Daily Majors: Singh, Raj, George, Lakhotia, Iyer, Grover & Bhadu Bank Massive Thursday Scores

Thursday night was a riot on the virtual felts, with Spartan Poker’s GPS and PokerStars India’s INCOOP rolling out a host of high-value tourneys. There was enough excitement on Adda52 and PokerBaazi as well. Let`s take a look at the day`s highlights.

Spartan Poker

Thursdays are usually headlined by high roller action on Spartan Poker and last night saw the ₹55 Lakhs GTD GPS #39 High Roller open to action at 9 PM. With 123 entries (72 unique, 25 re-entries, and 26 rebuys), the tournament collected a generous ₹61.50 Lakhs prize pool. After more than seven hours of battle, it was ‘Ghayal2112’ who rose to the podium to claim the winner’s cheque of ₹13.15 Lakhs after striking a three-way deal with PokerGuru Ambassador’s Laksh Pal ‘LuckyBhai$’ Singh (runner up for ₹11.79 Lakhs) and Gokul ‘Super Kings’ Raj (3rd for ₹9.98 Lakhs).

Singh, who had won the Maverick on Wednesday, posted a seventh-place finish in Adda52’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Table For 6 as well for ₹18,750.

Also making it to the GPS High Roller final table were Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall (4^th for ₹5.87 Lakhs) & Manish ‘potlords’ Gandhi (6^th for ₹3.69 Lakhs) with Sriharsha ‘Potato Player’ Doddapaneni (8^th for ₹2.27 Lakhs) and Shashank ‘westworld’ Jain (9^th for ₹1.72 Lakhs) rounding out the other top finishers in the tourney.

The ₹50 Lakhs GTD GPS #41 Battlefield was another headliner that ran to a conclusion last night. Hours before Day 2 began, the final starting flight, i.e., Day 1D, played out amid 674 entries, and 86 were able to qualify for Day 2. Added to the 1,210 entries from the first three flights, this made for a 1,884-strong field, overlaying ₹2.90 Lakhs. Day 2 kicked off with 259 survivors that included 212 unique entrants.

It was an intense fight to the finish line with only 255 places to share the prize money.Eventually, Arun ‘arungeo95’ George ran past the likes of Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia (3^rd for ₹3.36 Lakhs) and Vishnu ‘Violater’ Khandelwal (4^th for ₹2.43 Lakhs) on the final table to face Young Gun Anuj ‘tittooTauji’ Yadav (2^nd for ₹4.80 Lakhs) heads-up for the title. George relegated Yadav to the runner-up spot, claiming the bragging right of winning the title and ₹8.60 Lakhs.

This happens to be George’s best-recorded score to date and has improved his lifetime winnings across domestic sites to ₹29.3 Lakhs.

Yadav was among the day`s standout performers as he also final tabled the Godfather on Adda52, padding his bankroll by another ₹2.10 Lakhs for a fourth-place finish. Over these two scores, Yadav earned ₹6.90 Lakhs last night!

If high roller and Battlefield excitement were not enough, Spartan Poker had the ₹25 Lakhs GTD GPS – Grand Ultron on its Thursday schedule as well. Starting at 8 PM, the tourney suffered a glaring ₹3.60 Lakhs overlay after 535 runners came in to play. Here again, Lakhotia was among the top contenders, this time fulfilling his title aspiration after defeating ‘acequeens’ (runner-up for ₹3.07 Lakhs) heads-up. Lakhotia helped himself to a ₹4.85 Lakhs payout, bringing his total earnings for the day to ₹8.21 Lakhs!

Lakhotia currently has ₹3.75 Crores in recorded winnings and looking at his present form, he is an on-money favorite to cross the ₹4 Crore-mark soon!

PokerBaazi

PokerBaazi’s ₹20 Lakhs GTD The Summit attracted a 253-player field, each ponying up the ₹8,250 entry buy-in. After more than a seven-hour run, bracelet champion Abhinav ‘griezmann’ Iyer beat Siddhanth ‘ender’ Kripalani (runner-up for ₹3.30 Lakhs) heads-up to capture the top prize of ₹4.71 Lakhs. Iyer’s online record has reached ₹3.68 Crores after this win.

Iyer was not stopping at the title win as he went on to final table the ₹30 Lakhs GTD INCOOP-81 Highroller on PokerStars India as well, where he finished fourth for ₹2.51 Lakhs.

Surbhit ‘grovahova’ Grover (3^rd for ₹2.12 Lakhs), Shagun ‘sogani22’ Jain (4^th for ₹1.57 Lakhs), Guneet ‘guntz’ Kwatra (6^th for ₹94,400), Shravan ‘FishStars’ Chhabria (7^th for ₹78,400), and Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra (9^th for ₹47,000) FT-ed The Summit.

In the ₹2,750 entry buy-in ₹5 Lakhs GTD Thursday MonsterStack, Vinay ‘Vinstill’ BK came out on top of 189 entries to win ₹1.21 Lakhs. Ashit ‘nexus010’ Sharma finished runner-up for ₹84,650.

Ritwik Khanna placed fifth in the tourney for ₹30,250, while posting a fourth-place finish in PokerStars India’s INCOOP-83 The Classicfor ₹54,744.

Both tournaments failed to break even, with The Summit overlaying ₹1.02 Lakhs and the Thursday MonsterStack filling in a ₹27,500 shortfall.

Adda52

It was Godfather night on Adda52, with the ₹30 Lakhs GTD tournament kicking off at 8 PM to draw 563 entries. The event had an overlay of ₹1.85 Lakhs, promising a payout to the final 63 finishers. Aman ‘zontory’ Bhadu earned the top honors and the ₹5.79 Lakhs paycheque reserved for the winner after shaking hands on a heads-up deal with ‘ishanshah95’ (runner-up for ₹5.36 Lakhs).

Battlefield runner-up Young Gun Anuj ‘anuj25395’ Yadav (4th for ₹2.10 Lakhs), Siddarth ‘badtameez_donk’ Singhvi (5^th for ₹1.50 Lakhs), Harsh ‘BuddhaBhikari’ Dembla (6^th for ₹1.05 Lakhs and PokerGuru Ambassador Shashank ‘IndianRat’ Desai (8^th for ₹60,000) FT-ed the Godfather.

PokerGuru Ambassador Ashutosh ‘senojwod’ Balodhi was the other big winner on Adda52. Balodhi ran past 188 contenders to champion the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Table For 6 for ₹1.40 Lakhs. The tournament experienced a shortfall of ₹30,000.

Godfather finalist Dembla was among the prominent FT scorers and finished sixth in the Table for 6 for ₹22,500.

PokerStars India

Overlay woes afflicted the PokerStars India’s Thursday headliner ₹30 Lakhs GTD INCOOP- 81 Highroller as well. The tournament attracted 164 entries to get walloped by a massive ₹7.63 Lakhs overlay. The top 27 spots finished ITM. It was another of our Young Guns Arsh ‘BiggggTymeR’ Grover stealing the show after riding past a stacked FT comprising of seasoned players like ‘sachinrt10’ (2^nd for ₹4.52 Lakhs), Ayush ‘Kyanaamrakhu’ Garg (3^rd for ₹3.37 Lakhs), Abhinav ‘abhi58’ Iyer (4^th for ₹2.51 Lakhs), Sagar ‘sagarpupull’ Choudhury (6^th for ₹1.40 Lakhs), Chirag ‘WhyworrY_56’ Sodha (8^th for ₹78,021) and Young Gun Gaurav ‘3betPanda’ Sood (9^th for ₹67,999).

Grover also final tabled the ₹6 Lakhs GTD INCOOP-83 The Classic, where he finished ninth for ₹12,982. Last night, his cumulative scores came in at ₹6.19 Lakhs as he sits comfortably at #2 on the annual leaderboard behind Gaurav Sood. He is also part of the elite ₹5 Crore-club, with a whopping ₹5.16 Crores in recorded winnings.

Topping the 238-strong field in The Classic was ‘barfi24,’ who defeated ‘kviscool’ (runner-up for ₹97,350) heads-up to win ₹1.29 Lakhs.

The notable scores of the week include –

GPS #39 High Roller ₹55 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹55,000

Entries – 72

Re-entries – 25

Re-buys – 26

Prize Pool – ₹61,50,000

Places Paid – 13

Offering the biggest prize pool guarantee of the day, Spartan Poker`s ₹55 Lakhs GTD GPS #39 High Roller saw 123 runners buy-in for ₹55,000, creating a guarantee-smashing ₹61.50 Lakhs prize pool, and the top 13 places got paid.

A mystery user ‘ghayal2112’ took away the title and the mammoth paycheck of ₹12.92 Lakhs following a three-way deal with PokerGuru Ambassador’s Laksh ‘LuckyBhai$’ Pal Singh (2^nd for ₹11.56 Lakhs) and Gokul ‘Super Kings’ Raj (3^rd for ₹9.98 Lakhs).

The stacked FT featured Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall (4^th for ₹5.87 Lakhs) and Manish ‘potlords’ Gandhi (6^th for ₹3.40 Lakhs).

Seasoned regs Sriharsha ‘Potato Player’ Doddapaneni (8^th for ₹2.27 Lakhs) and Shashank ‘westworld’ Jain (9^th for ₹1.72 Lakhs) also posted deep runs.

Final Table Results

1. ghayal2112 – ₹12,92,016*
2. Laksh ‘LuckyBhai$’ Pal Singh – ₹11,56,380*
3. Gokul ‘Super Kings’ Raj – ₹9,98,693*
4. Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall – ₹5,87,325
5. jailakshmi – ₹4,73,550
6. Manish ‘potlords’ Gandhi – ₹3,40,944

*denotes three-way deal

Battlefield ₹50 Lakhs GTD Day 2 – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 1,884

Prize Pool – ₹50,00,000

Places Paid – 255

Spartan Poker`s brand-new ₹50 Lakhs GTD Battlefield closed out its inaugural run last night. The ₹2,750 buy-in tourney garnered 1,884 across four starting flights, ultimately falling ₹2.90 Lakhs short of the listed guarantee.

Arun ‘arungeo95’ George championed the event for a mouth-watering ₹8.60 Lakhs, while Young Gun Anuj ‘tittooTauji’ Yadav came in second for ₹4.80 Lakhs.

Following this win, George now has ₹29.30 Lakhs in recorded earnings on Spartan Poker, with a profit of ₹7.01 Lakhs.

Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia (3rd for ₹3.36 Lakhs) and Vishnu ‘violator’ Khandelwal (4th for ₹2.43 Lakhs) earned final table payouts.

‘rnbice’ bubbled the final table, finishing seventh for ₹1.17 Lakhs.

Final Table Results

1. Arun ‘arungeo95’ George – ₹8,60,000
2. Anuj ‘tittooTauji’ Yadav – ₹4,80,500
3. Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia – ₹3,36,000
4. Vishnu ‘violator’ Khandelwal – ₹2,43,500
5. PsykoEko – ₹1,94,000
6. nutskibhookh – ₹1,54,350

INCOOP-81 Highroller ₹30 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹15,000

Entries – 106

Re-entries – 58

Prize Pool – ₹30,00,000

Places Paid – 27

The ₹30 Lakhs GTD INCOOP-81 Highroller was the day`s featured tourney on PokerStars India. Sporting a ₹15,000 entry buy-in, the marquee tourney logged in 164 participants to experience a significant ₹7.63 Lakhs deficit.

There is just no letting up in form for Young Gun Arsh ‘BiggggTymeR’ Grover, who took a little over seven hours to come out on top and win ₹6.06 Lakhs after firing three bullets. ‘sachinrt10’ finished runner-up for ₹4.52 Lakhs.

Grover is presently ranked #2 on the annual leaderboard, having secured ₹2.69 Crores in earnings this year. He is also part of the elite group of pros with over ₹5 Crores in recorded online winnings with ₹5.16 Crores in lifetime cashes.

A reg-infested final table saw the likes of Ayush ‘Kyanaamrakhu’ Garg (3^rd for ₹3.37 Lakhs), Abhinav ‘abhi58’ Iyer (4^th for ₹2.51 Lakhs), Sagar ‘sagarpupull’ Choudhury (6^th for ₹1.40 Lakhs), Chirag ‘WhyworrY_56’ Sodha (8^th for ₹78,021) and Young Gun Gaurav ‘3betPanda’ Sood (9^th for ₹67,999) in contention for the title.

Final Table Results

1. Arsh ‘BiggggTymeR’ Grover – ₹6,06,029
2. sachinrt10 – ₹4,52,179
3. Ayush ‘Kyanaamrakhu’ Garg – ₹3,37,386
4. Abhinav ‘abhi58’ Iyer – ₹2,51,735
5. wittysingh – ₹1,87,829
6. Sagar ‘sagarpupull’ Choudhury – ₹1,40,145
7. theoldestkid – ₹1,04,567
8. Chirag ‘WhyworrY_56’ Sodha – ₹78,021
9. Gaurav ‘3betPanda’ Sood – ₹67,999

Godfather ₹30 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 282

Re-entries – 281

Prize Pool – ₹30,00,000

Places Paid – 63

The Thursday flagship on Adda52, the ₹30 Lakhs GTD Godfather,logged in 563 runners who ponied up the ₹5,500 entry buy-in, translating to a ₹1.85 Lakhs shortfall.

The winner emerged in MTT reg Aman ‘zontory’ Bhadu, who netted ₹5.79 Lakhs after a heads-up deal with an unknown player ‘ishanshah95’ (runner-up for ₹5.36 Lakhs).

Young Gun Anuj ‘anuj25395’ Yadav (4^th for ₹2.10 Lakhs), Siddarth ‘badtameez_donk’ Singhvi (5^th for ₹1.50 Lakhs), Harsh ‘BuddhaBhikari’ Dembla (6^th for ₹1.05 Lakh), and PokerGuru Ambassador Shashank ‘IndianRat’ Desai (8^th for ₹60,000) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Aman ‘zontory’ Bhadu – ₹5,79,031*
2. ishanshah95 – ₹5,36,969*
3. Marantz – ₹2,73,000
4. Anuj ‘anuj25395’ Yadav – ₹2,10,000
5. Siddarth ‘badtameez_donk’ Singhvi – ₹1,50,000
6. Harsh ‘BuddhaBhikari’ Dembla – ₹1,05,000
7. MrMadShoT – ₹82,500
8. Shashank ‘IndianRat’ Desai – ₹60,000

*denotes heads-up deal

The Summit ₹20 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹8,250

Entries – 131

Re-entries – 122

Prize Pool – ₹20,00,000

Places Paid – 27

PokerBaazi’s Thursday showstopper, ₹20 Lakhs GTD The Summit, registered 253 entries to fill in a ₹1.02 Lakh overlay.

Bracelet winner Abhinav ‘griezmann’ Iyer was the last player standing and won ₹4.71 Lakhs. Iyer bested Game Changer 3.0 champion Siddhanth ‘ender’ Kripalani heads-up with the Mumbai-based pro collecting an equal handsome ₹3.30 Lakhs.

The other notable FT finishers were Surbhit ‘grovahova’ Grover (3rd for ₹2.12 Lakhs), Full House 1 Crore Finale champion Shagun ‘sogani22’ Jain (4th for ₹1.57 Lakhs), Guneet ‘guntz’ Kwatra (6th for ₹94,400), Shravan ‘FishStars’ Chhabria (7th for ₹78,400), and Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra (9th for ₹47,000).

Final Table Results

1. Abhinav ‘griezmann’ Iyer – ₹4,71,000
2. Siddhanth ‘ender’ Kripalani – ₹3,30,000
3. Surbhit ‘grovahova’ Grover – ₹2,12,000
4. Shagun ‘sogani22’ Jain – ₹1,57,000
5. PsykoEko – ₹1,18,000
6. Guneet ‘guntz’ Kwatra – ₹94,400
7. Shravan ‘FishStars’ Chhabria – ₹78,400
8. borntrouble – ₹62,800
9. Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra – ₹47,000

Thursday MonsterStack ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 129

Re-entries – 60

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 24

The ₹5 Lakhs GTD Thursday MonsterStack suffered a ₹27,500 shortfall after attracting 189 registrations.

Vinay ‘Vinstill’ B ran past the field to clinch the title and ₹1.21 Lakhs in first-place prize money. Online crusher and Tuesday’s The Endeavour champion Ashit ‘nexus010’ Sharma banked ₹84,650 for his second-place finish.

Ritwik ‘Ritwikkhanna’ Khanna (3rd for ₹54,400), Aman ‘KarmaPoker’ Parakh (5th for ₹30,250), Honey ‘ho9ey’ Bijlani (6th for ₹24,200), and Mohak ‘Tiltin’ Kapoor (8th for ₹16,100) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Vinay ‘Vinstill’ B – ₹1,21,000
2. Ashit ‘nexus010’ Sharma – ₹84,650
3. Ritwik ‘Ritwikkhanna’ Khanna – ₹54,400
4. Mkumar12 – ₹40,300
5. Aman ‘KarmaPoker’ Parakh – ₹30,250
6. Honey ‘ho9ey’ Bijlani – ₹24,200
7. SharkTav95 – ₹20,100
8. Mohak ‘Tiltin’ Kapoor – ₹16,100
9. mangal999 – ₹12,050

INCOOP-83 The Classic ₹6 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 147

Re-entries – 91

Prize Pool – ₹6,00,000

Places Paid – 27

PokerStars India’s ₹6 Lakhs GTD INCOOP-83 The Classic, like most of the flagships yesterday, failed to meet its advertised guarantee. Logging in 238 entries, the ₹2,750 entry buy-in tourney got away with just a ₹10,000 shortfall.

Mystery user ‘barfi24’ raced past the field to win ₹1.29 Lakhs, after besting ‘kviscool’ (runner-up for ₹97,350) heads-up.

Aman ‘KarmaPoker77’ Parakh (4^th for ₹54,744), Akshat ‘takingcuntrol’ Sharma (5^th for ₹41,052), Rajat ‘Rsd1207’ Singh Dhingra (6^th for ₹30,785), Sahil ‘inaboobham’ Mahboobani (7^th for ₹23,085), Janish ‘janish1998’ Jain (8^th for ₹17,312) and Young Gun Arsh ‘BiggggTymeR’ Grover (9^th for ₹12,982) FT-ed the tourney.

This was the first of two FT finishes for Grover, who went on to champion the INCOOP-81 Highroller for a total take-home of ₹6.19 Lakhs last night.

Final Table Results

1. barfi24 – ₹1,29,819
2. kviscool – ₹97,350
3. MrBigSlick139 – ₹73,002
4. Aman ‘KarmaPoker77’ Parakh – ₹54,744
5. Akshat ‘takingcuntrol’ Sharma – ₹41,052
6. Rajat ‘Rsd1207’ Singh Dhingra – ₹30,785
7. Sahil ‘inaboobham’ Mahboobani – ₹23,085
8. Janish ‘janish1998’ Jain – ₹17,312
9. Arsh ‘BiggggTymeR’ Grover – ₹12,982

Table For 6 ₹5 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 97

Re-entries – 91

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 19

Adda52’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Table For 6 pulled in 188 entries to register an overlay of ₹30,000, and the top 19 places got paid.

Racing past the competition was PokerGuru Ambassador Ashutosh ‘senojwod’ Balodhi, who won ₹1.40 Lakhs for the victory after defeating ‘Nit2Donk’ (runner-up for ₹84,000) in the heads-up play.

Balodhi’s teammate at PokerGuru Staking, Rohit ‘rohit22rm’ Mishra finished 5^th for ₹31,250.

Himanshu ‘pirateking7’ Arora (3^rd for ₹63,500), Ritwik ‘ritwik27’ Khanna (4^th for ₹45,000), and Harsh ‘BuddhaBhikari’ Dembla (6^th for ₹22,500) rounded out the other prominent FT finishers in the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Ashutosh ‘senojwod’ Balodhi – ₹1,40,000
2. Nit2Donk – ₹84,000
3. Himanshu ‘pirateking7’ Arora – ₹63,500
4. Ritwik ‘ritwik27’ Khanna – ₹45,000
5. Rohit ‘rohit22rm’ Mishra – ₹31,250
6. Harsh ‘BuddhaBhikari’ Dembla – ₹22,500

Pocket Whopper ₹3 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 133

Re-entries – 53

Prize Pool – ₹3,00,000

Places Paid – 36

The user ‘pkmb’ ran past a 186-player field to win the Pocket Whopper for ₹67,500.

The event suffered an overlay of ₹21,000, while the top 36 hopped onto the money bus.

Amit Kumar ‘SachinTendulkar’ Sahu placed third for ₹30,900.

Pocket Dinner ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 73

Re-entries – 37

Prize Pool – ₹1,50,000

Places Paid – 27

Online regular Mahesh ‘MaheshGupta’ Gupta took down the ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD Pocket Dinner for ₹37,500, besting ‘SirMucksALot’ (runner-up for ₹23,250) heads-up.

The event registered 110 entries, falling ₹40,000 short of the advertised guarantee.

Kuldeep ‘Pannuk’ Panu (4^th for ₹12,750), and Naman ‘nammy09’ Puri (5^th for 10,500) FT-ed the tourney.

Pocket Lunch ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 86

Re-entries – 34

Prize Pool – ₹1,50,000

Places Paid – 27

Site regular Uday ‘Darinda’ Mondal championed Pocket52’s ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD Pocket Lunch for ₹34,500.

The site had to fill in a ₹30,000 overlay.

Tanmoy ‘Tanmo’ Chatterjee placed fifth for ₹9,000.

Warrior Arena ₹1.2 Lakhs GTD – Poker Dangal

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 74

Re-entries – 34

Places Paid – ₹1,20,000

Places Paid – 17

Topping a field of 108 entries, ‘lightspeed’ captured the ₹1.2 Lakhs GTD Warrior Arena for ₹28,800.

The tournament registered an overlay of ₹12,000.

Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹275

Entries – 49

Re-entries – 38

Prize Pool – ₹21,750

Places Paid – 9

The ₹20K GTD Grinder 2.0 had 87 runners, generating a profitable ₹21,750 prize pool. ‘Sabopagli’ proved the last player standing and won ₹6,960 after defeating ‘Ashu079’ (runner-up for ₹4,350) heads-up.

This report was updated at 3:30 PM on 11.09.2020

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