Daily Majors: Malik, Doddapaneni, Labroo, Madan & Dhingra Bank the Big Scores on Thursday

Another busy Thursday went by, and for the second day in a row, tournament action at Adda52 took a back seat with the site canceling all its AOPS events on account of technical disruptions. Nonetheless, Day 1B of the ₹2 Crores GTD Game Changer 3.0 on PokerBaazi and Spartan Poker’s Thursday marquees kept the tournament junkies engaged. Without further ado, let’s have a look at the standout performers on Thursday!

Spartan Poker

The signature Thursday event on Spartan Poker, the ₹20 Lakhs GTD Ultron, clocked in 645 entries who ponied up the ₹4,400 buy-in to collect ₹25.80 Lakhs in the prize pool. Locking horns in the final showdown were online reg Rishab ‘NoChac3’ Malik and the mystery crusher

‘Tiger10’. Malik eventually triumphed to bank the up top ₹4.99 Lakhs for his second-best recorded online score while the latter finished runner-up for ₹3.14 Lakhs.

The ₹6 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack found a champion in ‘UGOTBLUFF,’ who took away ₹1.60 Lakhs in cash prize following a heads-up deal with ‘Shahri69’ (runner-up for ₹1.42 Lakhs).

PokerBaazi

The weekend ahead promises to be a big one at PokerBaazi as the site will crown a champion in the ₹2 Crores GTD Game Changer 3.0. Day 1B of the flagship tourney registered 1,033 entries. By the end, only 98 runners advanced to Day 2. Bagging the most massive stack was ‘Maahi13’ (360,000) while Sankalp ‘Wobbegong’ Marwah (338,000) and Harshad ‘omglukbox’ Barve (310,000) rounded out the top three stacks of the day. Day 1C starts at 8 PM today, with the last starting flight scheduled for Saturday.

Championing the site`s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Thursday MonsterStack was Deepak ‘DEEPAKALLIN’ Sachdeva, who banked ₹1.51 Lakhs after defeating Akshay ‘fsociety’ Dhingra (2nd for ₹1.06 Lakhs) heads-up.

Adda52

Like Wednesday, all scheduled AOPS events on the site got canceled with the site rep releasing an official statement.

PokerStars India

Unlike the other weekday flagships, PokerStars India kept the ₹15 Lakhs prize pool guarantee for the Highroller intact. Given the Adda52 issue, the site managed to bring in 227 entries, generating a profitable ₹15.89 Lakhs prize pool. Racing past the competition was MTT crusher

Sriharsha ‘1ll|1ll1|ll1|’ Doddapaneni, who added another ₹3.06 Lakhs to his bankroll after defeating the 2020 India Poker Champion Rubin

‘kornkid4’ Labroo heads-up for the title. Labroo collected ₹2.26 Lakhs for his runner-up finish. This is the second big victory for Doddapaneni this week after his heads-up chop in Spartan Poker`s Millionaire on Sunday.

The Battle Royale Mini, on the other hand, found a crowd of 216 entries to accumulate a healthy ₹5.40 Lakhs prize pool, and the top 34 places crossed the money line. Taking down the title was online reg Vishal ‘DeadGrinder1’ Madan, who won this tourney for the second time in less than a month. He defeated Abhijeet ‘sexylady7766’ Kumar (runner-up for ₹44,679) heads-up to collect ₹1.15 Lakhs in prize money!

The other Thursday winners were –

Game Changer 3.0 Day 1B ₹2 Crores GTD– PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 692

Re-entries – 341

Survivors – 98

Day 1B of the Game Changer 3.0 ₹2 Crores GTD Day 1B registered 1,033 runners, and out of that, 98 made it to Day 2. Anonymous user ‘Maahi13’ came out leading with a stack of 360,000 while, Sankalp ‘Wobbegong’ Marwah (338,000) and Harshad ‘omglukbox’ Barve (310,000) held the second and third positions.

Counting the 114 survivors from Day 1A, 212 players have confirmed a berth for Day 2 so far, with two starting flights yet to play out.

Notable circuit regulars who made it to the top 10 chip counts included Sagar ‘sagarpupul’ Choudhury (287,000), Haider ‘Haider’ Madraswala (283,000), PokerGuru Ambassador Mithun ‘thepokeraja’ Mahesh (272,000), Vatsalya ‘MaxEV’ Rao (249,000), and Kamal ‘Identity’ Naruka (245,000).

Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1B

1. Maahi13 – 360,000
2. Sankalp ‘Wobbegong’ Marwah – 338,000
3. Harshad ‘omglukbox’ Barve – 310,000
4. prokiller – 302,000
5. Sagar ‘sagarpupul’ Choudhury – 287,000
6. Haider ‘Haider’ Madraswala – 283,000
7. Mithun ‘thepokeraja’ Mahesh – 272,000
8. Carlton – 250,000
9. Vatsalya ‘MaxEV’ Rao – 249,000
10. Kamal ‘Identity’ Naruka – 245,000

Ultron ₹20 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹4,400

Entries – 303

Re-entries- 127

Rebuys – 215

Prize Pool – ₹25,80,000

Places Paid – 63

Spartan Poker’s Thursday flagship Ultron ran with a ₹20 Lakhs prize pool guarantee last night. The event attracted 645 entries to collect a ₹25.80 Lakhs prize pool.

Traversing the reg-infested field to eventually clinch the title was Rishab ‘NoChanc3’ Malik. In April, Malik had finished fifth in PokerBaazi’s ₹5 Crores GTD End Boss for ₹19.35 Lakhs. While that remains his career-best online score as yet, he pocketed his second-best score, a hefty ₹4.99 Lakhs payday after defeating ‘Tiger10’ heads-up in the Ultron.

The latter added ₹3.14 Lakhs to his bankroll for finishing second.

Naren ‘IMUNAGI’ Purohit (6^th for ₹1.10 Lakhs) and Rajat ‘BloatedBelly’ Mahajan (9^th for ₹46,956) were the other FT finishers.

Final Table Results

1. Rishab ‘NoChanc3’ Malik -₹4,99,230
2. Tiger10 -₹3,14,760
3. steamin -₹2,25,750
4. corona virus -₹1,79,310
5. $ura13 -₹1,40,610
6. Naren ‘IMUNAGI’ Purohit -₹1,10,166
7. NepotismkiMKB -₹82,818
8. AshG -₹58,824
9. Rajat ‘BloatedBelly’ Mahajan -₹46,956

Highroller ₹15 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹7,700

Entries – 141

Re-entries – 86

Prize Pool – ₹15,89,000

Places Paid – 39

The ₹7,700 buy-in Highroller brought an end to what looked like a non-stop stream of overlays at PokerStars India. The Thursday tourney managed to go ₹89,000 over its ₹15 Lakhs GTD on the back of 227 entries.

MTT crusher Sriharsha ‘1ll|1ll1|ll1|’ Doddapaneni has been on a roll lately. After finishing runner-up in Spartan Poker’s The Millionaire ₹1 Crore GTD for ₹14.97 Lakhs on Sunday, Doddapaneni added yet another handsome score of ₹3.06 Lakhs to his bankroll by taking down the Highroller yesterday. Doddapaneni is presently ranked #3 on the weekly leaderboard with ₹19.20 Lakhs in winnings.

The heads-up for the title took place between the 2020 India Poker Champion Rubin ‘kornkid4’ Labroo and Doddapaneni. The latter claimed the title, while Labroo took home ₹2.26 Lakhs for his runner-up finish.

It was a star-studded final table that saw the likes of PokerStars India Team pro Muskan Sethi (4^th for ₹1.23 Lakhs), Sasi ‘sasikiranx’ Kiran (5^th for ₹90,737), Sahil ‘inaboobham’ Mahboobani (7^th for ₹49,364) and Goonjan ‘gmtesting.ind’ Mall (8^th for ₹36,410), all compete for the top honors.

Final Table Results

1. Sriharsha ‘1ll|1ll1|ll1|’ Doddapaneni -₹3,06,572
2. Rubin ‘kornkid4’ Labroo -₹2,26,123
3. kingsneverdie11 -₹1,66,786
4. Muskan Sethi -₹1,23,019
5. Sasi ‘sasikiranx’ Kiran -₹90,737
6. Corpo08 -₹66,926
7. Sahil ‘inaboobham’ Mahboobani -₹49,364
8. Goonjan ‘gmtesting.ind’ Mall -₹36,410
9. theoldestkid -₹31,187

Monster Stack ₹6 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 263

Re-entries – 82

Rebuys – 156

Prize Pool – ₹10,02,000

Places Paid – 47

The ₹6 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack had a bumper run yesterday, generating a ₹10.02 Lakhs prize pool over 501 sign-ups. The event came down to a three-way chop, with ‘UGOTBLUFF’ winning ₹1.60 Lakhs and the title. Runner-up ‘Shahri69’ walked away with ₹1.42 Lakhs, while ‘Ankit modi’ finished third for ₹1.09 Lakhs.

Final Table Results

1. UGOTBLUFF -₹1,60,753*
2. Shahri69 -₹1,42,040*
3. Ankit modi -₹1,09,528*
4. Hiteshh -₹75,250
5. kaamwali -₹59,318
6. whateverhaha -₹45,290
7. deranzzdd -₹33,266
8. whodahellru1 -₹24,448
9. stoic7 -₹20,040

*denotes three-way deal

Thursday MonsterStack ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 152

Re-entries – 121

Prize Pool – ₹6,83,000

Places Paid – 36

Site regular Deepak ‘DEEPAKALLIN’ Sachdeva came out on top in PokerBaazi’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Thursday MonsterStack for ₹1.51 Lakhs. The event successfully crushed the advertised guarantee by ₹1.83 Lakhs on the back of 273 entries and paid 36 players.

Akshay ‘fsociety’ Dhingra collected ₹1.06 Lakhs for his runner-up finish.

Gautam ‘BEATTHEFISH’ Sachdeva (3rd for ₹68,050), Aditya ‘adit11’ Kulkarni (4th for ₹50,370), Anurag ’13anurag’ Srivastava (5th for ₹37,810),Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPro’ Kumar (7th for ₹25,120), and Ankit ‘akj290’ Jajodia (9th for ₹15,080) posted FT scores.

Final Table Results

1. Deepak ‘DEEPAKALLIN’ Sachdeva -₹1,51,000
2. Akshay ‘fsociety’ Dhingra -₹1,06,000
3. Gautam ‘BEATTHEFISH’ Sachdeva -₹68,050
4. Aditya ‘adit11’ Kulkarni -₹50,370
5. Anurag ’13anurag’ Srivastava -₹37,810
6. Shubhi_ngage -₹30,230
7. Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPro’ Kumar -₹25,120
8. sabur -₹20,130
9. Ankit ‘akj290’ Jajodia -₹15,080

Battle Royale Mini ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 143

Re-entries – 73

Total Prize Pool – ₹5,40,000

Regular Prize Pool – ₹2,70,000

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹2,70,000

Places Paid – 39

PokerStars India’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Battle Royale Mini wrangled in 216 contenders, resulting in a prize pool collection of ₹5.40 Lakhs.

Vishal ‘DeadGrinder1’ Madan and Abhijeet ‘sexylady7766’ Kumar locked horns over the title, with Madan coming out ahead. He banked ₹1.16 Lakhs in first-place prize money, and Kumar received ₹45,929 for placing second. This was the second time in under a month that Madan has won this tourney. He had last championed the event on June 4.

PokerGuru Ambassador’s Devvrat ‘bhasm@sur1’ Arya (3^rd for ₹50,092) and Ratul ‘MuscariAs’ Steves (8^th for ₹15,751), along with Vaibhav ‘vaibsss’ Bhatia (5^th for ₹27,798), Shardul ‘merci999’ Parthasarathi (6^th for ₹23,755), Sagar ‘sagarpupull’ Choudhury (7^th for ₹16,283) and Somesh ‘JackNotMa’ Patel (9^th for ₹7,870), FT-ed the tourney!

Final Table Results (Includes Bounties)

1. Vishal ‘DeadGrinder1’ Madan -₹1,16,529
2. Abhijeet ‘sexylady7766’ Kumar -₹45,929
3. Devvrat ‘bhasm@sur1’ Arya -₹50,092
4. Naru96 -₹29,941
5. Vaibhav ‘vaibsss’ Bhatia -₹27,798
6. Shardul ‘merci999’ Parthasarathi -₹23,755
7. Sagar ‘sagarpupull’ Choudhury -₹16,283
8. Ratul ‘MuscariAs’ Steves -₹15,751
9. Somesh ‘JackNotMa’ Patel -₹7,870

Monster Stack ₹3 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹880

Entries – 211

Re-entries – 68

Rebuys – 114

Prize Pool – ₹3,14,400

Places Paid – 39

Spartan Poker’s ₹3 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack was another tourney on the site that managed to breach its guarantee, collecting a ₹3.14 Lakhs prize pool on the back of 393 entries.

‘KalaAngrez’ entered a three-day deal to bag the title and a ₹53,832 paycheque, while ‘Vikaash8986’ (runner-up for ₹41,235) and Sahib ‘cumiconn’ Thakur (3^rd for ₹40,553) were the other two benefactors of the deal.

Aniket ‘Anteman’ Waghmare (5^th for ₹19,398) and Vishal ‘Darky012’ Ojha (6^th for ₹14,682) FT-ed the tourney.

Night Rider – DeepStack Turbo ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹880

Entries – 201

Re-entries – 73

Rebuys – 132

Prize Pool – ₹3,24,800

Places Paid – 39

The ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD Night Rider – DeepStack Turbo recorded 406 entries to generate a ₹3.24 Lakhs prize pool on Thursday night. ‘KittyKittyKat,’ who had FT-ed the Monster Stack with an eighth-place finish, was able to ride to victory lane this time, and clinched the title for ₹65,122. The mystery winner defeated ‘Luckbox999’ (runner-up for ₹43,296) heads-up.

A total of 39 finalists earned payouts in the event, and among those who finished their run on the final table was Akshit ‘alwaysgud’ Madan (3^rd for ₹31,063).

Ultimate PLO ₹2 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 64

Re-entries -24

Rebuys – 41

Prize Pool – ₹2,58,000

Places Paid – 13

With 129 entries, the ₹2 Lakhs GTD Ultimate PLO collected ₹2.58 Lakhs in prize money. Booking back-to-back winnings days, Wednesday`s Destiny champion Armaan ‘space ace’ Kochhar captured the title for ₹67,725 after defeating ‘Vakeel_sahab’ (second for ₹47,472) heads-up.

Ranjan ‘tripking’ Chowdhary (3^rd for ₹31,347) and Prateek ‘OMGdabangg2’ Sharma (6^th for ₹15,480) were the other known regs on the final table.

Pocket Lunch ₹2 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 98

Re-entries – 77

Prize Pool – ₹2,00,000

Places Paid – 27

The ₹2 Lakhs Pocket Lunch was the featured tourney of the day on Pocket52 yesterday. The ₹1,100 buy-in suffered an overlay of ₹25,000 on the back of 175 registrations.

Anonymous user ‘Killer’ took down the event for ₹46,000. The runner-up ‘sensex’ banked ₹28,000.

Also featuring on the six-handed FT were Doll Singh ‘Raani’ Raajput (4th for ₹16,000) and Somesh ‘JackNotMa’ Patel (5^th for ₹12,000).

Pocket Dinner ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 84

Re-entries – 34

Prize Pool – ₹1,50,000

Places Paid – 27

The ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Pocket Dinner drew a field of 118 entries to leave an overlay of ₹32,000, and the top 27 places got paid.

Racing past the competition was ‘Catfish,’ who defeated ‘pokermaniac’ (runner-up for ₹21,000) heads-up to win ₹34,500.

Sumit ‘AAKKJJ’ Megotia (3^rd for ₹15,750) and Rahul ‘Mrrahul777’ Kumar (5^th for ₹9,000) FT-ed the tourney.

Warrior Arena ₹1.2 Lakhs GTD – Poker Dangal

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 75

Re-buys – 31

Prize Pool – ₹1,20,000

Places Paid – 17

PokerDangal’s ₹1.2 Lakhs GTD Warrior Arena registered a field of 106 entries to fall ₹14,000 short of meeting its advertised guarantee.

In the end, ‘Manavgoel’ was the last player standing and pocketed ₹28,800. The runner-up ‘Madmonkey’ won ₹20,800.

Anuj ‘Inandalive‘ Laddhad finished 5th for ₹8,400.

Hitman ₹30K GTD PLO – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 28

Re-entries – 24

Prize Pool – ₹30,000

Places Paid – 6

In what read like a scene from the Game of Thrones, ‘khalDrogo’ defeated ‘JonGregor’ (runner-up for ₹6,300) heads-up to win the ₹30K GTD Hitman PLO for ₹12,000.

The event booked a shortfall of ₹4,000 on the back of 52 entries.

Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD NLHE – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹275

Entries – 42

Re-entries – 51

Prize Pool – ₹23,250

Places Paid – 10

Khelo365’s regular ₹20K GTD Grinder 2.0 NLHE distributed ₹23,250 in prize money to the top 10 places from a starting field of 93 runners.

The event finally named ‘Proplr007’ as the champion who added ₹6,975 to his bankroll.

This report was updated at 4:30 PM on 03.07.2020.

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