There was a significant uptick in action on Thursday, with Spartan Poker`s IOPC 2021 Jan Edition taking the virtual felts by storm. For the third consecutive day, PokerGuru Ambassadors featured among the top winners of the day, with no less than three of them, namely, Parikshit Dhall, Devvrat Arya, and Kartik Ved shipping flagship tourneys. Nadeem Basha and Ashish Ahuja were others seen posting top finishes, making it a field day for PokerGuru Staking!

Sanat Mehrotra and Young Gun Anmol Mehta rounded out the flagship winners of the day.

This is just the start of the busy season for poker players. Starting today is the first-ever APT 2021 Online Series India on PokerBaazi with PokerStars India`s Winter Series due to commence on Sunday.

Here is a complete recap of the Thursday marquees.

 

Spartan Poker

Spartan Poker`s iconic IOPC has returned, and the 10th edition is the most massive ever in the stop`s history!

The opening day was marked by seven tourneys, and the star attraction was the ₹35 Lakhs GTD IOPC #5 Ultron. The ₹4,400 entry buy-in event registered 845 entries, overlaying ₹1.20 Lakhs. PokerGuru Ambassador Parikshit ‘zapdos1311’ Dhall championed the tourney to win ₹5.76 Lakhs after striking a heads-up deal with Rajat ‘raso009’ Sood (runner-up for ₹5.16 Lakhs).

 

Dhall, who finished runner-up in PokerStars India’s PKO on Sunday, FT-ed another two IOPC events last night, picking up ₹7.63 Lakhs for the day`s work. He currently sits on ₹2.36 Crores in recorded earnings.

His top finishes include:

• 1st in the ₹35 Lakhs GTD IOPC #5 Ultron on Spartan Poker for ₹76 Lakhs
• 2nd in the ₹8 Lakhs GTD IOPC #2 for ₹36 Lakhs
• 8th in the ₹5 Lakhs GTD IOPC #6 for ₹41,369

 

The other featured tourney, the ₹16.5 Lakhs GTD IOPC #6, commenced at 9.30 PM. A starting field of 638 entries helped record a hefty ₹19.14 Lakhs in the prize pool. It was well past 5 AM by the time the tourney culminated, handing out the title to PokerGuru Ambassador Devvrat ‘deranzzdd’ Arya, who won ₹3.70 Lakhs after vanquishing Bharat ‘dorasingh’ Vasan (runner-up for ₹2.33 Lakhs) in heads-up play.

 

Arya, fresh off winning the ₹25 Lakhs GTD Destiny on Wednesday, notched up several other deep runs last night, working up ₹4.79 Lakhs in total earnings. The Thursday night run helped improve his online record to ₹4.47 Crores.

His top finishes include:

• 1st in the ₹5 Lakhs GTD IOPC #1 on Spartan Poker for ₹70 Lakhs
• 8th in the ₹75 Lakhs GTD IOPC #7 Deepstack on Spartan Poker for ₹24,405
• 8th in the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Highroller on PokerStars India for ₹23,041
• 10th in the ₹15 Lakhs GTD The Summit on PokerBaazi for ₹29,928

 

Online reg Anirban D ‘pokernoob’ Das was another mover and shaker on Thursday. In addition to placing fourth in IOPC #6 for ₹1.33 Lakhs, Das took fifth-place in PokerStars India ₹10 Lakhs GTD Highroller for ₹47,091, adding ₹1.80 Lakhs to his bankroll.

 

It was a strong opening for IOPC that started at 12 PM on Thursday. The opening event, the ₹10 Lakhs GTD IOPC #1 Monster Stack, registered a whooping 2,453 entries. And getting his hands at the first IOPC title at the series was Shrvan ‘SSAScorpion’ Amlekar, who worked his way past the competition to win ₹1.87 Lakhs. Himanshu ‘Howdodoo’ Bisht came in second for ₹1.59 Lakhs, courtesy of a heads-up deal.

 

This happens to be Amlekar’s best-recorded finish on the site. Along with the prize money, he became the first player to book a seat at the Master’s Table that will take place on February 3 on Spartan Poker. The champion will win an Avenger Chronograph 43 Breitling customized watch. Amlekar also ran deep in Adda52’s Nighttide DST Adda, placing fourth for ₹13,878,

Tarush ‘Tarush123’ Gupta was another serial winner as he took down the ₹4.25 Lakhs GTD IOPC #4 for ₹1.10 Lakhs while placing seventh in the ₹16.50 Lakhs GTD IOPC #6 for ₹61,439.

 

Anish ‘downswing4ver’ Arora (IOPC #7 ₹8.75 Lakhs GTD for ₹2.18 Lakhs), Rudramani ‘rud1478’ Pokhrel (IOPC #2 ₹8 Lakhs GTD for ₹2.15 Lakhs) and Amarjeet ‘superchor89’ Singh (₹IOPC #3 Monster Stack ₹6.5 Lakhs GTD for ₹1.55 Lakhs) won the other IOPC tourneys on Thursday.

 

PokerStars India

PokerStars India’s Thursday night extravaganza, the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Highroller, registered 157 entries – enough to collect a guarantee-smashing ₹10.99 Lakhs prize pool. Young Gun Anmol ‘Kaanchacheena’ Mehta shipping his second flagship title in under a week, came out on top to win ₹2.45 Lakhs (₹1.11 Lakhs in prize money, ₹1.34 Lakhs in bounties). The mystery user ‘flipper595’ finished runner-up for ₹1.56 Lakhs.

On Sunday, Anmol Mehta had taken down the ₹15 Lakhs GTD Sunday Special PKO for ₹3.20 Lakhs.

 

PokerGuru Staking’s Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja finished third in the Highroller for ₹88,267 (₹61,798 in prize money ₹26,469 in bounties).

The Highroller runner-up, ‘flipper595,’ was among the top contenders in the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Battle Royale as well. Starting precisely 90 minutes after the Highroller, the event registered 186 entries, overlaying ₹35,000. A player with the online moniker ‘raghav1990’ eventually championed the tourney to win ₹1.16 Lakhs (₹53,174 in prize money and ₹63,057 in bounties) with ‘flipper595’ placing runner-up again, this time for ₹52,167. Together through these two runner-up finishes, the mystery player padded their bankroll for ₹2.08 Lakhs!

Ajit Singh ‘ace_bob_here’ Arora shipped the ₹1 Lakh GTD Bigstack Turbo, outlasting the 111-entry strong field to win ₹29,541.

 

All the ITM finishers in the Highroller and the Big Stack Turbo collected TLB points for the “Star of the Month” – January Week #3 leaderboard race. For more details and the latest leaderboard standings, visit the promotions page.

 

Adda52

Adda52`s ₹25 Lakhs GTD Godfather, part of the site`s Suit Up January itinerary, registered 451 entries last night, overlaying ₹2.45 Lakhs. It took just under nine hours of play for MTT reg Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra to navigate his way to the top and win ₹6.12 Lakhs. PokerGuru Ambassador Nadeem ‘Nadeem0021’ Basha finished runner-up for ₹3.62 Lakhs, boosting his MTT scorecard to ₹3.39 Crores.

 

Mehrotra posted a second FT finish last night, placing fourth in PokerBaazi’s ₹15 Lakhs GTD The Summit for ₹1.36 Lakhs, crossing ₹4.18 Crores in lifetime earnings.

Championing the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Monster Turbo was Monday’s Voyager winner Rishabh ‘Rishh14’ Jain, who bested 233 entries to win ₹1.42 Lakhs. Vatsalya ‘tooeasy’ Rao finished runner-up for ₹83,880.

 

 

PokerBaazi

PokerBaazi`s Thursday night flagship, the ₹15 Lakhs GTD The Summit, garnered 232 participants, and the top 27 finishers took a bite out of the ₹17.40 Lakhs prize pool. PokerGuru Ambassador Kartik Ved, who plays as ‘TheInternetKid’ on the site, pocketed the top prize of ₹4.09 Lakhs. ‘pokerbrat0118’ (runner-up for ₹2.87 Lakhs) and Ved`s teammate Ashish ‘OMG_spew’ Munot (3rd for ₹1.85 Lakhs) rounded out the top three places in the tourney.

 

Ved raked in another ₹17,038 from his seventh-place finish in the Adda52-hosted ₹5 Lakhs GTD Monster Turbo, collecting ₹4.35 Lakhs overall. He now sits on over ₹4.65 Crores in recorded online earnings.

The ₹1,100 entry buy-in PLO Boost Monster just about hit its break-even mark after logging in an exact 100 entries. The mystery player ‘abhidread’ championed the tourney to win ₹28,150, with ‘Kj3939’ securing the runner-up payday worth ₹19,710.

The other Thursday winners were –

Player	Prize Amount	Event	Poker Site
Tarush ‘Tarush123’ Gupta	₹1.10 Lakhs	IOPC #4 ₹4.25 Lakhs GTD	Spartan Poker
Surbhi ‘BlackCat786’ Gupta	₹52,800	Night Rider - DeepStack Turbo ₹2.20 Lakhs GTD	Spartan Poker
bozo	₹44,760	Turbo ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD	PokerBaazi
jat777	₹30,000	6–Max Holdem BOOST DST ₹1 Lakh GTD	PokerBaazi
Ajit ‘ace_bob_here’ Singh Arora	₹29,541	Bigstack Turbo ₹1 Lakh GTD	PokerStars India
Siddharth ‘WickedSid’ Sagar	₹28,800	Warrior Arena ₹1.2 Lakhs GTD	PokerDangal
abhidread	₹28,150	PLO Boost Monster ₹1 Lakh GTD	PokerBaazi
ideabreaker	₹18,522	The Centurion ₹1 Lakh GTD	Spartan Poker
Lalit ‘msdhoni07’ Devpal	₹17,250	Pocket Jacks ₹75K GTD	Pocket52
yutah999	₹15,000	Hitman ₹30K GTD	Khelo365
Hamza ‘lazylion’ Sayyed	₹11,500	Unravel ₹50K GTD	Pocket52
Teesmar2	₹8,000	Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD	Khelo365

 

IOPC #5 Ultron ₹35 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹4,400

Entries – 400

Re-entries – 169

Re-buys – 276

Prize Pool – ₹35,00,000

Places Paid – 79

The featured tourney on Day 1 of the IOPC January 2021 edition, the ₹4,400 entry buy-in IOPC #5 Ultron, experienced an overlay shortfall of ₹1.20 Lakhs after clocking in 845 entries.

It took precisely eight hours and sixteen minutes of non-stop action for PokerGuru Ambassador Parikshit ‘zapdos1311’ Dhall to navigate his way to the top and win the ₹5.77 Lakhs first-place cash prize. Rajat ‘raso009’ Sood finished runner-up for ₹5.16 Lakhs – courtesy of a heads-up deal.

The former SSS Millionaire champion, Dhall, was undoubtedly the star performer on the opening day of the IOPC series. He FT-ed two other IOPC tourneys that included a runner-up finish in IOPC #2 for ₹1.36 Lakhs and placing eighth in IOPC #6 for ₹34,835.

With ₹7.63 Lakhs in cumulative earnings on Thursday, Dhall boosted his lifetime online tally to ₹2.36 Crores.

Vinay ‘2cards1guy’ Rajpal (3rd for ₹3.02 Lakhs), Siddhanth ‘PluRibu$’ Kripalani (5^th for ₹1.84 Lakhs), Kamal ‘K_jo’ Joshi (7^th for ₹1.08 Lakhs), and Kunal ‘FearTheAce’ Vaswani (8^th for ₹74,900) FT-ed the tourney.

Amit ‘1-855-925-7070’ Ajwani bubbled the FT in ninth-place for ₹59,150.

Final Table Results

1. Parikshit ‘zapdos1311’ Dhall – ₹5,76,985*
2. Rajat ‘raso009’ Sood – ₹5,16,065*
3. Vinay ‘2cards1guy’ Rajpal – ₹3,01,700
4. McFly – ₹2,35,200
5. Siddhanth ‘PluRibu$’ Kripalani – ₹1,84,450
6. Pokerispain – ₹1,44,900
7. Kamal ‘K_jo’ Joshi – ₹1,08,150
8. Kunal ‘FearTheAce’ Vaswani – ₹74,900
   *denotes a heads-up deal

 

Godfather ₹25 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 225

Re-entries – 226

Prize Pool – ₹25,00,000

Places Paid – 49

Adda52’s ₹25 Lakhs GTD Godfather got hammered for a ₹2.45 Lakhs shortfall after 451 entrants signed up to play.

MTT reg Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra, one of the standout winners of 2020, championed the tourney to win ₹6.12 Lakhs and his first flagship title in the New Year.

Mehrotra also final tabled PokerBaazi’s ₹15 Lakhs GTD The Summit, placing fourth for ₹1.36 Lakhs, collecting ₹7.49 Lakhs overall. He currently boasts of ₹4.18 Crores in recorded online earnings.

PokerGuru Ambassador Nadeem ‘nadeem0021’ Basha finished runner-up for ₹3.62 Lakhs – the score boosting Basha’s online tally to ₹3.39 Crores.

Naren ‘IMUNAGI’ Purohit (3^rd for ₹2.50 Lakhs), Nishaanth ‘superdeluxe’ Shanmughasundaram (4^th for ₹1.87 Lakhs), JaiKiran ‘jeditriv’ Kumar (5^th for ₹1.25 Lakhs), Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall (6^th for ₹87,500) and Ravindra ‘wormhole’ Arikeri (7^th for ₹68,750) FT-ed the tourney.

 

Final Table Results

1. Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra – ₹6,12,500
2. Nadeem ‘nadeem0021’ Basha – ₹3,62,500
3. Naren ‘IMUNAGI’ Purohit – ₹2,50,000
4. Nishaanth ‘superdeluxe’ Shanmughasundaram – ₹1,87,500
5. JaiKiran ‘jeditriv’ Kumar – ₹1,25,000
6. Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall – ₹87,500
7. Ravindra ‘wormhole’ Arikeri – ₹68,750
8. Chaiwalla79 – ₹56,250

 

IOPC #6 ₹16.5 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹3,300

Entries – 332

Re-entries – 88

Re-buys – 218

Prize Pool – ₹19,14,000

Places Paid – 63

The second-biggest guaranteed tourney on Day 1 of the IOPC, the ₹16.5 Lakhs GTD IOPC #6, saw 638 participants pony-up the ₹3,300 entry buy-in, collecting a generous ₹19.14 Lakhs in the prize pool.

PokerGuru Ambassador Devvrat ‘deranzzdd’ Arya juggernaut his way to the top, adding ₹3.70 Lakhs and a second IOPC title to the team`s tally! Bharat ‘dorasingh’ Vasan finished runner-up for ₹2.34 Lakhs.

This happens to be Arya’s second flagship title victory in the last two days. He won the Destiny on Wednesday for a career-best ₹6.63 Lakhs.

Arya had a breakout day as he FT-ed another two tourneys, placing eighth in PokerStars India’s Highroller for ₹23,041 and eighth in the IOPC #7 for ₹25,786. With ₹4.79 Lakhs in cumulative earnings on Thursday, Arya sent his lifetime tally soaring to ₹4.47 Crores.

Dhaval ‘ElegantlyWasted’ Mudgal (3^rd for ₹1.67 Lakhs), Anirban ‘pokernoob’ D Das (4^th for ₹1.33 Lakhs), Mohd. Aquib ‘Aquib17 Ansari (5^th for ₹1.04 Lakhs), Tarush ‘Tarush123’ Gupta (7^th for ₹61,439), and IOPC #5 Ultron winner Parikshit ‘zapdos1311’ Dhall (8^th for ₹43,639) were some others who FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Devvrat ‘deranzzdd’ Arya – ₹3,70,359
2. Bharat ‘dorasingh’ Vasan – ₹2,33,508
3. Dhaval ‘ElegantlyWasted’ Mudgal – ₹1,67,475
4. Anirban ‘pokernoob’ D Das – ₹1,33,023
5. Mohd. Aquib ‘Aquib17 Ansari – ₹1,04,313
6. Beast555 – ₹81,728
7. Tarush ‘Tarush123’ Gupta – ₹61,439
8. Parikshit ‘zapdos1311’ Dhall – ₹43,639

 

The Summit ₹15 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹8,250

Entries – 131

Re-entries – 101

Prize Pool – ₹17,40,000

Places Paid – 27

PokerBaazi’s The Summit clocked in 232 runners, collecting a guarantee-smashing ₹17.40 Lakhs prize pool. PokerGuru Ambassador Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved outlasted the competition to walk away with the title and a handsome ₹4.09 Lakhs paycheque.

‘pokerbrat0118’ received ₹2.87 Lakhs for their runner-up finish.

The final 27 players earned payouts. The star-studded FT featured the likes of PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘OMG_spew’ Munot (3^rd for ₹1.85 Lakhs), last night’s Godfather champion Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra (4^th for ₹1.37 Lakhs), Aditya ‘konstantin’ Singh (5^th for ₹1.03 Lakhs), Sahil ‘ImHighIshove’ Mahboobani (6^th for ₹82,130), and Puneet ‘neo1’ Dua (7^th for ₹68,210).

Final Table Results

1. Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved – ₹4,09,000
2. pokerbrat0118 – ₹2,87,000
3. Ashish ‘OMG_spew’ Munot – ₹1,85,000
4. Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra – ₹1,37,000
5. Aditya ‘konstantin’ Singh – ₹1,03,000
6. Sahil ‘ImHighIshove’ Mahboobani – ₹82,130
7. Puneet ‘neo1’ Dua – ₹68,210

 

Highroller ₹10 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹7,700

Entries – 87

Re-entries – 70

Regular Prize Pool – ₹5,49,500

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹5,49,500

Total Prize Pool – ₹10,99,000

Places Paid – 27

The ₹10 Lakhs GTD Highroller pulled in 157 entrants, and the top 27 places shared the ₹10.99 Lakhs prize pool.

After more than seven hours of action, the winner emerged in Young Gun Anmol ‘Kaanchacheena’ Mehta, who took away ₹2.47 Lakhs in cash prize after defeating ‘flipper595’ (runner-up for ₹1.56 Lakhs) in heads-up play.

PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja (3^rd for ₹90,017), Myron ‘khAAbib’ Pereira (4^th for ₹65,141), Anirban ‘nocluewho’ D Das (5^th for ₹47,091), Young Gun Gaurav ‘3betPanda’ Sood (6^th for ₹45,576), Sreekanth ‘LaganaHiToHai’ Narayan (7^th for ₹22,653), and IOPC #6 champion Devvrat ‘[email protected]’ Arya (8^th for ₹23,041) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Anmol ‘Kaanchacheena’ Mehta – ₹2,47,504
2. flipper595 – ₹1,56,543
3. Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja – ₹90,017
4. Myron ‘khAAbib’ Pereira – ₹65,141
5. Anirban ‘nocluewho’ D Das – ₹47,091
6. Gaurav ‘3betPanda’ Sood – ₹45,576
7. Sreekanth ‘LaganaHiToHai’ Narayan – ₹22,653
8. Devvrat ‘[email protected]’ Arya – ₹23,041
9. wolfbacki45 – ₹35,205

 

IOPC #1 Monster Stack ₹10 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 1093

Re-entries – 426

Re-buys – 934

Prize Pool – ₹12,26,500

Places Paid – 223

Ringing the opening bell on the 10^th edition of the IOPC was the ₹10 Lakhs GTD IOPC #1. The ₹550 buy-in event commenced at 12 PM and brought in a monstrous 2,453 contenders (1093 unique, 426 re-entries, and 934 re-buys).

It took almost eight hours and fifteen minutes for Shrvan ‘SSAScorpion’ Amlekar to pierce his way through the crowded field and win ₹1.78 Lakhs. He cut a heads-up deal with Himanshu ‘Howdodoo’ Bisht (runner-up for ₹1.59 Lakhs).

For the shipment, Amlekar became the first player to book a seat in the IOPC Master’s table to be held on February 3. The winner is to receive an Avenger Chronograph 43 Breitling customized watch.

Amlekar also placed 4^th in Adda52’s Nighttide DST Adda for ₹13,878, pushing his online record to ₹6.19 Lakhs.

Prakash ‘Wandoor’ Reddy (3^rd for ₹86,100), Atishay ‘momstacos’ Samuel (4th for ₹63,042), Samay ‘Limitless’ Modi (5th for ₹49,551), Abhiroop ‘Ron007’ Gupta (6th for ₹38,107), Priyank ‘Piko’ Kothari (7th for ₹29,166), and Chaitanya ‘baz’ Dhingra (8th for ₹20,642) FT-ed the tourney.

Induprakash ‘supee’ Mishra bubbled the final table in ninth-place for ₹15,822.

 

Final Table Results

1. Shrvan ‘SSAScorpion’ Amlekar – ₹1,78,373*
2. Himanshu ‘Howdodoo’ Bisht – ₹1,58,792*
3. Prakash ‘Wandoor’ Reddy – ₹86,100
4. Atishay ‘momstacos’ Samuel – ₹63,042
5. Samay ‘Limitless’ Modi – ₹49,551
6. Abhiroop ‘Ron007’ Gupta – ₹38,107
7. Priyank ‘Piko’ Kothari – ₹29,166
8. Chaitanya ‘baz’ Dhingra – ₹20,642

*denotes a heads-up deal

 

IOPC#7 ₹8.75 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 364

Re-entries – 91

Re-buys – 299

Prize Pool – ₹11,31,000

Places Paid – 63

Spartan Poker’s ₹8.75 Lakhs GTD IOPC#7 dragged in 754 entries. Outlasting them all was Anish ‘downswing4ever’ Arora, who bested Pratibha ‘HerMess’ Arya (runner-up for ₹1.37 Lakhs) in the heads-up play to win ₹2.18 Lakhs.

APL Ambassador Sumit ‘Sands Myth’ Sapra (5^th for ₹61,640), Pawar ‘ALOK.’ Alok Ashok (7^th for ₹36,305) and PokerGuru Ambassador Devvrat ‘deranzzdd’ Arya (8^th for ₹25,786) FT-ed the tourney.

 

Final Table Results

1. Anish ‘downswing4ever’ Arora – ₹2,18,849
2. Pratibha ‘HerMess’ Arya – ₹1,37,982
3. chotunitkat – ₹98,962
4. papertiger – ₹78,605
5. Sumit ‘Sands Myth’ Sapra – ₹61,640
6. Ero Sennin – ₹48,294
7. Pawar ‘ALOK.’ Alok Ashok – ₹36,305
8. Devvrat ‘deranzzdd’ Arya – ₹25,786

 

IOPC #2 ₹8 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 327

Re-entries – 123

Re-buys – 294

Prize Pool – ₹11,16,000

Places Paid – 63

With 744 entries ponying up the ₹1,650 entry buy-in, Spartan Poker’s ₹8 Lakhs GTD IOPC #2 posted a guarantee-smashing ₹11.16 Lakhs prize pool.

Starting proceedings at 2 PM, it took seven hours and twelve minutes of play for Rudramani ‘rud1478’ Pokhrel to take down the tourney for a ₹2.16 Lakhs payday. His online scorecard reached ₹56.79 Lakhs after this score.

IOPC #5 Ultron winner Parikshit ‘zapdos1311’ Dhall finished runner-up for ₹1.36 Lakhs.

Yash ‘Babyshark10’ Chitre (3^rd for ₹97,650), Gopal ‘TheAceCrown’ Bajaj (4^th for ₹77,562), Rakesh ‘RiverG’ Sharma (5^th for ₹60,822), Amar ‘PsykoEko’ B Iyer (7^th for ₹35,824), and Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia (8^th for ₹25,445) FT-ed the tourney.

 

Final Table Results

1. Rudramani ‘rud1478’ Pokhrel – ₹2,15,946
2. Parikshit ‘zapdos1311’ Dhall – ₹1,36,152
3. Yash ‘Babyshark10’ Chitre – ₹97,650
4. Gopal ‘TheAceCrown’ Bajaj – ₹77,562
5. Rakesh ‘RiverG’ Sharma – ₹60,822
6. DownLord – ₹47,653
7. Amar ‘PsykoEko’ B Iyer – ₹35,824
8. Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia – ₹25,445

 

IOPC#3 Monster Stack ₹6.5 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹880

Entries – 488

Re-entries – 198

Re-buys – 510

Prize Pool – ₹9,56,800

Places Paid – 95

A crowded 1,196 entries entered the ₹6.5 Lakhs GTD IOPC#3 Monster Stack. Amarjeet ‘superchor89’ Singh was the last player standing in the tourney and won ₹1.55 Lakhs. Singh’s lifetime scorecard has reached ₹75.97 Lakhs after this victory.

The runner-up finisher, Chandan ‘IAmAllIn’ Das, chopped the top prize with Singh to collect ₹1.40 Lakhs.

Abhishek ‘Quant00’ Reddy Rachur (3rd for ₹80,563), Sampanginaidu ‘Megamindd71’ Vijayalakshmi (4th for ₹61,714), Ajit ‘Thoda Bahot’ Singh Arora (5th for ₹48,892), Vivek ‘vivloc’ Rosario (6th for ₹38,081), and Sneha ‘sneval’ Moondra Heda (7th for ₹27,747) FT-ed the event.

Sushant ‘Direwolf22’ Singh bubbled the 8-max FT for ₹15,022.

 

Final Table Results

1. Amarjeet ‘superchor89’ Singh – ₹1,54,899*
2. Chandan ‘IAmAllIn’ Das – ₹1,40,370*
3. Abhishek ‘Quant00’ Reddy Rachur – ₹80,563
4. Sampanginaidu ‘Megamindd71’ Vijayalakshmi – ₹61,714
5. Ajit ‘Thoda Bahot’ Singh Arora – ₹48,892
6. Vivek ‘vivloc’ Rosario – ₹38,081
7. Sneha ‘sneval’ Moondra Heda – ₹27,747
8. ALOK. – ₹18,964
   *denotes a heads-up deal

 

Monster Turbo ₹5 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹2,500

Entries – 144

Re-entries – 89

Prize Pool – ₹5,24,252

Places Paid – 24

Adda52’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Monster Turbo pulled in 233 participants, and Rishabh ‘Rishh14’ Jain topped them all to win ₹1.42 Lakhs. With this win, Jain has accumulated ₹56.09 Lakhs in online earnings.

Vatsalya ‘tooeasy’ Rao finished runner-up for ₹83,880.

Armaan ‘tandavam’ Kochhar (3^rd for ₹64,221), Sanjay ‘Floppednuts’ Kumar (6^th for ₹22,281), The Summit champion Kartik ‘Pegasus1505’ Ved (7^th for ₹17,038) and Anuj ‘chocha’ Manocha (9^th for ₹10,485) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Rishabh ‘Rishh14’ Jain – ₹1,42,858
2. Vatsalya ‘tooeasy’ Rao – ₹83,880
3. Armaan ‘tandavam’ Kochhar – ₹64,221
4. MPN007 – ₹45,872
5. akash061989 – ₹31,455
6. Sanjay ‘Floppednuts’ Kumar – ₹22,281
7. Kartik ‘Pegasus1505’ Ved – ₹17,038
8. Aditt11 – ₹13,106
9. Anuj ‘chocha’ Manocha – ₹10,485

 

Battle Royale ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 109

Re-entries – 77

Regular Prize Pool – ₹2,67,500

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹2,32,500

Total Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 31

PokerStars India`s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Battle Royale overlayed ₹35,000, and the top 31 places finished ITM.

The anonymous ‘raghav1990’ took down the 9:30 PM tourney to win ₹1.16 Lakhs, with ‘flipper595’ placing runner-up for ₹52,167.

Faiz ‘LFGgggg’ Alam (4^th for ₹29,441) and Pankaj ‘jmdpanku27’ Sharma (6^th for ₹17,347) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. raghav1990 – ₹1,16,231
2. flipper595 – ₹52,167
3. rdx1111 – ₹44,127
4. Faiz ‘LFGgggg’ Alam – ₹29,441
5. kipdokerr – ₹29,888
6. Pankaj ‘jmdpanku27’ Sharma – ₹17,347
7. BHOJANI2019 – ₹9,775
8. crazyass93 – ₹16,746
9. abhi42798n – ₹10,589

 

Warrior Arena ₹1.2 Lakhs GTD – PokerDangal

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 71

Re-entries – 31

Prize Pool – ₹1,20,000

Places Paid – 17

Siddharth ‘WickedSid’ Sagar came out on top in PokerDangal’s ₹1.2 Lakhs GTD Warrior Arena, winning ₹28,800. ‘limpingKK’ finished runner-up for ₹20,400.

 

 

Bigstack Turbo ₹1 Lakh GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 70

Re-entries – 41

Regular Prize Pool – ₹55,500

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹55,500

Total Prize Pool – ₹1,11,000

Places Paid – 20

PokerStars India`s ₹1 Lakh GTD Bigstack Turbo logged in 111 entries, and the top 20 places got paid.

Ajit ‘ace_bob_here’ Singh Arora took down the tourney, scoring ₹29,541. ‘tuhinanshu’ placed runner-up for ₹11,897.

Vaibhav ‘vaibsss’ Bhatia (3^rd for ₹12,866), Shubham ‘backchod launda’ Agarwal (5^th for ₹5,057), and Shubham ‘theViperArena’ Chaudhary (9^th for ₹2,826) FT-ed the tourney.

 

PLO Boost Monster ₹1 Lakh GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 54

Re-entries – 46

Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000

Places Paid – 12

The mystery user ‘abhidread’ championed the ₹1 Lakh GTD PLO Boost Monster on PokerBaazi to win ₹28,150. ‘Kj3939’ placed runner-up for ₹19,710.

 

Pocket Jacks ₹75K GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 78

Re-entries – 49

Prize Pool – ₹75,000

Places Paid – 19

The ₹75K GTD Pocket Jacks on Pocket52 registered 127 entries, overlaying ₹11,500.

Online reg Lalit ‘msdhoni07’ Devpal shipped the event for ₹17,250, just as ‘KOHINOOR’ placed second for ₹12,375.

Pappu ‘Pappuhero20’ Jaiswal (4^th for ₹6,750) and Anmol ‘Bemyfriend’ Srivats (6^th for ₹3,750) FT-ed the tourney.

 

Unravel ₹50K GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹440

Entries – 63

Re-entries – 50

Prize Pool – ₹50,000

Places Paid – 17

Pocket52`s ₹50K GTD Unravel wrangled in 113 entries, falling ₹4,800 short of its advertised guarantee.

‘Hamza ‘lazylion’ Sayyed’ pocketed the ₹11,500 up-top after eliminating ‘Mantalman’ (2^nd for ₹8,250) in second place.

 

Hitman ₹30K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 15

Re-entries – 10

Prize Pool – ₹30,000

Places Paid – 3

Khelo365’s ₹30K GTD Hitman was taken down by ‘yutah999’ for ₹15,000.

 

Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹275

Entries – 50

Re-entries – 5

Prize Pool – ₹20,000

Places Paid – 6

‘Teesmar2’ took down Khelo365`s ₹20K GTD regular Grinder ₹2.0 for 8,000.

 

This report was updated at 4.30 PM on 15.01.2021.

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