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It was an action-packed Wednesday with Spartan Poker`s GPS and PokerBaazi`s PMVS steering the action. Here`s a quick recap of all that went down across the major online platforms yesterday!
Spartan Poker
Spartan Poker once again offered the biggest guarantees among all the domestic sites. The site played host to another six events in the Grand Poker Series on what was Day 3 of the inaugural series.
The most prominent of them, the GPS Destiny ₹35 Lakhs GTD, registered an overlay of ₹1.90 Lakhs on the back of a field of 662 participants (301 unique, 158 re-entries, and 203 re-buys). Former Millionaire winner, Avadh ‘cateyes’ Shah became the first Destiny winner in the 15th edition of this weekly flagship series after defeating online reg ‘corona virus’ (runner-up for ₹5.60 Lakhs) heads-up. He banked ₹9.10 Lakhs for the win, surpassing ₹50 Lakhs in recorded online winnings.
The Mini version of the tourney, the GPS Destiny Jr ₹5 Lakhs GTD fared better as a turnout of 430 entries (197 unique, 72 re-entries, and 161 re-buys) helped generate a profitable ₹5.45 Lakhs in the prize pool. Site regular ‘SAMWELL TARLY’ championed the tourney to win ₹1.48 Lakhs following a heads-up deal with Sourabh ‘ravenclaw410’ Gehlot, who took home ₹1.27 Lakhs for placing second.
The other marquee tourney to take place on Spartan Poker last night was the Mega Freeze ₹5 Lakhs GTD. A turnout of 158 entries resulted in an overlay worth ₹23,000. In the end, Chetraj ‘chetraj1000’ Mishra came out on top to win ₹1.16 Lakhs.
PokerBaazi
The much-awaited PokerBaazi Monthly Value Series (PMVS) hit the ground running yesterday. The 5-day series promises over ₹2 Crores in prize pool guarantees.
The Wednesday flagship PMVS The Pride ₹12 Lakhs GTD logged in 439 entries that accrued ₹13.01 Lakhs in the prize pool. Walking away with the lion`s share was ‘lanumar1963’ for ₹2.65 Lakhs. Ayan ‘interalia_1’ Ray placed runner-up for ₹1.86 Lakhs while PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘OMG_spew’ Munot finished third for ₹1.19 Lakhs.
The PMVS ₹6 Lakhs GTD attracted a 239-entry field, falling a very marginal ₹2,500 short of break-even. After winning the SundaySuperStack last Sunday, Rajat ‘happyfish’ Mahajan snagged his second title of the month in the event along with the top prize worth ₹1.41 Lakhs. Mahajan defeated Dhirendra ‘dhirendra987’ Singh (2nd for ₹99,060) in the heads-up play.
Adda52
Over at Adda52, the Maverick’s advertised ₹12.5 Lakhs GTD was smashed on the back of a field of 682 entries (341 entries and 341 re-entries). The top 72 places got a piece of the ₹15.52 Lakhs prize pool. ‘jpunterj’ took down the title for a ₹3.88 Lakhs payday. PokerGuru Ambassadors Devvrat ‘glitch_d’ Arya (6th for ₹54,304), and Naresh ‘emperor457’ Veeravalli (7th for ₹42,668) posted FT finishes!
PokerStars India
The most prominent tourney to play out at PokerStars India was the Night on Stars. The ₹10 Lakhs GTD event clocked in 356 entries (212 unique entries and 144 re-entries) to leave an overlay of ₹1.10 Lakhs, and the top 55 places got paid. Following a heads-up deal with Debneil ‘ChhotaD0N’ Mukherjee (runner-up for ₹1.46 Lakhs), the banker turned poker pro Kunal ‘iAlwaysHaveit’ Patni improved upon his runner-up performance in the Sixth Sense from Tuesday to win ₹1.76 Lakhs.
The Big Bubble Rush ₹5 Lakhs GTD drew 175 entries (105 unique and 70 re-entries), suffering an overlay of ₹62,500. Taking top honors was Vaibhav ‘vaibsss’ Bhatia, who collected ₹1.19 Lakhs in prize money after a three-way deal with ‘yashos13’ (runner-up for ₹49,483) and ‘yash1805’ (3rd for ₹46,397).
The other Wednesday winners were:
Name | Prize | Event | Poker Site |
---|---|---|---|
Suraj 'soorajtodi' Todi | ₹97,910 | PMVS#5 ₹4 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
Sandy 'Ziigmund' Lamba | ₹94,120 | PMVS#2 ₹4 Lakhs GTD (8-Max) | PokerBaazi |
DOWNSWING | ₹76,440 | PMVS#1 ₹3 Lakhs GTD (8-Max) | PokerBaazi |
Thanosss | ₹66,675 | Ultimate PLO ₹2 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
pocketacesaa | ₹65,490 | Hexagram ₹3 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
No Hope | ₹45,443 | GPS#14 Monster Stack ₹3.5 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
billubhai | ₹41,337 | Monster Stack ₹2.75 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
chokola | ₹39,051 | GPS#13 NLHE ₹2 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
nawazzi96 | ₹35,190 | Pocket Lunch ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD | Pocket52 |
Afftripsevens | ₹12,500 | Wow Wednesday ₹50K GTD | Poker Dangal |
fortunemaker | ₹11,500 | 6 Feet Under ₹25K GTD PLO Deepstack | Khelo365 |
MUSA1432 | ₹8,372 | Who R U? ₹15K GTD - Khelo365 | Khelo365 |
fortunemaker | ₹7,200 | Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD | Khelo365 |
GPS#16 Destiny ₹35 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 301
Re-entries – 158
Re-buys – 203
Prize Pool – ₹35,00,000
Places Paid – 60
The tournament to watch out for yesterday was Spartan Poker’s GPS Destiny ₹35 Lakhs GTD. Clocking in 662 participants (301 unique, 158 re-entries and 203 re-buys), the site had to fill in a sizeable overlay of ₹1.90 Lakhs.
Former Millionaire winner, Avadh ‘cateyes’ Shah fired three bullets and eventually pulled ahead of the competition to clinch the top honors. Shah bested ‘corona virus’ (runner-up for ₹5.60 Lakhs) heads-up to bank ₹9.10 Lakhs. With this win, Shah’s overall recorded online cashes stand at ₹53.44 Lakhs.
The other notables who made it to the final table included Ishaan ‘potripper16’ Bhatia (4th for ₹2.27 Lakhs), Anmol ‘Anzzzzz’ Mehta (6th for ₹1.05 Lakhs) and Vaibhav ‘Nikka Zaildar’ Sharma (7th for ₹87,500).
Final Table Results
Maverick ₹12.5 Lakhs GTD – Adda52
Buy-in – ₹2,500
Entries – 341
Re-entries – 341
Prize Pool – ₹15,51,552
Places Paid – 72
The ₹12.5 Lakhs GTD Maverick logged in 682 entries (341 entries and 341 re-entries), generating a ₹15.51 Lakhs prize pool. Racing ahead of the rest, ‘jpunterj’ took down the tourney to win ₹3.87 Lakhs after beating ‘Mohanpuvvada5’ (runner-up for ₹2.24 Lakhs) heads-up.
Young Gun Gaurav ‘gauravarod’ Sood (3rd for ₹1.52 Lakhs), Anirban D ‘ajgar5’ Das (5th for ₹77,578), PokerGuru Ambassadors Devvrat ‘glitch_d’ Arya (6th for ₹54,304) and Naresh ‘emperor457’ Veeravalli (7th for ₹42,668) alongside online reg Aditya ‘adit11’ Kulkarni (9th for ₹23,273) FTed the tourney!
Final Table Results
PMVS#3 The Pride ₹12 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi
Buy-in – ₹3,300
Entries – 233
Re-entries – 206
Prize Pool – ₹13,17,000
Places Paid – 54
Beating its showcased guarantee by ₹1.17 Lakhs, the PMVS The Pride ₹12 Lakhs GTD pulled in 439 entries (233 unique and 206 re-entries). An unknown player with the moniker ‘lanumar1963’ took down tourney for a hefty ₹2.65 Lakhs after defeating circuit reg Ayan ‘interalia_1’ Ray (runner-up for ₹1.86 Lakhs) heads-up.
Other notables present at the final table were PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘OMG_spew’ Munot (3rd for ₹1,19,000), Honey ‘ho9ey’ Bijlani (4th for ₹88,240), Anuj ‘technoforever’ Mahajan (5th for ₹66,250), Kiran ‘pocketjs’ YK (6th for ₹53,080), Nishaanth ‘shanni’ Shanmughasundaram (7th for ₹44,250), and Dhinesh ‘dhineshrocky007’ Kumar (9th for ₹26,470).
Final Table Results
Night on Stars ₹10 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India
Buy-in – ₹2,750
Entries – 212
Re-entries – 144
Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000
Places Paid – 55
PokerStars India’s Night on Stars failed to meet its ₹10 Lakhs GTD and faced an overlay of ₹1.10 Lakhs on the back of 356 entries (212 unique entries and 144 re-entries). The winner emerged in former banker Kunal ‘iAlwaysHaveit’ Patni, who came close to winning a title twice this week. The third time turned out to be the charm for Patni, who championed the Night on Stars for ₹1.75 Lakhs after a heads-up deal with Debneil ‘ChhotaD0N’ Mukherjee (runner-up for ₹1.45 Lakhs). Patni now boasts of ₹1.54 Crores in recorded online earnings!
The only other known name on the FT was Piyush ‘plzdonttilt’ Chandak (5th for ₹53,566).
Final Table Results
PMVS#4 ₹6 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) – PokerBaazi
Buy-in – ₹2,750
Entries – 127
Re-entries – 112
Prize Pool – ₹6,00,000
Places Paid – 27
Continuing his blistering run, online crusher Rajat ‘happyfish’ Mahajan took down PokerBaazi’s PMVS ₹6 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) for ₹1.41 Lakhs. Dhirendra ‘dhirendra987’ Singh netted ₹99,060 for finishing second.
Registering 239 entries (127 unique and 112 re-entries), the event missed its advertised guarantee by very meager ₹2,500.
Notably, Mahajan had won the Sunday SuperStack ₹35 Lakhs GTD on Spartan poker last Sunday.
The top 27 places got paid and rounding out the star-studded final table was Aditya ‘speckem’ Pareek (3rd for ₹63,720), PokerGuru Ambassador Ankit ‘d00mtr00p3r’ Wadhawan (5th for ₹35,400), Ram ‘mowgumotu’ Kakkar (7th for ₹23,520), Pranay ‘setmeup’ Chawla (8th for ₹18,840), and Anurag ’13anurag’ Srivastava (9th for ₹14,100).
Final Table Results
GPS#18 Destiny Jr ₹5 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 197
Re-entries – 72
Re-buys – 161
Prize Pool – ₹5,45,000
Places Paid – 40
Spartan Poker’s GPS Destiny Jr ₹5 Lakhs GTD fared somewhat better than its elder sibling, the Destiny. Registering 430 entries (197 unique, 72 re-entries and 161 re-buys), the event just about managed to surpass its advertised guarantee and posted a prize pool worth ₹5.45 Lakhs.
Site regular ‘SAMWELL TARLY’ championed the event for a cool ₹1.48 Lakhs, after agreeing to a heads-up chop with Sourabh ‘ravenclaw410’ Gehlot, who took home ₹1.27 Lakhs for placing second.
Quite a few regs featured on the final table like Ravinder ‘jason’ Singh (3rd for ₹64,500), Md ‘Barrel_57’ Zeeshan (4th for ₹42,570), Paras ‘AAKKQQJJ’ Jain (6th for ₹21,199) and Aman ‘Karmapoker’ Parakh (7th for ₹16,534).
Final Table Results
*denotes heads-up deal
Big Bubble Rush ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India
Buy-in – ₹2,750
Entries – 105
Re-entries – 70
Total Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Regular Prize Pool – ₹2,81,250
Bounty Prize Pool – ₹2,18,750
Places Paid – 29
The Big Bubble Rush ₹5 Lakhs GTD attracted a total of 175 entries (105 unique and 70 re-entries) that led to a shortfall of ₹62,500, and the top 29 places boarded the money bus.
Taking down the tourney was Vaibhav ‘vaibsss’ Bhatia, who agreed to a three-way deal with ‘yashos13’ (runner-up for ₹49,483) and ‘yash1805’ (3rd for ₹46,397) before winning ₹1.19 Lakhs in first-place prize money!
Final Table Results
*denotes three-way deal
GPS#17 Mega Freeze ₹5 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Buy-in – ₹3,300
Entries – 158
Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Places Paid – 23
The GPS17 Mega Freeze ₹5 Lakhs GTD witnessed 158 runners assemble to participate in the competition, leading to a deficit of ₹26,000.
Following six hours of grueling play, Chetraj ‘chetraj1000’ Mishra came out on top to win ₹1.16 Lakhs, while ‘koti13’ finished second for ₹78,750.
Final Table Results
PMVS#5 ₹4 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi
Buy-in – ₹1,375
Entries – 204
Re-entries – 169
Prize Pool – ₹4,66,000
Places Paid – 45
Another guarantee-crushing event to take place on PokerBaazi on Wednesday was the PMVS ₹4 Lakhs GTD that collected a prize pool worth ₹4.66 Lakhs after bringing in 373 hopefuls (204 unique and 169 re-entries).
Suraj ‘soorajtodi’ Todi outlasted the field to collect a payday worth ₹97,910 after besting PokerGuru Ambassador Devvrat ‘flopCheck’ Arya heads-up. Arya walked away with ₹68,540 for finishing second.
Daniel K ‘FundRaiser’ Praśad (5th for ₹24,480), Rachit ‘rachubaba’ Arora (6th for ₹19,580), and Pratibh ‘pratibhsaluja’ Saluja (9th for ₹9,791) FTed the event.
PMVS#2 ₹4 Lakhs GTD (8-Max) – PokerBaazi
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 130
Re-entries – 113
Prize Pool – ₹4,00,000
Places Paid – 27
The PMVS ₹4 Lakhs GTD (8-Max) booked a shortfall of ₹35,500 on the posted guarantee. Online regular Sandy ‘Ziigmund’ Lamba clinched the title and ₹94,120 in prize money. ‘md20’ finished runner-up for ₹66,040.
PokerGuru Ambassador Rony ‘bisadip176’ Chowdhury (3rd for ₹42,480), Sankalp ‘Wobbegong’ Marwah (5th for ₹23,600), Avinash ‘aksinha97’ Kumar (6th for ₹18,880), and Vaibhav ‘vane_shado’ Temani (8th for ₹12,560) rounded up the familiar FT finishers.
GPS#14 Monster Stack ₹3.5 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Buy-in – ₹880
Entries – 240
Re-entries – 85
Re-buys – 193
Prize Pool – ₹4,14,000
Places Paid – 47
Spartan Poker’s GPS Monster Stack ₹3.5 Lakhs GTD saw a seven-way deal taking place on the final table with ‘No Hope’ capturing the title for ₹45,443. Also making podium finishes were ‘ronylek’ (runner-up for ₹42,254), ‘Glober’ (3rd for ₹39,431), ‘saitama’ (4th for ₹37,960), ‘Pasha1103’ (5th for ₹35,546), ‘blackbuck’ (6th for ₹34,542) and ‘vikas705’ (7th for ₹23,492).
The event logged in 518 entries, generating ₹4.14 Lakhs in prize money. The top 47 places were paid.
PMVS#1 ₹3 Lakhs GTD (8-Max) – PokerBaazi
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 198
Re-entries – 166
Prize Pool – ₹3,64,000
Places Paid – 45
The PMVS#1 ₹3 Lakhs GTD (8-Max) on PokerBaazi crowned a champion in ‘DOWNSWING,’ who defeated Siddartha ‘siddyk20’ Khandelwal (runner-up for ₹53,508) heads-up to win ₹76,440.
The event attracted a 364-player field (198 unique and 166 re-entries) surpassing the advertised guarantee by ₹64,000.
Sumit ‘m0ney’ Gupta (4th for ₹25,480), PokerGuru Ambassador Rony ‘bisadip176’ Chowdhury (5th for ₹19,110), Pranav ‘GarviGujarat’ Desai (6th for ₹15,288), Sankalp ‘Wobbegong’ Marwah (7th for ₹12,740), and Shubham ‘kalalund’ Bhashker (9th for ₹7,644) were other prominent FT finishers.
Hexagram ₹3 Lakhs GTD – Adda52
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 81
Re-entries- 55
Prize Pool – ₹3,00,000
Places Paid – 15
Adda52’ Hexagram ₹3 Lakhs GTD drew 136 hopefuls (81 unique, 55 re-entries) resulting in an overlay of ₹28,000.
‘pocketacesaa’ emerged the winner and banked ₹65,490 following a three-way deal with ‘loser05’ (runner-up for ₹61,602) and ‘bagdwalhim’ (3rd for ₹53,158).
Other players who ended their run on the final table was Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall (4th for ₹28,500), Manish ‘newkidpoker’ Lakhotia (6th for ₹13,500), Prakash ‘Pfeiffer’ Lalwani (7th for ₹11,250) and Rishi ‘ronaldo94’ Mundhra (9th for ₹6,750).
Night Rider – Monster Stack ₹2.75 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Buy-in – ₹880
Entries – 186
Re-entries – 67
Rebuys- 118
Prize Pool – ₹2,96,800
Places Paid – 31
Spartan Poker’s Night Rider – Monster Stack ₹2.75 Lakhs GTD attracted a 371-player field, generating a healthy prize pool of ₹2.96 Lakhs. A four-day deal between the finalists saw ‘billubhai’ walk away with the title and the ₹41,337 up top, with ‘@Valmiki@’ (2nd for ₹41,044), ‘ronylek’ (3rd for ₹39,355), and ‘Donyipolo’ (4th for ₹37,258) finishing in close distance.
Ultimate PLO ₹2 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 57
Re-entries – 30
Rebuys – 40
Prize Pool – ₹2,54,000
Places Paid- 13
The Ultimate PLO ₹2 Lakhs GTD collected a guarantee-busting prize pool of ₹2.54 Lakhs yesterday, with 127 signups (57 unique, 30 re-entries, and 40 rebuys).
An unknown player with the Avengers inspired moniker ‘Thanos’ captured the title for ₹66,675, after beating ‘Its abbybaby’ (second for ₹45,132) to the finish line.
Other known notables on the final table were Siddharth ‘Devils Advocate’ Ranshevre (3rd for ₹29,257), Paras ‘AAKKQQJJ’ Jain (6th for ₹13,636), Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra (7th for ₹10,461) and Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPros’ Kumar (8th for ₹9,398).
GPS#13 NLHE ₹2 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Buy-in – ₹550
Entries – 221
Re-entries – 63
Rebuys – NA
Places Paid- 39
‘chokola’ outlasted the competition and won the GPS NLHE ₹2 Lakhs GTD event for ₹39,051 after a three-way deal. ‘A king’ (runner-up for ₹33,350), and ‘D. Carwin1’ (3rd for ₹32,406) were the other two beneficiaries of the deal.
Mandar ‘MAMA04’ Madaye finished 8th for ₹6,124.
Pocket Lunch ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 99
Re-entries – 54
Prize Pool – ₹1,53,000
Places Paid – 27
The Pocket Lunch managed to break even after clocking in 153 entrants (99 entries and 54 re-entries) and the top 27 places got a piece of the ₹1.53 Lakhs prize pool.
Topping them all was an anonymous player ‘nawazzi96’ who netted ₹35,190 in prize money after defeating ‘buffalosoldier’ (2nd for₹21,420) in the heads-up play.
Wow Wednesday ₹50K GTD – Poker Dangal
Buy-in – ₹330
Entries – 70
Re-buys – 56
Add-ons – 25
Prize Pool – ₹50,000
Places Paid – 11
PokerDangal’s Wow Wednesday faced a very marginal ₹4,700 shortfall on the back of a field of 151 entries, and the top 11 places got paid.
In the end, ‘Afftripsevens’ captured the title and earned ₹12,500 after defeating ‘britishraaj’ (2nd for ₹9,500) in the heads-up play.
Kaleem ‘NuttyManiac’ Pasha finished 5th for ₹4,000.
6 Feet Under ₹25K GTD PLO Deepstack – Khelo365
Buy-in – ₹550
Entries – 19
Re-entries – 19
Prize Pool – ₹25,000
Places Paid – 4
Claiming back-to-back titles in this event was ‘fortunemaker.’ ‘apalece’ placed second for ₹6,500.
With 38 entries (19 unique and 19 re-entries), the tourney booked a shortfall of ₹4,100.
Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD – Khelo365
Buy-in – ₹275
Entries – 43
Re-entries – 26
Prize Pool – ₹20,000
Places Paid – 7
Site regular ‘fortunemaker’ emerged victorious in the Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD last night and won ₹7,200 in prize money.
The event suffered an overlay of ₹1,025 after recording 69 entries.
Who R U? ₹15K GTD – Khelo365
Buy-in – ₹220
Entries – 26
Re-entries – 9
Rebuys – 40
Add-ons – 16
Prize Pool – ₹18,200
Places Paid – 4
Khelo365’s Who R U? ₹15K GTD crushed the posted guarantee with a prize pool collection of ₹18,200 from 91 entries.
Eventually, anonymous user ‘MUSA1432’ clinched the title and took home ₹8,372 in first-place prize money.
This report was updated at 4:30 PM on 03.06.2020.
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