Daily Majors: Parab, Madan & Sapra Champion the Monday Marquees

The third week of June kicked off in style as the leading online poker sites continue to roll out lucrative tournaments. As always, Monday was considerably slow-paced compared to Sunday, with a few flagships falling short of their advertised guarantees. Without further ado, let’s take a quick recap of what went down yesterday!

Spartan Poker

The Monday extravaganza on Spartan Poker, the ₹12 Lakhs GTD ReCharge, saw 579 contestants (280 unique, 86 re-entries and 213 re-buys) pony-up the ₹2,200 entry fees. It still wasn’t enough, as the site had to fill in an overlay of ₹42,000. Raghav ‘Maddytilt’ Madan championed the event for a hefty ₹2.33 Lakhs payday, after defeating Surbhit’ grovahova’ Grover in the heads-up finale. Grover took home ₹1.48 Lakhs for his runner-up finish.

Spartan Poker’s The Flash fared relatively better. Clocking in 614 entries (315 unique, 82 re-entries and 217 re-buys), the event easily surpassed its listed guarantee to post a prize pool worth ₹6.14 Lakhs. ‘LivoJohn’ won the tournament for ₹1.19 Lakhs and ‘denb’ placed second for ₹75,522.

PokerBaazi

APL Ambassador Sumit’ boronyx’ Sapra added another accolade to his tally on Sunday when he took down the UVS The Millionaire Lite title for ₹10 Lakhs. Persisting with his winning form, Sapra came out on top in PokerBaazi’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Bout last night for a cool ₹2.15 Lakhs, while ‘Ray1807’ came in second for ₹1.51 Lakhs. With this win, Sapra`s online scorecard has touched ₹3.78 Crores.

Another player who needs to be mentioned here is Sanat’ mehro2511’ Mehrotra. The #1 ranked player on the weekly and monthly leaderboard seems to be unstoppable at the moment, and he added ₹96,860 to his tally last night for finishing third in The Bout.

Adda52

The Adda52 Online Poker Series (AOPS) has completed its first week, and Day 7 was headlined by the ₹15 Lakhs GTD AOPS Inception. With a buy-in of ₹3,500, the tourney gathered 533 entries (261 unique and 272 re-entries), resulting in a ₹17.06 Lakhs prize pool. Promising player Jairam’ Keyser_Soze’ Parab has frequently been running deep in events on the site, with a recent big score coming in the AOPS Moonlight for ₹1.49 Lakhs on June 11. Last night, he bested ‘GigaaBet’ (runner-up for ₹2.39 Lakhs) heads-up to lock in the title and top prize of ₹4.09 Lakhs.

The other marquee event on Adda52 was the AOPS Table For 6. Featuring a ₹5 Lakhs GTD, the tourney registered 273 entries, generating ₹6.82 Lakhs in the prize pool. Mystery user ‘KA21’ shipped the event for ₹1.77 Lakhs.

PokerStars India

The featured tourney on Monday at PokerStars India’s first-ever Micro Knockout Series, the ₹10 Lakhs GTD MICRO KO-12 Battle Royale, suffered an overlay of ₹1.40 Lakhs on the back of a field of 344 entries. Anonymous user ‘rahulgandhi27’ topped the field and bagged the most significant portion of the prize pool worth ₹2.14 Lakhs, just as ‘J500PC’ collected ₹95,568 for placing second.

The other Monday winners were:

AOPS Inception ₹15 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹3,500

Entries – 261

Re-entries – 272

Prize Pool – ₹17,05,597

Places Paid – 55

The featured AOPS tourney on Monday was the ₹15 Lakhs GTD AOPS Inception. The guarantee was easily smashed as 533 participants (261 unique and 272 re-entries) helped collect ₹17.06 Lakhs in the prize pool.

It took three bullets for Jairam ‘Keyser_Soze’ Parab to take down the title and the ₹4.09 Lakhs prize that comes with it. Parab has been on a winning spree at Adda52 recently, and this win brought him his biggest score on the site. His overall best score dates back to Oct 2018 when he had won Spartan Poker’s 5 for 5 (5 Lac GTD for Top 5 Players) event for ₹5.03 Lakhs. Last week Parab won three Adda52 titles. He topped the AOPS Moonlight for ₹1.49 Lakhs on June 11, the AOPS Siesta for ₹78,000 and the AOPS Dusk for ₹69,680 on June 13.

Parab defeated ‘GigaaBet’ heads-up who walked away with the runner-up prize worth ₹2.39 Lakhs.

PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘ragspoker’ Munot (3rd for ₹1.62 Lakhs), Arsh ‘bigggtymer’ Grover (4^th for ₹1.28 Lakhs), and Sagar ‘alwaysnutz’ Choudhury (8^th for ₹34,112) were the other prominent names on the FT.

Final Table Results

1. Jairam ‘Keyser_Soze’ Parab – ₹4,09,344

2. GigaaBet – ₹2,38,784

3 Ashish ‘ragspoker’ Munot – ₹1,62,032

4. Arsh ‘bigggtymer’ Grover – ₹1,27,920

5. hashtagpoker – ₹85,280

6. poker_king52 – ₹59,696

7. Hell12 – ₹42,640

8. Sagar ‘alwaysnutz’ Choudhury ₹34,112

9. thepokerfaceblr ₹25,584

ReCharge ₹12 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 280

Re-entries – 86

Re-buys – 213

Prize Pool – ₹12,00,000

Places Paid – 47

Spartan Poker’s ₹12 Lakhs GTD ReCharge drew 579 entries (280 unique, 86 re-entries and 213 re-buys) yesterday, falling ₹42,000 short of its posted guarantee.

Raghav ‘Maddytilt’ Madan rose to the top of the field and clinched the title for ₹2.33 Lakhs after defeating Surbhit ‘grovahova’ Grover (runner-up for ₹1.48 Lakhs) heads-up.

M. ‘star.pkr95’ Khan finished 6^th for ₹54,240.

Final Table Results

1. Raghav ‘Maddytilt’ Madan – ₹2,33,880

2. Surbhit ‘grovahova’ Grover – ₹1,48,560

3. wirepower – ₹1,11,360

4. GuruGhantAALin – ₹90,120

5. Spotzero – ₹71,040

6. M. ‘star.pkr95’ Khan – ₹54,240

7. Baba27 – ₹39,840

8. PokerStar090 – ₹29,280

9. rahul827012 – ₹24,000

The Bout ₹10 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 201

Re-entries – 209

Prize Pool – ₹10,25,000

Places Paid – 45

The week started with a bang on PokerBaazi with The Bout ₹10 Lakhs GTD, successfully surpassing its advertised guarantee. It generated a prize pool worth ₹10.25 Lakhs on the back of a field of 410 entries (201 unique and 209 re-entries).

Continuing his blistering run, APL Ambassador and last Sunday’s UVS#42 The Millionaire Lite ₹35 Lakhs GTD champion, Sumit ‘boronyx’ Sapra, came out on top to win his second flagship title of the week and ₹2.15 Lakhs after besting ‘Ray1807’ (runner-up for ₹1.51 Lakhs) heads- up.

Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra (3rd for ₹96,860), Young Gun Gaurav ‘gaug17’ Sood (4th for ₹71,750), Samsher ‘yanniv’ Gandhi (6th for ₹43,050), Suraj ‘SurajRathi’ Rathi (7th for ₹35,880), and Kunal ‘VasooliChacha’ Patni (8th for ₹28,700) were amongst the lucky 45 who made it in the money.

Final Table Results

1. Sumit ‘boronyx’ Sapra – ₹2,15,000

2. Ray1807 – ₹1,51,000

3. Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra – ₹96,860

4. Gaurav ‘gaug17’ Sood – ₹71,750

5. DesiProfessor – ₹53,810

6. Samsher ‘yanniv’ Gandhi – ₹43,050

7. Suraj ‘SurajRathi’ Rathi – ₹35,880

8. Kunal ‘VasooliChacha’ Patni – ₹28,700

9. Pokerchamp007 – ₹21,530

MICRO KO-12 Battle Royale ₹10 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 204

Re-entries – 140

Total Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Regular Prize Pool – ₹5,70,000

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹4,30,000

Places Paid – 36

With a 344-entry field (204 unique entrants and 140 re-entries), the MICRO KO-12 Battle Royale could not break even on its ₹10 Lakhs GTD, and PokerStars India had to fill in a significant overlay of ₹1.40 Lakhs.

In the end, unknown player ‘rahulgandhi27’ walked away with ₹2.14 Lakhs in prize money after defeating ‘J500PC’ (runner-up for ₹95,568) in the heads-up.

MTT regs Sahil ‘inaboobham’ Mahboobani (3^rd for ₹73,786), Ranjeet ‘Bedevilforyou’ Negi (4^th for ₹63,770), and Rajat ‘sharabikebabi’ Sharma (5^th for ₹49,482) posted FT scores.

Final Table Results

1. rahulgandhi27 – ₹2,14,993

2. J500PC – ₹95,568

3. Sahil ‘inaboobham’ Mahboobani – ₹73,786

4. Ranjeet ‘Bedevilforyou’ Negi – ₹63,770

5. Rajat ‘sharabikebabi’ Sharma – ₹49,482

6. samdaddy1991 – ₹46,913

7. Amsh2403 – ₹33,053

8. G@rlic1911 – ₹25,168

9. kingsneverdie11 – ₹14,343

The Flash ₹6 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 315

Re-entries – 82

Re-buys – 217

Prize Pool – ₹6,14,000

Places Paid – 55

With a turnout of 614 entries (315 unique, 82 re-entries and 217 re-buys), Spartan Poker’s The Flash managed to surpass its guarantee collecting ₹6.14 Lakhs in prize money. ‘LivoJohn’ outran the competition and beat his heads-up rival ‘denb’ (runner-up for ₹75,522) to win the event for ₹1.19 Lakhs.

Suraj ‘OmgRATHIII’ Rathi (3^rd for ₹54,584) and Sourabh ‘ravenclaw410’ Gehlot (7^th for ₹20,016) were the other prominent FT finishers.

Final Table Results

1. LivoJohn – ₹1,19,116

2. denb – ₹75,522

3. Suraj ‘OmgRATHIII’ Rathi – ₹54,584

4. Pasha1103 – ₹44,146

5. CRED – ₹34,936

6. Tiger10 – ₹26,893

7. Sourabh ‘ravenclaw410’ Gehlot – ₹20,016

8. Rushabh1104 – ₹14,490

9. Riokid – ₹11,727

AOPS Table For 6 ₹5 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 128

Re-entries – 145

Prize Pool – ₹6,82,504

Places Paid – 27

The AOPS Table For 6 attracted 273 entries to generate ₹6.83 Lakhs in the prize pool that was distributed among the top 27 finishers.

After using six bullets, ‘KA21’ was the last player standing and collected the winner’s prize of ₹1.77 Lakhs. ‘punter02’ banked ₹1.06 lakhs for his runner-up finish.

Nazeer ‘Naz0506’ Ahamed (3rd for ₹79,511), Priya ‘priyaranjan2k12’ Ranjan Das (5^th for ₹39,244), Sumit ‘hammer_head’ Sapra (6^th for ₹29,006), and Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra (9^th for ₹13,650) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. KA21 – ₹1,77,450

2. punter02 – ₹1,05,788

3. Nazeer ‘Naz0506’ Ahamed – ₹79,511

4. abhiraja – ₹58,013

5. Priya ‘priyaranjan2k12’ Ranjan Das – ₹39,244

6. Sumit ‘hammer_head’ Sapra – ₹29,006

7. GigaaBet – ₹22,181

8. PokerPunter01 – ₹17,063

9. Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra – ₹13,650

Destiny Jr. ₹4.5 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 125

Re-entries – 29

Re-buys – 99

Prize Pool – ₹4,50,000

Places Paid – 25

The ₹1,650 buy-in Destiny Jr. returned for its usual weekly run with a ₹4.5 Lakhs prize pool GTD. The event attracted 253 entries (125 unique, 29 re-entries and 99 re-buys), falling ₹70,500 short of break-even.

A three-way deal saw ‘Dr Putin’ walk away with the title and the top prize of ₹97,105. Finishing runner-up for ₹79,039 was ‘1-855-925-7070’, with Siddharth ‘Ouroborus’ Bebarta taking up the third place for ₹74,518.

Armaan ‘space ace’ Kochhar (4^th for ₹36,000), Ravinder ‘Jason’ Singh (6^th for ₹18,000), and Anuj ‘Anuj16101’ Laddhad (9^th for ₹9,000) posted deep runs in the event.

AOPS Brunch ₹4 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹1,250

Entries – 162

Re-entries – 158

Prize Pool – ₹4,00,000

Places Paid – 34

The ₹4 Lakhs GTD AOPS Brunch on Adda52 logged in a 320-strong field (162 unique and 158 re-entries) to fall ₹40,000 short of meeting the prize pool guarantee.

Racing past the competition was Kunal ‘cvc’ Sharma, who outlasted Rugal ‘daredevilisback’ Advani in the heads-up play to walk-away with ₹1 Lakh in prize money. Advani settled for the runner-up prize worth ₹60,600.

MICRO KO-14 The Classic ₹3 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 145

Re-entries – 86

Total Prize Pool – ₹3,46,500

Regular Prize Pool – ₹1,73,250

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹1,73,250

Places Paid – 27

PokerStars India’s ₹3 Lakhs GTD MICRO KO-14 The Classic recorded 145 unique entries and 86 re-entries to generate a ₹3.46 Lakhs prize pool and the top 27 places got paid.

Racing past the competition was Prithvi ‘Prithvi99’ Bhatia, who banked ₹83,260 after defeating ‘robert_ford9’ (runner-up for ₹29,213) heads-up.

Joining them on the FT were notables such as Ankur ‘Flopzila’ Agarwal (3^rd for ₹29,728) and Partho ‘SpidermanIndia’ Datta (7^th for ₹6,930).

Grinders#4 Monday MegaStack ₹3 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 79

Re-entries – 58

Prize Pool – ₹3,00,000

Places Paid – 15

The June Grinders Series is picking up the pace on PokerBaazi, and yesterday the ₹3 Lakhs GTD Monday MegaStack clocked in 137 entries (79 unique and 58 re-entries). However, this wasn’t enough to meet the posted guarantee, leading to a shortfall of ₹26,000.

Online reg Pranav ‘pranavpoker’ Khandalkar was crowned the champion and took home ₹80,400 in first-place prize money. Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna finished runner-up for ₹56,310.

Millind ‘ulimpiraise’ Satam (4th for ₹26,820), Rachit ‘rachubaba’ Arora (6th for ₹16,080), and Anish ‘THENUTS’ Suri (7th for ₹13,380) FT-ed the tourney.

AOPS Siesta ₹3 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 137

Re-entries – 118

Prize Pool – ₹3,00,000

Places Paid – 27

The ₹3 Lakhs GTD AOPS Siesta pulled in 255 entries (137 unique and 118 re-entries), to bear an overlay worth ₹45,000.

Anonymous user ‘rockeritza9’ championed the event for ₹78,000, while ‘hemant0606’ came in second for ₹46,500.

Induprakash ‘supee’ Mishra (3rd for ₹34,950), Vishal ‘vishalkumar1270’ Kumar (4^th for ₹25,500), Puneet ‘j4jolly’ Mishra (5^th for ₹17,250), Pratibh ‘MrGTO’ Saluja (7^th for ₹9,750), and Jayesh ‘JayeshLakhani1’ Lakhani (9^th for ₹6,000) earned final table payouts.

Monster Stack ₹3 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹880

Entries – 175

Re-entries – 68

Re-buys – 118

Prize Pool – ₹3,00,000

Places Paid – 31

With 361 entries (175 unique, 68 re-entries and 118 re-buys), the ₹3 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack suffered a loss of ₹11,200. ‘Riokid’ triumphed over the competition to win the title and ₹63,450 after defeating ‘Nabinkrbhakat198’ (runner-up for ₹42,720) heads-up.

Night Rider – Monster Stack ₹2.75 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹880

Entries – 194

Re-entries – 61

Re-buys – 108

Prize Pool – ₹2,90,400

Places Paid – 31

The late-night special Night Rider – Monster Stack ran with a ₹2.75 Lakhs GTD again last night. The tourney collected a guarantee-busting prize pool of ₹2.90 Lakhs on the back of 363 registrations (194 unique, 61 re-entries, and 108 re-buys).

The final 31 players earned a payout, and in the end, it was Prateek ‘OMGdabangg2’ Sharma who won the event for ₹41,659 following a four-way deal with ‘dd2412’ (runner-up for ₹37,725), ‘Rishabh_Juneja’ (3^rd for ₹36,149) and ‘parmaatmahemoksh’ (4^th for ₹34,092).

AOPS Dusk ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 114

Re-Entries – 92

Prize Pool – ₹2,50,000

Places Paid – 21

The ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD AOPS Dusk brought together 206 hopefuls (114 unique and 92 re-entries), to witness an overlay of ₹44,000.

After deciding upon a three-way deal, ‘kutkut69A’ took down the title to win ₹50,658 as the first-place prize. ‘daddy5050’ was the runner-up and banked ₹48,013, while Rishabh ‘rishlangda’ Baj placed third for ₹42,329.

Utkarsh ‘Mathfane’ Somaiya finished 7^th for ₹8,875.

Ultimate PLO ₹2 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 49

Re-entries – 18

Re-buys – 41

Prize Pool – ₹2,16,000

Places Paid – 9

Topping a field of 108 entries (49 unique, 18 re-entries and 41 re-buys), Anish ‘anishsuri’ Suri captured the Ultimate PLO ₹2 Lakhs GTD title on Spartan Poker for ₹56,568. Suri struck a heads-up deal with ‘Ro$a’ to stake a claim on the top spot, the latter pocketing ₹49,883 for finishing second.

Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPros’ Kumar (5^th for ₹17,280), Sarfraz ‘Bewada Bhai’ M (7^th for ₹10,584), and Armaan ‘space ace’ Kochhar (8^th for ₹6,335) raked in FT finishes.

Pocket Queens ₹2 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 124

Re-entries – 45

Prize Pool – ₹2,00,000

Places Paid – 27

The ₹2 Lakhs GTD Pocket Queens on Pocket52 pulled in 169 runners (124 unique and 45 re-entries), booking an overlay of ₹31,000 and the top 27 finishers landed in the money zone.

Besting them all was ‘kingthinosc’ who defeated ‘Mrrahul777’ (runner-up for ₹28,000) heads-up to win ₹46,000 in prize money.

MICRO KO-16 Ultrasonic ₹2 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹990

Entries – 150

Re-entries – 115

Total Prize Pool – ₹2,38,500

Regular Prize Pool – ₹1,19,250

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹1,19,250

Places Paid – 44

The ₹2 Lakhs GTD MICRO KO-16 Ultrasonic gathered a crowd of 265 entries (150 unique and 115 re-entries), and the top 44 places shared the ₹2.38 Lakhs prize pool.

‘RAKA_0507’ outlasted them all to win ₹36,477 in cash prize following a heads-up deal with ‘sanjbat’ (runner-up for ₹31,639).

Pocket Lunch ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 80

Re-entries – 57

Prize Pool – ₹1,50,000

Places Paid – 27

The ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Pocket Lunch on Pocket52 suffered an overlay of ₹13,000 on the back of 137 participants (80 unique and 57 re-entries), and the top 27 places finished ITM.

Walking away with the biggest share of the prize money worth ₹34,500 was ‘Zulujhan,’ who defeated ‘Romosa’ (runner-up for ₹21,000) in the heads-up.

Monday Blues ₹1 Lakh GTD – Poker Dangal

Buy-in – ₹385

Entries – 108

Rebuys – 99

Add-ons – 56

Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000

Places Paid – 17

Poker Dangal’s ₹1 Lakh GTD Monday Blues brought in 263 entrants (108 unique, 99 rebuys and 56 add-ons), falling short by a marginal ₹7,950 against the posted guarantee.

Anonymous user ‘Brainteaser’ outlasted the field to clinch the title and the top cash prize of ₹24,000.

Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹275

Entries – 43

Re-entries – 23

Prize Pool – ₹20,000

Places Paid – 7

‘happysting’ defeated ‘maklas’ heads-up to win Khelo365’s Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD for ₹7,200. The latter pocketed ₹4,000.

The event had an overlay of ₹3,500 on the back of a field of 66 entries (43 unique and 23 re-entries).

This report was updated at 2:30 PM on 16.06.2020.

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