Daily Majors: Himanshu Kataria, Utkarsh Somaaieyaa & Tanay Parekh Shine in the Monday MTTs

After three weeks of choc-a-bloc action, online MTT players can finally take a breather! Two headline stops, Spartan Poker’s IOPC June 2022 and PokerBaazi’s 1100 THC, got over on Sunday, bringing back the calm we see after a storm has passed.

And making the Monday grind even more subdued was the absence of the PokerBaazi flagships, as the site canceled most of its evening tournaments because of scheduled server maintenance. With most regs taking the Monday off, we saw the recreational players grabbing the spotlight for a change.

While the high-powered MTTs might have been put on the backburner, the low to mid-stakes MTT players have the perfect opportunity to shine with Pocket52 rolling out its popular Pocket Player Championship (PPC) yesterday. The week-long series is making its fourth run on the P52 network (includes Gamezy and Nostra Poker) and has over ₹1.30 Crores in prize pool guarantees spread across 50 high-value tournaments and a ₹5 Lakhs GTD Leaderboard race to chase.

Bagging the single-largest score on Monday was Spartan Poker user ‘Rids1,’ who won the site`s ReCharge for ₹1.75 Lakhs. Site reg Manish Ranjan finished runner-up for ₹1.17 Lakhs.

Himanshu Kataria was another standout winner with two deep runs and ₹1.68 Lakhs in total winnings. The former The Mint champion won another Adda52 flagship, Iron Man, for ₹1.43 Lakhs after striking a three-way deal with Abhishek Mandal (2nd for ₹1.40 Lakhs) and Utkarsh Somaaieyaa (3rd for ₹1.26 Lakhs). Kataria also FTed the Battle Royale on PokerStars India (4th for ₹24,731).

Tanay Parekh made an impressive two FT finishes (both third place) in the ReCharge and Battle Royale, rounding up over ₹1.18 Lakhs in Monday winnings.

The user ‘84##.757##_1424’ won the Day 1 flagship in Pocket52’s PPC – PPC #4 Pocket Queens – for ₹95,500, with ‘Jester’ placing second for ₹70,000.

Even though PokerBaazi was on scheduled maintenance in the evening, Shivankar Bahl captured the daytime headliner, Afternoon Boost, for ₹68,240.

PokerStars India’s ‘killeerbeee’ won the Battle Royale (8-Max) for ₹88,948, with ‘rkcravi’ collecting ₹65,901 in second place.

Anmolraj Singh Chawla took down PokerStars India`s Deepstack for the second time yesterday for ₹45,055.

Ankit Singh, Zafar Ahmed, Naresh Kumar, Mohit Kumar Singh, Vishwas Khanna, Shiv Chugh, Rahul Sengar, and Parag Shah won the other marquee tournaments.

Here are the Monday highlights!

Spartan Poker

ReCharge – ₹8 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 216

Re-entries – 85

Rebuys – 136

Prize Pool – ₹8,74,000

Places Paid – 39

After hosting a record-crushing IOPC June 2022 edition, Spartan Poker has reverted to its usual weekly schedule. And spearheading the Monday action on the site was the ₹8 Lakhs GTD ReCharge.

Site user ‘Rids1’ bested a guarantee-crushing 437-entry field in the Monday headliner to collect ₹1.75 Lakhs – emerging as the day`s biggest winner. Site-reg Manish ‘diamond101’ Ranjan finished runner-up for ₹1.17 Lakhs.

Rids1’s Spartan Poker Stats: Site Winnings: ₹6.52 Lakhs

Third-place finisher Tanay ‘Tanayp1’ Parekh pocketed ₹85,215. Parekh made the same third-place finish in the Battle Royale on PokerStars India, making away with ₹1.18 Lakhs across his Monday grind.

His Monday finishes include:

> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s ReCharge for ₹85,215

> 3rd in Pokerstars India’s Battle Royale for ₹32,861

Tanay Parekh’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹61.54 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹17.74 Lakhs| Titles Won in 2022: #6

The event ran from 8 PM to 4.09 AM, with 39 finalists earning a share from the ₹8.74 Lakhs prize pool.

Final Table Results

1. Rids1 – ₹1,75,237
2. Manish ‘diamond101’ Ranjan – ₹1,16,504
3. Tanay ‘Tanayp1’ Parekh – ₹85,215
4. Yogendrameena – ₹68,784
5. Amit ‘guru’ J – ₹53,926
6. Oled – ₹40,816
7. Reddington1 – ₹29,978
8. Siddharth ‘champ-ak’ Pandey – ₹22,025

Deepstack – ₹3 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 188

Re-entries – 50

Rebuys – 120

Prize Pool – ₹3,58,000

Places Paid – 31

Spartan Poker’s ₹3 Lakhs GTD Deepstack drew 358 runners, collecting a guarantee-crushing ₹3.58 Lakhs prize pool. The event played down to a heads-up deal, and ‘Messy’ clinched the title and ₹65,080, with ‘Pattebaaz’ finishing runner-up for ₹61,616.

Messy’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹6.77 Lakhs

Final Table Results

1. Messy – ₹65,080*
2. Pattebaaz – ₹61,616*
3. Mandar ‘MAMA04’ Madaye – ₹35,943
4. Manaicjr – ₹28,503
5. Eagle mentality – ₹23,055
6. Akshitarox – ₹16,868
7. Drunken Monk – ₹12,781
8. Ankur ‘showstopper89’ Aryan – ₹8,706

*denotes a heads-up deal

Ankit ‘GongZilla’ Singh (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack for ₹51,920), Zafar ‘Zedd’ Ahmed (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Sundowner for ₹48,725), ‘freddiemercury’ (Won ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD Night Rider for ₹46,469), ‘unknownmind’ (Won ₹80K GTD Epic for ₹21,000), Shiv ‘cheekychugh’ Chugh (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Chip Up for ₹20,198), ‘Jax Teller’ (Won ₹35K GTD Epic – Multi-Entry for ₹9,383), ‘12manojk12’ (Won ₹50K GTD The Centurion for ₹10,577), ‘Khel Chup-Chap (Won ₹22K GTD 6 Cards PLO – Epic for ₹7,277), ‘captain07’ (Won Striker ₹18K GTD for ₹4,529), and Parag ‘Persie’ Shah (Won ₹12K GTD 6 Cards PLO – Epic for ₹3,561) won the other Monday marquees on Spartan Poker.

Pocket52

PPC #4 Pocket Queens – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 152

Re-entries – 90

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 34

Headlining the proceedings on Day 1 of Pocket52`s Pocket Poker Championship was the ₹5 Lakhs GTD PPC #4 Pocket Queens. The user ‘84##.757##_1424’ toppled the 242-entry field to grab the lion`s share of the prize pool worth ₹95,500, just as ‘Jester’ fell out in second place for ₹70,000.

The 2,200 buy-in event fell ₹16,000 short of breaking even and paid out 34 places.

Final Table Results

1. 84##.757##_1424 – ₹95,500
2. Jester – ₹70,000
3. Monu12121 – ₹45,000
4. Darinda – ₹35,000
5. TryHard – ₹25,000
6. Sunny82 – ₹20,000
7. SordyKrdbutworse – ₹15,000
8. suresh_sWUrQ3mUkX – ₹15,000

‘Prasenjitoo’ (Won BREEZE ₹50K GTD for ₹9,000) won the other marquee on Day 1 of the PPC.

PokerBaazi

Due to server maintenance, PokerBaazi canceled all its Monday flagships.

Nevertheless, some of the morning and afternoon tournaments did take place and crowned winners in Shivankar ‘BlueCheese7’ Bahl (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Afternoon Boost for ₹68,240), ‘arunkumar012’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD SPRINT for ₹37,990), and Vishwas ‘quickmaths’ Khanna (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Daily Morning SPRINT for ₹25,100).

PokerStars India

Battle Royale (8-Max) – ₹4 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 87

Re-entries – 52

Total Prize Pool – ₹4,00,000

Regular Prize Pool – ₹2,26,250

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹1,73,750

Places Paid – 15

PokerStars India’s ‘killeerbeee’ won the ₹4 Lakhs GTD Battle Royale (8-Max) title for ₹88,948 (₹46,504 in bounties). Site reg ‘rkcravi’ came second for ₹65,901 (₹23,457 in bounties). Last night`s Iron Man champion Himanshu ‘himkat@stars’ Kataria cashed for ₹24,731 in fourth place.

The champion ‘killeerbeee’ made another deep run in the ₹1 Lakh GTD Evening on Stars (10th for ₹2,946), netting ₹91,894 overall.

The ₹2,750 buy-in event logged in 139 entries, experiencing an overlay shortfall of ₹1.52 Lakhs.

Final Table Results (Including Bounties)

1. killeerbeee – ₹88,948
2. rkcravi – ₹65,901
3. Tanay ‘tanayp’ Parekh – ₹32,861
4. Himanshu ‘himkat@stars’ Kataria – ₹24,731
5. MarkusR3 – ₹28,638
6. Pranay ‘aankhdikhatahai’ Chawla – ₹19,247
7. Niraj2401 – ₹20,894
8. mrpoker1909 – ₹13,904
9. Navaneesha ‘np406’ P – ₹10,168

Deepstack – ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,375

Entries – 84

Re-entries – 45

Total Prize Pool – ₹1,61,250

Regular Prize Pool – ₹80,625

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹80,625

Places Paid – 15

PokerStars India’s ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Deepstack ran from 9:30 PM to 1:35 AM, with 129 hopefuls vying for a share of the ₹1.61 Lakhs prize pool. Site-reg Anmolraj ‘modi chai wala’ Singh Chawla championed the event for the second time for ₹45,055 (₹27,383 in bounties), posting his first title victory in two months. ‘Dicktator1’ finished runner-up for ₹15,867 (₹2,266 in bounties).

Anmolraj Singh Chawla’s online stats (excluding Spartan Poker): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.14 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹42.32 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #7

Final Table Results (Including Bounties)

1. Anmolraj ‘modi chai wala’ Singh Chawla – ₹45,055 (Bounties: ₹27,383)
2. Dicktator1 – ₹15,867 (Bounties: ₹2,266)
3. MeraDeshMahaan – ₹13,515
4. vjTILTing – ₹12,510
5. Swapnil ‘pokpom1’ Patil – ₹10,615
6. betraise676 – ₹5,554
7. sanjbat – ₹8,907
8. YKARKI2147 – ₹3,139
9. $00th$ayer – ₹3,973

‘Avnish16’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Evening on Stars for ₹23,897), ‘harsha@patil’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Ultrasonic for ₹21,945), ‘wildshark100’ (Won ₹50K GTD Afternoon on Stars for ₹14,452), Rahul ‘LaughingBoddha’ Sengar (Won ₹50K GTD Primetime Grind for ₹11,948), and ‘patton120’ (Won ₹50K GTD Deepstack for ₹11,266) won the other PokerStars India marquees.

Adda52

Iron Man – ₹8 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,400

Entries – 203

Re-Entries – 151

Prize Pool – ₹8,00,000

Places Paid – 38

Almost two weeks after winning The Mint, Himanshu ‘StupidCommonMan’ Kataria added another Adda52 flagship title to his name as he cut through the 354-entry field in the ₹8 Lakhs GTD Iron Man to collect ₹1.43 Lakhs. He struck a three-way deal with Abhishek ‘abhisekchem86’ Mandal (2nd for ₹1.40 Lakhs) and Utkarsh ‘Mathfane’ Somaaieyaa (3rd for ₹1.26 Lakhs).

Himanshu Kataria also placed fourth in PokerStars India’s Battle Royale for ₹24,731, netting ₹1.68 Lakhs overall. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.60 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹38.46 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #6

Final Table Results

1. Himanshu ‘StupidCommonMan’ Kataria – ₹1,43,426*
2. Abhishek ‘abhisekchem86’ Mandal – ₹1,39,628*
3. Utkarsh ‘Mathfane’ Somaaieyaa – ₹1,26,146*
4. yuvrajsomani – ₹64,000
5. Deepak ‘peacelover’ Singh – ₹43,200
6. kunalabc – ₹30,000

*denotes a three-way deal

Voyager – ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 174

Re-Entries – 120

Prize Pool – ₹2,94,000

Places Paid – 30

The Adda52 user ‘Machine541’ took down the ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Voyager for ₹75,264, while ‘Unmesh100’ finished runner-up for ₹44,835.

‘Machine541’s Adda52 stats: Site Winnings: ₹40.22 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹7.35 Lakhs

Final Table Results

1. Machine541 – ₹75,264
2. Unmesh100 – ₹44,835
3. Rajneesh ‘rajneesh620’ Thakur – ₹33,810
4. Rinfeo – ₹24,990
5. bhanubanna11 – ₹16,905
6. VishuChi – ₹11,760
7. glycen – ₹8,820
8. Ravindra ‘wormhole’ Arikeri – ₹7,350

Naresh ‘nareshnow’ Kumar (Won ₹1.20 Lakhs GTD Afternoon Adda for ₹33,600), Mohit ‘Betoo’ Kumar Singh (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Nighttide DST Adda for ₹30,059), ‘Thebang02’ (Won ₹50K GTD Sundown Adda for ₹12,271), ‘ketugj’ (Won ₹60K GTD Bounty Adda for ₹12,096), ‘Barcelona’ (Won ₹40K GTD Freeze-Out Adda for ₹11,214), ‘Swapnillinpaws’ (Won ₹50K GTD Evening Adda for ₹10,020), and ‘seema65’ (Won ₹20K GTD Midnight Bash for ₹6,308) won the other Adda52 marquees.

Khelo365

Khelo365 regular Alexcy ‘JonGregor’ Newmai bested ‘kaushal99’ (2nd for ₹2,500) heads-up to win the ₹10K FTD Quick Freeze for ₹3,700.

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