Daily Majors: Arikeri, Kochhar, Shukla & Saluja Dominate the Monday Marquees 

It’s been a consistent trend that the action starts off slow on Monday and gradually picks up the pace through the week. And yesterday again was a relatively low-key affair; the only silver lining was the start of Spartan Poker’s UVS Diwali Edition that will run through November 7. With the first-ever WPT Online India slated to start on November 5, expect fireworks to set off on the virtual felts much before Diwali.

Spartan Poker

Spartan Poker’s Monday signature tourney, the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Recharge, had an eventful run yesterday. Logging in 532 participants, the ₹2,200 entry buy-in tourney comfortably sailed past its advertised guarantee to register a ₹10.64 Lakhs prize pool. Play continued for nearly eight hours, at the end of which ‘Amitj29’ was the last player left standing. The mystery player struck a heads-up deal with Arjun ‘Don Julio’ Singh Kochhar to win their best-recorded score on Spartan Poker worth ₹1.79 Lakhs. Kochhar netted a second-place payout of ₹1.60 Lakhs, touching ₹64.06 Lakhs in recorded online earnings.

Sporting a ₹1,100 entry buy-in, The Flash pulled in 479 entrants that weren’t enough to avoid a shortfall of ₹71,000 on the advertised ₹5.5 Lakhs prize pool guarantee. ‘banjara1’ took down the event for ₹1.07 Lakh, while ‘Redbullwings’ came in second for ₹68,090.

Monday also marked the start of the Ultimate Value Series (UVS): Diwali Edition. This low-mid stakes series is slated to continue until November 7. The series hosted six events yesterday, and the day`s featured tourney was the ₹4.65 Lakhs GTD UVS#6 Monster Stack. Shivam ‘G.O.A.T.’ Shukla shipped the event for ₹93,233, even as ‘Gradatim Ferociter’ finished runner-up for ₹61,985. The ₹1,100 entry buy-in event wrangled in 420 entries to experience an overlay deficit of ₹45,000.

PokerStars India

Leading the charge on PokerStars India was the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Eliminator that pulled in 317 entries, overlaying ₹24,500. ‘ASHUTOSHKUMAR’ came out on top to clinch the title and the top prize of ₹93,496, after defeating Siddharth ‘siddonuts’ Pandey (runner-up for ₹58,012) in heads-up play. All ITM finishers picked up points towards the November “Star of the Month” leaderboard race.

The ₹1,100 entry buy-in ₹1 Lakhs GTD Bigstack Turbo attracted 92 runners (56 unique and 36 re-entries) to suffer an overlay shortfall of ₹8,000. Outlasting the field was one of last week’s toppers on the PokerStars India ‘Star of the Month’ leaderboard race – Umesh ‘dhondu.chilll’ Sharma. Sharma padded his bankroll by ₹22,373 after eliminating Swapnil ‘pokpom1’Patel (runner-up for ₹16,922) in second place.

The Eliminator title helped ‘ASHUTOSHKUMAR’ grab pole position in the Week #1 leaderboard race for November with 415 points. Umesh Sharma (300 points) and Siddharth Pandey (294 points) are currently ranked #2 and #3.

Adda52

Adda52’s Monday flagship, ₹10 Lakhs GTD Inception, ran from 8 PM to 3:02 AM, gathering a field of 282 contenders to overlay ₹1.04 Lakhs. Ravindra ‘wormhole’ Arikeri had a phenomenal October – most notably for the career-best ₹12.98 Lakhs that he won for placing runner-up in the ₹1 Crore GTD Full House Finale on October 11. He added yet another title to his tally by taking down the Inception for ₹2.56 Lakhs. Anonymous player ‘debapriya_12345’ finished runner-up for ₹1.52 Lakhs.

The ₹3 Lakhs GTD Hexagram locked in 127 entries to experience an overlay of ₹46,000. Coming out of an almost month-long absence, Pratibh’ MrGTO’ Saluja agreed to a heads-up chop with ‘ABSOLUTELY_NUTS,’ that saw the former banking ₹71,546 and the latter locking in ₹70,954.

PokerBaazi

PokerBaazi’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Bout registered 380 entries, resulting in a deficit of ₹50,000. Mystery user ‘avneet331’ raced past the field and bested Ashish ‘Notoriouskonvict’ Nailwal heads-up to claim the winner’s payday worth ₹2.10 Lakhs. Nailwal took home ₹1.47 Lakhs for his runner-up finish.

The champion has ₹5.82 Lakhs in recorded winnings on PokerBaazi and is in the red for ₹3.05 Lakhs. Nailwal, on the other hand, is sitting on ₹47.85 Lakhs in MTT winnings.

The other Monday winners were:

Recharge ₹10 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 243

Re-entries – 89

Re-buys – 200

Prize Pool – ₹10,64,000

Places Paid – 47

Spartan Poker’s Monday flagship, ₹10 Lakhs GTD Recharge, was one of the very few flagship tourneys that crushed its advertised guarantee yesterday. A turnout of 532 hopefuls helped generate a generous ₹10.64 Lakhs prize pool.

Running alongside the Inception (Adda52) and The Bout (PokerBaazi) in the 8 PM slot, the tourney saw ‘Amitj29’ taking down the title for ₹1.79 Lakhs after striking a heads-up deal with Arjun ‘Don Julio’ Singh Kochhar (runner-up for ₹1.60 Lakhs).

This happens to be the winner’s best finish on Spartan Poker, pushing their total recorded earnings on the site to ₹9.36 Lakhs (₹1.34 Lakhs in profit).

A former Millionaire X5 winner, Kochhar currently boasts of ₹30+ Lakhs in annual earnings, and even his lifetime record has surpassed the ₹64 Lakh-mark after this runner-up score.

Himadri ‘Hi mad’ Sr Pal (3rd for ₹98,739), Ritwik ‘Fisherman1997’ Khanna (4th for ₹79,906), Abhishek ‘abhiaum’ Chhajer (7th for ₹35,325), and Vishal ‘BLueWhale222’ Madan (8th for ₹25,962) FT-ed the tourney!

Final Table Results

1. Amitj29 – ₹1,78,869*
2. Arjun ‘Don Julio’ Singh Kochhar – ₹1,60,228*
3. Himadri ‘Hi mad’ Sr Pal – ₹98,739
4. Ritwik ‘Fisherman1997’ Khanna – ₹79,906
5. chotunikat – ₹62,989
6. Tiger10 – ₹48,093
7. Abhishek ‘abhiaum’ Chhajer – ₹35,325
8. Vishal ‘BLueWhale222’ Madan – ₹25,962
9. huskar123 – ₹21,280

*denotes a heads-up deal

Inception ₹10 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹3,500

Entries – 154

Re-entries – 128

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 30

Adda52’s Monday schedule was dominated by the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Inception that started at the primetime 8 PM slot. The tourney had 282 hopefuls (154 unique and 128 re-entries) vying for a prize pool share.

The site had to fill in an overlay of ₹1.04 Lakhs, and the top 30 finishers benefitted from this overlay value.

Topping the field was Adda52 regular Ravindra ‘wormhole’ Arikeri, who won ₹2.56 Lakhs for his dominating run in the tourney that went on for over seven hours.

Arikeri made headlines a couple of times last month. He earned himself a new career-best finish on October 11 when he finished runner-up in the ₹1 Crore GTD Full House Finale for ₹12.98 Lakhs. Two weeks later, on October 25, he shipped the ₹25 Lakhs GTD Adda52 Millions for ₹6.86 Lakhs.

Yesterday, Arikeri had to get past ‘debapriya_12345’ (runner-up for ₹1.52 Lakhs) in heads-up play to win the Inception. Neeraj ‘Kumartomar’ Kumar (3rd for ₹1.15 Lakhs) and Mahesh ‘mahikalra’ Shyamsundar (6th for ₹40,000) were others who FT-ed the tourney!

Final Table Results

1. Ravindra ‘wormhole’ Arikeri – ₹2,56,000
2. debapriya_12345 – ₹1,52,500
3. Neeraj ‘Kumartomar’ Kumar – ₹1,15,000
4. CHERRYPAJI – ₹85,000
5. Sreejith79 – ₹57,500
6. Mahesh ‘mahikalra’ Shyamsundar – ₹40,000

The Bout ₹10 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 223

Re-entries – 157

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 45

PokerBaazi’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Bout was another flagship that faltered on its guarantee, overlaying ₹50,000 on the back of 380 runners.

Starting at 8 PM, the tourney saw the mystery user ‘avneet331’ champion the tourney for ₹2.10 Lakhs. Ashish ‘Notoriouskonvict’ Nailwal came in second for ₹1.47 Lakhs.

MTT beast Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma (3rd for ₹94,500), TLB crusher Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPro’ Kumar (4th for ₹70,000), M Keerthi ‘pokerkid08’ Kumar (5th for ₹52,500), Vidhan ‘vidhan016’ Gupta (6th for ₹42,000), and Vinod ‘figureitout’ Megalmani (7th for ₹35,000) rounded out the FT finishers in the tourney!

Final Table Results

1. avneet331 – ₹2,10,000
2. Ashish ‘Notoriouskonvict’ Nailwal – ₹1,47,000
3. Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma – ₹94,500
4. Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPro’ Kumar – ₹70,000
5. M Keerthi ‘pokerkid08’ Kumar – ₹52,500
6. Vidhan ‘vidhan016’ Gupta – ₹42,000
7. Vinod ‘figureitout’ Megalmani – ₹35,000
8. bigfish12 – ₹28,000

Eliminator ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 174

Re-entries – 143

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 36

With October now in the rear-view mirror, the “Star of the Month” leaderboard race for November has taken flight. The first qualifying tourney awarding TLB points for Week #1 of the November leaderboards was the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Eliminator that started out at 7.30 PM and dragged in 317 entries (174 unique and 143 re-entries) by the time late registrations closed. This resulted in an overlay of ₹24,500, and 36 places got paid.

‘ASHUTOSHKUMAR’ proved the last player standing and banked ₹93,496 after a hands-up deal with Siddharth ‘siddonuts’ Pandey (2nd for ₹58,012).

Sagar ‘sagarpupull’ Choudhury finished 3rd for ₹37,499.

Final Table Results

1. ASHUTOSHKUMAR – ₹93,496*
2. Siddharth ‘siddonuts’ Pandey – ₹58,012*
3. Sagar ‘sagarpupull’ Choudhury – ₹37,499
4. raghav1990 – ₹31,601
5. ulta_chor – ₹21,616
6. kosmoz21 – ₹18,683
7. rish7777 – ₹13,976
8. RAV1619 – ₹16,135
9. gb253 – ₹8,227

*denotes heads-up deal

The Flash ₹5.5 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 252

Re-entries – 70

Re-buys – 157

Prize Pool – ₹5,50,000

Places Paid – 47

The other Monday headliner on Spartan Poker, the ₹5.5 Lakhs GTD The Flash, couldn`t quite generate the same interest as the ReCharge. It ended up logging in 479 entries to witness a shortfall of ₹71,000.

It took precisely seven hours and fifteen minutes of play for the anonymous user ‘banjara1’ to come out on top and win their best-recorded payday on the site worth ₹1.07 Lakhs. ‘Redbullwings’ finished runner-up for ₹68,090.

Advait ‘Ronaldinho18’ Rajguru (3rd for ₹51,040) and Mahesh ‘mariokart’ Shyamsundar (9th for ₹11,000) FT-ed the tourney!

Final Table Results

1. banjara1 – ₹1,07,195
2. Redbullwings – ₹68,090
3. Advait ‘Ronaldinho18’ Rajguru – ₹51,040
4. TPARTNER26 – ₹41,305
5. jmdjmd – ₹32,560
6. joey114114 – ₹24,860
7. BeBoT – ₹18,260
8. Dragon Kewe – ₹13,420
9. Mahesh ‘mariokart’ Shyamsundar – ₹11,000

UVS#6 Monster Stack ₹4.65 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 224

Re-entries – 80

Rebuys – 116

Prize Pool – ₹4,65,000

Places Paid – 39

Topping a field of 420 entries (224 unique, 80 re-entries, and 116 rebuys), Shivam ‘G.O.A.T.’ Shukla took down the ₹4.65 Lakhs GTD UVS#6 Monster Stack for ₹93,233. ‘Gradatim Ferociter’ banked the runner-up prize of ₹61,985.

Shukla`s career-best finish dates back two months ago to when he had won the GPS – Grand Ultron on the site for ₹4.70 Lakhs. His lifetime record has touched ₹63.58 Lakhs after his Monday night victory.

The ₹1,100 buy-in tourney witnessed an overlay of ₹45,000.

Ritik ‘gargritik’ Garg (4th for ₹36,596), Sanchit ‘scofield1210’ Nag (6th for ₹21,716), and Srijan ‘TheDawnFacere’ Batra (7th for ₹15,950) were the other FT finishers.

Hexagram ₹3 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 72

Re-entries – 55

Prize Pool – ₹3,00,000

Places Paid – 13

Besting 127 entries, Pratibh ‘MrGTO’ Saluja took down the ₹3 Lakhs GTD Hexagram on Adda52 for ₹71,546.

Starting at 9.30 PM, the tourney registered an overlay deficit of ₹46,000 and took nearly five hours to culminate.

Saluja’s final showdown over the title was against ‘ABSOLUTELY_NUTS,’ and the duo eventually agreed to a deal that saw the latter pocket a runner-up payday worth ₹70,954.

Monday Blues ₹75K GTD – PokerDangal

Buy-in – ₹440

Entries – 84

Re-entries – 54

Prize Pool – ₹75,000

Places Paid – 23

‘KillThemAll’ bested PokerDangal regular Somenn ‘Prokiller’ Singh (runner-up for ₹11,625) in heads-up play to win the ₹75K GTD Monday Blues for ₹15,750.

The event registered 138 players, falling ₹19,800 short of its listed prize pool guarantee.

Dhruv ‘Gowani123’ Jain (3rd for ₹8,812), and Jai ‘jaisharma13’ Sharma (5th for ₹5,062) FT-ed the tourney.

Pocket Jacks ₹75K GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 113

Re-entries – 41

Prize Pool – ₹75,000

Places Paid – 24

‘Acejpoker’ defeated Chanti ‘Baahubali’ Nayak in heads-up play to claim the bragging rights of winning Pocket52’s ₹75K GTD Pocket Jacks for ₹16,170. Nayak netted ₹11,935 for his runner-up finish.

Unravel ₹50K GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹440

Entries – 80

Re-entries – 55

Prize Pool – ₹54,000

Places Paid – 19

The user ‘Professor’ championed the ₹50K GTD Unravel, outlasting 135 runners to win ₹12,420. ‘Gautam12345666’ came in second for ₹8,910.

Mahesh Kumar ‘MaheshGupta’ Gupta (4th for ₹4,860) and Jeet ‘Tanmay007’ Mondal (5th for ₹3,780) FT-ed the tourney.

Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹275

Entries – 39

Re-entries – 38

Prize Pool – ₹20,000

Places Paid – 8

The user ‘Winner21’ outlasted the 77-entry field to win Khleo365’s ₹20K GTD Grinder 2.0 for ₹6,800.

This report was updated at 4:30 PM on 3.11.2020.

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