Daily Majors: Eugene, Katharani & Negi Among the Top Monday Scorers

It’s a tale as old as time, Mondays that follow blockbuster Sundays always pale in comparison. Though at the start of the lockdown period when casinos had shut down, online traffic had spiked considerably, and even the Monday tournaments were regularly crushing their GTDs. But over time, the hype seems to have mellowed down – so much so that even the Sunday flagships have started registering overlays. This past Monday, too, was doomed by the overlay curse, with all the major tourneys falling short of their listed guarantees.

Here is a recap of what went down.

Spartan Poker

Given that Mondays are usually the slowest day of the week for online poker, Spartan Poker’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD ReCharge failed to meet its advertised guarantee by ₹22,000. The ₹2,200 buy-in tourney gathered 489 entries, and only the top 39 runners received payouts. Mystery user ‘CRED’ trounced the field and bested ‘Mojji’ (runner-up for ₹1.31 Lakhs) heads-up to claim the title and top prize of ₹2 Lakhs. Old-timer Amar ‘amarthepro’ Katharani came in third for ₹95,736. The champion presently has ₹16.58 Lakhs in earnings on Spartan Poker; however, they still need ₹1.80 Lakhs to get out of the red zone.

Unlike the ReCharge, the ₹6 Lakhs GTD Flash had a far more eventful run. After logging in 592 entries, the event managed to surpass its proposed guarantee by ₹12,000. Kamran ‘aamaadmi’ Alam took down the event for ₹90,623, after striking a three-way deal with ‘wcr185’ (runner-up for ₹79,736) and ‘Ayeronic’ (3rd for ₹77,199).

Adda52

The Monday night headliner on Adda52 was the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Inception that garnered a field of 304 entries, experiencing an overlay of ₹27,200. Peushup ‘peushup’ Eugene locked horns with ‘ganu12’ for the title. In the end, the former walked away with the top honors following a heads-up chop. Eugene banked ₹2.06 Lakhs, while ‘ganu12’ pocketed an equally impressive ₹2.02 Lakhs for their runner-up finish.

The ₹3 Lakhs GTD Hexagram crowned a champion in Ranjeet ‘rj147’ Negi, who traversed a field of 144 participants to win ₹65,455. A three-way deal saw ‘gaurav_libra4’ (runner-up for ₹62,101) and Aarchit ‘Aarchit’ Dhadwal (3rd for ₹51,694) also secure podium finishes. Incidentally, Negi even final tabled PokerStars India’s Battle Royale, placing sixth for ₹21,880.

PokerStars India

Headlining the Monday roster of events on PokerStars India was the ₹6 Lakhs GTD Battle Royale. Again, the site witnessed a ₹42,500 shortfall in its Monday marquee tourney on the back of 223 entries. Unknown user ‘cutymannu89’ shipped the event for ₹1.42 Lakhs, just as ‘kosmoz21’ came in second for ₹72,407. Vikram ‘GreenSTUFF79’ Mishra rounded out the top three finishes, netting ₹44,061 in third place prize money.

PokerStars India’s The Classic Monday ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD brought in 101 entrants, falling ₹48,000 short of reaching the break-even mark. ‘drpokerabc’ won the event for ₹51,105, following a heads-up deal with Shailesh ‘ArithemeticMean’ Patel who finished runner-up for ₹49,680.

PokerBaazi

Due to maintenance activity, all events scheduled on PokerBaazi post 7 PM had to be canceled.

The other Monday winners were:

ReCharge ₹10 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 225

Re-entries –88

Re-buys – 176

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 39

The ₹10 Lakhs GTD ReCharge pulled in 489 runners to leave a short overlay worth ₹22,000, and the top 39 places finished ITM.

After more than six and a half hours of tournament action, an unknown player ‘CRED’ took down the title and the ₹2 Lakhs up-top cash prize. ‘Mojji’ finished runner-up for ₹1.31 Lakhs. The winner was on a significant downswing on the site before this win and recovered more than 50% of their losses last night!

Notables like Amar ‘amarthepro’ Katharani (3^rd for ₹95,736), Advait ‘Ronaldinho18’ Rajguru (4^th for ₹76,936), Pranav ‘pranavpoker’ Khandalkar (5^th for ₹61,700), Aman ‘Karmapoker’ Parakh (6^th for ₹46,700), and Vaibhav ‘AllinPavBhaji’ Temani (8^th for ₹25,200) posted FT scores.

Final Table Results

1. ‘CRED’ – ₹2,00,500
2. Mojji – ₹1,31,536
3. Amar ‘amarthepro’ Katharani – ₹95,736
4. Advait ‘Ronaldinho18’ Rajguru – ₹76,936
5. Pranav ‘pranavpoker’ Khandalkar – ₹61,700
6. Aman ‘Karmapoker’ Parakh – ₹46,700
7. Frank Lampard – ₹34,300
8. Vaibhav ‘AllinPavBhaji’ Temani – ₹25,200
9. spartan king007 – ₹20,900

Inception ₹10 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹3,500

Entries – 171

Re-entries – 133

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 30

Adda52`s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Inception logged in 304 entries to witness a shortfall of ₹27,200.

The tourney played down to a heads-up deal between Peushup ‘peushup’ Eugene and ‘ganu12.’ Eventually, the Eugene clinched the title for ₹2.06 Lakhs. The latter settled for the runner-up spot and collected a comparable ₹2.02 Lakhs in prize money.

The six-handed final table included Neeraj ‘kumartomar’ Kumar (3rd for ₹1.15 Lakhs) and Aravind ‘zanzi_r’ Raju (4^th for ₹85,000).

Final Table Results

1. Peushup ‘peushup’ Eugene – ₹2,06,276*
2. ganu12 – ₹2,02,224*
3. Neeraj ‘kumartomar’ Kumar – ₹1,15,000
4. Aravind ‘zanzi_r’ Raju – ₹85,000
5. R9CKY – ₹57,500
6. PunYaLan – ₹40,000

*denotes heads-up deal

Battle Royale ₹6 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Buy-in – 118

Re-entries – 105

Prize Pool – ₹6,00,000

Places Paid – 35

The Monday primetime tourney on PokerStars India, the ₹6 Lakhs GTD Battle Royale, started at 7.30 PM. By the time the late registrations were tallied, the field had touched 223 entries, resulting in a ₹42,500 shortfall.

After more than seven hours of play, ‘cutymannu89’ came out on top to win ₹1.42 Lakhs after defeating ‘kosmoz21’ (runner-up for ₹72,407) heads-up.

The tournament paid out the top 35 finishers.

Vikram ‘GreenSTUFF79’ Mishra (3^rd for ₹44,061), Abhijeet ‘sexylady7766’ Kumar (4^th for ₹35,348), Ranjeet ‘Bedevilforyou’ Negi (6^th for ₹21,880), and Deven ‘gurudron92’ Rana (7^th for ₹19,978) posted FT finishes.

Final Table Results

1. cutymannu89 – ₹1,42,119
2. kosmoz21 – ₹72,407
3. Vikram ‘GreenSTUFF79’ Mishra – ₹44,061
4. Abhijeet ‘sexylady7766’ Kumar – ₹35,348
5. s291405 – ₹24,589
6. Ranjeet ‘Bedevilforyou’ Negi – ₹21,880
7. Deven ‘gurudron92’ Rana – ₹19,978
8. hargun98 – ₹9,487
9. MeraDeshMahaan – ₹9,693

The Flash ₹6 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 292

Re-entries – 100

Re-buys – 220

Prize Pool – ₹6,12,000

Places Paid – 55

Spartan Poker’s ₹6 Lakhs GTD The Flash brought in 612 entrants to surpass the listed guarantee. Only 55 players boarded the money bus.

Kamran ‘aamaadmi’ Alam was the last player standing in the tourney and won ₹90,623 following a three-way deal with ‘wcr185’ (runner-up for ₹79,736) and ‘Ayeronic’ (3^rd for ₹77,199).

Sanchit ‘scofield1210’ Nag (4^th for ₹44,003), Gaurav ‘NuttieGuttie’ Ashok Jaiin (5^th for ₹34,823), and Prince ‘WhySoSick’ Kumar (8^th for ₹13,590) were others on the FT.

Final Table Results

1. Kamran ‘aamaadmi’ Alam – ₹90,623*
2. wcr185 – ₹79,736*
3. Ayeronic – ₹77,199*
4. Sanchit ‘scofield1210’ Nag – ₹44,003
5. Gaurav ‘NuttieGuttie’ Ashok Jaiin – ₹34,823
6. RaiseUrEdge – ₹25,952
7. arjkhandelwal – ₹19,098
8. Prince ‘WhySoSick’ Kumar – ₹13,590
9. Mr.Bojangles – ₹11,689

*denotes three-way deal

Hexagram ₹3 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 78

Re-entries – 66

Prize Pool – ₹3,00,000

Places Paid – 15

Running alongside the Inception on Adda52, the ₹3 Lakhs GTD Hexagram logged in 144 hopefuls – falling six entries short on the guarantee.

Powering his way through the field was Ranjeet ‘rj147’ Negi, who outlasted the competition to break a long title drought and win ₹65,455. Before taking down the title, Negi struck a three-way deal with ‘gaurav_libra4’ (runner-up for ₹62,101) and Aarchit ‘Aarchit’ Dhadwal (3^rd for ₹51,694).

Negi even FT-ed PokerStars India’s Battle Royale, where he placed 6^th for ₹21,880 and is fast closing in on touching the ₹1 Crore-mark in record online winnings.

Arpan ‘distroyer’ Majhi finished 4^th for ₹28,500.

Pocket Queens ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 174

Re-entries – 63

Prize Pool – ₹2,50,000

Places Paid – 45

Pocket52`s ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD Pocket Queens crowned a champion in ‘TimeLoop,’ who outlasted a 237-player field to earn ₹53,750. ‘KAJUHOJABAJU’ finished runner-up for ₹33,125 while Ajinkya ‘Yudhishthira’ Hire placed third for ₹23,750.

The event suffered a ₹13,000 shortfall, and the top 45 places got paid.

The Classic Monday ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 65

Re-entries – 36

Prize Pool – ₹2,50,000

Places Paid – 17

Like the Battle Royale, the ₹2,200 buy-in The Classic Monday also got hit by the overlay avalanche. A turnout of 101 entries resulted in a ₹48,000 shortfall on the ₹2.50 Lakhs prize pool guarantee.

‘drpokerabc’ came out trumps in the event to win ₹51,105 following a heads-up deal with Shailesh ‘ArithemeticMean’ Patel (runner-up for ₹49,680).

The top 17 finishers earned payouts, and this included Umesh ‘dhondu.chilll’ Sharma, who finished 5^th for ₹17,719.

Pocket Lunch ₹2 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 101

Re-entries – 38

Prize Pool – ₹2,00,000

Places Paid – 27

Pocket52`s afternoon special ₹2 Lakhs GTD Pocket Lunch posted an overlay of ₹61,000 from 139 registrations.

‘Nazgul’ toppled the competition to win ₹46,000. ‘Zulujhan’ finished runner-up for ₹28,000.

Pocket Dinner ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 85

Re-entries – 35

Prize Pool – ₹1,50,000

Places Paid – 27

Pocket52 had to fill in a deficit of ₹30,000 to make up the ₹1.5 Lakhs prize pool guarantee in the Pocket Dinner.

‘itsmehere’ championed the 120-entry field in the tourney to win ₹34,500 in first-place prize money, besting site regular Arpan ‘Novus’ Majhi heads-up. Majhi earned ₹21,000 for finishing runner-up.

Sukanta ‘Srijon’ Mondal finished 5^th for ₹9,000.

Monday Blues ₹1 Lakh GTD – Poker Dangal

Buy-in – ₹385 (350+35)

Entries – 91

Re-buys – 83

Add-ons – 40

Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000

Places Paid – 15

Site regular ‘LALLORONA’ topped an entry-field of 214 players in Poker Dangal’s ₹1 Lakh GTD Monday Blues to win ₹24,000.

With the top 15 places paid, the event suffered an overlay of ₹25,100.

Gaurav ‘BIT00Poker’ Verma (3^rd for ₹12,750), and Ravi ‘DJBravo’ Yadav (4^th for ₹9,500) FT-ed the tourney.

Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹275

Entries – 48

Re-entries – 48

Prize Pool – ₹24,000

Places Paid – 10

Khleo365’s ₹20K GTD Grinder 2.0 assembled 96 hopefuls to create a ₹24,000 prize pool. The user ‘Chajan’ championed the event for ₹7,200.

This report was updated at 1:30 PM on 01.09.2020

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