Daily Majors: Kwatra, Yadav, Lyndem, Bajaj & Ved Crush the Friday Flagships

It was an action-packed Friday with massive online stops like the record-shattering IOPC, the AOPS Special Edition, and the PMVS dominating the virtual felts. One standout performer among the unending list of winners last night was Guneet Kwatra. The online reg pocketed over ₹10.50 Lakhs from two top-two finishes.

Here`s the complete recap.

Spartan Poker

The showstopper tourney on Day 2 of the IOPC was the ₹45 Lakhs GTD IOPC #12 The Elite. The event turned out to be quite the crowd-puller as it gathered 615 entries to generate a guarantee-crushing ₹61.50 Lakhs prize pool. It all came down to a heads-up finale between MTT reg Guneet ‘guntz’ Kwatra and an unknown player ‘RegularPlaya.’ The duo quickly shook hands on a deal. Eventually, Kwatra banked ₹9.50 Lakhs for his runner-up finish while ‘RegularPlaya’ received ₹9.82 Lakhs for the victory. Even before chopping the Elite, Kwatra had championed the Friday Euphoria on PokerStars India for ₹98,956, scoring north of ₹10.50 Lakhs in total!

The first of three Millionaire editions at the IOPC, the ₹1.5 Crores GTD IOPC The Millionaire United, flagged off last night with Day 1A bringing in 639 entries (359 unique, 118 re-entries and 162 rebuys). Only 67 players advanced to Day 2 with PokerGuru Ambassador Jayjit ‘David Blaine’ Ray (245,190), bagging the most massive stack among the advancing players. Ashwin ‘A116’ Vijay (241,616) and Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma (229,116) were placed second and third in chips.

The ₹15 Lakhs GTD TGIF also logged in a sizable 1,533 entries to accrue a hefty ₹22.99 Lakhs in prize money. Thursday’s Ultron runner-up ‘GODSENT’ did even better on Friday as he captured the title for ₹3.49 Lakhs following a heads-up deal with ‘The Sightseer’ (runner-up for ₹3.33 Lakhs).

Online reg Banmanlang ‘bml2012’ Lyndem was another player who added an IOPC title to his name after outlasting 745 entries in the ₹8 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack for ₹2.87 Lakhs.

The ₹6 Lakhs GTD IOPC #9 registered 588 entries to generate a ₹8.82 Lakhs prize pool. Following a five-way deal, Suhas N ‘Skullkiker’ Yadav walked away with the title and ₹1.11 Lakhs!

Winning one of the seven IOPC tourneys yesterday was the former Millionaire champion Dhruvin ‘thepokerplayer’ Kothari. He took down the ₹5 Lakhs GTD IOPC #10 Monster Stack for ₹1.36 Lakhs following a heads-up deal with Yohan ‘PAPITO’ Patel (runner-up for ₹1.07 Lakhs).

PokerBaazi

PokerBaazi`s ₹10 Lakhs GTD PMVS #13 The Ridge pulled in 344 entries, and the top 49 places took a stab at the ₹10.32 Lakhs prize pool. Locking horns in the heads-up battle were PokerGuru Ambassador’s Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved and Devvrat ‘flopCheck’ Arya with the more experienced Ved coming out on top. Ved’s victory got him ₹2.16 Lakhs cash prize while Arya settled for the runner-up finish worth ₹1.51 Lakhs.

Running alongside The Ridge was the ₹5 Lakhs GTD PMVS #14 (8-Max) that clocked in 238 entries, resulting in a shortfall of ₹24,000. The winner emerged in Ayan ‘interalia_1’ Ray, who took away ₹1.17 Lakhs after defeating Pranjal ‘lilmessi’ Gandhi (runner-up for ₹82,550) heads-up.

Adda52

The featured AOPS tourney to play out on Friday was the ₹27,500 buy-in ₹50 Lakhs GTD Holdem High Roller. As expected, a star-studded field of 222 entrants jumped in to play, making for a guarantee-smashing ₹55.50 Lakhs prize pool! Racing past the heavyweights was the mystery crusher ‘Yud1006’ who took away ₹12.11 Lakhs prize pool following a heads-up chop with ‘SingleA’ (runner-up for ₹12 Lakhs). The winner had bagged the end of Day 1C chip lead in the AOPS Main Event on Thursday.

The FT was replete with MTT sickos like Devang ‘’spark123′ Yadav (3^rd for ₹6.66 Lakhs), Sriharsha ‘ivey2’ Doddapaneni (4th for ₹4.77 Lakhs), Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma (5th for ₹3.33 Lakhs), and Vaibhav ‘alienrobot’ Sharma (6th for ₹2.35 Lakhs). Other top regs like Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall (7th for ₹1.80 Lakhs), Chirag ‘cs56’ Sodha (8th for ₹1.38 Lakhs), and Vishal ‘amarkhatri999’ Tulsyan (9th for ₹1.11 Lakhs) also posted deep runs in the tourney.

The flagship ₹3 Crores GTD AOPS Main Event saw two more starting flights played out yesterday. Day 1D attracted 141 entries, of which only 10 players survived. The end-of-day chip leader, Rahul ‘rahulpalawat’ Jain, has also assumed the overall chip lead role in the event for now with a stack of 748,033. The other flight, Day 1E, like last night, did significantly better as 303 entries joined the action. Only 37 players survived through to Day 2. Ashish ‘goodpoker68’ Garg (469,205) came out in the chip lead with PokerGuru Ambassador Naresh ’emperor457′ Veeravalli (461,455) close on his coattails. After five starting flights, the event has logged in 1,240 entries and needs an additional 1,760 entries to break-even! OVERLAY ALERT!

The ₹10 Lakhs GTD AOPS NLHE registered a packed field of 547 entries to collect ₹12.44 Lakhs in the prize pool. Vinayak ‘bhai_on_mary_jane’ Bajaj squared off with Sumit ‘runrabbitrun’ Advani in the heads-up play, and the duo agreed to an almost equal chop. Bajaj went home richer by ₹2.37 Lakhs, while Advani collected an equally impressive ₹2.34 Lakhs.

Earlier in the day, Manish ‘newkidpoker’ Lakhotia championed the ₹5 Lakhs GTD AOPS Brunch for ₹1.25 Lakhs after defeating ‘vishalmaharaj’ heads-up.

PokerStars India

PokerStars India has been consistently filling in overlays, and Friday bought little respite. The site`s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Uppercut Magic Edition attracted 223 entries to leave an overlay of ₹1.08 Lakhs. Walking away with the gold was Rajat ‘sharabikebabi’ Sharma, who defeated PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer ‘ballistik310’ Singh Chadha heads-up to win ₹2.01 Lakhs. Chadha added ₹1.21 Lakhs to his ever-growing bankroll from the runner-up finish. Sharma now boasts of over ₹4.5 Crores in recorded online cashes!

Taking down the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Friday Euphoria title was none other than the Elite champion Guneet ‘gsk1515’ Kwatra, who collected the ₹98,956 first-place prize after defeating ‘max2172’ (runner-up for ₹75,065) in the heads-up. The ₹2,750 buy-in event had to fill in a significant ₹1.45 Lakhs overlay on the back of 142 entries.

Among the prominent winners on Friday was Young Gun Devang ‘spark123’ Yadav, who had a blissful birthday celebration with two FT finishes last night! The more prominent of the two was his third-place finish in the AOPS Holdem Highroller for ₹6,66,000.

The other Friday winners were:

AOPS ME ₹3 Crores GTD Day 1D – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 109

Re-entries – 32

Survivors – 10

The₹3 Crores GTD AOPS Main Event is fast approaching its finale. Friday saw two more flights played out on the site. Day 1D commenced at 4 PM and registered a starting field of 141 entries. Nearly four hours later, there were just 10 runners in the fray with Rahul ‘rahulpalawat’ Jain emerging as the flight`s chip leader with 748,033 in chips. ‘paare3’ (352,562) and ‘Siddle’ (217,512) rounded out the top three stacks.

The former AOPS Full House finale champion Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra (176,181), Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma (116,316), Sajal ‘sa_jal’ Gupta (115,670), Deepak ‘orionn7’ Raina (84,820) and Pulkit ‘championplayer’ Goyal (54,368) featured among the top 10 stacks.

Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1D

1. Rahul ‘rahulpalawat’ Jain – 748,033
2. paare3 – 352,562
3. Siddle – 217,512
4. Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra – 176,181
5. hellhell – 152,376
6. Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma – 116,316
7. Sajal ‘sa_jal’ Gupta – 115,670
8. sambluffer27 – 97,162
9. Deepak ‘orionn7’ Raina – 84,820
10. Pulkit ‘championplayer’ Goyal – 54,368

AOPS ME ₹3 Crores GTD Day 1E – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 217

Re-entries – 86

Survivors – 37

Day 1E of the AOPS Main Event commenced at 7 PM on Friday. Like Thursday, the turnout was significantly better than the afternoon flight, as 303 entries were counted. Ending a little after four hours at 11:10 PM, only 37 players made it across to Day 2.

Ashish ‘goodpoker68’ Garg claimed the Day 1E chip leader title with a stack of 469,205. PokerGuru Ambassador Naresh ’emperor457′ Veeravalli was close behind in second place with 461,455 in chips. An unknown player, ‘null_void’ (384,740), stood a distant third.

Anirudh ‘flash1303’ Reddy (135,066) and Gaurav ‘zillastar’ Bhandari (130,035) also bagged top stacks.

Four more flights are lined up over the weekend with Day 2 slated to begin at 10 PM on Sunday, July 12.

Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1E

1. Ashish ‘goodpoker68’ Garg – 469,205
2. Naresh ’emperor457′ Veeravalli – 461,455
3. null_void – 384,740
4. villan1122 – 250,696
5. oled – 192,757
6. Syntyche – 190,226
7. HaanMeinFlipHoon – 167,433
8. Anirudh ‘flash1303’ Reddy – 135,066
9. Gaurav ‘zillastar’ Bhandari – 130,035
10. StackOverflow – 127,313

IOPC- The Millionaire United ₹1.5 Crores GTD Day 1A – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹7,700

Entries – 359

Re-entries – 118

Rebuys – 162

Survivors – 67

The first of three Millionaire editions lined up at the IOPC began proceedings yesterday. Starting at 6 PM, Day 1A of the IOPC- The Millionaire United ₹1.5 Crores GTD logged in 639 entries (359 unique, 118 re-entries and 162 rebuys) by the time registrations closed.

It took a little more than four hours for the day to get over and leading the 67 players who survived the onslaught was PokerGuru Ambassador Jayjit ‘David Blaine’ Ray.

Ray’s best online score to-date came in March, when he captured the ₹50 Lakhs GTD AOPS Mega Suits Finale title for ₹10.26 Lakhs. Even though a Millionaire title has eluded him till now, he has undoubtedly made a good start in the event by bagging a massive stack of 245,190 for Day 2!

Ashwin ‘A116’ Vijay (241,616), and Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma (229,116) bagged the next top stacks on Day 1A.

Experienced campaigners like Young Gun Devang ‘equity_hunter’ Yadav (163,910), Nishant ‘FunkyouFTW1’ Sharma (163,553), and Sriharsha ‘Potato Player’ Doddapaneni (155,752) also carried big stacks to Day 2.

Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1A

1. Jayjit ‘David Blaine’ Ray – 245,190
2. Ashwin ‘A116’ Vijay – 241,616
3. Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma – 229,116
4. BuddyLove – 228,844
5. dhaval07 – 215,375
6. Persie – 186,353
7. Devang ‘equity_hunter’ Yadav – 163,910
8. Nishant ‘FunkyouFTW1’ Sharma – 163,553
9. Sriharsha ‘Potato Player’ Doddapaneni – 155,752
10. jailakshmi – 147,239

AOPS Holdem Highroller ₹50 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹27,500

Entries – 134

Re-entries – 88

Prize Pool – ₹55,50,000

Places Paid – 24

The biggest buy-in event at AOPS Special Edition, the ₹27,500 buy-in AOPS Holdem Highroller, ran with a ₹50 Lakhs prize pool guarantee. With a turnout of 222 entries, the marquee event sailed past its advertised guarantee to post a mouth-watering ₹55.50 Lakhs prize pool.

Mystery user ‘yud1006’was recently in the news after bagging the end-of-day chip lead on Day 1C of the AOPS ME. Grabbing the spotlight yet again, ‘yud1006’ juggernaut his way to the top of the field to win₹12.11 Lakhs after a heads-up deal with ‘singlea,’ who collected the second-place prize money worth ₹12 Lakhs.

A reg-infested final table saw the likes of birthday boy Devang ‘spark123’ Yadav (3^rd for ₹6.66 Lakhs), Sriharsha ‘ivey2’ Doddapaneni (4^th for ₹4.77 Lakhs), Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma (6^th for ₹3.33 Lakhs), and Vaibhav ‘alienrobot’ Sharma (6^th for ₹2.35 Lakhs), all vying for the top honors.

Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall (7^th for ₹1.80 Lakhs), Chirag ‘cs56’ Sodha (8^th for ₹1.38 Lakhs), and Vishal ‘amarkhatri999’ Tulsyan (9^th for ₹1.11 Lakhs) were others who posted a deep run in the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. yud1006 – ₹12,11,031*
2. singlea – ₹12,00,444*
3. Devang ‘spark123’ Yadav – ₹6,66,000
4. Sriharsha ‘ivey2’ Doddapaneni – ₹4,77,300
5. Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma – ₹3,33,000
6. Vaibhav ‘alienrobot’ Sharma – ₹2,35,875
7. Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall – ₹1,80,375
8. Chirag ‘cs56’ Sodha – ₹1,38,750
9. Vishal ‘amarkhatri999’ Tulsyan – ₹1,11,000

*denotes heads-up deal

IOPC #12 The Elite ₹45 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 304

Re-entries – 132

Rebuys – 179

Prize Pool – ₹61,50,000

Places Paid – 63

Running alongside The Millionaire was the ₹45 Lakhs GTD IOPC #12 The Elite. The event began at 9.30 PM and saw 615 hopefuls pony up the ₹11,000 buy-in. Tournament organizers had good reason to celebrate as the Friday flagship tourney logged in a smashing ₹61.50 Lakhs prize pool – over 35% more than its posted guarantee!

It took almost nine hours to find a champion. As is common in flagship tourneys, there was a heads-up deal made between ‘RegularPlaya’ and Guneet’ guntz’ Kwatra. The former won the title and a ₹9.82 Lakhs payday, with Kwatra taking up second place for ₹9.50 Lakhs.

Anurag ‘Sangahi’ Sangahi finished 4^th for ₹4.18 Lakhs.

Final Table Results

1. RegularPlaya – ₹9,82,966*
2. Guneet ‘guntz’ Kwatra – ₹9,50,471*
3. HerMess – ₹5,31,237
4. Anurag ‘Sangahi’ Sangahi – ₹4,18,537
5. BuddyLove – ₹3,35,175
6. evilpotato – ₹2,55,717
7. Nedstark_25 – ₹1,97,415
8. Sharkfishh – ₹1,40,220
9. wirepower – ₹1,11,930

*denotes heads-up deal

IOPC #11 TGIF ₹15 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 697

Re-entries – 236

Rebuys – 600

Prize Pool – ₹22,99,500

Places Paid – 135

Like The Elite, the₹15 Lakhs GTD IOPC #11 TGIF saw a heads-up deal closing out the event. The ₹1,650 buy-in tourney began at 8 PM and attracted a smashing 1,533 entries – ensuring that the prize pool collected was 50% more than the posted guarantee, coming to ₹22.99 Lakhs! Walking away with the title was ‘GODSENT,’ who pocketed ₹3.49 Lakhs following a heads-up deal with ‘The Sightseer’ (runner-up for ₹3.33 Lakhs).

Abhishek ‘allout1’ Jaiswal (5^th for ₹1.06 Lakhs), PokerGuru Ambassadors Rony ‘ChipTricks’ Chowdhury (6^th for ₹78,643) and Vivek ‘KasolHieghts’ Singh (7^th for ₹56,315) and Siddarth ‘PeterPunter’ Singhvi (8^th for ₹40,126) were the other prominent FT scorers.

Final Table Results

1. GODSENT – ₹3,49,3968*
2. The Sightseer – ₹3,33,804*
3. evilpotato – ₹1,81,890
4. Vakeel_sahab – ₹1,36,590
5. Abhishek ‘allout1’ Jaiswal – ₹106,237
6. Rony ‘ChipTricks’ Chowdhury – ₹78,643
7. Vivek ‘KasolHieghts’ Singh – ₹56,315
8. Siddarth ‘PeterPunter’ Singhvi – ₹40,126
9. Maze Runner – ₹31,687

denotes heads-up deal

AOPS NLHE ₹10 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in ₹2,500

Entries – 273

Re-entries – 274

Prize Pool – ₹12,44,425

Places Paid – 55

Vinayak ‘bhai_on_mary_jane’ Bajaj championed the 547-strong entry field of the ₹10 Lakhs GTD AOPS NLHE and banked the lion’s share of the ₹12.44 Lakhs prize pool worth ₹2.37 Lakhs. Following a heads-up chop, Sumit ‘runrabbitrun’ Advani pocketed an equally impressive ₹2.34 Lakhs.

The event paid out the top 55 finishers. The notables who made it to the final table included Young Gun Anuj ‘anuj25395’ Yadav (4^th for ₹93,332), Ayaz ‘khan1977’ Khan (5^th for ₹62,221), Srihari ‘zombieballs’ Bang (7^th for ₹31,111) and PokerGuru Ambassador Kartik ‘Pegasus1505’ Ved (9^th for ₹18,666).

Final Table Results

1. Vinayak ‘bhai_on_mary_jane’ Bajaj – ₹2,37,963*
2. Sumit ‘runrabbitrun’ Advani – ₹2,34,919*
3. saurabh21 – ₹1,18,220
4. Anuj ‘anuj25395’ Yadav – ₹93,332
5. Ayaz ‘khan1977’ Khan – ₹62,221
6. GigaaBet – ₹43,555
7. Srihari ‘zombieballs’ Bang – ₹31,111
8. Saurabhg321 – ₹24,889
9. Kartik ‘Pegasus1505’ Ved – ₹18,666

*denotes heads-up deal

PMVS #13 The Ridge ₹10 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹3,300

Entries – 205

Re-entries – 139

Prize Pool – ₹10,32,000

Places Paid – 49

The PokerBaazi Monthly Value Series’ Friday night extravaganza, the ₹10 Lakhs GTD PMVS #13 The Ridge pulled in 344 entries (205 unique and 139 re-entries), to successfully cross the break-even line by ₹32,000.

In the late hours of the night, PokerGuru Ambassador Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved and his fellow stablemate Devvrat ‘flopCheck’ Arya battled it out for the title. The eventual result was that Ved, who had last won an event in May (Adda52’s Godfather for ₹7.05 Lakhs), was finally able to end his 42-day title drought by winning this event for ₹2.17 Lakhs.

The runner-up Arya, who had won PokerStars India’s Night on Stars on Wednesday for ₹1.52 Lakhs, settled for the runner-up prize worth ₹1.52 Lakhs.

The final table featured a third PokerGuru Ambassador also, namely, Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja. Ahuja placed sixth for ₹43,344.

The other notables on the FT included Sagar ‘StuTheKidUngar’ Patnaik (3^rd for ₹97,524), Young Gun Devang ‘laila’ Yadav (5^th for ₹54,180), Sumit ‘boronyx’ Sapra (8^th for ₹28,896), and Shravan ‘FishStars’ Chhabria (9^th for ₹21,672).

Final Table Results

1. Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved – ₹2,16,720
2. Devvrat ‘flopCheck’ Arya – ₹1,51,704
3. Sagar ‘StuTheKidUngar’ Patnaik – ₹97,524
4. Intruder – ₹72,240
5. Devang ‘laila’ Yadav – ₹54,180
6. Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja – ₹43,344
7. Nishant372 – ₹36,120
8. Sumit ‘boronyx’ Sapra – ₹28,896
9. Shravan ‘FishStars’ Chhabria – ₹21,672

Uppercut Magic Edition ₹10 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹4,400

Entries – 129

Re-entries – 94

Total Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Regular Prize Pool – ₹5,54,000

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹4,46,000

Places Paid – 41

PokerStars India`s Friday primetime tourney, the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Uppercut Magic Edition, attracted 223 entries (129 unique and 94 re-entries) registering an overlay of ₹1.08 Lakhs.

With 41 places paid, Sandeep’ effuno007’ Varma RS was the tourney’s money bubble, ensuring the remaining players the ₹4,214 min-cash.

After just a little over seven and a half hours of play and using three bullets Rajat ‘sharabikebabi’ Sharma climbed his way to the top and won ₹2.01 Lakhs (₹88,095 in prize money and ₹1,13,234 in bounties).

This is the second time that Sharma has won this tourney. This previous win dates back to September last year, where he had pocketed ₹2.03 Lakhs. Considered one of the country’s top players, Sharma boasts of over ₹4.5 Crores in recorded online winnings.

Sharma defeated PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer ‘ballistik310’ Singh Chadha heads-up. Chadha is currently ranked #6 on the yearly leaderboard and took home ₹1.22 Lakhs (₹88,094 in prize money and ₹33,960 in bounties).

Sharma had to make it past a host of tough opponents on the FT to win the title. This included Srihari ‘bangbang1999’ Bang (3rd for ₹75,897), Ranjeet ‘Bedevilforyou’ Negi (5^th for ₹54,334), Shardul ‘merci999’ Parthasarathi (7^th for ₹27,786), and Vikram ‘GreenSTUFF79’ Mishra (9^th for ₹22,778).

Final Table Results (Including Bounties)

1. Rajat ‘sharabikebabi’ Sharma – ₹2,01,329
2. Arjanveer ‘ballistik310’ Singh Chadha – ₹1,21,954
3. Srihari ‘bangbang1999’ Bang – ₹75,897
4. NuttyManiac – ₹53,163
5. Ranjeet ‘Bedevilforyou’ Negi – ₹54,334
6. sumitm74 – ₹28,137
7. Shardul ‘merci999’ Parthasarathi – ₹27,786
8. you3bi4b – ₹16,778
9. Vikram ‘GreenSTUFF79’ Mishra – ₹22,778

IOPC #13 – Monster Stack ₹8 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 389

Re-entries – 108

Rebuys – 248

Prize Pool – ₹14,90,000

Places Paid – 71

Topping a field of 745 entries (389 unique, 108 re-entries and 248 rebuys), Banmanlang ‘bml2012’ Lyndem captured Spartan Poker’s ₹8 Lakhs GTD IOPC #13 – Monster Stack for ₹2.87 Lakhs.

Lyndem’s final opponent was ‘$ura13,’ who won₹1.81 Lakhs for their runner-up finish.

The tournament was another one on the IOPC’s Friday schedule to obliterate its advertised guarantee by a whopping margin. In fact, the ₹14.90 Lakhs prize pool generated was 85% over the listed guarantee.

PokerGuru Ambassador Naresh ‘FreeFlow’ Veeravalli (3^rd for ₹1.29 Lakhs), Sanat ‘avneed’ Mehrotra (4^th for ₹1.02 Lakhs) and Ravee Mathi Sundara ‘R4Rounder’ Jaya Jothi (5^th for ₹80,311) were some prominent regs who FT-ed the tourney!

Final Table Results

1. Banmanlang ‘bml2012’ Lyndem – ₹2,87,570
2. $ura13 – ₹1,81,184
3. Naresh ‘FreeFlow’ Veeravalli – ₹1,29,779
4. Sanat ‘avneed’ Mehrotra – ₹1,02,214
5. Ravee Mathi Sundara ‘R4Rounder’ Jaya Jothi – ₹80,311
6. Escobar – ₹62,729
7. GODSENT – ₹47,233
8. chicky – ₹32,929
9. whateverhaha – ₹26,075

IOPC #9 ₹6 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 257

Re-entries – 78

Rebuys- 253

Prize Pool – ₹8,82,000

Places Paid- 47

The ₹6 Lakhs GTD IOPC #9 played out amid 588 contenders (257 unique, 78 re-entries, and 253 rebuys) on Friday. While the final 47 players earned a cut from the ₹8.82 Lakhs prize pool, Suhas N ‘Skullkiker’ Yadav was declared the winner and pocketed ₹1.11 Lakhs. He cut a five-way deal with ‘kidwithadream’ (runner-up for ₹99,254), Ravinder ‘Jason’ Singh (3^rd for ₹99,475), Suraj N ‘MR.BEAST’ Yadav (4^th for ₹86,801) and ‘finite_universe’ (5^th for ₹80,720).

Kiran ‘KingAA’ Kumar (6^th for ₹39,866), Harsh ‘Anandilal Katpitiya’ Bubna (7^th for ₹29,282), and Utkarsh ‘kidpokerNJ’ Vaish (7^th for ₹17,640) also FT-ed the tourney!

Final Table Results

1. Suhas N ‘Skullkiker’ Yadav – ₹1,11,892
2. kidwithadream – ₹99,254*
3. Ravinder ‘Jason’ Singh – ₹99,475*
4. Suraj N. ‘MR.BEAST’ Yadav – ₹86,801
5. finite_universe – ₹80,720*
6. Kiran ‘KingAA’ Kumar – ₹39,866
7. Harsh ‘Anandilal Katpitiya’ Bubna – ₹29,282
8. boomboompow – ₹21,521
9. Utkarsh ‘kidpokerNJ’ Vaish – ₹17,640

*Denotes five-way deal

IOPC #10 – Monster Stack ₹5 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹880

Entries – 444

Re-entries – 145

Rebuys – 395

Prize Pool – ₹7,87,200

Places Paid – 87

It was a guarantee smashing day at the IOPC, and the₹880 buy-in IOPC #10 Monster Stack was no exception. The event collected ₹7.87 Lakhs in prize money from 984 entries (444 unique, 145 re-entries and 395 rebuys).

In was the former Millionaire champion Dhruvin ‘thepokerplayer’ Kothari, who chopped the title with Yohan ‘PAPITO’ Patel (runner-up for ₹1.07 Lakhs) to win ₹1.36 Lakhs.

In addition to posting a fifth-place finish in the ₹8 Lakhs GTD IOPC #13 – Monster Stack, Ravee Mathi Sundara ‘R4Rounder’ Jaya Jothi placed 9^th in this event for ₹12,831.

Final Table Result

1. Dhruvin ‘thepokerplayer’ Kothari – ₹1,36,997*
2. Yohan ‘PAPITO’ Patel – ₹1,07,586*
3. bisht555 – ₹66,036
4. moosewaala – ₹51,955
5. NutzHunteR – ₹40,143
6. Shash26 – ₹32,039
7. Robin Van Charsi – ₹23,695
8. ManikBaasha – ₹16,295
9. Ravee Mathi Sundara ‘R4Rounder’ Jaya Jothi – ₹12,831

*denotes heads-up deal

AOPS Brunch ₹5 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in ₹1,250

Entries – 204

Re-entries – 154

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 38

The₹5 Lakhs GTD AOPS Brunch got hit by an overlay worth ₹97,250 because of a below-par turnout of 358 entries.

Seasoned pro Manish ‘newkidpoker’ Lakhotia took down the event for ₹1.25 Lakhs, after besting ‘vishalmaharaj’ (runner-up for ₹75,750) in the heads-up.

Kunal ‘cvc’ Sharma (3^rd for ₹55,000), Ritam ‘ritamb’ Bhattacharya (6^th for ₹18,750), Pratibh ‘MrGTO’Saluja (8^th for ₹12,500) and Saahib ‘saahib’ Bawa (9^th for ₹10,000), FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Manish ‘newkidpoker’ Lakhotia – ₹1,25,000
2. vishalmaharaj – ₹75,750
3. Kunal ‘cvc’ Sharma – ₹55,000
4. solidpoker – ₹40,000
5. mayankp0985 – ₹27,000
6. Ritam ‘ritamb’ Bhattacharya – ₹18,750
7. Tarun8325 – ₹15,000
8. Pratibh ‘MrGTO’ Saluja – ₹12,500
9. Saahib ‘saahib’ Bawa – ₹10,000

PMVS #14 (8-Max) ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 137

Re-entries – 101

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 27

One of the featured PMVS tourney`s on the third day of the series was the ₹5 Lakhs GTD PMVS #14. The event registered 238 entries, but that was not enough to meet the guarantee forcing the site to fill in the shortfall for 12 entries valued at ₹24,000.

The primetime tourney ended after six and a half hours of play. Ayan ‘interalia_1’ Ray was the last player standing and banked ₹1.18 Lakhs for his efforts. This is the second event that Ray has won on the site in the last seven days. On July 6, he had won the BSS SuperStack for ₹6.22 Lakhs.

Pranjal ‘lilmessi’ Gandhi finished runner-up and collected ₹82,550 for his efforts.

Navdeep ‘Psychonaut’ Sahi (4th for ₹39,300), Karan ’99ayka99′ Jain (5th for ₹29,500), Anish ‘THENUTS’ Suri (7th for ₹19,600), and Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPro’ Kumar (8th for ₹15,700) posted FT scores.

Final Table Results

1. Ayan ‘interalia_1’ Ray – ₹1,17,650
2. Pranjal ‘lilmessi’ Gandhi – ₹82,550
3. FoldMatKar – ₹53,100
4. Navdeep ‘Psychonaut’ Sahi – ₹39,300
5. Karan ’99ayka99′ Jain – ₹29,500
6. nishant372 – ₹23,600
7. Anish ‘THENUTS’ Suri – ₹19,600
8. Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPro’ Kumar – ₹15,700

Pocket Kings ₹5 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 131

Re-entries – 90

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 45

The Pocket Kings happens to be the biggest tourney hosted by Pocket52 every Friday. There is usually awesome overlay value in the tourney, and last night too, the ₹5 Lakhs GTD tourney suffered an ₹58,000 overlay on the back of 221 entries.

The lion’s share worth₹1.07 Lakhs was collected by ‘hdwivedi3’ who bested ‘gurujii’ (runner-up for ₹66,250) heads-up.

Final Table Results

1. hdwivedi3 – ₹1,07,500
2. gurujii – ₹66,250
3. Aceamrita – ₹47,500
4. manuracer – ₹36,250
5. msdhoni07 – ₹27,500
6. jollyFish – ₹21,000

Friday Euphoria ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 101

Re-entries – 41

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 24

Racing past a field of 142 entries (101 unique and 41re-entries) MTT reg Guneet ‘GSK1515’ Kwatra captured the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Friday Euphoria title for ₹98,956. The runner-up ‘max2172’ banked ₹75,065 for his runner-up finish.

Like the Uppercut, here too, PokerStars India had to fill in a large ₹1.45 Lakhs shortfall.

Kwatra has made a habit out of making FT finishes, and yesterday was no different. His blistering Friday night run saw him chopping the IOPC #12 The Elite for a personal-best ₹9.57 Lakhs. The Friday Euphoria title took his day`s tally into seven-figures improving his online record to ₹2.91 Crores.

He has jumped to the #30 spot in our yearly leaderboard.

PokerGuru Ambassador Shashank ‘GOAT-245’ Desai (4th for ₹43,195), Vaibhav ‘GTO_LIFE_GG’ Sharma (5th for ₹32,766), and Vishal ‘DeadGrinder1’ Madan (6th for ₹24,856) were the other players who FT-ed the tourney!

Final Table Results

1. Guneet ‘GSK1515’ Kwatra – ₹98,956
2. max2172 – ₹75,065
3. juw@ri – ₹56,943
4. Shashank ‘GOAT-245’ Desai – ₹43,195
5. Vaibhav ‘GTO_LIFE_GG’ Sharma – ₹32,766
6. Vishal ‘DeadGrinder1’ Madan – ₹24,856
7. Corpo08 – ₹19,598
8. MH1024 – ₹15,452
9. mohitg16 – ₹15,452

IOPC#8 ₹4 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 479

Re-entries – 164

Rebuys – 498

Prize Pool – ₹5,70,500

Places Paid – 95

The ₹4 Lakhs GTD IOPC#8 clocked in a massive 1141-players field, smashing the proposed guarantee by ₹1.70 Lakhs. Mystery user ‘TheAceCrown’ traversed the field to take home the lion’s share of ₹1.08 Lakhs, after defeating circuit regular ‘Anuj ‘Anuj16101’ Laddhad heads-up. Laddhad pocketed ₹67,205 for finishing runner-up.

Known names who posted FT scores were Dhawal ‘Pokerpro5553’ Bagaria (5^th for ₹28,583), and Anand ‘gamer33333’ Pednekar (6^th for ₹22,706).

PMVS#15 (6-Max) ₹4 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 146

Re-entries – 105

Prize Pool – ₹4,00,000

Places Paid – 27

The ₹4 Lakhs GTD PMVS#15 attracted 251 contenders resulting in a shortfall of ₹23,500.In the end, Ranjeet ‘Rj147’ Negi decimated the completion, including his heads-up opponent Aditya ‘adit11’ Kulkarni (runner-up for ₹66,040) to capture the title and the first-place prize of ₹94,120.

Gautam ‘M8a7’ Rohilla finished fifth for ₹23,600.

AOPS Siesta ₹3 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 134

Re-entries – 97

Prize Pool – ₹3,00,000

Places Paid – 24

The ₹3 Lakhs GTD AOPS Siesta attracted 231 entries and posted an overlay of ₹69,000. Anonymous user ‘S1mplyZeus’ came out on top to win₹82,350. The runner-up finisher ‘vishalmaharaj’ collected ₹48,000.

Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma (3^rd for ₹36,000), Kamal ‘ksn123’ Naruka (4^th for ₹25,800), and Ankit ‘kasatankit’ Kasat (5^th for ₹18,000) were the other prominent FT finishers.

PMVS#12 DeepStack Turbo ₹3 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 99

Re-entries –78

Prize Pool – ₹3,00,000

Places Paid – 21

The other PMVS tourney to face the overlay blues was the ₹3 Lakhs GTD PMVS#12 DeepStack Turbo. The event logged in 177 entries – falling ₹34,500 short on the guarantee.

It took Vikas ‘nohomejerome’ Yadav three bullets to win the tourney after defeating ‘haywire’ (runner-up for₹52,290) heads-up for₹74,610.

Suresh ‘oil_trader’ Kolli (4^th for ₹24,900), Pratibh ‘pratibhsaluja’ Saluja (5^th for ₹18,690), Rahul ‘chanakyax’ Bhura (7^th for ₹12,420), and Ashish ‘Imgabru’ Kumar (8^th for ₹9,960) FT-ed the tourney.

AOPS Afterparty DST ₹3 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹880

Entries – 232

Re-entries – 199

Prize Pool – ₹3,44,796

Places Paid – 43

Poker coach and commentator Abhishek ‘pomfret1989’ Goindi outlasted a field of 431 entries to win the title. He pocketed ₹69,242 for the victory, following a heads-up deal with ‘ShadyBluffer’ (runner-up for₹67,988).

The event easily surpassed its ₹3 Lakhs GTD collecting₹3.45 Lakhs in prize money.

Prakash ‘pfeiffer’ Lalwani finished 6^th for ₹12,068.

Night Rider – Monster Stack ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹880

Entries – 217

Re-entries – 63

Rebuys – 118

Prize Pool – ₹3,18,400

Places Paid – 39

The ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD Night Rider – Monster Stack on Spartan Poker was taken down by ‘koper’ who earned ₹50,427 in cash prize following a three-way deal with ‘Hiphop’ (2^nd for ₹46,074) and online regular Guruprasad ‘DONKAKING’ Gupta (3^rd for ₹40,823).

Pocket Lunch ₹2 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 87

Re-entries – 58

Prize Pool – ₹2,00,000

Places Paid – 27

The₹2 Lakhs GTD Pocket Lunch was championed by ‘Nightowl’ last night for ₹46,000.

The event had to fill in a shortfall of ₹55,000 post engaging 145 entries. The top 27 players took a bite out of the prize pool.

PMVS#11 Win the Button (5-Max) ₹2 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹825

Entries – 141

Re-entries – 132

Prize Pool – ₹2,04,750

Places Paid – 36

The fast-paced PMVS#11 Win the Button drew 273 hopefuls to post a guarantee-surpassing ₹2.05 Lakhs prize pool.

Racing past the competition was Vaibhav ‘vane_shado’ Temani, who beat ‘Truman’ (runner-up for ₹31,736) heads-up to win ₹45,229.

The other podium place finisher was Ram ‘mowgumotu’ Kakkar, who banked ₹20,414 for placing third.

Dangal Friday (6-Max) ₹2 Lakhs GTD – Poker Dangal

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 101

Re-buys – 46

Prize Pool – ₹2,00,000

Places Paid – 23

The Dangal Friday (6-Max) ₹2 Lakhs GTD played down to a heads-up between site regulars ‘jugaad’ and ‘chamdi.’ In the end, it was the former who clinched the title for ₹42,000.

The tourney registered 147 entries, resulting in a shortfall of₹53,000.

Niteen ‘Karle_jugad’ Raj placed third for ₹23,500.

Prime Time ₹30K GTD PLO – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 21

Re-entries – 13

Prize Pool – ₹30,000

Places Paid – 4

The ₹30K GTD Prime Time PLO on Khelo365 engaged 34 players, leaving a fairly massive ₹13,000 overlay to fill.

‘BreezBihari’ ran past the field to win ₹13,800 after defeating site regular ‘Bipas’ heads-up. The latter netted ₹7,800 for finishing runner-up.

Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD NLHE – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹275

Entries – 52

Re-entries – 38

Prize Pool – ₹22,500

Places Paid – 10

‘Devloper’ was the last player standing in the Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD NLHE, and won ₹6,750 in prize money.

The tourney collected a prize pool worth ₹22,500 on the back of 90 entries.

This report was updated at 4PM on 11.07.2020.

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