Daily Majors: Srihari Bang, Rajat Sharma, Dhaval Mudgal, Romit Advani & Pranav Bang Headline the Friday Marquees

Alongside the usual Friday flagships, Spartan Poker’s The Millionaire and Adda52’s Nano Poker Series Main Event got the pulses racing, setting the stage for a blockbuster weekend!

Let’s take a look at Friday`s top winners.

Spartan Poker

Hot on the heels of a hugely successful The Millionaire Series comes another edition of Spartan Poker’s The Millionaire. The ₹1 Crore GTD tourney sports an entry buy-in of ₹5,500 and allows entry via five starting flights before playing down to a winner on Sunday. Day 1A brought in 382 entries, and only 57 of them carried forward a stack for Day 2. Deepak ‘chimpoo’ Bothra (202,836) bagged the end of day chip lead, with ‘NewMagician’ (192,707) and Sagar ‘strangeplay’ Choudhury (181,450) rounding out the top three stacks of the day.

Offering the most massive prize pool guarantee among all the Friday flagships was the ₹11,000 entry buy-in The Elite. Three hundred contenders signed up for a slice of the prize pool that exactly matched the posted ₹30 Lakhs guarantee. Last week’s ₹50 Lakhs GTD Millionaire Series #14 champion, Mohit ‘baked_babua’ Savargaonkar, navigated his way to the top to win a whopping ₹6.35 Lakhs. This relatively lesser-known player has already banked over ₹16 Lakhs in the last 10 days!

Rajat ‘GoldSpot’ Sharma placed runner-up for ₹4.27 Lakhs while The Ballers’ champion Srihari Bang’s brother Pranav ‘I’mThePlayboi’ Bang (3^rd for ₹3.01 Lakhs) and Romit ’tilt_83′ Advani (4^th for ₹2.44 Lakhs) also FT-ed The Elite.

Romit Advani proved to be one of the day’s big scorers as he also placed sixth in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly Highroller for ₹71,290, collecting ₹3.15 Lakhs for the day`s work.

The ₹10 Lakhs GTD TGIF drew 704 runners, collecting ₹10.56 Lakhs in prize money. Young Gun Anmol ‘Anzzzzz’ Mehta proved the last player standing and banked ₹2.04 Lakhs. Avinit ‘pushnpray17’ Bagri placed runner-up for ₹1.28 Lakhs.

The featured tourney of the day at the Ultimate Value Series, the ₹4.25 Lakhs GTD UVS #30 Deepstack PKO, had Monday’s ReCharge champion Peter ‘Sigmund’ Nazareth coming out on top to win ₹67,927 after striking a three-way deal.

PokerStars India

PokerStars India’s Friday lineup was headlined by the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Uppercut MAGIC Edition. Compared to last week, the tourney registered a relatively better 231 entries, overlaying ₹76,000. The top 41 places finished ITM while also collecting TLB points towards the “Star of the Month” – December leaderboard race. It took almost seven hours of play before ‘Boss_Sharma’ climbed their way to the top to win ₹2.02 Lakhs (₹85,550 in prize money, ₹1.17 Lakhs in bounties). The champion struck a heads-up deal with ‘flipper595,’ who pocketed ₹1.05 Lakhs (₹85,550 in prize money, ₹19,688 in bounties).

Well-known pro Goonjan ‘gmtesting.ind’ Mall finished third in the Uppercut for ₹62,503 (₹53,128 in prize money, ₹10,375 in bounties). Additionally, Mall also made a top-10 finish in the Spartan Poker-hosted The Elite – placing ninth for ₹64,800.

The ₹2 Lakhs GTD The Classic registered a prize pool worth ₹2.23 Lakhs from a starting field of 149 entries. ‘beginner1258’ was the last player standing in the tourney and won ₹51,352 (₹22,614 in prize money, ₹27,738 in bounties).

Adda52

Adda52’s ₹35 Lakhs GTD Nano Main Event ran its fifth starting flight, i.e., Day 1E yesterday. The flight garnered 251 entries, and only 33 of them made the cut for Day 2. Leading the group was Sanjay ‘smr1g10’ Mohan (359,709), with ‘abbbyy’ (334,884) and Karan ‘karannthakker’ Thakker (238,257) carrying forward the next top stacks.

Handing out the single biggest paycheque on the site last night was the ₹22.5 Lakhs GTD The Ballers. The event saw 313 entries dish out the ₹7,500 entry buy-in, translating into an overlay of ₹1.05 Lakhs. Starting out at 8 PM, the event took eight long hours to culminate with Srihari ‘zombieballs’ Bang, eventually shipping the tourney for ₹5.62 Lakhs. Bang bested Arun ‘arusharma’ Sharma (runner-up for ₹3.40 Lakhs) and Siddarth ‘badtameez_donk’ Singhvi (3^rd for ₹2.47 Lakhs) to win the tourney.

The 21-year-old Bang had bagged one of the top paydays last year at the IOPC Millionaire for a career-best ₹48.56 Lakhs. He had featured prominently at the #3 spot on the annual leaderboard was over two months before an almost three-month-long dry spell saw him slip down to #6. Nevertheless, he had been quietly accumulating six-figure scores all this time. On November 19, Bang placed fifth in the ₹1 Crore GTD FTS #8 Big Game for ₹5.92 Lakhs. His latest FT score dates back to December 6, when he finished eighth in the ₹2 Crore GTD The Millionaire Warm-up for ₹1.81 Lakhs. With over ₹3.14 Crores in recorded earnings in 2020, Bang has jumped up to #5 on the charts.

The ₹5 Lakhs GTD Running Hot logged in 270 entries, collecting a guarantee-smashing ₹5.40 Lakhs prize pool. The former WPT Online India Super Stack winner, Saahib ‘saahib’ Bawa, championed the tourney to win ₹1.13 Lakhs following a heads-up deal with Akshay ‘Iamyourdad01’ Kapoor (runner-up for ₹1.10 Lakhs). This is the second title win for Bawa in less than 10 days. On December 10, he had shipped the 5 Lakhs GTD Monster Turbo on the site for ₹1.24 Lakhs.

PokerBaazi

PokerBaazi`s Friday night marquee, ₹12 Lakhs GTD The Weekly Highroller, registered 133 entries to collect ₹13.30 Lakhs in the prize pool. Sailing past the competition was the former WPT Vietnam ME champion Dhaval ‘Rehab77’ Mudgal, who won ₹3.56 Lakhs.

The musician-turned player who is one of our earliest Young Guns has a smashing record of live and online feats. Last week he had come whiskers close to winning this same event but had to make do with a runner-up finish worth ₹2.66 Lakhs. Mudgal finally grabbed the top honors last night after knocking out several tough opponents on the FT, including his heads-up Pranav ‘pranavpoker’ Khandalkar’ (runner-up for ₹2.49 Lakhs) and PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja (3^rd for ₹1.60 Lakhs).

His lifetime MTT tally across tracked domestic sites now stands at ₹3.38 Crores.

Romit ‘tilt83’ Advani was among the multiple FT scorers of the day. Along with a fourth-place finish in Spartan Poker’s Elite that fetched him ₹2.44 Lakhs, Advani finished sixth in The Weekly Highroller for ₹71,290.

The 9 PM Special ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD Friday 5PLO kicked off an hour after The Weekly Highroller amidst 91 entries. ‘Aladdin’ championed the tourney to win ₹42,230, with ‘somzprash’ placing runner-up for ₹29,570.

The other Friday winners were –

The Millionaire Day 1A ₹1 Crore GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 226

Re-entries – 53

Rebuys – 103

Prize Pool – ₹1,00,00,000

Survivors – 57

The ₹1 Crore GTD The Millionaire is back on Spartan Poker! Starting off at 6 PM, Day 1A attracted 382 entries (226 unique, 53 re-entries, and 103 rebuys). After the stipulated four hours and forty-one minutes later, 57 players advanced to Day 2.

Bagging the top stacks of the day were Deepak ‘chimpoo’ Bothra (202,836), ‘NewMagician’ (192,707), and Sagar ‘strangeplay’ Choudhury (181,450).

Aditya ‘SuperuSer’ Sushant (176,445), Amar ‘PsykoEko’ B Iyer (156,175), and Ramji ‘bluffpolice123’ Kishore G (127,830) also made the top 10 chip counts list.

Day 1B of the five-flight tourney begins at 6 PM today.

Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1A

1. Deepak ‘chimpoo’ Bothra – 202,836
2. NewMagician – 192,707
3. Sagar ‘strangeplay’ Choudhury – 181,450
4. Aditya ‘SuperuSer’ Sushant – 176,445
5. rounders_fish – 158,651
6. Amar ‘PsykoEko’ B Iyer – 156,175
7. manu1995 – 144,926
8. Balthazar – 131,208
9. rangeela – 128,370
10. Ramji ‘bluffpolice123’ Kishore G – 127,830

Nano Main Event Day 1E ₹35 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹1,750

Entries – 166

Re-entries – 85

Survivors – 33

Day 1E of Adda52’s ₹35 Lakhs GTD Nano Main Event logged in 351 entries, and after a little over three hours of play, 33 runners advanced to Day 2.

Sanjay ‘smr1G10’ Mohan (359,709) emerged as the end-of-Day 1E chip leader, with Abhishek ‘abbbyy’ Gupta (334,884) and Karan ‘karannthakker’ Thakker (238,257) carrying forward the next top stacks.

Aditya ‘Adukre’ Sharma (201,692), Dhaval ‘dhavhe’ Heda (182,257), Vidyasagar ‘darubhai’ Darapu (171,817), Romit ‘ft83’ Advani (166,948), Shawn ‘echayan’ Jose (155,612), Mohit ‘thejokerrrr’ Mehta (141,998) and Ankit ‘imluckbox’ Omprakash Bajaj (139,441) also featured among the top 10 stacks of the day.

Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1E

1. Sanjay ‘smr1G10’ Mohan – 359,709
2. Abhishek ‘abbbyy’ Gupta – 334,884
3. Karan ‘karannthakker’ Thakker – 238,257
4. Aditya ‘Adukre’ Sharma – 201,692
5. Dhaval ‘dhavhe’ Heda – 182,257
6. Vidyasagar ‘darubhai’ Darapu – 171,817
7. Romit ‘ft83’ Advani – 166,948
8. Shawn ‘echayan’ Jose – 155,612
9. Mohit ‘thejokerrrr’ Mehta – 141,998
10. Ankit ‘imluckbox’ Omprakash Bajaj – 139,441

The Elite ₹30 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 134

Re-entries – 73

Re-buys – 93

Prize Pool – ₹30,00,000

Places Paid – 31

It was an action-packed Friday on Spartan Poker with the massive ₹30 Lakhs GTD The Elite running on the site alongside Day 1A of the Millionaire.

Starting out at 9:30 PM, the ₹11,000 entry buy-in tourney registered the exact 300 participants it needed to break-even on its posted guarantee.

The field whittled down to a heads-up finale between Mohit ‘baked_babua’ Savargaonkar and Rajat ‘GoldSpot’ Sharma. Eventually, Savargaonkar clinched the title, along with a winner’s paycheque of ₹6.35 Lakhs. The latter collected ₹4.27 Lakhs for his runner-up finish.

This is Savargaonkar’s second title victory on the site in the last eight days after the Millionaire Series #14 that he won on December 11 for a personal-best ₹10.02 Lakhs.

Pranav ‘I’mThePlayboi’ Bang (3rd for ₹3.01 Lakhs), Romit ’tilt_83′ Advani (4^th for ₹2.44 Lakhs), Mohit ‘monuguru’ Gupta (6^th for ₹1.47 Lakhs), and Snehil ‘legendof91’ Aggarwal (7^th for ₹1.07 Lakhs) were others who FT-ed the tourney.

Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall bubbled the FT in ninth place for ₹64,800.

Final Table Results

1. Mohit ‘baked_babua’ Savargaonkar – ₹6,34,500
2. Rajat ‘GoldSpot’ Sharma – ₹4,27,200
3. Pranav ‘I’mThePlayboi’ Bang – ₹3,01,200
4. Romit ’tilt_83′ Advani – ₹2,44,200
5. lailaterilelegi – ₹1,93,200
6. Mohit ‘monuguru’ Gupta – ₹1,46,700
7. Snehil ‘legendof91’ Aggarwal – ₹1,07,100
8. gogobhai – ₹78,300

The Ballers ₹22.5 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹7,500

Entries – 155

Re-entries – 158

Prize Pool – ₹22,50,000

Places Paid – 34

Adda52’s Friday night bonanza, the ₹22.5 Lakhs GTD The Ballers, brought together 313 participants – filling in an overlay of ₹1.05 Lakhs.

Starting out at 8 PM, it was 4:06 AM by the time MTT crusher Srihari ‘zombieballs’ Bang championed the tourney to win ₹5.62 Lakhs. Arun ‘arusharma’ Sharma came in second for ₹3.40 Lakhs.

Bang’s last recorded victory had come in Spartan Poker’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Money Heist on September 20. Ending his nearly three-month-long title drought, Bang bagged the top honors last night, pushing his lifetime tally to ₹4.43 Crores. The Friday night score has also catapulted him to #5 on the annual rankings.

Siddarth ‘badtameez_donk’ Singhvi (3rd for ₹2.47 Lakhs), Sagar ‘alwaysnutz’ Choudhury (4th for ₹1.87 Lakhs), Arun ‘hiesenpreet’ Poply (6th for ₹1.29 Lakhs) and Pranav ‘macchi123’ Bagai (6th for ₹84,375) rounded out the six-max FT.

Final Table Results

1. Srihari ‘zombieballs’ Bang – ₹5,62,500
2. Arun ‘arusharma’ Sharma – ₹3,40,875
3. Siddarth ‘badtameez_donk’ Singhvi – ₹2,47,500
4. Sagar ‘alwaysnutz’ Choudhury – ₹1,87,875
5. Arun ‘hiesenpreet’ Poply – ₹1,29,375
6. Pranav ‘macchi123’ Bagai – ₹84,375

The Weekly HighRoller ₹12 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 76

Re-entries – 57

Prize Pool – ₹13,30,000

Places Paid – 15

Friday brought another edition of PokerBaazi`s ₹12 Lakhs GTD, The Weekly HighRoller. Registering 133 entrants, the ₹11,000 entry buy-in tourney garnered a guarantee-smashing ₹13.30 Lakhs prize pool.

The former WPT Vietnam ME champion, Dhaval ‘Rehab77’ Mudgal, navigated his way to the top, defeating Pranav ‘pranavpoker’ Khandalkar (runner-up for ₹2.50 Lakhs) heads-up to win ₹3.56 Lakhs.

PokerGuru Ambassador`s Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja (3^rd for ₹1.61 Lakhs) and Tuesday’s The Race champion on Spartan Poker Arjanveer Singh ‘holdbaby’ Chadha (5^th for ₹89,110) alongside Game Changer 3.0 champion Siddhanth ‘ender’ Kripalani (4^th for ₹1.19 Lakhs), and Romit ‘tilt83’ Advani (6^th for ₹71,290) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Dhaval ‘Rehab77’ Mudgal – ₹3,56,000
2. Pranav ‘pranavpoker’ Khandalkar – ₹2,50,000
3. Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja – ₹1,61,000
4. Siddhanth ‘ender’ Kripalani – ₹1,19,000
5. Arjanveer Singh ‘holdbaby’ Chadha – ₹89,110
6. Romit ‘tilt83’ Advani – ₹71,290

TGIF ₹10 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 350

Re-entries – 111

Re-buys – 243

Prize Pool – ₹10,56,000

Places Paid – 63

Spartan Poker’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD TGIF pulled in 704 contenders, collecting ₹10.56 Lakhs in the prize pool.

Young Gun Anmol ‘Anzzzzz’ Mehta championed the tourney for ₹2.04 Lakhs, with Avinit ‘pushnpray17’ Bagri placing runner-up for ₹1.29 Lakhs.

Mehta presently has over ₹2.43 Crores in annual earnings and ₹3.06 Crores in lifetime MTT winnings.

Myron ‘Zzzzz369’ Pereira finished 4^th for ₹73,392.

Final Table Results

1. Anmol ‘Anzzzzz’ Mehta – ₹2,04,336
2. Avinit ‘pushnpray17’ Bagri – ₹1,28,832
3. PimpDaddyJiglo – ₹92,400
4. Myron ‘Zzzzz369’ Pereira – ₹73,392
5. vazharmorghulis – ₹57,552
6. Camero07 – ₹45,091
7. misamvasr – ₹33,898
8. Paperboi – ₹24,077

Uppercut Magic Edition ₹10 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹4,400

Entries – 114

Re-entries – 117

Regular Prize Pool – ₹5,38,000

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹4,62,000

Total Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 41

The ₹10 Lakhs GTD Uppercut Magic Edition overlayed ₹76,000 after 231 challengers ponied up ₹4,400 to enter the tourney. The top 41 places finished ITM.

The 7:30 PM tourney culminated at 2:28 AM after ‘Boss_Sharma’ eliminated ‘flipper595’ (runner-up for ₹1.05 Lakhs) in second-place to win ₹2.02 Lakhs.

Goonjan ‘gmtesting.ind’ Mall (3^rd for ₹62,503), Akshat ‘takingcuntrol’ Sharma (4^th for ₹45,289), and Vinayak ‘koi.toh.rok.lo’ Bajaj (6^th for ₹27,109) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Boss_Sharma – ₹2,02,894
2. flipper595 – ₹1,05,238
3. Goonjan ‘gmtesting.ind’ Mall – ₹62,503
4. Akshat ‘takingcuntrol’ Sharma – ₹45,289
5. Sahni1509 – ₹31,645
6. Vinayak ‘koi.toh.rok.lo’ Bajaj – ₹27,109

Running Hot ₹5 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 150

Re-entries – 120

Prize Pool – ₹5,40,000

Places Paid – 27

Unlike The Ballers, Adda52’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Running Hot didn`t experience an overlay. On the contrary, a turnout of 270 entrants helped collect ₹5.40 Lakhs in the prize pool.

Winning his second title this month, Saahib ‘saahib’ Bawa chopped the top prize with Akshay ‘iamyourdad01’ Kapoor to win ₹1.13 Lakhs, with the latter banking ₹1.10 Lakhs. Bawa now has ₹59.54 Lakhs in recorded winnings on Adda52 with a profit of ₹20.16 Lakhs.

Manish ‘Casino369’ Bhatnagar (3rd for ₹62,910), Noel ‘noelpais’ Antonio Da Gama Pais (4th for ₹45,900), Attman ‘att1992’ Pradipbhai Velani (5th for ₹31,050), Young Gun Gaurav ‘gauravarod’ Sood (6th for ₹22,950), Abhishek ‘abhiraja’ Rajagopal (7th for ₹17,550) and Siddhanth ‘Shark1411’ Kishore (8th for ₹13,500) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Saahib ‘saahib’ Bawa – ₹1,13,685*
2. Akshay ‘iamyourdad01’ Kapoor – ₹1,10,415*
3. Manish ‘Casino369’ Bhatnagar – ₹62,910
4. Noel ‘noelpais’ Antonio Da Gama Pais – ₹45,900
5. Attman ‘att1992’ Pradipbhai Velani – ₹31,050
6. Gaurav ‘gauravarod’ Sood – ₹22,950
7. Abhishek ‘abhiraja’ Rajagopal – ₹17,550
8. Siddhanth ‘Shark1411’ Kishore – ₹13,500

*denotes heads-up deal

UVS #30 Deepstack PKO ₹4.25 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹1,200

Entries – 245

Re-entries – 75

Re-buys – TBA

Prize Pool – TBA

Places Paid – 47

Peter ‘Sigmund’ Nazareth shipped Spartan Poker’s ₹4.25 Lakhs GTD UVS #30 Deepstack PKO to win ₹67,927, following a three-way deal with ‘Pradep432’ (runner-up for ₹64,259) and Maiyad ‘sheru304c’ Niraj Kantilal (third for ₹60,532).

Nazareth had won the Recharge on Monday for ₹1.70 Lakhs, making this his second title victory of the week. He currently boasts of ₹54.15 Lakhs in recorded winnings on Spartan Poker.

PokerGuru Ambassador Vivek ‘KasolHieghts’ Singh finished 4^th for ₹33,199.

The Classic ₹2 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 89

Re-entries – 60

Regular Prize Pool – ₹1,11,750

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹1,11,750

Total Prize Pool – ₹2,23,500

Places Paid – 18

PokerStars India`s ₹2 Lakhs GTD Classic pulled in 149 challengers to generate a prize pool worth ₹2.23 Lakhs. The anonymous user ‘beginner1258’ outlasted the competition to win ₹50,352, while ‘momstacos’ placed runner-up for ₹34,790.

Vikram ‘GreenSTUFF79’ Mishra (6^th for ₹8,754), and Sreeharsha ‘DonkeyCommitted’ Boneni (8^th for ₹7,947) FT-ed the tourney.

Friday 5PLO ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 55

Re-entries – 36

Prize Pool – ₹1,50,000

Places Paid – 12

PokerBaazi`s 9 PM Special ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD Friday 5PLO had to fill in an overlay of ₹13,500, after registering 91 runners.

The mystery user ‘Aladdin’ juggernaut their way to the top to win ₹42,225, while ‘somzprash’ pocketed a runner-up payout worth ₹29,565.

Sabur ‘sabur’ Ali placed sixth for ₹8,445.

Dangal Friday ₹1.2 Lakhs GTD – PokerDangal

Buy-in – ₹990

Entries – 90

Re-entries – 39

Prize Pool – ₹1,20,000

Places Paid – 20

PokerDangal’s ₹1.2 Lakhs GTD Dangal Friday booked a marginal overlay after 129 entries signed up to play.

‘acehai’ was the last player standing in the tourney and won ₹26,400. ‘anvit27’ (runner-up for ₹19,800) and Subham ‘Jokermaniac’ Khandelwal (3^rd for ₹14,400) rounded out the podium finishers.

Hercules ₹1 Lakh GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹770

Entries – 90

Re-entries – 59

Prize Pool – ₹1,04,300

Places Paid – 21

Pocket52’s ₹1 Lakh GTD Hercules logged in a guarantee-smashing field of 149 entries. The user ‘SUBHAM8’ championed the tourney to win ₹22,946. They also placed 5^th in the Unravel for ₹4,000. ‘page_666’ came in second for ₹16,688.

Rahul ‘Kidpokerrr998’ Sinha (4^th for ₹9,387) and Shravan ‘SSAHisoka’ Amlekar (5^th for ₹6,883) FT-ed the event.

Unravel ₹50K GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹440

Entries – 59

Re-entries – 35

Prize Pool – ₹50,000

Places Paid – 15

The anonymous user ‘kw1996’ defeated ‘Zandubam’ heads-up in Pocket52`s ₹50K GTD Unravel to win ₹11,500. The latter added ₹8,500 to their bankroll for finishing runner-up.

Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹275

Entries – 44

Re-entries – 21

Prize Pool – ₹20,000

Places Paid – 7

The mystery user ‘Samaybk’ ran past the 65-entry field in Khelo365’s ₹20K GTD Grinder 2.0 to win ₹7,200. Site regular ‘maklas’ came in second for ₹4,000.

This report was updated at 4 PM on 19.12.2020.

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