Daily Majors: Utsav Taneja, Kunal Patni, Bhanu Prakash, Ujjwal Narwal & Manish Lakhotia Shine in the Thursday Flagships

Utsav Taneja, Kunal Patni, Bhanu Prakash KC, Young Gun Ujjwal Narwal, and Manish Lakhotia were among the top winners on Thursday.

Here’s a detailed account of the day`s flagships.

Spartan Poker

Spartan Poker’s “FABruary” special, Trending Thursday, returned for its third outing last night. The ₹16 Lakhs GTD tourney clocked in 493 entries, collecting ₹17.25 Lakhs. The IOPC January Edition leaderboard topper, Bhanu ‘spectre’ Prakash KC, proved the last player standing and won ₹3.45 Lakhs with Sahil ‘ImHighIshove’ Mahboobani placing runner-up for ₹2.30 Lakhs.

The runner-up score helped Mahboobani storm into the “₹7 Crore-Club,” fetching him his second Super Achiever batch. He has already cashed ₹2.20 Crores in net profits.

The recent IOPC The Crown champion, PokerGuru Ambassador Laksh Pal Singh, shipped the ₹7 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack for ₹1.44 Lakhs following a heads-up deal with ‘Akki47’ (runner-up for ₹1.34 Lakhs). This is Singh`s fourth flagship title victory this year, and he had last won Adda52’s ₹15 Lakhs GTD The Mint for ₹3.75 Lakhs on Tuesday. He is currently ranked #2 on the annual leaderboard with ₹84.24 Lakhs in recorded winnings and his lifetime tally stands tall at ₹5.81 Crores.

PokerStars India

PokerStars India’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Highroller enjoyed a smashing Thursday run after 144 entries ponied up the ₹7,700 entry buy-in, collecting a ₹10.08 Lakhs prize pool. The top 23 players earned a share of the spoils, also collecting TLB points towards the “Star of the Month” – February leaderboard race. Young Gun Ujjwal ‘CougarHunter69’ Narwal grabbed the title to collect the lion’s share of the prize money worth ₹2.09 Lakhs. PokerStars India regular ‘Mr.Blackeh’ settled for a runner-up score worth ₹1.58 Lakhs.

Narwal posted a second FT finish in the Godfather, finishing sixth for ₹87,500. He won ₹2.87 Lakhs for the day.

Another MTT pro Kunal ‘iAlwaysHaveIt’ Patni made it on the Highroller FT. Patni was among the day’s standout runners and padded his bankroll for ₹3.75 Lakhs.

His top finishes include:

– 3^rd in Godfather for ₹2.50 Lakhs

– 9^th in The Summit for ₹38,599

– 9^th in Highroller for ₹24,861

– 12^th in Monster Stack for ₹12,852

Speaking of standout performers, Young Gun and the 2020 leaderboard topper Gaurav ‘3betPanda’ Sood lapped up over ₹2.01 Lakhs last night.

His top finishes include:

– 6^th in the Highroller for ₹51,338

– 4^th in The Summit for ₹1.2 Lakhs

Starting two hours after the Highroller, the ₹2 Lakhs GTD The Classic logged in 119 entries, overlaying ₹21,500. MTT specialist Myron ‘khAAbib’ Pereira championed the event for ₹42,952 after relegating Chandan ‘RunBarryRun’ Arora (2^nd for ₹42,952) to the rail in second place.

Like Narwal, Pereira made it on the Godfather FT, taking fourth-place for ₹1.87 Lakhs. In all, he won ₹2.49 Lakhs last night, pushing his lifetime tally over ₹3.05 Crores.

Shivam ‘brooskyradio1’ Shukla featured among the prominent winners on PokerStars India. He championed the midnight special ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD Ultrasonic for the second time this week and bested 183 entries to win ₹37,987.

PokerBaazi

PokerBaazi’s Thursday headliner ₹15 Lakhs GTD The Summit brought in 219 entries, collecting a generous ₹16.43 Lakhs prize pool. It took under eight hours for Utsav ‘ranny006’ Taneja to navigate his way to the top and win ₹3.86 Lakhs. Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia placed runner-up for ₹2.71 Lakhs, the fourth time this month he has finished runner-up in a flagship event.

Booking his biggest winning day of 2021 so far, Taneja FT-ed Adda52’s Godfather as well, placing eighth for ₹56,250. He raked in ₹4.42 Lakhs last night, pushing his lifetime tally north of ₹1.62 Crores.

The ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD Grinders #22 Holdem Boost accumulated a ₹2.17 Lakhs prize pool on the back of 217 entries. Karan ‘Apocalypto’ Radia shipped the tourney to win ₹51,060, while Nikhil ‘Silentkiller743’ Mishra finished runner-up for ₹35,827.

Radia bagged his second title in Adda52’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Monster Turbo, which he won for ₹1.36 Lakhs, collectively earning ₹1.87 Lakhs!

Adda52

Adda52’s ₹1 Crore GTD Full House logged in 241 entries on Day 1D, and only 19 runners carried forward a stack for Day 2. Niharika ‘Nixiepixie’ Bindra (510,977) came out as the end-of-day chip leader, also assuming the overall chip lead after four flights. ‘ckps86’ (411,845) and Rajat ‘Happyfish’ Mahajan (304,157) bagged the next top stacks.

The Full House has registered 757 entries after the first four starting flights. The event needs to clock 2,000 entries across eight flights to break-even, so the turnouts are somewhat below par. The site would be counting on the weekend rush to make up for the slow turnouts.

The featured tourney of the day, the ₹25 Lakhs GTD Godfather, registered 456 entries falling a significant ₹2.20 Lakhs short of its advertised guarantee. Benefitting the most from this added value was circuit reg ‘borntrouble’ (anonymity requested). The previous Godfather champion fired six bullets before winning the Thursday night flagship for the second time. They added a hefty ₹6.12 Lakhs to their bankroll after defeating the Full House Finale Day 1C chip leader ‘PokerPunter01’ (runner-up for ₹3.62 Lakhs) heads-up.

In the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Monster Turbo, the Grinders #22 Holdem Boost winner Karan ‘Reg_Slayer’ Radia outlasted the 223 entry field to win ₹1.36 Lakhs. ‘vasushrest’ secured the runner-up payday of ₹80,280.

The other notable Thursday winners were:

Full House ₹1 Crore GTD Day 1D – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 157

Re-entries – 84

Survivors – 19

The ₹1 Crore GTD Full House played out its fourth starting flight yesterday. Day 1D dragged in 241 entries, and after the stipulated 29 ten-minute levels, only 19 survivors booked a berth for Day 2. Niharika ‘Nixiepixie’ Bindra (510,977) emerged as the end-of-day chip leader, with ‘ckps86’ (411,845) and Rajat ‘Happyfish’ Mahajan (304,157) rounding out the top three stacks of the day.

Paawan ‘fullflush24’ Bansal (277,753), Romit ‘ft83’ Advani (211,084), Saurabh ‘newkidintown’ Arora (207,914), Siddhanth ‘Sidstack’ Kripalani (188,665), Guneet ‘guntz’ Kwatra (186,733) and Vinayak ‘bhai_on_mary_jane’ Bajaj (179,575) bagged the other top stacks.

The Full House has registered 757 entrants (Day 1A – 138, Day 1B – 205, Day 1C – 173, and Day 1D – 241) so far, with another four more flights to go before all qualifying stacks converge for Day 2 on Sunday.

Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1D

1. Niharika ‘Nixiepixie’ Bindra – 510,977
2. ckps86 – 411,845
3. Rajat ‘Happyfish’ Mahajan – 304,157
4. Paawan ‘fullflush24’ Bansal – 277,753
5. borntrouble – 227,680
6. Romit ‘ft83’ Advani – 211,084
7. Saurabh ‘newkidintown’ Arora – 207,914
8. Siddhanth ‘Sidstack’ Kripalani – 188,665
9. Guneet ‘guntz’ Kwatra – 186,733
10. Vinayak ‘bhai_on_mary_jane’ Bajaj – 179,575

Godfather ₹25 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 231

Re-entries – 225

Prize Pool – ₹25,00,000

Places Paid – 49

Adda52’s ₹25 Lakhs GTD Godfather clocked in 456 entries, filling in ₹2.2 Lakhs in overlays. Online reg ‘borntrouble’ (anonymity requested) fired six bullets, and the investment paid off almost 19X as they went on to take down the title for ₹6.13 Lakhs. This was the second time that they have won the Godfather title. The mystery user ‘PokerPunter01’ finished runner-up for ₹3.63 Lakhs.

‘borntrouble’ had won the Godfather title for the first time on August 27, 2020, for ₹7.05 Lakhs. The Thursday night score has pushed their online tally to ₹4.35 Crores.

The FT was crowded with regs like Kunal ‘FloatToMyBoat’ Patni (3rd for ₹2.50 Lakhs), Myron ‘zzzzz369’ Pereira (4th for ₹1.88 Lakhs), Vaibhav ‘alienrobot’ Sharma (5th for ₹1.25 Lakhs), Young Gun Ujjwal ‘fourteenk’ Narwal (6th for ₹87,500), Guneet ‘guntz’ Kwatra (7th for ₹68,750), and Utsav ‘ranny006’ Taneja (8th for ₹56,250).

Advait ‘ronaldinho018’ Rajguru bubbled the FT in ninth place for ₹40,000.

Final Table Results

1. borntrouble – ₹6,12,500
2. PokerPunter01 – ₹3,62,500
3. Kunal ‘FloatToMyBoat’ Patni – ₹2,50,000
4. Myron ‘zzzzz369’ Pereira – ₹1,87,500
5. Vaibhav ‘alienrobot’ Sharma – ₹1,25,000
6. Ujjwal ‘fourteenk’ Narwal – ₹87,500
7. Guneet ‘guntz’ Kwatra – ₹68,750
8. Utsav ‘ranny006’ Taneja – ₹56,250

Trending Thursday ₹16 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹3,850

Entries – 227

Re-entries – 80

Re-buys – 186

Prize Pool – ₹17,25,500

Places Paid – 39

Spartan Poker’s ₹16 Lakhs GTD Trending Thursday made another profitable run with 493 entries collecting a generous ₹17.25 Lakhs prize pool.

After precisely eight hours and 16 minutes of play, the IOPC January Edition leaderboard topper Bhanu ‘spectre’ Prakash KC championed the event for ₹3.45 Lakhs, while Sahil ‘ImHighIshove’ Mahboobani placed runner-up for ₹2.30 Lakhs.

Mahboobani announced his entry in the “₹7 Crore-Club” with the runner-up score, earning his second Super Achiever batch.

The final table featured known names like Sachin ‘Ullumanati’ Sharma (3^rd for ₹1.68 Lakhs), PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer ‘bazzingaa’ Singh Chadha (4^th for ₹1.35 Lakhs), Meet ‘gogobhai’ Jariwala (5^th for ₹1.06 Lakhs), and Yash ‘Babyshark10’ Chitre (8^th for ₹43,483).

Final Table Results

1. Bhanu ‘spectre’ Prakash KC – ₹3,45,963
2. Sahil ‘ImHighIshove’ Mahboobani – ₹2,30,009
3. Sachin ‘Ullumanati’ Sharma – ₹1,68,236
4. Arjanveer ‘bazzingaa’ Singh Chadha – ₹1,35,797
5. Meet ‘gogobhai’ Jariwala – ₹1,06,463
6. BigStack – ₹80,581
7. iamthebestest – ₹59,185
8. Yash ‘Babyshark10’ Chitre – ₹43,483

The Summit ₹15 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹8250

Entries – 126

Re-entries – 93

Prize Pool – ₹16,43,000

Places Paid – 27

PokerBaazi`s ₹15 Lakhs GTD The Summit crushed its listed guarantee after recording a starting field of 219 hopefuls.

Utsav ‘ranny006’ Taneja was the last player standing and won ₹3.86 Lakhs. Taneja’s heads-up opponent was the MTT beast and Wednesday’s multiple FT scorer, Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia, who added ₹1.86 Lakhs to his fast-growing bankroll.

Taneja had his work cut out for him as the FT was replete with top regs like The Millionaire third-place finisher Sandy ‘Ziigmund’ Lamba (3rd for ₹1.74 Lakhs), Sunday’s multiple FT scorer Young Gun Gaurav ‘gaug17’ Sood (4^th for ₹1.29 Lakhs), Game Changer 2.0 champion Shagun ‘sogani22’ Jain (5th for ₹96,908), Ayush ‘Proman502’ Garg (6^th for ₹77,526), and seasoned pro Shashank ‘Westworld’ Jain (7^th for ₹64,386).

Final Table Results

1. Utsav ‘ranny006’ Taneja – ₹3,86,480
2. Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia – ₹2,71,177
3. Sandy ‘Ziigmund’ Lamba – ₹1,74,434
4. Gaurav ‘gaug17’ Sood – ₹1,29,101
5. Shagun ‘sogani22’ Jain – ₹96,908
6. Ayush ‘Proman502’ Garg – ₹77,526
7. Shashank ‘Westworld’ Jain – ₹64,386

Highroller ₹10 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹7,700

Entries – 83

Re-Entries – 61

Prize Pool – ₹10,08,000

Places Paid – 23

PokerStars India’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Highroller ran from 7:30 PM to 2:07 AM, gathering a guarantee-smashing 144 entries.

Young Gun Ujjwal ‘CougarHunter69’ Narwal championed the event, adding a hefty ₹2.09 Lakhs to his bankroll. The mystery user ‘Mr.Blackeh’ came in second for ₹1.58 Lakhs.

Sanat ‘durrsanta’ Mehrotra (4^th for ₹90,188), Young Gun Gaurav ‘3betPanda’ Sood (6^th for ₹51,338) and Akshay ‘youcantcallme’ Nasa (8^th for ₹29,223) and Kunal ‘iAlwaysHaveit’ Patni (9^th for ₹24,861) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Ujjwal ‘CougarHunter69’ Narwal – ₹2,09,996
2. Mr.Blackeh – ₹1,58,437
3. cardshark6191 – ₹1,19,537
4. Sanat ‘durrsanta’ Mehrotra – ₹90,188
5. Mickyn34 – ₹68,044
6. Gaurav ‘3betPanda’ Sood – ₹51,338
7. callmebyurballs – ₹38,733
8. Akshay ‘youcantcallme’ Nasa – ₹29,223
9. Kunal ‘iAlwaysHaveit’ Patni – ₹24,861

Monster Stack ₹7 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 233

Re-entries – 76

Re-buys – TBA

Prize Pool – TBA

Places Paid – 39

PokerGuru Ambassador Laksh ‘LuckyBhai$’ Pal Singh is on a heater of a lifetime. He added another title to his poker resume last night when he outlasted 233 runners in Spartan Poker’s ₹7 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack to win ₹1.44 Lakhs. He chopped the top prize heads-up with ‘Akki47’ (runner-up for ₹1.34 Lakhs). The IOPC The Crown champion now has ₹5.81 Crores in online earnings and is ranked #2 on the annual leaderboard.

Navin ‘NAVIN 33’ Bohania (3^rd for ₹80,747), Sreekanth ‘TheGTObot’ Narayan (4^th for ₹66,108), Debneil ‘ChhotaDon’ Mukherjee (5^th for ₹51,828), Sarthak ‘$enior@dvocate’ Sharma (6^th for ₹38,075), Yash ‘Babyshark10’ Chitre (7^th for ₹28,812) and Anirudh ‘flash’ Reddy (8^th for ₹21,168) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Laksh ‘LuckyBhai$’ Pal Singh – ₹1,44,448*
2. Akki47 – ₹1,34,591*
3. Navin ‘NAVIN 33’ Bohania – ₹80,747
4. Sreekanth ‘TheGTObot’ Narayan – ₹66,108
5. Debneil ‘ChhotaDon’ Mukherjee – ₹51,828
6. Sarthak ‘$enior@dvocate’ Sharma – ₹38,075
7. Yash ‘Babyshark10’ Chitre – ₹28,812
8. Anirudh ‘flash’ Reddy – ₹21,168

*denotes heads-up deal

Monster Turbo ₹5 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹2,500

Entries – 142

Re-entries – 81

Prize Pool – ₹5,01,752

Places Paid – 24

Running alongside the Godfather on Adda52 was the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Monster Turbo.

Karan ‘Reg_Slayer’ Radia topped the 223-entry field to win ₹1.37 Lakhs and his second title of the day. ‘vasushrest’ finished runner-up for ₹80,280.

Prabhat ‘prabhpal’ Paliya (3rd for ₹61,464), Grinders#22 Holdem Boost third-place finisher Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna (4th for ₹43,903), and Kamal ‘ksn123’ Naruka (6th for ₹21,324) FT-ed the tourney.

Ayush ‘lazyman’ Garg bubbled the FT in ninth place for ₹10,035.

Final Table Results

1. Karan ‘Reg_Slayer’ Radia – ₹1,36,727
2. vasushrest – ₹80,280
3. Prabhat ‘prabhpal’ Paliya – ₹61,464
4. Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna – ₹43,903
5. PunYaLan – ₹30,105
6. Kamal ‘ksn123’ Naruka – ₹21,324
7. Rajamyu – ₹16,307
8. Kalanki – ₹12,544

Grinders#22 Holdem Boost ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 129

Re-entries – 88

Prize Pool – ₹2,17,000

Places Paid – 21

Karan ‘Apocalypto’ Radia scored a nice double last night. The first of the two tourneys he won was PokerBaazi’s ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD Grinders#22 Holdem Boost for ₹51,060. Nikhil ‘Silentkiller743’ Mishra placed runner-up for ₹35,827.

He also took down Adda52’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Monster Turbo for ₹1.37 Lakhs, collecting ₹1.88 Lakhs through the day.

Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna came in third for ₹₹23,045.

The Classic ₹2 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 75

Re-entries – 44

Prize Pool – ₹2,00,000

Places Paid – 14

PokerStars India’s ₹2 Lakhs GTD The Classic logged in 119 players and played down to a heads-up finale between Myron ‘khAAbib’ Pereira and Chandan ‘RunBarryRun’ Arora. Pereira eventually took down the title for ₹42,952. Arora collected an equal ₹42,952 for finishing runner-up.

Shivam ‘ruskypanda’ Baldota (4^th for ₹20,701), Debneil ‘ChhotaD0N’ Mukherjee (5^th for ₹15,524), Navaneesha ‘np406’ P (6^th for ₹11,641), and Ram ‘TheLagLawyer’ Kakkar (7^th for ₹8,730) FT-ed the tourney.

Warrior Arena – Bounty ₹1.2 Lakhs GTD – PokerDangal

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 68

Re-entries – 24

Prize Pool – ₹1,20,000

Places Paid – 15

‘rohit25king’ shipped PokerDangal’s ₹1.2 Lakhs GTD Warrior Arena – Bounty, topping 92 entries to win ₹28,800. ‘PokerQQ’ finished runner-up for ₹21,000.

Surajkumar ‘limper93’ Swathirajan finished third for ₹15,300.

Hitman PLO ₹30K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 25

Re-entries – 19

Prize Pool – ₹30,000

Places Paid – 5

Khelo365 regular ‘acedealer’ shipped the ₹30K GTD Hitman PLO for ₹12,900. ‘Claksh’ finished runner-up for ₹6,900.

Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹275

Entries – 45

Re-entries – 30

Prize Pool – ₹20,000

Places Paid – 8

Alexcy ’JonGregor’ Newmai fired five bullets before taking down Khelo365’s ₹20K GTD Grinder 2.0 for ₹6,800.

This report was updated at 6 PM on 19.02.2021.

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