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Thursday brought on an action-packed day of tournament action with Spartan Poker’s Grand Poker Series and PokerBaazi`s PMVS steering the action. With top pros like Sahil Chuttani, Sahil Mahboobani, Alok Birewar, Danish Shaikh, and Sahil Agarwal earning the big bucks, let’s revisit what went down yesterday!
The head-turner of the day, the GPS High Roller, offered the most massive guarantee among all the flagships last night – a whopping ₹60 Lakhs GTD. The ₹27,500 buy-in tourney logged in 225 entrants (117 unique players, 70 re-entries and 38 re-buys) that resulted in a shortfall of ₹3.75 Lakhs. In the end, it was the anonymous poker phenom ‘Tiger10,’ who walked away with the title and the ₹13.29 Lakhs first-place prize after besting MTT crusher Sahil ‘$lim$hady19’ Chuttani heads-up (runner-up for ₹8.97 Lakhs).
Another crowd-pleaser, the GPS Ultron, crushed its ₹25 Lakhs guarantee by logging in a prize pool of ₹26.72 Lakhs from a turnout of 668 entries (335 unique, 121 re-entries, and 212 re-buys). MTT beast Sahil ‘Variance’ Agarwal collected the most significant piece of the prize pool worth ₹4.40 Lakhs after striking a heads-up deal with Sriharsha ‘Potato Player’ Doddapaneni (runner-up for ₹4.02 Lakhs).
The other Thursday marquee tourney, the GPS Monster Stack ₹6 Lakhs GTD, was taken down by ‘prasun2329,’ who earned a paycheck of ₹1.47 Lakhs following a heads-up deal with ‘Terrier’ (runner-up for ₹1.20 Lakhs).
At PokerBaazi, the PMVS HR Summit failed to break-even on its ₹30 Lakhs prize pool guarantee. Sporting a buy-in of ₹11,000, the event recorded a player pool of 296 entries (180 unique entries and 116 re-entries), falling ₹40,000 short. Well-known pro Sahil ‘ImHighIshove’ Mahboobani triumphed over the field to win 6.63 Lakhs after defeating ‘boomshankara’ (runner-up for ₹4.65 Lakhs) heads-up.
The PMVS MegaStack ₹10 Lakhs GTD pulled in 334 challengers (183 entries and 151 re-entries), and topping them all was ‘TheEndgame’ who defeated Aviral ‘neverfoldlaundry’ Jain (runner-up for ₹1.55 Lakhs) heads-up to bank the ₹2.21 Lakhs top prize. Summit champion Mahboobani FTed the tourney, placing fifth for ₹55,510.
Adda52’s Thursday flagship Godfather saw 607 participants (309 unique and 298 re-entries) pony-up the ₹5,500 buy-in, leading to a prize pool collection ₹30.35 Lakhs – well short of the posted ₹35 Lakhs guarantee. Racing ahead of the rest, Alok ‘apb1989’ Birewar denied the formidable poker pro and coach (and a former PokerGuru Team Member) Danish ‘King0fMerge’ Shaikh (runner-up for ₹4.94 Lakhs) the title and won ₹6.34 Lakhs in first-place prize money.
Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall was the other podium finisher at Adda52 last night as he claimed his second Hexagram title of the week, outlasting 147 entries (85 unique and 62 re-entries) to win ₹71,039.
PokerStars India`s Thursday mainstay, the Highroller ₹15 Lakhs GTD, gathered a crowd of 221 entrants (134 unique participants and 87 re-entries), resulting in a prize pool collection of ₹15.47 Lakhs. Seasoned pro Rajat ‘sharabikebabi’ Sharma obliterated the competition to capture the title along with the top prize of ₹3.03 Lakhs. ‘AceOfD!@mond’ finished runner-up for ₹1.82 Lakhs.
The site’s Battle Royale Mini smashed it’s advertised ₹5 Lakhs GTD to smithereens after 258 entries (157 unique entries and 101 re-entries) ponied up the ₹2,750 buy-in, and the top 41 places won a share of the ₹6.45 Lakhs prize pool. Championing the event was Vishal ‘DeadGrinder1’ Madan’ who defeated Rishab ‘riverrshiverr’ Jain (2nd for ₹89,905) heads-up to win the title and the ₹1.41 Lakhs cash prize that came with it!
The other Wednesday winners were:
Player | Prize Money | Event | Poker Site |
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prasun2329 | ₹1.47 Lakhs | GPS#23 Monster Stack ₹6 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
Hondrick | ₹1.44 Lakhs | GPS#24 Destiny Jr ₹5 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
Rony 'bisadip176' Chowdhury | ₹1.24 Lakhs | PMVS#7 ₹5 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
Anish 'THENUTS' Suri | ₹78,000 | PMVS#10 ₹3 Lakhs GTD KO | PokerBaazi |
Siddartha 'siddyk20' Khandelwal | ₹73,540 | PMVS#6 ₹3 Lakhs GTD (8-Max) | PokerBaazi |
Nuttrino | ₹71,112 | GPS#20 Monster Stack ₹3.5 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
hipku boy | ₹58,163 | Night Rider - DeepStack Turbo ₹2.75 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
Mein Kampf | ₹46,080 | Ultimate PLO ₹2 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
Deep 'saviordeep' Bhavsar | ₹37,188 | GPS#19 NLHE ₹2 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
Arunav ‘frankie08’ Mittal | ₹28,560 | Warrior Arena ₹1.2 Lakhs GTD | Poker Dangal |
harshak124 | ₹12,000 | Hitman ₹30K GTD PLO | Khelo365 |
kumaraniket | ₹7,200 | Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD | Khelo365 |
MUSA1432 | ₹5,168 | Bounty Hunterzzz ₹15K GTD Knockout | Khelo365 |
Buy-in – ₹27,500
Entries – 117
Re-entries – 70
Re-buys – 38
Prize Pool – ₹60,00,000
Places Paid – 27
The costliest event on Spartan Poker’s schedule last night was the ₹27,500 (includes ₹2,500 fees) buy-in GPS High Roller ₹60 Lakhs GTD. The event managed to register 225 entries (117 unique, 70 re-entries and 38 re-buys), suffering a sizable overlay of ₹3.75 Lakhs.
Anonymous user ‘Tiger10’ raced past the field to claim the single-largest score of the day, worth an impressive ₹13.29 Lakhs. Seasoned pro and former Young Gun Sahil ‘$lim$hady19’ Chuttani finished second for an equally commendable ₹8.97 Lakhs in prize money. This win has catapulted Chuttani to the #4 spot on the weekly online cashes leaderboard with ₹11.09 Lakhs in winnings.
Nitin ‘hoodlincs’ Jain (4th for ₹5.03 Lakhs), Manish ‘potlords’ Gandhi (6th for ₹2.24 Lakhs), and Kunal ‘TiltAtma’ Patni (9th for ₹1.34 Lakhs) were the other notables who FTed the tourney.
Final Table Results
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 180
Re-entries – 116
Prize Pool – ₹30,00,000
Places Paid – 36
PokerBaazi`s Thursday flagship PMVS HR Summit ₹30 Lakhs GTD suffered an overlay of ₹40,000 on the back of 296 entries (180 unique and 116 re-entries).
Seasoned pro Sahil ‘ImHighIshove’ Mahboobani was back to his winning form as he took down the title for ₹6.63 Lakhs after besting ‘boomshankara’ (runner-up for ₹4.65 Lakhs) heads-up.
The FT was flooded with online regs like Aditya ‘adit11’ Kulkarni (3rd for ₹2,99,000), Ritwik ‘Ritwikkhanna’ Khanna(4th for ₹2,21,000), Sanket ‘blackcod’ Arora (5th for ₹1,66,000), Yohan ‘AllinMaestro’ Patel (6th for ₹1,33,000), PokerGuru Ambassador Madhav ‘goacartel’ Gupta (7th for ₹1,10,000), Raghav ‘thatssosick’ Bansal (8th for ₹88,500), and Hitesh ‘hiteshbhai’ Batra (9th for ₹66,300).
Final Table Results
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 309
Re-Entries – 298
Prize Pool – ₹30,35,008
Places Paid – 63
The marquee event on Adda52’s Thursday schedule, the Godfather ₹30 Lakhs GTD, attracted a gigantic playing field of 607 hopefuls (309 unique and 298 re-entries), to run past its ₹30 Lakhs guarantee by generating ₹30.35 Lakhs in the prize pool.
Alok ‘apb1989’ Birewar was the last one standing in the reg-laden field after defeating Danish ‘king0fmerge’ Shaikh heads-up and won the title along with ₹6.35 Lakhs as the first-place prize. Shaikh settled for ₹4.94 Lakhs for his runner-up finish.
This was Birewar’s second Godfather title boosting his overall winnings to ₹1.29 Crores. This also happens to be his second-largest online score to date. His best score came in April when he placed second in the Holdem High Roller for ₹7.48 Lakhs.
Among the slew of notables that posted deep runs in the event was Yohan ‘allinmaestro’ Patel (3rd for ₹2.76 Lakhs), Young Gun Siddharth ‘skaria1’ Karia (4th for ₹2.12 Lakhs), India Poker Champion Rubin ‘kornkif’ Labroo (5th for ₹1.52 Lakhs), Vikas ‘vikas267’ Yadav (6th for ₹1.06 Lakhs), Akshay ‘vibaks’ Nasa (7th for ₹83,463), Chirag ‘cs56’ Sodha (8th for ₹60,700), and Dhinesh ‘dinzy009’ Kumar (9th for ₹45,525).
Final Table Results
Buy-in – ₹4,400
Entries – 335
Re-entries – 121
Re-buys – 212
Prize Pool – ₹26,72,000
Places Paid – 63
Well-known reg and poker coach Sahil Agarwal had a phenomenal start to 2020 when he took down the PHP 20K Kickoff at the PokerStars LIVE Red Dragon Manila in January for PHP 1,575,000 (~₹22.11 Lakhs). While the live scene has shut down in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, Agarwal has continued his stellar run on the virtual felts. He shipped Spartan Poker’s SSS#44 Super High Roller ₹55 Lakhs GTD for a colossal ₹21.12 Lakhs on March 19. However, his personal-best online score of ₹50 Lakhs came in the second edition of Adda52’s AOPS Main Event ₹2 Crores GTD on April 12.
Agarwal mounted his winning form again last night when playing under the moniker ‘Variance’, he championed the GPS Ultron ₹25 Lakhs GTD on Spartan Poker for ₹4.40 Lakhs. A heads-up deal saw Sriharsha ‘Potato Player’ Doddapaneni finishing runner-up for ₹4.02 Lakhs.
The event garnered 668 entries (335 unique, 121 re-entries, and 212 re-buys), leading to a prize pool collection of ₹26.72 Lakhs.
Mystery user ‘McFly’, who had placed seventh in the High Roller, finished third for ₹2.33 Lakhs. Other well-known names on the final table included Young Gun Gaurav ‘mozzie17’ Sood (5h for ₹1.45 Lakhs), Summit champion Sahil ‘ImHighIshove’ Mahboobani (6th for ₹1.14 Lakhs) and former Millionaire champions Chirag ‘chilling’ Sodha (8th for ₹60,922) and Mahima ‘mambojojo’ Walia Das (9th for ₹48,630).
Final Table Results
Buy-in – ₹7,700
Entries – 134
Re-entries – 87
Prize Pool – ₹15,47,000
Places Paid – 34
The ₹7,700 buy-in Highroller ₹15 Lakhs GTD on PokerStars India drew 221 entries (134 unique and 87 re-entries) yesterday, to cross the posted guarantee and collect a ₹15.47 Lakhs prize pool. Circuit reg Rajat ‘sharabikebabi’ Sharma bested the field also defeating his heads-up opponent ‘AceOfD!@mond’ (runner-up for ₹2.23 Lakhs) to win ₹3.03 Lakhs.
The final table was a truly stacked battlefield with the likes of Avijit ‘SwangoRay’ Jaiswal (4th for ₹1.21 Lakhs), Rubin ‘kornkid’ Labroo (5th for ₹89,440), Kunal ‘iAlwaysHaveit’ Patni (7th for ₹48,531), Chiraag ‘Drunkenf1st’ Patel (8th for ₹35,749) and Shravan ‘lukBo$$13’ Chhabria (9th for ₹31,215) adding scores to their tally.
Final Table Results
Buy-in – ₹3,300
Entries – 183
Re-entries – 151
Prize Pool – ₹10,02,000
Places Paid – 36
Surpassing its advertised ₹10 Lakhs guarantee, the PMVS MegaStack gathered ₹10.02 Lakhs in the prize pool on the back of a field of 334 hopefuls (183 unique and 151 re-entries).
Anonymous user ‘TheEndgame’ defeated Aviral ‘neverfoldlaundry’ Jain (runner-up for ₹1.55 Lakhs) heads-up to win ₹2.21 Lakhs.
Ayan ‘interalia_1’ Ray (3rd for ₹99,900), Sahil ‘ImHighIshove’ Mahboobani (5th for ₹55,510), Aman ‘KarmaPoker’ Parakh (7th for ₹36,870), Ayush ‘Proman502’ Garg (8th for ₹29,560), PokerGuru Ambassador Vivek ‘Nutpeddling729’ Singh (9th for ₹22,140) were the other prominent FT finishers.
Final Table Results
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 210
Re-entries – 48
Re-buys – 120
Prize Pool – ₹7,56,000
Places Paid – 31
The GPS#23 Monster Stack ₹6 Lakhs GTD on Spartan Poker attracted 378 participants (210 unique, 48 re-entries and 120 re-buys), posting a prize pool worth ₹7.56 Lakhs.
‘prasun2329’ topped the field for ₹1.47 Lakhs, after agreeing to a heads-up deal with ‘Terrier’ (runner-up for ₹1.20 Lakhs).
PokerGuru Ambassadors Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja (3rd for ₹75,902) and Arjanveer ‘bazzingaa’ Singh Chadha (4th for ₹61,538), along with Vishnu ‘violator’ Khandelwal (6th for ₹36,968) and Mayank ‘desithug007’ Gupta (7th for ₹26,989), posted final table finishes.
Final Table Results
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 191
Re-entries – 48
Re-buys – 125
Prize Pool – ₹5,46,000
Places Paid – 30
Spartan Poker’s GPS Destiny Jr ₹5 Lakhs GTD generated ₹5.46 Lakhs in the prize pool on the back of a 364-strong entry field (191 unique, 48 re-entries, and 125 re-buys).
‘Hondrick’ won the event for ₹1.44 Lakhs, outlasting rising star Ayan ‘interlalia_1’ Ray in the heads-up. Ray took home ₹90,090 for his runner-up finish, taking his recorded online cashes to ₹1.75 Crores.
The final table also saw several noteworthy names such as Ishaan ‘potripper16’ Bhatia (3rd for ₹65,520), Moji ‘Zaalimp’ Padu (6th for ₹24,570), Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma (7th for ₹19,110) and Siddharth ‘Devils Advocate’ Ranshevre (8th for ₹13,650), earn payouts.
Final Table Results
Buy-in – ₹2,750
Entries – 157
Re-entries – 101
Prize Pool – ₹6,45,000
Places Paid – 41
Vishal ‘DeadGrinder1’ Madan outlasted the competition in the 258-player field (157 unique and 101 re-entries) that signed up for PokerStars India’s Battle Royale Mini ₹5 Lakhs GTD last night. Sailing past several experienced pros on the final table, Madan locked horns with Rishab ‘riverrshiverr’ Jain (runner-up for ₹89,904) in the heads-up, and successfully eliminated the latter to pocket the winner’s cheque worth ₹1.41 Lakhs.
PokerGuru Ambassador Shashank ‘GOAT-245’ Desai (3rd for ₹51,569), Sagar ‘sagarpupull’ Choudhary (4th for ₹25,062), Aditya ‘addurrB’ Bahl (6th for ₹22,235) and Kanav ‘alibaba_kings’ Parwal (9th for ₹13,292) posted final table scores.
Final Table Results
Buy-in – ₹2,750
Entries – 94
Re-entries – 75
Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Places Paid – 21
PokerBaazi’s PMVS#7 ₹5 Lakhs GTD fell short by 77,500 to meet the proposed guarantee with a total of 169 players (94 unique and 75 re-entries).
PokerGuru Ambassador Rony ‘bisadip176’ Chowdhury defeated fellow teammate Shashank ‘indianrat’ Desai heads-up to walk away with ₹1.24 Lakhs for the title victory. Desai placed second for ₹87,150.
Ranjeet ‘Rj147’ Negi (3rd for ₹56,050), Anuj ‘technoforever’ Mahajan (4th for ₹41,500), Aman ‘KarmaPoker’ Parakh (6th for ₹24,900), and Vikaash ‘viks82’ Shah (8th for ₹16,600) FTed the tourney.
Final Table Results
Buy-in – ₹880
Entries – 247
Re-entries – 90
Rebuys – 209
Prize Pool – ₹4,36,800
Places Paid- 47
The GPS Monster Stack ₹3.5 Lakhs GTD on Spartan Poker collected a guarantee-busting prize pool of ₹4.37 Lakhs, on the back of 546 registrations (247 unique, 90 re-entries, and 109 rebuys).
‘Nuttrino’ captured the title for ₹71,112, following a heads-up deal with Ravinder ‘jason’ Singh (runner-up for ₹68,096).
Other known notables on the final table were Vivek ‘acchemicals’ Karwa (5th for ₹25,859), Yuvraj ‘yuvraj009’ J Lohakpure (6th for ₹19,743) and PokerGuru Ambassador Parikshit ‘zapdos1311’ Dhall (8th for ₹10,658).
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 119
Re-entries – 102
Prize Pool – ₹3,32,000
Places Paid – 27
Online regular Anish ‘THENUTS’ Suri topped the 221-entry field (119 unique and 102 re-entries) to win PMVS ₹3 Lakhs GTD KO for ₹78,000. Another online crusher Vivekk ‘Vivek25’ Dube earned ₹54,730 for finishing runner-up.
The bulk of the ₹3.32 Lakhs prize pool was distributed between PokerGuru Ambassador Faiz ‘AilaGaya’ Alam (3rd for ₹35,210), Mohak ‘Tiltin’ Kapoor (5th for ₹19,560), PokerGuru Ambassador Rony ‘bisadip176’ Chowdhury (6th for ₹15,650), and Guruprasad ‘fish_calling’ Gupta (9th for ₹7,790).
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 85
Re-Entries – 62
Prize Pool – ₹3,00,000
Places Paid – 15
Adda52’s Hexagram ₹3 Lakhs GTD logged a field of 147 entries (85 unique and 62 re-entries) yesterday, to fall three entries short of meeting its advertised guarantee.
After deciding upon a deal heads-up, Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall emerged victorious defeating mystery user ‘jimmyadams’ (runner-up for ₹69,211) heads-up to post a ₹71,039 score. This is Mall’s second Hexagram title this year – he last won the Hexagram on Saturday for ₹98,790.
Notables to post FT finishes included Chandan ‘darkfish15’ Arora (4th for ₹28,500), and Abhishek ‘patrick2312’ Pathak (7th for ₹11,250).
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 117
Re-entries – 86
Prize Pool – ₹3,05,000
Places Paid – 24
The PMVS ₹3 Lakhs GTD (8-Max) on PokerBaazi crowned a champion in Siddartha ‘siddyk20’ Khandelwal who denied online reg Pranav ‘GarviGujarat’ Desai the title for a payday worth ₹73,540. Desai took home ₹51,550 for his runner-up finish.
Aditya ‘speckem’ Pareek (4th for ₹24,540), Vivekk ‘Vivek25’ Dube (5th for ₹18,420), Aditya ‘adit11’ Kulkarni (6th for ₹14,740), Deepak ‘deepak32145’ Choudhary (7th for ₹12,240), and Sankalp ‘Wobbegong’ Marwah (8th for ₹9,804) posted FT scores.
Buy-in – ₹880
Entries – 181
Re-entries – 45
Re-buys – 93
Prize Pool – ₹2,75,000
Places Paid – 31
The Night Rider – DeepStack Turbo ₹2.75 Lakhs GTD on Spartan Poker fell ₹19,800 short of meeting its advertised guarantee after clocking in 319 entries (181 unique, 45 re-entries and 93 re-buys).
‘Chipku boy’ emerged victorious and banked a top prize worth ₹58,163, while ‘imnothighh’ came in second for ₹39,160.
Shivam ‘AAAA4OFKIND1’ Dwivedi (3rd for ₹27,610) and Bhavin ‘NA@Gaming’ Jungi (9th for ₹5,940) FT’ed the tourney.
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries- 49
Re-entries – 32
Rebuys – 27
Prize Pool – ₹2,16,000
Places Paid – 11
With 108 entries that included 49 unique entries, 32 re-entries, and 27 rebuys, the Ultimate PLO ₹2 Lakhs GTD on Spartan Poker generated a ₹2.16 Lakhs prize pool.
‘Mein Kampf’ captured the top spot and the ₹46,080 that came with it after a three-way deal with ‘chutspa’ (runner-up for ₹44,929) and ‘KaalaPatthar’ (3rd for ₹38,267).
Only the final 11 players earned a payout. This included Sourabh ‘ravenclaw410’ Gehlot, who finished 8th for ₹6,798.
Buy-in – ₹550
Entries – 193
Re-entries – 64
Rebuys- 218
Prize Pool – ₹2,37,500
Places Paid – 31
Spartan Poker’s GPS NLHE ₹2 Lakhs GTD attracted a 475-strong field (193 unique, 64 re-entries and 218 rebuys), to generate a prize pool worth ₹2.37 Lakhs.
A three-way deal saw Deep ‘saviordeep’ Bhavsar walk away with the title and the ₹37,188 up top. ‘dmor93’ (runner-up for ₹36,624), and ‘Jaydee’ (3rd for ₹34,084), were the other beneficiaries of the deal.
The site regs that Ft’ed the tourney included Ashish ‘intrcptr101’ Kaushik (4th for ₹19,333) and Ankur ‘showstopper89’ Aryan (8th for ₹6,199).
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 72
Re-buys – 64
Prize Pool – ₹1,36,000
Places Paid – 23
PokerDangal’s Warrior Arena ₹1.2 Lakhs GTD accrued a prize pool of ₹1.36 Lakhs on the back of 136 entries (72 unique and 64 re-buys) and the top 23 places got paid.
In the end, Arunav ‘frankie08’ Mittal captured the title after defeating Karan ‘99ayka99’ Jain (2nd for ₹21,080) heads-up to win ₹28,560.
Shubham ‘UPayMyRent’ Tyagi (3rd for ₹15,980), and Nishant ‘bluffmaster01’ Chandna (4th for ₹12,240) posted FT scores at the event.
Buy-in – ₹550
Entries – 23
Re-entries – 32
Prize Pool – ₹30,000
Places Paid – 6
‘harshak124’ outlasted a field of 55 players (23 unique and 32 re-entries) to take down Khelo365’s Hitman ₹30K GTD PLO and walked away with ₹12,000. The event had a marginal shortfall of ₹2,500.
Buy-in – ₹275
Entries – 45
Re-entries – 17
Prize Pool – ₹20,000
Places Paid – 7
‘kumaraniket’ locked horns with ‘jeyguru’ in the heads-up play en route his victory in the Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD for ₹7,200 in first-place prize money. The latter earned ₹4,000 for finishing second.
The event attracted 62 players (45 unique and 17 re-entries), resulting in an overlay of ₹4,500.
Buy-in – ₹330
Entries – 42
Re-entries – 34
Prize Pool – ₹15,200
Places Paid – 8
‘MUSA1432’ championed the Bounty Hunterzzz ₹15K GTD Knockout on Khelo365 and added ₹5,168 to his bankroll.
The event gathered ₹15,200 in the prize pool that was backed up by 76 hopefuls (42 unique and 34 re-entries), and the top 8 places were paid.
This report was updated at 2 PM on 05.06.2020.
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