Daily Majors: Tez, Chaudary, Singh & Kannan Among the Top Monday Scorers

Mondays are usually not as action-packed compared to Sundays. However, with Spartan Poker’s Grand Poker Series (GPS) and PokerStars India’s India Championship of Online Poker (INCOOP) currently underway, the action was slightly amped up.

Without further ado, let’s take a look at what went down yesterday.

Spartan Poker

With the second edition of the GPS now past the mid-way mark, the opening flight of the ₹50 Lakhs GTD Battlefield played out last night. The ₹2,750 buy-in tourney gathered 390 entries, and after the stipulated 28 levels of play, only 46 players made it through to Day 2. ‘Sunita W 2’ emerged as the end-of-Day 1A chip leader with a stack of 468,494. Vivek ‘acchemicals’ Karwa (363,666) and ‘nutskibhookh’ (354,519) rounded out the top three stacks. Day 1B starts at 6 PM today.

The other Monday headliner was the ₹14 Lakhs GTD Grand ReCharge that suffered an overlay of ₹1.56 Lakhs after registering 622 entrants. Mystery user ‘NUTPEDDLER’ locked horns with PokerGuru Ambassador Vivek ‘KasolHieghts’ Singh and ultimately took down the event for ₹2.69 Lakhs. Singh took home ₹1.70 Lakhs for his runner-up finish. The champion presently has ₹7.12 Lakhs in recorded winnings on Spartan Poker, with a profit of ₹45,990. Meanwhile, Singh’s lifetime tally has reached ₹5.36 Crores.

The other marquee event on Spartan Poker, the ₹6.50 Lakhs GTD Flash, logged in 631 entries and experienced an overlay of ₹19,000. Sethuram ‘Setherson8’ Kannan championed the tourney to win ₹1.25 Lakhs.

PokerBaazi

PokerBaazi’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Bout just about managed to make it past the listed guarantee and posted a prize pool worth ₹10.05 Lakhs on the back of 402 entries. Harrish ‘Realfc’ Chaudary trailblazed to the top of the field and banked a winner’s paycheque of ₹2.11 Lakhs, just as ‘MissVizag’ came in second for ₹1.48 Lakhs. With this win, Chaudary has accumulated ₹31.47 Lakhs in recorded winnings on PokerBaazi.

The ₹2 Lakhs GTD Monday MegaStack witnessed an overlay of ₹74,000, after logging in 84 entries. ‘Sahib2207’ shipped the event for ₹60,000.

Adda52

The ₹10 Lakhs GTD Inception, Adda52’s Monday mega event, pulled in 323 participants and cruised past its advertised guarantee to collect a ₹10.33 Lakhs prize pool. Pawan ‘_luffy_1x1’ Tez raced ahead of the competition, defeating PokerGuru Ambassador Shashank ‘IndianRat’ Desai (runner-up for ₹1.56 Lakhs) heads-up to claim the title and top prize of ₹2.58 Lakhs.

‘maheshg1811’ (Afternoon Adda ₹2 Lakhs GTD for ₹56,070) and ‘bigdaddy1’ (Quad KO 4-Max ₹2 Lakhs GTD for ₹54,000) were the other prominent winners on Adda52 on Monday.

PokerStars India

The Monday bonanza tournament on PokerStars India, the ₹15 Lakhs GTD INCOOP-48 Battle Royale, clocked in 230 entries, and the site had to fill in a deficit of ₹3.50 Lakhs. Amit ‘the_ziro’ J shipped the tourney to win ₹2.48 Lakhs, following a three-way deal with ‘max2172’ (runner-up for ₹1.92 Lakhs), and ‘theoldestkid’ (3rd for ₹1.02 Lakhs).

The other primetime tourney, the ₹5 Lakhs GTD INCOOP-50 Uppercut Mini, also failed to reach its break-even mark. Registering 199 entries, the event fell one entry short of the 200 player guarantee. Abhijeet ‘sexylady7766’ Kumar was crowned the winner for ₹80,027. A three-way deal saw Amit ‘Stu Ungar 7694’ Kaushik (runner-up for ₹64,269) and Akshay ‘VaahBhaiVaah’ Gupta (3rd for ₹43,304), also secure podium finishes.

The other Monday winners were:

Battlefield ₹50 Lakhs GTD Day 1A – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 253

Re-entries – 50

Re-buys – 87

Survivors – 46

The first starting flight of the ₹50 Lakhs GTD Battlefield on Spartan Poker attracted 390 runners, and after the stipulated 28 levels of play, only 46 players advanced to Day 2. In all, the event features four starting flights and needs 2,000 entries to break even.

After the end of Day 1A, a mystery player ‘Sunita W 2’ bagged the most massive stack of 468,494 chips. Vivek ‘acchemicals’ Karwa (363,666) and ‘nutskibhookh’ (354,519) rounded out the top three stacks.

Ravi ‘Rvjn91’ Jain (299,758), and Puneet ‘neo888’ Dua (242,662) were others featuring among the top 10 stacks of the day.

Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1A

1. Sunita W 2 – 468,494
2. Vivek ‘acchemicals’ Karwa – 363,666
3. nutskibhookh – 354,519
4. Ravi ‘Rvjn91’ Jain – 299,758
5. je91 – 257,999
6. JeevnJuwaHai – 244,115
7. Puneet ‘neo888’ Dua – 242,662
8. matkarnabhai – 171,666
9. Paperboi – 163,380
10. RiverG – 158,767

INCOOP-48 Battle Royale ₹15 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 124

Re-entries – 106

Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000

Places Paid – 41

The ₹5,500 entry buy-in, ₹15 Lakhs GTD INCOOP-48 Battle Royale, attracted 230 entries to run into a massive overlay of ₹3.50 Lakhs.

The tournament took more than seven hours to culminate. Towards the end, the final two players struck a deal that saw Amit ‘the_ziro’ J walk away with the title and the ₹2.48 Lakhs up-top, with ‘max2172′ finishing runner-up for ₹1.92 Lakhs.

With the final 41 being paid, Gurpal ‘twizelll’ Singh (4^th for ₹1.29 Lakhs) and Armaan ‘armaan007111’ Kochhar (6^th for ₹64,848) posted FT finishes.

Final Table Results

1. Amit ‘the_ziro’ J – ₹2,48,001*
2. max2172 – ₹1,92,153*
3. theoldestkid – ₹1,02,438
4. Gurpal ‘twizelll’ Singh – ₹1,29,699
5. TheTamizhDurrr – ₹56,476
6. Armaan ‘armaan007111’ Kochhar – ₹64,848
7. cutymannu89 – ₹39,277
8. flipper595 – ₹24,880
9. Annduke – ₹25,505

*denotes heads-up deal

Grand ReCharge ₹14 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 308

Re-entries – 118

Re-buys – 196

Prize Pool – ₹14,00,000

Places Paid – 63

Spartan Poker’s ₹2,200 buy-in Grand ReCharge fell ₹1.56 Lakhs short of its listed ₹14 Lakhs guarantee after clocking in 622 challengers. The tourney commenced at 8 PM and went on till 2:51 AM.

An unknown player ‘NUTPEDDLER’ took down the tourney and walked away with ₹2.69 Lakhs in cash prize after beating PokerGuru Ambassador Vivek ‘KasolHieghts’ Singh (runner-up for ₹1.70 Lakhs) heads-up.

The GPS Grand Sunday SuperStack champion Vaibhav ‘Nikka Zaildar’ Sharma (3^rd for ₹1.22 Lakhs), Ravi ‘Rvjn91’ Jain (8^th for ₹30,447), and Himadri ‘Hi mad’ Pal (9^th for ₹25,480) posted FT scores.

Final Table Results

1. NUTPEDDLER – ₹2,69,427
2. Vivek ‘KasolHieghts’ Singh – ₹1,70,800
3. Vaibhav ‘Nikka Zaildar’ Sharma – ₹1,22,500
4. Pokerstar4456 – ₹97,300
5. je91 – ₹76,300
6. Phantom0208 – ₹59,780
7. Boomerang77 – ₹44,940
8. Ravi ‘Rvjn91’ Jain – ₹30,447
9. Himadri ‘Hi mad’ Pal – ₹25,480

Inception ₹10 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹3,500

Entries – 158

Re-entries – 165

Prize Pool – ₹10,33,601

Places Paid – 34

Adda52`s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Inception pulled in 323 entries to create a prize pool of₹10.33 Lakhs.

It took six hours and twenty-five minutes for the field to whittle down to a heads-up between Pawan ‘_luffy_1x1’ Tez and PokerGuru Ambassador Shashank ‘IndianRat’ Desai. Eventually, Tez clinched the title for the second time in three weeks and won ₹2.58 Lakhs.

Desai added 1.57 Lakhs to his tally, improving his online record to ₹1.97 Crores, and is whiskers away from entering the ₹2 Crore-club.

Pranav ‘pkpok’ Khandalkar bubbled the final table in 7^th place for ₹31,008.

Kaushik ‘cosh’ Tibrewal (3rd for₹1.14 Lakhs) and Ayan ‘gutshotguru1’ Ray (6^th for ₹38,760) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Pawan ‘_luffy_1x1’ Tez – ₹2,58,400
2. Shashank ‘IndianRat’ Desai – ₹1,56,590
3. Kaushik ‘cosh’ Tibrewal – ₹1,13,696
4. abhisekchem86 – ₹86,306
5. jimmyadams – ₹59,432
6. Ayan ‘gutshotguru1’ Ray – ₹38,760

The Bout ₹10 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 243

Re-entries – 159

Prize Pool – ₹10,05,000

Places Paid – 45

Harrish ‘Realfc’ Chaudary triumphed over a 402-player field to conquer PokerBaazi’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Monday tourney, The Bout, for a handsome ₹2.11 Lakhs. An anonymous player with the moniker ‘MissVizag’ finished runner-up for ₹1.48 Lakhs, after eight hours of play.

Chanti ‘Majay’ Nayak (4^th for ₹70,350), Ankit ‘killing_spree’ Saxena (6^th for ₹42,210), Anujkumar ‘aatmaan’ Kodam (7^th for ₹35,170), Sagar ‘sagarpupul’ Choudhury (8^th for ₹28,140), and Jatin ‘jtsuited’ Tuteja (9^th for ₹21,110) posted FT scores.

Final Table Results

1. Harrish ‘Realfc’ Chaudary – ₹2,11,000
2. MissVizag – ₹1,48,000
3. gaurav0501 – ₹94,970
4. Chanti ‘Majay’ Nayak – ₹70,350
5. gtogeek – ₹52,760
6. Ankit ‘killing_spree’ Saxena – ₹42,210
7. Anujkumar ‘aatmaan’ Kodam – ₹35,170
8. Sagar ‘sagarpupul’ Choudhury – ₹28,140
9. Jatin ‘jtsuited’ Tuteja – ₹21,110

The Flash ₹6.5 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 318

Re-entries – 113

Rebuys – 200

Prize Pool – ₹6,50,000

Places Paid – 63

The ₹6.50 Lakhs GTD Flash experienced a marginal ₹19,000 shortfall on the back of 631 runners who ponied up the ₹1,100 entry buy-in. The top 63 places got paid, and it took almost seven hours for the event to crown a champion.

When all was said and done, Sethuram ‘Setherson8’ Kannan raced past the competition and took away ₹1.25 Lakhs in cash prize after beating ‘cardshark91’ (runner-up for ₹79,300) in the heads-up play.

Sanchit ‘tullupump’ Adukia (5^th for ₹35,425), and Nikhil ‘Nick7799’ Agarwal (6^th for ₹27,755) also posted FT scores.

Final Table Results

1. Sethuram ‘Setherson8’ Kannan – ₹1,25,775
2. cardshark91 – ₹79,300
3. parzival74 – ₹56,875
4. banjara1 – ₹45,175
5. Sanchit ‘tullupump’ Adukia – ₹35,425
6. Nikhil ‘Nick7799’ Agarwal – ₹27,755
7. CRED – ₹20,865
8. SHARgK – ₹14,820
9. Bankruptcy – ₹11,101

INCOOP-50 Uppercut Mini ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 125

Re-entries – 74

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 35

The other featured tournament on PokerStars India was the ₹5 Lakhs GTD INCOOP-50 Uppercut. The event began at 9.30 PM, and with 199 entries signing up, it fell just one entry or ₹2,500 short of its guarantee.

It took little more than six hours to crown a champion.The last three players agreed upon a deal that saw Abhijeet ‘sexylady7766’ Kumar capture the title for ₹80,027. The win brings Kumar’s tally of online winnings to almost ₹59 Lakhs.

Runner-up Amit ‘Stu Ungar 7694’ Kaushik pocketed ₹64,269, with Akshay ‘VaahBhaiVaah’ Gupta placing third for ₹43,304.

Also making it to the final table wereDinesh ‘P$_FI$H’ Singh (5^th for ₹26,837),

Anuradha ‘Anuradha797’ Gupta (6^th for ₹14,527), Monish ‘monish1965’ Kumar (7^th for ₹18,750), and Sagar ‘sagarpupull’ Choudhury (9^th for ₹9,653).

Final Table Results

1. Abhijeet ‘sexylady7766’ Kumar – ₹80,027*
2. Amit ‘Stu Ungar 7694’ Kaushik – ₹64,269*
3. Akshay ‘VaahBhaiVaah’ Gupta – ₹43,304*
4. IMLockdown – ₹23,661
5. Dinesh ‘P$_FI$H’ Singh – ₹26,837
6. Anuradha ‘Anuradha797’ Gupta – ₹14,527
7. Monish ‘monish1965’ Kumar – ₹18,750
8. devvrata – ₹10,747
9. Sagar ‘sagarpupull’ Choudhury – ₹9,653

*denotes three-way deal

Pocket Queens ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 171

Re-Entries – 94

Prize Pool – ₹2,65,000

Places Paid – 45

Pocket52’s ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD Pocket Queens collected ₹2.65 Lakhs on the back of 265 entries. Arvind ‘Ghostfreak07’ Khorwal decimated the competition, including his heads-up opponent ‘Comeon’ (runner-up for ₹35,113) to win ₹56,975.

Jatin ‘PokerJokerJR’ Rathod (3rd for ₹25,175) and Arav ‘Arav6001’ Singh (4th for ₹19,213) posted FT scores.

Monday MegaStack ₹2 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 59

Re-entries – 25

Prize Pool – ₹2,00,000

Places Paid – 9

The ₹2 Lakhs GTD Monday MegaStack fell ₹74,000 short of its advertised guarantee after registering 84 entries.

‘Sahib2207’ was the last player standing in the field and defeated ‘lumberjack’ (runner-up for ₹42,000) heads-up to win₹60,000.

Sankalp ‘Wobbegong’ Marwah (4^th for ₹20,000) and Rahul ‘GhatakTheGreat’ Sengar (8^th for ₹8,000) FT-ed the event.

Afternoon Adda₹2 Lakhs GTD –Adda52

Buy-in – ₹1,250

Entries – 102

Re-Entries – 76

Prize Pool – ₹2,00,250

Places Paid – 19

Anonymous user ‘maheshg1811’ decimated a field of 234 entries to win ₹56,070 in Adda52’s ₹2 Lakhs GTD Afternoon Adda.

‘dillan747’ finished runner-up for ₹33,642 while Kanti ‘IMSHAKTIMAN’ Rathore placed 3^rd for ₹25,432.

The top 19 places got paid from the ₹2,00,250 prize pool.

Quad KO 4-Max ₹2 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹2,000

Entries – 100

Re-entries – 66

Prize Pool – ₹2,00,000

Places Paid – 17

The ₹2 Lakhs GTD Quad KO drew 166 entrants who ponied the ₹2,000 entry buy-in, resulting in a significant shortfall of ₹34,000.

The tourney started at 9.30 PM and went on till 2:38 AM. Eventually, ‘bigdaddy1’ emerged victorious beating ‘PunYaLan’ (runner-up for ₹34,000) to win their best-recorded score on Adda52 worth ₹54,000 and additional bounty prizes.

Devrat ‘vickypune’ Singh went out in 5^th place for ₹13,500 to set the four-handed final table.

Aarchit ‘Aarchit’ Dhadwal finished 4^th for ₹18,500.

Pocket Lunch ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 82

Re-Entries – 57

Prize Pool – ₹1,50,000

Places Paid – 27

The daily afternoon tourney on Pocket52, the ₹1.5 Lakh GTD Pocket Lunch, attracted 139 entries to post an overlay of ₹11,000. ‘BulletsBaby’ was the last player standing and won ₹34,500, even as Naman ‘nammy09’ Puri finished runner-up for ₹21,000.

Ankit Pummy ‘Ankkiii ‘ Talwar (4^th for ₹12,000), Sukanta ‘Srijon’ Mondal (5^th for ₹9,000), and Uday ‘Darinda’ Mondal (6^th for ₹6,750) posted FT scores.

Pocket Dinner ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 80

Re-Entries – 28

Prize Pool – ₹1,50,000

Places Paid – 28

The ₹1.5 Lakh GTD Pocket Dinner on Pocket52 drew 108 entries to post an overlay of ₹42,000. ‘Easterdamz’ was the last player standing after defeating ‘GodOfCard1’ (runner-up for ₹23,250) heads-up to win the title for ₹37,500.

Ronit ‘Ace_of_Spades’ Saha (3rd for ₹16,500), Bikash ‘Kqshark’ Rai (4^th for ₹12,750), and Anuj ‘Inandalive’ Laddhad (6th for ₹8,250) posted FT scores.

Monday Blues ₹1 Lakh GTD – Poker Dangal

Buy-in – ₹385

Entries – 93

Rebuys – 71

Add-ons – 48

Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000

Places Paid – 15

Poker Dangal`s₹1 Lakh GTD Monday Blues recorded 93 unique entries who made an additional 71 re-buys and 48 add-ons to leave an overlay of over 25% on the posted guarantee. The top 15 places finished ITM.

The mystery user ‘varen’ defeated ‘shaktimunjal’ (runner-up for ₹17,500) heads-up to win ₹24,000.

Aastik ‘Goforkill’ Bhatia (4^th for ₹9,500) and Jayant ‘tjdgrinder’ Agarwal (9^th for ₹2,750) FT-ed the tourney.

Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹275

Entries – 43

Re-entries – 37

Prize Pool – ₹20,000

Places Paid – 9

The ₹20K GTD Grinder 2.0 was taken down by ‘Champion007’ for ₹6,400 with ‘inderenggi’ finishing runner-up for ₹4,000.

This report was updated at 1 PM on 08.09.2020

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