Daily Majors: Singh, Dembla, Khandalkar & Srivastava Conquer the Monday Marquees

Mondays have always been slow on the virtual felts – a day when the regs take a day off to unwind after a hectic weekend, and yesterday was no different. With the party over for all the prominent online series, it was back to the regular Monday schedule across sites, and all the flagships got hammered with overlays!

Here is the complete recap.

Spartan Poker

The ₹12 Lakhs GTD ReCharge headlined the action on Spartan Poker on Monday. A player pool of 487 contenders was seen ponying up the ₹2,200 buy-in; nevertheless, the tourney still struggled to meet its advertised guarantee, ultimately incurring a deficit of ₹2.26 Lakhs. Mystery user ‘israp’ came out on top with ₹2.33 Lakhs in first-place prize money, while Pranav ‘pranavpoker’ Khandalkar padded his bankroll with a runner-up payout worth ₹1.48 Lakhs.

With this win, the champion has reached ₹5.88 Lakhs in earnings on Spartan Poker; however, they are still in the red for ₹1.89 Lakhs. Khandalkar, on the other hand, has accumulated ₹2.06 Crores in recorded online winnings, of which ₹73.47 Lakhs he has earned on Spartan Poker. Khandalkar also final tabled The Flash, finishing eighth for ₹14,160, taking his cumulative score for the night to ₹1.62 Lakhs.

The ₹6 Lakhs GTD The Flash suffered an overlay of ₹52,000 on the back of 548 entries. Rishab ‘rishabjain1983’ Jain triumphed over the field, which included defeating ‘yeaces’ (runner-up for ₹85,850) heads-up, to claim the title and top prize worth ₹1.04 Lakhs. Jain had won his last title in May when he had shipped PokerStars India’s ₹2 Lakhs GTD INSCOOP-28 Sixth Sense for ₹50,042. More than three months later, he finally broke away from the dry spell by winning a title. Jain also final tabled Spartan Poker’s Night Rider – Monster Stack, placing eighth for ₹6,690. He presently has ₹42.28 Lakhs in lifetime winnings.

Adda52

With the AOPS out of the way, Adda52 returned to its regular schedule of tournaments. The signature event that ran on Monday was the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Inception. After registering 290 entrants, the site had to fill in an overlay of ₹72,000. Shekhar ‘Brat_Poker’ Singh, who had won the Sunday Punch ₹5 Lakhs GTD on August 16, emerged victorious in this event, adding ₹2.56 Lakhs to his bankroll. Utkarsh ‘sam20542’ Srivastava finished runner-up for ₹1.52 Lakhs. Before this win, Singh was ranked #70 on the weekly leaderboards, and he jumped up four spots after the big finish.

Adda52’s ₹3 Lakhs GTD Hexagram was also hit by the overlay express. With 139 participants joining the competition, the tourney fell ₹22,000 short of the break-even mark. The anonymous user ‘Danger3040’ bested ‘ashu1990’ (runner-up for ₹55,500) heads-up to win the title and ₹84,750.

PokerBaazi

PokerBaazi`s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Bout attracted 342 entries, but it still wasn’t enough to meet the listed guarantee, resulting in a shortfall of ₹1.45 Lakhs. Prateek ‘khotasikka’ Singh decimated the field, banking the ₹2.10 Lakhs up-top, while Deepak ‘DEEPAKALLIN’ Sachdeva had to contend with a second-place payout of ₹1.47 Lakhs. Singh has accrued ₹20.92 Lakhs in winnings on PokerBaazi, with a profit of ₹8.02 Lakhs.

Himanshu ‘ISquirtBullets’ Dewan championed the ₹2 Lakhs GTD Grinders#4 Monday MegaStack for ₹60,000, just as site regular ‘Hades’ came in second for ₹42,000. The event garnered 85 entries, registering an overlay of ₹30,000.

PokerStars India

PokerStars India`s ₹6 Lakhs GTD Battle Royale logged in 172 entries to experience an overlay of ₹1.70 Lakhs. Online regular Harsh ‘kakori kabab’ Dembla was in fierce form last night and topped the field to claim a winner’s paycheque worth ₹1.40 Lakhs.

Dembla went on to final table two other tourneys, namely, Adda52’s Hexagram (3rd for ₹39,000) and PokerStars India’s The Classic Monday (9th for ₹6,435), taking his overall score for the day to ₹1.85 Lakhs.

The ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD The Classic Monday was taken down by ‘yash1805’ for ₹57,784.

The other Monday winners were:

ReCharge ₹12 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 243

Re-entries – 77

Re-buys – 167

Prize Pool – ₹12,00,000

Places Paid – 47

Starting at 8 PM on Monday, the ₹12 Lakhs GTD ReCharge attracted 487 entries on its latest run. With each player ponying up the ₹2,200 buy-in, the online site had to fill in the deficit of ₹2.26 Lakhs.

Racing ahead of the rest was an anonymous player ‘israp,’ who defeated Pranav ‘pranavpoker’ Khandalkar (runner-up for ₹1.48 Lakhs) heads-up to win ₹2.33 Lakhs.

Khandalkar final tabled The Flash as well, adding ₹14,160 to his tally for finishing eighth. He currently sits with ₹2.06 Crore in recorded online winnings.

The top 47 players finished ITM. Vishal ‘Bhaii9’ Marwaha finished 8^th for ₹29,280.

Final Table Results

1. israp – ₹2,33,880
2. Pranav ‘pranavpoker’ Khandalkar – ₹1,48,560
3. amit22091991 – ₹1,11,360
4. KOF – ₹88,546
5. slr111 – ₹71,040
6. Hashtagpoker – ₹54,240
7. ladrag – ₹39,840
8. Vishal ‘Bhaii9’ Marwaha – ₹29,280
9. rakecity – ₹24,000

The Bout ₹10 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 189

Re-entries – 153

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 45

PokerBaazi’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Bout piled in 342 entrants who ponied up the ₹2,750 to leave a significant overlay of ₹1.45 Lakhs.

Benefitting the most from the value on offer was Prateek ‘khotasikka’ Singh. He collected ₹2.10 Lakhs in prize money after defeating Deepak ‘DEEPAKALLIN’ Sachdeva (runner-up for ₹1.47 Lakhs) heads-up to win the title. With this score, Singh has almost touched the ₹75 Lakh-mark in online earnings!

Sajjan ‘TheTeacher’ Barnwal (3^rd for ₹94,500), Ankur ‘Stonecold’ Sehgal (4^th for ₹70,000), Gautam ‘M8a7’ Rohilla (5^th for ₹52,500), Chiraag ‘Versutus’ Patel (6^th for ₹42,000), and Hitesh ‘hiteshbhai’ Batra (7^th for ₹35,000) posted FT finishes.

Final Table Results

1. Prateek ‘khotasikka’ Singh – ₹2,10,000
2. Deepak ‘DEEPAKALLIN’ Sachdeva – ₹1,47,000
3. Sajjan ‘TheTeacher’ Barnwal – ₹94,500
4. Ankur ‘Stonecold’ Sehgal – ₹70,000
5. Gautam ‘M8a7’ Rohilla – ₹52,500
6. Chiraag ‘Versutus’ Patel – ₹42,000
7. Hitesh ‘hiteshbhai’ Batra – ₹35,000
8. Ronaldinho18 – ₹28,000
9. gaurav291993 – ₹21,000

Inception ₹10 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹3,500

Entries – 138

Re-entries – 152

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 30

Adda2’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Inception took a ₹72,000 hit against the proposed guarantee after clocking in 290 entries.

Shekhar ‘Brat_Poker’ Singh was the last player standing and won ₹2.56 Lakhs. Utkarsh ‘sam20542’ Srivastava finished runner-up for ₹1.52 Lakhs.

Notably, Singh had championed Adda52’s the Sunday Punch ₹5 Lakhs GTD, just a day ago.

Naren ‘IMUNAGI’ Purohit (4th for ₹85,000), and Akshat ‘akshat03’ Sharma (9th for ₹20,000) posted FT scores.

Final Table Results

1. Shekhar ‘Brat_Poker’ Singh – ₹2,56,000
2. Utkarsh ‘sam20542’ Srivastava – ₹1,52,500
3. Reg_Slayer – ₹1,15,000
4. Naren ‘IMUNAGI’ Purohit – ₹85,000
5. o049242 – ₹57,500
6. abhijay786nov – ₹40,000
7. faze123 – ₹30,000
8. Hell12 – ₹25,000
9. Akshat ‘akshat03’ Sharma – ₹20,000

Battle Royale ₹6 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 103

Re-entries – 69

Prize Pool – ₹6,00,000

Places Paid – 27

With the more popular sites taking a beating on MTT guarantees, it is no surprise that PokerStars India booked a significant loss in overlays on Monday. The ₹6 Lakhs GTD Battle Royale got walloped by a ₹1.70 Lakhs shortfall on the back of 172 entries.

After seven hours of intense action, MTT reg Harsh ‘kakori kabab’ Dembla pipped ‘Nitin&AMIT9999’ (runner-up for ₹62,501) heads-up to win the title and ₹1.40 Lakhs.

MTT regs Abhishek ‘TheGrinder333’ Garg (3^rd for ₹49,927), Ram ‘TheLagLawyer’ Kakkar (4^th for ₹34,955), Vishnu ‘violator2018’ Khandelwal (7^th for ₹15,078), and Gurpal ‘twizelll’ Singh (9^th for ₹11,395) FT-ed the tourney!

Final Table Results

1. Harsh ‘kakori kabab’ Dembla – ₹1,40,492
2. Nitin&AMIT9999 – ₹62,501
3. Abhishek ‘TheGrinder333’ Garg – ₹49,927
4. Ram ‘TheLagLawyer’ Kakkar – ₹34,955
5. Ricky000029 $$$ – ₹40,220
6. veed007 – ₹24,830
7. Vishnu ‘violator2018’ Khandelwal – ₹15,078
8. Vin1294 – ₹21,636
9. Gurpal ‘twizelll’ Singh – ₹11,395

The Flash ₹6 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 288

Re-entries – 96

Re-buys – 164

Prize Pool – ₹6,00,000

Places Paid – 55

With 548 signups (288 unique, 96 re-entries, 164 re-buys), The Flash ₹6 Lakhs GTD fell ₹52,000 short of the listed guarantee. It took seven hours of play for the tourney to wrap up, and walking away with the title was Rishab ‘rishabjain1983’ Jain.

Jain locked horns with ‘yeaces’ (runner-up for ₹85,850) in the final battle over the title, and he defeated the latter to supplement his bankroll with ₹1.04 Lakhs. Jain’s latest feat has improved his online record to ₹42.28 Lakhs.

Arun ‘Rohini Sharma’ Karthik (5^th for ₹34,140) and Pranav ‘pranavpoker’ Khandalkar (8^th for ₹14,160) FT-ed the tourney!

Final Table Results

1. Rishab ‘rishabjain1983’ Jain – ₹1,04,350
2. yeaces – ₹85,850
3. capsule – ₹53,340
4. THE.STORM – ₹43,140
5. Arun ‘Rohini Sharma’ Karthik – ₹34,140
6. pranavdurr – ₹26,280
7. Tom_thy – ₹19,560
8. Pranav ‘pranavpoker’ Khandalkar – ₹14,160
9. Venkie – ₹11,460

Hexagram ₹3 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 67

Re-entries – 72

Prize Pool – ₹3,00,000

Places Paid – 15

Adda52’s ₹3 Lakhs GTD Hexagram booked a loss worth ₹22,000 on the back of 134 registrations.

Mystery user ‘Danger3040’ bested ‘ashu1990’ (runner-up for ₹55,500) heads-up to win the title and ₹84,750.

Seasoned pro and PokerBaazi’s PPL#60 BSS SuperStack ₹30 Lakhs GTD runner-up finisher from Sunday, Harsh ‘BuddhaBhikari’ Dembla, placed third for ₹39,000.

Aman ‘karmapoker’ Parakh finished eighth for ₹8,250.

The Classic Monday ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 71

Re-entries – 38

Prize Pool – ₹2,50,000

Places Paid – 17

The ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD The Classic Monday registered 109 participants to leave an overlay of ₹32,000, and the top 17 places got paid. Taking down the tourney was an unknown player ‘yash1805,’ who banked ₹57,784 after defeating ‘SaniyaIND’ (runner-up for ₹43,000) heads-up.

Faiz ‘LFGgggg’ Alam (4^th for ₹23,811), Arpan ‘Vasusenaa’ Majhi (5^th for ₹17,719), Akshay ‘VaahBhaiVaah’ Gupta (8^th for ₹7,302), and Harsh ‘kakori kabab’ Dembla (9^th for ₹6,435) posted FT finishes.

Pocket Queen ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 151

Re-entries – 82

Prize Pool – ₹2,50,000

Places Paid – 45

Pocket52`s ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD Pocket Queen saw ‘Catfish’ outlasting the 233-player field to win ₹53,750. ‘Royrock’ finished runner-up for ₹33,125.

The tourney registered a shortfall of ₹17,000, and the top 45 places got paid.

Grinders#4 Monday MegaStack ₹2 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 57

Re-entries – 28

Prize Pool – ₹2,00,000

Places Paid – 9

The ₹2 Lakhs GTD Grinders#4 Monday MegaStack filled in a shortfall of ₹30,000 after 85 players signed-up for ₹2,200.

Himanshu ‘ISquirtBullets’ Dewan was the last player standing and won ₹60,000 after defeating ‘Hades’ (runner-up for ₹42,000) heads-up.

Aman ‘KarmaPoker’ Parakh (3^rd for ₹27,000), Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur (4^th for ₹20,000), Varun ‘Allaboutmoolah’ Vasudeva (6^th for ₹12,000), Prashanth ‘Iveyleague’ Sekar (7^th for ₹10,000), and Guruprasad ‘fish_calling’ Gupta (8^th for ₹8,000) FT-ed the tourney.

Pocket Lunch ₹2 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 84

Re-entries – 40

Prize Pool – ₹2,00,000

Places Paid – 27

‘arunjai20’ defeated ‘Killer’ (runner-up ₹28,000) heads-up to win the ₹2 Lakhs GTD Pocket Lunch for ₹46,000.

The tourney experienced a significant overlay worth ₹76,000 from a turnout of 124 players.

Ajinkya ‘Yudhishthira’ Hire placed fifth for ₹12,000.

Pocket Dinner ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 80

Re-entries – 42

Prize Pool – ₹1,50,000

Places Paid – 27

Even the ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD Pocket Dinner wasn`t spared by the overlay curse. The tourney experienced a shortfall of ₹28,000 on the back of 122 registrations.

Eventually, site regular ‘msdhoni07’ championed the tourney to win ₹34,500, after besting ‘mahabir1993’ heads-up. The latter earned ₹21,000 for finishing runner-up.

Vivek ‘Hobbit’ Raj placed fourth for ₹12,000.

Monday Blues ₹1 Lakh GTD – Poker Dangal

Buy-in – ₹385

Entries – 115

Re-buys – 108

Add-ons – 67

Prize Pool – ₹1,01,500

Places Paid – 17

Poker Dangal’s ₹1 Lakh GTD Monday Blues logged in 290 entries to just about break-even, and the top 17 places got paid.

Championing the event was ‘fightertoads,’ who won ₹24,360 after defeating ‘Racerninja’ (runner-up for ₹17,255) heads-up.

Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹275

Entries – 41

Re-entries – 28

Prize Pool – ₹20,000

Places Paid – 7

Site regular ‘Apalece’ added ₹7,200 to their bankroll after winning Khleo365’s ₹20K GTD Grinder 2.0.

The event witnessed an overlay of ₹2,750 after attracting 69 entries, and the top seven places earned payouts.

This report was edited at 2:30 PM on 18.08.2020

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