₹66,600 prize pool.
Winning the lion’s share was ‘RahulYadav00000,’ who pocketed ₹15,984 after defeating ‘Indierock’ (2nd for ₹11,322) heads-up!
Anshu ‘nope11’ Pandey (9th for ₹1,665) was the only player we knew the real name of on the FT.
Final Table Results
This report was updated at 2:30 PM on 16.04.2020.
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