Daily Majors: Ashit Sharma, Pranav Khandalkar, Shashank Jain, Anujkumar Kodam & Pranjal Gandhi Secure the Big Tuesday Scores

We are now just two days away from closing out the year, and Tuesday witnessed a significant uptick in action over Monday. While some flagships registered overlays, several comfortably sailed through.

PokerStars India’s “Star of Month” – December is also to be decided today in the Finale that will have 100 qualifiers converging at 9 PM tonight!

Here is a quick recap of all that transpired yesterday.

Spartan Poker

Offering the biggest prize pool guarantee of the day was the Spartan Poker-hosted ₹17 Lakhs GTD Mega Stack. The ₹3,300 entry buy-in tourney logged in 470 entries to post an overlay of ₹2.90 Lakhs for the site to fill. After almost eight hours of rigorous play, Ashit ‘D. Carwin1’ Sharma came out on top to win ₹3.31 Lakhs. Young Gun and former Millionaire winner, Anujkumar ‘aatmaan108’ Kodam, finished runner-up for ₹2.10 Lakhs.

This is the third time Sharma has won this tourney (second time this year). He also posted a second FT finish yesterday, placing eighth in PokerBaazi’s Endeavour for ₹35,400. In all, he raked in ₹3.67 Lakhs last night, pushing his lifetime tally to ₹1.25 Crores.

The other Tuesday marquee, the ₹7 Lakhs GTD The Race, registered 458 runners to post an overlay of ₹13,000. It was 4.18 AM on the tourney clock by the time Pravin ‘Bahubali2002’ Garle championed the event to win ₹94,661. Garle struck a five-way deal with Shaurya ‘PrivateLimited’ Modi (runner-up for ₹86,271), ‘eightofspades’ (3rd for ₹70,973), ‘matrix081’ (4th for ₹69,307), and Sanchit ‘scofield1210’ Nag (5th for ₹60,845). Garle’s online tally on Spartan Poker has touched ₹13.13 Lakhs after the win.

PokerStars India

PokerStars India had two ₹5 Lakhs GTD tourneys on its Tuesday line-up. The ₹2,200 entry buy-in Sixth Sense logged in 212 entries (115 unique and 97 re-entries), overlaying ₹76,000. Sandeep ‘effuno007’ Varma RS was the last player standing in the tourney and won ₹76,265 after striking a three-way deal with ‘Paaniii’ (runner-up for ₹54,489), and PokerGuru Ambassador Rony ‘GoGetters1’ Chowdhury (third for ₹76,708) – who walked away with the biggest slice of the prize money.

Varma added another FT score last night, placing sixth in the Uppercut Mini for ₹19,763, making for total winnings of ₹1 Lakh.

The ₹2,750 entry buy-in Uppercut Mini wrangled in 159 entries, experiencing an overlay shortfall of ₹1.03 Lakhs. The anonymous user ‘ASG 961’ outlasted the competition to win ₹1.08 Lakhs (₹57,851 in prize money and ₹50,157 in bounties), with Young Gun Shardul ‘merci999’ Parthasarathi placing runner-up for ₹49,146 (₹42,739 prize money, ₹6,407 bounties). Parthasarathi’s lifetime MTT earnings have crossed ₹2.48 Crores, bringing him within touching distance of the ₹2.50 Crore-mark in lifetime earnings.

Starting at its usual 10:30 PM slot, the ₹1 Lakhs GTD Bigstack Turbo logged in 65 entries on Tuesday. Swapnil ‘pokpom1’ Patil was the last player standing in the tourney and won ₹30,488. ‘wolfbacki4’ secured a runner-up payday of ₹20,032. The tourney experienced an overlay shortfall of ₹35,000 and the top 11 places benefitted from the value on offer.

PokerStars India`s “Star of the Month” leaderboard promotion has already crossed over to the January race and all ITM finishers in the Sixth Sense and Bigstack Turbo collected TLB points for a place in the Finale.

The 100 qualifiers from the December leaderboard race will be converging at 9 PM tonight for a shot at becoming the “Star of the Month” – December. In addition to the bragging rights of becoming the December champion, there are MTT tickets worth ₹1.15 Lakhs reserved for the winner. The runner-up will collect tourney tickets worth ₹35,000.

Adda52

Lighting up the Tuesday primetime slot at Adda52 was the site’s ₹15 Lakhs GTD The Mint. The Tuesday flagship brought in 351 entries (174 unique and 177 re-entries) to post an overlay of ₹2.72 Lakhs. It took seven hours and twenty-four minutes of play for Sheetal ‘DADDY5050’ Jain to power her way through the competition to win ₹3.75 Lakhs. This was Jain’s best finish on the site to date and helped improve her overall earnings on the site to ₹21.75 Lakhs (₹32,661 in profits). The former AOPS Super High Roller winner Shashank ‘felter’ Jain placed runner-up for ₹2.27 Lakhs. Jain’s online record has crossed ₹2.39 Crores.

The ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD Voyager had Anuj ‘chocha’ Manocha navigating his way to the top to win ₹66,772 after a heads-up deal with Sagar ‘Fang9872’ Surve (runner-up for ₹54,144). Manocha had FT-ed two tourneys on Monday, and yesterday`s win has sent his online record soaring to ₹48.58 Lakhs. With a turnout of 296 entries, the tourney ended up collecting ₹2.96 Lakhs in the prize pool.

PokerBaazi

PokerBaazi’s Tuesday flagship, The Endeavour, logged in 283 entries, overlying ₹2.10 Lakhs. Outlasting them all was the former Millionaire winner Pranav ‘pranavpoker’ Khandalkar, who added ₹2.65 Lakhs to his bankroll. Pranjal ‘lilmessi’ Gandhi finished runner-up for ₹1.86 Lakhs. Khandalkar’s lifetime MTT record has crossed ₹2.41 Crores, of which ₹1.14 Crores he has accumulated in 2020.

The 9 PM Special ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD Tuesday Turbo registered 102 entries, falling ₹46,000 short of its listed guarantee. ‘Delzoid5’ won the tourney, banking ₹70,375 just as Farooque ‘acefour’ Shaikh finished runner-up for ₹49,275.

The ₹2 Lakhs GTD PBBS #9 Main Event played out its second starting flight on Tuesday amid a starting field of 116 runners. The day’s play ended with 11 players bagging Day 2 stacks. Bagging the end of day chip lead was ‘AnonDegen’ (438,000), with ‘shona281088’ (242,000) and ‘lazygamer007’ (220,000) rounding out the top three stacks from the flight. Taking into account the 120 entries from Day 1A, the tourney has already logged in 236 entries.

The other Tuesday winners were:

Mega Stack ₹17 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹3,300

Entries – 237

Re-entries – 83

Re-buys – 150

Prize Pool – ₹17,00,000

Places Paid – 47

Offering the biggest prize pool guarantee of the day was Spartan Poker’s ₹17 Lakhs GTD Mega Stack. The ₹3,300 entry buy-in tourney logged in 470 runners, overlaying a hefty ₹2.90 Lakhs against the listed guarantee.

After almost eight hours of rigorous play, MTT reg Ashit ‘D.Carwin1’ Sharma came out on top to win ₹3.31 Lakhs. Sharma’s heads-up opponent former Millionaire winner Anujkumar ‘aatmaan108’ Kodam picked up ₹2.10 Lakhs for his runner-up finish.

Last night, Sharma also FT-ed PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour, placing eighth for ₹35,400. He placed ninth in PokerStars India’s Sixth Sense as well for ₹12,435. These scores helped push Sharma’s lifetime tally over ₹1.25 Crores.

K Chakradhar ‘reddiered07’ Reddy (3^rd for ₹1.57 Lakhs), the monthly leaderboard topper, Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia (5^th for ₹1 Lakh), Pranay ‘kabira speaking’ Chawla (7^th for ₹56,440), and Monday’s Battle Royale runner-up on PokerStars India Anmolraj Singh ‘sriracha’ Chawla (8^th for ₹41,480) posted FT scores.

Final Table Results

1. Ashit ‘D.Carwin1’ Sharma – ₹3,31,330
2. Anujkumar ‘aatmaan108’ Kodam – ₹2,10,460
3. K Chakradhar ‘reddiered07’ Reddy – ₹1,57,760
4. Omkar ‘_omkar’ Natuskar – ₹1,27,670
5. Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia – ₹1,00,640
6. papertiger – ₹76,840
7. Pranay ‘kabira speaking’ Chawla – ₹56,440
8. Anmolraj Singh ‘sriracha’ Chawla – ₹41,480

The Mint ₹15 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹3,850

Entries – 174

Re-entries – 177

Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000

Places Paid – 38

Adda52’s signature Tuesday tourney, The Mint, returned for another of its weekly runs. The event logged in 351 entries to witness an overlay shortfall of ₹2.72 Lakhs.

Starting off at 8 PM, it wasn’t until past 3 AM today the final hand got dealt. Coming out on top was Sheetal ‘DADDY5050’ Jain, who defeated well-known pro Shashank ‘felter’ Jain (runner-up for ₹2.27 Lakhs) heads-up to win₹3.75 Lakhs.

Manish ‘newkidpoker’ Lakhotia (3rd for ₹1.65 Lakhs), Sagar ‘Fang9872’ Surve (4^th for ₹1.2 Lakhs), Mohit ‘thejokerrrr’ Mehta (5th for ₹81,000), Mohsin ‘gongo’ Shaikh (6^th for ₹56,250), Ranveer Singh ‘seven2222’ Sandhu (7th for ₹45,000), and Mandar ‘HighCardJ’ Darade (8th for ₹37,500) also FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Sheetal ‘DADDY5050’ Jain – ₹3,75,000
2. Shashank ‘felter’ Jain – ₹2,27,250
3. Manish ‘newkidpoker’ Lakhotia – ₹1,65,000
4. Sagar ‘Fang9872’ Surve – ₹1,20,000
5. Mohit ‘thejokerrrr’ Mehta – ₹81,000
6. Mohsin ‘gongo’ Shaikh – ₹56,250
7. Ranveer Singh ‘seven2222’ Sandhu – ₹45,000
8. Mandar ‘HighCardJ’ Darade – ₹37,500

The Endeavour ₹12 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹3,850

Entries- 171

Re-entries – 112

Prize Pool – ₹12,00,000

Places Paid – 36

PokerBaazi’s ₹12 Lakhs GTD The Endeavour pulled in 283 entries last night, a significant drop over last week`s 314 entries. The site ended up filling in a ₹2.10 Lakhs overlay.

The field whittled down to a heads-up showdown between Pranav ‘pranavpoker’ Khandalkar and Pranjal ‘lilmessi’ Gandhi. Khandalkar eventually prevailed to win the title for ₹2.65 Lakhs, while Gandhi placed runner-up for ₹1.86 Lakhs.

Khandalkar’s total MTT winnings currently stand at ₹2.41 Crores, which includes ₹63.02 Lakhs in recorded earnings on PokerBaazi.

Rohan ‘theoldrod’ Sahni (5^th for ₹66,480), Young Gun Anuj ‘brockLesnar95’ Yadav (6^th for ₹44,160), and Spartan Poker’s Mega Stack winner Ashit ‘nexus010’ Sharma (8^th for ₹35,400) also FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Pranav ‘pranavpoker’ Khandalkar – ₹2,65,080
2. Pranjal ‘lilmessi’ Gandhi – ₹1,86,000
3. Psyberius – ₹1,19,640
4. swagse – ₹88,560
5. Rohan ‘theoldrod’ Sahni – ₹66,480
6. dreamrekha – ₹53,160
7. Anuj ‘brockLesnar95’ Yadav – ₹44,160
8. Ashit ‘nexus010’ Sharma – ₹35,400

The Race ₹7 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 233

Re-entries – 82

Re-buys – 143

Prize Pool – ₹7,00,000

Places Paid – 47

Spartan Poker’s ₹7 Lakhs GTD The Race recorded a marginal ₹13,000 overlay shortfall after pulling in 458 registrations.

Starting out at 9:30 PM, the play continued till 4:18 AM with Pravin ‘Bahubali2002’ Garle championing the tourney to win ₹94,661, following a five-day deal with Shaurya ‘PrivateLimited’ Modi (runner-up for ₹86,271), ‘eightofspades’ (3^rd for ₹70,973), ‘matrix081’ (4^th for ₹69,307), and Sanchit ‘scofield1210’ Nag (5^th for ₹60,845).

Shivaraj ‘Mercydispointedme’ Manikappa placed seventh for ₹23,240.

Final Table Results

1. Pravin ‘Bahubali2002’ Garle – ₹94,661*
2. Shaurya ‘PrivateLimited’ Modi – ₹86,271*
3. eightofspades – ₹70,973*
4. matrix081 – ₹69,307*
5. Sanchit ‘scofield1210’ Nag – ₹60,845*
6. PleasebeTuna – ₹31,640
7. Shivaraj ‘Mercydispointedme’ Manikappa – ₹23,240
8. Redbullwings – ₹17,080

* denotes a five-way deal

Sixth Sense ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 115

Re-entries – 97

Prize Pool – ₹2,00,000

Places Paid – 41

PokerStars India’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Sixth Sense was the first of two Tuesday tourneys awarding TLB points towards the ‘Star of the Month’ – January (Week #1) leaderboard race. Running from 7:30 PM to 1:59 AM, the tourney logged in 212 entrants, overlaying ₹76,000.

Seasoned MTT reg Sandeep ‘effuno007’ Varma RS took down the event for ₹76,265, following a three-way deal with ‘Paaniii’ (runner-up for ₹54,489) and PokerGuru Ambassador Rony ‘GoGetters1’ Chowdhury (3rd for ₹76,708).

Varma was in the hunt for back-to-back titles last night and came close to taking down the Uppercut Mini. He finished sixth for ₹19,763, collecting ₹96,028 for the day. The two deep runs last night boosted Varma`s MTT record to ₹2.17 Crores.

PokerGuru Ambassador Parikshit ‘Zapdos123’ Dhall finished seventh for ₹15,150.

Final Table Results

1. Sandeep ‘effuno007’ Varma RS – ₹76,265*
2. Paaniii – ₹54,489*
3. Rony ‘GoGetters1’ Chowdhury – ₹76,708*
4. manas_099 – ₹35,120
5. Achu0614 – ₹25,460
6. Sahni1509 – ₹18,457
7. Parikshit ‘Zapdos123’ Dhall – ₹15,150

*denotes three-way deal

Uppercut Mini ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 78

Re-entries – 81

Total Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Regular Prize Pool – ₹3,01,250

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹1,98,750

Places Paid – 29

The other ₹5 Lakhs GTD tourney running on PokerStars India was the Uppercut Mini. The ₹2,750 buy-in event logged in 159 participants, forcing the site to fill in an overlay of ₹1.02 Lakhs.

The mystery user ‘ASG 961’ came out on top to claim the title and the top prize of ₹1.08 Lakhs (₹57,851 prize money, ₹50,157 bounties). Young Gun Shardul ‘merci999’ Parthasarathi came in second for ₹49,146 (₹42,739 prize money, ₹6,407 bounties). Parthasarathi’s recorded online earnings now stand tall at ₹2.48 Crores.

Rahul ‘Unleashed2519’ Sahni (5th for ₹19,968) and Sandeep ‘effuno007’ Varma RS (6th for ₹19,763) also FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results (Includes Bounties)

1. ASG 961 – ₹1,08,008
2. Shardul ‘merci999’ Parthasarathi – ₹49,146
3. crazyass93 – ₹56,888
4. raghav1990 – ₹35,983
5. Rahul ‘Unleashed2519’ Sahni – ₹19,968
6. Sandeep ‘effuno007’ Varma RS – ₹19,763
7. flipper595 – ₹13,419

Tuesday Turbo ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 74

Re-entries – 28

Prize Pool – ₹2,50,000

Places Paid – 12

PokerBaazi’s Tuesday Turbo logged in 102 entries, falling ₹46,000 short of its ₹2.5 Lakhs prize pool guarantee. The anonymous player ‘Delzoid5’ bagged the top prize of ₹70,375 after defeating Farooque ‘acefour’ Shaikh (2^nd for ₹49,275) in heads-up play.

Ayush ‘Gizzy’ Khandelwal (6^th for ₹14,075) was the only other known player on the FT.

Voyager ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 183

Re-entries – 113

Prize Pool – ₹2,96,000

Places Paid – 30

Adda52’s 9.30 PM special, the ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD Voyager, drew 296 contenders to collect a profitable ₹2.96 Lakhs prize pool.

Monday’s multiple FT scorer, Anuj ‘chocha’ Manocha, proved the last player standing and banked ₹66,772 following a heads-up deal with Sagar ‘Fang987’ Surve (2^nd for ₹54,144).

While the top 34 places got paid, the FT included Sunil ‘paulite’ Saraf (3^rd for ₹34,040), Rahul ‘rahul615’ Thakur (4^th for ₹25,160), Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna (5^th for ₹17,020), Vidyasagar ‘darubhai’ Darapu (6^th for ₹11,840), Kapil ‘selffish’ Arora (7^th for ₹8,880), and Vinod ‘Jamesoo7’ Bhasker (8^th for ₹7,400).

PBBS #9 ₹2 Lakhs GTD Main Event – Flight 2- PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹220

Entries – 78

Re-entries – 38

Survivors – 11

The ₹2 Lakhs GTD PBBS #9 Main Event played out its second starting flight on Tuesday, drawing 116 runners. The play began at 8 PM, and by the time the chips were bagged, only 11 of them were still standing. Leading this group was ‘AnonDegen’ (438,000), with ‘shona281088’ (242,000) and ‘lazygamer007’ (220,000) rounding out the top three stacks from the flight.

Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Flight 2

1. AnonDegen – 438,000
2. shona281088 – 242,000
3. lazygamer007 – 220,000
4. Nishant ‘stockfull’ Pandey – 169,000
5. desichora – 147,000
6. monish1965 – 133,000
7. Abhishek ‘Suyashroy’ Pal – 102,000
8. Abhishek ‘abhiom’ Chhajer – 99,500
9. nnm1987 – 87,390
10. AshleyFernandes – 74,000

Bigstack Turbo ₹1 Lakh GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 46

Re-entries – 19

Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000

Places Paid – 11

The other qualifying tourney awarding TLB points for PokerStars India’s ‘Star of the Month’ leaderboard race, the ₹1 Lakh GTD Bigstack Turbo, locked in 65 entries registering a deficit of ₹35,000.

The fast-paced tourney took a little over three hours before Swapnil ‘pokpom1’ Patil came out on top to win ₹30,488. ‘wolfbacki45’ finished runner-up for ₹20,032.

Vasu ‘Aggrolegend’ Ramanan finished 4th for ₹8,648.

Battlefield Tuesday ₹1 Lakh GTD – PokerDangal

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 58

Rebuys – 26

Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000

Places Paid – 13

PokerDangal regular ‘rohit25king’ shipped the ₹1 Lakh GTD Battlefield Tuesday on the site last night for ₹24,000. ‘stockbroker’ finished runner-up for ₹18,500.

Jai ‘jaisharma13’ Sharma placed 4th for 10,500.

Pocket Jacks ₹75K GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 70

Re-entries – 29

Prize Pool – ₹75,000

Places Paid – 15

Pocket52`s ₹75K GTD wrangled in 99 entries, overlaying ₹25,500. The anonymous user ‘HassiAces’ won the tourney for ₹17,250, after defeating ‘devaryan’ (runner-up for ₹12,750) in heads-up play.

Himadri ‘Himadri’ Pal finished sixth for ₹4,500.

Unravel ₹50K GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹440

Entries – 56

Re-entries – 41

Prize Pool – ₹50,000

Places Paid – 15

Topping a field of 97 entries, ‘khichdi’ took down the ₹50K GTD Unravel for ₹11,500. ‘kw1996’ placed runner-up for ₹8,500.

Janani ‘Khapa’ Ghosh finished 3^rd for ₹6,250.

Under The Gun PLO ₹20K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 22

Re-entries – 1

Rebuys – 13

Add-ons – 16

Prize Pool – ₹20,000

Places Paid – 3

‘Srinikumar’ added ₹10,000 to their bankroll, after winning the ₹20K GTD Under The Gun PLO on Khelo365.

This report was updated at 5:30 PM on 30.12.2020.

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