Daily Majors: Lakhotia, Lamba, Rathi & Agrawal Bank the Big Monday Scores

Mondays are generally slow-paced on the virtual felts, but with a dry spell of events, it seemed slower than usual. The start of Spartan Poker’s Grand Poker Series (GPS) was the only saving grace. Here is a complete recap.

Spartan Poker

Tournament season never ends on Spartan Poker! After a phenomenally successful IOPC July edition, one of India’s leading online poker site returned with the second edition of the GPS on Monday. The first flagship tournament on offer at the week-long series was the ₹14 Lakhs GTD GPS#3 ReCharge. Drawing in 796 entrants, who ponied up the ₹2,200 buy-in, the tourney crushed its advertised guarantee to collect a ₹15.92 Lakhs prize pool. Former Millionaire United champion Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia battled it out with site regular ‘Jhumroo’ for the title. Lakhotia clinched the top prize worth ₹3.07 Lakhs, taking his overall online tally to ₹3.45 Crores. The runner-up walked away with ₹1.93 Lakhs.

The other big guarantee event on Spartan Poker was the ₹6.5 Lakhs GTD GPS#4 The Flash that attracted 661 entries and surpassed its offered guarantee by ₹11,000. Arjunn ‘Arjunn Ag’ Agrawal took down the event for ₹1.26 Lakhs, after besting ‘Azhor Ahai’ (runner-up for ₹79,523). Agarwal presently has lifetime online winnings of ₹54.1 Lakhs, out which ₹38.22 Lakhs he has earned on Spartan Poker.

PokerBaazi

With the lackluster action on other premier sites, PokerBaazi’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Bout comfortably sailed past its listed guarantee and posted a ₹10.43 Lakhs prize pool on the back of 417 contenders. Sandy ‘Ziigmund’ Lamba, who had shipped the BSS MegaStack ₹8 Lakhs GTD on Sunday, won back-to-back titles on the site, after taking down The Bout for ₹2.10 Lakhs. Suraj ‘SurajRathi’ Rathi secured the runner-up spot with a ₹1.47 Lakhs payout. With this score, Lamba has accrued ₹95.96 Lakhs on PokerBaazi alone.

Adda52

Things are steadily returning to normal on Adda52. The site able to carry out its Tuesday staple tourney, the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Inception, without any significant hiccups. However, after nearly a week-long absence, the tourney did not receive a very warm welcome back from the players. With only 299 entries getting registered in the event, the site had to fill in an overlay of ₹43,200. Mystery user ‘solidpoker’ toppled Surbhit ‘grovahova’ Grover during the heads-up play and claimed the top honors, including a ₹2.09 Lakhs payday. A heads-up chop saw Grover take home ₹1.99 Lakhs in prize money.

PokerStars India

The ₹7 Lakhs GTD Battle Royale was the signature event on PokerStars India yesterday. The event ran for nearly seven hours, and in the end, site regular ‘theoldestkid’ came out on top. They trounced the 252-strong entry field, banking ₹1.58 Lakhs, while ‘Magadh.Express’ came in second for ₹73,886. Following the usual trend on the site, this event suffered an overlay of ₹70,000.

The other Monday winners were:

GPS#3 ReCharge ₹14 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 352

Re-entries – 171

Re-buys – 273

Prize Pool – ₹15,92,000

Places Paid – 71

The Monday headliner at Spartan Poker, ₹14 Lakhs GTD GPS#3 ReCharge saw a player pool of 796 sign-ups, and with that, a guarantee-crushing ₹15.92 Lakhs prize pool was formed.

Topping them all was MTT pro Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia, who took away the up-top prize money worth ₹3.07 Lakhs after defeating ‘Jhumroo’ (runner-up for ₹1.93 Lakhs) heads-up. Lakhotia is now fast approaching ₹3.50 Crores in lifetime recorded online winnings!

PokerGuru Ambassador Shashank ‘Jai Bajarangbali’ Desai (5^th for ₹85,809), Surajkumar ‘limper93’ Swathirajan (6^th for ₹67,023), and Anmolraj ‘sriracha’ Singh Chawla (8^th for ₹35,183) posted FT scores.

Final Table Results

1. Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia – ₹3,07,256
2. Jhumroo – ₹1,93,587
3. drpokerabc – ₹1,38,663
4. pokenuke49 – ₹1,09,211
5. Shashank ‘Jai Bajarangbali’ Desai – ₹85,809
6. Surajkumar ‘limper93’ Swathirajan – ₹67,023
7. XQTR – ₹50,466
8. Anmolraj ‘sriracha’ Singh Chawla – ₹35,183
9. Gladiator007 – ₹27,860

The Bout ₹10 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 209

Re-entries – 208

Prize Pool – ₹10,43,000

Places Paid – 54

PokerBaazi’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Bout commenced at 8 PM yesterday, drawing a pool of 417 runners. This was good enough for the event to surpass its guarantee, and the final 54 players took a bite out of the ₹10.43 Lakhs prize pool.

Racing ahead of the rest was Sunday’s BSS Megastack champion Sandy ‘Ziigmund’ Lamba. He captured the title after beating his heads-up rival Suraj ‘SurajRathi’ Rathi (runner-up for ₹1.47 Lakhs) to the finish line. While he had won the MegaStack for ₹1.87 Lakhs, The Bout title fetched him another ₹2.10 Lakhs.

Yohan ‘AllinMaestro’ Patel (5^th for ₹52,440), Dhinesh ‘dhineshrocky007’ Kumar (6^th for ₹42,010), Vivekk ‘Vivek25’ Dube (7^th for ₹35,030) and Shravan ‘FishStars’ Chhabria (8^th for ₹27,940) were others who posted FT finishes.

Final Table Results

1. Sandy ‘Ziigmund’ Lamba – ₹2,10,000
2. Suraj ‘SurajRathi’ Rathi – ₹1,47,000
3. dgurwara – ₹94,450
4. Sumitsingh199 – ₹69,850
5. Yohan ‘AllinMaestro’ Patel – ₹52,440
6. Dhinesh ‘dhineshrocky007’ Kumar – ₹42,010
7. Vivekk ‘Vivek25’ Dube – ₹35,030
8. Shravan ‘FishStars’ Chhabria – ₹27,940
9. ImperatorFuriosa – ₹20,950

Inception ₹10 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹3,500

Entries – 159

Re-entries – 140

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 30

Adda52 returned to its schedule of weekly MTT`s after a week-long break marred with technical disruptions. The featured tourney on the comeback day was the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Inception. The tourney logged in 299 entries to witness a shortfall of ₹43,200.

The last two players standing, the anonymous user ‘solidpoker’ and Surbhit ‘grovahova’ Grover cut a heads-up deal. The former clinched the title for a site-best ₹2.09 Lakhs. Grover settled for the runner-up spot, collecting almost ₹2 Lakhs.

This happened to be ‘solidpoker’`s second title victory on the site, taking his online tally on the site to ₹5.90 Lakhs (over ₹4.54 Lakhs in profits). Grover raked in his best score on PokerBaazi and his fourth-biggest score overall last night.

Sumit ‘sumit4game’ Saurav (3rd for ₹1.15 Lakhs), Abhishek ‘thegrinder’ Garg (4^th for ₹85,000), Devrat ‘vickypune’ Singh (5^th for ₹57,500), Sagar ‘alwaysnutz’ Choudhury (6^th for ₹40,000), Sumit ‘hammer_head’ Sapra (7^th for ₹30,000), and Rajesh ‘phanthom’ Singh (8^th for ₹25,000) posted FT finishes.

Final Table Results

1. solidpoker – ₹2,08,743*
2. Surbhit ‘grovahova’ Grover – ₹1,99,757*
3. Sumit ‘sumit4game’ Saurav – ₹1,15,000
4. Abhishek ‘thegrinder’ Garg – ₹85,000
5. Devrat ‘vickypune’ Singh – ₹57,500
6. Sagar ‘alwaysnutz’ Choudhury – ₹40,000
7. Sumit ‘hammer_head’ Sapra – ₹30,000
8. Rajesh ‘phanthom’ Singh – ₹25,000
9. Kunotaguero – ₹20,000

*denotes heads-up deal

Battle Royale ₹7 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 149

Re-entries – 103

Total Prize Pool – ₹7,00,000

Regular Prize Pool – ₹3,85,000

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹3,15,000

Places Paid – 39

The ₹7 Lakhs GTD Battle Royale pulled in 252 challengers who ponied the 2,750 buy-in to leave an overlay of ₹70,000, and the top 39 places got paid.

After seven hours of play, an unknown player with the moniker ‘theoldestkid’ came out on top to win ₹1.58 Lakhs.

Anmol ‘freak_weird0’ Agarwal finished 7^th for ₹26,251.

Final Table Results

1. theoldestkid – ₹1,58,342
2. Magadh.Express – ₹73,886
3. Gunnaji – ₹51,204
4. Bhai99 – ₹38,977
5. varunpothan82 – ₹22,793
6. sautri13 – ₹20,135
7. Anmol ‘freak_weird0’ Agarwal – ₹26,251
8. cresthorology – ₹17,389
9. yashos13 – ₹16,850

GPS#4 The Flash ₹6.5 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 332

Re-entries – 145

Re-buys 184

Prize Pool – ₹6,61,000

Places Paid – 71

Topping a field of 661 entries, Arjunn ‘Arjunn Ag’ Agrawal championed the ₹6.5 Lakhs GTD GPS#4 The Flash on Spartan Poker for ₹1.26 Lakhs.

The ₹1,100 buy-in event generated a prize pool worth ₹6.61 Lakhs, assuring a payday to the final 71 finishers.

Other notables who posted final table scores were, Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPros’ Kumar (4^th for ₹45,345), Sachin ‘vivid_sachin’ Nanda (8^th for ₹13,854) and Abhinash Kumar ‘QueenNine’ Nayak (9^th for ₹11,568).

Final Table Results

1. Arjunn ‘Arjunn Ag’ Agrawal – ₹1,26,819
2. Azhor Ahai – ₹79,523
3. chotunitkat – ₹57,573
4. Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPros’ Kumar – ₹45,345
5. VSXXX – ₹35,628
6. Indian. – ₹27,828
7. AshG – ₹20,299
8. Sachin ‘vivid_sachin’ Nanda – ₹13,854
9. Abhinash Kumar ‘QueenNine’ Nayak – ₹11,568

Pocket Queens ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 159

Re-Entries – 75

Prize Pool – ₹2,50,000

Places Paid – 45

Anonymous user ‘Centering’ decimated a field of 234 entries, including his heads-up rival ‘Maininsaafkaroonga’ (runner-up for ₹33,125) to win ₹53,750 in Pocket52’s ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD Pocket Queens.

The event posted an overlay of ₹16,000, and the top 45 places got paid.

Sonu ‘chandani’ Rajput finished 3rd for ₹23,750.

Pocket Lunch ₹2 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 85

Re-Entries – 63

Prize Pool – ₹2,00,000

Places Paid – 27

The daily afternoon tourney on Pocket52, the ₹2 Lakh GTD Pocket Lunch registered 147 entries, registering an overlay of ₹53,000.

Sumit ‘Sumit_Saraswat’ Saraswat outlasted the competition to win ₹46,000. ‘Ineverbluff’ finished runner-up for ₹28,000.

Pocket Dinner ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 78

Re-Entries – 39

Prize Pool – ₹1,50,000

Places Paid – 27

The ₹1.5 Lakh GTD Pocket Dinner on Pocket52 drew 117 entries to post an overlay of ₹33,000.

Loknath ‘VIVOIPL’ Mukherjee championed the tourney to win ₹37,500. Shivam ‘shivam69’ Khandelwal finished runner-up for ₹23,250.

Mayank ‘MasterDevil’ Shekhar (3rd for ₹16,500) and Naman ‘nammy09’ Puri (5th for ₹10,500) posted FT finishes.

Monday Blues ₹1 Lakh GTD – Poker Dangal

Buy-in – ₹385

Entries – 92

Re-buys – 76

Add-ons – 51

Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000

Places Paid – 15

It was a lazy start to the week on Poker Dangal as it’s Monday flagship event, the ₹1 Lakh GTD Monday Blues, experienced a shortfall of ₹23,350 from 219 entries.

Anonymous user ‘Blewjob’ championed the event for ₹24,000, besting ‘Anilkk’ (runner-up for ₹17,500) heads-up.

Grinder 2.0NLHE ₹20K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹275

Entries – 47

Re-entries – 28

Prize Pool – ₹20,000

Places Paid – 8

Khelo365`s ₹20K GTD Grinder 2.0 NLHE registered 75 entries falling a very marginal ₹1,750 short of the listed guarantee.

Site regular ‘nagato’ boosted their bankroll by ₹6,800 after defeating ‘Kaushal99’ (runner-up for ₹4,000) heads-up to win the title.

This report was updated at 1:30 PM on 04.08.2020.

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