Daily Majors: Purohit, Gandhi & Ahuja Conquer the Thursday Flagships; Meena, Kejriwal & Mehrotra Bag Top Stacks on EndBoss Day 1B

All indications pointed to a massive Thursday with an extended line-up of high-value SSS tourneys set to play out on Spartan Poker alongside Day 1B of PokerBaazi`s ₹5 Crores GTD EndBoss! Unfortunately, a late-night system issue forced Spartan Poker to pause all its evening flagships, and according to the announcement made by the site, these will resume some time today.

In a post on Facebook, the Spartan Poker team apologizing for the inconvenience caused to the players said, “…To avoid further delay in your gameplay, we have paused all the tournaments for today. All tournaments would be continued tomorrow from where they were left off. The timings for the same would be communicated to everyone soon.”

The site seems to have resolved the issue and, in its latest post clarified– “Spartan Poker is back in action with all its offerings. With no changes in its schedule for today, Spartan Super Series (SSS) tournaments will resume at its scheduled time. Players remaining at the tables of the Centurion, EPIC, and the Ultimate PLO tournaments will be paid as per Spartan Policy. Each remaining user will get back the tournament fee, and the prize pool formed from the buy-ins will be distributed as per the following formula. Each player receives the minimum prize not yet awarded at the time of cancellation. The remaining prize pool is distributed proportionally according to the chip count of remaining players. Freerolls will be canceled, and VIP Points will be refunded to all players. All Satellite players will be awarded tickets for the target tournament. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused during your gameplay yesterday.”

Paused SSS flagship tournaments like the Ultron ₹35 Lakhs GTD, Super High Roller ₹65 Lakhs GTD and Big Bounty ₹8.5 Lakhs GTD will also resume today with an update on the timings expected soon.

Meanwhile, the second starting flight of the EndBoss did even better than the first one, logging in 1,375 entries (906 unique and 470 re-entries) – keeping the tourney on track to make it across the 5,000-entry mark required to meet the guarantee. After hours of action, only 152 players were able to advance to Day 2. Bagging the most massive stack among this lot was Deepak ‘Dkrocks01’ Meena with 504,000. Nikita ‘skillfox’ Kejriwal (465,000) and Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra (412,000) held the next top stacks at the end of Day 1B.

Among the few Spartan Poker majors that did actually play down to a winner yesterday was the SSS #51 Afternoon Showdown ₹8 Lakhs GTD. The tournament logged in 380 entries (177 unique, 61 re-entries, and 142 rebuys) that resulted in a ₹40,000 overlay. Vaibhav ‘AllinPavBhaji’ Temani captured the top spot and a ₹1.69 Lakhs paycheque after defeating ‘Royalking111’ (runner-up for ₹1.13 Lakhs) heads-up.

Over at SSS #52 Thursday Flash ₹6 Lakhs GTD, ‘river_king’ topped a field of 436 entries (219 unique, 63 re-entries and 154 rebuys) to win ₹89,771 after striking a three-way deal with ‘CYCLONE 1121’ (runner-up for ₹86,840) and Rishab ‘NoChanc3’ Malik (3rd for 82,168). The ₹1,100 buy-in tourney had to fill in a glaring overlay of ₹1.64 Lakhs.

Headlining the Thursday run of tourneys on PokerBaazi was The Summit Mini ₹7.5 Lakhs GTD. With most of the attention on the EndBoss, the tourney could only muster 212 registrations (111 unique and 101 re-entries), resulting in a sizeable overlay of ₹1.14 Lakhs. Pranjal ‘lilmessi’ Gandhi proved triumphant and took down the title for ₹1.81 Lakhs after defeating Annkur ‘Victor007’ Agarwal heads-up. For Agarwal, the runner-up finish padded his bankroll by ₹1.27 Lakhs. Gandhi also went on to FT the SSS#53 ₹4 Lakhs GTD on Spartan Poker, finishing 4th for ₹33,560.

Adda52’s daily features have been doing reasonably well in terms of participation numbers, and Thursday saw the site`s flagship Godfather ₹25 Lakhs GTD attract no less than 735 runners (364 unique and 371 re-entries). As a result, the tourney not only rode past the break-even point, it surpassed its advertised guarantee by well over ₹10 Lakhs, generating a profitable ₹36.75 Lakhs in prize money! Hitting the headlines was ‘fireexit’ (anonymity requested), who came out on top to win the whopping ₹8.45 Lakhs first prize after running down online reg Anmol ‘anzzzzz’ Mehta in the final showdown. Mehta pocketed a runner-up payday of ₹4.85 Lakhs.

The other Adda52 flagship – Hexagram ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD – saw PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja once again ride his winning form to the top, this time for a ₹1.02 Lakhs payday. The Chandigarh-based pro bested a 185-entry field (99 unique and 86 re-entries), and this included his heads-up opponent Hardik ‘hardikkumar147’ Kumar (2nd for ₹62,160.

It was business as usual at PokerStars India that brought back its Highroller ₹15 Lakhs GTD. The tourney clocked in 230 entries (144 unique players and 86 re-entries), generating a profitable prize pool of ₹16.10 Lakhs. Anant ‘Dr4gonW4rrior’ Purohit was the man of the moment as he bested the field and defeated his heads-up rival ‘sara@11108’ (runner-up for ₹2.29 Lakhs) to claim the ₹3.10 Lakhs up top.

Also joining the winner`s club last night was ‘calyx666’ who topped a field of 188 entries (120 unique and 68 re-entries) to win the Thursday Thrill ₹5 Lakhs GTD for ₹94,294.

The other notable Thursday winners were –

Day 1B End Boss ₹5 Crores GTD – PokerBaazi

Entries – 906

Re-entries – 470

Survivors – 152

Day 1B of PokerBaazi’s EndBoss ₹5 Crores GTD registered 1,375 entries (906 unique and 470 re-entries), and at the end of it, only 152 could carry forward a stack for Day 2. Leading the charge was Deepak ‘Dkrocks01’ Meena with his massive stack of 504,000. Nikita ‘skillfox’ Kejriwal (465,000) and Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra (412,000) bagged the next top stacks.

As was expected, many circuit regs came out to play and among them Rajat ‘happyfish’ Mahajan (317,000), Sanket ‘angel89’ Sanganeria (315,000), Siddharth ‘Siddonuts’ Pandey (258,000), Armaan ‘Armaan007’ Kochhar (252,000), Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall (251,000), Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra (247,000), Abhishek ‘AbhishekRathod’ Rathod (213,000), Anurag ’13anurag’ Srivastava (211,000), Abhishek ‘suhr’ Mazumder (203,000), Kanav ‘sokopa’ Parwal (202,000), Aditya ‘eatingseeds’ Degala (202,000) and Sanket ‘aslipapaji’ Jain (201,000) bagged above-average stacks.

The other notable qualifiers were Vikas ‘nohomejerome’ Yadav (199,000), Shardul ‘duuurrrr’ Parthasarathi (198,000)), Sahil ‘ImHighIshove’ Mahboobani (196,000), Amit ‘quark’ Kaushik (188,000)), Avneesh ‘iamam’ Munjal (180,000), Jimmy ‘jeeven’ Arora (168,000), Achal ‘Bond107’ Sonale (162,000), Varun ‘Willgetthere’ Devayya (143,000), Samit ‘Superkid7777’ Mehta (143,000), Chiraag ‘Versutus’ Patel (141,000), Jaydeep ‘JDBhaiya’ Jaswantlal Dawer (133,000), Kanishka ‘Highness’ Samant (133,000), Yohan ‘AllinMaestro’ Patel (130,000), Varun ‘Dragonmask’ Iyer (126,000), Sankalp ‘Wobbegong’ Marwah (126,000), Ritwik ‘Ritwikkhanna’ Khanna (125,000), Prashanth ‘Iveyleague’ Sekar (117,000), Saurav ‘Sauravsmn’ Suman (113,000), Avijit ‘SwangoRay’ Jaiswal (108,000), Rahul ‘YOUAGAIN’ Pruthi (105,000), Dheeraj ‘Sarkar12345’ Bisht (105,000), Vineet ‘whale’ Kumar (101,000), Aditya ‘adit11’ Kulkarni (97,180), Deepak ‘Deepakchawla87’ Chawla (95,600), Vinod ‘figureitout’ Megalmani (94,580), Puneet ‘neo1’ Dua (92,570), Akshat ‘takingcuntrol’ Sharma (89,240), Abhishek ‘abhi3333’ Garg (86,550), Zarvan ‘MomSaid5Bet’ Tumboli (84,650), Neelansh ‘TheBigShow’ Khurana (80,320), Dhawal ‘kaizenn’ Guglani (78,790), Harsh ‘100crdream’ Dembla (76,400), Siddharth ‘si151190’ Mehndiratta (75,860), Sahil ‘CairyHunt’ Agarwal (72,500), Rachit ‘rachubaba’ Arora (67,930), Hemant ‘floppingnuts’ Maloo (67,520), Anup ‘Rmanasa’ Palod (66,190), Srihari ‘bangbang999’ Bang (65,360), Varun ‘alreadywinner’ Nagpal (62,420), Rohit ‘rohit22rm’ Mishra (49,090), Ayush ‘Proman502’ Garg (42,770), Moneel ‘moneeldoshi’ Doshi (42,130), Sumanth ‘sp175’ Kumar (40,940), Vinayak ‘salmanbhai’ Bajaj (28,670), Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPro’ Kumar (27,580).

PokerGuru Ambassadors Madhav ‘goacartel’ Gupta (158,000), Ashutosh ‘senojwod’ Balodhi (151,000) and Rony ‘bisadip176’ Chowdhury (73,050) also made it to Day 2.

Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1B

1. Deepak ‘Dkrocks01’ Meena – 504,000
2. Nikita ‘skillfox’ Kejriwal – 465,000
3. Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra – 412,000
4. avi098x – 410,000
5. ISLIDUR1 – 348,000
6. Rajat ‘happyfish’ Mahajan – 317,000
7. Sanket ‘angel89’ Sanganeria – 315,000
8. pinkpasta – 304,000
9. UpstreamColor1 – 279,000
10. PaperBoat – 275,000

Godfather ₹25 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Entries – 364

Re-Entries – 371

Prize Pool – ₹36,75,023

Places Paid – 82

The marquee tourney on Adda52’s Thursday schedule, the Godfather ₹25 Lakhs GTD, drew in a packed field of 735 hopefuls (364 unique and 371 re-entries), to blow away its ₹25 Lakhs guarantee, collecting ₹36.75 Lakhs in the prize pool.

‘fireexit’ was the last player standing in the field after defeating the in-form Anmol ‘anzzzzz’ Mehta heads-up. Rathnam collected ₹8.45 Lakhs as the first-place prize, while Mehta settled for ₹4.85 Lakhs for his runner-up finish.

Among the slew of notables that posted deep runs in the tourney were Abhishek ‘pomfret1989’ Goindi (3rd for ₹3.30 Lakhs), Kamal ‘ksn123’ Naruka (4th for ₹2.49 Lakhs), Ritesh ‘ritesh5812’ Tripathi (6th for ₹1.20 Lakhs), Anujkumar ‘thekinganuj’ Kodam (7th for ₹91,875), Sajal ‘sa_jal’ Gupta (8th for ₹69,825), and Raghav ‘balugawhale’ Bansal (9th for ₹55,125).

Final Table Results

1. fireexit – ₹8,45,250
2. Anmol ‘anzzzzz’ Mehta – ₹4,85,100
3. Abhishek ‘pomfret1989’ Goindi – ₹3,30,750
4. Kamal ‘ksn123’ Naruka – ₹2,49,900
5. nam0 – ₹1,74,563
6. Ritesh ‘ritesh5812’ Tripathi – ₹1,20,908
7. Anujkumar ‘thekinganuj’ Kodam – ₹91,875
8. Sajal ‘sa_jal’ Gupta – ₹69,825
9. Raghav ‘balugawhale’ Bansal – ₹55,125

Highroller ₹15 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Entries – 144

Re-entries – 86

Prize Pool – ₹16,10,000

Places Paid – 39

Headlining the Thursday MTT roster on PokerStars India was the Highroller ₹15 Lakhs GTD that logged in 230 hopefuls (144 unique and 86 re-entries), generating a profitable ₹16.10 Lakhs in the prize pool.

MTT beast Anant ‘Dr4gonW4rrior’ Purohit came out on top in the tourney, adding ₹3.10 Lakhs to his ever-growing bankroll after defeating ‘sara@11108’ (runner-up for ₹2.29 Lakhs) heads-up.

Mayank ‘Kancha_Cheena’ Jaggi (4th for ₹1.24 Lakhs), Young Gun Gaurav ‘3betPanda’ Sood (6th for ₹67,811), and Annkur ‘Flopzila’ Agarwal (8th for ₹36,892) were the familiar names on the FT.

Final Table Results

1. Anant ‘Dr4gonW4rrior’ Purohit – ₹3,10,624
2. sara@11108 – ₹2,29,112
3. Raghav Kacker – ₹1,68,990
4. Mayank ‘Kancha_Cheena’ Jaggi – ₹1,24,645
5. Wabi-$abi – ₹91,936
6. Gaurav ‘3betPanda’ Sood – ₹67,811
7. deep12322 – ₹50,016
8. Annkur ‘Flopzila’ Agarwal – ₹36,892
9. SamCigar999 – ₹31,599

SSS#51 Afternoon Showdown 8-Max ₹8 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Entries – 177

Re-entries – 61

Re-buys – 142

Prize Pool – ₹8,00,000

Places Paid – 31

Spartan Poker’s SSS#51 Afternoon Showdown 8-Max ₹8 Lakhs GTD once again faltered on the guarantee as 380 participants (177 unique, 61 re-entries and 142 re-buys) resulted in a shortfall of ₹40,000.

Following several hours of play, Vaibhav ‘AllinPavBhaji’ Temani emerged as the champion, and he collected ₹1.69 Lakhs for the win.

Shivaraj ‘Wheniscomingmytime1991’ Hwdi (4th for ₹65,120), Ashish ‘mmonas’ Kaushik (6th for ₹37,315), Mahima ‘mambojojo’ Walia Das (9th for ₹17,280) posted FT finishes.

Final Table Results

1. Vaibhav ‘AllinPavBhaji’ Temani – ₹1,69,200
2. royalking111 – ₹1,13,920
3. BIT00Poker – ₹80,320
4. Shivaraj ‘Wheniscomingmytime1991’ Hwdi – ₹65,120
5. Harveyspectar66 – ₹51,520
6. Ashish ‘mmonas’ Kaushik – ₹37,315
7. Tiny_Rick – ₹28,560
8. Jacks24 – ₹20,880
9. Mahima ‘mambojojo’ Walia Das – ₹17,280

Summit Mini ₹7.5 Lakhs GTD – Pokerbaazi

Entries – 111

Re-entries – 101

Prize Pool – ₹7,50,000

Places Paid – 24

The Summit Mini ₹7.5 Lakhs GTD on PokerBaazi attracted 212 players (111 unique and 101 re-entries) falling ₹1.14 Lakhs short of the advertised guarantee.

In the end, it was the online regular Pranjal ‘lilmessi’ Gandhi, who defeated Annkur ‘Victor007’ Agarwal heads-up to walk away with a hefty ₹1.81 Lakhs in first-place prize money. Agarwal netted ₹1.27 Lakhs for his second-place finish.

Raaghav ‘Omfg1’ Singh (9th for ₹18,080) was the only ID we knew the real name for on the final table.

Final Table Results

1. Pranjal ‘lilmessi’ Gandhi – ₹1,81,000
2. Annkur ‘Victor007’ Agarwal – ₹1,27,000
3. suneethkalmady – ₹81,600
4. puneetdurr111 – ₹60,450
5. avneet331 – ₹45,380
6. donkamonk – ₹36,300
7. bholukaka – ₹30,150
8. allinsane – ₹24,150
9. Raaghav ‘Omfg1’ Singh – ₹18,080

SSS#52 Thursday Flash ₹6 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Entries – 219

Re-entries – 63

Re-buys – 154

Prize Pool – ₹6,00,000

Places Paid – 39

Spartan Poker`s SSS#52 Thursday Flash ₹6 Lakhs GTD booked a loss of ₹1.20 Lakhs on the back of a field of 436 entries (219 unique, 63 re-entries and 154 re-buys).

Getting the best deal on the value on offer was ‘river_king’ who came out on top to win ₹89,772 in prize money, after striking a three-way deal with ‘CYCLONE 1121’ (runner-up for ₹86,840) and Rishab ‘NoChanc3’ Malik (3rd for ₹82,168).

PokerGuru Ambassador Ashutosh ‘stupefy’ Balodhi (6th for ₹28,020) and Karan ’99ayka99′ Jain (8th for ₹15,120) were others who posted FT finishes.

Final Table Results

1. river_king – ₹89,772*
2. CYCLONE 1121 – ₹86,840*
3. Rishab ‘NoChanc3’ Malik – ₹82,168*
4. pot-pan – ₹47,220
5. ConMan – ₹37,020
6. Ashutosh ‘stupefy’ Balodhi – ₹28,020
7. jason – ₹20,580
8. Karan ’99ayka99′ Jain – ₹15,120
9. ranksster – ₹12,540

*denotes three-way deal

Thursday Thrill ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Entries – 120

Re-entries – 68

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 35

PokerStars India’s Thursday Thrill ₹5 Lakhs GTD attracted 188 entries (120 unique and 68 re-entries), falling ₹30,000 short on the advertised guarantee.

A mystery online player ‘calyx666’ beat out the competition to win the ₹94,294 up top after defeating Aman ‘KarmaPoker77’ Parakh (runner-up for ₹69,502) heads-up to the title.

PokerGuru Ambassador Vivek ‘Mystic Peaks’ Singh (6th for ₹20,514), and Ratul ‘MuscariAs’ Steves (8th for 13,302) posted FT finishes.

There were many others prominent players who posted FT finishes like Arsh ‘BiggggTymeR’ Grover (3rd for ₹51,228), Ayush ‘Kyanaamrakhu’ Garg (5th for ₹27,831), Harsh ‘kakori kabab’ Dembla (7th for ₹16,519), and Sagar ‘0B0RRA’ Patnaik (9th for ₹13,302).

Final Table Results

1. calyx666 – ₹94,294
2. Aman ‘KarmaPoker77’ Parakh – ₹69,502
3. Arsh ‘BiggggTymeR’ Grover – ₹51,228
4. busssster – ₹37,759
5. Ayush ‘Kyanaamrakhu’ Garg – ₹27,831
6. Vivek ‘Mystic Peaks’ Singh – ₹20,514
7. Harsh ‘kakori kabab’ Dembla – ₹16,519
8. Ratul ‘MuscariAs’ Steves – ₹13,302
9. Sagar ‘0B0RRA’ Patnaik – ₹13,302

SSS#53 ₹4 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Entries – 161

Re-entries – 35

Re-buys – 133

Prize Pool – ₹4,00,000

Places Paid – 27

‘luckbox919’ ran past a field of 329 entries (161 unique, 35 re-entries and 133 re-buys) in Spartan Poker’s SSS#53 ₹4 Lakhs GTD to win ₹74,768 in the top prize. The winner struck a heads-up deal with ‘MR.BEAST’ (runner-up for ₹73,631). The site had to fill in an overlay of 71,000.

PokerGuru Ambassadors Vivek ‘KasolHieghts’ Singh (3rd for ₹41,160) and Devvrat ‘RickdickulouS’ Arya (7th for ₹14,960), along with Pranjal ‘lilmessipranjal’ Gandhi (4th for ₹33,560), posted FT finishes.

Final Table Results

1. luckbox919 – ₹74,768*
2. MR.BEAST – ₹73,631*
3. Vivek ‘KasolHieghts’ Singh – ₹41,160
4. Pranjal ‘lilmessipranjal’ Gandhi – ₹33,560
5. lailaterilelegi – ₹26,760
6. Riokid – ₹20,560
7. Devvrat ‘RickdickulouS’ Arya – ₹14,960
8. Peepspp – ₹10,840
9. Yogstermonster – ₹8,960

*denotes heads-up deal

Hexagram ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Entries – 99

Re-Entries – 86

Prize Pool – ₹3,70,000

Places Paid – 19

Adda52’s Hexagram ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD attracted 185 entries (99 unique and 86 re-entries) yesterday to accumulate a prize pool of ₹3.70 Lakhs.

PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja beat out Hardik ‘hardikkumar147’ Kumar (runner-up for ₹62,160) heads-up to post a ₹1.02 Lakhs score.

Avinash ‘spacecadet’ Tauro (3rd for ₹47,175), Manish ‘newkidpoker’ Lakhotia (7th for ₹13,875), PokerGuru Ambassador Ratul ‘riverking021’ Steves (8th for ₹10,175), Sumit ‘sumit4game’ Saurav (9th for ₹8,325) posted FT finishes.

Final Table Results

1. Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja – ₹1,02,675
2. Hardik ‘hardikkumar147’ Kumar – ₹62,160
3. Avinash ‘spacecadet’ Tauro – ₹47,175
4. Shalgham57 – ₹33,300
5. swazz – ₹23,125
6. dx23 – ₹16,650
7. Manish ‘newkidpoker’ Lakhotia – ₹13,875
8. Ratul ‘riverking021’ Steves – ₹10,175
9. Sumit ‘sumit4game’ Saurav – ₹8,325

SSS#50 ₹2 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Entries – 182

Re-entries – 54

Re-buys – 182

Prize Pool – ₹2,10,500

Places Paid – 31

Spartan Poker’s SSS#50 ₹2 Lakhs GTD attracted 418 entries (182 unique, 54 re-entries, and 182 re-buys), generating a prize pool worth ₹2.10 Lakhs.

The anonymous player ‘prasun2329’ won the tourney for ₹36,641, following a three-way deal with ‘animeshth’ (runner-up for ₹29,522) and ‘pokz’ (3rd for ₹29,465).

Final Table Results

1. prasun2329 – ₹36,641*
2. animeshth – ₹29,522*
3. pokz – ₹29,465*
4. tssen – ₹17,134
5. Big Fiszh – ₹13,556
6. modi sarkar – ₹10,293
7. Riokid – ₹7,514
8. Devildareman – ₹5,494
9. Ya_Rab – ₹4,546

*denotes three-way deal

Warrior Arena ₹1.2 Lakhs GTD – Poker Dangal

Entries – 67

Rebuys – 50

Prize Pool – ₹1,20,000

Places Paid – 20

PokerDangal’s Warrior Arena ₹1.2 Lakhs GTD was taken down by Prashant ‘kingslayer’ Jha, who won ₹26,400. There was a marginal 3,000 overlay in the tourney on the back of the 117-entry field (67 unique and 50 rebuys).

Amit ‘pokers111’ Jaiswal (5th for ₹8,100) was a familiar ID on the FT.

Final Table Results

1. Prashant ‘kingslayer’ Jha – ₹26,400
2. shaktimunjal – ₹19,800
3. riskypro – ₹14,400
4. Ballr – ₹10,800
5. Amit ‘pokers111’ Jaiswal – ₹8,100
6. arjundada – ₹6,000
7. Pan2019 – ₹4,500
8. VTN3COB – ₹3,600
9. whitemagic – ₹3,000

This report was updated at 3:00 PM on 17.04.2020.

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