Daily Majors: Gupta, Parakh, Katharani, & Mishra Bank the Top Scores in the Tuesday Marquees

Like Monday, the Tuesday marquees also witnessed widespread overlays. The action should pick up soon as coming up ahead is Spartan Poker`s Grand Poker Series and PokerStars India`s INCOOP, both starting their run tomorrow, September 3. Pocket52’s month-long Ship-It series also kicked off yesterday.

For now, let’s take a look at the biggest winners on Tuesday.

Spartan Poker

Spartan Poker stayed on course by hosting the Mega Stack. The Tuesday flagship logged in 632 entries, to surpass its ₹18 Lakhs prize pool guarantee by ₹96,000.

‘RK0503’ was the last player standing and won ₹2.73 Lakhs after striking a four-way deal with Amar ‘amarthepro’ Katharani (runner-up for ₹2.30 Lakhs), Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma (3^rd for ₹2.18 Lakhs), and Abhishek ‘TheGrinder’ Garg (4^th for ₹1.85 Lakhs). This was the winner’s second-best score on the site that pushed his recorded winnings on Spartan Poker to ₹23.81 Lakhs with ₹3.79 Lakhs in net profits.

Katharani had finished third in the Monday`s Recharge for ₹95,736. The runner-up finish in the Mega Stack for ₹2.30 Lakhs brought him his best finish on Spartan Poker to date.

The ₹7 Lakhs GTD The Race wrangled in 505 entries to post a profitable ₹7.58 Lakhs prize pool. The anonymous user ‘Piyush303′ fired three bullets before taking down the title for ₹1.48 Lakhs – their best-recorded score on the site. The player is fast approaching the ₹20 Lakhs mark in earnings on Spartan Poker, and their current tally stands at ₹18.59 Lakhs. Ashumi ‘ASH1578’ Parekh finished runner-up for ₹93,779.

PokerBaazi

PokerBaazi’s Tuesday extravaganza, the ₹15 Lakhs GTD Endeavour, clocked in 358 entries to experience a substantial ₹2.47 Lakhs deficit. After almost seven hours of tournament action, Aman ‘KarmaPoker’ Parakh outlasted the competition to win the ₹3.15 Lakhs first-place cash prize. This happens to be Parakh’s best-recorded score on PokerBaazi that helped push his lifetime record to ₹1.63 Crores. The runner-up ‘sdb1401’ received ₹2.21 Lakhs for their second-place finish.

The ₹3 Lakhs GTD Tuesday MonsterStack registered 139 entries to escape with just a ₹22,000 shortfall. Utsav ‘ranny006’ Taneja championed the tourney to win ₹77,250, after besting PokerGuru Ambassador Rohit ‘rohit22rm’ Mishra (runner-up for ₹54,090) heads-up.

Adda52

The flagship tourney on Adda52, the ₹15 Lakhs GTD The Mint logged in 393 entries to post an overlay worth ₹1.25 Lakhs. Guruprasad ‘guruprasad_gupta’ Gupta plowed his way through the reg-infested field to win ₹3.72 Lakhs, defeating ‘Krifard’ (runner-up for ₹2.25 Lakhs) heads-up. This is Gupta`s best-recorded score on Adda52 this year, and the victory has helped improve his online tally to ₹2.38 Crores. Gupta`s career-best score dates back to March 2018, where he had won PokerBaazi’s Moneymaker 4.0 for a whopping ₹30 Lakhs.

The ₹3 Lakhs GTD Hexagram collected a guarantee-crushing ₹3.12 Lakhs from a turnout of 156 contenders. The mystery user ‘rollingrockets’ decimated the field to win ₹87,360, while ‘PabloEscobaaar’ finished runner-up for ₹54,600.

PokerStars India

The featured tournament of the day on PokerStars India was the ₹7 Lakhs GTD Sixth Sense. The Tuesday flagship logged in 207 entries, registering an overlay worth ₹79,000. After deciding upon a heads-up chop, ‘Poker_Basilisk’ championed the tourney to win ₹1,14,650. The runner-up finisher, ‘Jigsaw1110’, walked away with the lion`s share of the prize money worth ₹1,14,664.

The ₹5 Lakhs GTD Super Tuesday piled in 161 entries, falling ₹97,500 short of the guarantee. The field whittled down to a heads-up between Vikram ‘GreenSTUFF79’ Mishra and the anonymous user ‘JC1870’. Ultimately, Mishra took down the title for ₹1.27 Lakhs (₹60,350 in prize money and ₹67,032 in bounties). The runner-up took home ₹49,990 (₹45,029 in prize money and ₹4,961 in bounties).

Mishra posted a second FT score in Sixth Sense, placing 9^th for ₹18,623. His lifetime scorecard now reflects ₹75.14 Lakhs in online winnings.

The other Tuesday winners were:

Mega Stack ₹18 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹3,300

Entries – 296

Re-entries – 118

Rebuys – 218

Prize Pool – ₹18,96,000

Places Paid – 55

After filling in overlays these past few days, Spartan Poker finally hit the ₹18 Lakhs GTD mark in the Mega Stack last night. The tourney logged in 632 participants, and the ₹18.96 Lakhs collected was distributed among the top 55 finishers.

Mystery user ‘RK0503’ took down the event for ₹2.73 Lakhs, after striking a four-way deal with Monday’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD ReCharge third-place finisher Amar ‘amarthepro’ Katharani (runner-up for ₹2.30 Lakhs), Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma (3^rd for ₹2.18 Lakhs), and Recharge Abhishek ‘TheGrinder’ Garg (4^th for ₹1.85 Lakhs).

Nikhil ‘Nick7799’ Agarwal (8^th for ₹44,746) was the only other notable on the FT.

Final Table Results

1. RK0503 – ₹2,72,967*
2. Amar ‘amarthepro’ Katharani – ₹2,29,864*
3. Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma – ₹2,17,641*
4. Abhishek ‘TheGrinder’ Garg – ₹1,85,437*
5. parzival74 – ₹1,07,882
6. Msamir – ₹80,535
7. Ekapoor – ₹59,000
8. Nikhil ‘Nick7799’ Agarwal – ₹44,746
9. SunRisePok786 – ₹36,214
   *denotes four-way deal

The Mint ₹15 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹3,850

Entries – 213

Re-entries – 180

Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000

Places Paid – 43

Adda52’s Tuesday flagship, the ₹15 Lakhs GTD The Mint, brought in 393 entries, experiencing a sizable ₹1.25 Lakhs shortfall. After over seven hours of play, Guruprasad ‘guruprasad_gupta’ Gupta walked away with the title and the ₹3.72 Lakhs up-top. ‘Krifard’ finished runner-up for ₹2.22 Lakhs.

Gupta is best known for winning PokerBaazi’s Moneymaker 4.0 in March 2018 for ₹30 Lakhs. While that remains his career-best score to-date, he had only a week ago, final tabled the Maverick, placing third for ₹1.47 Lakhs.

The other FT scorers include Sagar ‘alwaysnutz’ Choudhury (3^rd for ₹1.58 Lakhs), Yohan ‘allinmaestro’ Patel (4^th for ₹1.20 Lakhs), Arjunn ‘HaanMeinFlipHoon’ Agrawal (5^th for ₹78,000), Anant ‘pro_baba’ Purohit (6^th for ₹52,500), and Dhaval ‘dirtyzoso’ Mudgal (7^th for ₹41,250).

Final Table Results

1. Guruprasad ‘guruprasad_gupta’ Gupta – ₹3,72,000
2. Krifard-₹2,25,000
3. Sagar ‘alwaysnutz’ Choudhury- ₹1,57,500
4. Yohan ‘allinmaestro’ Patel – ₹1,20,000
5. Arjunn ‘HaanMeinFlipHoon’ Agrawal – ₹78,000
6. Anant ‘pro_baba’ Purohit – ₹52,500
7. Dhaval ‘dirtyzoso’ Mudgal – ₹41,250
8. hazzu97 – ₹33,750

The Endeavour ₹15 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹3,850

Entries – 188

Re-entries – 170

Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000

Places Paid – 45

PokerBaazi`s Tuesday flagship, the ₹15 Lakhs GTD The Endeavour, gathered a player pool of 358 participants who ponied up the ₹3,850 entry buy-in to leave a significant ₹2.47 Lakhs deficit.

The young poker talent Aman ‘KarmaPoker’ Parakh championed the field to add a personal-best ₹3.15 Lakhs to his burgeoning bankroll. ‘sdb1401’ finished runner-up for ₹2.20 Lakhs.

Parakh FT’ed two other tourneys last night, Sixth Sense (7^th for ₹23,126) and the Tuesday MonsterStack (8^th for ₹10,290).

Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra (3^rd for ₹1.41 Lakhs), Siddharth ‘Siddonuts’ Pandey (5^th for ₹78,750), Rajat ‘happyfish’ Mahajan (6^th for ₹63,000), Pranav ‘GarviGujarat’ Desai (7^th for ₹52,500), and Prithu ‘fnatics’ Gaur (8^th for ₹42,000) were the other notable FT finishers.

Final Table Results

1. Aman ‘KarmaPoker’ Parakh – ₹3,15,000
2. sdb1401 – ₹2,20,500
3. Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra – ₹1,41,750
4. ANKIT121 – ₹1,05,000
5. Siddharth ‘Siddonuts’ Pandey – ₹78,750
6. Rajat ‘happyfish’ Mahajan – ₹63,000
7. Pranav ‘GarviGujarat’ Desai – ₹52,500
8. Prithu ‘fnatics’ Gaur – ₹42,000
9. hungryanimal – ₹31,500

The Race ₹7 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 251

Re-entries – 92

Re-buys – 162

Prize Pool – ₹7,57,000

Places Paid – 47

Similar to the Mega Freeze, even the ₹7 Lakhs GTD The Race enjoyed an eventful outing. The ₹1,650 buy-in tourney garnered 505 entries to surpass its proposed guarantee by ₹57,000.

Anonymous user ‘Piyush303’ raced past the field to claim the title and the top prize of ₹1.46 Lakhs, just as Ashumi ‘ASH1578’ Parekh came in second for ₹93,779. The champion presently boasts of ₹18.59 Lakhs in MTT winnings on Spartan Poker, with a net profit of ₹1.18 Lakhs.

Former Millionaire Main Event champion Anurag ‘Norman Bates’ Srivastava rounded out the podium finishes, placing third for ₹70,296.

Final Table Results

1. Piyush303 – ₹1,46,369
2. Ashumi ‘ASH1578’ Parekh – ₹93,779
3. Anurag ‘Norman Bates’ Srivastava – ₹70,296
4. AAAKKKQQQJJJ – ₹56,888
5. sultan1999 – ₹44,844
6. Eureka226 – ₹34,239
7. Edge – ₹24,031
8. Nahichahiye – ₹18,483
9. darkside57 – ₹14,032

Sixth Sense ₹7 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹3,300

Entries – 115

Re-entries – 92

Prize Pool – ₹7,00,000

Places Paid – 35

PokerStars India`s ₹7 Lakhs GTD Sixth Sense booked a shortfall of ₹79,000 after engaging 207 players.

Followed five-hours of play, unknown player Poker_Basilisk’ championed the tourney to win ₹1,14,650. He struck a heads-up deal with ‘Jigsaw1110,’ who walked away with the lion`s share of the prize money worth ₹1,14,664.

The other notable FT finishers were Honey ‘h09ey’ Bijlani (4^th for ₹52,862), Ram ‘TheLagLawyer’ Kakkar (5^th for ₹38,964), Rishab ‘NoChan(3’ Malik (6th for ₹28,719), Aman ‘KarmaPoker77’ Parakh (7^th for ₹23,126), Vaibhav ‘GTO_LIFE_GG’ Sharma (8^th for ₹18,623), and Vikram ‘GreenSTUFF79’ Mishra (9^th for ₹18,623).

Final Table Results

1. Poker_Basilisk – ₹1,14,650*
2. Jigsaw1110 – ₹1,14,664*
3. NerfmyOps™ – ₹71,719
4. Honey ‘h09ey’ Bijlani – ₹52,862
5. Ram ‘TheLagLawyer’ Kakkar – ₹38,964
6. Rishab ‘NoChan(3’ Malik – ₹28,719
7. Aman ‘KarmaPoker77’ Parakh – ₹23,126
8. Vaibhav ‘GTO_LIFE_GG’ Sharma – ₹18,623
9. Vikram ‘GreenSTUFF79’ Mishra – ₹18,623
   *denotes heads-up deal

Super Tuesday ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 107

Re-entries – 54

Regular Prize Pool – 2,98,750

Bounty Prize Pool – 2,01,250

Total Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 54

Online regular Vikram ‘GreenSTUFF79’ Mishra took down the other marquee tourney on PokerStars India, the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Super Tuesday, for ₹1.27 Lakhs.

This was the second FT appearance of the day for Mishra, who placed ninth in the Sixth Sense.

The event brought in 161 entries, falling ₹97,500 short of the advertised guarantee, and paid out 54 places.

Sanish ‘sneakysani’ Chhabra (3^rd for ₹37,973), Anmol ‘freak_weird0’ Agarwal (6^th for ₹16,144), Sagar ‘sagarpupull’ Choudhury (7^th for ₹11,038), and Young Gun Anmol ‘Kaanchacheena’ Mehta (8^th for ₹11,051) posted FT scores.

Final Table Results (Including Bounties)

1. Vikram ‘GreenSTUFF79’ Mishra – ₹1,27,382
2. JC1870 – ₹49,990
3. Sanish ‘sneakysani’ Chhabra – ₹37,973
4. durr2020 – ₹35,655
5. mansh55 – ₹22,142
6. Anmol ‘freak_weird0’ Agarwal – ₹16,144
7. Sagar ‘sagarpupull’ Choudhury – ₹11,038
8. Anmol ‘Kaanchacheena’ Mehta – ₹11,051
9. Jaffery25 – ₹16,186

Hexagram ₹3 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 87

Re-entries – 69

Prize Pool – ₹3,12,000

Places Paid – 17

Starting at 9.30 PM, the ₹2,200 buy-in ₹3 Lakhs GTD Hexagram logged in 156 entries, who signed up to grab a share of the ₹3.12 Lakhs prize pool.

Dominating the six-max FT was ‘rollingrocket,’ who pocketed ₹87,360 after eliminating ‘PabloEscobaaar’ (2^nd for ₹54,600) heads-up.

The top 17 finishers earned payouts, and this included online reg Manish ‘poketacesaa’ Gandhi (4^th for ₹28,860).

Tuesday MonsterStack ₹3 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 91

Re-entries – 48

Prize Pool – ₹3,00,000

Places Paid – 18

The ₹3 Lakhs GTD Tuesday MonsterStack witnessed a turnout of 139 entrants – 11 entries short of breaking even, and 18 places got paid.

Outlasting the stiff competition was Utsav ‘ranny006’ Taneja, who pipped PokerGuru Ambassador Rohit ‘rohit22rm’ Mishra (runner-up for ₹54,090) in heads-up play to collect ₹77,250 in prize money.

Well known online regs like Chanti ‘Majay’ Nayak (3^rd for₹34,800), Myron ‘priyankAAchoprAA’ Pereira (4^th for ₹25,770), Pranav ‘GarviGujarat’ Desai (5^th for ₹19,320), and Aman ‘KarmaPoker’ Parakh (8^th for ₹10,290) posted FT scores.

Gladiator ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹1,250

Entries – 161

Re-entries – 72

Prize Pool – ₹2,50,000

Places Paid – 45

The biggest guaranteed tourney of the day on Pocket52, the ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD Gladiator, attracted 233 entries, falling ₹17,000 short of break-even.

‘Easterdamz’ was the last player standing who bested ‘Vicky3160’ (runner-up for ₹37,187) heads-up to win ₹50,733.

Viney ‘rude’ Thakur (3rd for ₹23,906) and Uday ‘Darinda’ Mondal (4^th for ₹18,593) posted FT finishes.

Pocket Lunch ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 98

Re-entries – 63

Prize Pool – ₹1,61,000

Places Paid – 27

The ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD Pocket Lunch did relatively better as 161 hopefuls helped smash the guarantee by ₹11,000.

The February 2020 DPT Xpress ₹15K Main Event runner-up Anuj ‘Inandalive’ Laddhad came out on top to win ₹37,030, even as Siddharth ‘si151190’ Mehndiratta finished runner-up for ₹22,540.

Kuldeep ‘Pannuk’ Pannu earned ₹16,905 for his third-place finish.

Pocket Dinner ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 99

Re-entries – 41

Prize Pool – ₹1,50,000

Places Paid – 27

The ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD Pocket Dinner was taken down by ‘msdhoni07’, who ran past a 140-player field to win ₹34,500 in prize money.

The tourney had to fill in an overlay of ₹10,000.

Site regular Shivam ‘shivam69’ Khandelwal placed sixth for ₹6,750.

Battlefield Tuesday ₹1 Lakh GTD – Poker Dangal

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 65

Re-entries – 34

Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000

Places Paid – 17

Poker Dangal’s ₹1 Lakh GTD Battlefield Tuesday pulled in 99 contenders, falling just one entry short on the guarantee.

‘gutshot35’ shipped the event for ₹24,000, after defeating ‘Kaps19’ heads-up. The latter took home ₹17,000 in second-place prize money.

Subham ‘Jokermaniac’ Khandelwal (3^rd for ₹12,000) and Shivam ‘iaafpg’ Khandelwal (6^th for ₹5,000) posted FT scores.

Under the Gun ₹20K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹330

Entries – 23

Re-entries – 7

Re-buys – 18

Add-ons – 20

Prize Pool – ₹20,400

Places Paid – 4

The ₹20K GTD Under the Gun broke its guarantee on the back of 68 entries, and the top four places got paid. The winner emerged in ‘Proplr007’, who earned a paycheck worth ₹9,384 after defeating ‘abhijeet007’ (runner-up for ₹5,304) heads-up.

Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹275

Entries – 42

Re-entries – 45

Prize Pool – ₹21,750

Places Paid – 9

Khelo365’s ₹20K GTD Grinder 2.0 drew 87 runners, and the top nine places took a stab at the ₹21,750 prize pool.

The anonymous user ‘harshak124’ was the last player standing and collected ₹6,960 with ‘Bijjaladeva’ finishing runner-up for ₹4,350.

This report was updated at 4 PM on 02.09.2020.

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