Daily Majors: Mall, Mahboobani, Khandalkar, Singh & Labroo Secure the Big Wednesday Scores

After a relatively slow start to the week, the online action picked up the pace on Wednesday with Spartan Poker’s Grand Poker Series (GPS), setting up the stage for a grand weekend finale. The next few days should see the action further intensifying as we have the Adda52 Online Poker Series (AOPS) starting today and PokerBaazi`s PPL commencing on August 7. Here is a quick recap of the Wednesday flagships.

Spartan Poker

Setting the virtual felts ablaze on Day 3 of the GPS was the ₹35 Lakhs GTD GPS #13 Destiny. Logging in 792 entries, the ₹5,500 buy-in event booked a profitable run, collecting ₹39.60 Lakhs in the prize pool. Racing past the reg-infested field was Adhirath ‘AdhirathSingh’ Singh, who walked away with the title and his best-recorded score on the site worth ₹9.9 Lakhs. Singh defeated ‘Shefking’ in the heads-up, and the latter took home ₹5.94 Lakhs. This happens to be Singh’s only recorded title on the site.

The new multi-flight ₹10 Lakhs GTD Velocity ran its second starting flight on Wednesday. Day 1B added 384 entries to the existing 479 entries from Day 1A, taking the total count to 863 entries. By the time the scheduled levels of play were over, the field had dwindled down to 33 players. Counting the advancing players from Day 1A, 71 players have already advanced to Day 2 scheduled to play out on Saturday. Bagging the most massive stack on Day 1B was ‘KidChaos24’ (167,377). Roshan ‘roshanthefish’ Gurbuxani(165,392) and Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall (148,604) bagged the next two top stacks. The Day 1A chip leader ‘Robin Van Charsi’ continues to retain the overall chip lead after two starting flights with their stack of 229,927. There are two more starting flights yet to play out.

The other featured tourney of the day was the ₹4.5 Lakhs GTD GPS #14 Mega Freeze that registered 152 entries. The top 20 players took a bite out of the ₹4.56 Lakhs prize pool. An unknown player ‘vishmonker01’ defeated ‘Paperboi’ heads-up to win the title and ₹1.09 Lakh in prize money. The runner-up collected ₹74,328.

The ₹4.5 Lakhs GTD GPS #15 Monster Stack was taken down by ‘Kingkong655’ for ₹77,371, following a four-way deal with Sandeep ‘TheUnicorn’ Malik (runner-up for ₹73,659), Amit ‘Magnemo’ Sahu (3rd for ₹55,387), and ‘GuruGhantAALin’ (4th for ₹52,551).

PokerBaazi

PokerBaazi’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Pride clocked in 309 entries to witness an overlay worth ₹73,000. Online reg Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall came out on top after defeating ‘roarmint’ (runner-up for ₹1.55 Lakhs) heads-up to win ₹2.21 Lakhs. Mall has already accumulated ₹4.47 Crores in recorded online cashes, out of which he has won ₹1.50 Crore this year.

The ₹3 Lakhs GTD Wednesday SuperStack (6-Max) booked a shortfall of ₹18,000 on the back of 141 entries. Ritwik ‘Ritwikkhanna’ Khanna took down the event for ₹77,250.Aman ‘KarmaPoker’ Parakh finished runner-up for ₹54,090. Khanna also placed 9^th in The Pride for ₹22,100, making FT finishes in both flagships.

Adda52

The featured tourney on Adda52 was the ₹12.5 Lakhs GTD Maverick. The ₹2,500 buy-in tourney clocked in 576 entries to collect ₹13.10 Lakhs in the prize pool. A mystery user ‘thedreamer05’ decimated the competition to win a site-best score of ₹3.34 Lakhs. The runner-up Sahil ‘imhighishove’ Mahboobani added another top finish to his litany of deep runs, pocketing ₹1.90 Lakhs.

PokerGuru Ambassador Vivek Singh booked two final table finishes yesterday. He placed fourth in Adda52’s Maverick for ₹95,004 and seventh in Spartan Poker’s GPS Mega Freeze for ₹19,106.

The ₹3 Lakhs GTD Hexagram registered 117 entries to post an overlay of ₹66,000.Anurag ‘NormanBates’ Srivastava took down the tourney after beating Sumit ‘sumit4game’ Saurav (runner-up for ₹57,000) heads-up to win ₹85,500. The former #1 ranked player on our annual leaderboard, Srivastava seems to have found the winning momentum as this was his second consecutive day taking down a tourney title. He had won PokerStars India’s Sixth Sense on Tuesday for ₹1.04 Lakhs.

Srivastava made two other deep runs but missed out on the title on both occasions. He placed third in PokerStars India’s Big Bubble Rush for ₹37,208 and took eighth place in PokerBaazi’s The Pride for ₹29,500. Srivastava had taken an early lead on the annual leaderboard after winning the IOPC Main Event on Spartan Poker. Six months later, he is still in the top 10 and is among the only 9 players in the country sitting with over ₹2 Crores in MTT winnings in 2020.

PokerStars India

PokerStars India’s ₹8 Lakhs GTD Night on Stars had to fill in a ₹55,000 overlay on the back of a below-par 298-entry field. After almost eight hours of action, a mystery user ‘Zeejohn00’ took down the event for ₹1.52 Lakhs. The 2020 India Poker Champion, Rubin ‘kornkid4’ Labroo, finished runner-up for ₹1.11 Lakhs.

The ₹5 Lakhs GTD Big Bubble Rush played out amid 224 runners to collect a better than break-even ₹5.60 Lakhs prize pool. Improving upon his runner-up finish in this event from two weeks ago, Pranav ‘pkpok13’ Khandalkar clinched the title for ₹1.20 Lakhs. The win has taken his recorded online tally above ₹2 Crores. Khandalkar beat out Vishnu ‘violator2018’ Khandelwal (runner-up for ₹53,850) heads-up.

The other Wednesday winners were:

GPS #13 Destiny ₹35 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 360

Re-entries – 185

Rebuys – 247

Prize Pool – ₹39,60,000

Places Paid – 70

Spartan Poker`s ₹35 Lakhs GTD GPS #13 Destiny, registered 792 entries to collect a ₹39.60 Lakhs prize pool. It took more than eight hours before Adhirath ‘AdhirathSingh’ Singh defeated ‘Shefking’ (runner-up for ₹5.94 Lakhs)heads-up to win a generous ₹9.90 Lakhs payday and a seat in the Destiny SnG Finale.

Yuvraj ‘ThePredator’ Singh (3^rd for ₹3.33 Lakhs), Phanindra ‘k9akkin’ Akkina (6^th for ₹1.18 Lakhs), Armaan ‘space ace’ Kochhar (7^th for ₹79,200), and Arjun ‘lol this guy’ Pasricha (9^th for ₹55,440) were others who posted FT finishes.

Final Table Results

1. Adhirath ‘AdhirathSingh’ Singh – ₹9,90,000
2. Shefking – ₹5,94,000
3. Yuvraj ‘ThePredator’ Singh – ₹3,32,669
4. Ronaldinho18 – ₹2,33,669
5. ConMan – ₹1,58,400
6. Phanindra ‘k9akkin’ Akkina – ₹1,18,800
7. Armaan ‘space ace’ Kochhar – ₹79,200
8. AdrenALLlNeRush – ₹59,400
9. Arjun ‘lol this guy’ Pasricha -₹55,440

Maverick ₹12.5 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹2,500

Entries – 274

Re-entries – 302

Prize Pool – ₹13,10,398

Places Paid – 63

The ₹12.50 Lakhs GTD Maverick logged in 576 entries to generate a prize pool worth ₹13.10 Lakhs,and the top 63 places got paid.

After more than eight hours of intense action, ‘thedreamer05’ came out on top, defeating Sahil ‘imhighishove’ Mahboobani (runner-up for ₹1.90 Lakhs) heads-up to win ₹3.34 Lakhs.

PokerGuru Ambassador Vivek ‘vivek94540’ Singh (4^th for ₹95,004), Aniket ‘sandystorm’ Pradhan (6^th for ₹45,864), and Sanket ‘blackcod’ Arora (9^th for ₹19,656) posted FT finishes.

Final Table Results

1. thedreamer05 – ₹3,34,152
2. Sahil ‘imhighishove’ Mahboobani – ₹1,90,008
3. Infallible – ₹1,30,385
4. Vivek ‘vivek94540’ Singh – ₹95,004
5. Kalanki – ₹65,520
6. Aniket ‘sandystorm’ Pradhan – ₹45,864
7. Pok3rking – ₹36,036
8. faizal1506 – ₹26,208
9. Sanket‘blackcod’ Arora – ₹19,656

The Pride ₹10 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹3,300

Entries – 171

Re-entries – 138

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 36

PokerBaazi’s Wednesday flagship, The Pride,could only muster 309 entries, leaving a sizeable ₹73,000 shortfall on the advertised ₹10 Lakhs GTD. The ₹3,300 buy-in tourney took almost six hours to conclude, with seasoned pro Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall taking down the title for ₹2.21 Lakhs. ‘roarmint’ placed 2nd for ₹1.55 Lakhs.

Mall even bagged the third biggest stack on Day 1B of Spartan Poker’s Velocity.

Saurav ‘Truelover2342’ Bansal (5th for ₹55,400), Anurag ’13anurag’ Srivastava (8th for ₹29,500), and Ritwik ‘Ritwikkhanna’ Khanna (9th for ₹22,100) posted FT finishes.

Final Table Results

1. Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall – ₹2,21,000
2. roarmint – ₹1,55,000
3. blacksuit22 – ₹99,700
4. General123 – ₹73,800
5. Saurav ‘Truelover2342’ Bansal – ₹55,400
6. karan23 – ₹44,300
7. aryamancr7 – ₹36,800
8. Anurag ’13anurag’ Srivastava – ₹29,500
9. Ritwik ‘Ritwikkhanna’ Khanna – ₹22,100

Velocity ₹10 Lakhs GTD – Day 1B – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 218

Re-entries – 30

Rebuys – 136

Survivors – 33

Spartan Poker’s new multi-flight tournament, the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Velocity,ran Day 1B last night. With 384 entries signing up to play, the ₹550 buy-in event now has an 863-strong player field.

Surviving the day’s play were 33 qualifiers with ‘KidChaos24 (167,377) bagging the end of the day chip lead. Following the Day 1B chip leader is Roshan ‘roshanthefish’ Gurbuxani (165,392) and Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall (148,604).

Other top stacks from the flight include Siddharth Shankar ‘Ouroborus’ Bebarta (131,319), Chirag ‘chilling’ Sodha (123,573), Utkarsh ‘kidpokerNJ’ Vaish (116,314), and Vishal ‘Juwadi’ Gajaria (104,917).

Counting the 38 survivors from Day 1A, there are now 71 players who have made it to Day 2. The Day 1A chip leader ‘Robin Van Charsi’ (229,927) is the overall chip leader with two more starting flights scheduled to run course in the run-up to Day 2 on Saturday.

Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1B

1. KidChaos24 – 167,377
2. Roshan ‘roshanthefish’ Gurbuxani – 165,392
3. Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall – 148,604
4. Siddharth Shankar ‘Ouroborus’ Bebarta – 131,319
5. HarveyHomes – 128,455
6. Chirag ‘chilling’ Sodha – 123,573
7. madman25 – 120,297
8. Utkarsh ‘kidpokerNJ’ Vaish – 116,314
9. OneLuckyOne – 115,173
10. Vishal ‘Juwadi’ Gajaria–104,917

Night on Stars ₹8 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 175

Re-entries – 123

Prize Pool – ₹8,00,000

Places Paid – 47

PokerStars India’s Wednesday’s signature tourney, the ₹8 Lakhs GTD Night on Stars, attracted 298 entries that translated into an overlay of ₹55,000.

Following nearly eight hours of grueling play, mystery user ‘Zeejohn00’ was the last player standing. They defeated the 2020 India Poker Champion Rubin ‘kornkid4’ Labroo heads-up to walk away with a ₹1.52 Lakhs. Labroo received ₹1.11 Lakhs for his runner-up finish. With this latest score, Labroo’s lifetime online winnings improved to ₹4.6 Crores.

The FT was replete with seasoned pros like Young Gun Gaurav ‘3betPanda’ Sood (3rd for ₹81,715), Anant ‘Dr4gonW4rrior’ Purohit (5th for ₹43,905), Suraj ‘bugggsbunny08’ Rathi (6th for ₹32,182), Siddharth ‘siddonuts’ Pandey (7th for ₹23,589), and PokerGuru Ambassador Shashank ‘GOAT-245’ Desai (9th for ₹12,674).

Final Table Results

1. Zeejohn007 – ₹1,52,090
2. Rubin ‘kornkid4’ Labroo – ₹1,11,481
3. Gaurav ‘3betPanda’ Sood – ₹81,715
4. shivaay24 – ₹59,897
5. Anant ‘Dr4gonW4rrior’ Purohit – ₹43,905
6. Suraj ‘bugggsbunny08’ Rathi – ₹32,182
7. Siddharth ‘siddonuts’ Pandey – ₹23,589
8. freeflow46 – ₹17,291
9. Shashank ‘GOAT-245’ Desai – ₹12,674

Big Bubble Rush ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 125

Re-entries – 99

Total Prize Pool – ₹5,60,000

Regular Prize Pool – ₹2,80,000

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹2,80,000

Places Paid – 41

The ₹5 Lakhs GTD Big Bubble Rush fared much better than the Night on Stars. A turnout of 224 entries helped create a prize pool worth ₹5.60 Lakhs.

Online reg Pranav ‘pkpok13’ Khandalkar championed the event for ₹1.20 Lakhs, just as Vishnu’violator2018′ Khandelwal came in second for ₹53,850. Khandalkar has crossed the ₹2 Crore-mark in lifetime earnings with this score, out of which he has won ₹28.13 Lakhs on PokerStars India alone.

Anurag ‘GutshotHaiBro’ Srivastava (3rd for ₹37,208), Abhijeet ‘sexylady7766’ Kumar (7th for ₹15,827), Kunal ‘charsilaladka’ Chaudhary (8th for ₹21,729), and Arsh ‘BiggggTymeR’ Grover (9th for ₹8,526) earned final table payouts.

Final Table Results

1. Pranav ‘pkpok13’ Khandalkar – ₹1,20,238
2. Vishnu ‘violator2018’ Khandelwal – ₹53,850
3. Anurag ‘GutshotHaiBro’ Srivastava – ₹37,208
4. muttonmm – ₹36,191
5. Hushpoke – ₹38,320
6. Niraj2401 – ₹13,773
7. Abhijeet ‘sexylady7766’ Kumar – ₹15,827
8. Kunal ‘charsilaladka’ Chaudhary – ₹21,729
9. Arsh ‘BiggggTymeR’ Grover – ₹8,526

GPS#14 Mega Freeze ₹4.5 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹3,300

Entries – 152

Prize Pool – ₹4,56,000

Places Paid – 20

The ₹4.5 Lakhs GTD GPS#14 Mega Freeze gathered 152 runners who paid the ₹3,300 buy-in, collecting ₹4.56 Lakhs in the prize pool.

Anonymous user ‘vishmonker01’ championed the event for ₹1.09 Lakhs, after defeating ‘Paperboi’ (runner-up for ₹74,328) heads-up.

Utkarsh ‘kidpokerNJ’ Vaish (3rd for ₹49,020), Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma (4th for ₹40,493), Siddharth ‘Ouroborus’ Shankar Bebarta (5th for ₹32,513), PokerGuru Ambassador Vivek’KasolHieghts’ Singh (7th for ₹19,106), and Aman ‘Karmapoker’ Parakh (8th for ₹14,136) FT-ed the event.

GPS #15 Monster Stack ₹4.5 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 270

Re-entries – 110

Rebuys – 162

Prize Pool – ₹5,42,000

Places Paid – 55

Topping a field of 542 entries in the ₹4.5 Lakhs GTD GPS #15 Monster Stack, an anonymous player ‘Kingkong655’ won ₹77,371 after striking a four-way deal with Sandeep ‘TheUnicorn’ Malik (2^nd for ₹72,959), Amit ‘Magnemo’ Sahu (3^rd for ₹55,387), and ‘GuruGhantAALin’ (4^th for ₹52,551).

Starting at 11 PM,the event went above and beyond the listed guarantee by collecting ₹5.42 Lakhs in prize money.

Kanav ‘SneakyBlinders’ Parwal finished 5^th for ₹30,840.

Hexagram ₹3 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 64

Re-entries – 53

Prize Pool – ₹3,00,000

Places Paid – 13

Adda52’s ₹3 Lakhs GTD Hexagram logged in 117 entries to leave an overlay of ₹66,000, and the top 13 places finished ITM.

Walking away with the title was MTT crusher Anurag ‘NormanBates’ Srivastava, who banked ₹85,500 after defeating Sumit ‘sumit4game’ Saurav (runner-up for ₹57,000) in the heads-up play.

Aman ‘karmapoker’ Parakh (5^th for ₹22,500), Shekhar ‘brat_poker’ Singh (6^th for ₹15,000), and Vishnu ‘violator’ Khandelwal (9^th for ₹7,500) posted FT finishes.

Wednesday SuperStack (6-Max) ₹3 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 90

Re-entries – 51

Prize Pool – ₹3,00,000

Places Paid – 18

The ₹3 Lakhs GTD Wednesday SuperStack came down to a heads-up battle between Ritwik ‘Ritwikkhanna’ Khanna and Aman ‘Karmapoker’ Parakh. It was the former who prevailed and won ₹72,250. Parakh collected ₹54,090 for his runner-up finish.

Anujkumar ‘aatmaan’ Kodam finished 3^rd for ₹34,800.

Notably, Ritwik Khanna placed 9^th in the ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Pride as well.

Gladiator ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹1,250

Entries – 128

Re-entries – 56

Prize Pool – ₹2,50,000

Places Paid – 45

The ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Gladiator had to fill in an overlay of ₹43,000 on the back of 184 entries.

A player with the moniker ‘Fireman’ championed the tourney. ‘isildur1’ finished runner-up for ₹33,750.

Pocket Dinner ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 93

Re-Entries – 36

Prize Pool – ₹1,50,000

Places Paid – 27

Pocket52’s ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD Pocket Dinner fell ₹21,000 short of the listed guarantee after registering 129 entries.

Site regular Sukanta ‘Srijon’ Mondal came out on top to win ₹34,500, while ‘Easterdamz’ placed runner-up for ₹21,000.

Wow Wednesday ₹50K GTD – Poker Dangal

Buy-in – ₹330

Entries – 77

Re-buys – 33

Add-Ons – 29

Prize Pool – ₹50,000

Places Paid – 13

Topping a field of 139 entries, ‘Skdoc’ took down Poker Dangal’s ₹50K GTD Wow Wednesday. The ₹330 buy-in event had an overlay of ₹8,300 and paid out 13 places.

6 Feet Under PLO ₹25K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 13

Re-buys – 17

Prize Pool – ₹25,000

Places Paid – 4

Khelo365’s ₹25K GTD 6 Feet Under PLO saw ‘Ichhabra15’ winning the title for ₹11,500.

The event fell ₹10,000 short of the guarantee, after registering 30 entries.

Grinder 2.0 NLHE ₹20K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹275

Entries – 45

Re-buys – 39

Prize Pool – ₹21,000

Places Paid – 9

The ₹20K GTD Grinder 2.0 NLHE registered 84 entries, and only the top 9 places were paid. Racing past the competition was ‘SSD121SSD,’ who collected ₹6,720 in prize money.

This report was updated at 4 PM on 6.8.2020.

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