Daily Majors: Harshit Sanghi, Alok Birewar, Shashank Desai, Sanish Chhabra & Ritwik Khanna Champion the Friday Flagships

With the weekend rolling in, the virtual action on Friday was electrifying, and all the day`s headline tourneys ended up crushing their listed guarantees.

Grabbing the headlines was the former IOPC – The Crown champion Harshit Sanghi, who banked over ₹8.33 Lakhs for taking down Spartan Poker’s The Elite. Alok Birewar bagged Adda52’s The Ballers title for ₹5.96 Lakhs following a heads-up chop with Young Gun Siddharth Karia.

For the second consecutive day, two PokerGuru Ambassadors won titles. Last week`s The Weekly HighRoller winner Shashank Desai championed the tourney yet again for ₹4.43 Lakhs. He bagged a second title in the midnight special, ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD Turbo, for ₹55,620. Desai`s teammate Devvrat Arya took down PokerStars India’s Uppercut Magic Edition for ₹2.07 Lakhs.

Sanish Chhabra, Rising Star Ritwik Khanna, Mohak Kapoor, and Ankit Saurabh came out on top in the other Friday night marquees.

Here are the complete highlights!

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Spartan Poker

Spartan Poker’s weekend fiesta, the ₹1 Crore GTD Millionaire, completed its second starting flight on Friday. Day 1B gathered 354 participants, and only 53 survived the day`s play. The ₹5,500 entry buy-in event has already registered 686 entries (Day 1A – 332 and Day 1B – 354), with three more flights to go before Day 2 on Sunday (10 PM). Pranav ‘pranavpoker’ Khandalkar (281,787), ‘iPuntUCall’ (270,971), and Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall (195,919) were the top three names on the Day 1B survivor`s list.

The day`s featured tourney, the ₹35 Lakhs GTD The Elite, logged in 467 contestants, accumulating a whopping ₹46.7 Lakhs prize pool (over a third more than the listed guarantee). The 9:30 PM tourney went on for over eight hours before the former IOPC – The Crown champion Harshit ‘HeroCaller’ Sanghi and Sandeep ‘ChasingExcellence’ Bhatnagar shook hands on a heads-up deal to wrap up proceedings. Sanghi was awarded the title and a ₹8.33 Lakhs payday, while the latter secured the runner-up payout of ₹7.26 Lakhs.

The former Millionaire champion Sanghi’s The Elite score has helped him cross the ₹1 Crore in recorded earnings on Spartan Poker (₹58.03 Lakhs in site profits). The Kanpur-based entrepreneur now sits on ₹1.16 Crores in lifetime winnings (₹58.17 Lakhs in net profits).

Even the ₹880 entry buy-in ₹10 Lakhs GTD Futuristic crushed its prize pool guarantee easily, with a massive 1,643 entries (572 unique) generating a profitable ₹13.14 Lakhs prize pool. Like The Elite, here too, a former Millionaire champion Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra walked away with the title and a ₹1.93 Lakhs cash prize following a heads-up deal with Abhimanyu ‘IshqBector’ Mittal (runner-up for ₹1.91 Lakhs).

Sanish Chhabra placed third in Adda52’s Running Hot for ₹82,110, raking in over ₹2.75 Lakhs last night. With ₹1.99 Crores in lifetime winnings (53.24 Lakhs in net profits), he is within touching distance of entering the “₹2 Crore Club.

PokerStars India

PokerStars India`s Friday headliner, the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Uppercut Magic Edition, signed up 244 runners, falling six entries (₹24,000) short of breaking even. PokerGuru Ambassador Devvrat ‘bhasm@sur1’ Arya outlasted them all, winning the Uppercut title for the second time last night for ₹2.07 Lakhs (includes ₹1,19,563 in bounties). ‘lalanwa’ placed runner-up for ₹1.06 Lakhs (₹18,125 in bounties).

The PokerGuru Staking team member, Devvrat Arya, ran deep in two more events, banking almost ₹3 Lakhs on Friday. He sits on ₹5.40 Crores in lifetime earnings (₹1.26 Crores in net profits).

The ₹2 Lakhs GTD Classic PKO had a relatively more successful outing, with 179 entrants collecting a prize pool worth ₹2.68 Lakhs. The former Millionaire D’Lite winner Ankit ‘magnum736’ Saurabh championed the tourney for ₹58,937 (includes ₹35,250 in bounties), with Tapan ‘tweedu_taps’ Mansotra placing runner-up for ₹29,969 (includes ₹6,281 in bounties).

PokerBaazi

PokerBaazi`s primetime ₹12 Lakhs GTD The Weekly HighRoller wrangled in 178 entries last night, and with each of them ponying up ₹11,000 to enter, a generous ₹17.80 Lakhs prize pool was formed (almost 50% more than the advertised guarantee). Last Friday`s The Weekly HighRoller winner PokerGuru Ambassador Shashank ‘indianrat’ Desai made it two-for-two by shipping the tourney for a second consecutive week for ₹4.43 Lakhs. ‘Realfc’ (anonymity requested) placed runner-up for ₹3.10 Lakhs.

Shashank Desai won the Weekly HighRoller for the first time last week for ₹4.07 Lakhs. However, this was not the only title that the Pune-based MTT pro won last night. He also took down the midnight starting ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Turbo for ₹55,620. His blazing Friday night run has helped Desai cross ₹2.70 Crores in lifetime winnings (₹24.38 Lakhs in net profits).

The 9 PM special, ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Holdem Boost DST, logged in a smashing 319 entries, collecting ₹3.19 Lakhs in the prize pool, more than 2X its listed guarantee. Mohak ‘Tiltin’ Kapoor championed the tourney for the ninth time earlier today for ₹70,467. Shaan ‘kaamkaro’ Thadani placed runner-up for ₹49,445.

Adda52

Adda52`s ₹22.5 Lakhs GTD The Ballers registered 418 entries, posting a guarantee-crushing ₹28.63 Lakhs prize pool. The February – Millionaire champion Alok ‘APB1989’ Birewar bagged the title, collecting ₹5.96 Lakhs for the win. Before taking down the tourney, Birewar chopped the up-top prize heads-up with the FTS 2.0 Main Event Champion, Young Gun Siddharth ‘skaria1’ Karia, who banked an equally impressive ₹5.44 Lakhs.

Alok Birewar now has ₹2.83 Crores in lifetime winnings (₹1.36 Crores in net profits). Siddharth Karia’s lifetime earnings have crossed ₹3.32 Crores (₹52.89 Lakhs in net profits).

The ₹5 Lakhs GTD Running Hot brought in 391 runners, collecting ₹7.82 Lakhs in the prize pool. The 9:30 PM tourney came to a close at 4:08 AM, with Rising Star Ritwik ‘ritwik27’ Khanna coming out on top to win ₹1.94 Lakhs. The mystery reg ‘Mitsen’ finished runner-up for ₹1.17 Lakhs.

Ritwik Khanna was the second-biggest scorer on Thursday after fetching two runner-up scores, and speaking to us later, he confessed how he felt his heads-up game needed work. He dispelled those notions entirely last night. The Running Hot is Khanna’s second tourney title in May, boosting his lifetime earnings to ₹2.22 Crores (₹59.54 Lakhs in net profits).

PokerDangal

PokerDangal’s ₹2,200 entry buy-in ₹20 Lakhs GTD DVS Main Event registered 151 entries on Day 1C, and after 23 eight-minute levels of play, 29 runners bagged a stack for Day 2. ‘beerboy191’ (203,096), ‘tourneypro’ (181,909), and Atul ‘Atul213356’ Khurana (148,074) topped the end-of-the-day chip counts.

The DVS Main Event has registered 417 entries so far (Day 1A – 122, Day 1B – 144, and Day 1C – 151) with two more flights on the tap before Day 2 on Sunday (8 PM).

‘GPDK’ (Won DVS Event #7 ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹25,550), ‘shubh14403’ (Won DVS Event #9 PLO ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹21,720), and ‘Karle_jugad’ (Won DVS Event 8 ₹70K GTD for ₹15,015) took down DVS titles on Day 3 of the series.

The other Friday winners were:

The Millionaire ₹1 Crore GTD Day 1B – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 181

Re-entries – 35

Re-buys – 138

Survivors – 53

Spartan Poker`s ₹1 Crore GTD The Millionaire played out Day 1B on Friday. The second starting flight ran from 7 PM to 11:38 PM, with 53 runners from a starting field of 354 entries making the Day 2 cut.

Pranav ‘pranavpoker’ Khandalkar (281,787), ‘iPuntUCall’ (270,971), Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall (195,919), Alok ‘Mazacar’ Birewar (128,079), Raman ‘tathagat’ Gujral (119,047), and Bhanu ‘spectre’ Prakash KC (117,328) featured among the top 10 stacks of Day 1B.

The Day 1A chip leader Siddhanth ‘PluRibu$’ Kripalani (356,582) continues to hold the overall chip lead. Day 1C starts at 7 PM today with two more flights tomorrow.

Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1B

1. Pranav ‘pranavpoker’ Khandalkar – 281,787
2. iPuntUCall – 270,971
3. Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall – 195,919
4. Ghenghis – 161,113
5. AurelionSol – 159,818
6. Beautiful Mistakes – 159,086
7. Alok ‘Mazacar’ Birewar – 128,079
8. Raman ‘tathagat’ Gujral – 119,047
9. Bhanu ‘spectre’ Prakash KC – 117,328
10. Pokerispain – 114,955

The Elite ₹35 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 191

Re-entries – 116

Re-buys – 160

Prize Pool – ₹46,70,000

Places Paid – 39

Spartan Poker’s ₹35 Lakhs GTD The Elite offered the most massive prize pool guarantee across all the flagships that played down to a winner on Friday. The ₹11,000 entry buy-in tourney didn`t disappoint, with 467 entries generating a jaw-dropping ₹46.70 Lakhs prize pool.

It took a little over eight hours for the former IOPC The Crown champion Harshit ‘HeroCaller’ Sanghi to walk away with the title and ₹8.33 Lakhs in prize money. The former Millionaire winner Harshit Sanghi struck a heads-up deal with Sandeep ‘ChasingExcellence’ Bhatnagar, the latter collecting ₹7.26 Lakhs for his runner-up finish.

The Kanpur-based entrepreneur, Sanghi, sits on ₹1.16 Crores in lifetime winnings.

Abhishek ‘MambaMentality’ Goindi (4th for ₹3.68 Lakhs), Mayank ‘Django13’ Lakhani (5th for ₹2.88 Lakhs), and two-time The Millionaire champion Yudhishter ‘McFly’ Jaswal (6th for ₹2.18 Lakhs) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Harshit ‘HeroCaller’ Sanghi – ₹8,33,321*
2. Sandeep ‘ChasingExcellence’ Bhatnagar – ₹7,25,525*
3. betbetfold – ₹4,55,325
4. Abhishek ‘MambaMentality’ Goindi – ₹3,67,529
5. Mayank ‘Django13’ Lakhani – ₹2,88,139
6. Yudhishter ‘McFly’ Jaswal – ₹2,18,089

*denotes a heads-up deal

The Ballers ₹22.5 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹7,500

Entries – 195

Re-entries – 223

Prize Pool – ₹28,63,297

Places Paid – 43

Adda52’s ₹22.5 Lakhs GTD The Ballers attracted 418 entries, and 43 places got paid a share of the ₹28.63 Lakhs prize pool.

The 8 PM tourney went on until 3.45 AM, with February’s The Millionaire champion Alok ‘APB1989’ Birewar shipping the tourney for ₹5.96 Lakhs. The long-time circuit reg chopped the top prize heads-up with Young Gun Siddharth ‘skaria1’ Karia (runner-up for ₹5.44 Lakhs).

Alok Birewar’s Stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.83 Crores

The star-studded FT included the likes of former The Millionaire champion Saurabh ‘saurabh21’ Rohila (3^rd for ₹3.01 Lakhs), Vaibhav ‘alienrobot’ Sharma (4^th for ₹2.29 Lakhs), PokerGuru Ambassador Naresh ‘emperor457’ Veeravalli (5^th for ₹1.49 Lakhs) and Akshay ‘jacks24’ Kadam (6^th for ₹1 Lakh).

Final Table Results

1. Alok ‘APB1989’ Birewar – ₹5,95,877*
2. Siddharth ‘skaria1’ Karia – ₹5,43,716*
3. Saurabh ‘saurabh21’ Rohila – ₹3,00,647
4. Vaibhav ‘alienrobot’ Sharma – ₹2,29,064
5. Naresh ‘emperor457’ Veeravalli – ₹1,48,892
6. Akshay ‘jacks24’ Kadam – ₹1,00,216

*denotes a heads-up deal

DVS Main Event ₹20 Lakhs GTD Day 1C – PokerDangal

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 107

Rebuys – 44

Survivors – 29

PokerDangal’s ₹2,200 entry buy-in DVS Main Event continues to expand its field, with the ₹20 Lakhs GTD tourney logging in 151 entries on Day 1C. Only 29 among them could carry a stack forward to Day 2.

‘beerboy191’ (203,096), ‘tourneypro’ (181,909), and Atul ‘Atul213356’ Khurana (148,074) bagged the top three stacks of Day 1C. There are still two more flights to go before Day 2 on Sunday.

Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1C

1. beerboy191 – 203,096
2. tourneypro – 181,909
3. Atul ‘Atul213356’ Khurana – 148,074
4. Lavekumar – 127,636
5. whiteknight – 115,795
6. hallmadrid – 111,450
7. arjundada – 79,799
8. TheAceCrown – 79,053
9. limpingKK – 71,574
10. bleedblue – 69,871

The Weekly HighRoller ₹12 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 97

Re-entries – 81

Prize Pool – ₹17,80,000

Places Paid – 21

PokerBaazi`s ₹12 Lakhs GTD The Weekly HighRoller recorded 178 entries, crushing its listed guarantee by a whopping ₹5.80 Lakhs margin.

Riding his momentum to the finish line was none other than last week’s Weekly HighRoller champion, PokerGuru Ambassador Shashank ‘indianrat’ Desai. This happens to Desai’s third title victory in under a week and fetched him ₹4.43 Lakhs in prize money. PokerBaazi regular ‘Realfc’ (anonymity requested) finished runner-up for ₹3.10 Lakhs.

Shashank Desai went on a winning streak last night as he collected a second title in the Turbo ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD for ₹55,620, rounding up almost ₹5 Lakhs in total winnings. The Pune-based player now sits on ₹2.70 Crores in lifetime earnings.

The FT lineup featured the “who`s who” on the domestic circuit like the #3 ranked player on the annual leaderboard Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia (3rd for ₹2 Lakhs), former IOPC – ME champion Anurag ’13anurag’ Srivastava (4^th for ₹1.48 Lakhs), former WPT Vietnam Main Event champion Dhaval ‘Rehab77’ Mudgal (5^th for ₹1.11 Lakhs), and poker coach Abhishek ‘singhsaab’ Goindi (6^th for ₹88,644).

Final Table Results

1. Shashank ‘indianrat’ Desai – ₹4,42,686
2. Realfc – ₹3,10,254
3. Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia – ₹1,99,538
4. Anurag ’13anurag’ Srivastava – ₹1,47,740
5. Dhaval ‘Rehab77’ Mudgal – ₹1,10,894
6. Abhishek ‘singhsaab’ Goindi – ₹88,644

Uppercut MAGIC Edition ₹10 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹4,400

Entries – 136

Re-entries – 108

Total Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Regular Prize Pool – ₹5,12,000

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹4,88,000

Places Paid – 24

PokerStars India`s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Uppercut MAGIC Edition dragged in 244 contenders on its latest run, filling in ₹24,000 in overlays. The 7:30 PM tourney got in the books at 2:21 AM today, with the top 24 finishers walking away with a payday.

PokerGuru Ambassador Devvrat ‘bhasm@sur1’ Arya was the last player standing and padded his ever-growing bankroll for ₹2.07 Lakhs after besting ‘lalanwa’ (runner-up for ₹1.06 Lakhs) in the heads-up showdown.

The former Destiny and The Elite champion, Devvrat Arya, has breached the ₹5.40 Crore mark in lifetime winnings after the Uppercut win.

Goonjan ‘gmtesting.ind’ Mall (5^th for ₹57,971), Anmol ‘freak_weird0’ Agarwal (6^th for ₹51,523), and Sagar ‘sagarpupull’ Choudhury (7^th for ₹31,588) posted FT finishes.

Final Table Results (including bounties)

1. Devvrat ‘bhasm@sur1’ Arya – ₹2,07,198
2. lalanwa – ₹1,05,760
3. Umesh ‘dhondu.chilll’ Sharma – ₹75,718
4. rdx1111 – ₹63,033
5. Goonjan ‘gmtesting.ind’ Mall – ₹57,971
6. Anmol ‘freak_weird0’ Agarwal – ₹51,523
7. Sagar ‘sagarpupull’ Choudhury – ₹31,588

Futuristic ₹10 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹880

Entries – 480

Re-entries – 572

Re-buys – 591

Prize Pool – ₹13,14,400

Places Paid – 151

Spartan Poker`s ₹880 entry buy-in value offering, the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Futuristic, brought in a whopping 1,643 entries that helped form a prize pool worth ₹13.14 Lakhs.

The former Millionaire champion Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra championed the tourney to collect ₹1.93 Lakhs. The first-ever INCOOP Main Event winner agreed to a heads-up chop with Abhimanyu ‘IshqBector’ Mittal, who received a runner-up payout worth ₹1.91 Lakhs.

Sanish Chhabra has crossed ₹1.99 Crores in lifetime earnings with this win and is just a hair’s breadth away from the ₹2 Crore milestone.

Vignesh ‘LORDE’ Kumar (3rd for ₹1.02 Lakhs), Sneha ‘sneval’ Moondra Heda (4th for ₹76,366), Kunal ‘UnityPro’ Sharma (5th for ₹58,753), and Raghavendra ‘nslookup’ Hada (8th for ₹22,765) also earned final table payouts.

Final Table Results

1. Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra – ₹1,92,953*
2. Abhimanyu ‘IshqBector’ Mittal – ₹1,90,982*
3. Vignesh ‘LORDE’ Kumar – ₹1,01,734
4. Sneha ‘sneval’ Moondra Heda – ₹76,366
5. Kunal ‘UnityPro’ Sharma – ₹58,753
6. LuciferLA – ₹43,112
7. Msamir – ₹31,808
8. Raghavendra ‘nslookup’ Hada – ₹22,765

*denotes a heads-up deal

Running Hot ₹5 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 210

Re-entries – 181

Prize Pool – ₹7,82,000

Places Paid – 43

Adda52’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Running Hot signed up 391 entrants, making for a generous ₹7.82 Lakhs in prize money.

Rising Star Ritwik ‘ritwik27’ Khanna, who had posted runner-up finishes in two flagship tourneys on Thursday (and another FT finish), finally ended the runner-up curse by taking down the tourney for ₹1.94 Lakhs. The mystery reg ‘Mitsen’ placed runner-up for ₹1.17 Lakhs.

Ritwik Khanna made another three ITM finishes on Friday, raking in almost ₹2.01 Lakhs last night. He sits on ₹2.22 Crore in lifetime online winnings.

The Futuristic champion Sanish ‘sanish21’ Chhabra (3^rd for ₹82,110), Mandar ‘HighCardJ’ Darade (4^th for ₹62,560), Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna (6^th for ₹27,370), Abhishek Reddy ‘Quant00’ Rachur (7^th for ₹21,505) and Biplob ‘hellhell’ Rana (8^th for ₹17,595) also FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Ritwik ‘ritwik27’ Khanna – ₹1,93,936
2. Mitsen – ₹1,17,300
3. Sanish ‘sanish21’ Chhabra – ₹82,110
4. Mandar ‘HighCardJ’ Darade – ₹62,560
5. Mantri97 – ₹40,664
6. Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna – ₹27,370
7. Abhishek Reddy ‘Quant00’ Rachur – ₹21,505
8. Biplob ‘hellhell’ Rana – ₹17,595

The Classic ₹2 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 112

Re-entries – 67

Total Prize Pool – ₹2,68,500

Regular Prize Pool – ₹1,34,250

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹1,34,250

Places Paid – 20

Ankit ‘magnum736’ Saurabh navigated his way across the 179-entry field in PokerStars India`s ₹2 Lakhs GTD The Classic to win ₹58,937. Tapan ‘tweedu_taps’ Mansotra finished runner-up for ₹29,969.

Prashanth ‘nemesis9961’ Sekar (4^th for ₹18,595), Monish ‘newkidinpoker’ Annthem (5^th for ₹13,336), and Chandan ‘RunBarryRun’ Arora (9^th for ₹8,081) FT-ed the tourney!

Holdem Boost DST ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 163

Re-entries – 156

Prize Pool – ₹3,19,000

Places Paid – 36

PokerBaazi’s 9 PM major, the 6-Max Holdem Boost, registered a field of 319 runners to collect ₹3.19 Lakhs in prize money.

The Game Changer 4.0 runner-up finisher Mohak ‘Tiltin’ Kapoor bested the competition to collect his ninth Holdem Boost title and ₹70,467 in prize money. Upcoming talent Shaan ‘kaamkaro’ Thadani secured a runner-up payday of ₹49,445.

Aditya ‘pnutbutterbacon’ Navalkar placed third for ₹31,804.

DVS Event #7 ₹1 Lakh GTD – PokerDangal

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 113

Re-entries – 156

Prize Pool – ₹1,34,500

Places Paid – 44

PokerDangal’s ₹1 Lakh GTD DVS Event #7 crushed its posted guarantee by almost 35% after 269 entrants signed up to play. The user ‘GPDK’ took down the tourney for ₹25,555, with ‘Hulk62’ placing runner-up for ₹18,830.

Divyanshu ‘StackKing’ Patel finished sixth for ₹5,716.

Prime Time PLO ₹30K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 37

Re-entries – 16

Prize Pool – ₹30,000

Places Paid – 6

Khelo365 regular ‘Reverse88’ fired three bullets before taking down the ₹30K GTD Prime Time PLO title for ₹12,000. ‘Ashu079’ secured a runner-up payout of ₹6,300.

Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹275

Entries – 60

Re-entries – 27

Prize Pool – ₹21,750

Places Paid –9

The user ‘Amazonking’ championed Khelo365`s regular ₹20K GTD Grinder 2.0 for ₹6,960.

This report was updated at 6 PM on 15.05.2021.

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