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This entire week has been a value-driven one for MTT players, with the majority of the flagship tournaments offering decent overlay add-ons. The trend carried through on Thursday
Spartan Poker’s ₹1 Crore GTD The Millionaire commenced a new edition last night. However, what made the headlines was Spartan Poker user LorenzoVonMatterhorn`s trailblazing run in both the Thursday marquees on the site for a total of ₹6.30 Lakhs
The #2 ranked player of June, PokerGuru Ambassador Ankit Wadhawan, placed second in Trending Thursday for ₹2.80 Lakhs
The seasoned MTT pro Sahil Mahboobani championed Adda52`s ₹25 Lakhs GTD Godfather for the third time, adding the day`s best ₹6.12 Lakhs to his tally. He jumped up eight places to #13 in the annual leaderboard standings.
Umang Kakarania came out on top in PokerBaazi’s The Summit for ₹4.80 Lakhs. The NPS#91 Sunday Marathon champion Vishnu Khandelwal lapped up his second title of the week, shipping PokerStars India’s Highroller for ₹2.19 Lakhs.
Amit Malhotra, Harrish Chaudary, Deep Bhavsar, Manoj Sharma, Sagar Harwani, and Shankara Pawan won the other marquees.
Here are the Thursday highlights!
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Spartan Poker
Spartan Poker’s ₹1 Crore GTD The Millionaire returned for its first outing of July at 7 PM last night. Day 1A of the ₹5,500 entry buy-in event logged in 207 entries, and 24 survived the day`s onslaught. Young Gun`s Anmol ‘Anzzzzz’ Mehta (207,129) & Devang ‘equity_hunter’ Yadav (174,506), and Harshad ‘omglukbox’ Barve (170,017) topped the surviving field.
Offering a reduced ₹21 Lakhs prize pool guarantee, Spartan Poker`s Trending Thursday logged in 415 entries, falling five entries, i.e., ₹25,000, short of breaking even. The former Sunday Superstack champion ‘LorenzoVonMatterhorn’ landed the title and ₹4.17 Lakhs for the win. PokerGuru Ambassador Ankit ‘Shippament’ Wadhawa finished runner-up for₹2.80 Lakhs.
There is just one word to describe ‘LorenzoVonMatterhorn`s’ run last night – FANTASTIC! Not content with winning just the Trending Thursday, they took down the ₹8 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack title as well, adding ₹2.13 Lakhs to their tally. With almost ₹6.30 Lakhs in total winnings, they were Thursday`s top scorer. The user sits on ₹20.14 Lakhs in total recorded winnings on Spartan Poker (₹8.29 Lakhs in net profits).
The Trending Thursday runner-up finisher, PokerGuru Ambassador Ankit Wadhawan crossed ₹1.50 Crores in annual earnings after last night`s run. The Chandigarh-based pro has climbed up one spot to #14 on the yearly leaderboard standings.
Ankit Wadhawan`s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.92 Crores| Lifetime Profits: ₹1.85 Crores| Annual Winnings: ₹1.53 Crores| Annual Profits: ~₹50+ Lakhs | Ranked #14 on the Annual Leaderboard Standings
Amit ‘OUT4FISHING’ Malhotra (Won ₹3 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack for ₹68,788), Deep ‘saviordeep’ Bhavsar (Won ₹2.10 Lakhs GTD Night Rider – Deestack Turbo for ₹40,928), Sagar ‘CertifiedPRO’ Harwani (Won ₹1.25 Lakhs GTD Epic for ₹25,569), and Shankara ‘Clownfish’ Pawan (Won ₹1.10 Lakhs GTD The Centurion for ₹17,839) took down the other Thursday marquee.
PokerBaazi
PokerBaazi’s 8 PM flagship, the ₹15 Lakhs GTD The Summit, logged in 290 entries, posting an impressive ₹21.75 Lakhs prize pool (45% more than the advertised guarantee). The field whittled down to an epic heads-up showdown between former AOPS Main Event third-place finisher Umang ‘Umang94’ Kakarania and the user ‘hungryanimal.’ The Kakarania eventually prevailed, winning the title for ₹4.80 Lakhs. The latter took home the runner-up payout worth ₹3.37 Lakhs.
Umang Kakarania now has ₹69.05 Lakhs in tracked online earnings (₹34.30 Lakhs in net profits).
The NPS#81 Sprint gold medallist Harrish ‘Realfc’ Chaudary topped the 310-entry field in the ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Holdem BOOST DST to win ₹68,480. Naman ‘KidPoker09’ Puri came second for ₹48,050. This is the second time in three days Chaudary shipped this event. He had last won the Holdem BOOST DST on Tuesday. He also placed ninth in the ₹1 Lakh GTD PLO Boost Monster for ₹4,142, crossing ₹71.68 Lakhs in total winnings on the site (₹8.36 Lakhs in net profits).
Naman Puri also finished third in Spartan Poker’s ₹3 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack for ₹38,142.
‘Bonty7510’ (Won 1.5 Lakhs GTD Turbo for ₹47,440), ‘mavrick3532’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Night DST for ₹47,890), ‘proffz4’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD PLO Boost Monster for ₹41,530), and ‘Shohini’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Afternoon DST for ₹34,620) won the other PokerBaazi marquees.
PokerStars India
PokerStars India`s Thursday Highroller registered 130 entries, overlaying ₹90,000 on its ₹10 Lakhs prize pool guarantee. The NPS#91 Sunday Marathon champion Vishnu ‘violator2018’ Khandelwal walked away as the victor, netting ₹2.19 Lakhs. ‘getsetgo666’ came second for ₹1.69 Lakhs.
The user ‘kidwithim’ won the ₹3 Lakhs GTD The Classic for ₹51,881 after outlasting a field of 189 entries. Vaibhav ‘vaibsss’ Bhatia came second for a better ₹53,263, courtesy of a heads-up deal.
Adda52
The seasoned MTT pro Sahil ‘ImHighishove’ Mahboobani championed Adda52`s ₹25 Lakhs GTD Godfather for a whopping ₹6.12 Lakhs. The former SSS Super High Roller champion Mahboobani overcame a 464-entry field en route to winning the Godfather title for the third time last night. The user ‘bjarun’ finished runner-up for ₹3.62 Lakhs.
Sahil Mahboobani`s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.92 Crores| Lifetime Profits: ₹2.89 Crores| Annual Winnings: ₹1.53 Crores| Annual Profits: ~₹55+ Lakhs
The ₹5 Lakhs GTD Monster Turbo registered 264 entries, collecting ₹5.94 Lakhs in the prize pool. Young Gun Karan ‘Reg_Slayer’ Radia was the last player standing and won ₹1.60 Lakhs after besting Ayush ‘lazyman’ Garg (runner-up for ₹93,555) heads-up. Radia posted two more FT scores, collecting a cumulative ₹3.65 Lakhs in Thursday winnings.
His top finishes include:
> 1st in Monster Turbo 5L for ₹1.60 Lakhs
> 4th in Godfather for ₹1.87 Lakhs
> 5th in PokeBaazi’s Holdem BOOST DST for ₹17,174
We do not have the complete stats on Radia as he has opted out from our tracking, but we know that he has won the Monster Turbo at least once before on March 18.
Manoj ‘Cutymannu’ Sharma won the ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD Nighttide DST Adda for ₹38,955.
The other Thursday winners were:
Player | Prize Amount | Event | Poker Site |
---|---|---|---|
Amit ‘OUT4FISHING’ Malhotra | ₹68,788 | Monster Stack ₹3 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
Harrish 'Realfc' Chaudary | ₹68,480 | 6-Max Holdem BOOST DST ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
kidwithim | ₹51,881 | The Classic ₹3 Lakhs GTD | PokerStars India |
mavrick3532 | ₹47,890 | Night DST ₹1 Lakh GTD | PokerBaazi |
Bonty7510 | ₹47,440 | Turbo ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
Deep ‘saviordeep’ Bhavsar | ₹40,928 | Night Rider – Deestack Turbo ₹2.10 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
proffz4 | ₹41,530 | PLO Boost Monster ₹1 Lakh GTD | PokerBaazi |
Manoj ‘Cutymannu’ Sharma | ₹38,955 | Nighttide DST Adda ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
Shohini | ₹34,620 | Afternoon DST ₹1 Lakh GTD | PokerBaazi |
Abhishek ‘Addysonu’ Sonu | ₹33,504 | Ultrasonic ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD | PokerStars India |
schemer | ₹32,295 | The Closer 1.5 Lakhs GTD | GoodPoker |
hashtagpo | ₹29,783 | Punch ₹80K GTD | Adda52 |
Sagar ‘CertifiedPRO’ Harwani | ₹25,569 | Epic ₹1.25 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
mafakaralte7 | ₹21,134 | Bigstack Turbo ₹1 Lakh GTD | PokerStars India |
Shankara ‘Clownfish’ Pawan | ₹17,839 | The Centurion ₹1.10 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
swaggstar234 | ₹15,769 | Deepstack ₹70K GTD | PokerStars India |
keechad | ₹15,369 | Primetime Grind ₹50K GTD | PokerStars India |
Navaneesha ‘np406’ P | ₹14,043 | Ultra KO 90% ₹50K GTD | PokerStars India |
Hardik240711 | ₹13,800 | Hitman ₹30K GTD PLO | Khelo365 |
Skn70 | ₹12,650 | Evening Adda 50K GTD | Adda52 |
Fakeer | ₹12,000 | Daily ₹50K GTD 5PLO | PokerDangal |
gauravarora77 | ₹10,722 | Afternoon on Stars ₹60K GTD | PokerStars India |
Sg2611 | ₹10,500 | Insomnia ₹30K GTD | PokerDangal |
Abhishek 'Pok3rbaaz' Srivastava | ₹8,038 | PBBS#19 Megastack ₹25K GTD | PokerBaazi |
hadlee | ₹5,964 | PBBS#20 ₹20K GTD | PokerBaazi |
abarjatiya | ₹2,508 | PBBS#18 PLO ₹5K GTD | PokerBaazi |
monsterking | ₹1,515 | PBBS#16 ₹5K PKO GTD | PokerBaazi |
PeregrinTook | ₹530 | PBBS#17 Hyper ₹2K GTD | PokerBaazi |
The Millionaire ₹1 Crore GTD – Day 1A – Spartan Poker
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 115
Re-entries – 19
Rebuys – 73
Survivors – 24
July will be a grand month for Spartan Poker players, with the 11th edition of the IOPC starting on July 11
And even though that’s almost 10 days away, the site brought back its weekend flagship ₹1 Crore GTD The Millionaire for another edition last night. Day 1A of the five-flight event gathered 207 challengers, and 24 hopefuls made the cut for Day 2.
The third generation lawyer-turned-poker-pro, Young Gun Anmol’ Anzzzzz’ Mehta (207,129), Young Gun Devang’ equity_hunter’ Yadav (174,506), and Thursday’s The Pride runner-up finisher Harshad ‘omglukbox’ Barve (170,017) topped the day-end chip counts.
Last week`s The Elite Champion Saurabh’ darksider’ Rohila (141,505), one of the biggest winners’ from June 21, Game Changer 2.0 champion Shagun’ icansuckout’ Jain
(125,510), and Wednesday’s Destiny third-place finisher Vinay’ ConCrete’ B (122,775) were others who made Day 1A top 10 chip counts list.
Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1A
Godfather ₹25 Lakhs GTD – Adda52
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 255
Re-entries – 209
Prize Pool – ₹25,00,000
Places Paid – 49
Adda52`s ₹25 Lakhs GTD Godfather recorded 464 entries on its latest run, a significant drop in turnout over last week. The site ended up filling in ₹1.80 Lakhs in overlays.
Sahil ‘ImHighishove’ Mahboobani had posted an impressive 13 FT finishes in June, and he is off to a rollicking start this month. Fresh from his runner-up finish in Sunday’s The Millionaire, Mahboobani clinched his third Godfather title last night for ₹6.12 Lakhs! ‘bjarun’ placed runner-up for ₹3.62 Lakhs.
The Mumbai-based MTT pro Mahboobani moved up eight places to #13 on the annual leaderboard standings after the win, also crossing ₹1.50 Crores in yearly earnings.
Mahesh ‘mahikalra’ Shyamsundar (3rd for ₹2.50 Lakhs), the Monster Turbo champion Young Gun Karan ‘Reg_Slayer’ Radia (4th for ₹1.87 Lakhs), Armaan ‘Tandavam’ Kochhar (5th for ₹1.25 Lakhs), and Sumit ‘sumit4game’ Saurav (8th for ₹56,250) also FT-ed the tourney.
Final Table Results
Trending Thursday ₹21 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 193
Re-entries – 78
Rebuys – 144
Prize Pool – ₹21,00,000
Places Paid – 39
It was an incredible night for Spartan Poker user ‘LorenzoVonMatterhorn.’ The former Sunday Superstack champion ran past the competition in Spartan Poker’s featured attraction, the ₹21 Lakhs GTD Trending Thursday, to win ₹4.17 Lakhs.
Not just that, they also championed the ₹8 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack for ₹2.13 Lakhs, accumulating ₹6.30 Lakhs overall.
PokerGuru Ambassador Ankit’ Shippament’ Wadhawan finished runner-up in the Trending Thursday for ₹2.80 Lakhs. The NPS#30 DeepStack Championship winner and NPS#36 – NPS (6-Max) Super Highroller runner-up finisher, Wadhawan, was the #1 ranked player through most of June before Mohammad Azhar displaced him from the top after winning the NPS Main Event title on Sunday.
Ankit Wadhawan stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.92 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.85 Crores
The event registered 415 ₹25,000 short of the listed guarantee after logging in 415 entries, and the top 39 places got paid.
Returning to the circuit with his latest blog, Young Gun Anuj’ tittoo Tauji’ Yadav (3rd for ₹2.01 Lakhs), Sushil’ lex_veldi82′ Kumar (5th for ₹1.30 Lakhs), and long-time pro Hitesh’ hitesh bhai’ Batra (6th for ₹98,070) were other notable FT scorers.
Final table Results
The Summit ₹15 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi
Buy-in – ₹8,250
Entries – 154
Re-entries – 136
Prize Pool – ₹21,75,000
Places Paid – 36
Umang ‘Umang94’ Kakarania overcame the 290-entry field in PokerBaazi’s ₹15 Lakhs GTD The Summit to score a cool ₹4.80 Lakhs payday and his second title victory of the year. The user ‘hungryanimal’ finished runner-up for ₹3.37 Lakhs.
Umang Kakarania now has ₹69.05 Lakhs in tracked online winnings.
The ₹8,250 entry buy-in event accumulated a ₹21.75 Lakhs prize pool, and the top 36 runners finished ITM.
Young Gun’s Devang ‘laila’ Yadav (3rd for ₹2.18 Lakhs) and Arsh ‘Button_Hai_Bro’ Grover (5th for ₹1.20 Lakhs) and last night`s 6-Max Holdem BOOST DST third-place finisher Saksham ‘Razorfish’ Sharma (6th for ₹96,353) also earned final table payouts.
Final Table Results
Highroller ₹10 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India
Buy-in – ₹7,700
Entries – 75
Re-entries – 55
Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000
Places Paid – 15
The NPS #91 Sunday Marathon champion Vishnu ‘violator2018’ Khandelwal scored a touchdown in PokerStars India`s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Highroller. Khandelwal outlasted a reg-laden field of 130 entrants, netting ₹2.19 Lakhs for the win. The user ‘getsetgo666’ finished runner-up for ₹1.69 Lakhs.
The ₹7,700 buy-in event filled in ₹90,000 in overlays and paid out 15 places.
PokerStars India`s “Star of the Month” – December Siddharth ‘gangnam gangi’ Gangwar (4th for ₹1 Lakh), Sahil ‘you3bi4b’ Nair (7th for ₹45,893), Himanshu ‘himkat@stars’ Kataria (8th for ₹35,365), and PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘chipcharity999’ Munot (9th for ₹30,194) also FT-ed the tourney!
Final Table Results
Monster Stack ₹8 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Buy-in – ₹330
Entries – 267
Re-entries – 129
Rebuys – 152
Prize Pool – ₹10,96,000
Places Paid – 55
The Trending Thursday champion ‘LorenzoVonMatterhorn’ added a second Thursday title to his name. He conquered a guarantee-crushing field of 548 entries in the ₹8 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack to score ₹2.13 Lakhs. Spartan Poker user ‘ chemprac’ came second for ₹1.35 Lakhs.
Wednesday’s multiple FT scorer, Armaan’ space ace’ Kochhar (3rd for ₹96,296), Spartan Poker regular Abhishek’ Quant00′ Reddy Rachur (5th for ₹61,224), and Naveen’ Naveenbarkhageetu’ Sharma (8th for ₹24,727) also FT-ed the tourney.
Final Table Results
Monster Turbo ₹5 Lakhs GTD – Adda52
Buy-in – ₹2,500
Entries – 170
Re-entries – 94
Prize Pool – ₹5,94,000
Places Paid – 27
One of our former Young Gun`s, Karan ‘Reg_slayer’ Radia, ran past a competitive field of 264 entrants in Adda52`s 9:30 PM event, ₹5 Lakhs GTD Monster Turbo, to collect ₹1.60 Lakhs. This week`s Sunday Special PKO runner-up finisher Ayush ‘lazyman’ Garg placed runner-up for ₹93,555.
Karan Radia is a regular on Adda52 and added over ₹3.65 Lakhs in total earnings from three FT finishes last night. His deep runs include:
> 1st in Monster Turbo 5L for ₹1,60,380
> 4th in Godfather for ₹1,87,500
> 5th in Hold`em BOOST DST for ₹17,174
Tanmay ‘PlusEv’ Benara (3rd for ₹71,280), Sumit ‘runrabbitrun’ Advani (7th for ₹19,305) & Bharat ‘rungooserun’ Vasan (9th for ₹11,880) also FT-ed the tourney.
Final Table Results
The Classic ₹3 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 110
Re-entries – 79
Prize Pool – ₹3,00,000
Places Paid – 23
The mystery player ‘kidwithim’ topped The Classic on PokerStars India for ₹51,881 following a heads-up chop with Vaibhav ‘vaibsss’ Bhatia (runner-up for ₹53,263).
Tapan ‘tweedu_taps’ Mansotra (6th for ₹15,769), Abhishek ‘abhiaum’ Chhajer (8th for ₹9,270) also FT-ed the tourney.
Holdem BOOST DST ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 169
Re-entries – 141
Prize Pool – ₹3,10,000
Places Paid – 36
The NPS#81 Sprint gold medallist Harrish ‘Realfc’ Chaudary was in peak form last night as not only did he take down PokerBaazi’s ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD 6-Max Holdem BOOST DST for ₹68,480 but he also placed ninth in the ₹1 Lakh GTD PLO Boost Monster for ₹4,142.
This was the second time in three days Harrish Chaudary won the Holdem BOOST DST. He last took it down on Tuesday. He now boasts ₹71.68 Lakhs in recorded winnings on PokerBaazi (₹8.36 Lakhs in net profits).
Naman ‘KidPoker09’ Puri (runner-up for ₹48,050), Saksham ‘Razorfish’ Sharma (3rd for ₹30,910), and Young Gun Karan ‘Apocalypto’ Radia (5th for ₹17,174) were among the known names to cash the FT.
Karan Radia and Naman Puri were, in fact, among the breakout performers on Thursday. Radia netted over ₹3.65 Lakhs in winnings on the back of three FT finishes, while Puri added ₹86,192 from two FT finishes.
The Closer 1.5 Lakhs GTD – GoodPoker
Buy-in – ₹1,000
Entries –
Re-entries – 79
Prize Pool – ₹1,53,790
Places Paid – 24
Total Entries – 169
The user ‘schemer’ won GoodPoker’s ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD The Closer for ₹32,295. ‘SUBHAM8’ placed runner-up for ₹23,837.
Warrior Arena ₹1 Lakh GTD – PokerDangal
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 69
Rebuys – 19
Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000
Places Paid – 15
PokerDangal’s ₹1 Lakh GTD Warrior Arena drew 88 runners, filling in ₹12,000 in overlays. Gaurav ‘BIT00Poker’ Verma proved the eventual champion to win ₹24,000, with ‘Anilkk’ finishing runner-up for ₹17,500.
Hitman ₹30K GTD PLO – Khelo365
Buy-in – ₹550
Entries – 28
Re-entries – 7
Prize Pool – ₹30,000
Places Paid – 4
Khelo365 user ‘Hardik240711’ came out on top in the ₹30K GTD Hitman to win ₹13,800. ‘nishantdreams’ came second for ₹7,800.
This report was updated at 7 PM on 2.7.2021.
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