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Not much changed on Tuesday with the vast majority of the flagships registering massive overlays. The day`s highlight, the ₹1 Crore GTD INCOOP Main Event, had 18 players from a starting field of 884 entries returning for the final day`s play. MTT reg Sanish ‘sneakysani’ Chhabra was declared the first-ever INCOOP Main Event champion and won ₹14.52 Lakhs after striking a three-way deal.
Here`s the complete recap of the day`s highlights.
Spartan Poker
Spartan Poker-hosted ₹18 Lakhs GTD Mega Stack logged in 535 entries on its latest run, overlaying ₹1.95 Lakhs. After almost eight hours of rigorous play, ‘borntrouble’ came out on top to win ₹3.49 Lakhs with Young Gun Anmol ‘Anzzzzz’ Mehta finishing runner-up for ₹2.21 Lakhs.
Featuring among the top 20 winners this year, ‘borntrouble’ had placed fourth in the GPS #56 ₹2 Crores GTD Main Event last week for ₹9.64 Lakhs. Meanwhile, runner-up Mehta boosted his online record to ₹2.64 Crores with this score.
The ₹7 Lakhs GTD Race registered 484 entries, collecting a guarantee-crushing ₹7.26 Lakhs prize pool. It took seven hours of play before the Game Changer 3.0 champion Siddhanth ‘sidstack’ Kripalani had all the chips in play to win ₹1.46 Lakhs. The runner-up ‘VishalMaharaj’
Kripalani posted a second FT finish in Adda52’s The Mint for ₹2.66 Lakhs in cumulative earnings yesterday. The Mumbai-based pro crossed ₹1.50 Crore in recorded winnings for the year after his breakout run last night.
PokerBaazi
PokerBaazi’s Tuesday flagship, The Endeavour, logged in 378 entries, falling ₹1.77 Lakhs short of its ₹15 Lakhs guarantee. The former Millionaire champion, Anujkumar ‘aatmaan’ Kodam, outlasted the competition to win ₹3.15 Lakhs with Rajat ‘LungFakeer’ Sharma pocketing ₹2.21 Lakhs for his runner-up finish.
Kodam is clearly on a roll; he had FT-ed two events on Monday and repeated the feat again last night, this time for even bigger gains of almost ₹3.50 Lakhs. His other FT score was a sixth-place finish in Spartan Poker’s The Race for ₹33,904. Kodam’s lifetime MTT scorecard reflects ₹1.46 Crores in winnings.
The ₹3 Lakhs GTD Tuesday MonsterStack registered 134 entries to post an overlay of ₹32,000. Ultimately, ’sanamj01’ came out on top to win ₹80,400, after besting ’7EVEN9INE’ (runner-up for ₹56,310) in the heads-up play.
Adda52
Headlining the Tuesday action on Adda52 was the ₹15 Lakhs GTD The Mint. The event logged in 373 entries to experience a shortfall of ₹1.95 Lakhs. Gagandeep ‘gaganhyd’ Singh powered his way to the top to win the winner`s paycheque of ₹3.75 Lakhs. This was Singh’s second-biggest score on Adda52, boosting his online record to ₹74.39 Lakhs.
PokerGuru Ambassador Ratul Steves placed runner-up in The Mint for ₹2.27 Lakhs. He had finished fourth in PokerStars India’s INCOOP-187 Main Event earlier last night for ₹6.21 Lakhs, collecting ₹8.48 Lakhs in total on Tuesday.
’Kartik_K’ (Quad KO 4-Max for ₹56,000) and ‘Cashton’ (Afternoon Adda for ₹45,362) were the other prominent winners on Adda52.
PokerStars India
The INCOOP series is finally in the books! Bringing the curtains down on the series was the ₹1 Crore GTD Main Event that had 884 entries signing up to register a whopping ₹11.60 Lakhs shortfall. The final day of the marathon 3-day tourney began with 18 players chasing the title. MTT reg Sanish ‘sneakysani’ Chhabra outplayed a very competitive final table to win the INCOOP Main Event title for a career-best ₹14.52 Lakhs after striking a three-way deal with ‘aabha’ (2nd for ₹12.09 Lakhs) and Avijit ‘SwangoRay’ Jaiswal (3rd for ₹10.73 Lakhs).
The other marquee tourney running on the site, the ₹6 Lakhs GTD Sixth Sense mustered 178 entries, overlaying ₹66,000. ’
The other Tuesday winners were:
Player | Prize Money | Event | Poker Site |
---|---|---|---|
guns4655 | ₹70,863 | Uppercut Mini ₹4 Lakhs GTD | PokerStars India |
Phanindra ‘k9akkin’ Akkina | ₹61,927 | Monster Stack ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
Kartik_K | ₹56,000 | Quad KO 4-Max ₹2 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
Guruprasad ‘DONKAKING’ Gupta | ₹50,207 | Ultimate PLO ₹2 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
Prakash7639 | ₹50,000 | Gladiator ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD | Pocket52 |
Cashton | ₹45,362 | Afternoon Adda ₹2 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
MansaMusa | ₹36,240 | Night Rider – DeepStack Turbo ₹2.2 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
Sumeet ‘Sumitsingh199’ Rajpurohit | ₹35,000 | IMPS#17 Daily ₹2 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
knightgamer | ₹34,500 | Pocket Dinner ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD | Pocket52 |
Vicky3160 | ₹34,500 | Pocket Lunch ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD | Pocket52 |
Anshu ‘nope11’ Pandey | ₹24,000 | Battlefield Tuesday (WTB) ₹1 Lakhs GTD | PokerDangal |
Proplr007 | ₹10,350 | Under The Gun PLO ₹20K GTD | Khelo365 |
apalece | ₹6,960 | Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD | Khelo365 |
INCOOP-187 Main Event ₹1 Crore GTD – PokerStars India
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 439
Re-entries – 445
Prize Pool – ₹1,00,00,000
Places Paid – 143
The pièce de résistance of PokerStars India’s inaugural INCOOP series, the ₹1 Crore GTD Main Event, closed out its three-day run last night. The ₹11,000 entry buy-in tourney attracted 884 contenders, but it wasn’t enough to meet the massive guarantee. The site had to fill in a huge overlay of ₹11.6 Lakhs!
The final day had 18 runners returning to contend for the top honors. Day 3 kicked off at 7:30 PM and took under three hours to name a champion in Sanish ‘sneakysani’ Chhabra!
Chabbra clinched a whopping ₹14.51 Lakhs for the victory after cutting a three-way deal with ‘aabha’ (runner-up for ₹12.09 Lakhs) and Avijit ‘SwangoRay’ Jaiswal (3rd for ₹10.72 Lakhs).
A well-known MTT reg, Chhabra had entered Day 3 as the chip leader.
Sharad ‘sordykrd’ Rao bubbled the final table in 10th place for ₹85,761.
Chhabra competed against a star-studded final table that featured the likes of PokerGuru Ambassador’s Ratul ‘MuscariAs’ Steves (4th for ₹6.20 Lakhs) and Ankit ‘b00mtr00p3r’ Wadhawan (6th for ₹3.20 Lakhs), along with Sriharsha ‘1ll|1ll1|ll1|’ Doddapaneni (5th for ₹4.46 Lakhs) and Amar ‘PsykoEko’ B Iyer (8th for ₹1.65 Lakhs).
Final Table Results
*denotes three-way deal
Buy-in – ₹3,300
Entries – 260
Re-entries – 112
Rebuys – 163
Prize Pool – ₹18,00,000
Slotted in the primetime 8 PM, Spartan Poker`s ₹3,300 entry buy-in ₹18 Lakhs GTD Mega Stack attracted 535 entries to overlay ₹1.95 Lakhs.
Over seven-and-half hours of non-stop play, the field whittled to a heads-up showdown between ‘borntrouble’ and Young Gun Anmol ‘Anzzzzz’ Mehta. The former eventually proved dominant and captured the title for a ₹3.49 Lakhs payday.
‘borntrouble’s’ last major score was their fourth-place finish in GPS #56 ₹2 Crores GTD Main Event for ₹9.64 Lakhs on September 14.
Mehta is another consistent campaigner. Presently ranked #18 on the annual leaderboard, he had on September 18, final-tabled the ₹25 Lakhs The Elite, posting a sixth-place finish worth ₹1.77 Lakhs. Yesterday’s runner-up score worth ₹2.21 Lakhs has boosted his online record to ₹2.64 Crores.
Abhinash Kumar ‘QueenNine’ Nayak (3rd for ₹1.60 Lakhs), Arjun Kumar ‘Don Julio’ Kochhar (5th for ₹1.02 Lakhs), and Utkarsh ‘kidpokerNJ’ Vaish (6th for ₹78,840) FT-ed the tourney!
Final Table Results
Buy-in – ₹3,850
Entries – 216
Re-entries – 157
Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000
Places Paid – 38
Adda52’s Tuesday signature tourney, the ₹15 Lakhs GTD The Mint, couldn`t avoid the overlay train. A turnout of 373 entries, each worth a ₹3,850 entry buy-in, left a gaping ₹1.94 Lakhs shortfall for the site to fill in.
Starting at 8 PM, it took almost eight hours to play down to a winner.
After a long dry spell, coming out on top was Gagandeep’ gaganhyd’ Singh, who defeated PokerGuru Ambassador Ratul’ riverking021’ Steves (runner-up for ₹2.27 Lakhs) heads-up to win ₹3.75 Lakhs.
The stacked FT consisted of prominent names like The Race champion Siddhanth ‘Sidstack’ Kripalani (4th for ₹1.20 Lakhs), Harsh ‘BuddhaBhikari’ Dembla (5th for ₹81,000), PokerGuru Ambassador Ankit ‘d00mtr00p3r’ Wadhawan (7th for ₹45,000), and Young Gun Shardul ‘vamos96’ Parthasarathi (8th for ₹37,500).
Final Table Results
Buy-in – ₹3,850
Entries – 183
Re-entries – 195
Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000
Places Paid – 45
PokerBaazi`s ₹15 Lakhs GTD The Endeavour gathered 378 participants that bought in for ₹3,850 to leave a significant ₹1.77 Lakhs deficit.
Persisting with his fantastic form, Young Gun Anujkumar ‘aatmaan’ Kodam championed the field to add another ₹3.15 Lakhs to his burgeoning bankroll. Well-known pro Rajat ‘LungFakeer’ Sharma finished runner-up for ₹2.21 Lakhs.
This was the second consecutive day that Kodam FT-ed two tourneys as he also finished sixth in The Race on Spartan Poker for ₹33,904. On Monday, Kodam had finished fourth in Adda52’s Inception and second in PokerBaazi’s The Bout.
The other notable FT finishers included PokerGuru Ambassador Shashank ‘indianrat’ Desai (3rd for ₹1,42,000), Rajat ‘happyfish’ Mahajan (5th for ₹78,750), Sanket ‘blackcod’ Arora (6th for ₹63,000), Sunday’s BSS SuperStack ₹25 Lakhs GTD runner-up Gaurav ‘kira1545’ Kaul (7th for ₹52,500), and PokerGuru Ambassador Nadeem ‘SpadeHunter’ Basha (8th for ₹42,000).
Final Table Results
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 230
Re-entries – 69
Rebuys – 185
Prize Pool – ₹7,26,000
Places Paid – 39
The ₹7 Lakhs GTD The Race began 90 minutes after the Mega Stack on Spartan Poker. By the time the late registrations closed, 484 entries had already been accounted for, making for a profitable ₹7.26 Lakhs in the prize pool.
After more than seven hours, the Game Changer 3.0 champion Siddhanth ‘sidstack’ Kripalani outlasted the field to add another title to his tally and ₹1.45 Lakhs on his scorecard. ‘VishalMaharaj’ finished runner-up for ₹96,775.
Kripalani also ran deep in Adda52’s The Mint, where he finished fourth for ₹1.20 Lakhs, to collectively add ₹2.66 Lakhs to his kitty last night.
The Endeavour champion Anujkumar ‘aatmaan108’ Kodam (6th for ₹33,904) and Vaibhav ‘Vakeel_sahab’ Arora (7th for ₹24,901) posted FT scores.
Final Table Results
Buy-in – ₹3,300
Entries – 100
Re-entries – 78
Prize Pool – ₹6,00,000
Places Paid – 29
PokerStars India`s ₹6 Lakhs GTD Sixth Sense wrangled in 178 participants, resulting in a ₹66,000 shortfall.
Mystery user ‘GudThimma’ championed the tourney to win ₹1.15 Lakhs after besting seasoned pro Shravan ‘lukBo$$13’ Chhabria (runner-up for ₹85,124) heads-up.
The anonymous champion has ₹8.74 Lakhs in recorded earnings on PokerStars India with a net profit of ₹16,626, after this score.
PokerGuru Ambassador Laksh ‘B00MTilt23’ Pal Singh was the only other notable on the seven-player final table, and he finished third for ₹62,888.
Final Table Results
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 97
Re-entries – 37
Prize Pool – ₹3,00,000
Places Paid – 15
Like the other Tuesday marquees, even the ₹3 Lakhs GTD Tuesday MonsterStack fell ₹32,000 short of its advertised guarantee.
The mystery user ‘sanamj01’ was the last player standing and won ₹80,400. ‘7EVEN9INE’ finished runner-up for ₹56,310.
Ritwik ‘Ritwikkhanna’ Khanna (4th for ₹26,820), Harrish ‘Realfc’ Chaudary (5th for ₹20,100), Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur (6th for ₹16,080), and Myron ‘priyankAAchoprAA’ Pereira (9th for ₹8,040) FT-ed the tourney.
Gladiator ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52
Buy-in – ₹1,250
Entries – 141
Re-entries – 57
Prize Pool – ₹2,50,000
Places Paid – 30
Pocket52`s ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD Gladiator got walloped for ₹27,250 after registering 198 runners.
‘Prakash7639’ decimated the competition to win ₹50,000 after defeating ‘TimeLoop’ (runner-up for ₹35,625) heads-up.
Raj ‘Fireman’ Kumar Gahlot (3rd for ₹25,000), Karan ‘Karannthakker’ Thakker (4th for ₹17,500), and Amit ‘SachinTendulkar’ Kumar Sahu (6th for ₹10,000) FT-ed the tourney.
Pocket Lunch ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD– Pocket52
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 85
Re-entries – 46
Prize Pool – ₹1,50,000
Places Paid – 27
The ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD Pocket Lunch drew 131 entrants to leave an overlay of ₹19,000, and the top 27 places got paid.
‘Vicky3160’ emerged the winner, banking ₹34,500 after beating ‘Easterdamz’ (runner-up for ₹21,000) in the heads-up play.
The only notable on the FT was Niteen ‘niteenplus’ Raj (6th for ₹6,750).
Pocket Dinner ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 82
Re-entries – 50
Prize Pool – ₹1,50,000
Places Paid – 27
Pocket52’s ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD Pocket Dinner generated almost the same interest as the Pocket Lunch with 132 entries resulting in an overlay of ₹18,000.
The anonymous user ‘knightgamer’ shipped the event for ₹34,500, just as ‘Cannon’ came in second for ₹21,000.
Tanvir ‘jungliaunty’ Gulia (4th for ₹12,000) and Ankit ‘Ankkiii’ Pummy Talwar (6th for ₹6,750) FT-ed the tourney.
Battlefield Tuesday (WTB) ₹1 Lakhs GTD – PokerDangal
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 51
Rebuys – 43
Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000
Places Paid – 15
PokerDangal’s ₹1 Lakhs GTD Battlefield Tuesday fell six entries short of the 100-player guarantee.
Anshu ‘nope11’ Pandey was the last player standing and won ₹24,000 after beating ‘Anilkk’ (runner-up for ₹17,500) heads-up.
Under The Gun PLO ₹20K GTD – Khelo365
Buy-in – ₹330
Entries – 24
Re-entries – 4
Add-ons – 18
Rebuys – 23
Prize Pool – ₹20,700
Places Paid – 3
The ₹20K GTD Under The Gun PLO drew 69 runners, and the top three places took a stab at the ₹20,700 prize pool.
Site regular ‘Proplr007’ championed the tourney for ₹10,350, while ‘Ashu79’ pocketed ₹6,210 for finishing second.
Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD – Khelo365
Buy-in – ₹275
Entries – 34
Re-entries – 10
Prize Pool – ₹20,000
Places Paid – 5
Anonymous user ‘apalece’ was the last player standing in the ₹20K GTD Grinder 2.0 to win ₹6,960.
This report was updated at 4 PM on 23.09.2020.
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