Daily Majors: Sriharsha Doddapaneni Tops Millionaire Day 1A; Patra, Das & Madraswala Dominate the Friday Majors

Sunday is just a few hours away, and this one is special as it brings with it the auspicious Deepawali. Replicating the festivities of lights and firecrackers was another dazzling run of online tournaments across the major poker sites yesterday!

Building up the crescendo for the Spartan Super Series (SSS) – The Millionaire ₹1 Crore GTD – kicked off with the first of its three starting flights on Friday. Day 1A enjoyed an action-packed run with 446 entries (263 unique, 71 re-entries, and 112 rebuys) joining the action. End of the day, only 65 could find a bag for Day 2, and bagging the most massive stack of them all was none other than Sriharsha ‘Fish2050’ Doddapaneni. Doddapaneni, who had only a few days ago won his first-ever WPT title in the ₹25K Big Bounty event at WPT India, has been on a heater ever since. His blistering performances on the virtual felts saw him taking down the Adda52 Maverick two days ago, followed by a runner-up in PokerBaazi’s 6-Max Wednesday SuperStack. Doddapaneni is back in the news, this time for bagging the top stack of 252,236 on Day 1A of The Millionaire. If that was not enough, he even logged in an incredible two runner-up finishes last night – in The Ballers ₹15 Lakhs GTD on Adda52 for ₹2.52 Lakhs and the Friday SuperStack ₹3 Lakhs GTD (5RE) on PokerBaazi for ₹61,005 respectively.

The other top stacks in The Millionaire belong to ‘propernit’ (217,379) and former WSOP champion Aditya ‘SuperUser’ Sushant (200,270) with many others like Vivek ‘Pokerbatman27’ Rughani (163,471), Rubin ‘kornkid’ Labroo (68,686), Kanishka ‘Wildflower’ Samant (36,571), Raghav ‘thatssosick’ Bansal (29,290), and PokerGuru Ambassadors Gokul ‘Super Kings’ Raj (112,336), Vivek ‘KasolHieghts’ Singh (53,659), Laksh Pal ‘LuckyBhai$’ Singh (49,566) and Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja (41,284) securing a berth for Day 2. There are two more flights to go with Day 1B scheduled to begin at 6 PM today and Day 1C starting at 4 PM on Sunday!

A host of other SSS tourneys ran the course on Friday. The biggest event to crown a champion was SSS#30 The Elite ₹25 Lakhs GTD that collected a guarantee-smashing prize pool of ₹31.10 Lakhs. Walking away with the top prize at the event was ‘Kingofking,’ who won ₹6.57 Lakhs. The two other SSS events crowned winners in ‘Optimus_NK’ (SSS #29 TGIF ₹12 Lakhs GTD for ₹1.92 Lakhs), and Siddhant ‘bullzeye’ Kapoor (SSS #28 Afternoon Hi-Fi ₹3 Lakhs GTD for ₹72,000).

The virtual felts may be riding high on the SSS excitement, but that didn’t slow down the action at PokerBaazi that belted out another smashing edition of its Fri-YAY ₹10 Lakhs GTD. The tournament was a resounding success with 308 entries (148 unique and 160 re-entries), making for a ₹12.32 Lakhs prize pool. And winning a major online title for the second day in a row was Haider ‘Haider’ Madraswala. After taking down the Thursday MonsterStack, Madraswala returned to PokerBaazi felts the next day and shipped the Fri-YAY – adding a hefty ₹2.20 Lakhs to his bankroll.

Moving over to Adda52 – India`s largest online poker site has insane cash action, but the tournament turnouts pale in comparison. The site has had a tough time meeting guarantees, and once again, the prime Friday tournament, The Ballers ₹15 Lakhs GTD, failed to meet its advertised guarantee. The shortfall was substantial at 1.71 Lakhs yesterday, and, in the end, Anish ‘anishpatra’ Patra defeated Sriharsha ‘Ivey2’ Doddapaneni heads-up to walk away with the title and top prize of ₹4.20 Lakhs. The unstoppable Doddapaneni collected ₹2.52 Lakhs for his runner-up finish. ‘chutny’ was the other big winner on the site, and championed the Hexagram for ₹72,500.

Meanwhile, on PokerStars India, the Uppercut Progressive KO ₹8 Lakhs GTD had an excellent run amidst 242 entries (117 unique and 125 re-entries) that generated a prize pool of ₹9.68 Lakhs. ‘Flipper108’ defeated PokerGuru Ambassador Vishal ‘Vishalb22’ Bajaj heads-up to snag the title along with ₹2.08 Lakhs in prize money. Bajaj took home ₹1.10 Lakhs for finishing runner-up.

The 9stacks’ daily tourney StackUp ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD is another tournament leaking money for the operator, and last night, the site had to fill in a ₹53,500 shortfall. ‘Jokermaniac’ eventually came out on top to win ₹67,500.

On Poker Dangal, 100- Max Event #19 ₹250K GTD crowned a winner in ‘Newshitintown’ who pocketed ₹57,500 for his efforts. The series closes out today, and part of the day’s schedule is Event #7 ₹150K that was slated to take place on October 22 but had to be rescheduled to 8 PM today owing to technical issues.

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

Entries – 263

Re-entries – 71

Rebuys – 112

The showstopper event at the ongoing Spartan Super Series – The Millionaire ₹1Crore GTD kicked off proceedings on October 25 with the first of its starting flight opening to action. Day 1A registered 446 entries (263 unique, 71 re-entries and 112 rebuys), and at the end of the day, only 65 could find a bag for Day 2.

Topping the surviving field was Sriharsha ‘‘Fish2050’ Doddapaneni (252,236), with ‘propernit’ (217,379) and Aditya ‘SuperUser’ Sushant (200,270) rounding out the top three stacks.

Also carrying big stacks to Day 2 were Vivek ‘Pokerbatman27’ Rughani (163,471), Neel ‘Worm33’ Joshi (140,326), and Nitin ‘0HUMAN0’ Arora (120,330).

Other notables advancing to Day 2 were Gokul ‘Super King’s Raj (112,336), Sreekanth ‘N0thing’ Narayan (82,940), Anirban D ‘pokernoob’ Das (80,902), Rubin ‘kornkid’ Labroo (68,686), Vivek ‘KasolHieghts’ Singh (53,659), Laksh Pal ‘LuckyBhai$’ Singh (49,566), Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja (41,284), Kanishka ‘Wildflower’ Samant (36,571), Raghav ‘thatssosick’ Bansal (29,290) and Zarvan ‘BolAuntyAuKya’ Tumboli (46,976).

Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1A

1. Sriharsha ‘Fish2050’ Doddapaneni – 252,236
2. propernit – 217,379
3. Aditya ‘SuperUser’ Sushant – 200,270
4. Netflixxed – 164,239
5. Vivek ‘Pokerbatman27’ Rughani – 163,471
6. Neel ‘Worm33’ Joshi – 140,326
7. mariokart – 147,559
8. ChipTricks – 133,384
9. aasupremacy – 129, 894
10. Nitin ‘0HUMAN0’ Arora – 120,330

SSS #30 The Elite ₹25 Lakhs GTD ₹11,000 RE – Spartan Poker

Entries – 139

Re-entries – 79

Rebuys – 93

Prize Pool – ₹31,10,000

Places Paid – 31

A total of 311 hopefuls (139 unique, 79 re-entries, and 93 rebuys) entered Spartan Poker’s SSS#30 The Elite ₹25 Lakhs GTD yesterday. The tournament obliterated its guarantee by generating a prize pool of ₹31.10 Lakhs and taking home the top prize of ₹6.57 Lakhs was ‘Kingofking.

Final table finishes came in from Kanishka ‘Wildflower’ Samant (4th for ₹2.53 Lakhs), Anirban D ‘pokernoob’ Das (7th for ₹1.11 Lakhs and PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer Singh ‘bazzingaa’ Chadha (9th for ₹67,176).

Among the others who finished in the money were PokerGuru Ambassadors Rony ‘ChipTricks’ Chowdhury (14th for ₹46,028), Gokul ‘Super Kings’ Raj (20th for ₹36,698), and Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved (25th for 30,478), Rajat ‘Garammasala’ Sharma (22nd for ₹33,588), Siddhanth ‘bullzeye’ Kapoor (24th for ₹30,478), and Sanchit ‘gareeeeb’ Adukia (27th for ₹30,478).

Final Table Results

1. Kingofking – ₹6,57,765
2. Shippament – ₹4,42,864
3. Vikaash ‘viks82’ Shah – ₹3,12,244
4. Kanishka ‘Wildflower’ Samant – ₹2,53,154
5. blindgame – ₹2,00,284
6. PavankiranB – ₹1,52,079
7. Anirban D ‘pokernoob’ Das – ₹1,11,027
8. Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra – ₹81,171
9. Arjanveer Singh ‘bazzingaa’ Chadha – ₹67,176

The Ballers ₹15 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Entries – 130

Rebuys – 64

Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000

Places Paid – 19

The Ballers ₹15 Lakhs GTD on Adda52 attracted 130 unique entries, and even with an additional 64 re-entries, the event suffered an overlay of 1.71 Lakhs. The winner emerged in Anish ‘anishpatra’ Patra, who managed to get past the formidable Sriharsha ‘Ivey2’ Doddapaneni heads-up to win ₹4.20 Lakhs.

The event paid out the top 19 places and these included known entities like Myron ‘zzzzz369’ Pereira (7th for ₹56,250), Ishan ‘huntish’ Pandey (12th for ₹25,550), Sagar ‘alwaysnutz’ Choudhury (14th for ₹21,750), and Pranay ‘setmeup’ Chawla (17th for ₹15,000).

Final Table Results

1. Anish ‘anishpatra’ Patra – ₹4,20,000
2. Sriharsha ‘Ivey2’ Doddapaneni – ₹2,52,000
3. Prempoonia – ₹1,90,500
4. kunal17 – ₹1,35,000
5. just4fun12 – ₹93,750
6. Vibhuiit17 – ₹67,500
7. Myron ‘zzzzz369’ Pereira – ₹56,250
8. teraflop – ₹41,250
9. Jitendra ‘zxcvuiop’ Chordia – ₹33,750

Fri-YAY ₹10 Lakhs GTD (RE) – PokerBaazi

Entries – 148

Re-entries – 160

Prize Pool – ₹12,32,000

Places Paid – 36

Buy-in: 4,000

Topping a field of 308 entries (148 unique and 160 re-entries), Haider ‘Haider’ Madraswala won the PokerBaazi Fri-YAY ₹10 Lakhs GTD for ₹2.20 Lakhs. The event overshot its guarantee to garner a final prize pool of ₹12.32 Lakhs.

Prashanth ‘Iveyleague’ Sekar (5th for ₹55,400), Sagar ‘sagarpupul’ Choudhury (6th for ₹44,300), Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia (9th for ₹22,100), Guneet ‘guntz’ Kwatra (10th for ₹16,100), Priyank ‘Piko1432’ Kothari (11th for ₹28,150), Aditya ‘gooner67’ Singh Punn (14th for ₹9,390) and Siddharth ‘Siddonuts’ Pandey (18th for ₹3,750) were the prominent ITM finishers.

Final Table Results

1. Haider ‘Haider’ Madraswala – ₹2,20,000
2. Gautam ‘dhonikohli’ Bharadwaj – ₹1,55,000
3. SharkTank – ₹99, 700
4. happyfish -₹73,800
5. Prashanth ‘Iveyleague’ Sekar – ₹55,400
6. Sagar ‘sagarpupul’ Choudhury – ₹44,300
7. Sneha ‘sneval’ Moondra Heda – ₹36,800
8. Clearsky – ₹29,500
9. Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia – ₹22,100

SSS #29 TGIF ₹12 Lakhs GTD ₹1,650 RE – Spartan Poker

Players – 331

Re-entries – 132

Rebuys – 291

Prize Pool – ₹12,00,000

Places Paid – 63

Spartan Poker’s SSS #29 TGIF ₹12 Lakhs GTD fell slightly short of the mark at 754 entries (331 unique, 132 re-entries, and 291 rebuys) resulting in an overlay of ₹69,000. ‘Optimus_NK’ was the last man standing in the event and took home a paycheque of ₹1.92 Lakhs.

While Harsh ‘ThePokerLoin’ Goswami (5th for ₹63,781) and PokerGuru Ambassador Rony ‘ChipTricks’ Chowdhury (6th for ₹51,240) final-tabled the event, PokerGuru Ambassadors Ashish ‘Donkey 07’ Munot (19th for ₹11,160), & Vivek ‘KasolHieghts’ Singh (27th for ₹8,760), Paras ‘AAKKQQJJ’ Jain (33rd for ₹6,360), ‘bahubali007’ (57th for ₹5,200) and Siddarth ‘PeterPunter’ Singhvi (63rd for ₹5,220) finished ITM.

Final Table Results

1. Optimus_NK – ₹1,92,133
2. Ram ‘TheLagLawyer’ Kakkar – ₹1,84,998
3. icmizer – ₹1,05,000
4. Kingofking – ₹83,400
5. Harsh ‘ThePokerLoin’ Goswami – ₹63,781
6. Rony ‘ChipTricks’ Chowdhury – ₹51,240
7. Vaisak – ₹38,520
8. nkhotty05 – ₹27,360
9. Ravi ‘Neptune’ Tanwar – ₹21,840

Friday SuperStack ₹3 Lakhs GTD (5RE) – PokerBaazi

Entries – 95

Rebuys – 80

Prize Pool – ₹3,50,000

Places Paid – 21

Another in-form player, Anirban ‘pottysingh’ D Das championed PokerBaazi’s Friday SuperStack for ₹87,045.

Sriharsha ‘Ivey2’ Doddapaneni, who has been unstoppable these past few days, picked up his second runner-up finish on the day, pocketing ₹61,005 for his spectacular run.

The event clocked in 175 entries (95 unique entries + 80 re-entries), generating a ₹3.5 Lakhs prize pool, which got distributed among the top 21 places.

Notables who made their way to the payouts list included Anurag ‘13anurag’ Srivastava (10th for ₹6,335), Vishal ‘vishal0701’ Yadav (11th for ₹6,335), Vivek ‘Nutpeddling729’ Singh (12th for ₹6,335), Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur (14th for ₹5,215), Vinay ‘Vinstill’ BK (15th for ₹5,215), Indrish ‘Godzilllaa66‘ Arora (16th for ₹4,445), Tathagata ‘Tintin84’ Sengupta (19th for ₹3,885), ‘JigSaw’ (20th for ₹3,885), and ‘vjuneja’ (21st for ₹3,885).

Final Table Results

1. Anirban ‘pottysingh’ D Das – ₹87,045
2. Sriharsha ‘Ivey2’ Doddapaneni – ₹61,005
3. MAP8989 – ₹39,235
4. Monty21 – ₹29,050
5. Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma – ₹21,805
6. mp04priyank – ₹17,430
7. Yudhishthir ‘Rowdy6’ Singh Rathore – ₹14,490
8. nongtuh – ₹11,620
9. geekybansal – ₹8,680

Hexagram ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Entries – 73

Rebuys – 40

Prize Pool – ₹2,50,000

Places Paid – 11

Yesterday, the Hexagram on Adda52 found a champion in ‘chutny’ who defeated Rajesh ‘Narsimha3’ Garg heads-up to win the ₹72,500 first-place prize money.

The event attracted 73 unique entrants and paid out the top 11 finishers. ‘projuhi’ (10th for ₹5,000) and ‘DrFake’ (11th for ₹5,000) were the other two players who made it in the money but fell short of the final table.

Final Table Results

1. chutny – ₹72,500
2. Rajesh ‘Narsimha3’ Garg – ₹48,750
3. raj413 – ₹35,000
4. Rahulkumar – ₹27,500
5. selvaraj19s – ₹20,000
6. Sourav ‘miku3038080’ Agarwal – ₹12,500
7. DMANI985 – ₹10,000
8. Vinay1111 – ₹7,500
9. TheProDino – ₹6,250

Uppercut – Progressive KO [6-Max] Magic Edition ₹8 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Entries – 117

Re-entries – 125

Total Prize Pool – ₹9,68,000

Regular Prize Pool – ₹4,84,000

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹4,84,000

Places Paid – 47

PokerStars India’s Uppercut – Progressive KO [6-Max] Magic Edition ₹8 Lakhs GTD finally managed to smash its guarantee, registering 242 entries (117 unique and 125 re-entries) that made for a prize pool collection of ₹9.68 Lakhs.

‘Flipper108’ locked horns with PokerGuru Ambassador Vishal ‘Vishalb22’ Bajaj in the heads-up battle, and it was the former who eventually prevailed to pocket a top prize worth ₹2.08 Lakhs. Bajaj took home ₹1.10 Lakhs for his runner-up finish.

PokerGuru Ambassadors Parikshit ‘Zapdos123’ Dhall (9th for ₹16,320), Faiz ‘LFGgggg’ Alam (10th for ₹16,320), Mithun ‘ThePokeRajaIN’ Mahesh (21st for ₹12,428), Jayjit ‘unlucky2k’ Ray (25th for ₹10,003), Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja (32nd for ₹6,503), Arjanveer ‘ballistik310’ Singh Chadha (36th for ₹5,752), Laksh ‘B00MTilt23’ Pal Singh (38th for ₹5,252), and Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved (45th for ₹3,252), along with Shravan ‘lukBo$$13’ Chhabria (12th for ₹12,719), Yash ‘hasyY@$#116’ Shrivastava (14th for ₹16,094), Pranay ‘aankhdikhatahai’ Chawla (16th for ₹15,817), Sagar ‘sagarpupull’ Choudhury (23rd for ₹6,928) and Ram ‘TheLagLawyer’ Kakkar (41st for ₹6,252), posted a deep run in the event.

Final Table Result

1. Flipper108 – ₹2,08,806
2. Vishal ‘Vishalb22’ Bajaj – ₹1,10,006
3. GSK1515 – ₹69,977
4. chupchap fld kr – ₹43,915
5. 1ll|1ll1|ll1| – ₹28,308
6. avinash84 – ₹31,531
7. ThatsItAllin – ₹30,186
8. BLACKSHEEP300 – ₹17,320
9. Parikshit ‘Zapdos123’ Dhall – ₹16,320

SSS #28 Afternoon Hi-Fi ₹3 Lakhs GTD ₹1,100 RE – Spartan Poker

Entries – 132

Re-entries – 24

Rebuys – 123

Prize Pool – ₹3,00,000

Places Paid – 21

A 279-strong entry field (132 unique, 24 re-entries and 123 rebuys) at Spartan Poker’s SSS #28 Afternoon Hi-Fi ₹3 Lakhs GTD was championed by Bollywood star Siddhant ‘bullzeye’ Kapoor who defeated Kunal ‘cvc’ Sharma heads-up to win ₹72,000 in prize money. Sharma banked ₹48,750 for finishing runner-up.

Incidentally, the event fell short of the advertised guarantee by ₹21,000.

Well known tournament regulars like Kaleem ‘TheSherlock’ Pasha (5th for ₹18,450), Rishabh ‘Decent devil’ Sood (7th for ₹10,968), Srihasha ‘yUDdam’ Boneni (17th for ₹4,500), Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja (19th for ₹3,750), and Mandar ‘MAMA04’ Madaye (20th for ₹3,750) finished ITM.

Final Table Results

1. Siddhant ‘bullzeye’ Kapoor – ₹72,000
2. Kunal ‘cvc’ Sharma – ₹48,750
3. Ravi ‘Neptune’ Tanwar – ₹32,250
4. its my turn – ₹24,750
5. Kaleem ‘TheSherlock’ Pasha – ₹18,450
6. mehhhhh – ₹15,000
7. Rishabh ‘Decent devil’ Sood – ₹10,968
8. acchemicals – ₹9,450
9. bluffitbaby – ₹7,500

StackUp @8pm 2.5 Lakhs GTD – 9stacks

Entries – 72

Re-entries – 20

Re-buys – 19

Prize Pool – ₹2,50,000

The StackUp event on 9stacks is another event that has been struggling to meet its advertised guarantee. Last night, it pulled in a field of 111 entries that included 20 re-entries and 19 re-buys but still fell short by 55 entries in meeting its advertised ₹2.5 Lakhs guarantee. Coming out on top to make the most of the value on offer was ‘Jokermaniac’ who won ₹67,500.

PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer ‘ballistik’ Singh Chadha (6th for ₹12,000) along with Anuj ‘brockLesnar95’ Yadav (8th for ₹7,500) and Anuj ‘Desijuari’ Manocha (9th for ₹6,250) were also among the notable final table finishers in the event.

Final Table Results

1. Jokermaniac – ₹67,500
2. Mr.Performe… – ₹47,500
3. Think_Tank – ₹35,000
4. StillUziVert – ₹25,000
5. Capebuff… – ₹17,500
6. Arjanveer ‘ballistik’ Singh Chadha – ₹12,000
7. Op12345 – ₹8,750
8. Anuj ‘brockLesnar95’ Yadav – ₹7,500
9. Anuj ‘Desijuari’ Manocha – ₹6,250

100 Max Event #19 – ₹250K GTD – Poker Dangal

Entries – 80

Rebuys – 35

Prize Pool – ₹2,87,500

Places Paid – 10

Poker Dangal’s 100 Max series’ ₹250K GTD event registered 80 unique hopefuls that, with an additional 35 re-entries, created a healthy ₹2.87 Lakhs prize pool. Taking the top honors was ‘Newshitintown’ who banked the top prize worth ₹57,500.

Final Table Results

1. newshitintown – ₹57,500
2. skillking – ₹25,558
3. Rahul ‘JamesDenial007’ Sengar – ₹25,558
4. Gurukumarswami ‘jeevan79’ Gaddigimath – ₹25,558
5. Ryan ‘Mambono5’ Cardoso – ₹25,558
6. Jayant ‘tjdgrinder’ Agarwal – ₹25,558
7. flashsurya – ₹25,558
8. bigbluffaces – ₹25,558
9. OnePlus6T – ₹25,558
10. Prashant ‘kingslayer’ Jha – ₹25,558

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