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Another action-packed Friday is behind us, and we saw massive amounts of money being won some of the top MTT regs in the country. Here`s a quick recap of all that transpired last night.
Spartan Poker
The Friday headliner on Spartan Poker, the ₹30 Lakhs GTD The Elite, attracted 401 entries (177 unique, 87 re-entries and 137 rebuys) collecting a guarantee smashing ₹40.10 Lakhs prize pool, and the top 39 places boarded the money bus. In the end, it was PokerGuru Ambassador Gokul ‘Super Kings’ Raj, who took the rostrum and walked away with ₹8.04 Lakhs in prize money. Young Gun and MTT phenom Gaurav ‘mozzie17’ Sood placed runner-up for ₹5.34 Lakhs. With this score, Raj has crossed the ₹3 Crore-mark in online recorded earnings.
The other Friday mainstay on the site, the ₹10 Lakhs GTD TGIF, was won by seasoned pro Raman ‘tathagat’ Gujral, who beat Abhineet ‘bankelal13’ Jain (2nd for ₹1.48 Lakhs) heads-up to win ₹2.35 Lakhs.
PokerBaazi
PokerBaazi`s ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Ridge gathered a crowd of 323 entries who ponied up the ₹3,300 buy-in, registering an overlay of ₹31,000. The top 36 places walked past the money line. Taking the gold was Sumit ‘boronyx’ Sapra, who has won titles on consecutive days with this victory. Sapra, who had shipped the Ultron on Thursday, beat PokerGuru Ambassador Madhav ‘goacartel’ Gupta (2nd for ₹1.55 Lakhs) heads-up last night to win ₹2.21 Lakhs.
Adda52
The showstopper tourney at Adda52, the ₹20 Lakhs GTD AOPS Whale logged in 372 entries to generate a guarantee-bursting ₹25.37 Lakhs prize pool. Manish ‘poketacesaa’ Gandhi came out on top following a three-way deal with Vishal ‘vishalkumar1270’ Kumar (2nd for ₹4.24 Lakhs) and ‘Betfold’ (3rd for ₹4 Lakhs).
The other big-ticket event on the site, the AOPS PLO Bounty, was championed by the in-form PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer ‘arjan30’ Singh Chadha, who defeated Mihir ‘gameofdeath’ Thakkar (runner-up for ₹87,091) heads-up for ₹1.45 Lakhs. Chadha`s breakout form has seen him cashing over ₹55 Lakhs in June, catapulting him to the #3 spot on the yearly rankings.
The second starting flight of the ₹1 Crore GTD AOPS Full House brought in 277 entries, and only 33 players could make the onward journey to Day 2. Young Gun Ujjwal ‘fourteenk’ Narwal (326,528) bagged the most massive stack among all the Day 1B survivors. The Elite champion Gokul ‘gokoolered’ Raj (276,674) and ‘himanshu_s’ (248,111) rounded out the top three stacks at the end of Day 1B.
PokerStars India
PokerStars India`s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Uppercut Magic Edition registered 245 participants to leave a marginal ₹20,000 shortfall. Besting them all was seasoned pro Sriharsha ‘1ll|1ll1|ll1|’ Doddapaneni, who defeated Goonjan ‘gmtesting.ind’ Mall (runner-up for ₹1.08 Lakhs) heads-up to win the title and ₹1.75 Lakhs.
The other highlight of the day, the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Friday Euphoria, was taken down by an unknown player ‘bluffmaster95’ who prevailed over ‘sheldon11cooper’ (2nd for ₹69,501) heads-up to win ₹94,293.
The other Friday winners were –
Gold_queenie | ₹87,359 | AOPS Brunch ₹4 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
Lastlocal | ₹85,114 | AOPS Afterparty DST ₹3 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
Ravindra 'wormhole' Arikeri | ₹78,000 | AOPS Siesta ₹3 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
nishant372 | ₹77,250 | Friday SuperStack ₹3 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
ddarsh | ₹66,040 | AOPS Dusk ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
sa001 | ₹63,619 | Monster Stack - ₹3 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
Paras 'AAKKQQJJ' Jain | ₹58,300 | Ultimate PLO ₹2 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
Mdjain66 | ₹47,250 | Night Rider – Monster Stack ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
starboy00 | ₹40,000 | Dangal Friday ₹2 Lakhs GTD | Poker Dangal |
JonGregor | ₹12,900 | Prime Time ₹30K GTD PLO | Khelo365 |
harshak124 | ₹6,960 | Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD NLHE | Khelo365 |
AOPS Full House ₹1 Crore GTD Day 1B – Adda52
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 175
Re-entries – 102
Survivors – 33
Adda52’s ₹1 Crore GTD AOPS Full House played out its second flight last night. Day 1B gathered 277 entries (175 unique and 102 re-entries) to add to the existing 262 entries on Day 1A.
Only 33 players could bag up for Day 2, taking the total tally of Day 2 survivors to 61. Young Gun Ujjwal ‘fourteenk’ Narwal bagged the most massive stack of the day of 326,528. Narwal also managed to take the overall lead after the two flights.
Notables among the top ten stack forwarded to Day 2 were Himanhu ‘himanshu_s’ Sehgal (248,111), Peushup ‘peushup’ Eugene (207,965), Paawan ‘fullflush24’ Bansal (199,802), Rubin ‘kornkif’ Labroo (198,250), Young Gun Gaurav ‘gauravarod’ Sood (140,296), and PokerGuru Ambassadors Gokul ‘gokoolered’ Raj (276,674), & Mithun ‘Themiths’ Mahesh (137,703).
Ayush ‘lazyman’ Garg (135,550), Anish ‘kidpoker113’ Suri (127,185), Ankit ‘ankitmodi’ Modi (104,159), Neeraj ‘NEERAJ2828’ Bajaj (103,288), Shagun ‘sogani94’ Jain (100,734), Deepak ‘bothras’ Bothra (98,854), Anil ‘spewtard’ Adiani (85,362), Young Gun Kanchan ‘thandicoke’ Sharma (69,806), Siddarth ‘badtameez_donk’ Singhvi (68,533), Madhab ‘madhabpal2015’ Pal (54,099), Kaushik ‘cosh’ Tibrewal (39,935), and PokerGuru Ambassadors Madhav ‘madzoopa’ Gupta (133,036), Naresh ’emperor457′ Veeravalli (104,849), & Rohit ‘rohit22rm’ Mishra (87,074) were the other notable qualifiers from the flight.
Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1B
The Elite ₹30 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 177
Re-entries – 87
Rebuys – 137
Prize Pool – ₹40,10,000
Places Paid – 39
Spartan Poker`s Friday night extravaganza, the ₹30 Lakhs GTD Elite attracted 401 entries (177 unique, 87 re-entries and 137 rebuys), collecting a guarantee busting ₹40.10 Lakhs. With 39 places paid, it was PokerGuru Ambassador Gokul ‘Super Kings’ Raj who took the rostrum and pocketed the ₹8.04 Lakhs up top after toppling Young Gun Gaurav ‘mozzie17’ Sood (runner-up for ₹5.34 Lakhs) in the heads-up play.
Also making final table finishes were PokerGuru Ambassador Laksh Pal ‘LuckyBhai$’ Singh (4th for ₹3.15 Lakhs), Abhishek ‘PoeticInjustice’ Gubba (5th for ₹2.47 Lakhs), Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma (7th for ₹1.37 Lakhs), Siddharth Shankar ‘Ouroborus’ Bebarta (8th for ₹1.01 Lakhs) and Nishant ‘FunkyouFTW1’ Sharma (9th for ₹83,809).
Final Table Results
AOPS Whale ₹20 Lakhs GTD – Adda52
Buy-in – ₹7,500
Entries – 191
Re-entries – 181
Prize Pool – ₹25,37,034
Places Paid – 38
Sporting a ₹7,500 buy-in, the ₹20 Lakhs GTD AOPS Whale pulled in 372 entries (191 unique and 181 re-entries), to generate a guarantee-bursting ₹25.37 Lakhs prize pool.
After deciding upon a three-way deal, Manish ‘poketacesaa’ Gandhi emerged victorious to pocket his biggest score on the site worth ₹4.74 Lakhs. This was Gandhi’s first AOPS title, and the win has boosted his winnings on the site to over ₹19 Lakhs.
Vishal ‘vishalkumar1270’ Kumar settled for the runner-up prize worth ₹4.24 Lakhs, which happens to be his best score to date. ‘Betfold’ was the third-place finisher and received ₹4 Lakhs.
Also making it to the final table was Raghav ‘Raghavv’ Siddalinga (4th for ₹2.03 Lakhs), Karan ‘Reg_Slayer’ Radia (5th for ₹1.37 Lakhs), Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma (7th for ₹76,111), and Deepak ‘bothras’ Bothra (9th for ₹50,741).
Final Table Results
*denotes three-way deal
TGIF ₹10 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries- 403
Re-entries – 121
Rebuys – 289
Prize Pool – ₹12,19,500
Places Paid – 71
Besting a field of 813 entries (403 unique, 121 re-entries and 289 rebuys), well-known reg Raman ‘tathagat’ Gujral captured Spartan Poker’s TGIF ₹10 Lakhs GTD yesterday.
Gujral made it past a host of tough opponents on the FT to win the title. This included his heads-up rival Abhineet ‘bankelal13’ Jain (runner-up for ₹1.48 Lakhs), Amit ‘dhallamit’ Dhall (4th for ₹83,657), PokerGuru Ambassador Vivek ‘KasolHieghts’ Singh (5th for ₹65,731), Charu Vikram ‘7freeman’ Kaushik (7th for ₹51,340) and Shardul ‘Faucet Failure’ Parthasarathi (8th for ₹26,950).
Final Table Results
The Ridge ₹10 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi
Buy-in – ₹3,300
Entries – 176
Re-entries – 147
Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000
Places Paid – 36
PokerBaazi`s ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Ridge failed to meet the proposed guarantee by ₹31,000 after registering 323 entries last night. Benefitting the most from the situation were APL Ambassador Sumit ‘boronyx’ Sapra and PokerGuru Ambassador Madhav ‘goacartel’ Gupta, with the former ultimately taking the top honors. The champion picked up ₹2.21 Lakhs in prize money, while Gupta collected ₹1.55 Lakhs for finishing runner-up.
It’s a continuation to Sapra’s fiery run throughout the month that saw him taking down Spartan Poker`s Ultron ₹20 Lakhs GTD on Thursday.
The star-studded final table featured the likes of PokerGuru Ambassador Shashank ‘indianrat’ Desai (3rd for ₹99,700), Anish ‘THENUTS’ Suri (4th for ₹73,800), PokerGuru Ambassador Nadeem ‘SpadeHunter’ Basha (5th for ₹55,400), Saurabh ‘twister’ Rohila (6th for ₹44,300), Rahul ‘Clearsky’ Gupta (7th for ₹36,800), Vishal ‘FlopturnRiver’ Madan (8th for ₹29,500), and Vaibhav ‘WakhraSwagNi’ Sharma (9th for ₹22,100).
Final Table Results
Uppercut [6-Max] MAGIC Edition ₹10 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India
Buy-in – ₹4,400
Entries – 142
Re-entries – 103
Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000
Regular Prize Pool – ₹5,10,000
Bounty Prize Pool – ₹4,90,000
Places Paid – 47
One of the most promising talents to have come out of the domestic poker circuit in recent years, Sriharsha ‘1ll|1ll1|ll1|’ Doddapaneni, was in the thick of the action last night as he cruised to the top of PokerStars India’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Uppercut [6-Max] MAGIC Edition. He triumphed over a field of 245 entries and claimed a top prize worth ₹1.75 Lakhs. He is presently ranked #11 on the annual leaderboard with ₹1.49 Crores in yearly earnings.
The event suffered an overlay of ₹20,000, and the top 47 runners profited from the value on offer.
The final table featured well-known names such as Goonjan ‘gmtesting.ind’ Mall (runner-up for ₹1.08 Lakhs) and Abhishek ‘Satan98999’ Gubba (3rd for ₹65,940).
Young Gun Gaurav ‘3betPanda’ Sood (8th for ₹31,928) and Shashank ‘Goldfish097’ Shekhar (9th for ₹29,740), missed out on a final table finish, but still managed to run deep.
Final Table Results
AOPS PLO Bounty ₹5 Lakhs GTD – Adda52
Buy-in – ₹4,000
Entries – 90
Re-entries – 102
Prize Pool – ₹5,18,400
Places Paid – 19
The ₹5 Lakhs GTD AOPS PLO Bounty generated ₹5.18 Lakhs in the prize pool on the back of a turnout of 192 entries. Only the final 19 could cross the money line, and walking away with the top prize of ₹1.45 Lakhs along with 19 bounties was PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer ‘arjan30’ Singh Chadha.
With this victory, Chadha crossed the ₹1.80 Crore-mark on the yearly cashes leaderboard. This is Chaddha’s third AOPS title of the series and his second title this week. He had won the AOPS Mini Main Event for a career-best ₹30 Lakhs prize on June 15 and the AOPS Maverick earlier this week for ₹4.48 Lakhs.
Chadha defeated Mihir ‘gameofdeath’ Thakkar heads-up, who walked away with ₹87,091 along with 10 bounties. Deepak ‘peacelover’ Singh finished 4th for ₹46,656.
Final Table Results (Excluding Bounties)
Friday Euphoria ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India
Buy-in – ₹2,750
Entries – 116
Re-entries – 67
Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Places Paid – 35
PokerStars India’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Friday Euphoria pulled in 183 contenders, but the site still had to fill in a shortfall of ₹42,500.
Mystery user ‘bluffmaster95’ juggernaut to the top of the playing field and clinched the title and top prize of ₹94,294, while ‘sheldon11cooper’ came in second for ₹69,502.
Vikram ‘Prison M!ke’ Singh (3rd for ₹51,228) and Ritesh ‘magicianrk’ Khatwani (9th for ₹13,302) FT-ed the event.
Anonymous user ‘TSbutterchicken’ had FT-ed the Uppercut on the site last night, finishing fourth for ₹51,002. They picked up yet another fourth-place finish in this event for ₹37,759.
Final Table Results
AOPS Brunch ₹4 Lakhs GTD – Adda52
Buy-in – ₹1,250
Entries – 184
Re-entries – 173
Prize Pool – ₹4,01,624
Places Paid – 38
Adda52’s ₹4 Lakhs GTD AOPS Brunch clocked in 357 entries, managing to surpass its guarantee by collecting ₹4.01 Lakhs in the prize pool. After deciding upon a three-way deal and using two bullets, it was ‘Gold_queenie’ who walked away with the title and the ₹87,359 top prize. The runner- up ‘yash2110’ received ₹63,307 for his efforts, and the third-place finisher Prince ‘prince7664’ Kumar got ₹54,765.
Neeraj ‘neeraj2828’ Bajaj (4th for ₹32,130), Pavan ‘pawan131’ Kumar (5th for ₹21,688), and Vishal ‘darky012’ Ojha (9th for ₹8,033) were the site-regs to post final table finishes.
AOPS Afterparty DST ₹3 Lakhs GTD – Adda52
Buy-in – ₹880
Entries – 244
Re-entries – 185
Prize Pool – ₹3,43,204
Places Paid – 43
Another Adda tourney to attract a packed field was the ₹3 Lakhs GTD AOPS Afterparty DST. With 429 entries, the tournament collected a guarantee-bursting ₹3.43 Lakhs prize pool. The final 43 finishers shared the spoils, and in the end, ‘Lastlocal’ claimed the title and the ₹85,114 up top, defeating ‘bbvrm’ (runner-up for ₹51,480) heads-up.
L ‘lmwell’ Mevei Well (3rd for ₹36,036), Sumit ‘sumit4game’ Saurav (6th for ₹12,012), Randeep ‘randysingh’ Lather (7th for ₹9,438), Alok ‘elusiveflame’ Kumar (8th for ₹7,722), and Prabhat ‘nagarbhavininja’ Kiran Mukherjea (9th for ₹5,491) posted final table finishes.
AOPS Siesta ₹3 Lakhs GTD – Adda52
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 132
Re-entries – 138
Prize Pool – ₹3,00,000
Places Paid – 27
A total of 270 entry slips were sold in the ₹1,100 buy-in AOPS Siesta, resulting in an overlay worth ₹30,000 to meet the ₹3 Lakhs guarantee.
It took six tries before Ravindra ‘wormhole’ Arikeri climbed to the top rung ladder and padded his poker wallet by ₹78,000. Arikeri defeated anonymous user ‘Susheel07’ (runner-up for ₹46,500) in the heads-up play.
Devrat ‘vickypune’ Singh finished 9th for ₹6,000.
Friday SuperStack ₹3 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 85
Re-entries – 64
Prize Pool – ₹3,00,000
Places Paid – 18
Unlike the Ridge, the ₹3 Lakhs GTD Friday SuperStack logged in a minuscule ₹2,000 shortfall.
Anonymous user ‘nishant372’ defeated seasoned pro Rajat ‘LungFakeer’ Sharma (runner-up for ₹54,090) heads-up to walk away with the title and a cash prize worth ₹77,250.
Animesh ‘animeshth20’ Thakur (3rd for ₹34,800), Prince ‘NaNki’ Singh (4th for ₹25,770), Imdad ‘rahuljohn1983’ Ahmed (5th for ₹19,320), Rahul ‘chanakyax’ Bhura (8th for ₹10,290), and Harsh ‘100crdream’ Dembla (9th for ₹7,710) posted FT scores.
Monster Stack – ₹3 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Buy-in – ₹880
Entries – 191
Re-entries – 46
Rebuys – 139
Prize Pool – ₹3,00,800
Places Paid – 31
The ₹3 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack drew 376 entries, logging in one entry over its posted guarantee. In the end, ‘sa001’ was the last player standing after defeating ‘OrangeZuce’ (runner-up for ₹42,833) heads-up and won ₹63,619.
AOPS Dusk ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD – Adda52
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 137
Re-entries – 117
Prize Pool – ₹2,54,000
Places Paid – 27
The ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD AOPS Dusk logged in 254 entries last night, collecting a ₹2.54 Lakhs prize pool. ‘ddarsh’ clinched the title for ₹66,040 after besting ‘vishalmaharaj’ (runner-up for ₹39,370) heads-up.
Aniket ‘anteman’ Waghmare (3rd for ₹29,591), Rakshit ‘ved234’ Vedh (7th for ₹21,590), and Annkur ‘Victor562’ Agarwal (7th for ₹14,605) FT-ed the tourney.
Night Rider – Monster Stack ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Buy-in – ₹880
Entries – 200
Re-entries – 57
Rebuys – 141
Prize Pool – ₹3,18,400
Places Paid – 31
The Night Rider – Monster Stack on Spartan Poker logged in 398 entries to comfortably surpass the ₹2.5 Lakhs guarantee and garner ₹3.18 Lakhs in the prize pool. Anonymous user ‘Mdjain66’ took down the title for ₹47,250, following a four-way deal with ‘shadow12’ (runner-up for ₹44,895), Sathish ‘Jaqkten’ Ananth (3rd for ₹42,670), and Deep ‘saviordeep’ Bhavsar (4th for ₹35,749).
Ankit ‘bababakchod’ Kasat finished 6th for ₹15,569.
Ultimate PLO ₹2 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 49
Re-entries – 15
Prize Pool – ₹2,04,000
Places Paid – 9
The Spartan Poker’s ₹2 Lakhs GTD Ultimate PLO was won by Paras ‘AAKKQQJJ’ Jain yesterday. Jain decimated the competition, including his heads-up rival ‘pot-pan’ (runner-up for ₹42,000) to win ₹58,300. This was the eighth time that Jain has won this event. This is his second Ultimate PLO title of the week as he had won this event on June 25 as well for ₹45,064.
Ravinder ‘jason’ Singh finished 4th for ₹20,600.
Dangal Friday ₹2 Lakhs GTD – Poker Dangal
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 109
Re-entries – 85
Prize Pool – ₹2,00,000
Places Paid – 31
Poker Dangal`s ₹2 Lakhs GTD Dangal Friday registered 194 entries, falling a negligible ₹6,000 short of the advertised guarantee.
‘starboy00’ shipped the event for ₹40,000, after defeating Ashwin ‘Ashwinvijay’ Vijay (runner-up for ₹29,500) heads-up.
Saumil ‘indianavatar’ Krishnani (4th for ₹16,000), Anuj ‘Inandalive’ Laddhad (5th for ₹12,000), and Ajit Singh ‘ace_bob’ Arora (7th for ₹6,500), also earned payouts.
Pocket Lunch ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 68
Re-entries – 59
Prize Pool – ₹1,50,000
Places Paid – 27
‘Inandalive’ took down Pocket52’s ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD Pocket Lunch for ₹34,500 after besting ‘Vicky3160’ (runner-up for ₹21,000) heads-up.
An entry-field of 127 runners resulted in an overlay of ₹23,000, and 27 places got paid.
Prime Time ₹30K GTD PLO – Khelo365
Buy-in – ₹550
Entries – 23
Re-entries – 21
Prize Pool – ₹30,000
Places Paid – 5
The ₹30K GTD Prime Time PLO on Khelo365 was taken down by ‘JonGregor’ for ₹12,900. ‘madhanbalaji’ finished runner-up for ₹6,900.
The event had a shortfall of ₹8,000 on the back of 44 entries, while the top 5 got paid.
Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD NLHE – Khelo365
Buy-in – ₹275
Entries – 44
Re-entries – 43
Prize Pool – ₹21,750
Places Paid – 9
‘harshak124’ bested ‘Devloper’ to conquer Khelo365’s ₹20K GTD Grinder 2.0 NLHE for ₹6,960.
A total of 87 entries helped crush the advertised guarantee and created a prize pool worth ₹21,750 shared among the last nine players.
This report was updated at 4 PM on 27.06.2020.
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