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As always, it was a relatively slow start to the week, with most of the Monday flagships getting hammered for overlays. The day also marked the start of two micro-stakes series – the ₹83 Lakhs GTD Ultimate Value Series (UVS) on Spartan Poker/BLITZPOKER and Adda52’s ₹1 Crore GTD Nano Poker Series (NPS).
Here`s a quick recap of the day`s highlights!
Spartan Poker
With the Millionaire Series now done and dusted, Spartan Poker has brought back its regular schedule. This meant that the ₹12 Lakhs GTD ReCharge headlined the Monday primetime action on the site. The ₹2,200 entry buy-in tourney pulled in 558 entries (273 unique, 96 re-entries, and 189 rebuys), overlaying ₹84,000. Peter ‘Sigmund’ Nazareth was the last player standing in the tourney and won ₹1.70 Lakhs after striking a four-way deal with Shiva ‘psilocybin7’ Balram (runner-up for ₹1.39 Lakhs), ‘anzzzz’ (3rd for ₹1.36 Lakhs), and ‘Jovi’ (4th for ₹1.28 Lakhs).
For Nazareth, this was his second-best finish on the site, improving his recorded earnings on Spartan Poker to ₹53.22 Lakhs.
The other Monday night marquee on Spartan Poker, the ₹5.5 Lakhs GTD Flash, obliterated its advertised guarantee as 569 runners helped collect ₹5.69 Lakhs in prize money. Starting out at 9.30 PM, the tourney took almost six hours to come to a close, with Harshit ‘harshitkumar17’ Kumar championing the tourney to win ₹93,825. He cut a three-way deal with ‘PokerQueen1911’ (runner-up for ₹72,303) and Abhijeet ‘knot_snudtke’ Kumar (3rd for ₹67,153).
The featured tourney on Day 1 of the Ultimate Value Series, the ₹4.25 lakhs GTD UVS #6 Monster Stack, saw Yasir Anwar ‘xTyrionLannisterx’ Siddiqui navigating his way to the top to win ₹80,142. Vikrant ‘King Leonidas’ Dangle finished runner-up for ₹59,889.
PokerStars India
PokerStars India’s Monday night special, ₹2,750 entry buy-in Battle Royale, logged in 139 entries, falling a significant ₹1.53 Lakhs short of the advertised ₹5 Lakhs prize pool guarantee. The anonymous user ‘tanayp’ championed the tourney to win ₹1.16 Lakhs (₹67,968 in prize money, ₹48,520 in bounties). Their total recorded earnings on PokerStars India has crossed ₹9.70 Lakhs with a net profit of ₹1.48 Lakh. Ashit ‘Cringing’ Sharma persisting with his phenomenal form, placed runner-up for ₹64,956 (₹51,280 in prize money, ₹13,677 in bounties).
Topping the 79 entries in the ₹1 Lakhs GTD Bigstack Turbo was Rahul ‘andarkiaag’ Thakur, who decimated the competition to win ₹17,874. Shivam ‘ruskypanda’ Baldota (runner-up for ₹21,639) and ‘zakki_khan’ (3rd for ₹17,950) banked comparable payouts, courtesy of a three-way deal.
All ITM finishers in the Battle Royale and the Bigstack Turbo collected TLB points towards the “Star of theMonth” – December leaderboard race.
Adda52
Monday marked the start of the ₹1 Crore GTD Nano Poker Series (NPS) on Adda52. The showstopper ₹35 Lakhs GTD Nano Main Event headlined the opening day proceedings. The multi-flight event played out the first of its six flights last night, with Day 1A logging in 157 entries. Only 21 players advanced to Day 2, with the anonymous ‘ankumalik’ (368,104), ‘NeeruNJ’ (355,574), and Chandan ‘cddas’ Das (212,361) bagging the top stacks of the day.
The Monday flagship ₹8 Lakhs GTD Iron Man attracted 428 hopefuls, registering a ₹21,040 overlay. Trailblazing his way to the top was Sarvesh ‘playhereforsure13’ Sharma, who booked his first title victory on the site and won ₹1.27 Lakhs. Before winning the title, Sharma struck a five-way deal with ‘darubhai’ (runner-up for ₹1.19 Lakhs), ‘lala351’ (3rd for ₹1.04 Lakhs), Peyush ‘r9cky’ Jain (4th for ₹82,575), and ‘BenjaminSisko’ (5th for ₹75,718).
The ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD Voyager logged in 312 entries to collect ₹3.12 Lakhs in the prize pool. ‘maheshg1811’ championed the tourney for ₹78,000. At the same time, ‘Rk9595’ placed runner-up for ₹47,268.
PokerBaazi
PokerBaazi’s Monday night extravaganza, The Big Show, logged in 223 entries, falling ₹1.31 Lakhs short of its ₹8 Lakhs prize pool guarantee. Bringing the proceedings to an end was Deep ‘ChristopherCoke’ Patel, who cut his way through the reg-laden field to add ₹1.88 Lakhs to his bankroll. Ankit ‘Ankitmodi’ Modi finished runner-up for ₹1.32 Lakhs. Patel, a former “The Bout” winner, raked in his second-best score on the site last night, pushing his overall winnings on PokerBaazi to ₹28.60 Lakhs with a net profit of almost ₹70,000.
The 9 PM Special ₹2 Lakhs GTD Monday MonsterStack registered 140 entries to post a guarantee-smashing ₹2.10 Lakh prize pool. The mystery user ‘AlwaysAhead’ championed the tourney to win ₹54,080 just as the former Game Changer winner Prashanth ‘Iveyleague’ Sekar finished runner-up for ₹37,860.
The other Monday winners were:
Player | Prize Amount | Event | Poker Site |
---|---|---|---|
Yasir Anwar 'xTyrionLannisterx' Siddiqui | ₹80,142 | UVS #6 Monster Stack 4.5 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
maheshg1811 | ₹78,000 | Voyager ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
AlwaysAhead | ₹54,080 | Monday MonsterStack ₹2 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
Aussie Bot | ₹47,372 | Night Rider - Monster Stack ₹2.45 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
Rahul 'LuckyLuciano' Lal | ₹32,855 | UVS #4 1.5 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
Krithika 'WrckAGE' Vinod | ₹21,145 | UVS #2 ₹1.1 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
Seshadri Chitur 'Baba_Tilteshwar' Swaminathan Iyer | ₹20,851 | UVS #1 ₹1 Lakh GTD | Spartan Poker |
Rahul ‘andarkiaag’ Thakur | ₹17,874 | Bigstack Turbo ₹1 Lakh GTD | PokerStars India |
Kiki19 | ₹15,750 | Monday Blues ₹75K GTD | PokerDangal |
Lootera_king | ₹11,500 | Unravel ₹50K GTD | Pocket52 |
CROWMAGIC | ₹8,000 | Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD | Khelo365 |
Nano Main Event ₹35 Lakhs GTD Day 1A – Adda52
Buy-in – ₹1,750
Entries – 107
Re-entries – 50
Survivors – 21
Adda52`s Nano Poker Series made quite the impact on Day 1, with its ₹35 Lakhs GTD Main Event also opening to action. Day 1A of the multi-flight tourney brought in 157 contenders who signed-up for ₹1,750. Only 21 players advanced through to Day 2, with ‘ankumalik’ (368,104) bagging the end of the day chip lead. Rounding out the top three stacks were ‘NeeruNJ’ (355,574) and Chandan ‘cddas’ Das (212,361).
Familiar faces who bagged top stacks included Tanmaya ‘RTD27’ Gupta (150,572), Smita ‘coconik’ Agarwalla (138,417), and Ragesh ‘ragesh91’ Mishra (128,018).
Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1A
ReCharge ₹12 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 273
Re-entries – 96
Rebuys – 189
Prize Pool – ₹12,00,000
Places Paid – 55
After a week`s gap during the Millionaire Series, Spartan Poker`s Monday flagship ₹12 Lakhs GTD Recharge returned on the site at 8 PM yesterday. The ₹2,200 entry buy-in tourney logged in 558 entries (273 unique, 96 re-entries, and 189 rebuys), falling ₹84,000 short of its listed guarantee.
A four-way deal on the final table saw Peter ‘Sigmund’ Nazareth taking down the tourney for ₹1.70 Lakhs, with Shiva ‘psilocybin7’ Balram (runner-up for ₹1.39 Lakhs), ‘anzzzz’ (3rd for ₹1.36 Lakhs) and ‘Jovi’ (4th for ₹1.28 Lakhs) also benefitting from the deal.
Sai ‘stonehenge’ Siddharth (5th for ₹68,280), and Sandeep ‘hawes’ Bhatnagar (8th for ₹28,320) also FT-ed the tourney!
Final Table Results
*denotes a four-way deal
The Big Show ₹8 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi
Buy-in – ₹3,300
Entries – 161
Re-entries – 62
Prize Pool – ₹8,00,000
Places Paid – 27
PokerBaazi’s new Monday addition, The Big Show, also got caught under the overlay avalanche. A turnout of 223 entries led to an overlay shortfall of ₹1.31 Lakhs – almost 15% of its ₹8 Lakhs prize pool guarantee. The top 27 places picked up a slice of this added value.
Deep ‘ChristopherCoke’ Patel shipped the tourney for ₹1.88 Lakhs. Ankit ‘Ankitmodi’ Modi, who placed fourth in The Summit on December 10, collected ₹1.32 Lakhs for his runner-up finish.
Other FT scorers included Sunday’s BSS SuperStack seventh-place finisher Vinay ‘Vinstill’ B (3rd for ₹84,960), BSS MegaStack runner-up Anish ‘THENUTS’ Suri (4th for ₹62,880), Ashish ‘Notoriouskonvict’ Nailwal (5th for ₹47,200), Vaibhav ‘durrrr1310’ Saigal (6th for ₹37,760), Naman ‘namsbohra’ Bohra (7th for ₹31,360), and The MAMMOTH champion Vineet ‘whale’ Kumar (8th for ₹25,120).
Final Table Results
Iron Man ₹8 Lakhs GTD– Adda52
Buy-in – ₹2,000
Entries – 226
Re-entries – 202
Prize Pool – ₹8,00,000
Places Paid – 43
Adda52’s ₹8 Lakhs GTD Iron Man did the best among all the top-tier Monday flagships as attendance of 428 hopefuls resulted in a manageable ₹21,040 in overlays.
It took just a little over five and a half hours of play for Sarvesh ‘playhereforsure13’ Sharma to come out on top. The player won a cash prize of ₹1.27 Lakhs following a five-way deal with ‘darubhai’ (runner-up for ₹1.19 Lakhs), ‘lala351’ (3rd for ₹1.03 Lakhs), Peyush ‘r9cky’ Jain (4th for ₹82,575) and ‘BenjaminSisko’ (5th for ₹75,718).
Chandan ‘cddas’ Das (6th for ₹28,000) also FT-ed the tourney.
Final Table Results
*denotes a five-way deal
Flash ₹5.5 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 277
Re-entries – 81
Rebuys – 211
Prize Pool – ₹5,69,000
Places Paid – 47
The ₹5.5 Lakhs GTD Flash got going at 9.30 PM and turned out to quite a crowd-puller with 569 entries generating a cool ₹5.69 Lakhs prize pool. The play went on for more than six hours before Harshit ‘harshitkumar17’ Kumar juggernaut his way to the title, winning ₹93,825. The anonymous ‘PokerQueen1911’ finished runner-up for ₹72,303.
Former MoneyMaker champion Sandeep ‘SandeeSingh’ Singh (5th for ₹33,685), Mayank ‘$Magician$’ Makhija (6th for ₹25,719), and Akanksha ‘HashBrownie’ Singh (8th for ₹13,884) also FT-ed the tourney.
Final Table Results
*denotes three-way deal
Battle Royale ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India
Buy-in – ₹2,750
Entries – 90
Re-entries – 49
Total Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Regular Prize Pool – ₹3,26,250
Bounty Prize Pool – ₹173,750
Places Paid – 23
PokerStars India’s Battle Royale made its scheduled run at 7.30 PM last night and welcomed a starting field of 139 runners. The site ended up filling in a gaping ₹1.52 Lakhs overlay shortfall.
The mystery user ‘Tanayp’ caught the biggest slice of this massive value as he topped the competition to win ₹1.16 Lakhs (₹67,968 in prize money, ₹48,520 in bounties).
Ashit ‘Cringing’ Sharma finished runner-up for ₹64,956 (₹51,280 in prize money, ₹13,677 in bounties).
Sharma has been on a breakout run this month with an incredible 10 FT finishes (excluding this win) already. He had won the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Sixth Sense last Tuesday and currently boasts over ₹1.13 Crores in recorded MTT winnings.
Final Table Results (Includes Bounties)
Voyager ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD – Adda52
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 177
Re-entries – 135
Prize Pool – ₹3,12,000
Places Paid – 34
The ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD Voyager featuring an ₹1,100 entry buy-in managed to collect a guarantee-smashing ₹3.12 Lakhs prize pool after 312 participants signed up to play.
It took over six hours before the unknown user ‘maheshg1811’ took down the tourney for ₹78,000. ‘Rk9595’ finished runner-up for ₹47,268.
Masroor ‘jason911’ Ansari (4th for ₹26,052), Neeraj ‘kumartomar’ Kumar (7th for ₹9,360), and Debayan ‘debz19’ Das (8th for ₹7,800) were some known players on the FT.
Monday MonsterStack ₹2 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 87
Re-entries – 53
Prize Pool – ₹2,10,000
Places Paid – 18
The 9 PM Special on PokerBaazi’s Monday schedule, the ₹2 Lakhs GTD Monday MonsterStack, collected a ₹2.10 Lakhs prize pool from an attendance of 140 entrants.
The mystery user ‘AlwaysAhead’ was the last player standing in the tourney and won ₹54,080 after eliminating the first-ever Game Changer champion Prashanth ‘Iveyleague’ Sekar (runner-up for ₹37,860) in second place.
Dhawal ‘dhawal17’ Baghel (3rd for ₹24,360), Pawan ‘Pawan46’ S (5th for ₹13,520), Prince ‘NaNki’ Singh (6th for ₹10,820), Sandeep ‘Chor’ Bhatnagar (7th for ₹8,988), and Raksha ‘rakshajindal’ Agarwal (8th for ₹7,203) FT-ed the event.
Bigstack Turbo ₹1 Lakh GTD – PokerStars India
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 43
Re-entries – 36
Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000
Places Paid – 13
PokerStars India’s 10.30 PM tourney, the ₹1 Lakh GTD Bigstack Turbo, registered 79 entries – falling 21 entries or ₹21,000 short of the guarantee.
Rahul ‘andarkiaag’ Thakur shipped the tourney to win ₹17,874 following a three-way deal with Shivam ‘ruskypanda’ Baldota (2nd for ₹21,639) and ‘zakki_khan’ (3rd for ₹17,950).
Anmol ‘freak_weird0’ Agarwal (7th for ₹4,086), and Rahul ‘Unleashed2519’ Sahni (8th for ₹3,018) also FT-ed the tourney.!
Monday Blues ₹75K GTD – PokerDangal
Buy-in – ₹440
Entries – 103
Re-entries – 43
Prize Pool – ₹75,000
Places Paid – 23
PokerDangal’s ₹75K GTD Monday Blues began right on schedule at 8 PM, wrangling in 146 entries. The site filled in a ₹16,600 overlay shortfall.
The user ‘Kiki19’ championed the tourney to win ₹15,750, with ‘Mohakal’ coming in second for ₹11,625.
Dhruv ‘Gowani123’ Jain rounded out the podium finishers in third-place for ₹8,812.
Unravel ₹50K GTD – Pocket52
Buy-in – ₹440
Entries – 59
Re-entries – 36
Prize Pool – ₹50,000
Places Paid – 15
The ₹50K GTD Unravel on Pocket52 had to put up ₹12,000 to meet its advertised guarantee after 95 entrants signed up to play.
Topping them all was ‘Lootera_king,’ who won ₹11,500 after eliminating ‘BhootAAya’ (runner-up for ₹8,500) in second-place.
Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD – Khelo365
Buy-in – ₹275
Entries – 41
Re-entries – 17
Prize Pool – ₹20,000
Places Paid – 6
Khelo365’s ₹20K GTD Grinder 2.0 was taken down by ‘CROWNMAGIC’ for ₹8,000.
This report was updated at 4 PM on 15.12.2020.
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