Daily Majors: Kripalani, Labroo, Gangwar, Prakash & Ray Dominate the Tuesday Marquees

With the WPT Online India series and the FTS now in the rear-view mirror, the MTT action has dropped significantly. Tuesday saw most of the big-ticket tourneys registering significant overlays, with the Diwali Rush series on PokerStars India being the only prominent MTT series currently underway.

Here is a quick recap of all that transpired yesterday.

Spartan Poker

Setting the virtual felts on fire was the Spartan Poker-hosted ₹20 Lakhs GTD Mega Stack. The ₹3,300 entry buy-in tourney offered the biggest prize pool guarantee of the day. Still, with a turnout of 580 entries, the tourney recorded a sizable ₹2.60 Lakhs overlay. It took a little over seven hours of play for a winner to emerge, with ‘vysh4987’ walking away with the title for a site-best ₹3.69 Lakhs in prize money. The player now has ₹9.19 Lakhs in recorded earnings on Spartan Poker. ‘legendof91’ collected ₹2.42 Lakhs for their runner-up finish.

The other Tuesday night marquee on Spartan Poker, the ₹7 Lakhs GTD The Race, smashed its advertised guarantee as 471 runners helped collect ₹7.07 Lakhs in the prize pool. Starting out at 9.30 PM, the tourney came to a close at 4.21 AM on Wednesday, with Utkarsh ‘kidpokerNJ’ Vaish taking down the title for ₹1.19 Lakhs (after a four-way deal). Vaish’s lifetime tally now reflects ₹69.25 Lakhs in recorded earnings. ‘vrockz’ (runner-up for ₹81,980), ‘Twenty Four’ (3rd for ₹81,434), and ‘Gdsa’ (4th for ₹78,197) were the other beneficiaries of the deal.

PokerStars India

The featured tourney on Day 3 of PokerStars India’s Diwali Rush Series, the ₹12 Lakhs GTD DIWALI RUSH-17 Sixth Sense, logged in 321 entries to register an overlay deficit of ₹2.37 Lakhs. The 7.30 PM tourney ended at 2.58 AM after Siddharth ‘gangnam gangi’ Gangwar defeated PokerGuru Ambassador Jayjit ‘unlucky2k’ Ray in the heads-up to win ₹2.14 Lakhs. The victory helped Gangwar improve his MTT tally to ₹43.55 Lakhs. Ray banked ₹1.52 Lakhs for his runner-up finish.

The ₹5 Lakhs GTD DIWALI RUSH-19 Uppercut Mini pulled in 219 entries to post a guarantee-crushing ₹5.48 Lakhs prize pool. The anonymous site-reg ‘yash1805’ topped the competition to win ₹1.25 Lakhs (₹50,472 in prize money and ₹74,785 in bounties). The former HERCULES runner-up currently sits on ₹57.89 Lakhs in recorded earnings on PokerStars India – ₹18.75 Lakhs of them in profits. The runner-up ‘ASG 961’ collected ₹49,206 (₹36,589 in prize money and ₹12,617 in bounties).

Prerit ‘robben1309’ Bais navigated his way through the 126 entry-field in the ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD DIWALI RUSH-20 Supersonic to win ₹28,198, following a heads-up deal with Rahul ‘andarkiaag’ Thakur (runner-up for ₹28,879).

All the ITM finishers in the DIWALI RUSH-17 Sixth Sense and the DIWALI RUSH-20 Supersonic collected TLB points towards the “Star of the Month” – November leaderboard race. For complete details on the “Star of the Month” promotion and the latest leaderboard standings, visit the promotions page.

Adda52

The biggest draw of the day on Adda52 was the ₹15 Lakhs GTD The Mint. The ₹3,850 entry buy-in tourney signed up 381 entries to post an overlay of ₹1.67 Lakhs. Blazing his way to the top was none other than the WPT India Super High Roller champion Siddhanth ‘Sidstack’ Kripalani, who added ₹3.75 Lakhs to his bankroll after the win. The Game Changer 3.0 winner now has over ₹1.93 Crores in earnings this year, while his lifetime MTT scores have crossed ₹2.6 Crores. The 2020 India Poker Champion, Rubin ‘kornkif’ Labroo, pocketed ₹2.27 Lakhs for his runner-up finish.

The other Adda52 marquee, the ₹3 Lakhs GTD Hexagram, signed up 152 hopefuls to collect a guarantee-surpassing ₹3.04 Lakhs. It took a little over five hours of play for the two-time Inception champion, Pawan ‘_luffy_1x1’ Tez, to come out on top and win ₹85,880. Sandeep ’40chor’ Bhatnagar finished runner-up for ₹56,240.

PokerBaazi

PokerBaazi’s Tuesday flagship, The Endeavour, logged in 292 entries, registering a significant ₹1.78 Lakhs overlay on its ₹12 Lakhs prize pool guarantee. Bringing the proceedings to an end was ‘borntrouble’ (anonymity requested), who cut his way through the crowded field to win ₹2.65 Lakhs. Bhanu ‘Chennaino1’ Prakash KC finished runner-up for ₹1.86 Lakhs.

This happens to be the third time ‘borntrouble’ has won The Endeavour title, and it’s their second time in the last 30 days. They had won this event on November 4 for the exact same prize money. ‘borntrouble’ has had an extremely profitable year and is currently ranked #14 in the annual leaderboard with ₹2.51 Crores in recorded earnings. Their lifetime MTT scores have reached ₹3.71 Crores.

The ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD Tuesday Turbo registered 113 entries to post an overlay deficit of ₹24,000. Harsh ‘100crdream’ Dembla, who had posted an incredible four FT finished on Monday, persisting with his stellar form, championed the tourney to win ₹67,000. The anonymous ‘6s1ikpxwick’ finished runner-up for ₹46,925.

The ₹2 Lakhs GTD PBBS Main Event played out Flight 2 yesterday, attracting 96 entrants to add to its existing 149 entries from Flight 1. Only nine players bagged Day 2 stacks, and leading them was Yug ‘khurafati’ Thatiya (322,000). ‘sumansaurabhsingh’ (302,000), and ‘Mkumar12’ (277,000) rounded out the top three stacks of the day. Flight 1 chip leader ‘blackrathi’ continues to hold the overall chip lead with a stack of 370,000. Flight 3 is scheduled to start at 8 PM today.

The other Tuesday winners were:

Mega Stack ₹20 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹3,300

Entries – 295

Re-entries – 127

Re-buys – 158

Prize Pool – ₹20,00,000

Places Paid – 63

The Tuesday headliner on Spartan Poker was the ₹20 Lakhs GTD Mega Stack that logged in 580 entries to post a sizeable deficit of ₹2.60 Lakhs.

A little over seven hours of play later, mystery user ‘vysh4987’ came out on top to win the title and ₹3.69 Lakhs in prize money. The player currently has ₹9.19 Lakhs in recorded earnings on Spartan Poker but is in the red for ₹10.45 Lakhs.

The runner-up finisher ‘legendof91’ received ₹2.42 Lakhs for their efforts.

PokerBaazi’s ₹15 Lakhs GTD The Weekly HighRoller champion from November 20, Sanat ‘avneed’ Mehrotra (7^th for ₹64,200), also FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. vysh4987 – ₹3,68,855
2. legendof91 – ₹2,42,036
3. Vamsi12 – ₹1,95,109
4. Deepamar – ₹1,39,000
5. blackdgold – ₹1,09,000
6. BeBoT – ₹85,400
7. Sanat ‘avneed’ Mehrotra – ₹64,200
8. chotunikat – ₹45,600
9. misamvasr – ₹36,400

The Mint ₹15 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹3,850

Entries – 206

Re-entries – 175

Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000

Places Paid – 38

Adda52’s featured Tuesday tourney, the ₹15 Lakhs GTD The Mint, took off as scheduled at 8 PM. The event brought in a starting field of 381 entries, overlaying ₹1.66 Lakhs.

It took almost eight hours to play down to a winner, with Siddhanth ‘Sidstack’ Kripalani taking home the ₹3.75 Lakhs first-place cash prize.

Kripalani, a former Game Changer champion, had captured the WPT India Super High Roller title on November 12 for ₹19.37 Lakhs. His lifetime MTT winnings have crossed ₹2.60 Crores after last night`s win.

The 2020 India Poker Champion Rubin ‘kornkif’ Labroo pocketed a runner-up payday of ₹2.27 Lakhs. Pranay ‘setmeup’ Chawla (3^rd for ₹1.65 Lakhs), Ashwin ‘Ashwinvijay1399’ Vijay (4^th for ₹1.20 Lakhs), and Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra (8^th for ₹37,500) were the other FT finishers.

Final Table Results

1. Siddhanth ‘Sidstack’ Kripalani – ₹3,75,000
2. Rubin ‘kornkif’ Labroo – ₹2,27,250
3. Pranay ‘setmeup’ Chawla – ₹1,65,000
4. Ashwin ‘Ashwinvijay1399’ Vijay – ₹1,20,000
5. mukeshgahkot542 – ₹81,000
6. LOOSER_MM – ₹56,250
7. riokid – ₹45,000
8. Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra – ₹37,500

The Endeavour ₹12 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹3,850

Entries – 182

Re-entries – 110

Prize Pool – ₹12,00,000

Places Paid – 36

Like the Mega Stack and The Mint, PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour was also hit by the overlay avalanche. It suffered a significant ₹1.78 Lakhs deficit on its ₹12 Lakhs prize pool guarantee on the back of 292 participants.

After almost seven hours of intense action, ‘borntrouble’ raced past the competition to win ₹2.65 Lakhs. Another well-known online reg Bhanu ‘Chennaino1’ Prakash KC finished runner-up for ₹1.86 Lakhs.

Taliwagang ‘Meverick’ Jamir (3^rd for ₹1.19 Lakhs), Siddharth ‘Siddonuts’ Pandey (4^th for ₹88,560), Abhishek ‘AbhishekRathod’ Rathod (5^th for ₹66,480), Utsav ‘ranny006’ Taneja (6^th for ₹53,160), Chirag ‘miyagi’ Sodha (7^th for ₹44,160), and Divij ‘divij24’ Soni (8^th for ₹35,400) were others who FT-ed the tourney!

Final Table Results

1. borntrouble – ₹2,65,080
2. Bhanu ‘Chennaino1’ Prakash KC – ₹1,86,000
3. Taliwagang ‘Meverick’ Jamir – ₹1,19,640
4. Siddharth ‘Siddonuts’ Pandey – ₹88,560
5. Abhishek ‘AbhishekRathod’ Rathod – ₹66,480
6. Utsav ‘ranny006’ Taneja – ₹53,160
7. Chirag ‘miyagi’ Sodha – ₹44,160
8. Divij ‘divij24’ Soni – ₹35,400

DIWALI RUSH-17 Sixth Sense ₹12 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹3,300

Entries – 159

Re-entries – 162

Prize Pool – ₹12,00,000

Places Paid – 59

The ₹3,300 entry buy-in DIWALI RUSH-17 Sixth Sense returned at 7.30 PM last night with a prize pool guarantee of ₹12 Lakhs. However, a turnout of 321 entries (159 unique and 162 re-entries) translated into an overlay of ₹2.37 Lakhs.

The top 59 players earned a share of the prize pool while also collecting points towards the final week of PokerStars India`s “Star of the Month” – November leaderboard race.

Taking his run to the podium eventually was Siddharth ‘gangnam gangi’ Gangwar, who won ₹2.14 Lakhs after pipping PokerGuru Ambassador Jayjit ‘unlucky2k’ Ray in heads-up play. The win has spun up Gangwar’s lifetime MTT scores to ₹43.55 Lakhs.

Ray collected ₹1.52 Lakhs for his runner-up finish.

Abhishek ‘Addysonu’ Sonu (3^rd for ₹1.08 Lakhs), Amit ‘Stu Ungar 7694’ Kaushik (4^th for ₹76,195), Siddhanth ‘dodgemachine’ Kripalani (5^th for ₹53,966), Ranjeet ‘Bedevilforyou’ Negi (6^th for ₹38,222), and PokerGuru Ambassador Ratul ‘MuscariAs’ Steves (7^th for ₹31,365) also FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Siddharth ‘gangnam gangi’ Gangwar – ₹2,14,463
2. Jayjit ‘unlucky2k’ Ray – ₹1,51,896
3. Abhishek ‘Addysonu’ Sonu – ₹1,07,581
4. Amit ‘Stu Ungar 7694’ Kaushik – ₹76,195
5. Siddhanth ‘dodgemachine’ Kripalani – ₹53,966
6. Ranjeet ‘Bedevilforyou’ Negi – ₹38,222
7. Ratul ‘MuscariAs’ Steves – ₹31,365

The Race ₹7 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 250

Re-entries – 63

Re-buys – 158

Prize Pool – ₹7,06,500

Places Paid – 39

Spartan Poker’s ₹7 Lakhs GTD The Race did better than the Mega Stack. Gathering 471 participants, the late-night tourney amassed ₹7.06 Lakhs in the prize pool.

It took almost eight hours of play before Utkarsh ‘kidpokerNJ’ Vaish emerged as the victor, netting ₹1.19 Lakhs for the win. He struck a four-way deal with ‘vrockz’ (runner-up for ₹81,980), ‘Twenty Four’ (3^rd for ₹81,434), and ‘Gdsa’ (4^th for ₹78,197).

Rising Star Aman ‘Karmapoker’ Parakh (5^th for ₹43,591) and Sanket ‘BANK$Y’ Arora (7^th for ₹24,233) also earned final table payouts.

Final Table Results

1. Utkarsh ‘kidpokerNJ’ Vaish – ₹1,18,704*
2. vrockz – ₹81,980*
3. Twenty Four – ₹81,434*
4. Gdsa – ₹78,197*
5. Aman ‘Karmapoker’ Parakh – ₹43,591
6. misamvasr – ₹32,994
7. Sanket ‘BANK$Y’ Arora – ₹24,233
8. TheAceCrown – ₹17,804
9. Alley95 – ₹14,766
   *denotes four-way deal

DIWALI RUSH-19 Uppercut Mini ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 112

Re-entries – 107

Total Prize Pool – ₹5,47,500

Regular Prize Pool – ₹2,73,750

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹2,73,750

Places Paid – 41

Starting off 90 minutes after the Sixth Sense on PokerStars India was the ₹5 Lakhs GTD DIWALI RUSH-19 Uppercut Mini. The bounty event dragged in a field of 219 entries (112 unique and 107 re-entries) to collect a generous ₹5.48 Lakhs prize pool. The play took about six hours to culminate. In the end, it was ‘yash1805’ who captured the title for a ₹1.25 Lakhs payday.

Amar ‘AceConsultant’ Mehta (3^rd for ₹40,040), Anmolraj Singh ‘modi chai wala’ Chawla (5^th for ₹27,767), and Akshay ‘ak7208’ Panwar (7^th for ₹17,357) also final tabled the event.

Final Table Results

1. yash1805 – ₹1,25,257
2. ASG 961 – ₹49,206
3. Amar ‘AceConsultant’ Mehta – ₹40,040
4. viveksaini – ₹22,041
5. Anmolraj Singh ‘modi chai wala’ Chawla – ₹27,767
6. gb253 – ₹11,980
7. Akshay ‘ak7208’ Panwar – ₹17,357

Hexagram ₹3 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 90

Re-entries – 62

Prize Pool – ₹3,04,000

Places Paid – 15

The ₹3 Lakhs GTD Hexagram attracted 152 entrants that saw the event surpass its advertised guarantee by ₹4,000.

Adda52 regular Pawan ‘_luffy_1x1’ Tez took down the event after defeating Sandeep ’40chor’ Bhatnagar (runner-up for ₹56,240) in the heads-up finale. Tez padded his bankroll by ₹85,880 and now has ₹69.59 Lakhs in MTT earnings on the site.

Shashank ‘Goldfish03’ Shekhar (3^rd for ₹39,520), Shivam ‘barbarik12’ Kumar Singh (5^th for ₹21,280), and Abhiroop ‘Daniel90’ Gupta (6^th for ₹13,680) also cashed the final table.

Tuesday Turbo ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 76

Re-entries – 37

Prize Pool – ₹2,50,000

Places Paid – 15

The ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD Tuesday Turbo logged in 113 entries to leave an overlay of ₹24,000, and the top 15 places finished ITM.

Harsh ‘100crdream’ Dembla persisting with his phenomenal form, took down the title, banking ₹67,000 in the process. The anonymous ‘6s1ikpxwick’ finished runner-up for ₹46,925. With this victory, Dembla has won back-to-back 9 PM Special tourney victories on PokerBaazi. He had shipped the Monday MonsterStack for ₹53,600 on Monday.

Shubham ‘BamBhole3796’ Tyagi (7^th for ₹11,150) and Mohammad ‘chandlerbing’ Azhar (8^th for ₹8,925) also posted FT scores.

PBBS#9 Main Event Flight 2 ₹2 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹220

Entries – 66

Re-entries – 30

Survivors – 9

Flight 2 of the ₹2 Lakhs GTD PBBS#9 Main Event signed up 96 runners, and only nine among them made it through to Day 2.

Yug ‘khurafati’ Thatiya (322,000) emerged as the end of day chip leader with ‘sumansaurabhsingh’ (302,000) and ‘Mkumar12’ (277,000) rounding out the top three stacks of the day.

Chaitanya ‘chaitanyadhingra’ Dhingra (150,000) and Rohit ‘mrblue1205’ Malhotra (78,860) were the other known players who managed to bag up for Day 2.

Complete Chip Counts at the End of Flight 2

1. Yug ‘khurafati’ Thatiya – 322,000
2. sumansaurabhsingh – 302,000
3. Mkumar12 – 277,000
4. Chaitanya ‘chaitanyadhingra’ Dhingra – 150,000
5. khrawkupar – 138,000
6. Rohit ‘mrblue1205’ Malhotra – 78,860
7. parthkj – 74,870
8. redsniper11 – 66,350
9. chaiwalla79 – 31,070

DIWALI RUSH-20 Supersonic ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 80

Re-entries – 46

Prize Pool – ₹1,50,000

Places Paid – 20

With 126 total entries, PokerStars India’s ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD DIWALI RUSH-20 Supersonic registered an overlay of ₹24,000. Prerit ‘robben1309’ Bais was the last player standing in the tourney and won ₹28,198, following a heads-up deal with Rahul ‘andarkiaag’ Thakur (runner-up for ₹28,879).

Battlefield Tuesday (WTB) ₹1 Lakhs GTD – PokerDangal

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 67

Re-entries – 27

Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000

Places Paid – 15

The ₹1 Lakhs GTD Battlefield Tuesday drew 94 runners, falling six entries short of its 100-player guarantee. ‘SotalyTober’ was the last player standing in the tourney and won ₹24,000.

A total of 15 finishers earned payouts, and among the known names on the FT was Subham ‘Jokermaniac’ Khandelwal (4^th for ₹9,500).

Pocket Jacks ₹75K GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 98

Re-entries – 60

Prize Pool – ₹79,000

Places Paid – 24

Pocket52’s ₹75K GTD Pocket Jacks pulled in 158 challengers who ponied up the ₹550 entry buy-in, and the top 24 places shared the ₹79,000 prize pool.

‘Kingofnoob’ topped them all to collect ₹16,590 in prize money after beating Hriday ‘MARRII’ Mondal (runner-up for ₹12,245) in the heads-up play.

Ronit ‘Ace_of_Spades’ Saha (3^rd for ₹9,085) FT-ed the tourney.

Unravel ₹50K GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹440

Entries – 61

Re-entries – 48

Prize Pool – ₹50,000

Places Paid – 17

The ₹50K GTD Unravel pulled in 109 runners who bought in for ₹440, and the top 17 finishers benefitted from the ₹6,400 overlay.

The winner emerged in ‘joppaaayyyym,’ who claimed the top prize worth ₹11,500 after defeating ‘allinle’ (runner-up for ₹8,250) in the heads-up play.

Vinit ‘Mcbaba’ Tiwari (5^th for ₹3,750) FT-ed the tourney.

Under The Gun ₹20K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹330

Entries – 18

Re-entries – 7

Re-buys – 21

Add-ons – 14

Prize Pool – ₹20,000

Places Paid – 3

Khelo365’s ₹20K GTD Under The Gun registered 60 entries. ‘acedealer’ shipped the tourney for ₹10,000, while ‘Chancetaker’ (2^nd for ₹6,000) and ‘maklas’ (3^rd for ₹4,000) were the other ITM finishers in the tourney.

Stop Watch ₹10K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹220

Entries – 10

Re-entries – 15

Prize Pool – ₹10,000

Places Paid – 4

The ₹10K GTD Stop Watch on Khelo365 logged in 25 entries. ‘Star345’ took down the event for ₹4,600, with ‘rajiya99’ finishing runner-up for ₹2,600.

‘Pubg2222’ (3rd for ₹1,600) and ‘Dynamand’ (4th for ₹1,200) rounded out the ITM finishers in the tourney.

This report was updated at 4 PM on 25.11.2020.

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