Daily Majors: Rajat Mahajan Champions APT Online India Main Event For ₹34.06 Lakhs; Vivekk Dube Wins Player of the Series Title

As always, the Tuesday flagships outdid the Monday turnouts. And matching the Millionaire Legends fervor from the day before was the APT Online Series India Main Event last night. Rajat Mahajan was named the first-ever APT Online India Main Event champion and won a career-best ₹34.06 Lakhs and the APT Trophy and Ring Set.

Tuesday marked the close of the inaugural APT Online series, with Vivekk Dube winning the APT Player of the Series (POS) title. Along with the ₹5.50 Lakhs cash prize, Dube collected the APT POS Trophy, an APT POS Ring, and a luxury watch!

PokerGuru Ambassadors won two tourneys on Tuesday, with Arjanveer Singh Chadha and Mithun Mahesh adding to the team`s tally!

Here are the Tuesday highlights.

Spartan Poker

The IOPC January series’s magnum opus, the ₹3.5 Crores GTD IOPC – The Crown, played out its second starting flight on Tuesday. The ₹11,000 entry buy-in tourney logged in 375 entries, increasing the total entry count to 825. Seventy-one players made it across to Day 2, and PokerGuru Ambassadors had a field day with as many as five of them bagging above-average chips. Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved walked away as the end of day chip leader with 218,456 in chips. Parikshit ‘zapdos1311’ Dhall (181,974), Ashutosh ‘SpewMonkey’ Balodhi (178,548), Vishal ‘CrownUpJr’ Bajaj (139,640), and Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja (135,224) were the other PokerGuru Staking players advancing to Day 2.

Six champions were crowded at the IOPC January edition on Tuesday. The most prominent of them, the ₹35 Lakhs GTD IOPC#84 Mega Stack, registered 1,074 entries, overlaying ₹2.78 Lakhs. Vinayak ‘haayegarmi’ Bajaj outlasted the competition to win his second-ever IOPC title, collecting a hefty ₹6.68 Lakhs cash prize. Bajaj had previously won the IOPC#39 Destiny Edition on January 19. Mayank ‘maglumagic27’ Gupta finished runner-up for ₹4.12 Lakhs.

Bajaj scored a smashing double victory last night as he also shipped the Tuesday flagship on Adda52, The Mint, for ₹3.72 Lakhs. With ₹10.40 Lakhs in total winnings for the day, Bajaj sent his online scorecard soaring to ₹3.3 Crores.

Abhishek ‘abhiaum’ Chhajer topped the 766-entry field in the ₹13 Lakhs GTD IOPC#85 to win ₹2.50 Lakhs. Sandeep ‘SandeeSingh’ Singh placed second for ₹1.58 Lakhs.

The ₹10 Lakhs GTD IOPC#86 – Destiny was taken down by Mayank ‘$Magician$’ Makhija, who bested Bhanu ‘spectre’ Prakash KC (runner-up for ₹1.42 Lakhs) heads-up to collect his second IOPC title and a ₹2.11 Lakhs payday.

The afternoon special ₹6.25 Lakhs GTD IOPC#82 had Unnikrishnan ‘parzival74’ Nair topping a 299-entry field to win ₹1.27 Lakhs. Amit ‘guru’ J settled for a runner-up finish worth ₹1.04 Lakhs.

Anand ‘OrnageZuce’ Babu Pallikona (IOPC#83 Deepstack Boost ₹4.5 Lakhs GTD for ₹1.09 Lakhs) and Akshay ‘cometodaddy’ Singh (IOPC#84 ₹4.75 Lakhs GTD for ₹92,150) took down the other IOPC titles on Tuesday.

A quick look at the ₹1 Crore GTD IOPC leaderboard standings and Kunal ‘NutsTodayBluffTomo’ Patni continues to hold on to the #1 position with 9,735 points. Bhanu ‘spectre’ Prakash KC (9,324 points) and PokerGuru Ambassador Parikshit ‘zapdos1311’ Dhal (8,736 points) are his closest competitors.

IOPC Leaderboard Standings After Day 13

PokerStars India

PokerStars India`s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Sixth Sense gathered 223 entrants, and the top 41 places benefitted from the ₹54,000 overlay shortfall. PokerGuru Ambassador Mithun ‘ThePokeRajaIN’ Mahesh shipped the tourney, collecting ₹92,186 after defeating Ayan ‘interalia_1’ Ray (runner-up for ₹66,829) in heads-up play. This happens to be Mahesh’s third final table finish this week and his second title victory.

The daily running Bigstack Turbo tourney returned to the site with a reduced ₹75K guarantee last night. A turnout of 53 entrants resulted in a significant ₹37,900 overlay. After almost three hours of play, the anonymous user ‘CS2Poker’ championed the tourney to win ₹18,228 following a heads-up deal with Akshay ‘VaahBhaiVaah’ Gupta (runner-up for ₹19,051).

The₹2 Lakhs GTD Uppercut Mini was championed by TLB crusher Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPro’ Kumar, who raked in ₹44,377!

All ITM finishers in the Sixth Sense and Bigstack Turbo collected TLB points for Week #1 of the “Star of the Month” – February leaderboard race. For more details and the latest leaderboard standings, visit the promotions page.

Adda52

The biggest guaranteed tourney running at Adda52 was the ₹15 Lakhs GTD The Mint. The Tuesday extravaganza brought in 419 entries, booking an overlay shortfall of ₹33,500. It took a little over seven hours of play for the IOPC #84 – Mega Stack champion Vinayak ‘bhai_on_mary_jane’ Bajaj to power his way through the competition to win ₹3.74 Lakhs. The double-victory fetched Bajaj a seven-figure payday worth 10.4 Lakhs. The anonymous user ‘Poker_king52’ came in second for ₹2.25 Lakhs.

Vaibhav ‘vaibss30’ Bhatia clinched his first tourney title on Adda52 in the ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD Voyager last night. Bhatia navigated his way to the top of the 288-entry field to collect ₹52,464. He struck a heads-up deal with ‘donkbet247’ (runner-up for ₹48,524).

PokerBaazi

The first-ever APT Online Series India wound down to culmination yesterday, and the closing day was marked by a set of five tourneys.

Grabbing the limelight was the ₹2 Crores GTD APT #52 Main Event that began Day 2 with 240 qualifying stacks. The tourney had registered a starting field of 1,932 entries from four starting flights. Trailblazing his way to the top was well-known MTT reg Rajat ‘happyfish’ Mahajan, who vanquished his heads-up opponent Nikhil ‘boatfish’ Mawandia (runner-up for ₹24.82 Lakhs) to pocket a jaw-dropping ₹34.06 Lakhs!

Apart from raking in his career-best score, Mahajan also won the coveted APT Trophy and APT Championship Ring while crossing ₹2.68 Crores in recorded winnings.

Shashank ‘Westworld’ Jain (4^th for ₹15.68 Lakhs), Divanshu ‘1diot’ Khurana (5^th for ₹12.44 Lakhs), and Rahul ‘pokerjoker’ Mittal (8^th for ₹5.28 Lakhs) were others who FT-ed the APT Main Event.

The ₹25 Lakhs GTD APT #53 Tuesday Major was the featured tourney event on the closing day of the series. Starting at 8 PM, the tourney recorded 545 entries to generate a profitable ₹27.25 Lakhs prize pool. Racing past them all was the first-ever Game Changer champion,

Prashanth ‘Iveyleague’ Sekar, who eliminated Raghunath ‘mittpop’ Mittal (runner-up for ₹3.71 Lakhs) in second place to win his first APT trophy and ₹5.29 Lakhs in prize money. This is Sekar`s first recorded title win of 2021, and the score has helped him cross ₹1.56 Crores in recorded earnings.

The runner-up Mittal finished 10^th in the APT #52 Main Event for ₹2.44 Lakhs, earning over ₹6.15 Lakhs yesterday.

The ₹10 Lakhs GTD APT #54 Turbo was the other featured tourney that overshot its listed guarantee with 412 entries collecting ₹10.30 Lakhs in the prize pool. The mystery user ‘macchi’ walked away with the title and the ₹2.16 Lakhs cash prize.

The first of the two PokerGuru Ambassadors who won a tourney title on Tuesday, Arjanveer Singh ‘holdbaby’ Chadha, topped the 382-strong field in the ₹5 Lakhs GTD APT #51 Turbo to collect ₹1.05 Lakhs. Dhruv ‘Gowani123’ Jain placed runner-up for ₹73,500.

Chadha had a breakout run on Tuesday with numerous deep runs fetching him over ₹3 Lakhs in total earnings. The Chandigarh-based pro has also lapped up over ₹42 Lakhs in recorded earnings this month, making him among the top five winners of the year (so far)! And – his blazing run last night has made him the latest entrant in the prestigious “6 Crore-Club.”

His top finishes include:

> 1^st in the APT #51 Turbo ₹5 Lakhs GTD for ₹1.05 Lakhs on PokerBaazi

> 4^th in The Mint for ₹1.20 Lakhs on Adda52

> 44^th in the APT #52 Main Event ₹2 Crores GTD for ₹44,000 on PokerBaazi

The last event of the series, the ₹3 Lakh GTD APT #55 After Party, was championed by Sandy ‘Ziigmund’ Lamba, who outran a field of 330 entries to win ₹72,900. Kuldeep ‘Bacchapro’ Jorwal placed runner-up for ₹51,150.

With the APT Online Series India in the rear-view mirror, the leaderboard standings have also been formalized. Vivekk ‘Vivek25’ Dube sits on top of the series’ leaderboard with 7,259 points. Along with the APT Player of the Series (POS) title, Dube bagged the APT POS Trophy, APT POS Ring, a luxury watch, and a ₹5.5 Lakhs cash prize. Aditya ‘adti11’ Kulkarni (6,693 points) and Bhanu Prakash ‘Chennaino1’ KC (6,544 points) placed second and third, respectively. Kulkarni collected ₹4.25 Lakhs and the APT Trophy, while Prakash received ₹3.45 Lakhs and the APT Trophy.

The top 25 ranked players took a bite out of the ₹28 Lakhs leaderboard prize pool.

APT Online Series India Leaderboard Standings

The other Tuesday winners were:

IOPC – The Crown ₹3.5 Crores GTD Day 1B – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 223

Re-entries – 61

Re-buys – 91

Survivors – 71

The second starting flight of the series’ showstopper, the ₹3.5 Crores IOPC – The Crown, gathered 375 entries, and 71 among them survived.

PokerGuru Ambassador Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved, who was in the news lately for his FT (fifth-place) finish in the IOPC Millionaire Legends ₹9.39 Lakhs, is looking in great form for another deep run. The MTT pro had a strong run on Tuesday and bagged 218,456 in chips to take the chip lead.

It`s been a fantastic IOPC so far for Team PokerGuru. So it comes as no surprise that the top 10 chip counts featured as astounding five PokerGuru Ambassadors. With Kartik Ved at the top, Parikshit ‘zapdos1311’ Dhall (181,974), Ashutosh ‘SpewMonkey’ Balodhi (178,548), Vishal ‘CrownUpJr’ Bajaj (139,640) and Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja (135,224) were the other prominent names on the list!

Anirban ‘pokernoob’ D Das (158,269), Rachit ‘Ganja_babe’ Soni (149,952), Rajeev ‘onlywinner007’ Atal (133,870), and Harshit ‘HeroCaller’ Sanghi (124,906) were others who bagged above-average stacks.

With two starting flights now in the books, the tourney has already registered 825 entries. 154 players have made the cut for Day 2 already.

The third starting flight, Day 1C, is underway on the site since 6 PM.

Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1B

1. Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved – 218,456
2. Parikshit ‘zapdos1311’ Dhall – 181,974
3. Ashutosh ‘SpewMonkey’ Balodhi – 178,548
4. Anirban ‘pokernoob’ D Das – 158,269
5. Rachit ‘Ganja_babe’ Soni – 149,952
6. TwoDonksOneCup – 148,351
7. Vishal ‘CrownUpJr’ Bajaj – 139,640
8. Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja – 135,224
9. Rajeev ‘onlywinner007’ Atal – 133,870
10. Harshit ‘HeroCaller’ Sanghi – 124,906

APT #52 Main Event ₹2 Crore GTD Day 2 – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 1,932

Prize Pool – ₹2,00,00,000

Places Paid – 193

The piece de’ resistance of the inaugural APT Online Series India, the ₹2 Crores GTD APT #52 Main Event, wrangled in 1,932 entries over four starting flights, the last of which was played on Sunday. The 11,000 entry buy-in tourney needed 2,000 entries to break-even and ended up filling in ₹6.80 Lakhs in overlays.

240 qualifiers came to play Day 2 at 6.30 PM on Tuesday. The action was fast and furious. In under six hours of play, seasoned MTT pro Rajat ‘happyfish’ Mahajan beat out Nikhil ‘boatfish’ Mawandia (runner-up for ₹24.82 Lakhs) heads-up to win the coveted title and a career-best ₹34.06 Lakhs.

Mahajan’s brilliant show last night not only fetched him his first-ever APT trophy but also the APT Ring Set.

Shashank ‘Westworld’ Jain (4^th for ₹15.68 Lakhs), Divanshu ‘1diot’ Khurana (5^th for ₹12.44 Lakhs), and Rahul ‘pokerjoker’ Mittal (8^th for ₹5.28 Lakhs) were some other known names who FT-ed the tourney.

Nishant ‘nishant177’ Sharma (9^th for ₹3.58 Lakhs), APT#53 Tuesday Major runner-up finisher Raghunath ‘mittpop’ Mittal (10^th for ₹2.44 Lakhs), Binit ‘punter27’ Saraf (12^th for ₹1.52 Lakhs), bracelet winner Abhinav ‘griezmann’ Iyer (14^th for ₹1.52 Lakhs), Sahil ‘ImHighIshove’ Mahboobani (15^th for ₹1 Lakh), Amar ‘kidpoker0109’ Mehta (16^th for ₹1 Lakh), Shivam Kumar ‘barbarik12’ Singh (17^th for ₹1 Lakh), Armaan ‘Armaan007’ Kochhar (19^th for ₹70,000, and Kamal ‘Identity’ Naruka (20^th for ₹70,000) were others who posted a deep run in the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Rajat ‘happyfish’ Mahajan – ₹34,06,000
2. Nikhil ‘boatfish’ Mawandia – ₹24,82,000
3. sidkid – ₹19,54,000
4. Shashank ‘Westworld’ Jain – ₹15,68,000
5. Divanshu ‘1diot’ Khurana – ₹12,44,000
6. TheMathematician – ₹9,66,000
7. iceofspades – ₹7,38,000
8. Rahul ‘pokerjoker’ Mittal – ₹5,28,000

IOPC#84 Mega Stack ₹35 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹3,300

Entries – 488

Re-entries – 181

Re-buys – 405

Prize Pool – ₹35,00,000

Places Paid – 95

The ₹35 Lakhs GTD IOPC#84 Mega Stack was the day`s featured tourney on Spartan Poker. With a starting field of 1,074 entries signing up to play for ₹3,300, the site had to fill in an overlay worth ₹2.78 Lakhs.

It was a red-letter day for Vinayak ‘haayegarmi’ Bajaj, who championed the tourney to collect a hefty ₹6.67 Lakhs payday. This was his second IOPC title for Bajaj in less than 10 days, having previously won the ₹10 Lakhs GTD IOPC#39 Destiny IOPC Edition for ₹1.94 Lakhs.

What made the win even more special for Bajaj was that he had just won Add52’s Tuesday flagship tourney, The Mint, for ₹3.72 Lakhs less than an hour ago. The double-victory fetched him his biggest single-day haul worth ₹10.39 Lakhs.

Mayank ‘maglumagic27’ Gupta finished runner-up for ₹4.12 Lakhs, while Varun ‘Wazza92’ Vikrant Pande rounded out the top three payouts, placing third for ₹2.94 Lakhs.

Kanav ‘SneakyBlinders’ Parwal (4th for ₹2.25 Lakhs), Armaan ‘space ace’ Kochhar (5th for ₹1.78 Lakhs), and Chirag ‘Chiragkhandelwal’ Khandelwal (7th for ₹1.01 Lakhs) also earned final table payouts.

Final Table Results

1. Vinayak ‘haayegarmi’ Bajaj – ₹6,67,800
2. Mayank ‘maglumagic27’ Gupta – ₹4,12,300
3. Varun ‘Wazza92’ Vikrant Pande – ₹2,94,700
4. Kanav ‘SneakyBlinders’ Parwal – ₹2,25,750
5. Armaan ‘space ace’ Kochhar – ₹1,78,850
6. Rushonflush – ₹1,39,300
7. Chirag ‘Chiragkhandelwal’ Khandelwal – ₹1,01,500
8. Zen_Master – ₹69,370

APT#53 Tuesday Major ₹25 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 277

Re-entries – 268

Prize Pool – ₹27,25,000

Places Paid – 63

The ₹25 Lakhs GTD APT #53 Tuesday Major was the last trophy event on the schedule. The event dragged in 545 entries to register a guarantee-smashing ₹27.25 Lakhs prize pool. Taking his run to the finish line was the first-ever Game Changer champion Prashanth ‘Iveyleague’ Sekar, who won ₹5.29 Lakhs after beating Raghunath ‘mittpop’ Mittal (runner-up for ₹3.71 Lakhs) in heads-up play.

Sekar’s lifetime record has crossed ₹1.56 Crores after last night`s win.

The runner-up, Mittal, placed 10^th in the APT #52 Main Event for ₹2.44 Lakhs.

Pranav ‘pranavpoker’ Khandalkar (3^rd for ₹2.39 Lakhs), PokerGuru Ambassador Madhav ‘goacartel’ Gupta (4^th for ₹1.77 Lakhs), Young Gun Gaurav ‘gaug17’ Sood (5^th for ₹1.32 Lakhs), Akshay ‘AkshayP’ Pathak (6^th for ₹1.06 Lakhs), Shiv ‘Darkside2dot0’ Varma (7^th for ₹88,560) and Saurabh ‘twister’ Rohila (8^th for ₹70,580) were the other players to feature on the FT.

Final Table Results

1. Prashanth ‘Iveyleague’ Sekar – ₹5,29,000
2. Raghunath ‘mittpop’ Mittal – ₹3,71,000
3. Pranav ‘pranavpoker’ Khandalkar – ₹2,39,000
4. Madhav ‘goacartel’ Gupta – ₹1,77,000
5. Gaurav ‘gaug17’ Sood – ₹1,32,000
6. Akshay ‘AkshayP’ Pathak – ₹1,06,000
7. Shiv ‘Darkside2dot0’ Varma – ₹88,560
8. Saurabh ‘twister’ Rohila – ₹70,580

The Mint ₹15 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹3,850

Entries – 222

Re-entries – 197

Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000

Places Paid – 43

Adda52`s Tuesday night extravaganza, the ₹15 Lakhs GTD The Mint, brought in 419 entries, overlaying ₹33,500.

After seven and a half hours of play, IOPC #84 – Mega Stack winner Vinayak ‘bhai_on_mary_jane’ Bajaj championed the tourney for ₹3.72 Lakhs. The anonymous ‘Poker_king52’ came in second for ₹2.25 Lakhs.

The two titles fetched Bajaj ₹10.4 Lakhs in total earnings, crossing ₹3.3 Crores in lifetime earnings.

Nitin ‘Bigbluffs’ Arora (3^rd for ₹1.58 Lakhs), Young Gun Ujjwal ‘fourteenk’ Narwal (5^th for ₹78,000), Raghav ‘Raghavv’ Siddalinga (8^th for ₹33,750), and PokerGuru Ambassadors Arjanveer ‘arjan30’ Singh Chadha (4^th for ₹1.2 Lakhs), Vivek ‘vivek94540’ Singh (7^th for ₹41,250) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Vinayak ‘bhai_on_mary_jane’ Bajaj – ₹3,72,000
2. Poker_king52 – ₹2,25,000
3. Nitin ‘Bigbluffs’ Arora – ₹1,57,500
4. Arjanveer ‘arjan30’ Singh Chadha – ₹1,20,000
5. Ujjwal ‘fourteenk’ Narwal – ₹78,000
6. sep1994 – ₹52,500
7. Vivek ‘vivek94540’ Singh – ₹41,250
8. Raghav ‘Raghavv’ Siddalinga – ₹33,750

IOPC#85 ₹13 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 368

Re-entries – 108

Rebuys – 290

Prize Pool – ₹13,00,000

Places Paid – 71

Abhishek ‘abhiaum’ Chhajer was the last player standing in Spartan Poker`s ₹13 Lakhs GTD IOPC#85 and won ₹2.51 Lakhs. Chhajer championed a 766-entry field and defeated the former MoneyMaker champion and Saturday’s House Party winner, Sandeep ‘SandeeSingh’ Singh (runner-up for ₹1.58 Lakhs) heads-up.

Jasven ‘Ponkey’ Saigal (3^rd for ₹1.13), Myron ‘Zzzzz369’ Pereira (4^th for ₹89,180), Pulkit ‘MAAHI MAAREGAA’ Mehra (5th for ₹68,738), Arun ‘kyachahiye’ Shankar (7^th for ₹39,428), and PokerGuru Ambassador Tathagata ‘RadioActivity’ Sengupta (8^th for ₹28,730) were others who FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Abhishek ‘abhiaum’ Chhajer – ₹2,50,900
2. Sandeep ‘SandeeSingh’ Singh – ₹1,58,080
3. Jasven ‘Ponkey’ Saigal – ₹1,13,230
4. Myron ‘Zzzzz369’ Pereira – ₹89,180
5. Pulkit ‘MAAHI MAAREGAA’ Mehra – ₹68,738
6. Nik9 – ₹54,730
7. Arun ‘kyachahiye’ Shankar – ₹39,428
8. Tathagata ‘RadioActivity’ Sengupta – ₹28,730

APT#54 Turbo ₹10 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 222

Re-entries – 190

Prize Pool – ₹10,30,000

Places Paid – 45

PokerBaazi’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD APT #54 Turbo registered 412 entries to collect ₹10.30 Lakhs in the prize pool. The mystery player ‘macchi’ came out on top to win ₹2.16 Lakhs, with ‘Jougan’ placing runner-up for ₹1.51 Lakhs.

Vivekk ‘Vivek25’ Dube (3^rd for ₹97,340), Sandeep ‘effuno’ Varma RS (4^th for ₹72,100), PokerGuru Ambassador Ankit ‘d00mtr00p3r’ Wadhawan (5^th for ₹54,080), Guruprasad ‘fish_calling’ Gupta (7^th for ₹36,050) and Shivam ‘shivam699’ Khandelwal (8^th for ₹28,840) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. macchi – ₹2,16,000
2. Jougan – ₹1,51,000
3. Vivekk ‘Vivek25’ Dube – ₹97,340
4. Sandeep ‘effuno’ Varma RS – ₹72,100
5. Ankit ‘d00mtr00p3r’ Wadhawan – ₹54,080
6. tran – ₹43,260
7. Guruprasad ‘fish_calling’ Gupta – ₹36,050
8. Shivam ‘shivam699’ Khandelwal – ₹28,840

IOPC#86 – Destiny – IOPC Edition ₹10 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 197

Re-entries – 57

Rebuys – 128

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 31

Spartan Poker’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD IOPC #54 Destiny IOPC Edition logged in 382 entries, falling ₹2.36 Lakhs short of breaking even.

Mayank ‘$Magician$’ Makhija navigated his way through the reg-laden field, defeating the well-respected TLB crusher Bhanu ‘spectre’ Prakash KC (runner-up for ₹1.42 Lakhs) heads-up to win his second career IOPC title. Along with the win, Makhija banked ₹2.11 Lakhs and a berth in the IOPC Destiny Finale on January 31.

Pranjal ‘lilmessipranjal’ Gandhi (3^rd for ₹1 Lakh), PokerGuru Ambassador and last week`s IOPC #59 – TGIF winner, Parikshit ‘zapdos1311’ Dhall (4^th for ₹81,400), Debneil ‘ChhotaDon’ Mukherjee (5^th for ₹64,400), and APT#24 PLO Highroller champion, Karan ‘Junior-KK’ Kapur (8^th for ₹26,100) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Mayank ‘$Magician$’ Makhija – ₹2,11,500
2. Bhanu ‘spectre’ Prakash KC – ₹1,42,400
3. Pranjal ‘lilmessipranjal’ Gandhi – ₹1,00,400
4. Parikshit ‘zapdos1311’ Dhall – ₹81,400
5. Debneil ‘ChhotaDon’ Mukherjee – ₹64,400
6. JollyGuy – ₹47,401
7. 1Legend91 – ₹35,700
8. Karan ‘Junior-KK’ Kapur – ₹26,100

IOPC#82 FO ₹6.25 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 144

Re-entries – 52

Rebuys – 103

Prize Pool – ₹6,25,000

Places Paid – 27

The afternoon special ₹6.25 Lakhs GTD IOPC#82 FO recorded a marginal ₹27,000 overlay from an entry-field of 299 players.

Unnikrishnan ‘parzival74’ Nair championed the tourney to win ₹1.27 Lakhs. Amit ‘guru’ J settled for a runner-up finish worth ₹1.04 Lakhs.

Rugal ‘jethalaal’ Advani (4^th for ₹50,807), Priyank ‘Piko’ Kothari (6^th for ₹32,125), Vishal ‘Darky012’ Ojha (7^th for ₹23,375), and Sumit ‘Sands Myth’ Sapra (8^th for ₹16,938) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Unnikrishnan ‘parzival74’ Nair – ₹1,27,258
2. Amit ‘guru’ J – ₹1,04,617
3. RedDevils4 – ₹62,482
4. Rugal ‘jethalaal’ Advani – ₹50,807
5. DownLord – ₹41,813
6. Priyank ‘Piko’ Kothari – ₹32,125
7. Vishal ‘Darky012’ Ojha – ₹23,375
8. Sumit ‘Sands Myth’ Sapra – ₹16,938

APT#51 Turbo ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹1,375

Entries – 197

Re-entries – 182

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 45

The ₹5 Lakhs GTD APT#51 Turbo recorded an overlay of ₹22,500 on the back of 382 entries, and the top 45 places boarded the money bus.

PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer ‘holdbaby’ Singh Chadha persisting with his fantastic form, championed the tourney to collect ₹1.05 Lakhs. Dhruv ‘Gowani123’ Jain finished runner-up for ₹73,500.

Young Gun Gaurav ‘gaug17’ Sood (3^rd for ₹47,250), Aditya ‘KesarDa’ Kesharwani (4^th for ₹35,000), Vivekk ‘Vivek25’ Dube (5^th for ₹26,250), Mohak ‘Tiltin’ Kapoor (6^th for ₹21,000), and Prakash ‘pinnug’ Gupta (7^th for ₹17,500) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Arjanveer ‘holdbaby’ Singh Chadha – ₹1,05,000
2. Dhruv ‘Gowani123’ Jain – ₹73,500
3. Gaurav ‘gaug17’ Sood – ₹47,250
4. Aditya ‘KesarDa’ Kesharwani – ₹35,000
5. Vivekk ‘Vivek25’ Dube – ₹26,250
6. Mohak ‘Tiltin’ Kapoor – ₹21,000
7. Prakash ‘pinnug’ Gupta – ₹17,500
8. borntrouble – ₹14,000

Sixth Sense ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 118

Re-entries – 105

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 41

PokerStars India’s Tuesday primetime tourney, the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Sixth Sense, registered a shortfall of ₹54,000 and paid out 41 places.

PokerGuru Ambassador Mithun ‘ThePokeRajaIN’ Mahesh raced past the competition to win ₹92,186, with Ayan ‘interalia_1’ Ray finishing runner-up for ₹66,829. This happens to Mahesh’s third final table finish of the week – his second tourney victory. The Tuesday score has helped him cross ₹1.82 Crores in lifetime earnings.

Bharath ‘hzgod’ Kumar (4^th for ₹35,120), PokerGuru Ambassador Devvrat ‘bhasm@sur1’ Arya (5^th for ₹25,460), and Hitesh ‘hiteshbhai999’ Batra (7^th for ₹15,150) also FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Mithun ‘ThePokeRajaIN’ Mahesh – ₹92,186
2. Ayan ‘interalia_1’ Ray – ₹66,829
3. getsetgo666 – ₹48,446
4. Bharath ‘hzgod’ Kumar – ₹35,120
5. Devvrat ‘bhasm@sur1’ Arya – ₹25,460
6. ignorance001 – ₹18,457
7. Hitesh ‘hiteshbhai999’ Batra – ₹15,150

Republic Day Special ₹3 Lakhs GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 96

Re-entries – 18

Prize Pool – ₹3,00,000

Places Paid – 20

The Khelo365-hosted ₹3 Lakhs GTD Republic Day Special crowned ‘Neerajsh99’ the champion, who lapped up the ₹75,000 first-place cash prize. Khelo365 crusher ‘Banerjee’ came in second for an equally handsome ₹54,000.

Voyager ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 145

Re-entries – 83

Prize Pool – ₹2,50,000

Places Paid – 24

Adda52’s ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD Voyager clocked in 228 runners to post an overlay deficit of ₹22,000.

Starting at 9:30 PM, the battle continued till 3:02 AM. Vaibhav ‘vaibss30’ Bhatia emerged as the victor, booking his first recorded title on the site for ₹52,464. ‘donkbet247’ came in second, collecting ₹48,524 after a heads-up chop. After this win, Bhatia’s lifetime scores have touched ₹59.33 Lakhs.

Arpan ‘Distroyer’ Majhi (4^th for ₹21,500), Himanshu ‘pirateking7’ Arora (5^th for ₹15,000), and Saahib ‘saahib’ Bawa (7th for ₹8,125) FT-ed the tourney.

Battlefield Tuesday ₹1 Lakh GTD – PokerDangal

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 64

Re-entries – 19

Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000

Places Paid – 13

The anonymous user ‘aayush720’ championed PokerDangal’s ₹1 Lakh GTD Battlefield Tuesday for ₹24,500, with ‘RootsShanti’ walking away with a runner-up payout worth ₹18,500.

Bigstack Turbo ₹75K GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹770

Entries – 40

Re-entries – 13

Prize Pool – ₹75,000

Places Paid – 9

The ₹75K GTD Bigstack Turbo pulled in 53 entrants, and the top nine places benefitted from the ₹37,900 overlay value added by the site. After almost three hours of play, ‘CS2Poker’ claimed the title for ₹18,228 following a heads-up deal with Akshay ‘VaahBhaiVaah’ Gupta (runner-up for ₹19,051).

Pocket Jacks ₹75K GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 79

Re-entries – 42

Prize Pool – ₹75,000

Places Paid – 17

Pocket52’s ₹75K GTD Pocket Jacks registered 121 entries to leave an overlay of ₹14,500. Topping them all was ‘Mane,’ who won a cash prize worth ₹17,250 after defeating ‘kamikaze212’ (runner-up for ₹12,375) heads-up.

Unravel ₹50K GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹440

Entries – 63

Re-entries – 37

Prize Pool – ₹50,000

Places Paid – 15

Ronit ‘Ace_of_Spades’ Saha shipped the ₹50K GTD Unravel on Pocket52 last night. Janani ‘Khapa’ Ghosh finished runner-up for ₹8,500.

Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹275

Entries – 39

Re-entries – 10

Prize Pool – ₹20,000

Places Paid – 5

Khelo365`s daily tourney, the ₹20K GTD Grinder 2.0, was taken down by ‘Gautham010,’ who added ₹8,600 to their poker bankroll.

This report was updated at 6:30 PM on 27.01.2020.

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