Daily Majors: Pallikona, Vinay B, Ahuja, & Pereira Headline the Tuesday Marquees

Tuesday witnessed a significant uptick in action over Monday, and while some flagships registered overlays, several comfortably sailed through.

PokerStars India’s “Star of Month” – November is also to be decided today in the Finale that will have 100 qualifiers converging at 9 PM tonight!

Here is a quick recap of all that transpired yesterday.

Spartan Poker

Offering the biggest prize pool guarantee of the day was the Spartan Poker-hosted ₹20 Lakhs GTD Mega Stack. The ₹3,300 entry buy-in tourney logged in 557 entries to post an overlay of ₹3.29 Lakhs for the site to fill. After almost eight hours of rigorous play, the Sunday Superstack winner Anand ‘OrangeZuce’ Babu Pallikona came out on top to win ₹3.88 Lakhs. The anonymous ‘I raise you’ finished runner-up for ₹2.46 Lakhs. Pallikona`s Tuesday night score has pushed his online record on Spartan Poker to ₹87.62 Lakhs with a net profit of ₹26.98 Lakhs.

The other Tuesday marquee, the ₹7 Lakhs GTD The Race, had a profitable run. The 9.30 PM tourney registered 502 runners to collect ₹7.53 Lakhs in the prize pool. It was 5.06 AM on Wednesday by the time anonymous player ‘Kingsb30’ grabbed all the chips in play to win ₹1.47 Lakhs. Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia finished runner-up for ₹93,221.

Lakhotia has been on a breakout run recently. He shipped Adda52’s Godfather on November 26 and FT-ed the Big Slick, Spartan Poker’s Money Heist, and PokerBaazi’s BSS Monster 6-Max on Sunday. He also FT-ed Adda52’s Inception on Monday. It`s no wonder then that Lakhotia boasts of ₹4.23 Crores in recorded MTT earnings.

PokerStars India

PokerStars India had two ₹5 Lakhs GTD tourneys on its Tuesday line-up.

The ₹2,200 entry buy-in Sixth Sense logged in 236 entries (129 unique and 107 re-entries), overlaying ₹28,000. The anonymous ‘smokebutt15’ championed the tourney to win ₹64,786, after striking a three-way deal with ‘poquewolf’ (runner-up for ₹80,459) – who banked the biggest score in the event – and ‘ShyanaLala’ (third for ₹62,217).

The ₹2,750 entry buy-in Uppercut Mini wrangled in 193 entries, experiencing an overlay shortfall of ₹17,500. Myron ‘khAAbib’ Pereira outlasted the competition to win ₹1.10 Lakhs (including bounties), with ‘infic11’ placing runner-up for ₹57,510. Pereira’s lifetime MTT earnings have crossed ₹2.28 Crores.

The 10:30 PM ₹1 Lakhs GTD Bigstack Turbo logged in 85 entries. ‘anwar210694’ was the last player standing and won ₹22,890. Anmolraj ‘modi chai wala’ Singh Chawla secured a runner-up payday of ₹17,280.

All ITM finishers in the Sixth Sense and Bigstack Turbo collected TLB points for PokerStars India’s “Star of the Month” – December leaderboard race. For more details and the latest leaderboard standings, visit the promotions page.

The 100 qualifiers from the November leaderboard race will be converging at 9 PM tonight for a shot at becoming PokerStars India`s “Star of the Month” – November. In addition to the bragging rights of becoming the November champion, there are MTT tickets worth ₹1.15 Lakhs reserved for the winner. The runner-up will collect tourney tickets worth ₹35,000.

Adda52

Taking up the Tuesday primetime slot at Adda52 was the site’s ₹15 Lakhs GTD The Mint. The Tuesday flagship brought in 447 entries (226 unique and 221 re-entries), collecting ₹15.65 Lakhs in the prize pool. It took seven hours and forty-nine minutes of play for ‘Reg_Slayer’ (anonymity requested) to power their way through the competition and win ₹3.38 Lakhs. ‘Reg_Slayer’ also made a deep run in the Hexagram, placing 10th for ₹6,480.

The Mint runner-up ‘rajroyrkl’ banked a personal-best ₹2.72 Lakhs – courtesy of a heads-up deal. PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja, who had won PokerStars India’s Battle Royale on Monday, placed third for ₹1.56 Lakhs.

The ₹3 Lakhs GTD Hexagram saw Aayush ‘aayusharya’ Arya navigating his way to the top to win ₹90,720. Nikhil ‘nickel0992’ Chaudhary finished runner-up for ₹56,700. With a turnout of 162 entries, the tourney ended up collecting ₹3.24 Lakhs in the prize pool.

PokerBaazi

PokerBaazi’s Tuesday flagship, The Endeavour, logged in 352 entries, surpassing its listed ₹12 Lakhs prize pool guarantee by ₹32,000. After close to eight hours of play, the two-time BSS SuperStack winner Vinay ‘Vinstill’ B outlasting the fierce competition to add ₹2.59 Lakhs to his bankroll. The anonymous ‘pagalkutta’ finished runner-up for ₹1.81 Lakhs.

Vinay B posted deep runs in three more events yesterday – each time falling short of the final table. This included PokerBaazi`s Tuesday Turbo (11th for ₹5,125), Adda52’s The Mint (11th for ₹19,556), and Adda52’s Hexagram (9th for ₹7,290). This also happens to be Vinay B’s second title victory in the last four days; he had won Adda52’s Hijack Huskies on Saturday for ₹1.83 Lakhs and currently sits on ₹2.43 Crores in lifetime earnings.

The 9 PM Special ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD Tuesday Turbo registered 99 entries, overlaying ₹52,000. Rohit ‘mrblue1205’ Malhotra won the tourney, banking ₹70,380, just as Vivek ‘viveksnmc10’ Pal finished runner-up for ₹49,280. This is Malhotra’s third-best score on PokerBaazi.

The other Tuesday winners were:

Mega Stack ₹20 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹3,300

Entries – 275

Re-entries – 109

Re-buys – 173

Prize Pool – ₹20,00,000

Places Paid – 55

Spartan Poker’s ₹20 Lakhs GTD Mega Stack attracted 557 contestants, forcing the ₹3,300 entry buy-in tourney to fill in an overlay of ₹3.29 Lakhs.

It took about eight hours of work for the Sunday Superstack champion Anand ‘OrangeZuce’ Babu Pallikona to add a second title to his name. He collected ₹3.88 Lakhs in the process. ‘I raise you’ finished runner-up for ₹2.46 Lakhs.

Pallikona now has ₹87.62 Lakhs in recorded earnings on Spartan Poker, with a net profit of ₹26.98 Lakhs.

Sreeharsha ‘yUDdam’ Boneni finished 3rd for ₹1.77 Lakhs.

Final Table Results

1. Anand ‘OrangeZuce’ Babu Pallikona – ₹3,88,000
2. I raise you – ₹2,46,000
3. Sreeharsha ‘yUDdam’ Boneni – ₹1,77,800
4. Roohdaar – ₹1,43,800
5. @Valmiki@ – ₹1,13,800
6. fishyvishy22 – ₹87,600
7. MayTheLuckBeWithYou – ₹65,200
8. Bankruptcy – ₹47,200

The Mint ₹15 Lakhs GTD 8-Max – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹3,850

Entries – 226

Re-entries – 221

Prize Pool – ₹15,64,503

Places Paid – 49

Adda52’s Tuesday mainstay The Mint ran with a ₹15 Lakhs prize pool guarantee last night. The event logged in 447 entries (226 unique and 221 re-entries) to collect ₹15.65 Lakhs in the prize pool.

After close to eight hours of play, making it to the victory lane was ‘Reg_Slayer’ (anonymity requested). The online reg defeated ‘rajroyrkl’ (runner-up for ₹2.72 Lakhs) heads-up to collect ₹3.38 Lakhs. ‘Reg_Slayer’ also finished 10^th in the Hexagram for ₹6,480.

Monday’s Battle Royale champion, PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja (3^rd for ₹1.56 Lakhs), Rishab ‘rish1994’ Malik (4^th for ₹1.17 Lakhs), Anshul ‘vexagon’ Rana (5^th for ₹78,225), Sreekanth ‘n0thing’ Narayan (6^th for ₹54,758), Ashraf ‘tiger_jinda_hai’ Ali (7^th for ₹43,024), and Naresh ‘fireexit’ Rathnam (8^th for ₹35,201) also FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Reg_Slayer – ₹3,38,135*
2. rajroyrkl – ₹2,72,021*
3. Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja – ₹1,56,450
4. Rishab ‘rish1994’ Malik – ₹1,17,338
5. Anshul ‘vexagon’ Rana – ₹78,225
6. Sreekanth ‘n0thing’ Narayan – ₹54,758
7. Ashraf ‘tiger_jinda_hai’ Ali – ₹43,024
8. Naresh ‘fireexit’ Rathnam – ₹35,201

*Denotes a heads-up deal

The Endeavour ₹12 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹3,850

Entries – 199

Re-entries – 153

Prize Pool – ₹12,32,000

Places Paid – 45

PokerBaazi`s Tuesday night extravaganza, The Endeavour, clocked in 352 entries, collecting a guarantee-busting ₹12.32 Lakhs. It took almost eight-hour of play for the two-time BSS SuperStack winner Vinay ‘Vinstill’ B to add another title to his name, and he walked away with ₹2.59 Lakhs added to his PokerBaazi balance. The user ‘pagalkutta’ finished runner-up for ₹1.81 Lakhs.

Vinay was right up there with deep runs in three other tourneys, but he missed hitting the FTs in all of them. This is his second tourney title in the last four days – he had won Adda52’s Hijack Huskies for ₹1.83 Lakhs on Saturday. His lifetime online tally now stands at ₹2.43 Crores.

Rahul ‘pokerjoker’ Mittal (3^rd for ₹1.16 Lakhs), Bharat ‘Thinkfloyd’ Vasan (5^th for ₹64,680), and Sunit ‘sunit’ Warraich (7^th for ₹43,120) also FT-ed the tourney!

Final Table Results

1. Vinay ‘Vinstill’ B – ₹2,59,000
2. pagalkutta – ₹1,81,000
3. Rahul ‘pokerjoker’ Mittal – ₹1,16,000
4. borntrouble – ₹86,240
5. Bharat ‘Thinkfloyd’ Vasan – ₹64,680
6. rachit9786 – ₹51,740
7. Sunit ‘sunit’ Warraich – ₹43,120
8. ladda – ₹34,500

The Race ₹7 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 244

Re-entries – 84

Re-buys – 174

Prize Pool – ₹7,53,000

Places Paid – 47

Spartan Poker’s 9 PM Tuesday night tourney, the ₹7 Lakhs GTD The Race, gathered 502 entries, comfortably striding past the listed guarantee by ₹53,000.

The mystery user ‘Kingsb30’ decimated the competition to win ₹1.46 Lakhs, with Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia placing runner-up for ₹93,221.

Lakhotia is a seasoned MTT reg who has been on a trailblazing run these past few days, working up over ₹4.23 Crores in lifetime earnings. After he shipped Adda52’s Godfather on November 26, he went on to final table three events on Sunday, namely, Adda52’s Big Slick, Spartan Poker’s Money Heist, and PokerBaazi’s BSS Monster 6-Max. He also ran deep in Adda52’s Inception on Monday.

Young Gun Anmol ‘Anzzzzz’ Mehta finished seventh for ₹24,999.

Final Table Results

1. Kingsb30 – ₹1,46,760
2. Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia – ₹93,221
3. Jannat52 – ₹69,878
4. BeBoT – ₹56,550
5. Indian. – ₹44,578
6. 77TYPHOON77 – ₹34,036
7. Anmol ‘Anzzzzz’ Mehta – ₹24,999
8. WickedSid – ₹18,373

Sixth Sense ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 129

Re-entries – 107

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 41

The Tuesday primetime tourney awarding TLB points for the “Star of the Month” – December leaderboard race, the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Sixth Sense, experienced an overlay deficit of₹28,000 after 236 challengers signed up to play.

Outlasting them all after almost seven hours of play was the mystery user ‘smokebutt15,’ who took away ₹64,786 in prize money following a three-way deal with ‘poquewolf’ ₹80,459) and ‘ShyanaLala’ (3^rd for ₹62,217).

Sanish ‘sneakysani’ Chhabra (4^th for ₹35,120) and Vinayak ‘koi.toh.rok.lo’ Bajaj (7^th for ₹15,150) also FT-ed the tourney!

Final Table Results

1. smokebutt15 – ₹64,786*
2. poquewolf – ₹80,459*
3. ShyanaLala – ₹62,217*
4. Sanish ‘sneakysani’ Chhabra – ₹35,120
5. anuragaces – ₹25,460
6. Bashir@321 – ₹18,457
7. Vinayak ‘koi.toh.rok.lo’ Bajaj – ₹15,150

*denotes three-way deal

Uppercut Mini ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 112

Re-entries – 81

Regular Prize Pool – ₹2,58,750

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹2,41,250

Total Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 35

PokerStars India’s second ₹5 Lakhs GTD tourney of the day, the Uppercut Mini, pulled in 193 sign-ups who bought in for ₹2,750. It took almost six hours for the tourney to get in the books.

The champion emerged in MTT pro Myron ‘khAAbib’ Pereira, who walked away with the ₹1.10 Lakhs up-top cash prize, with ‘infic11’ finishing runner-up for ₹57,510. The Goa-based pro has breached the ₹2.28 Crore-mark in lifetime recorded earnings!

The other notable names on the FT included Himanshu ‘himkat@stars’ Kataria (3^rd for ₹35,143), Praveen ‘pinawxd’ KR (4^th for ₹26,571), and Vasu ‘Aggrolegend’ Ramanan (7^th for ₹11,049).

Final Table Results

1. Myron ‘khAAbib’ Pereira – ₹1,09,598
2. infic11 – ₹57,510
3. Himanshu ‘himkat@stars’ Kataria – ₹35,143
4. Praveen ‘pinawxd’ KR – ₹26,571
5. rollydolly777 – ₹19,481
6. kipdokerr – ₹20,147
7. Vasu ‘Aggrolegend’ Ramanan – ₹11,049

Hexagram ₹3 Lakhs GTD 6-Max – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 96

Re-entries – 66

Prize Pool – ₹3,24,000

Places Paid – 17

Adda52`s ₹3 Lakhs GTD Hexagram logged in 162 entries yesterday. Like The Mint, the event was able to ride past the break-even mark, collecting ₹3.24 Lakhs in the prize pool.

Starting out at 9:30 PM, it took less than six hours to play down to a winner, with Aayush ‘aayusharya’ Arya walking away with the title and the ₹90,720 first-place cash prize. Nikhil ‘nickel0992’ Chaudhary finished runner-up for ₹56,700.

With the win, Arya now sits with ₹19.49 Lakhs in recorded MTT winnings.

Only the final 17 could earn a payout, and among the known names on the 6-Max FT was Shivam Kumar ‘barbarik12’ Singh (5^th for ₹21,060).

Tuesday Turbo ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 70

Re-entries – 29

Prize Pool – ₹2,50,000

Places Paid – 12

PokerBaazi`s 9 PM Special ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD Tuesday Turbo registered 99 entries to post a deficit of ₹52,000. Rohit ‘mrblue1205’ Malhotra championed the tourney to win ₹70,380, just as Vivek ‘viveksnmc10’ Pal came in second for ₹49,280.

This happens to be Malhotra’s third-best score on PokerBaazi, boosting his total earnings on the site to ₹3.38 Lakhs.

Taliwagang ‘Meverick’ Jamir (5^th for ₹17,600), Mahesh ‘mahikalra’ Shyamsundar (6^th for ₹14,080), and Guruprasad ‘fish_calling’ Gupta (8^th for ₹9,375) were the other FT finishers.

Battlefield Tuesday ₹1 Lakh GTD – PokerDangal

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 59

Re-entries – 32

Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000

Places Paid – 15

PokerDangal`s ₹1 Lakh GTD Battlefield Tuesday crowned ‘jaypy’ as the champion. The anonymous player banked ₹24,000 for the victory after defeating PokerDangal regular ‘flashsurya’ (runner-up for ₹17,500) in the heads-up play.

With a turnout of 91 entries, the tourney fell nine entries short of its 100-player guarantee.

Bigstack Turbo ₹1 Lakh GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 56

Re-entries – 29

Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000

Places Paid – 15

The late-night ₹1 Lakh GTD Bigstack Turbo was the second tourney of the day awarding TLB points for the “Star of the Month” December race. The event brought together 85 hopefuls who signed-up for ₹1,100 to leave an overlay of ₹15,000, and the top 15 places got paid.

‘anwar210694’ captured the title and earned a paycheck worth ₹22,890 after defeating Anmolraj ‘modi chai wala’ Singh Chawla (runner-up for ₹17,280) in heads-up.

Sandeep ‘effuno007’ Varma RS (3^rd for ₹13,045), Navajith ‘navajith’ Mohanan (7^th for ₹4,237), and Rahul ‘andarkiaag’ Thakur (8^th for ₹3,198) were others who FT-ed the tourney.

Pocket Jacks ₹75K GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 94

Re-entries – 49

Prize Pool – ₹75,000

Places Paid – 21

The ₹75K GTD Pocket Jacks dragged in 143 entries, resulting in an overlay deficit of ₹3,500.

The mystery user ‘Nutsgood’ took down the event for ₹16,500, with ‘isnapAlot’ finishing runner-up for ₹12,000.

Final Table Results

1. Nutsgood – ₹16,500
2. isnapAlot – ₹12,000
3. ropoket – ₹9,000
4. Shivkumarv – ₹6,750
5. Rahultiger – ₹4,950
6. DONKESHWAR – ₹3,375

Unravel ₹50K GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹440

Entries – 65

Re-entries – 43

Prize Pool – ₹50,000

Places Paid – 17

Topping a field of 108 entries, ‘SUBHAM8’ captured the ₹50K GTD Unravel title on Pocket52 on Tuesday for ₹11,500.

Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹275

Entries – 33

Re-entries – 24

Prize Pool – ₹20,000

Places Paid – 6

Tuesday night’s ₹20K GTD Grinder 2.0 title went to Khelo365’s regular ‘acedealer,’ who added ₹8,000 to their bankroll.

This report was updated at 4 PM on 2.12.2020.

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