Daily Majors: Rahul Jain, Kunal Sharma, Chandan Arora & Honey Bijlani Hit Big on Tuesday

We are fast approaching the busy end of January with Spartan Poker`s IOPC, PokerBaazi`s APT 2021 Online Series India, and PokerStars India`s Winter Series all within sight.

As always, the Tuesday flagships outdid the Monday turnouts. Headlining the big winners of the day was Adda52`s first-ever Big Game champion Rahul Jain, who added a second flagship title to his tally after taking down The Mint for 3.24 Lakhs.

Here is a complete recap of all that transpired yesterday.

Spartan Poker

Spartan Poker is all prepped to host its most-massive IOPC edition ever, with the 18-day-long series starting tomorrow. The site`s Tuesday night flagship, the ₹17 Lakhs GTD Mega Stack, once again offered the biggest prize pool guarantee across all online poker platforms. The ₹3,300 entry buy-in tourney logged in 515 entries to post an overlay of ₹1.55 Lakhs. Chandan ‘Meme lover’ Arora championed the event to book his first title victory of 2021 and collected ₹2.76 Lakhs following a heads-up deal with PokerGuru Ambasaddor Rony ‘Eunseom176’ Chowdhury (runner-up for ₹2.66 Lakhs). Last night`s score has brought Arora`s lifetime tally to ₹2.99 Crores.

The ₹7 Lakhs GTD The Race wrangled in 542 runners to post a guarantee-smashing ₹8.13 Lakhs prize pool. Rohan Bhanudas ‘rohankharat’ Kharat was the last player standing and banked a personal-best ₹1.36 Lakhs for the win. Shivam ‘barbarik12’ Kumar Singh placed runner-up for ₹1.24 Lakhs. Singh posted a second FT score, finishing fifth in Adda52’s Nighttide DST Adda for 9,784.

PokerStars India

PokerStars India had two ₹5 Lakhs GTD tourneys on its Tuesday lineup. The ₹2,200 entry buy-in Sixth Sense logged in 214 entries (125 unique and 89 re-entries), overlaying ₹72,000. Leela ‘kipdokerr’ P shipped the tourney, collecting a site-best ₹95,403 (₹52,731 in prize money, ₹42,672 bounties) for their efforts. Their overall earnings on the site crossed ₹8.20 Lakhs after this win. Abhiroop ‘durrlagtahain’ Gupta pocketed the runner-up prize worth ₹53,960 (₹38,226 in prize money, ₹15,734 in bounties).

The ₹2,750 entry buy-in Uppercut Mini pulled in 162 entries, experiencing an overlay of ₹95,000. After a little over six hours of play, Arpan ‘Vasusenaa’ Majhi came out on top to win ₹1.22 Lakhs (₹57,131 in prize money, ₹64,746 in bounties), with PokerGuru Ambassador Shashank ‘GOAT-245’ Desai placing runner-up for ₹59,942 (₹42,207 in prize money, ₹17,734 in bounties). Desai’s lifetime MTT earnings have crossed ₹2.23 Crores after last night`s score.

Starting at its usual 10:30 PM slot, the ₹1 Lakhs GTD Bigstack Turbo logged in 83 entries. Shubham ‘theViperArena’ Chaudhary took down the tourney, banking ₹23,078 (₹13,390 in prize money, ₹9,687 in bounties). Rahul ‘Unleashed2519’ Sahni secured the runner-up payday of ₹15,030 (₹10,109 in prize money, ₹4,922 in bounties). The tourney experienced an overlay shortfall of ₹17,000, and the top 15 places benefitted from the value on offer.

All ITM finishers in the Sixth Sense and Bigstack Turbo collected TLB points for PokerStars India`s “Star of the Month” – January Week #3 leaderboard race. For more details and the latest leaderboard standings, visit the promotions page.

Adda52

Adda52`s ₹15 Lakhs GTD The Mint round up 377 entries (194 unique and 183 re-entries), recording an overlay of ₹1.81 Lakhs. It took a little under six hours and a half hours of play for the first-ever Big Game champion Rahul ‘rahulpalawat’ Jain to power his way through the competition and win ₹3.24 Lakhs. It has been a fantastic week for Jain, who with The Mint shipment scored his second flagship title in the last three days pushing his MTT tally to ₹87.21 Lakhs. Kunal ‘cvc’ Sharma placed runner-up for ₹2.79 Lakhs.

The ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD Voyager had the mystery user ‘Cashton’ navigating their way to the top to win ₹62,137. They struck a heads-up deal with ‘jpoker’ (runner-up for ₹59,596). With a turnout of 298 entries, the tourney generated a prize pool worth ₹2.98 Lakhs.

PokerBaazi

PokerBaazi’s ₹12 Lakhs GTD Endeavour logged in 353 entries, surpassing its advertised guarantee by ₹36,000. Outlasting them all was the former BSS SuperStack winner Honey ‘ho9ey’ Bijlani, who added ₹2.59 Lakhs to his bankroll. ‘Flippopotamus’ finished runner-up for ₹1.82 Lakhs. Bijlani’s lifetime MTT record has crossed ₹92.37 Lakhs after last night`s win.

The ₹1 Lakh GTD 6-Max Holdem BOOST DST registered 114 entries, collecting ₹1.14 Lakhs. Deepak ‘3streakbluff’ Singh banked the lion`s share of the prize money worth ₹30,552, just as ‘karode’ finished runner-up for ₹21,400. This is the second-time Singh has won this tourney, and he currently sits on ₹1.26 Crores in recorded online earnings.

The other Tuesday winners were:

Mega Stack ₹17 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹3,300

Entries – 255

Re-entries – 89

Re-buys – 171

Prize Pool – ₹17,00,000

Places Paid – 47

The flagship Tuesday tourney on Spartan Poker, the ₹17 Lakhs GTD Mega Stack, experienced an overlay deficit of ₹1.55 Lakhs after 515 entrants signed-up for ₹3,300.

Racing past the competition was Chandan ‘Meme lover’ Arora, who took away a cash prize of ₹2.76 Lakhs, following a heads-up deal with PokerGuru Ambassador Rony ‘Eunseom176’ Chowdhury (runner-up for ₹2.66 Lakhs). With this score, Arora’s online scorecard has touched ₹2.99 Crores.

Sandeep ‘SandeeSingh’ Singh (3^rd for ₹1.58 Lakhs), Rajat ‘BloatedBelly’ Mahajan (5^th for ₹98,028), Armaan ‘space ace’ Kochhar (6^th for ₹76,840), and Sagar ‘Strangeplay’ Choudhury (8^th for ₹41,480) FT-ed the tourney!

Final Table Results

1. Chandan ‘Meme lover’ Arora – ₹2,76,071*
2. Rony ‘Eunseom176’ Chowdhury – ₹2,65,719*
3. Sandeep ‘SandeeSingh’ Singh – ₹1,57,760
4. MR_BEAST – ₹1,27,670
5. Rajat ‘BloatedBelly’ Mahajan – ₹98,028
6. Armaan ‘space ace’ Kochhar – ₹76,840
7. Rishit2208 – ₹54,128
8. Sagar ‘Strangeplay’ Choudhury – ₹41,480

*denotes heads-up deal

The Mint ₹15 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹3,850

Entries – 194

Re-entries – 183

Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000

Places Paid – 38

Adda52`s ₹15 Lakhs GTD The Mint brought in 377 entries, booking a sizable ₹1.80 Lakhs overlay shortfall.

For the second time in the last three days, The Big Game champion Rahul ‘rahulpalawat’ Jain powered his way to the top and walked away with the lion’s share of the prize money worth ₹3.24 Lakhs. Kunal ‘cvc’ Sharma came in second for ₹2.79 Lakhs.

Jain`s MTT tally has reached ₹87.21 Lakhs, counting last night`s score.

PokerGuru Ambassadors Arjanveer Singh ‘arjan30’ Chadha (3^rd for ₹1.65 Lakhs) and Devvrat ‘glitch_d’ Arya (5^th for ₹81,000), Arpan ‘Grandfold’ Mahna (4^th for ₹1.20 Lakhs), Bharat ‘rungooserun’ Vasan (6^th for ₹56,250), and Rachit ‘baba_ramdev’ Soni (8^th for ₹37,500) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Rahul ‘rahulpalawat’ Jain – ₹3,23,520*
2. Kunal ‘cvc’ Sharma – ₹2,78,730*
3. Arjanveer Singh ‘arjan30’ Chadha – ₹1,65,000
4. Arpan ‘Grandfold’ Mahna – ₹1,20,000
5. Devvrat ‘glitch_d’ Arya – ₹81,000
6. Bharat ‘rungooserun’ Vasan – ₹56,250
7. damugoutham – ₹45,000
8. Rachit ‘baba_ramdev’ Soni – ₹37,500

*denotes heads-up deal

The Endeavour ₹12 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹3,850

Entries – 207

Re-entries – 146

Prize Pool – ₹12,36,000

Places Paid – 45

PokerBaazi`s ₹12 Lakhs GTD The Endeavour posted a ₹12.36 Lakhs prize pool on the back of 353 entries.

Honey ‘ho9ey’ Bijlani championed the tourney to win ₹2.59 Lakhs after defeating ‘Flippopotamus’ (runner-up for ₹1.82 Lakhs) in heads-up play. Bijlani now has ₹92.37 Lakhs in recorded online winnings, ₹27.59 Lakhs of which he has earned on PokerBaazi.

PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘OMG_spew’ Munot (3rd for ₹1.17 Lakhs), Aayush ‘Learnnwin’ Arya (4th for ₹86,490), PokerGuru Ambassador Vishal ‘Vishzz’ Bajaj (5th for ₹64,864) and Mohak ‘Tiltin’ Kapoor (6th for ₹51,891) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Honey ‘ho9ey’ Bijlani – ₹2,59,455
2. Flippopotamus – ₹1,82,000
3. Ashish ‘OMG_spew’ Munot – ₹1,17,000
4. Aayush ‘Learnnwin’ Arya – ₹86,490
5. Vishal ‘Vishzz’ Bajaj – ₹64,864
6. Mohak ‘Tiltin’ Kapoor – ₹51,891
7. pahaadisheep – ₹43,243
8. rider529 – ₹34,594

The Race ₹7 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 267

Re-entries – 80

Re-buys – 195

Prize Pool – ₹8,13,000

Places Paid – 47

Spartan Poker’s ₹7 Lakhs GTD The Race logged in 542 entries, blowing away it`s advertised guarantee by collecting ₹8.13 Lakhs in the prize pool.

Rohan ‘rohankharat’ Bhanudas Kharat was the last player standing and won ₹1.36 Lakhs after a heads-up chop with Shivam ‘barbarik12’ Kumar Singh (runner-up for ₹1.24 Lakhs)

Vishal ‘VishalMaharaj’ Maharaj (4^th for ₹61,056), Goldi ‘NUTPEDDLER’ Chawla (6^th for ₹35,502), and Nikhil ‘pot-pan’ Jain (7^th for ₹25,746) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Rohan ‘rohankharat’ Bhanudas Kharat – ₹1,35,535*
2. Shivam ‘barbarik12’ Kumar Singh – ₹1,23,568*
3. Jacks24 – ₹75,446
4. Vishal ‘VishalMaharaj’ Maharaj – ₹61,056
5. Polofru – ₹46,884
6. Goldi ‘NUTPEDDLER’ Chawla – ₹35,502
7. Nikhil ‘pot-pan’ Jain – ₹25,746
8. akanshasehgal – ₹19,837

*denotes heads-up deal

Sixth Sense ₹5 Lakhs GTD– PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 125

Re-entries – 89

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 41

PokerStars India’s 7.30 PM attraction, the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Sixth Sense, gathered 214 entries, overlaying ₹72,000.

Leela ‘kipdokerr’ P championed the tourney, collecting ₹95,403 (₹52,731 in prize money, ₹42,672 in bounties), with Abhiroop ‘durrlagtahain’ Gupta finishing runner-up for ₹53,960 (₹38,226 in prize money, ₹15,734 in bounties).

With the win, Leela, who was among the 25 “Star of the Month” – January Week #2 qualifiers, boosted her earnings on PokerStars India to ₹8.2 Lakhs.

Rishab ‘riverrshiverr’ Jain (3^rd for ₹42,399) and Bharath ‘hzgod’ Kumar (5^th for ₹18,313) also FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results (Includes Bounties)

1. Leela ‘kipdokerr’ P – ₹95,403
2. Abhiroop ‘durrlagtahain’ Gupta – ₹53,960
3. Rishab ‘riverrshiverr’ Jain – ₹42,399
4. GudThimma – ₹33,558
5. Bharath ‘hzgod’ Kumar – ₹18,313
6. vidow2.0 – ₹13,057
7. dev149 – ₹17,041

Uppercut Mini ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 100

Re-entries – 62

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 29

Starting off 90 minutes after the Sixth Sense, PokerStars India’s Uppercut Mini wrangled in 162 entries for ₹95,000 in overlays.

Arpan ‘Vasusenaa’ Majhi grabbed the title for ₹1.22 Lakhs (₹57,131 in prize money, ₹64,746 in bounties), with PokerGuru Ambassador Shashank ‘GOAT-245’ Desai finishing runner-up for ₹59,942 (₹42,207 in prize money, ₹17,734 in bounties). Desai currently sits with over ₹2.23 Crores in recorded MTT cashes.

The top 29 places got paid. Among the known names that stormed the 7-max FT were Parth ‘skilloverluck’ Aggarwal (5^th for ₹30,302) and Deepesh ‘deep12322’ Raka (7^th for ₹16,375).

Final Table Results (Includes Bounties)

1. Arpan ‘Vasusenaa’ Majhi – ₹121,877
2. Shashank ‘GOAT-245’ Desai – ₹59,942
3. KHNH2003 – ₹36,748
4. Parth ‘skilloverluck’ Aggarwal – ₹30,302
5. Ricky000029 $$$ – ₹18,081
6. Deepesh ‘deep12322’ Raka – ₹16,375

Voyager ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 166

Re-entries – 132

Prize Pool – ₹2,98,000

Places Paid – 30

Adda52’s ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD Voyager clocked in 298 runners, collecting ₹2.98 Lakhs in the prize pool.

The cards went up in the air at 9:30 PM, and the battle continued until 3:52 AM, where after a heads-up deal, the mystery user ‘Cashton’ emerged as the victor, netting ₹62,137. ‘jpoker’ came in second for ₹59,596.

Chirag ‘mahikk’ Bhardwaj (3^rd for ₹34,270), Sankesh ‘CHERRYPAJI’ Kumar (4^th for ₹25,330), and Chaitanya ‘crylighter’ Dhingra (6^th for ₹11,920) FT-ed the tourney.

6-Max Holdem BOOST DST ₹1 Lakh GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 72

Re-entries – 42

Prize Pool – ₹1,14,000

Places Paid – 15

PokerBaazi’s ₹1 Lakh GTD 6-Max Holdem BOOST DST went on for a little over four hours.

Deepak ‘3streakbluff’ Singh bested ‘karode’ (runner-up for ₹21,400) heads-up to win ₹30,552, improving his online scorecard to ₹1.26 Crores.

Monish ‘Wonderwomen13’ Jaiswal finished 6th for ₹6,110.

Battlefield Tuesday ₹1 Lakh GTD – PokerDangal

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 63

Re-entries – 31

Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000

Places Paid – 15

PokerDangal’s ₹1 Lakh GTD Battlefield Tuesday registered 94 entries – falling six entries short of its 100-player guarantee.

The anonymous user ‘fakeer’ shipped the tourney for ₹24,000. ‘Cruzz’ finished runner-up for ₹17,500.

Bigstack Turbo ₹1 Lakh GTD– PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 58

Re-entries – 25

Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000

Places Paid – 15

Shubham ‘theViperArena’ Chaudhary overcame the 83-entry field in the ₹1 Lakh GTD Bigstack Turbo on Tuesday to win ₹23,078 (₹13,390 in prize money, ₹9,687 in bounties). Rahul ‘Unleashed2519’ Sahni finished runner-up for ₹15,030 (₹10,109 in prize money, ₹4,922 in bounties).

The site had to fill in an overlay of ₹17,000, and all 15 ITM finishers earned TLB points towards the “Star of the Month” – January leaderboard race.

Arun ‘realruny’ Sriram (4^th for ₹7,605), Pranav ‘pkpok13’ Khandalkar (6^th for ₹4,799), Anirban D ‘nocluewho’ Das (7^th for ₹4,791), and Sreeharsha ‘DonkeyCommitted’ Boneni (9^th for ₹2,492) FT-ed the tourney.

Pocket Jacks ₹75K GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 69

Re-entries – 40

Prize Pool – ₹75,000

Places Paid – 17

Ronit ‘Ace_of_Spades’ Saha took down the ₹75K GTD Pocket Jacks on Pocket52 last night for ₹17,250. ‘kioshim6969’ finished runner-up for ₹12,375.

The tourney clocked in 109 entries, and the top 17 places benefitted from the ₹20,500 overlay value filled in by the site.

Unravel ₹50K GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹440

Entries – 69

Re-entries – 41

Prize Pool – ₹50,000

Places Paid – 17

Pocket52’s ₹50K GTD Unravel logged in 110 entries, and ‘Rickdiculous’ outlasted them all to win ₹11,500. ‘a1j2’ finished runner-up for ₹8,250.

Under The Gun PLO ₹20K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹330

Entries – 22

Re-entries – 3

Rebuys – 23

Add-ons – 16

Prize Pool – ₹20,000

Places Paid – 3

Khelo365`s ₹20K GTD PLO Under The Gun registered 22 unique entries, and they made 3 re-entries, 23 re-buys, and 16 add-ons to leave a negligible ₹800 shortfall at the end.

‘vivekpandit’ championed the tourney to win ₹10,000. Site regular ‘Sandhiya1122’ placed runner-up for ₹6,000.

Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹275

Entries – 46

Re-entries – 9

Prize Pool – ₹20,000

Places Paid – 6

Khelo365’s ₹20K GTD Grinder 2.0 recorded 55 entries, and ‘JackSparrow’ topped them all to win ₹8,000 after firing two bullets. ’Hardik24’ placed runner-up for ₹4,200.

This report was updated at 4:30 PM on 13.01.2020.

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