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On the heels of a firecracker Sunday, Monday too had a lot to offer with our PokerGuru Ambassadors dominating the action. Spartan Poker’s Spartan Super Series is setting the virtual felts on fire, and the biggest draw on Monday was the SSS#33 ReCharge ₹18 Lakhs GTD. Attracting a field of 1,058 entries (460 unique, 210 re-entries, and 388 rebuys), the tournament smashed its advertised guarantee and posted a massive prize pool of ₹21.16 Lakhs. In tune with the current crisis, it was a player with the moniker ‘corona virus’ who took down the tourney to win ₹3 Lakhs, following a three-way deal with Dhirendra ‘dhiru91’ Kumar (runner-up for ₹2.70 Lakhs) and Alok ‘Mazacar’ Birewar (3rd for ₹2.59 Lakhs).
The other big-ticket tourney on Spartan Poker was the SSS#34 Deep Freeze ₹8 Lakhs GTD that gathered 131 entries, falling ₹14,000 short of meeting its listed guarantee. Online reg Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia beat out another site regular Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma heads-up to win the ₹2.01 Lakhs up top. Verma pocketed the second-place prize money worth ₹1.36 Lakhs.
Up-and-coming player Shardul ‘F – Bomb’ Parthasarathi added yet another title to his tally as he won the SSS#30 Afternoon Showdown ₹8 Lakhs GTD for ₹1.69 Lakhs. Dheeraj Kumar ‘danial13’ Bairineni placed runner-up for ₹1.13 Lakhs. The tourney logged in 346 entries (158 unique, 56 re-entries, and 132 rebuys), resulting in an overlay of ₹1.08 Lakhs.
The SSS#31 Destiny Jr ₹6 Lakhs GTD crowned a winner in ‘Danny132‘ who topped a field of 491 entries (222 unique, 198 re-entries, and 71 rebuys) and netted ₹1.59 Lakhs in prize money. Here again, the site was forced to fill in an overlay, and the net outflow was ₹1.09 Lakhs.
PokerBaazi’s Monday bonanza, The Bout ₹10 Lakhs GTD, registered 574 entries (268 unique and 308 re-entries), generating a ₹14.40 Lakhs prize pool. Accomplished MTT player and the 2019 IPC ₹100K High Roller champion Pranay ‘setmeup’ Chawla obliterated the field, besting ‘Apocalyoto‘ (runner-up for ₹1.90 Lakhs) heads-up to claim a top prize of ₹2.72 Lakhs.
Another player who dominated the PokerBaazi felts last night was PokerGuru Ambassador Parikshit ‘zapdos1234’ Dhall. He final tabled all three marquee tourneys on the site yesterday; finishing third in The Bout for ₹1.22 Lakhs, runner-up in the Bout Mini ₹5 Lakhs GTD for ₹82,550 and sixth in the Monday MegaStack ₹2 Lakhs GTD for ₹11,260.
The Inception ₹12.5 Lakhs GTD on Adda52 attracted 472 participants (228 unique and 244 re-entries), collecting a prize pool worth ₹15.10 Lakhs. PokerGuru Ambassador Kartik ‘Pegasus1505’ Ved fired seven bullets in the tourney before ultimately taking down the event for a handsome payout worth ₹3.70 Lakhs. Vaibhav ‘vaibsaarav’ Shah came in second for ₹2.19 Lakhs. Ved also final tabled the Hexagram ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD, finishing sixth for ₹13,230.
Anonymous user ‘FlyInGAcE’ ran past a field of 193 entries (107 entries and 86 re-entries) in Adda52’s AOPS Falcon ₹5 Lakhs GTD and banked a top prize worth ₹1.54 Lakhs. The event suffered an overlay of ₹1.14 Lakhs.
PokerStars India’s Monday Hustle ₹10 Lakhs GTD was walloped with a ₹2.12 Lakhs overlay on the back of a field of 197 entries (117 unique and 80 participants). An unknown player ‘tks5432′ took down the event, after striking a heads-up deal with PokerGuru Ambassador Gokul ‘Haxton Jr’ Raj (runner-up for ₹1.78 Lakhs) and took home a winner’s payday worth ₹1.62 Lakhs.
Meanwhile, Raj’s fellow Team Ambassador Vivek ‘Mystic Peaks’ Singh championed a field of 217 entries (125 unique and 92 re-entries) in the Battle Royale ₹5 Lakhs GTD on PokerStars India. Singh bagged the most significant portion of the ₹5.42 Lakhs prize pool worth ₹1.35 Lakhs for his win.
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