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It was an action-packed Thursday at the virtual felts, with almost all the flagships comfortably crushing their advertised guarantees.
Spartan Poker’s weekend headliner, the ₹1 Crore GTD The Millionaire, kicked off another edition last night. Catering to the low-to-mid-stakes players, PokerDangal`s Dangal Value Series (DVS) completed an eventful Day 2.
PokerGuru Ambassadors put up another blazing run on Thursday, winning two titles along with numerous deep runs. PokerGuru Ambassador Mithun Mahesh was the day`s top scorer with two top finishes. He won PokerStars India’s Highroller for ₹2.84 Lakhs and placed runner-up in Spartan Poker’s Trending Thursday for ₹3.13 Lakhs. His teammate Gokul Raj championed PokerBaazi’s The Summit for ₹4.62 Lakhs.
Rising Star Ritwik Khanna stood second on the Thursday winner’s list, booking three FT scores, including two runner-up finishes, for a cumulative ₹5.30 Lakhs.
The two-time Destiny winner Uttam Kumar Sinha took down the Trending Thursday for ₹4.96 Lakhs, while Amit Kaushik scored a thumping victory in Adda52’s Godfather earning ₹5.15 Lakhs.
Rising Star Aman Parakh, Armaan Kochhar, Chirag Khanduja, Utkarsh Shrivastava, Abhishek Sonu, and Sreeharsha Boneni took down the other marquees.
Here’s a complete recap of all that transpired on the virtual felts on Thursday.
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Spartan Poker
Spartan Poker’s weekend flagship, the ₹1 Crore GTD The Millionaire, is back for its first edition after The Millionaire Series 2.0. Day 1A of the ₹5,500 buy-in event logged in 332 participants, and only 44 survived the day`s onslaught. The former Game Changer and IOPC Millionaire United champion, Siddhanth ‘PluRibu$’ Kripalani (356,582), Young Gun Arsh ‘BigggTymeR’ Grover (198,742), and ‘Tokio999’ (anonymity requested) (159,952) bagged the top three stacks of Day 1A.
The ₹20 Lakhs GTD Trending Thursday registered 733 entries, rounding up a bumper prize pool worth ₹25.65 Lakhs (over 25% more than its advertised guarantee). It took eight hours and 34 minutes of play for the two-time Destiny winner Uttam Kumar ‘chinunew’ Sinha to take down the title for ₹4.96 Lakhs. This happens to be Sinha`s second flagship title in the last three days. He had won Adda52’s The Mint on Tuesday for ₹4.30 Lakhs.
PokerGuru Ambassador Mithun ‘Zima Blue’ Mahesh secured a runner-up payday worth ₹3.13 Lakhs. The former Millionaire X5 champion, Mithun Mahesh, came out all guns blazing last night as he drove his deep run all the way to the title in PokerStars India’s Highroller, netting ₹2.84 Lakhs. He also cashed The Summit, raking in ₹6.16 Lakhs through the day, making him Thursday`s top scorer.
Mithun Mahesh now has ₹3.28 Crores in lifetime online winnings (₹47.39 Lakhs in net profits).
The second Thursday marquee, the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack, logged in 713 entries to collect a guarantee-crushing ₹14.26 Lakhs prize pool. Rising Star Aman ‘Karmapoker’ Parakh was the last player standing and won ₹2.75 Lakhs, with seasoned MTT pro and coach Kanishka ‘Wildflower’ Samant placing runner-up for ₹1.73 Lakhs.
Aman Parakh was another standout winner on Thursday with ₹3.63 Lakhs in total winnings. His deep runs include:
> 1st in Monster Stack for ₹2,75,218
> 8th in Godfather for ₹54,300
> 20th in Trending Thursday for ₹23,859
PokerStars India
PokerStars India delivered another dose of high-octane Highroller action with its ₹12 Lakhs GTD Highroller pulling in 190 entries, collecting a guarantee-crushing ₹13.30 Lakhs prize pool. Topping them all was none other than PokerGuru Ambassador Mithun ‘ThePokeRajaIN’ Mahesh, who bested Rising Star Ritwik ‘Fisherman1997’ Khanna heads-up to win ₹2.84 Lakhs.
Mahesh later secured a runner-up finish in Spartan Poker’s Trending Thursday, winning ₹3.13 Lakhs. These scores, along with an ITM finish, helped him add almost ₹6.16 Lakhs in total winnings.
The former The Millionaire runner-up finisher, Ritwik Khanna, was another top winner on Thursday. He FT-ed three events to win a cumulative ₹5.30 Lakhs. His Thursday scores include:
> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s The Summit for ₹3.24 Lakhs
> 2nd in PokerStars India’s Highroller for ₹1.80 Lakhs
> 5th in PokerBaazi’s Holdem BOOST DST for ₹16,121
> 13th in Adda52’s Monster Turbo for ₹10,496
The smashing Thursday night run has made poker streamer Ritwik Khanna the 19th player on our database to cross the “₹1 Crore” mark in annual winnings. He now has ₹1.04 Crores in annual scores (over ₹28 Lakhs in net profits). His lifetime scorecard reflects ₹2.2 Crores in recorded winnings (₹58.17 Lakhs in net profits).
‘Dan0379’ (Won The Classic PKO ₹2 Lakhs GTD for ₹68,460), Abhishek ‘Addysonu’ Sonu (Won Ultrasonic ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD for ₹36,490), Sreeharsha ‘DonkeyCommitted’ Boneni (Won Bigstack Turbo ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹31,703), ‘The SittingDuck’ (Won Afternoon on Stars ₹75K GTD for ₹27,826), and ‘mohana23’ (Won Deepstack ₹70K GTD for ₹18,032) took down the other marquee titles on PokerStars India.
PokerBaazi
PokerBaazi’s 8 PM flagship, the ₹15 Lakhs GTD The Summit, recorded 279 entries, posting a hefty ₹20.93 Lakhs prize pool (almost 40% more than the advertised guarantee). The field whittled down to an epic heads-up showdown between PokerGuru Ambassador Gokul ‘Nygma’ Raj and Rising Star Ritwik ‘Ritwikkhanna’ Khanna. The more experienced Gokul Raj eventually prevailed, adding ₹4.62 Lakhs to his winnings. Khanna collected ₹3.24 Lakhs for his runner-up finish.
PokerGuru Staking`s Gokul Raj also ran deep in PokerStars India’s Highroller, placing 10th for ₹32,079. His Thursday winnings stood at ₹4.94 Lakhs, boosting his lifetime tally to ₹4.85 Crores (₹1.99 Crores in net profits).
Ritwik Khanna FT-ed two other events for ₹5.30 Lakhs in total winnings, making him Thursday`s second-biggest winner.
Sunday`s BSS#6 After Party champion Chirag ‘chiragkhanduja’ Khanduja (Won Holdem BOOST ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD for ₹64,282), Utkarsh ‘Sam20542’ Shrivastava (Won Turbo ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD for ₹62,670), and ‘akhil0488’ (Won PLO Boost Monster ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹35,110) took down the other marquees on PokerBaazi.
Adda52
Adda52`s ₹25 Lakhs GTD Godfather roped in 543 runners, collecting a guarantee-crushing ₹27.15 Lakhs prize pool. The Sunday Special PKO champion Amit ‘ragingbull’ Kaushik scored a thumping victory, winning ₹5.15 Lakhs after striking a heads-up deal with Jitendra ‘jeet0’ Gadhwal (runner-up for ₹4.20 Lakhs).
Amit Kaushik currently boasts ₹1.25 Crores in lifetime winnings (₹40.61 Lakhs in net profits).
The ₹5 Lakhs GTD Monster Turbo logged in 311 runners, collecting ₹7 Lakhs in the prize pool. PokerStars India’s “Star of the Month” – February Armaan ‘tandavam’ Kochhar took down the tourney for ₹1.85 Lakhs, with Faiz ‘theinternetkid’ Alam placing runner-up for ₹1.07 Lakhs.
Armaan Kochhar has crossed ₹4.37 Crores in lifetime winnings after last night`s run (₹40.60 Lakhs in net profits).
PokerDangal
PokerDangal has become the hub of MTT action, with its Dangal Value Series (DVS) taking center stage on the site. The cornerstone of the series, the ₹20 Lakhs GTD DVS Main Event, played out the second of five starting flights on Thursday. Day 1B logged in 144 entries, an improvement over the 122 entries that signed up on Wednesday, and 39 survivors packed their bags for Day 2. Pranav ‘pranavpoker’ Khandalkar (153,964), Shivam ‘LALLORONA’ Shukla (148,669), and ‘pavbhaji’ (108,506) carried forward the top three stacks of the day.
Day 2 of the DVS crowned three champions with ‘Anilkk’ (Won DVS Event #4 ₹1.2 Lakhs GTD for ₹32,744), ‘luckbox’ (Won DVS Event #6 ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹27,951), and ‘Singhshab786’ (Won DVS Event #5 ₹50K GTD for ₹12,987) winning titles.
The other Thursday winners were:
Player | Prize Amount | Event | Poker Site |
---|---|---|---|
RPRAB | ₹69,300 | Afternoon Adda ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
Dan0379 | ₹68,460 | The Classic PKO ₹2 Lakhs GTD | PokerStars India |
Chirag 'chiragkhanduja' Khanduja | ₹64,282 | 6-Max Holdem Boost ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
Utkarsh ‘Sam20542’ Shrivastava | ₹62,670 | Turbo ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
Abhishek 'Addysonu' Sonu | ₹36,490 | Ultrasonic ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD | PokerStars India |
akhil0488 | ₹35,110 | PLO Boost Monster ₹1 Lakh GTD | PokerBaazi |
Anilkk | ₹32,744 | DVS Event 4 ₹1.2 Lakhs GTD | PokerDangal |
Sreeharsha 'DonkeyCommitted' Boneni | ₹31,703 | Bigstack Turbo ₹1 Lakh GTD | PokerStars India |
luckbox | ₹27,951 | DVS Event 6 ₹1 Lakh GTD | PokerDangal |
The SittingDuck | ₹27,826 | Afternoon on Stars ₹75K GTD | PokerStars India |
mohana23 | ₹18,032 | Deepstack ₹70K GTD | PokerStars India |
Maalwali | ₹12,000 | Hitman ₹30K GTD | Khelo365 |
Sabopagli | ₹6,800 | Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD | Khelo365 |
The Millionaire ₹1 Crore GTD Day 1A – Spartan Poker
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 181
Re-entries – 28
Rebuys – 123
Survivors – 44
Spartan Poker’s first ₹1 Crore GTD The Millionaire after The Millionaire Series 2.0 began proceedings yesterday. Day 1A attracted 332 entries, and by the end of the stipulated hours of play, only 44 survived to book their seats for Day 2.
Bagging the end-of-the-day chip lead was the former Game Changer and IOPC Millionaire United champion Siddhanth ‘PluRibu$’ Kripalani (356,582), with Young Gun Arsh ‘BigggTymeR’ Grover (198,742) and ‘Tokio999’ (159,952) rounding out the top three stacks from the flight.
Hitesh ‘hitesh bhai’ Batra (158,586), Young Gun Kanchan ‘Midge Maisel’ Sharma (149,167), and Sumit ‘AAddicted’ Sapra (131,557), and Ankur ‘Crimemastergogo’ Sehgal (125,842) were the other familiar names on the top 10 chip counts list.
Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1A
Godfather ₹25 Lakhs GTD – Adda52
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 272
Re-entries – 271
Prize Pool – ₹27,15,021
Places Paid – 55
Adda52’s Thursday mainstay, the ₹25 Lakhs GTD Godfather, clocked in 543 challengers. Each of them coughed up the ₹5,500 entry buy-in, collecting a guarantee-smashing ₹27.15 Lakhs prize pool, and the top 55 places boarded the money bus.
After over nine hours of gameplay, this week`s Sunday Highroller champion Amit ‘ragingbull’ Kaushik came out on top to win ₹5.15 Lakhs following a heads-up deal with Jitendra ‘jeet0’ Gadhwal (runner-up for ₹4.20 Lakhs).
Kaushik now boasts ₹1.25 Crores in tracked online earnings!
Sahil ‘Kabi143’ Verma (3rd for ₹3.55 Lakhs), Juli ‘Lily8’ Kumari (4th for ₹2.04 Lakhs), bracelet winner Abhinav ‘checkshove’ Iyer (5th for ₹1.36 Lakhs), and Rising Star Aman ‘karmapoker’ Parakh (8th for ₹54,300) FT-ed the tourney.
Final Table Results
*denotes a heads-up deal
Trending Thursday ₹20 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Buy-in – ₹3,850
Entries – 333
Re-entries – 131
Rebuys – 269
Prize Pool – ₹25,65,500
Places Paid – 63
Spartan Poker`s ₹20 Lakhs GTD Trending Thursday registered a player field of 733 entries that helped collect a prize pool worth ₹25.65 Lakhs (almost 28% over the listed guarantee).
Grabbing his second flagship title on Adda52 this week, Uttam Kumar ‘chinunew’ Sinha, outlasted the competition to win ₹4.96 Lakhs. PokerGuru Ambassador and former Millionaire X5 champion Mithun ‘Zima Blue’ Mahesh placed runner-up for ₹3.12 Lakhs.
Uttam Sinha had won Adda52’s The Mint on Tuesday, making this his second major victory in three days. His lifetime winnings have crossed ₹1.39 Crores after last night`s win.
On the other hand, Mithun Mahesh went on to take down PokerStars India’s Highroller for ₹2.84 Lakhs and emerged the top scorer of Thursday with ₹6.16 Lakhs in total winnings. He currently boasts over ₹3.28 Crores in lifetime winnings across domestic sites.
Aquib ‘Aquib17’ Ansari (3rd for ₹2.24 Lakhs), Meet ‘gogobhai’ Jariwala (4th for ₹1.78 Lakhs), Suresh ‘pokergambit’ Kolli (5th for ₹1.40 Lakhs), PokerStars India’s Bigstack Turbo winner Sreeharsha ‘yUDdam’ Boneni (6th for ₹1.10 Lakhs), and Dhiraj ‘supernuts’ Lakhotia (8th for ₹82,353) FT-ed the tourney.
Final Table Results
DVS Main Event ₹20 Lakhs GTD Day 1B – PokerDangal
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 115
Re-entries – 29
Survivors – 39
The second starting flight of PokerDangal’s ₹20 Lakhs GTD DVS Main Event logged in 144 entries, and only 39 runners advanced through to Day 2.
MTT reg Pranav ‘pranavpoker’ Khandalkar (153,964) grabbed pole position, with Shivam ‘LALLORONA’ Shukla (148,669) and ‘pavbhaji’ (108,506) rounding out the top three stacks of the day.
Saurabh ‘newkidintown’ Arora (78,903) was the only other known name on the top chip counts list.
Adding the 121 entries from Day 1A, the tourney has filled in 265 entries already, with three more flights to go.
Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1B
The Summit ₹15 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi
Buy-in – ₹8,250
Entries – 141
Re-entries – 138
Prize Pool – ₹20,93,000
Places Paid – 36
PokerBaazi’s Thursday showstopper, The Summit, garnered an impressive 279 entries, crushing its ₹15 Lakhs prize pool guarantee by a whopping ₹5.93 Lakhs. Starting out at 8 PM, it took a little less than eight and hours to find a champion.
The heads-up showdown took place between PokerGuru Ambassador Gokul ‘Nygma’ Raj and Rising Star Ritwik ‘Ritwikkhanna’ Khanna. The PokerGuru Staking member relegated Khanna to a runner-up finish (runner-up for ₹3.24 Lakhs) to win ₹4.62 Lakhs.
The recently concluded The Millionaire Series #14 – Deepstack runner-up finisher, Gokul Raj, now sits on ₹4.85 Crores in lifetime earnings (₹1.99 Crores in net profits).
Myron ‘priyankAAchoprAA’ Pereira (5th for ₹1.16 Lakhs), Vinayak ‘salmanbhai’ Bajaj (6th for ₹92,698), and Vishnu ‘violator’ Khandelwal (7th for ₹77,004) FT-ed the tourney.
Final Table Results
Highroller ₹12 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India
Buy-in – ₹7,700
Entries – 100
Re-entries – 90
Total Prize Pool – ₹13,30,000
Regular Prize Pool – ₹6,65,000
Bounty Prize Pool – ₹6,65,000
Places Paid – 20
PokerStars India’s Thursday extravaganza, the ₹12 Lakhs GTD High Roller, logged in 190 entries, filling in ₹13.30 Lakhs in the prize pool.
The 7:30 PM tourney wrapped up at 2:46 AM today, with PokerGuru Ambassador Mithun ‘ThePokeRajaIN’ Mahesh storming his way to the top. Mithun Mahesh defeated Rising Star Ritwik ‘Fisherman1997’ Khanna heads-up to collect the ₹2.84 Lakhs (includes ₹1.66 Lakhs in bounties) up-top. Khanna banked ₹1.80 Lakhs (includes ₹61,961 in bounties) for his runner-up finish.
The Thursday night winning streak for long overdue for Mithun Mahesh, who had won his last flagship title over three months ago on January 30 (PokerStars India’s Eliminator).
Ritwik Khanna was also among the players to post multiple deep runs on Thursday, and he raked in ₹5.30 Lakhs in cumulative winnings. His deep runs included:
Sahil ‘inaboobham’ Mahboobani (3rd for ₹1.01 Lakhs), Kunal ‘iAlwaysHaveit’ Patni (5th for ₹70,491), and Anmol ‘freak_weird0’ Agarwal (8th for ₹40,267) also earned final table payouts.
Final Table Results
Monster Stack ₹10 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 361
Re-entries – 138
Rebuys – 214
Prize Pool – ₹14,26,000
Places Paid – 71
Spartan Poker`s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack recorded 713 entries, collecting a prize pool worth ₹14.26 Lakhs.
Rising Star Aman ‘Karmapoker’ Parakh championed the tourney to win ₹2.75 Lakhs, with seasoned MTT pro Kanishka ‘Wildflower’ Samant placing runner-up for ₹1.73 Lakhs.
Posting multiple deep runs was the running theme last night, and Aman Parakh was part of the band as he placed another FT finish in Adda52`s Godfather (8th for ₹54,300), earning a cumulative ₹3.63 Lakhs.
Ashish ‘intrcptr101’ Kaushik (4th for ₹97,824), Anmol ‘freak_weird0’ Agarwal (5th for ₹76,861), Rajesh ‘Folsom’ Kumar (6th for ₹45,204), and Parth ‘ucallucry’ Budhraja (8th for ₹31,515) FT-ed the tourney.
Final Table Results
Monster Turbo ₹5 Lakhs GTD – Adda52
Buy-in – ₹2,500
Entries – 179
Re-entries – 132
Prize Pool – ₹6,99,754
Places Paid – 34
The ₹5 Lakhs GTD Monster Turbo on Adda52 dragged in 311 contenders to generate a ₹7 Lakhs prize pool.
After almost six hours of action, PokerStars India`s “Star of the Month” – February, Armaan ‘tandavam’ Kochhar took down the tourney for ₹1.85 Lakhs, with Faiz ‘theinternetkid’ Alam placing runner-up for ₹1.07 Lakhs.
Saksham ‘razorfish’ Sharma (3rd for ₹76,973), Priya ‘priyaranjan2k12’ Ranjan Das (6th for ₹26,241), and seasoned pro Dhaval ‘dirtyzoso’ Mudgal (7th for ₹20,993) FT-ed the tourney!
Final Table Results
The Classic PKO ₹2 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 112
Re-entries – 69
Total Prize Pool – ₹2,71,500
Regular Prize Pool – ₹1,35,750
Bounty Prize Pool – ₹1,35,750
Places Paid – 20
The mystery user ‘Dan0379’ took down the ₹2 Lakhs GTD The Classic PKO on PokerStars India for ₹68,460 (includes ₹44,508 in bounties), while ‘Hushpoke’ came second for ₹30,608 (includes ₹6,656 in bounties).
Ram ‘TheLagLawyer’ Kakkar (3rd for ₹22,741), Armaan ‘armaan007111’ Kochhar (4th for ₹16,647), and Yash ‘hasyY@$#116’ Shrivastava (8th for ₹7,870) FT-ed the tourney.
Holdem Boost DST ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 168
Re-entries – 123
Prize Pool – ₹2,91,000
Places Paid – 36
Coming back to PokerBaazi’s 9 PM blockbuster, the ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD 6-Max Holdem Boost DST collected a gala ₹2.91 Lakhs on the back of 291 hopefuls.
Last Sunday’s BSS#6 After Party champion Chirag ‘chiragkhanduja’ Khanduja was the player standing and won ₹64,282 after besting Sunday`s Night Rider winner Aditya ‘KesarDa’ Kesharwani (runner-up for ₹45,105) heads-up.
The first-ever Game Changer champion Prashanth ‘Iveyleague’ Sekar (3rd for ₹29,013), Rohit ‘mrblue1205’ Malhotra (4th for ₹21,476), The Summit runner-up finisher Ritwik ‘Ritwikkhanna’ Khanna (5th for ₹16,121), and Mohith ‘makeitbig’ Vamshi (6th for ₹12,891) FT-ed the tourney.
DVS Event 4 ₹1.2 Lakhs GTD – PokerDangal
Buy-in – ₹385
Entries – 153
Re-entries – 68
Rebuys – 241
Prize Pool – ₹1,61,700
Places Paid – 26
The ₹1.2 Lakhs GTD DVS Event 4, the featured tourney on Day 2 of the ongoing DVS on Poker Dangal, attracted 462 runners, and 26 places were paid a share from the ₹1.62 Lakhs prize pool.
Site regular ‘Anilkk’ ran past the field to collect ₹32,744 in first-place prize money, while the Monday Blues runner-up finisher Sumit ‘m0ney’ Gupta came second for ₹24,659.
Hitman ₹30K GTD – Khelo365
Buy-in – ₹550
Entries – 31
Re-entries – 26
Prize Pool – ₹30,000
Places Paid – 6
The user ‘Maalwali’ came out on top in Khelo365`s ₹30K GTD Hitman to win ₹12,000, just as ‘Santoshi’ came second for ₹6,300.
Grinder 2.0 runner-up finisher ‘Lyfii’ placed third for ₹3,600.
Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD – Khelo365
Buy-in – ₹275
Entries – 45
Re-entries – 30
Prize Pool – ₹20,000
Places Paid – 8
Khelo365’s daily-running ₹20K GTD Grinder 2.0 saw ‘Sabopagli’ topping the competition to win ₹6,800, after besting ‘Lyf11’ (runner-up for ₹4,000) in heads-up play.
This report was updated at 7 PM on 14.5.2021.
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