Daily Majors: Manish Lakhotia, Vivek Singh, Mithun Mahesh, Clinton Fernandes & Deepak Singh Champion the Thursday Marquees

Gone are the days when the massive guaranteed tourneys were only reserved for the weekends. With flagship stops like the IOPC on Spartan Poker, the APT Online Series India on PokerBaazi, and PokerStars India’s Winter Series running alongside Adda52’s Suit Up January tourneys, Thursday packed quite the punch!

The day’s biggest draw was the ₹1 Crore GTD IOPC#52 High Roller running on Spartan Poker. The flagship tourney pulled in 186 entries and played down to the six-max FT, and looking at the mix, it’s going to be an exciting run to the title! Watch the live stream of the FT starting at 6 PM on our Facebook page.

Two-time Millionaire champion Manish Lakhotia was without a doubt the star of the day. Lakhotia championed two tourneys, earning his second APT trophy in the ₹40 Lakhs GTD APT Championship Event for ₹12.15 Lakhs along with an IOPC title. The Thursday night run has propelled him to the top of the 2021 leaderboard!

It’s been a great month for PokerGuru Staking, with the team winning at least one marquee title every day this past week. Last night, it was PokerGuru Ambassadors Vivek Singh and Mithun Mahesh who added to the team`s tally with Clinton Fernandes and Deepak Singh taking down the other featured tourneys of the day.

That was a sneak peek. Now let’s do a full recap of the Thursday tourneys.

Spartan Poker

The pièce de résistance of Spartan Poker’s Thursday roster, the ₹1 Crore GTD IOPC#52 High Roller, started off at 9 PM. The ₹55,000 entry buy-in tourney recorded a starting field of 186 participants, with the site filling in an overlay of ₹7 Lakhs. It played down to the six-handed final table, where headlining the remaining finalists is two-time Millionaire champion Sriharsha ‘Potato Player’ Doddapaneni (2,378,573). Young Gun Shardul ‘Faucet Failure’ Parthasarathi (2,377,386) is hot on Doddapaneni’s heels, while Spartan Poker Team Pro Nikita Luther (1,102,894) is a distant third is chips.

Sagar ‘strangeplay’ Choudhury (1,072,570) is the next top stack while bringing in the glam quotient to the virtual tables is TV actor Anita ‘PokerFace14’ Hassanandani (270,774), who is fifth in chips, with Pulkit ‘Championplayer’ Goyal (237,803) capping off the final table as the shortest stack.

The IOPC High Roller is the first of the five events of this mega series that will have a live-streamed final table. These six finalists will return at 6 PM today to play down to a champion. The winner of the event will make their way to the iconic IOPC Masters Table that will be live-streamed on February 3.

While the IOPC High Roller is yet to crown a champion, the Thursday night bonanza – the ₹40 Lakhs GTD IOPC#51 Ultron, was shipped by PokerGuru Ambassador Vivek ‘KasolHieghts’ Singh. The MTT pro traversed the 892 entry-field to win ₹5.29 Lakhs after striking a four-way deal with WSOP bracelet winner Aditya ‘SuperuSer’ Sushant (runner-up for ₹4.73 Lakhs), fellow Team Ambassador Ratul ‘Atriohm’ Steves (3rd for ₹4.35 Lakhs), and ‘icansuckout’ (4th for ₹4.10 Lakhs).

Singh’s stellar run also saw him come excruciatingly close to shipping his second IOPC title of the night in the ₹16.50 Lakhs GTD IOPC#53. The PokerGuru Ambassador locked horns with Deepak ‘Optimist’ Singh in heads-up play but ultimately finished runner-up for ₹2.04 Lakhs to pad his bankroll for a cool ₹7.40 Lakhs. He currently boasts of over ₹4.79 Crore in MTT winnings.

Deepak Singh took home a winner’s paycheque worth ₹3.21 Lakhs. While Vivek Singh missed out on a second title, Deepak Singh got the job done by taking down the ₹5 Lakhs GTD APT#35 PKO on PokerBaazi for ₹1.58 Lakhs. His total winnings for the day touched ₹4.40 Lakhs, taking his MTT record to ₹1.31 Crores.

The ₹10 Lakhs GTD IOPC#54 Destiny IOPC Edition saw Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia lapping up his second title win of the night. Lakhotia, who won the ₹40 Lakhs GTD APT#33 Championship Event for ₹12.14 Lakhs, topped 454 entries to collect ₹2 Lakhs in prize money. Alongside several other cashes, Lakhotia raked in a ginormous ₹14.41 Lakhs to emerge the biggest winner of the day! The Thursday rush has boosted his lifetime winnings to ₹5.67 Crores.

The ₹6.75 Lakhs GTD IOPC#50 was shipped by Aryan ‘bob_marley’ Singh, who ran past the 397-player field to capture his second IOPC title in under a week for a ₹1.42 Lakhs payday. Bollywood actor Siddhanth Kapoor finished runner-up for ₹96,120.

Over at the ₹6.25 Lakhs GTD IOPC #48 ₹6.25 Lakhs GTD, Prafull ‘2Lucifer2’ Hasbe grabbed the top honors for ₹1.18 Lakhs, following a heads-up deal with Rahul ‘Mrrahul777’ Kumar (runner-up for ₹1.02 Lakhs).

Spartan Poker’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD IOPC#49 Monster Stack crushed its advertised guarantee by ₹54,400 after logging in 792 challengers. Topping them all was Nikhil ‘pot-pan’ Jain, who walked away with ₹88,551 in prize money following a heads-up deal with ‘SansuS’ (runner-up for ₹78,594).

IOPC Leaderboard Standings After Day 8

PokerStars India

The flagship Thursday tourney on PokerStars India, the ₹25 Lakhs GTD Winter Series – 30 Highroller SE, registered a marginal ₹17,520 in overlays after logging in 182 entries, and the top 31 places got paid. PokerGuru Ambassador Mithun ‘ThePokeRajaIN’ Mahesh was the last player standing and won ₹4.96 Lakhs. ‘Fajal’ finished runner-up for ₹3.70 Lakhs.

Mahesh, who last shipped Adda52’s Maverick on December 10 for ₹3.82 Lakhs, now boasts of over ₹1.79 Crores in lifetime earnings.

Some other standout winners include:

Armaan ‘armaan007111’ Kochhar (earned a collective ₹4.78 Lakhs)

• 3rd in the₹25 Lakhs GTD Winter Series – 30 Highroller SE for ₹76 Lakhs
• 7th in the 40 Lakhs GTD APT #33 Championship Event for ₹02 Lakhs

PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer Singh Chadha (earned a collective ₹1.76 Lakhs)

• 6th in the ₹25 Lakhs GTD Winter Series – 30 Highroller SE for ₹14 Lakhs
• 3rd in the ₹25 Lakhs GTD IOPC #48 for ₹62,750

The ₹6 Lakhs GTD Winter Series – 32 The Classic clocked in 255 entrants, overlaying ₹20,130. Racing past the competition was Myron ‘khAAbib’ Pereira, who took away ₹1.22 Lakhs in cash prize after outdueling Kunal ‘charsilaladka’ Chaudhary (runner-up for ₹66,991) in heads-up play.

Adda52

Adda52`s Thursday primetime tourney, the ₹25 Lakhs GTD Godfather, clocked in 512 entries to collect a profitable ₹25.05 Lakhs in prize money. After numerous FT finishes,

Clinton ‘clinton_fern’ Fernandes finally got his hands on a flagship title as he won the Godfather for ₹4.89 Lakhs. He chopped the top prize with Sheetal ‘daddy5050’ Jain (runner-up for ₹4.62 Lakhs).

This is Fernandes’ third big score in January – he had on January 13, placed runner-up in the Maverick for ₹2.21 Lakhs. Fernandes had come close to winning the Mega Suits on January 17 – placing third for ₹2.85 Lakhs.

The Godfather runner-up, Sheetal Jain, was the other big winner on the site yesterday. Jain also stormed into the final table of the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Monster Turbo. The event had taken off 90 minutes after the Godfather but, unlike the latter, failed to meet its posted guarantee, overlaying ₹81,500 on the back of 186 entries. Jain placed third for ₹63,750, collecting a cumulative ₹5.26 Lakhs across the two Adda52 tourneys. Pranav ‘pornoveloo’ Anand championed the tourney to win ₹1.38 Lakhs, with Ram ‘mowgumotu’ Kakkar placing runner-up for ₹84,000.

PokerBaazi

An action-packed Day 7 of the inaugural APT Online Series India named four champions on Thursday.

The showstopper at the series, the ₹2 Crores GTD APT Main Event, played out its second starting flight last night. Day 1B did slightly better than Day 1A by bringing in 365 entries to push the total entry count to 719 entries (Day1A – 354 and Day 1B – 365). After the stipulated 27 levels of play, 46 players advanced to Day 2. Armaan ‘Armaan007’ Kochhar (293,000) bagged the end-of-day chip lead, with Abhishek ‘sharktops’ Jaiswal (270,000) and Dhaval ‘Rehab77’ Mudgal (251,000) rounding out the top three stacks of the day.

Day 1A chip leader Nishant ‘nishant177’ Sharma continues to retain the overall chip lead with his stack of 318,000. There are two more starting flights left to go before Day 2 on January 26.

The APT trophy event of the day was the ₹40 Lakhs GTD APT Championship Event. The ₹22,000 entry buy-in tourney landed a crowd of 275 contenders to generate a guarantee-smashing ₹55 Lakhs prize pool. Topping them all was the two-time Millionaire champion, Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia, who defeated Young Gun Shardul ‘duuurrrr‘ Parthasarathi (runner-up for ₹8.53 Lakhs) heads-up to win his first APT featured title and a site-best ₹12.15 Lakhs. He also clinched the prestigious APT Guardian Trophy and APT ring. This is the second time Lakhotia has won an APT featured trophy – albeit it’s his first one online. In July 2019, he had won Event #6 NLHE at APT Vietnam for $7,215 (~ ₹5.27 Lakhs).

This was the second title Lakhotia won last night. Just a few hours ago, he had taken down the ₹10 Lakhs GTD IOPC #54 – Destiny – IOPC Edition on Spartan Poker for ₹1.99 Lakhs and his second-ever IOPC title! Add his fourth-place finish in the IOPC #49 – Monster Stack Boost for ₹38,531 to the two title victories, and Lakhotia raked in a hefty ₹14.52 Lakhs through the day, boosting his lifetime tally to ₹5.82 Crores.

Young Gun Shardul Parthsarathi also ran deep in the ₹6 Lakhs GTD Winter Series The Classic, where he placed fifth for ₹23,273. With two more min-cashes in the IOPC #51 Ultron and the IOPC #50 thrown in, Parthasarathi closed out a profitable Thursday, adding over ₹9.06 Lakhs to his scorecard.

The ₹7 Lakhs GTD APT#32 Turbo attracted 417 entries, falling ₹74,500 short of its listed guarantee. Parth ‘VINAY7690’ Aggarwal was the last player standing and won ₹1.41 Lakhs, with ‘anky1824’ placing runner-up for ₹98,630.

Deepak ‘3streakbluff’ Singh (won APT#35 PKO ₹5 Lakhs GTD for ₹1.58 Lakhs) and Raksha ‘rakshajindal’ Agarwal (won APT#31 DST ₹4 Lakhs GTD for ₹84,000) were the other APT Online title winners of the day.

APT Online Series India Leaderboard Standings After Day 7

The other notable Thursday winners were –

APT#34 Main Event ₹2 Crores GTD Day 1B – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 270

Re-entries – 95

Survivors – 46

The showstopper of the inaugural APT Online Series India, the ₹2 Crores GTD APT Main Event, played out its second starting flight on Thursday. Day 1B did slightly better than Day 1A, dragging in 365 entries to take the total entry count in the tourney to 719 entries (Day1A – 354 and Day 1B – 365).

After the stipulated 27 levels of play, 46 players bagged a stack for Day 2, with Armaan ‘Armaan007’ Kochhar topping the charts with his stack of 293,000. Abhishek ‘sharktops’ Jaiswal (270,000) and Dhaval ‘Rehab77’ Mudgal (251,000) bagged the next top stacks.

The Day 1A chip leader, Nishant ‘nishant177’ Sharma, retains the overall chip lead with his stack of 318,000. There are two more starting flights left before Day 2 on January 26.

The other notables among the top 10 stacks of the day included Young Gun Gaurav ‘gaug17’ Sood (236,000), PokerGuru Ambassador Parikshit ‘zapdos1234’ Dhall (234,000), Gaurav ‘kira1545’ Kaul (190,000), Aditya ‘adit11’ Kulkarni (189,000), PokerGuru Ambassador Nadeem ‘SpadeHunter’ Basha (177,000), and Pulkit ‘Ifoldfullhouses’ Goyal (175,000).

Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1B

1. Armaan ‘Armaan007’ Kochhar – 293,000
2. Abhishek ‘sharktops’ Jaiswal – 270,000
3. Dhaval ‘Rehab77’ Mudgal – 251,000
4. Gaurav ‘gaug17’ Sood – 236,000
5. Parikshit ‘zapdos1234’ Dhall – 234,000
6. Gaurav ‘kira1545’ Kaul – 190,000
7. Aditya ‘adit11’ Kulkarni – 189,000
8. brv07 – 184,000
9. Nadeem ‘SpadeHunter’ Basha – 177,000
10. Pulkit ‘Ifoldfullhouses’ Goyal – 175,000

APT #33 Championship Event ₹40 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹22,000

Entries – 161

Re-entries – 114

Prize Pool – ₹55,00,000

Places Paid – 36

The ₹40 Lakhs GTD APT #33 Championship Event obliterated its advertised guarantee as 275 hopefuls helped collect a gargantuan ₹55 Lakhs in the prize pool, going almost 37% over the mark!

The virtual battle waged on for nine hours and 47 minutes before the two-time Millionaire champion Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia came out on top to win his first APT online trophy and a personal-best (on PokerBaazi) ₹12.15 Lakhs. The victory also fetched him the prestigious APT Guardian Trophy and as APT Ring Set.

Young Gun Shardul ‘duuurrrr‘ Parthasarathi finished runner-up for ₹8.53 Lakhs.

Lakhotia shipped a second title last night – the ₹10 Lakhs GTD IOPC #54 – Destiny – IOPC Edition for ₹1.99 Lakhs (his career second IOPC event win), becoming the first player to win an APT Online trophy event and an IOPC title on the same day.

Add to this his fourth-place finish in the IOPC #49 – Monster Stack Boost for ₹38,531, Lakhotia raked in ₹14.41 Lakhs in total earnings, boosting his lifetime tally to ₹5.82 Crores.

The six-handed FT included the likes of Akshay ‘powershell’ Asawa (3^rd for ₹5.48 Lakhs), Dhaval ‘Rehab77’ Mudgal (4^th for ₹4.06 Lakhs), Akshay ‘sherlock52’ Nasa (5^th for ₹3.05 Lakhs), and Aditya ‘eatingseeds’ Degala (6^th for ₹2.44 Lakhs).

Final Table Results

1. Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia – ₹12,15,000
2. Shardul ‘duuurrrr’ Parthasarathi – ₹8,53,000
3. Akshay ‘powershell’ Asawa – ₹5,48,000
4. Dhaval ‘Rehab77’ Mudgal – ₹4,06,000
5. Akshay ‘sherlock52’ Nasa – ₹3,05,000
6. Aditya ‘eatingseeds’ Degala – ₹2,44,000

Winter Series – 30 Highroller SE ₹25 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹15,000

Entries – 103

Re-entries – 79

Prize Pool – ₹25,00,000

Places Paid – 31

The Friday flagship tourney on PokerStars India, the ₹25 Lakhs GTD Winter Series – 30 Highroller SE, logged in 182 participants, and the top 31 places got paid.

PokerGuru Ambassador Mithun ‘ThePokeRajaIN’ Mahesh championed the tourney to win ₹4.96 Lakhs, with ‘Fajal’ finishing runner-up for ₹3.70 Lakhs.

PokerGuru Ambassador’s Ashish ‘chipcharity999’ Munot (4^th for ₹2.06 Lakhs) and Arjanveer ‘ballistik310’ Singh Chadha (6^th for ₹1.14 Lakhs) also FT-ed the tourney.

Armaan ‘armaan007111’ Kochhar (3^rd for ₹2.76 Lakhs), Dhaval ‘BithBecool’ Mudgal (5^th for ₹1.53 Lakhs), Ranjeet ’Bedevilforyou’ Negi (7^th for ₹85,517), and Guneet ‘GSK1515’ Kwatra (8^th for ₹63,778) were others on the FT.

Final Table Result

1. Mithun ‘ThePokeRajaIN’ Mahesh – ₹4,96,956
2. Fajal – ₹3,70,630
3. Armaan ‘armaan007111’ Kochhar – ₹2,76,416
4. Ashish ‘chipcharity999’ Munot – ₹2,06,151
5. Dhaval ‘BithBecool’ Mudgal – ₹1,53,747
6. Arjanveer ‘ballistik310’ Singh Chadha – ₹1,14,664
7. Ranjeet ’Bedevilforyou’ Negi – ₹85,517
8. Guneet ‘GSK1515’ Kwatra – ₹63,778

Godfather ₹25 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 247

Re-entries- 254

Prize Pool – ₹25,05,021

Places Paid – 55

Adda52`s Thursday primetime tourney, the ₹25 Lakhs GTD Godfather, gathered 512 entries. After several close finishes, Clinton ‘clinton_fern’ Fernandes finally broke into the winner’s circle to collect ₹4.89 Lakhs, following a heads-up chop with Sheetal ‘daddy5050’ Jain (runner-up for ₹4.62 Lakhs).

Deepak ‘bothras’ Bothras (3^rd for ₹2.37 Lakhs), Vinayak ‘bhai_on_mary_jane’ Bajaj (4^th for ₹1.87 Lakhs), Rajat ‘happyfish’ Mahajan (6^th for ₹87,675), Romit ‘ft83’ Advani (7^th for ₹62,625) and Siddarth ‘badtameez_donk’ Singhvi (8^th for ₹50,100) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Clinton ’clinton_fern’ Fernandes – ₹4,89,445
2. Sheetal ‘daddy5050’ Jain – ₹4,62,455
3. Deepak ‘bothras’ Bothras – ₹2,37,975
4. Vinayak ‘bhai_on_mary_jane’ Bajaj – ₹1,87,875
5. ksmunda – ₹1,25,250
6. Rajat ‘happyfish’ Mahajan – ₹87,675
7. Romit ‘ft83’ Advani – ₹62,625
8. Siddarth ‘badtameez_donk’ Singhvi – ₹50,100

*denotes heads-up deal

IOPC #54 Destiny IOPC Edition ₹10 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 214

Re-entries – 62

Rebuys – 178

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 39

Spartan Poker’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD IOPC #54 Destiny IOPC Edition garnered 454 entries, to register an overlay worth ₹92,000.

Clinching his second tourney title of the day was Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia. The two-time Millionaire champion beat ‘Fishy27’ (runner-up for ₹1.33 Lakhs) heads-up to win the IOPC title and ₹2 Lakhs in prize money.

Lakhotia later went on to ship the ₹40 Lakhs GTD APT #33 Championship Event for a whopping ₹12.14 Lakhs. This, along with a third deep run, fetched him ₹14.41 Lakhs in total earnings, pushing his lifetime tally across ₹5.67 Crores.

Final Table Results

1. Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia – ₹2,00,500
2. Fishy27 – ₹1,31,236
3. Naren ‘IMUNAGI’ Purohit – ₹97,500
4. Amit ‘dhallamit’ Dhall – ₹78,700
5. Virat ‘potli6007’ Dalsania – ₹61,700
6. Parikshit ‘zapdos1311’ Dhall – ₹44,836
7. andydlf3 – ₹34,300
8. Fill-Ivey18 – ₹23,336

APT#32 Turbo ₹7 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 246

Re-entries – 171

Prize Pool – ₹7,00,000

Places Paid – 54

The ₹7 Lakhs GTD APT#32 Turbo wrangled in 417 entries, overlaying ₹74,500.

Parth ‘VINAY7690’ Aggarwal championed the tourney to win ₹1.41 Lakhs. The mystery user ‘anky1824’ placed runner-up for ₹98,630. Aggarwal’s lifetime score has touched ₹79.46 Lakhs after the win.

The action-packed FT featured Vinay ‘Vinstill’ B (3rd for ₹63,420), Arpit ‘bilbo_baggins’ Jain (5th for ₹35,210), Naresh ‘Fireexit’ Rathnam (6th for ₹28,210), and Bhanu Prakash ‘Chennaino1’ KC (7th for ₹23,520).

Final Table Results

1. Parth ‘VINAY7690’ Aggarwal – ₹1,41,000
2. anky1824 – ₹98,630
3. Vinay ‘Vinstill’ B – ₹63,420
4. MrEVpositive – ₹46,900
5. Arpit ‘bilbo_baggins’ Jain – ₹35,210
6. Naresh ‘Fireexit’ Rathnam – ₹28,210
7. Bhanu Prakash ‘Chennaino1’ KC – ₹23,520
8. Riraizer – ₹18,760

IOPC #50 ₹6.75 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 195

Re-entries – 47

Rebuys – 155

Prize Pool – ₹6,75,000

Places Paid – 31

Spartan Poker regular Aryan ‘bob_marley’ Singh came out on top in the ₹6.75 Lakhs GTD IOPC #50, outlasting 397 entries to win ₹1.42 Lakhs. This is the second IOPC title for Singh in under a week.

Bollywood actor Siddhanth ‘Liu Kang’ Kapoor placed runner-up for ₹96,120.

Other known names to make it to the FT included Prakash ‘Robin Van Charsi’ Gupta (3^rd for ₹67,770), Taliwabang ‘Medusa777’ Jamir (4^th for ₹53,603), and Harry ‘hypnotiser’ Singh (8^th for ₹17,618).

Final Table Results

1. Aryan ‘bob_marley’ Singh – ₹1,42,763
2. Siddhanth ‘Liu Kang’ Kapoor – ₹96,120
3. Prakash ‘Robin Van Charsi’ Gupta – ₹67,770
4. Taliwabang ‘Medusa777’ Jamir – ₹53,603
5. Spacey – ₹43,470
6. BillaFromBong – ₹33,008
7. Boyka8787 – ₹24,098
8. Harry ‘hypnotiser’ Singh – ₹17,618

IOPC #48 ₹6.25 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 184

Re-entries – 57

Rebuys – 156

Prize Pool – ₹6,25,000

Places Paid – 31

The ₹6.25 Lakhs GTD IOPC #48 logged in 397 participants. Online reg Prafull ‘2Lucifer2’ Hasbe walked away with the title and ₹1.18 Lakhs in prize money after cutting a heads-up deal with Rahul ‘Mrrahul777’ Kumar (runner-up for ₹1.02 Lakhs).

PokerGuru Ambassador and Tuesday’s multiple FT scorer Arjanveer Singh ‘bazzingaa’ Chadha (3^rd for ₹62,750), Mahesh ‘mariokart’ Shyamsundar (5^th for ₹40,250), Sacheen ‘chiefisback’ Ramchandani (6^th for ₹30,562), Anirban D ‘pokernoob’ Das (7^th for ₹22,312), and Maiyad Niraj ‘sheru304c’ Kantilal (8^th for ₹16,312) were the other FT finishers.

Final Table Results

1. Prafull ‘2Lucifer2’ Hasbe – ₹1,18,307*
2. Rahul ‘Mrrahul777’ Kumar – ₹1,02,880*
3. Arjanveer Singh ‘bazzingaa’ Chadha – ₹62,750
4. ishu7777 – ₹50,875
5. Mahesh ‘mariokart’ Shyamsundar – ₹40,250
6. Sacheen ‘chiefisback’ Ramchandani – ₹30,562
7. Anirban D ‘pokernoob’ Das – ₹22,312
8. Maiyad Niraj ‘sheru304c’ Kantilal – ₹16,312

*denotes heads-up deal

Winter Series – 32 The Classic ₹6 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹2,500

Entries – 154

Re-entries – 101

Prize Pool – ₹6,00,000

Places Paid – 27

Myron ‘khAAbib’ Pereira picked up his first title victory of 2021 in the ₹6 Lakhs GTD Winter Series – 32 The Classic, banking ₹1.22 Lakhs. The long-time MTT reg outlasted a field of 255 entries and defeated Kunal ‘charsilaladka’ Chaudhary (runner-up for ₹66,991) in the heads-up play.

With this score, Pereira penetrated the ₹2.81 Crore-mark in recorded winnings!

Sreeharsha ‘DonkeyCommitted’ Boneni (3^rd for ₹54,555), Young Gun Shardul ‘merci999’ Parthasarathi (5^th for ₹23,273), and Prithu ‘fna1tics’ Gaur (6^th for ₹16,173) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Myron ‘khAAbib’ Pereira – ₹1,22,813
2. Kunal ‘charsilaladka’ Chaudhary – ₹66,991
3. Sreeharsha ‘DonkeyCommitted’ Boneni – ₹54,555
4. kviscool – ₹38,674
5. Shardul ‘merci999’ Parthasarathi – ₹23,273
6. Prithu ‘fna1tics’ Gaur – ₹16,173
7. NightfoxTJ – ₹32,878
8. rdx1111 – ₹24,800

IOPC #47 ₹5.75 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹770

Entries – 279

Re-entries – 78

Rebuys – 241

Prize Pool – ₹5,75,000

Places Paid – 47

The ₹5.75 Lakhs GTD IOPC #47 pulled in 598 entrants, filling in a significant ₹1.56 Lakhs in overlays.

Racing past the field was MTT reg Siddharth ‘SidSparta21’ Ojha, who won the title for ₹1.12 Lakhs. Sarthak ‘$enior@dvocate’ Sharma finished runner-up for ₹71,185.

Kriti ‘ironlady’ Kuksal (3^rd for ₹53,360), Vineesh ‘Rockblaster’ Bhatia (4^th for ₹43,182), Atif ‘LuckyWoolF’ Khan (5^th for ₹34,040), Rakesh ‘RiverG’ Sharma (6^th for ₹25,990), Dhaval ‘Ace of hearts’ Doshi (7^th for ₹19,090), and Gadadhar ‘Roohdaar’ Behera (8^th for ₹14,030) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Siddharth ‘SidSparta21’ Ojha – ₹1,12,067
2. Sarthak ‘$enior@dvocate’ Sharma – ₹71,185
3. Kriti ‘ironlady’ Kuksal – ₹53,360
4. Vineesh ‘Rockblaster’ Bhatia – ₹43,182
5. Atif ‘LuckyWoolF’ Khan – ₹34,040
6. Rakesh ‘RiverG’ Sharma – ₹25,990
7. Dhaval ‘Ace of hearts’ Doshi – ₹19,090
8. Gadadhar ‘Roohdaar’ Behera – ₹14,030

APT #35 PKO ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 210

Re-entries – 168

Total Prize Pool – ₹7,56,000

Regular Prize Pool – ₹5,67,000

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹1,89,000

Places Paid – 45

PokerBaazi’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD APT #35 PKO brought in 378 hopefuls to accumulate a guarantee-smashing ₹7.56 Lakhs prize pool (including bounty pool).

Deepak ‘3streakbluff’ Singh navigated his way to the top to win ₹1.58 Lakhs (₹1.19 Lakhs in prizes and ₹39,230 in bounties). Mahesh ‘mahikalra’ Shyamsundar placed runner-up for ₹1.02 Lakhs (₹83,350 in prizes and ₹18,490 in bounties).

Concomitantly, Singh also won the IOPC #53 for ₹3.22 Lakhs, making him the second player alongside Manish Lakhotia to win both APT and IOPC titles on Thursday. Singh now has ₹1.31 Crores in lifetime scores.

The final table included Navdeep ‘Psychonaut’ Sahi (3rd for ₹55,205), Rohan ‘AnshAA’ Soman (4th for ₹42,800), Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna (5th for ₹34,363), Sandy ‘Ziigmund’ Lamba (6th for ₹25,528), and Vivekk ‘vivek25’ Dube (8th for ₹71,914).

Final Table Results (Including Bounties)

1. Deepak ‘3streakbluff’ Singh – ₹1,58,230
2. Mahesh ‘mahikalra’ Shyamsundar – ₹1,01,840
3. Navdeep ‘Psychonaut’ Sahi – ₹55,205
4. Rohan ‘AnshAA’ Soman – ₹42,800
5. Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna – ₹34,363
6. Sandy ‘Ziigmund’ Lamba – ₹25,528
7. dotcomm – ₹52,081
8. Vivekk ‘vivek25’ Dube – ₹71,914

Monster Turbo ₹5 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 119

Re-entries – 67

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 19

Topping a field of 186 entries, Pranav ‘pornoveloo’ Anand captured the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Monster Turbo for ₹1.38 Lakhs. Ram ‘mowgumotu’ Kakkar came in second for ₹84,000.

The Godfather runner-up Sheetal ‘daddy5050’ Jain (3^rd for ₹63,750), Siddharth ‘gabandheer’ Pandey (6^th for ₹22,500) and former Millionaire champion Anurag ‘NormanBates’ Srivastava (7^th for ₹18,750) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Pranav ‘pornoveloo’ Anand – ₹1,38,750
2. Ram ‘mowgumotu’ Kakkar – ₹84,000
3. Sheetal ‘daddy5050’ Jain – ₹63,750
4. myeshu – ₹45,000
5. Krifard – ₹31,250
6. Siddharth ‘gabandheer’ Pandey – ₹22,500
7. Anurag ‘NormanBates’ Srivastava – ₹18,750
8. amarjeet9031 – ₹13,750
9. UDAY44 – ₹11,250

IOPC#49 Monster Stack ₹5 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹770

Entries – 298

Re-entries – 126

Re-buys – 368

Prize Pool – ₹5,54,400

Places Paid – 63

Nikhil ‘pot-pan’ Jain outran a field of 792 entries in the ₹5 Lakhs GTD IOPC#49 Monster Stack to win ₹88,551. He struck a heads-up deal with ‘SansuS’ (runner-up for ₹78,594).

Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia (4^th for ₹38,531), Gadadhar ‘Roohdaar’ Behera (5^th for ₹30,215), and Sampanginaidu ‘Megamindd71’ Vijayalakshmi (6^th for ₹23,673) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Nikhil ‘pot-pan’ Jain – ₹88,551*
2. SansuS – ₹78,895*
3. PleasebeTuna – ₹55,043
4. Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia – ₹38,531
5. Gadadhar ‘Roohdaar’ Behera – ₹30,215
6. Sampanginaidu ‘Megamindd71’ Vijayalakshmi – ₹23,673
7. Imthinking – ₹16,862
8. masternau17 – ₹11,636

*denotes heads-up deal

APT#31 DST ₹4 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 188

Re-entries – 172

Prize Pool – ₹4,00,000

Places Paid – 45

PokerBaazi`s ₹4 Lakhs GTD APT#31 DST was taken down by Raksha ‘rakshajindal’ Agarwal, who collected ₹84,000 for the victory. Ashit ‘nexus010’ Sharma placed runner-up for ₹58,800.

The event brought in 360 runners, falling ₹40,000 short of its listed guarantee.

APT#35 PKO fifth-place finisher Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna (3^rd for ₹37,800), Aditya ‘adit11’ Kulkarni (4^th for ₹28,000), Vikram ‘Poker_lover’ Mishra (5^th for ₹21,000), IOPC #48 seventh-place finisher Anirban D ‘pottysingh’ Das (6^th for ₹16,800), and Monish ‘monish1965’ Kumar (8^th for ₹11,200) posted FT scores.

Final Table Results

1. Raksha ‘rakshajindal’ Agarwal – ₹84,000
2. Ashit ‘nexus010’ Sharma – ₹58,800
3. Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna – ₹37,800
4. Aditya ‘adit11’ Kulkarni – ₹28,000
5. Vikram ‘Poker_lover’ Mishra – ₹21,000
6. Anirban D ‘pottysingh’ Das – ₹16,800
7. shaddy – ₹14,000
8. Monish ‘monish1965’ Kumar – ₹11,200

Warrior Arena ₹1.20 Lakhs GTD – PokerDangal

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 69

Re-entries – 33

Prize Pool – ₹1,20,000

Places Paid – 17

PokerDangal’s ₹1.20 Lakhs GTD Warrior Arena pulled in 102 entrants to leave an overlay of ₹18,000. Topping them all was ‘fakeer,’ who won ₹28,800 after defeating ‘j2sera’ (runner-up for ₹20,400) in heads-up play.

Pocket Jacks ₹75K GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 79

Re-entries – 43

Prize Pool – ₹75,000

Places Paid – 19

Pocket52`s ₹75K GTD Pocket Jacks logged in 122 participants, and the top 19 places got paid. The anonymous user ‘Kidpoker29’ championed the tourney to win ₹17,250, just as site regular ‘HassiAces’ finished runner-up for ₹12,375.

Unravel ₹50K GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹440

Entries – 86

Re-entries – 43

Prize Pool – ₹51,600

Places Paid – 19

Pocket52’s Unravel logged in 129 entries collecting a guarantee-smashing ₹51,600 prize pool. Tanmay ‘Tanmay007’ Hazra shipped the tourney to win ₹11,868, with Uday ‘Darinda’ Mondal placing runner-up for ₹8,514.

Hitman ₹30K GTD PLO – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 17

Re-entries – 21

Prize Pool – ₹30,000

Places Paid – 4

Khelo365`s₹30K GTD Hitman logged in 38 entries. The user ‘amity007’ shipped the tourney to win ₹13,800 after firing two bullets.

Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹440

Entries – 41

Re-entries – 17

Prize Pool – ₹20,000

Places Paid – 6

Khelo365’s ₹20K GTD Grinder 2.0 dragged in 58 entries, and ‘Globalv’ championed the tourney to win ₹8,000.

This report was updated at 7 PM on 22.01.2021.

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