Daily Majors: Rahul Jain, Dhinesh Kumar, Rohit Mishra & Avinash Kumar Crush the Monday Marquees

It was undoubtedly a slow day on the virtual felts, right after an action-packed Sunday. Nonetheless, there were a few things to look forward to. While most of the marquees suffered overlays, Spartan Poker’s Grand Poker Series is going strong, with the Monday flagships comfortably sailing past their advertised guarantees.

The other big attraction, PokerStars India’s “Star of the Month” leaderboard, also kicked off last evening and is sure to attract the attention of more and more players as the days go by.

Here is a recap of what went down yesterday!

Spartan Poker

Spartan Poker’s primetime tourneys on Monday were headlined by the ₹12 Lakhs GTD GPS#18 ReCharge that logged in 619 entries, generating a guarantee-busting ₹12.38 Lakhs. After running for nearly nine hours, the event finally crowned a champion in mystery user ‘deranzzdd’ who banked the ₹1.98 Lakhs top prize, following a heads-up chop with Rohit ‘ShippingYard’ Mishra (runner-up for ₹1.94 Lakhs). With this win, Mishra now has ₹3 Crores in online winnings.

The ₹6 Lakhs GTD GPS#19 The Flash also had an eventful run as it drew 707 entrants to collect ₹7.07 Lakhs in the prize pool. Yet again, a heads-up deal was struck between the two finalists with ‘downswing4ever’ walking away with the title and top prize of ₹1.14 Lakhs, while Prince ‘WhySoSick’ Kumar settled for a runner-up finish worth ₹1.09 Lakhs.

PokerStars India

The PokerStars India’s “Star of the Month” leaderboard race got underway on Monday. Players who finish ‘In-The-Money’ (ITM) in any of the two daily MTTs scheduled for 7.30 PM and 10.30 PM from Monday to Saturday, and the 5 PM and 10.30 PM tourneys on Sundays will award points for this leaderboard. The top 25 players each week on the leaderboard will qualify for the finale every month. The top two finishers in the finale will be awarded tournament tickets worth ₹1.50 Lakhs (cumulative) along with other prizes! Read the complete details and current leaderboard standings here.

‘PabloDEscobar’ leads the leaderboard currently with 317 points, with ‘J500PC’ securing the second spot with 224 points. ‘Veer7700’ rounds out the top three places with 183 points.

Headlining the Monday action on PokerStars India was the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Eliminator. With 331 contenders ponying up the ₹1,650 entry fee, it fell approximately three entries short of its guarantee. ‘PabloDEscobar’ championed the tourney for ₹96,544. While a heads-up deal saw ‘J500PC’ secure a second-place payout worth ₹61,012. The victory secured the champion the top spot on the opening day of PokerStars India’s “Star of the Month” leaderboard race.

The second tourney awarding points towards the “Star of the Month” leaderboard was the ₹1 Lakh GTD Bigstack Turbo. A turnout of 111 entries helped generate a prize pool worth ₹1.11 Lakhs. ‘nas131519’ came out on top to win ₹23,706, just as ‘nikpokernoob’ came in second for ₹17,919.

Continuing with the Daan Utsav, PokerStars India hosted the Play For A Cause – Manjhi Development Foundation Charity Special ₹50K GTD yesterday. Pulling in 44 entries, the ₹550 entry buy-in tourney filled in a shortfall of ₹37,900. After nearly three hours of intense play, ‘PK17121984’ topped the field for ₹9,294. Before winning the event, they struck a seven-way deal with ‘durr2020’ (runner-up for ₹8,010), ‘Robert_ford9’ (3rd for ₹9,388), ‘VinayH71’ (4th for ₹4,990), ‘Funter97’ (5th for ₹7,928), ‘Jopay0310’ (6th for ₹5,062) and ‘rkrohan@&’ (7th for ₹5,327).

PokerBaazi

The Monday staple tournament on PokerBaazi, ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Bout, registered 385 entries, falling ₹37,500 short of the advertised guarantee. The former Millionaire Lite champion Dhinesh ‘dhineshrocky007’ Kumar triumphed over the competition to claim the ₹2.10 Lakhs up-top. Avinash ‘aksinha97’ Kumar finished runner-up for ₹1.47 Lakhs. With ₹1.98 Crores in overall online earnings, Dhinesh Kumar is just a hair’s breadth away from entering the “₹2 Crore Club.”

The ₹2 Lakhs GTD Monday MegaStack saw ‘Vjrufilo’ run past a 114-entry field to capture the top honors, including a ₹53,600 payday.

Adda52

Persisting with the overlay trend, Adda52’s Monday bonanza, the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Inception, registered a deficit of ₹24,000 on the back of 305 entries. Rahul ‘rahulpalawat’ Jain took down the event for ₹2.50 Lakhs, after besting ‘sumit1989’ (runner-up for ₹1.51 Lakhs) heads-up. Jain is currently sitting on ₹54.15 Lakhs in lifetime earnings.

The mystery user ‘UDAY44’ juggernaut their way to the top in Adda52’s ₹3.5 Lakhs GTD Hexagram to win ₹99,750. ‘narayanpn’ came in second for ₹66,500. The event locked in 131 entries, overlaying ₹88,000.

The other Monday winners were:

GPS#18 ReCharge ₹12 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 301

Re-entries – 99

Re-buys – 219

Prize Pool – ₹12,38,000

Places Paid – 55

Spartan Poker’s signature Monday tourney, the ₹12 Lakhs GTD GPS#18 ReCharge, clocked in 619 hopefuls, comfortably surpassing the guarantee.

Seven hours and forty-two minutes of play later, ‘deranzzdd’ was declared the winner and won ₹1.98 Lakhs, following a heads-up deal with Rohit ‘ShippingYard’ Mishra (runner-up for ₹1.94 Lakhs).

This happens to be the anonymous champion’s best-recorded score on the site, pushing their total site scores to ₹32.85 Lakhs. Mishra now has over ₹1.38 Crores in annual winnings and has crossed the ₹3 Crore-mark in lifetime scores.

The final table also featured Amar ‘amarthepro’ Katharani (3rd for ₹1.1 Lakhs) and Yohan ‘PAPITO’ Patel (7^th for ₹40,359).

Final Table Results

1. deranzzdd – ₹1,98,502*
2. Rohit ‘ShippingYard’ Mishra – ₹1,93,944*
3. Amar ‘amarthepro’ Katharani – ₹1,10,058
4. Nihit – ₹89,012
5. NoConnection – ₹70,442
6. adik19 – ₹54,224
7. Yohan ‘PAPITO’ Patel – ₹40,359
8. MI7 – ₹29,217
9. PluRibu$ – ₹23,646

*denotes a heads-up deal

Inception ₹10 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹3,500

Entries – 172

Re-entries – 133

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 34

Adda52’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Inception experienced an overlay of ₹24,400, after engaging 305 players.

Starting at 8 PM, it took almost seven hours for a champion to emerge with Rahul ‘rahulpalawat’ Jain clinching the title for ₹2.50 Lakhs. ‘sumit1989’ added ₹1.51 Lakhs to their tally for finishing runner-up.

The other FT scorers were Ashit ‘nexus010’ Sharma (3^rd for ₹1.10 Lakhs), Ravindra ‘wormhole’ Arikeri (4^th for ₹83,500), Ritwik ‘ritwik27’ Khanna (5^th for ₹57,500), and Pawan ‘_luffy_1x1’ Tez (6^th for ₹37,500)

Final Table Results

1. Rahul ‘rahulpalawat’ Jain – ₹2,50,000
2. sumit1989 – ₹1,51,500
3. Ashit ‘nexus010’ Sharma – ₹1,10,000
4. Ravindra ‘wormhole’ Arikeri – ₹83,500
5. Ritwik ‘ritwik27’ Khanna – ₹57,500
6. Pawan ‘_luffy_1x1’ Tez – ₹37,500

The Bout ₹10 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 228

Re-entries – 157

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 45

PokerBaazi’s Monday headliner, the ₹2,750 entry buy-in ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Bout, kicked off at 8 PM to garner 385 entries. The tourney overlayed ₹37,500 and took nearly eight hours to crown a winner.

Making it to the top of the field and the 8-max FT was Dhinesh ‘dhineshrocky007’ Kumar. Kumar, a former Millionaire Lite champion, pocketed the top prize of ₹2.10 Lakhs and is whiskers close to the ₹2 Crore-mark with ₹1.98 Crores in current online winnings.

Runner-up Avinash ‘aksinha97’ Kumar pocketed a ₹1.47 Lakhs payout, while the other known players on the FT included Rahul ‘Clearsky’ Gupta (3^rd for ₹94,500), Ashit ‘nexus010’ Sharma (4^th for ₹70,000), and Sankalp ‘Wobbegong’ Marwah (8^th for ₹35,000).

Final Table Results

1. Dhinesh ‘dhineshrocky007’ Kumar – ₹2,10,000
2. Avinash ‘aksinha97’ Kumar – ₹1,47,000
3. Rahul ‘Clearsky’ Gupta – ₹94,500
4. Ashit ‘nexus010’ Sharma – ₹70,000
5. Gkarmani – ₹52,500
6. Neit – ₹42,000
7. Sankalp ‘Wobbegong’ Marwah – ₹35,000
8. bansalc – ₹28,000

GPS#19 The Flash ₹6 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 349

Re-entries – 96

Re-buys – 262

Prize Pool – ₹7,07,000

Places Paid – 63

Starting a few hours after the ReCharge was the ₹6 Lakhs GTD GPS#19 The Flash. The tourney had 707 runners in the fray that helped generate a guarantee-crushing ₹7.07 Lakhs prize pool.

After agreeing to a heads-up deal, anonymous user ‘downswing4ever’ was the last player left standing and banked their best-recorded score on the site worth ₹1.14 Lakhs.

The winner booked a second FT score on the site yesterday, placing third in the Night Rider – Monster Stack for ₹39,691, taking their total earnings on Spartan Poker to ₹5.68 Lakhs with ₹68,363 in profits.

The runner-up cash prize of ₹1.09 Lakhs went to Prince ‘WhySoSick’ Kumar. This also happens to be Kumar’s best finish on Spartan Poker to date, pushing his lifetime MTT scores over ₹37.34 Lakhs.

Nawneet ‘ganesha3009’ Thakur (5^th for ₹38,532), Priyank ‘Piko’ Kothari (6^th for ₹30,189), and Jyoti ‘joey114114’ Ranjan Nayak (7^th for ₹22,695) also posted FT scores.

Final Table Results

1. downswing4ever – ₹1,13,956*
2. Prince ‘WhySoSick’ Kumar – ₹1,09,102*
3. Beatup – ₹61,863
4. yashdonk – ₹49,137
5. Nawneet ‘ganesha3009’ Thakur – ₹38,532
6. Priyank ‘Piko’ Kothari – ₹30,189
7. Jyoti ‘joey114114’ Ranjan Nayak – ₹22,695
8. Luckywinner – ₹16,120
9. TheBigBang – ₹12,867

* denotes a heads-up deal

Eliminator [Progressive KO] ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 185

Re-entries – 146

Total Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Regular Prize Pool – ₹2,51,750

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹2,48,250

Places Paid – 36

The first of two tourneys awarding points to the “Star of the Month” leaderboard race on PokerStars India, the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Eliminator began proceedings at 7.30 PM. With a turnout of 331 entries, the tourney experienced a very marginal overlay.

‘PabloDEscobar’ claimed the bragging rights and a ₹96,544 paycheque (₹45,086 in prize money, ₹51,457 in bounties) following a heads-up deal with ‘J500PC’ who finished runner-up for ₹61,012 (₹45,086 in prize money, ₹15,926 in bounties).

Somesh ‘JackNotMa’ Patel finished 9^th for ₹10,122.

Final Table Results

1. PabloDEscobar – ₹96,544*
2. J500PC – ₹61,012*
3. Veer7700 – ₹34,368
4. kakori kabab – ₹31,715
5. sheldon11cooper – ₹24,358
6. Keechad – ₹24,009
7. bossbaby97 – ₹13,687
8. PepperChicken – ₹16,903
9. Somesh ‘JackNotMa’ Patel – ₹10,122

*denotes heads-up deal

Hexagram ₹3.5 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 86

Re-entries – 45

Prize Pool – ₹3,50,000

Places Paid – 13

The other Monday tourney on Adda52, the ₹3.5 Lakhs GTD Hexagram, found a winner in mystery user ‘UDAY44’ who defeated ‘narayanpn’ (runner-up for ₹66,500) heads-up to win ₹99,750.

The event managed to bring together 131 entries, falling ₹88,000 short of its listed guarantee.

Vishwanath ‘vish4u2’ Borhade placed fifth for ₹26,250.

Pocket Queen ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 183

Re-Entries – 65

Prize Pool – ₹2,50,000

Places Paid – 38

Pocket52’ Monday marquee, the ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD Pocket Queen, logged in 248 entries – falling just two entries shy of break-even.

‘rajsagar’ navigated their way through the field to win the title and the ₹46,250 cash prize that came with it. ‘rajarshi’ finished runner-up for ₹32,500.

The winner also booked a second flagship title yesterday by taking down the Pocket Dinner for ₹37,500. Their cumulative earnings for the day stood at ₹83,750.

Kiran ‘MrBadshaa’ Pawar (3^rd for ₹22,500) and Raj Kumar ‘Fireman’ Gahlot (4^h for ₹17,500) posted FT scores.

Monday MegaStack ₹2 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in- ₹2,200

Entries – 90

Re-entries – 24

Prize Pool – ₹2,00,000

Places Paid – 15

Topping 114 entries, ‘Vjrufilo’ captured the ₹2 Lakhs GTD Monday MegaStack on PokerBaazi for ₹53,600.

Pocket Lunch ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 82

Re-entries – 35

Prize Pool – ₹1,50,000

Places Paid – 18

‘CallingMe’ outlasted the 117-entry field to conquer the ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD Pocket Lunch for ₹37,500. The tourney overlayed ₹33,000 and paid out 18 places.

Git Anshu ‘Zamindar’ Mehta placed fourth for ₹12,750.

Pocket Dinner ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 82

Re-Entries – 30

Prize Pool – ₹1,50,000

Places Paid – 18

The daily night-time tourney on Pocket52, the ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD Pocket Dinner, logged in 112 entries to register a ₹38,000 shortfall.

The Pocket Queen champion, ‘rajsagar,’ scored a double by taking down the tourney for ₹37,500. ‘Acejpoker’ finished runner-up for ₹23,250.

Monday Blues ₹1 Lakh GTD – PokerDangal

Buy-in – ₹385

Entries – 73

Rebuys – 61

Add-ons – 37

Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000

Places Paid – 11

The ₹1 Lakhs GTD Monday Blues ran amid 171 contenders to experience an overlay worth ₹34,165. ‘Jraj07’ proved the last player standing for ₹25,000.

Lalit ‘MsDhoni07’ Devpal finished 5^th for ₹8,000.

Play For A Cause – Manjhi Development Foundation Charity Special ₹50K GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 38

Re-entries – 6

Prize Pool – ₹50,000

Places Paid – 7

Part of the “Play for a Cause” series on PokerStars India, the ₹50K GTD Play For A Cause – Manjhi Development Foundation Charity Special, began at 9 PM with 44 entries, falling ₹37,900 short of its posted guarantee.

Only the final seven players earned a share of the prize pool, and all of them struck a deal that saw ‘PK17121984’ clinch the title for ₹9,294.

The other six finalists to benefit from the deal were ‘durr2020’ (runner-up for ₹8,010), ‘Robert_ford9’ (3^rd for ₹9,388), ‘VinayH71’ (4^th for ₹4,990), ‘Funter97’ (5^th for ₹7,928), ‘Jopay0310’ (6^th for ₹5,062) and ‘rkrohan@&’ (7^th for ₹5,327).

Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹275

Entries – 38

Re-entries – 22

Prize Pool – ₹20,000

Places Paid – 7

‘rockon2002’ took down the Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD on Khelo365 for ₹7,200.

This report was updated at 3:30 PM on 06.10.2020.

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