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After a firecracker Sunday, Monday as always was relatively dull. Still, the Monday flagships and two high-octane series kept the action going across the major platforms!
Spartan Poker
Monday’s on Spartan Poker is reserved for the site’s flagship ReCharge that came back with a ₹15 Lakhs GTD last night. The tourney had no trouble cracking the guarantee as a turnout of 790 entries (364 unique, 134 re-entries, and 292 re-buys) helped collect ₹15.8 Lakhs in prize money. The mysterious ‘FunkeyFox’, who has over ₹46 Lakhs in tournament winnings on Spartan Poker, added another ₹3.04 Lakhs to his tally after taking down the ReCharge. This is his second-best recorded score on the site after his Millionaire X5 win last month. One spot behind him, tournament regular Harsh ‘Anandilal Katpitiya’ Bubna won ₹1.92 Lakhs for finishing runner-up. PokerGuru Ambassador Naresh ‘FreeFlow’ Veeravalli finished third for ₹1.37 Lakhs.
The Deep Freeze ₹5 Lakhs GTD couldn’t match up to the Recharge as a field of 77 players resulted in a ₹38,000 overlay. An anonymous player with the moniker ‘corona virus’ came out on top and won ₹1.02 Lakhs after making a three-way deal with ‘PsychoManiac’ (runner-up for ₹1.02 Lakhs) and ‘deranzzdd’ (3rd for ₹93,829).
The other Monday major at Spartan Poker, the Destiny Junior ₹5 Lakhs GTD, drew 368 entries (184 unique, 55 re-entries and 129 rebuys). It was Utkarsh’ kidpokerNJ’ Vaish who sprinted to the top where he squared off with ‘Edge’ heads-up. The duo eventually shook hands on a deal that saw the latter snag the title and the top prize of ₹1.29 Lakhs. Vaish finished a close second for ₹1.07 Lakhs.
PokerBaazi
The site`s Monday flagship, the Bout ₹10 Lakhs GTD, mustered a 463-strong field (248 unique, and 215 re-entries), making for a guarantee-busting ₹11.58 Lakhs prize pool. Topping the list was one of the top winners of the year so far; Young Gun Arsh ‘Button_ Hai_Bro’ Grover who entered the heads-up finale with Aryan’ aryanstark’ Chaudhary. The clash ended with Grover pocketing ₹2.33 Lakhs as the first-place prize. Chaudhary had to settle for a ₹1.63 Lakhs payout after placing second.
Grover was in the winning grove last night as he FT’ed the AOPS Table For 6 as well. He took third place in the tourney for ₹67,200. Notably, he had won the SSS High Roller last week for ₹15.11 Lakhs and presently boasts of over ₹1.38 crore in MTT winnings this year alone.
Adda52
Headlining Adda52’s roster of Monday MTT’s was the AOPS Sinquerim₹12.5 Lakhs GTD. The tourney logged in a 547-strong field to collect ₹17.50 Lakhs in the prize pool. The heads-up play came down to ‘glitch_d’ and Utkarsh ‘sam20542’ Srivastava. In the end, the former prevailed to take home the single most massive score of the day worth ₹4.20 Lakhs. Srivastava collected ₹2.45 Lakhs for his runner-up finish.
The AOPS Table For 6 ₹5 Lakhs GTD was the other big-ticket tourney that played out on Adda52 last night. The event drew 224 entries to accrue ₹5.60 Lakhs in the prize pool. Circuit regular Anirban’ ajgar5’ D Das emerged victorious and walked away with the winner’ prize of ₹1.54 Lakhs.
PokerStars India
The INSCOOP series has resulted in a noticeable uptick in action at PokerStars India. The biggest draw on Monday was the INSCOOP – Battle Royale that fell ₹1.15 Lakhs short of meeting its ₹18 Lakhs advertised guarantee. The other INSCOOP tourney – Battle Royale Mini ₹5 Lakhs GTD – smashed its guarantee. Both titles went to anonymous users, i.e., ‘angrybot777’ and ‘GABRUJAWAN’ respectively.
‘angrybot777’ had stiff competition from his heads-up opponent Kunal’ iAlways Haveit’ Patni, but it was the former who outlasted the 337-entry field to capture the title and the winner’s purse worth ₹3.98 Lakhs (₹1.68 Lakhs in prize money, and ₹1.30 Lakhs in bounties). Patni had to make do with a runner-up score of ₹1.49 Lakhs (₹1.19 Lakhs in prize money, and ₹30,390 in bounties).
Over at the INSCOOP – Battle Royale Mini, ‘GABRUJAWAN’ ran past a field of 228 entries to win ₹1.11 Lakhs after a heads-up deal with ‘tuffcookie777’ (runner-up for ₹65,694).
The other Monday winners were:
Player | Prize Money | Event | Poker Site |
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mannu425 | ₹1.08 Lakhs | AOPS CrackJack₹4 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
kc30 | ₹99,480 | Afternoon Blaze ₹4 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
Gagi01 | ₹84,450 | Monday MegaStack ₹3 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
Prabhat 'uchichaa19' Paliya | ₹76,514 | INSCOOP - 18 NLHE ₹4 Lakhs GTD | PokerStars India |
dagadfool | ₹64,396 | Ultimate PLO ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
Rugal 'smokijoejr' Advani | ₹61,243 | INSCOOP - 14 Ultra KO 90% ₹2 Lakhs GTD | PokerStars India |
invincible090 | ₹57,800 | Monster Stack ₹3 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
rinodphilip | ₹56,387 | AOPS AfterParty PLO ₹2 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
King | ₹51,046 | Night Rider – Monster Stack ₹3 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
Rishab 'riverrshiverr' Jain | ₹50,042 | INSCOOP - 21 Ultrasonic ₹2 Lakhs GTD | PokerStars India |
Emoboy | ₹31,280 | Pocket Lunch ₹1 Lakh GTD | Pocket52 |
Bangbang23 | ₹24,000 | Monday Blues ₹1 Lakh GTD | Poker Dangal |
Jindaal | ₹7,200 | Quick Freeze ₹20K GTD PLO | Khelo365 |
prithvii | ₹5,440 | Grinder ₹15K GTD NLHE | Khelo365 |
INSCOOP – 16 Battle Royale ₹18 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India
Entries – 198
Re-entries – 139
Prize Pool – ₹18,00,000
Regular Prize Pool – ₹9,57,500
Bounty Prize Pool – ₹8,42,500
Places Paid – 65
The INSCOOP – 16 Battle Royale clocked in a strong field of 337 runners (198 unique and 139 re-entries), but was unable to break even on its ₹18 Lakhs GTD. The top 65 places benefitted from the ₹1.15 Lakhs overlay.
Outlasting the competition was ‘angrybot777’ who beat out former Adda52 Team Pro Kunal ‘iAlwaysHaveit’ Patni (runner-up for ₹1.49 Lakhs) heads-up to take down the title and the top prize of ₹3.98 Lakhs.
The final table featured the likes of PokerGuru Ambassador Vivek ‘Mystic Peaks’ Singh (3rd for ₹1.33 Lakhs) and Aravind ‘Yosikkamudiyala’ Raj (6th for ₹50,599).
Final Table Results
ReCharge₹15 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Entries – 364
Re-entries – 134
Rebuys – 292
Prize Pool – ₹15,80,000
Places Paid – 71
One of the biggest success stories of the day was Spartan Poker’s ReCharge that collected a guarantee-crushing ₹15.80 Lakhs prize pool over 790 entries (364 unique, 134 re-entries and 292 rebuys). Former Millionaire X5 winner ‘FunkeyFox’ proved the last player standing and pocketed ₹3.04 Lakhs after denying his heads-up rival Harsh ‘AnandilalKatpitiya’ Bubna (runner-up for ₹1.92 Lakhs) the glory.
PokerGuru Ambassador Naresh ‘FreeFlow’ Veeravalli (3rd for ₹1.37 Lakhs) and Nitin ‘TheWitcher’ Arora (4th for ₹1.08 Lakhs) posted FT finishes.
Final Table Results
AOPS Sinquerim ₹12.5 Lakhs GTD – Adda52
Entries – 277
Re-entries – 270
Prize Pool – ₹17,50,403
Places Paid – 55
The headline tourney on the Monday AOPS schedule was the AOPS Sinquerim ₹12.5 Lakhs GTD. Here again, a packed field of 547 participants (277 unique and 270 re-entries), helped generate a very generous ₹17.50 Lakhs prize pool.
Racing ahead of the field was PokerGuru Ambassador Devvrat ‘glitch_d’ Arya, who championed the AOPS Sinquerim to win ₹4.20 Lakhs – his career-best score on Adda52.
Arya has been doing reasonably well in recent months. While a big score still eludes him, Arya has been consistently making deep runs. His personal-best score to date is the ₹4.94 Lakhs that he won for his third-place finish in Spartan Poker’s IOPC Destiny ₹30 Lakhs GTD tourney on February 5.
Utkarsh ‘sam20542’ Srivastava (runner-up for ₹2.45 Lakhs), Manas ‘manashnayak’ Nayak (4th for ₹1.31 Lakhs), Dhaval ‘dirtyzoso’ Mudgal (7th for ₹43,760), Akshat ‘akshat03’ Sharma (8th for ₹35,008) and Saurabh ‘newkidintown’ Arora (9th for ₹26,256) were the other prominent FT finishers.
Final Table Results
The Bout ₹10 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi
Entries – 248
Re-entries – 215
Prize Pool – ₹11,58,000
Places Paid – 54
Online phenom Arsh ‘Button_Hai_Bro’ Grover has been one of the top winners this year, and seems to have no plans of slowing down anytime soon. He took down PokerBaazi’s Monday regular tourney, the Bout ₹10 Lakhs GTD, last night to add another ₹2.33 Lakhs to his name.
The event attracted a total of 463 entries (248 unique and 215 re-entries), creating a guarantee-smashing prize pool of ₹11.58 Lakhs. Aryan ‘aryanstark’ Chaudhary collected ₹1.63 Lakhs for finishing second.
Sumit ‘m0ney’ Gupta (3rd for ₹1.05 Lakhs), Shardul ‘duuurrrr’ Parthasarathi (5th for ₹58,220), Raghavendra ‘pingu’ Rajanna (7th for ₹38,890), Mukunda ‘Dashing’ Dasharathy (8th for ₹31,020), and Vinay ‘vinay09’ Rajpal (9th for ₹23,270) posted FT finishes.
Final Table Results
AOPS Table For 6 ₹5 Lakhs GTD – Adda52
Entries – 125
Re-entries – 99
Prize Pool – ₹5,60,000
Places Paid – 24
Another consistent campaigner, Anirban ‘ajgar5’ D Das, had come within striking distance of winning the AOPS Panjim ₹35 Lakhs GTD on Sunday, but sadly fell two places short of the title, finishing third for ₹3.85 Lakhs. He made up for it last night by taking down the AOPS Table For 6 for ₹1.53 Lakhs.
The tourney registered 224 entries (125 unique and 99 re-entries), generating a prize pool worth ₹5.60 Lakhs.
It was a stacked final table in the tourney featuring prominent names like Young Gun Arsh ‘bigggtymer’Grover (3rd for ₹67,200), Bhavye ‘noobpro’ Mittal (4th for ₹48,160), Devrat ‘vickypune’ Singh (8th for ₹14,000) and PokerGuru Ambassador Mithun ‘themiths’ Mahesh (9th for ₹11,200).
Final Table Results
Destiny Junior₹5 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Entries – 184
Re-entries – 55
Rebuys- 129
Prize Pool – ₹5,52,000
Places Paid – 30
The other Monday attraction at Spartan Poker, Destiny Junior ₹5 Lakhs GTD, attracted 368 entries (184 unique, 55 re-entries and 129 rebuys), to collect a healthy prize pool of ₹5.52 Lakhs. ‘Edge’ captured the title and the top prize of ₹1.29 Lakhs after deciding upon a heads-up deal with Utkarsh ‘kidpokerNJ’ Vaish. For his runner-up finish, Vaish pocketed a ₹1.07 Lakhs payday.
Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPros’ Kumar (7th for₹19,320) and Ayan ‘interlalia_1’ Ray (9th for₹11,592) rounded out the other circuit regs on the FT.
Final Table Results
INSCOOP – 12 Battle Royale Mini ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India
Entries – 145
Re-entries – 83
Prize Pool – ₹5,18,472
Regular Prize Pool – ₹2,59,236
Bounty Prize Pool – ₹2,59,236
Places Paid – 39
The INSCOOP – 12 Battle Royale Mini ₹5 Lakhs GTD on PokerStars India accrued a prize pool of ₹5.18 Lakhs (₹2.59 Lakhs regular prize pool and ₹2.59 Lakhs bounty prize pool) on the back of a field of 228 entries (145 unique and 83 re-entries).
After deciding upon a deal heads-up, unknown user ‘GABRUJAWAN’ captured the title for ₹1.11 Lakhs and defeated ‘tuffcookie777’ (runner-up for ₹65,694) head-up.
Yash ‘hasyY@$#116’ Shrivastava (6th for ₹15,751), Vikram ‘GreenSTUFF79’ Mishra (7th for ₹17,753), and Chander ‘shekharpetro’ Shekhar Meena (8th for ₹10,062) posted FT finishes.
Final Table Results
*denotes heads-up deal
Deep Freeze ₹5 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Entries – 77
Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Places Paid – 11
Unlike the ReCharge and Destiny Junior, the Deep Freeze ₹5 Lakhs GTD on Spartan Poker could muster a below-par 77 entries that resulted in a shortfall of ₹38,000. ‘corona virus’ staked a claim on the title and the ₹1.02 Lakhs up top after striking a three-way deal with ‘PsychoManiac’ (runner-up for₹1.02 Lakhs) and ‘deranzzdd’ (3rd for ₹93,829).
While the final 11 places were paid, former WSOP champion Aditya ‘SuperuSer’ Sushant, who won the Millionaire on Sunday, finished 8th for ₹18,750.
Final Table Results
*denotes three-way deal
AOPS CrackJack₹4 Lakhs GTD – Adda52
Entries – 99
Re-entries – 75
Prize Pool – ₹4,00,000
Places Paid – 17
Adda52’s AOPS CrackJack ₹4 Lakhs GTD pulled in 174 entrants (99 unique and 75 re-entries), forcing the site to fill in the ₹52,000 shortfall.
Anonymous user ‘mannu425’ championed the tourney to win ₹1.08 Lakhs, while ‘FlyInGAcE’ came in second for ₹68,000.
PokerGuru Ambassador Mithun ‘themiths’ Mahesh (7th for ₹15,000), Ritesh ‘ritesh5812’ Tripathi (8th for ₹12,000) and Uday ‘uday219’ Singh (9th for ₹10,000) were others who collected FT payouts.
Final Table Results
Afternoon Blaze ₹4 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi
Entries – 101
Re-entries – 65
Prize Pool – ₹4,00,000
Places Paid – 21
The Afternoon Blaze ₹4 Lakhs GTD got hit by a ₹68,000 overlay after logging in 166 entrants (101 unique and 65 re-entries).
‘kc30’ defeated ‘Rahul ‘viran’ Kumar’ to take home the title and ₹99,480 in prize money. Kumar pocketed ₹69,720 for his runner-up finish.
Guruprasad ‘fish_calling’ Gupta (3rd for ₹44,840), Dhaval ‘dhavhe’ Heda (4th for ₹33,200), Pankaj ‘Cyclone6524’ Joshi (6th for ₹19,920), and Vivekk ‘Vivek25’ Dube (8th for ₹13,280) were some familiar player on the FT.
Final Table Results
INSCOOP – 18 NLHE ₹4 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India
Entries – 121
Re-entries – 41
Prize Pool – ₹4,00,000
Places Paid – 26
Prabhat ‘uchichaa19’ Paliya took down PokerStars India’s INSCOOP – 18 NLHE ₹4 Lakhs GTD for ₹76,514 following a heads-up deal with a mystery user ‘masternikku’ (2nd for ₹65,201).
The tourney registered 162 entries (121 entries and 41 re-entries) to leave an overlay of ₹31,450. The top 26 places got paid.
Partho ‘SpidermanIndia’ Datta (5th for ₹26,090) and Anurag ‘GutshotHaiBro’ Srivastava (8th for ₹11,176) were the other known names on the FT.
Final Table Results
*denotes heads-up deal
Monday MegaStack ₹3 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi
Entries – 68
Re-entries – 44
Prize Pool – ₹3,00,000
Places Paid – 12
The ₹3 Lakhs GTD Monday MegaStack was taken down by anonymous user ‘Gagi01’, who edged past online regular Aditya ‘speckem’ Pareek (runner-up for ₹59,130) heads-up. The champion walked away with a payday worth ₹84,450.
The event suffered an overlay of ₹76,000, after registering 112 entries (68 unique and 44 re-entries) yesterday.
Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra (3rd for ₹38,010), Vivekk ‘Vivek25’ Dube (4th for ₹28,170), Sreekanth ‘n0thing’ Narayan (5th for ₹21,120), Ankit ‘akj290’ Jajodia (6th for ₹16,890), Rohan ‘AnshAA’ Soman (7th for ₹14,070), and Guruprasad ‘fish_calling’ Gupta (9th for ₹8,460) posted FT finishes.
Final Table Results
Night Rider – Monster Stack ₹3 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Entries – 194
Re-entries – 74
Rebuys – 143
Prize Pool – ₹3,28,800
Places Paid – 39
A field of 411 entries (194 unique, 74 re-entries and 143 rebuys) made for a guarantee-smashing prize pool of ₹3.28 Lakhs in Spartan Poker’s Night Rider – Monster Stack ₹3 Lakhs GTD.
‘King’ took down the event and pocketed the winner’s cheque worth ₹51,046 after deciding upon a four-way deal. ‘denb’ (runner-up for ₹41,302), Ishaan ‘potripper16’ Bhatia (3rd for ₹40,027) and ‘Rishhbk’ (4th for ₹35,312) were the other beneficiaries from the deal.
Akshay ‘funckpot’ Vohra finished 9th for ₹6,871.
Final Table Results
*denotes four-way deal
Monster Stack ₹3 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Entries – 206
Re-entries – 52
Rebuys – 142
Prize Pool – ₹3,20,000
Places Paid – 31
Topping a field of 400 entries (206 unique, 52 re-entries and 142 rebuys), ‘invincible090’ took down Spartan Poker’s Monster Stack ₹3 Lakhs GTD for ₹57,800. The player struck a heads-up deal with ‘surajkori’ to claim the top honors, with the latter conceding to a second-place finish worth ₹55,447 in prize money.
Final Table Results
*denotes heads-up deal
Ultimate PLO ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Entries – 52
Re-entries – 19
Rebuys – 38
Prize Pool – ₹2,50,000
Places Paid – 9
Spartan Poker’s Ultimate PLO ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD logged in 109 entries (52 unique, 19 re-entries, and 38 re-buys), resulting in an overlay worth ₹38,000.
‘dagadfool’ outlasted the field to add ₹64,396 to his bankroll while ‘Esoteric’ finished second for ₹60,979. The duo made a heads-up deal.
Piyush ‘BlackMamba’ Gaikwad (6th for ₹13,638) and Siddharth ‘Devils Advocate’ Ranshevre (9th for ₹7,500) posted FT finishes.
Final Table Results
*denotes heads-up deal
INSCOOP – 14 Ultra KO 90% ₹2 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India
Entries – 87
Re-entries – 31
Prize Pool – ₹2,00,000
Regular Prize Pool – ₹40,700
Bounty Prize Pool – ₹1,59,300
Places Paid – 14
The INSCOOP – 14 Ultra KO 90% ₹2 Lakhs GTD found a champion in Rugal ‘smokijoejr’ Advani, who collected a cash prize of ₹61,243 after defeating ‘tks5432’ (runner-up for ₹32,302) in the heads-up play.
The event suffered an overlay of ₹24,500 after registering 118 entries (87 unique and 31 re-entries), and the top 14 finishers landed in the money zone.
Abhinav ‘hustler427’ Jain (4th for ₹8,811) and Rocky ‘ravenvlaw410’ Gehlot (7th for ₹4,898) posted FT finishes.
Final Table Results
AOPS AfterParty PLO ₹2 Lakhs GTD – Adda52
Entries – 154
Re-entries – 170
Prize Pool – ₹2,59,000
Places Paid – 34
The AOPS AfterParty PLO ₹2 Lakhs GTD on Adda52 posted a ₹2.59 Lakhs prize pool on the back of a 324-entry field (154 unique and 170 re-entries).
‘rinodphilip’ bested ‘zimbawe’ (runner-up for ₹41,606) heads-up to grab the title and top prize of ₹56,387.
Siddharth ‘si151190’ Mehndiratta (3rd for ₹38,735) and Manesh ‘TEAMfromHELL’ Rathod (9th for ₹5,184) were among the top finishers.
Final Table Results
INSCOOP – 21 Ultrasonic ₹2 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India
Entries – 143
Re-entries – 93
Prize Pool – ₹2,22,000
Regular Prize Pool – ₹1,15,800
Bounty Prize Pool – ₹1,06,200
Places Paid – 39
‘riverrshiverr’ topped the 236-entry field (143 unique and 93 re-entries) in the INSCOOP – 21 Ultrasonic ₹2 Lakhs GTD and banked ₹50,042 in prize money. Jain prevailed over Shivam ‘shivitzz’ Khanna (runner-up for ₹27,749) in the heads-up match.
Nikunj ‘livelynik2’ Doshi finished 3rd for ₹17,860.
Final Table Results
Pocket Lunch ₹1 Lakh GTD – Pocket52
Entries – 822
Re-entries – 54
Prize Pool – ₹1,36,000
Places Paid – 27
‘Emoboy’ emerged victorious in Pocket52’s Pocket Lunch ₹1 Lakh GTD last afternoon. The winner walked away with ₹31,280 in prize money.
The event successfully surpassed the advertised guarantee and created a prize pool of ₹1.36 Lakhs that was distributed among the top 27 places.
Final Table Results
Monday Blues ₹1 Lakh GTD – Poker Dangal
Entries – 112
Rebuys – 112
Add-ons – 59
Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000
Places Paid – 17
Poker Dangal’s Monday Blues ₹1 Lakh GTD was championed by ‘Bangbang23’, who won ₹24,000 for their efforts.
Final Table Results
Quick Freeze ₹20K GTD PLO – Khelo365
Entries – 39
Re-entries – 26
Prize Pool – ₹20,000
Places Paid – 7
Khelo365’s Quick Freeze ₹20K GTD PLO fell ₹500 short of meeting its guarantee on the back of 65 entries (39 unique and 26 re-entries).
‘Jindaal’ was the last player standing in the tourney after defeating ‘Kokeni’ (runner-up for ₹4,000) heads-up to win ₹7,200.
Final Table Results
Grinder ₹15K GTD NLHE – Khelo365
Entries – 50
Re-entries – 35
Prize Pool – ₹17,000
Places Paid – 9
The Grinder ₹15K GTD NLHE attracted 85 hopefuls (50 unique and 35 re-entries) to collect ₹17,000 in the prize pool. Topping them all was ‘prithvii,’ who defeated ‘rakeshrbc99’ (runner-up for ₹3,400) heads-up to win ₹5,440.
Final Table Results
This report was updated at 3:30 PM on 12.05.2020.
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