Daily Majors: Bansal Wins IOPC High Roller For ₹24.69 Lakhs; Agarwal, Patni, Arora & Reddy Bank the Top Thursday Scores

Thursday unfolded high-octane action with Spartan Poker’s IOPC series setting the stage for a blockbuster weekend! PokerBaazi’s IMPS, PokerStars India`s Micro Millions, and Adda52’s APF series kept the tournament players busy. Let’s take a quick look into the day’s flagship events and the biggest winners!

Spartan Poker

It’s been over a week since the start of Spartan Poker’s IOPC series that’s running with a never-seen-before ₹25 Crores in prize pool guarantees. Thursday was an important milestone since it featured the series’ first High Roller – the ₹55,000 buy-in ₹1 Crore GTD IOPC #54 High Roller. Aptly slotted at the primetime at 9 PM, the High Roller mustered 233 entries to stride past its listed guarantee and collect a ₹1.11 Crore prize pool. The final table lineup read like the who`s who of the circuit. Still, walking away with the top honors was well-known reg, Raghav ‘thatssosick’ Bansal.

One of the most talented players on the circuit, Bansal, has an online scorecard equally dotted with accolades as his live scores repertoire. He had back in April, won the Elite on consecutive weeks. Yesterday, he defeated the co-founder and CEO of PSL, Pranav ‘Boller’ Bagai (runner-up for ₹16.66 Lakhs) heads-up to collect ₹24.69 Lakhs. The victory brought the Kolkata-born pro his career-best online score, taking his lifetime online winnings to ₹2.51 Crores.

For PokerStars India Team Pro and India’s poker veteran Aditya ‘yennefer’ Agarwal finished 3rd for ₹11.47 Lakhs. Arjunn ‘SirMucksALot’ Agrawal (4th for ₹9.35 Lakhs),

Bhavye ‘noobpro’ Mittal (5th for ₹7.45 Lakhs), Anant ‘Pro’ Purohit (6th for ₹5.73 Lakhs), former Millionaire champion Arjun ‘lol this guy’ Pasricha (7th for ₹4.17 Lakhs), and Sriharsha ‘Potato Player’ Doddapaneni (8th for ₹3.02 Lakhs) were the other top regs who FT-ed the tourney!

Incidentally, Doddapaneni also final tabled the Adda52-hosted Godfather, where he finished eighth for ₹61,200.

The moderately priced 8 PM tourney, the ₹40 Lakhs GTD IOPC #53 Ultron, sported a ₹4,400 buy-in. It was Kunal ‘TiltAtma’ Patni who walked away with the title.

Patni, who had parted ways with Adda52 in April, has been consistently raking in six-figure scores this year. Last month he finished runner-up in Adda52’s Full House Finale for ₹12.63 Lakhs. While that remains his second-best online score to-date, the banker-turned-poker pro plowed his way across the Ultron’s 1,153-entry field last night, also beating his heads-up rival ‘Tiger10’ (2nd for ₹5.30 Lakhs) to win ₹8.71 Lakhs.Patni final tabled the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Destiny IOPC Edition as well, finished ninth for ₹22,952. We’re just mid-way through the month, but the win has already catapulted Patni into the top 10 online scorers of July!

The Ultron collected a ₹46.12 Lakhs prize pool and Spartan Poker Pro Nikita ‘Nikita Luther’ Luther (3rd for ₹3.76 Lakhs), and Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall (4th for ₹2.84 Lakhs) were the other prominent FT finishers.

Like the High Roller and the Ultron, the four other IOPC tourneys on Thursday, all shattered their guarantees.

Topping the 601-player field in the IOPC #55 ₹15 Lakhs GTD was the Game Changer runner-up Shardul ‘Faucet Failure’ Parthasarathi. The 28-year-old poker talent added ₹3.28 Lakhs to his bankroll after beating the likes of Sanat ‘avneed’ Mehrotra (runner-up for ₹2.42 Lakhs), Amit ‘Immortal Killer’ Sur (4th for ₹1.29 Lakhs), Srihari ‘bangbang99’ Bang (5th for ₹1.02 Lakhs), and Young Gun`s Kanchan ‘Bubblegum’ Sharma (6th for ₹78,971) and Anmol ‘Anzzzzz’ Mehta (7th for ₹58,777) to the finish line.

Mayank ‘666617’ Makhija (IOPC #56 Destiny IOPC Edition ₹10 Lakhs GTD for ₹3.14 Lakhs), ‘Conman’ (IOPC #50 ₹6 Lakhs GTD for ₹1.34 Lakhs) and Bhanu ‘spectre’ Prakash (IOPC #51 Monster Stack ₹5 Lakhs GTD for ₹1.15 Lakhs) were the other big winners on the site.

Prakash, for that matter, also placed seventh in the IOPC #60 for ₹23,049.

PokerBaazi

PokerBaazi’s Thursday flagship ₹20 Lakhs GTD The Summit began at 8 PM, taking over seven hours to play down to a winner. A day after he captured the Destiny IOPC Edition title on Spartan Poker, Anirudh ‘flash1’ Reddy rode past 281 entries in The Summit denying former MoneyMaker champion Shagun ‘sogani22’ Jain (runner-up for ₹3.27 Lakhs) the title. Reddy pocketed ₹4.66 Lakhs for the win.

This was the headline tourney yesterday and smashed its guarantee by generating ₹21.08 Lakhs in the prize pool.

Sporting a 2,750 buy-in, the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Thursday Monsterstack couldn’t generate the same interest as The Summit. Only 184 entries signed up to play the tournament that suffered an overlay of ₹40,000. After posting an eighth-place finish worth ₹62,170 at The Summit, it was one of our former Young Gun`s Shravan ‘FishStars’ Chhabria, who made his way to the top for ₹1.24 Lakhs after defeating Dinesh ‘htc70209’ Kukreja (runner-up for ₹87,150) heads-up.

Adda52

Thursday evenings on Adda52 are incomplete without the site`s marquee Godfather, and the event returned with a ₹30 lakhs GTD yesterday. With 612 entries, the tourney piled in a prize pool worth ₹30.60 Lakhs. The field whittled down to a heads-up between PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer Singh ‘arjan30’ and Sanket ‘blackcod’ Arora.

Arora, who had collected a personal-best ₹11.84 Lakhs on February 10 after placing fourth in IOPC #98 The Millionaire Main Event, defeated Chadha to win the title and ₹7.19 Lakhs. Chadha had in the last week of June taken up the #3 spot on our yearly rankings. He pocketed a runner-up payday worth ₹4.19 Lakhs.

Hot on the heels of the just-concluded AOPS edition comes the Adda52 Poker Fest (APF) that has 78 tourneys on the schedule. The headline ₹1 Crore GTD APF Full House commenced proceedings yesterday with Day 1A logging in 222 entries. Only 24 players survived the day`s onslaught, and leading the charge was ‘HIMKIR69’ (320,077), with Dhaval ‘dirtyzoso’ Mudgal (267,284) and Devrat ‘Vickypune’ Singh (249,560) rounding out the top three stacks.

PokerStars India

Grabbing the spotlight on PokerStars India was PokerGuru Ambassador Vivek ‘mystic peaks’ Singh. The Chennai-based pro topped 209 entries in the ₹15 Lakhs GTD Highroller to win ₹2.94 Lakhs, beating Aditya ‘TheSurmai’ Degala (runner-up for ₹2.16 Lakhs) heads-up.

The event had a shortfall of ₹37,000 on the listed guarantee. Some known names on the FT were Vikram ‘GreenSTUFF79’ Mishra (4th for ₹1.17 Lakhs), PokerStars India Team Pro Muskan ‘Muskan Sethi’ Sethi (5th for ₹86,723), Sumit ‘mrgr33n33’ Sapra (7th for ₹47,057), Ranjeet ‘Bedevilforyou’ Negi (8th for ₹34,663), Nishant ‘DoJingBULLETSS’ Sharma (8th for ₹30,267) and PokerGuru Ambassador Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’Ved (9th for ₹26,429).

Among these scorers, Sapra also posted a deep run in Adda52’s Godfather, where he finished fourth for ₹2.14 Lakhs.

Over at the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Micro Millions – 43 Battle Royale, ‘trivarga’ raced atop a 228-entry field to win the title and ₹1.05 Lakhs.

The other Thursday winners were:

APF Full House ₹1 Crore GTD Day 1A – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 135

Re-entries – 87

Survivors – 24

The weekend headliner at the Adda52 Power Fest (APF), the ₹1 Crore GTD APF Full House, commenced yesterday, playing out the first of its six starting flights. Gathering 222 entries, the event continued till the end of 29ten-minute levels, ending with just 24 survivors remaining in the fray.

Anonymous user ‘HIMKIR69’ bagged the biggest stack of 320,077, followed by Dhaval ‘dirtyzoso’ Mudgal (267,284) and Devrat ‘Vickypune’ Singh (249,560), who rounded out the top three stacks.

Chirag ‘cs56’ Sodha (221,304), Kavish ‘narcoss’ Kukreja (85,362), Romit ‘ft83’ Advani (176,415), Ankit ‘ankitmodi’ Modi (172,224), and PokerGuru Ambassadors Devvrat ‘glitch_d’ Arya (243,488), Rohit ‘rohit22rm’ Mishra (212,150) were also among the top 10 stacks.

Ankit ‘helter_skelter’ Kapoor (152,647), Neel ‘neeljoshi23’ Joshi (123,361), Gaurav ‘gauravarod’ Sood (120,292), Nishant ‘dojingbullets’ Sharma (103,112), Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall (100,534), Jitendra ‘zxcvuiop’ Chordia (80,699), Akshay ‘darulerofall’ Gupta (67,748), and Hitesh ‘buntai’ Batra (36,122) were the other notables survivors.

Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1A

1. HIMKIR69 – 320,077
2. Dhaval ‘dirtyzoso’ Mudgal – 267,284
3. Devrat ‘Vickypune’ Singh – 249,560
4. Devvrat ‘glitch_d’ Arya – 243,488
5. Chirag ‘cs56’ Sodha – 221,304
6. Rohit ‘rohit22rm’ Mishra – 212,150
7. Kavish ‘narcoss’ Kukreja – 85,362
8. Sherpalife – 194,341
9. Romit ‘ft83’ Advani – 176,415
10. Ankit ‘ankitmodi’ Modi – 172,224

IOPC#54 High Roller ₹1 Crore GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹55,000

Entries – 145

Re-entries – 40

Re-buys – 38

Prize Pool – ₹1,11,50,000

Places Paid – 27

The biggest buy-in event across all platforms, the ₹1 Crore GTD IOPC#54 High Roller, clocked in a star-studded field of 223 entrants.Each player entered for ₹55,000, collecting a guarantee-crushing ₹1.11 Crore prize pool.

Taking down the title was the high roller specialist Raghav ‘thatssosick’ Bansal, who outlasted an FT full of MTT sickos. He eventually beat Poker Sports League CEO Pranav ‘Boller’ Bagai (2^nd for ₹16.66 Lakhs) in the heads-up to win a personal-best ₹24.69 Lakhs. This score helped Bansal breach the ₹2.50 Crore-mark in recorded online winnings!

The stacked FT had the crème de la crème of the Indian poker industry in attendance. Players like Aditya ‘Yennefer’ Agarwal (3^rd for ₹11.47 Lakhs), Arjunn ‘SirMucksAlot’ Agrawal (4^th for ₹9.35 Lakhs), Bhavye ‘noobpro’ Mittal (5^th for ₹7.45 Lakhs), Anant ‘Pro’ Purohit (6^th for ₹5.73 Lakhs), Arjun ‘lol this guy’ Pasricha (7^th for ₹4.17 Lakhs), and Sriharsha ‘Potato Player’ Doddapaneni (8^th for ₹3.02 Lakhs) all rounded up what was one of the most illustrious lineup of players on a flagship FT recently.

Final Table Results

1. Raghav ‘thatssosick’ Bansal – ₹24,69,725
2. Pranav ‘Boller’ Bagai – ₹16,66,925
3. Aditya ‘Yennefer’ Agarwal – ₹11,47,335
4. Arjunn ‘SirMucksAlot’ Agrawal – ₹9,35,485
5. Bhavye ‘noobpro’ Mittal – ₹7,45,935
6. Anant ‘Pro’ Purohit – ₹5,73,110
7. Arjun ‘lol this guy’ Pasricha – ₹4,17,010
8. Sriharsha ‘Potato Player’ Doddapaneni – ₹3,02,165
9. ToTheStreets – ₹2,49,760

IOPC#53 Ultron ₹40 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹4,400

Entries – 537

Re-entries – 212

Re-buys – 404

Prize Pool – ₹46,12,000

Places Paid – 111

The banker turned professional poker player Kunal ‘TiltAtma’ Patni has been on a trailblazing run in 2020 with seven titles already, and he picked up his eighth one last night in the ₹40 Lakhs GTD IOPC#53 Ultron. He took home a hefty paycheck of ₹8.71 Lakhs after defeating the mystery legend ‘Tiger10’ (runner-up for ₹5.30 Lakhs) heads-up.

Spartan Poker’s new recruit Nikita ‘Nikita Luther’ Luther making her second prominent FT finish at the ongoing series finished third for ₹3.76 Lakhs!

Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall (4^th for ₹2.84 Lakhs) and Rohan ‘Redington’ Soman (6^th for ₹1.70 Lakhs) were others who FT-ed the tourney!

Final Table Results

1. Kunal ‘TiltAtma’ Patni – ₹8,71,207
2. Tiger10 – ₹5,30,841
3. Nikita ‘Nikita Luther’ Luther – ₹3,76,339
4. Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall – ₹2,84,099
5. Glober – ₹2,25,065
6. Rohan ‘Redington’ Soman – ₹1,70,183
7. palash777 – ₹1,22,218
8. Frank Lampard – ₹83,477
9. finite_universe – ₹65,941

Godfather ₹30 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 302

Re-entries – 310

Prize Pool – ₹30,60,000

Places Paid – 63

The ₹30 Lakhs GTD Godfathe rmanaged to surpass its advertised guarantee by 60,000. The ₹5,500 buy-in tourney registered 612 entries.

After nine hours and ten minutes of play, Sanket ‘blackcod’ Arora, who had last won the AOPS Freeze on the site on February 13, ended a nearly five-month-long dry spell by taking down the tourney. Arora added ₹7.19 Lakhs for his win, which also happens to be his best score on the site to date.

Arora has over ₹2.32 Crores in lifetime recorded winnings and sits with over 22 titles. PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer ‘arjan30’ Singh Chadha settled for the runner-up place and collected ₹4.19 Lakhs.

Siddarth ‘badtameez_Donk’ Singhvi (3^rd for ₹2.78 Lakhs), Sumit ‘hammer_head’ Sapra (4^th for ₹2.14 Lakhs), PokerGuru Ambassador Laksh ‘boomtilt23’ Pal Singh (6^th for ₹1.07 Lakhs), and Sriharsha ‘Ivey2’ Doddapaneni (8^th for ₹61,200) FT-ed the tourney!

Final Table Results

1. Sanket ‘blackcod’ Arora – ₹7,19,100
2. Arjanveer ‘arjan30’ Singh Chadha – ₹4,19,220
3. Siddarth ‘badtameez_Donk’ Singhvi – ₹2,78,460
4. Sumit ‘hammer_head’ Sapra – ₹2,14,200
5. pokraj – ₹1,53,000
6. Laksh ‘boomtilt23’ Pal Singh – ₹107,100
7. Sajal ‘sa_jal’ Gupta – ₹84,150
8. Sriharsha ‘Ivey2’ Doddapaneni – ₹61,200
9. Pok3rking – ₹45,900

The Summit ₹20 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹8,250

Entries – 142

Re-entries – 139

Prize Pool – ₹21,08,000

Places Paid – 36

Backed by 281 entries, PokerBaazi’s Thursday flagship The Summit collected ₹21.08 Lakhs in prize money on its latest run. While the top 36 joined the money bus, taking home the title and the lion’s share worth ₹4.66 Lakhs was online regular Anirudh ‘flash1’ Reddy. Persisting with his blistering run, Reddy championed his second flagship title this week. He had won Spartan Poker’s IOPC#48 Destiny IOPC Edition ₹10 Lakhs GTD on Wednesday.

Rising talent and former GameChanger champion Shagun ‘sogani22’ Jain collected an equally commendable ₹3.27 Lakhs for his runner-up finish.

The FT was lit with talent as players like Akshay ‘sherlock52’ Nasa (3rd for ₹2.10 Lakhs), Sreekanth ‘n0thing’ Narayan (4th for ₹1.56 Lakhs), Sandy ‘Ziigmund’ Lamba (6th for ₹93,360), Wednesday’s IOPC#48 Destiny IOPC Edition ₹10 Lakhs GTD runner-up Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma (7th for ₹77,560), Shravan ‘FishStars’ Chhabria (8th for ₹62,170), and Rajat ‘LungFakeer’ Sharma (9th for ₹46,580) were in contention.

Final Table Results

1. Anirudh ‘flash1’ Reddy – ₹4,66,000
2. Shagun ‘sogani22’ Jain – ₹3,27,000
3. Akshay ‘sherlock52’ Nasa – ₹2,10,000
4. Sreekanth ‘n0thing’ Narayan – ₹1,56,000
5. vr055 – ₹1,17,000
6. Sandy ‘Ziigmund’ Lamba – ₹93,360
7. Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma – ₹77,560
8. Shravan ‘FishStars’ Chhabria – ₹62,170
9. Rajat ‘LungFakeer’ Sharma – ₹46,580

IOPC#55 ₹15 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹3,300

Entries – 311

Re-entries – 84

Re-buys – 206

Prize Pool – ₹18,03,000

Places Paid – 55

With 601 entries – each ponying up the ₹3,300 buy-in – the ₹15 lakhs GTD IOPC#55 collected a guarantee-smashing ₹18.03 Lakhs prize pool, and the top 55 places earned a piece.

The tourney played down to a heads-up between two poker superstars, the Game Changer runner-up Shardul ‘Faucet Failure’ Parthasarathi and the #4 ranked player on the yearly leaderboard, Sanat ‘avneed’ Mehrotra. In the end, Parthasarathi came out on top to win ₹3.28 Lakhs in prize money while Mehrotra collected ₹2.42 Lakhs for his runner-up finish.

This happened to be Parthasarathi’s 12^th title victory of the year, taking his total recorded earnings to ₹1.77 Crores. Mehrotra, on the other hand, is just nine Lakhs away from touching the ₹3 Crore-mark.

The stacked FT comprised of MTT regs like Amit ‘Immortal Killer’ Sur (4^th for ₹1.29 Lakhs), Srihari ‘bangbang99’ Bang (5^th for ₹1.02 Lakhs), and Young Gun`s Kanchan ‘Bubblegum’ Sharma (6^th for ₹78,971), and Anmol ‘Anzzzzz’ Mehta (7^th for ₹58,778).

Final Table Results

1. Shardul ‘Faucet Failure’ Parthasarathi – ₹3,28,770
2. Sanat ‘avneed’ Mehrotra – ₹2,42,781
3. asg123 – ₹1,60,287
4. Amit ‘Immortal Killer’ Sur – ₹1,29,636
5. Srihari ‘bangbang99’ Bang – ₹1,02,591
6. Kanchan ‘Bubblegum’ Sharma – ₹78,971
7. Anmol ‘Anzzzzz’ Mehta – ₹58,778
8. Hondrick – ₹42,551
9. Mr.Bojangles – ₹31,850

Highroller ₹15 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹7,700

Entries – 121

Re-entries – 88

Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000

Places Paid – 34

PokerStars India’s ₹15 Lakhs GTD Highroller commenced at 8 PM on Thursday evening, and by the time late registrations closed, 209 entries had been logged in. The ₹7,700 buy-in tourney had to fill in an overlay of ₹37,000.

PokerGuru Ambassador Vivek ‘Mystic Peaks’ Singh obliterated the field and took down the title for ₹2.94 Lakhs, after besting Aditya ‘TheSurmai’ Degala (runner-up for ₹2.16 Lakhs) heads-up.

This was the second time in less than a month that Singh won this tourney. He had last shipped the Highroller on June 25 for ₹3.01 Lakhs and has, in the past, final tabled the event many times. His highest score on the platform came in the ₹20 Lakhs GTD Sunday Special Progressive KO in December 2019, where he won ₹3.82 Lakhs. This victory has improved his overall online record to ₹3.6 Crores – ₹54.64 Lakhs of which he has won on PokerStars India.

Vikram ‘GreenSTUFF79’ Mishra (4th for ₹1.17 Lakhs), PokerStars India Team pro Muskan Sethi (5th for ₹86,723), APL Ambassador Sumit ‘mrgr33n33’ Sapra (7th for ₹47,057), Ranjeet ‘Bedevilforyou’Negi (8th for ₹34,663) and Nishant ‘DoJingBULLETSS’ Sharma (9th for ₹30,267) were others who posted a deep run in the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Vivek ‘Mystic Peaks’ Singh – ₹2,94,543
2. Aditya ‘TheSurmai’ Degala – ₹2,16,968
3. mmoti – ₹1,59,824
4. Vikram ‘GreenSTUFF79’ Mishra – ₹1,17,730
5. Muskan Sethi – ₹86,723
6. abraham-vegetaa – ₹63,882
7. Sumit ‘mrgr33n33’ Sapra – ₹47,057
8. Ranjeet ‘Bedevilforyou’ Negi – ₹34,663
9. Nishant ‘DoJingBULLETSS’ Sharma – ₹30,267

IOPC#56 Destiny IOPC Edition ₹10 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 282

Re-entries – 70

Re-buys – 252

Prize Pool – ₹12,08,000

Places Paid – 50

The daily IOPC Edition ₹10 Lakhs GTD Destiny on Spartan Poker registered 604 runners on Thursday to accrue ₹12.08 Lakhs in the prize pool.

It was Mayank ‘666617’ Makhija who prevailed over ‘McFly’ (runner-up for ₹1.93 Lakhs) heads-up to win ₹3.14 Lakhs.

Siddhanth ‘bullzeye’ Kapoor (6^th for ₹42,280),Saurabh ‘darksider’ Rohila (8^th for ₹26,576), and Kunal ‘TiltAtma’ Patni (9^th for ₹22,952) posted FT scores.

Final Table Results

1. Mayank ‘666617’ Makhija – ₹3,14,080
2. McFly – ₹1,93,280
3. Indian. – ₹1,11,740
4. Mr.Bojangles – ₹79,728
5. Tiger10 – ₹50,736
6. Siddhanth ‘bullzeye’ Kapoor – ₹42,280
7. CHEMISTRY – ₹30,200
8. Saurabh ‘darksider’ Rohila – ₹26,576
9. Kunal ‘TiltAtma’ Patni – ₹22,952

IOPC #50 ₹6 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 199

Re-entries – 72

Re-buys – 177

Prize Pool – ₹6,72,000

Places Paid – 39

A 448-entry field helped generate a ₹6.72 Lakhs prize pool in the IOPC #50.

After almost seven and a half hours of action, mystery user ‘ConMan’ outdueled ‘jiggy1991’ heads-up to win ₹1.34 Lakhs.The latter pocketed ₹89,577 for their second-place finish.

Gaurav ‘BIT00Poker’ Verma (4th for ₹52,886), PokerGuru Ambassador Shashank ‘Jai Bajarangbali’ Desai (6th for ₹31,382), Bhanu ‘spectre’ Prakash (7th for ₹23,049), Ankush ‘Armitrage’ Aryan (8th for ₹16,934), and Nirmal ‘varonir’ Sankhla (9th for ₹14,044) posted FT scores.

Final Table Results

1. ConMan – ₹1,34,736
2. jiggy1991 – ₹89,577
3. RageAce – ₹65,520
4. Gaurav ‘BIT00Poker’ Verma – ₹52,886
5. pshark – ₹41,462
6. Shashank ‘Jai Bajarangbali’ Desai – ₹31,382
7. Bhanu ‘spectre’ Prakash – ₹23,049
8. Ankush ‘Armitrage’ Aryan – ₹16,934
9. Nirmal ‘varonir’ Sankhla – ₹14,044

Thursday MonsterStack ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 111

Re-entries – 73

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 21

The ₹5 Lakhs GTD Thursday MonsterStack on PokerBaazi registered 184 entries to witness an overlay of ₹40,000.

Seasoned online pro Shravan ‘FishStars’ Chhabria denied Dinesh ‘htc170209’ Kukreja (runner-up for ₹87,150) the title victory and won ₹1.24 Lakhs.

Ayush ‘Proman502’ Garg (3rd for ₹56,050), Nishaanth ‘shanni’ Shanmughasundaram (4th for ₹41,500), Sandeep ‘King19’ Singh Kohli (5th for ₹31,150), Bharat ‘Thinkfloyd’ Vasan (6th for ₹24,900), and Divij ‘divij24’ Soni (8th for ₹16,600) posted FT scores.

Final Table Results

1. Shravan ‘FishStars’ Chhabria – ₹1,24,350
2. Dinesh ‘htc170209’ Kukreja – ₹87,150
3. Ayush ‘Proman502’ Garg – ₹56,050
4. Nishaanth ‘shanni’ Shanmughasundaram – ₹41,500
5. Sandeep ‘King19’ Singh Kohli – ₹31,150
6. Bharat ‘Thinkfloyd’ Vasan – ₹24,900
7. silentkid – ₹20,700
8. Divij ‘divij24’ Soni – ₹16,600
9. magicianrk – ₹12,400

IOPC #51 Monster Stack ₹5 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹880

Entries – 357

Re-entries – 141

Re-buys – 292

Prize Pool – ₹6,32,000

Places Paid – 71

Bhanu ‘spectre’ Prakash came out on top of a 790-entry field to win the ₹5 Lakhs GTD IOPC #51 Monster Stack for ₹1.15 Lakhs.

The event crushed its advertised guarantee by a margin of ₹1.32 Lakhsand paid out 71 places.

Final Table Results

1. Bhanu ‘spectre’ Prakash – ₹1,15,949
2. Sherlock2505 – ₹82,877
3. monzzard910 – ₹55,047
4. Robin Van Charsi – ₹43,355
5. ivey7788 – ₹34,064
6. jungleman27 – ₹26,607
7. BeBoT – ₹20,034
8. lveyLeague9009 – ₹13,967
9. Frank Lampard – ₹11,060

Micro Millions-43 Battle Royale ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 144

Re-entries – 84

Total Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Regular Prize Pool – ₹2,72,000

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹2,28,000

Places Paid – 39

The headline Thursday tourney of the Micro Millions series on PokerStars India was the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Battle Royale. With a buy-in of ₹2,200, the event could only muster 228 entries, registering a shortfall of ₹44,000.

It took nearly five hours for a winner to be declared, and it turned out to be mystery user ‘trivarga,’ who edged past online regular Sandeep ‘effuno007’ Varma to claim the title and the top prize of ₹1.05 Lakhs. This also happens to be the champion’s biggest score on PokerStars India to date. They now have ₹3.48 Lakhs in winnings on the site.

Varma, who finished runner-up for ₹57,996, boasts of₹1.5 Crores in recorded online winnings.

Abhishek ‘abhiaum’ Chhajer (3rd for ₹35,206) and PokerGuru Ambassador Nadeem ‘Downtownplaya’ Basha (4th for ₹21,808), were the other prominent FT finishers.

Final Table Results (Includes Bounties)

1. trivarga – ₹1,05,299
2. Sandeep ‘effuno007’ Varma – ₹57,996
3. Abhishek ‘abhiaum’ Chhajer – ₹35,206
4. Nadeem ‘Downtownplaya’ Basha – ₹21,808
5. Sahni1509 – ₹28,860
6. Infic11 – ₹16,956
7. himkat@stars – ₹18,356
8. ArithemeticMean – ₹10,233
9. ishaan1404 – ₹10,714

Whopper ₹3 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 127

Re-entries – 73

Prize Pool – ₹3,00,000

Places Paid – 36

The ₹3 Lakhs GTD Whopper logged in 200 entries to meet its guarantee precisely, and the top 36 places got paid.

Topping them all was ‘page_666,’ who walked away with ₹67,500 after defeating ‘Nitya47’ (2^nd for ₹40,500) heads-up.

Pocket Lunch ₹2 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 101

Re-entries – 63

Prize Pool – ₹2,00,000

Places Paid – 27

The daily afternoon special on Pocket52, the ₹2 Lakhs GTD Pocket Lunch, once again suffered an overlay of ₹36,000 on the back of 164 entries.

The winner emerged in ‘Dangerplayer,’ who prevailed over ‘NRI95’ (runner-up for ₹28,000) heads-up to win ₹46,000.

Pocket Dinner ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 81

Re-entries – 37

Prize Pool – ₹1,50,000

Places Paid – 27

Pocket52’s daily feature, the ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Pocket Dinner, attracted 118 entries, which resulted in an overlay of ₹32,000 and the top 27 places finished ITM.

Topping the competition was ‘Ladyking,’ who defeated ‘Atacama’; (runner-up for ₹21,000) heads-up to win ₹34,500.

Warrior Arena ₹1.2 Lakhs GTD – Poker Dangal

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 75

Re-buys – 43

Prize Pool – ₹1,20,000

Places Paid – 20

‘apeman’ trumped ‘Tiger32’ (runner-up for ₹19,800) heads-up to win Poker Dangal’s ₹1.2 Lakhs GTD Warrior Arena.

The event fell 2 entries short of the break-even mark.

Site regulars Rohin ‘ws125’ Bhansali (7th for ₹4,500) and Ajit Singh ‘ace_bob’ Arora (9th for ₹3,000) FT-ed the tourney.

Hitman PLO ₹30K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 20

Re-entries – 23

Prize Pool – ₹30,000

Places Paid – 5

Khelo365’s ₹30K GTD Hitman PLO was championed by ‘KhalDrogo’ for a payday worth ₹12,900.

The site had to fill in a shortfall of ₹8,500.

Grinder 2.0 NLHE ₹20K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹275

Entries – 37

Re-entries – 38

Prize Pool – ₹20,000

Places Paid – 8

‘MUSA1432’ added ₹6,800 to their bankroll on Thursday after conquering the ₹20K GTD Grinder 2.0 NLHE on Khelo365.

The event attracted 75 entries, falling a marginal ₹1,250 short of the listed prize pool guarantee.

This report was updated at 4 PM on 17.07.2020.

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