Daily Majors: Siddharth Karia, Anurag Srivastava, Ratul Steves & Ashish Ahuja Headline the Monday Flagships

As usual, the Monday night action paled in comparison to Sunday. While Young Gun Siddharth Karia and former IOPC Millionaire champion Anurag Srivastava bagged the biggest scores of the day, Team PokerGuru had an eventful outing for the second consecutive day with Ashish Ahuja championing PokerStars India’s Battle Royale. At the same time, Ratul Steves (PokerBaazi’s The Bout) and Jayjit Ray (PokerBaazi’s Monday MonsterStack) secured runner-up finishes.

Here are the day’s highlights!

Spartan Poker

The ₹12 Lakhs GTD ReCharge was the centerpiece of Spartan Poker’s Monday schedule. After registering 505 entries, the ₹2,200 entry buy-in event got hit by an overlay deficit of ₹1.90 Lakhs. Anurag ‘TheDarkKnightReturns’ Srivastava juggernaut his way to the top to collect ₹2.33 Lakhs for his win. Srivastava also final tabled PokerStars India’s Battle Royale, placing seventh for ₹12,504.

When we had started our weekly ‘Online Rankings’ feature back in February, Srivastava dominated the yearly rankings. His phenomenal performance on February 9 when he not only championed Spartan Poker’s IOPC ₹3 Crores GTD The Millionaire Main Event for a whopping ₹60.34 Lakhs but also posted three more scores in the same event, worth a total ₹60.34 Lakhs, is the stuff of legends. He held onto his pole position on the annual leaderboard till May before Young Gun Gaurav Sood took over. Before yesterday’s events, Srivastava was ranked #12 on the yearly rankings, with ₹2.60 Crores in annual earnings.

Sanchit ‘tullupump’ Adukia finished runner-up in the ReCharge for ₹1.48 Lakhs. The #1 ranked player of 2020, Gaurav ‘mozzie17’ Sood, extended his lead on the annual leaderboard by placing third for ₹1.11 Lakhs.

The Flash, featuring a ₹5.50 Lakhs guarantee, locked in 511 entries, booking an overlay deficit of ₹39,000. Anonymous user ‘Glv’ agreed to a heads-up deal with ‘gambler11’ (runner-up for ₹82,390) before taking down the title and the top prize of ₹92,150.

PokerStars India

Headlining the MTT action at PokerStars India was the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Battle Royale that brought in 177 entrants, resulting in an overlay of ₹57,500. Following six hours of intense play, PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja championed the tourney, pocketing a winner’s paycheque worth ₹1.08 Lakhs. The lawyer-turned-poker pro bested Siddharth ‘gangnam gangi’ Gangwar heads-up on his way to the title. Gangwar received ₹59,509 for his second-place finish.

Ahuja is among the very few players who can call themselves members of the “₹6 Crore-Club” – have crossed that tall benchmark (₹6.06 Crores) in lifetime MTT winnings. He is also among the 100 qualifiers who will be seen competing in the ‘Star of the Month’ – November Finale that starts at 9 PM on December 2.

Adda52

Adda52’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Inception ran from 8 PM to 3:20 AM and saw Young Gun Siddharth ‘skaria1’ Karia coming out on top to win ₹2.57 Lakhs. Karia defeated ‘biswadeepsahoo’ (runner-up for ₹1.56 Lakhs) heads-up while also fending off the likes of Surbhit ‘grovahova’ Grover (3rd for ₹1.13 Lakhs), Young Gun Ujjwal ‘fourteenk’ Narwal (4th for ₹86,038) and Manish ‘newkidpoker’ Lakhotia (5th for ₹59,248) on the final table. The event garnered 322 participants, collecting a guarantee-smashing ₹10.30 Lakhs.

The ₹3 Lakhs GTD Hexagram pulled in 164 entries, generating a ₹3.28 Lakhs prize pool. After nearly six hours of play, Arjun ‘beatthefish66’ Arora, who had won an incredible 10 WPT Online titles on the site last month, emerged as the winner and netted ₹91,840 in first-place prize money. ‘MallaNi’ came in second for ₹57,400.

PokerBaazi

Grabbing the spotlight on PokerBaazi was the ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Bout that logged in 364 entries, overlaying ₹90,000. The ₹2,750 entry buy-in event was taken down by Samay Singh ‘Sammybigstac’ Modi, who outlasted PokerGuru Ambassador Ratul ‘luna’ Steves heads-up to win ₹2.10 Lakhs. Steves took home ₹1.47 Lakhs for his runner-up finish.

The first-ever Value Bomb champion, Steves, narrowly missed final tabling Adda52’s Inception, finishing eighth for ₹25,760. He presently boasts of ₹3.03 Crores in MTT cashes.

The 9 PM special ₹2 Lakhs GTD Monday MonsterStack clocked in 119 entries to experience an overlay of ₹21,500. The mystery user ‘silentkid’ won the event for ₹53,600, while PokerGuru Ambassador Jayjit ‘england’ Ray came in second for ₹37,540.

The other Monday winners were:

ReCharge ₹12 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 240

Re-entries – 100

Re-buys – 165

Prize Pool – ₹12,00,000

Places Paid – 47

Spartan Poker’s ₹12 Lakhs GTD ReCharge was delivered a significant ₹1.90 Lakhs overlay setback after clocking in 505 challengers. The tourney commenced at 8 PM and took 7 hours and 31 minutes to wind up.

Outlasting the reg-infested field was the former IOPC Millionaire champion, Anurag ‘TheDarkKnightReturns’ Srivastava, who banked ₹2.33 Lakhs for the win after defeating Sanchit ‘tullupump’ Adukia (runner-up for ₹1.48 Lakhs) in the heads-up play.

Young Gun Gaurav ‘mozzie17’ Sood (3^rd for ₹1.11 Lakhs), Harsh ‘Anandilal Katpitiya’ Bubna (4^th for ₹90,120) and Paras ‘AAKKQQJJ’ Jain (6^th for ₹54,240) were the other known players who posted FT scores.

Final Table Results

1. Anurag ‘TheDarkKnightReturns’ Srivastava – ₹2,33,880
2. Sanchit ‘tullupump’ Adukia – ₹1,48,560
3. Gaurav ‘mozzie17’ Sood – ₹1,11,360
4. Harsh ‘Anandilal Katpitiya’ Bubna – ₹90,120
5. mndka – ₹69,265
6. Paras ‘AAKKQQJJ’ Jain – ₹54,240
7. Glv – ₹38,065
8. Kings_9 – ₹29,280

Inception ₹10 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹3,500

Entries – 159

Re-entries – 163

Prize Pool – ₹10,30,399

Places Paid – 34

Adda52`s Monday flagship tourney, the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Inception, did well to bring together 322 entries (159 unique and 163 re-entries), surpassing its advertised guarantee by ₹30,399.

After using three bullets, Young Gun Siddharth ‘skaria1’ Karia ran all the way to the top, where he defeated ‘biswadeepsahoo’ (runner-up for ₹1.56 Lakhs) heads-up to win ₹2.58 Lakhs.

The notable names on the FT included Surbhit ‘grovahova’ Grover (3rd for ₹1.13 Lakhs), Young Gun Ujjwal ‘fourteenk’ Narwal (4^th for ₹86,038), and Manish ‘newkidpoker’ Lakhotia (5^th for ₹59,248).

Devrat ‘vickypune’ Singh bubbled the FT in 7^th place for ₹30,912.

Final Table Results

1. Siddharth ‘skaria1’ Karia – ₹2,57,600
2. biswadeepsahoo – ₹1,56,106
3. Surbhit ‘grovahova’ Grover – ₹1,13,344
4. Ujjwal ‘fourteenk’ Narwal – ₹86,038
5. Manish ‘newkidpoker’ Lakhotia – ₹59,248
6. anonymously_pro – ₹38,640

The Bout ₹10 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 215

Re-entries – 149

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 45

PokerBaazi’s Monday flagship The Bout was another frontline tourney that got caught in the overlay avalanche. A turnout of 364 entries led to an overlay shortfall of ₹90,000 – almost 10% of its ₹10 Lakhs prize pool guarantee. The top 45 places picked up a slice of this added value.

Samay Singh ‘Sammybigstac’ Modi got the best deal on offer as he shipped the tourney for ₹2.10 Lakhs. PokerGuru Ambassador Ratul ‘luna’ Steves, who had championed Adda52`s Ballers on Friday, picked up ₹1.47 Lakhs for his runner-up finish.

Improving his online tally, Steves has crossed ₹3 Crores in lifetime online earnings.

Sandeep ‘Chor’ Bhatnagar (4^th for ₹70,000), Rahul ‘fisherman’ Thakur (7^th for ₹35,000), and Ashmeet Ankit ‘Ashik17’ Saxena (8^th for ₹28,000) were the other FT finishers.

Final Table Results

1. Samay Singh ‘Sammybigstac’ Modi – ₹2,10,000
2. Ratul ‘luna’ Steves – ₹1,47,000
3. wazza92 – ₹94,500
4. Sandeep ‘Chor’ Bhatnagar – ₹70,000
5. zaid8 – ₹52,500
6. Yeti – ₹42,000
7. Rahul ‘fisherman’ Thakur – ₹35,000
8. Ashmeet Ankit ‘Ashik17’ Saxena – ₹28,000

The Flash ₹5.50 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 259

Re-entries – 85

Re-buys – 167

Prize Pool – ₹5,50,000

Places Paid – 47

Spartan Poker`s ₹5.50 Lakhs GTD The Flash had to fill in an overlay shortfall worth ₹39,000 after logging in 511 entries.

Bringing a close to the proceedings was a heads-up deal, where the mystery user ‘Glv’ walked away with the title and ₹92,150. ‘gambler11’ finished runner-up for ₹82,390.

Ankur ‘showstopper89’ Aryan (3^rd for ₹51,040) and Sagar ‘CertifiedPRO’ Harwani (5^th for ₹32,560) also FT-ed the tourney!

Final Table Results

1. Glv – ₹92,150*
2. gambler11 – ₹82,390*
3. Ankur ‘showstopper89’ Aryan – ₹51,040
4. rajkumar0908 – ₹41,305
5. Sagar ‘CertifiedPRO’ Harwani – ₹32,560
6. Akai aye1 – ₹24,860
7. Gladiator007 – ₹18,260
8. vn2016 – ₹13,420

*denotes heads-up deal

Battle Royale ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 110

Re-entries – 67

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 31

PokerStars India’s Monday night extravaganza, the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Battle Royale, started at 7.30 PM and registered 177 entries by the time late registrations got over to overlay ₹57,500.

Racing past the competition after almost six hours of non-stop play was PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja. The Chandigarh-based pro, who sits on a mammoth ₹6.13 Crores in recorded lifetime winnings, defeated Siddharth ‘gangnam gangi’ Gangwar in heads-up play to win ₹55,411. Along with bounties worth ₹53,262, Ahuja pocketed a cool ₹1.08 Lakhs.

The runner-up Gangwar earned ₹59,509 (₹41,325 in prize money, ₹18,184 in bounties) for his efforts.

The top 31 places got paid – all of them collecting TLB points for the “Star of the Month” – December leaderboard race. This included Himanshu ‘himkat@stars’ Kataria (3^rd for ₹40,000), Anurag ‘GutshotHaiBro’ Srivastava (7^th for ₹12,504), and Armaan ‘armaan007111’ Kochhar (8^th for ₹9,611).

Final Table Results (Includes Bounties)

1. Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja – ₹1,08,672
2. Siddharth ‘gangnam gangi’ Gangwar – ₹59,509
3. Himanshu ‘himkat@stars’ Kataria – ₹40,000
4. easywithducks – ₹27,908
5. pal-ash7 – ₹31,440
6. superjericho300 – ₹21,379
7. Anurag ‘GutshotHaiBro’ Srivastava – ₹12,504
8. Armaan ‘armaan007111’ Kochhar – ₹9,611
9. IMLockdown – ₹11,225

Hexagram ₹3 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 85

Re-Entries – 79

Prize Pool – ₹3,28,000

Places Paid – 17

Adda52’s ₹3 Lakhs GTD Hexagram logged in 164 entries that helped collect a prize pool worth ₹3.28 Lakhs. The tourney started at 9.30 PM and went on till 2:56 AM.

Arjun ‘beatthefish66’ Arora was the last player standing in the tourney and picked up his second-best score on Adda52 worth ₹91,840.

Arora was simply unstoppable at the WPT Online India series last month, where he ended up winning an incredible 10 titles. He currently sits with ₹12.65 Lakhs in recorded earnings on Adda52, with a net profit of ₹5.71 Lakhs.

‘MallaNi’ (runner-up for ₹57,400), Pradip ‘Nit2Donk’ Ghosh (4^th for ₹30,340) and Vinay ‘ContemporisT’ Bk (6^th for ₹14,760) posted FT scores.

Monday MonsterStack ₹2 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 79

Re-entries – 40

Prize Pool – ₹2,00,000

Places Paid – 15

The 9 PM Special on PokerBaazi’s Monday schedule was the ₹2 Lakhs GTD Monday MonsterStack. Like the Bout, here again, the site had to pitch in ₹21,500 (not counting the tournament fee) to make up for the overlay deficit.

The mystery user ‘silentkid’ came out on top to win ₹53,600 after eliminating PokerGuru Ambassador Jayjit ‘england’ Ray (runner-up for ₹37,540) in second place.

Shivam Kumar ‘barbarik12’ Singh (3^rd for ₹24,140), Mohit ‘imohitahuja21’ Ahuja (4^th for ₹17,880), Praveen ‘PinaWXD’ KR (6^th for ₹10,720) and Shubham ‘BamBhole3796’ Tyagi (7^th for ₹8,920) were the other FT finishers.

Pocket Jacks ₹75K GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 128

Re-Entries – 11

Prize Pool – ₹75,000

Places Paid – 21

The ₹75K GTD Pocket Jacks logged in 139 entries last evening on Pocket52 – falling ₹5,500 short of its advertised guarantee.

The starting field whittled down to a heads-up finale between ‘Xyz007’ and Shashank ‘iPhone’ Rai that saw the former shipping the title for ₹16,500. At the same time, Rai placed runner-up for ₹12,000.

Site-regs Pappu ‘Pappuhero20’ Jaiswal (3^rd for ₹9,000) and Madhai ‘Jesus’ Ghosh (6^th for ₹3,375) posted FT scores.

Monday Blues ₹75K GTD – PokerDangal

Buy-in – ₹440

Entries – 87

Re-entries – 54

Prize Pool – ₹75,000

Places Paid – 23

PokerDangal’s ₹75K GTD Monday Blues was taken down by ‘madhav31,’ who netted ₹15,750 in first-place prize money. ‘Refresh’ finished runner-up for ₹11,625.

The tourney clocked in 141 entries, leaving an overlay worth ₹18,600 against the advertised guarantee.

Unravel ₹50K GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹440

Entries – 60

Re-Entries – 29

Prize Pool – ₹50,000

Places Paid –13

Pocket52’s ₹50K GTD Unravel overlayed ₹14,400 after registering 89 entries.

Hriday ‘MARRII’ Mondal was the last player standing in the tourney and won ₹12,500. Jeet ‘Tanmay007’ Mondal finished runner-up for ₹9,000.

Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD NLHE – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹275

Entries – 29

Re-entries – 26

Prize Pool – ₹20,000

Places Paid – 6

Khelo365’s ₹20K GTD Grinder 2.0 had 55 contenders in the fray. The top six places got paid with the anonymous player ‘JackSparrow’ championing the tourney to win ₹8,000. ‘Ninja111’ placed runner-up for ₹4,200.

This report was updated at 4 PM on 1.12.2020.

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