Daily Majors: Vaibhav Sharma, Debayan Das, Jasven Saigal, Sandeep Varma & Siddharth Karia Rake in the Big Monday Scores

We are less than 10 days away from wrapping up 2020, but Mondays continue to be the slowest day of the week for online poker. Yesterday was no different, as most of the flagships registered overlays.

Here are the highlights from Monday.

Spartan Poker

Leading the charge on Spartan Poker was the ₹10 Lakhs GTD ReCharge that put up the most massive prize pool guarantee of the day. The tourney ran from 8 PM to 3:32 AM, gathering 441 entrants, resulting in an overlay deficit of ₹1.18 Lakhs. The mystery user ‘fishyshark’ trailblazed to the top of the field to win ₹1.17 Lakhs. The champion now has ₹5.63 Lakhs in recorded winnings on Spartan Poker, with a profit of ₹2.91 Lakhs. Before winning the event, ‘fishyshark’ struck a six-way deal with Sajjan ‘KalaAngrez’ Barnwal (runner-up for ₹1.04 Lakhs), ‘Sup3rThr333’ (3^rd for ₹1.01 Lakhs), Sanat ‘avneed’ Mehrotra (4^th for ₹99,560), Sandeep ‘effuno’ Varma RS (5^th for ₹98,058), and ‘KING77BABA’ (6^th for ₹95,066).

The other marque event on offer was the ₹1,100 entry buy-in The Flash that promised a prize pool guarantee of ₹5 Lakhs. The 9:30 PM event pulled in 515 participants to surpass its listed guarantee by ₹15,000. Harshad ‘Hd690’ Dharaiya was the last player standing and won ₹79,813 after striking a three-way deal with Snehil ‘legendof91’ Aggarwal (runner-up for ₹64,413) and Kashish Anuj Sachdev (3^rd for ₹57,704). Dharaiya has ₹3.41 Lakhs in recorded earnings on the site.

PokerStars India

The ₹5 Lakhs GTD Battle Royale headlined PokerStars India’s Monday MTT schedule. The ₹2,750 entry buy-in event dragged in 208 runners and posted a prize pool worth ₹5.20 Lakhs. The anonymous user ‘Fajal’ shipped the event for ₹1.17 Lakhs, following a heads-up chop with ‘fearsome55’ (runner-up for ₹57,251).

The other tournament awarding TLB points towards the ‘Star of the Month’ – December leaderboard race was the ₹1 Lakh GTD Bigstack Turbo. The event garnered 84 entries – falling 16 entries or ₹16,000 short of its 100-player guarantee. Ajit ‘ace_bob_here’ Singh Arora took down the event for ₹19,625, after a heads-up deal with Mohak ‘Flyingmuck’ Kapoor (runner-up for ₹20,544). Kapoor also final tabled Adda52’s Voyager, placing sixth for ₹11,160.

Adda52

The featured tourney on Adda52 was the ₹8 Lakhs GTD Iron Man. Running from 8 PM to 2:07 AM, the tourney locked in 401 entries, overlaying ₹70,180. Debayan ‘debz19’ Das was the last player standing and took home ₹1.63 Lakhs. A heads-up deal ensured that runner-up Jasven ‘bajateraho’ Saigal walked away with ₹1.38 Lakhs. With this win, Das boosted his lifetime earnings to ₹17.13 Lakhs.

The ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD Voyager logged in 279 entries, generating a prize pool of ₹2.79 Lakhs. After nearly six hours of play, Himanshu ‘bagdwalhimanshu’ Bagdwal emerged as the victor and netted a winner’s paycheque worth ₹52,039. He struck a three-way deal with Yash ‘Babyshark21’ Chitre (runner-up for ₹47,576) and Abhiroop ‘Daniel90’ Gupta (3^rd for ₹46,442).

PokerBaazi

PokerBaazi’s ₹8 Lakhs GTD The Big Show was the Monday night flagship running on the site. The ₹3,300 entry buy-in event wrangled in 231 entries, resulting in a shortfall of ₹1.07 Lakhs. After seven hours and 40 minutes of intense play, Vaibhav ‘WakhraSwagNi’ Sharma decimated the competition to clinch the top honors that included a ₹1.88 Lakhs payday. Young Gun Siddharth ‘schemer’ Karia finished runner-up for ₹1.32 Lakhs. After last night`s win, Sharma`s online tally has crossed ₹4.58 Crores.

The 9 PM Special ₹2 Lakhs GTD Monday MonsterStack was taken down by ‘bencb789’ for ₹53,600. He bested Sandeep ‘effuno’ Varma RS (runner-up for ₹37,540) in heads-up play. This was Varma’s second final table finish of the night, following his fifth-place finish in Spartan Poker’s ReCharge, taking his cumulative score for the day to ₹1.35 Lakhs.

PokerDangal

PokerDangal’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD GLORY got underway last night with its first starting flight, Day 1A, clocking in 90 entries. Only nine runners made it through to Day 2, with ‘rohit25king’ emerging as the end-of-Day 1A chip leader with a stack of 267,808. ‘Abhi9xm’ (231,519) and ‘Salazar’ (104,783) bagged the second and third biggest stacks of the day, respectively. The eventual winner of this event will get the opportunity to represent the Team Kolkata Kings at the upcoming Poker Sports League – Season 3 (Virtual), and this over and above the first-place prize money that is expected to run into six-figures.

The other Monday winners were:

Recharge ₹10 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 223

Re-entries – 74

Re-buys – 144

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 39

Spartan Poker`s Monday flagship tourney, the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Recharge, had to fill in a significant ₹1.18 Lakhs overlay deficit after 441 challengers bought-in for ₹2,200. The 8 PM tourney got in the books at 3:32 AM and paid out the top 39 finishers.

The mystery user ‘fishyshark’ was the last player standing in the tourney and walked away with a ₹1.17 Lakhs payday after striking a six-way deal with Sajjan ‘KalaAngrez’ Barnwal (runner-up for ₹1.04 Lakhs), ‘Sup3rThr333’ (3^rd for ₹1.01 Lakhs), Sanat ‘avneed’ Mehrotra (4^th for ₹99,560), Sandeep ‘effuno’ Varma RS (5^th for ₹98,058), and ‘KING77BABA’ (6^th for ₹95,066). With this score, the winner’s lifetime profits on the site have touched ₹2.91 Lakhs.

JaiKiran ‘Laard Labakdas’ Kumar finished 7^th for ₹34,300.

Final Table Results

1. fishyshark – ₹1,17,914*
2. Sajjan ‘KalaAngrez’ Barnwal – ₹1,04,445*
3. Sup3rThr333 – ₹1,01,865*
4. Sanat ‘avneed’ Mehrotra – ₹99,560*
5. Sandeep ‘effuno’ Varma RS – ₹98,058*
6. KING77BABA – ₹95,066*
7. JaiKiran ‘Laard Labakdas’ Kumar – ₹34,300
8. Shalini951 – ₹25,200

*denotes six-way deal

The Big Show ₹8 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹3,300

Entries – 153

Re-entries – 78

Prize Pool – ₹8,00,000

Places Paid – 27

PokerBaazi`s overlay woes continue as its Monday flagship ₹8 Lakhs GTD The Big Show got walloped for a ₹1.07 Lakhs overlay shortfall last night after signing up 231 entrants.

Sunday`s Adda52 Millions fifth-place finisher, Vaibhav ‘WakhraSwagNi’ Sharma, raced past the competition to win the ₹1.88 lakhs up-top after defeating Young Gun Siddharth ‘schemer’ Karia in heads-up play. Karia earned an equally handsome ₹1.32 Lakhs for his runner-up finish.

Vaibhav Sharma online stats: Annual Earnings: 2.76+ Crores, Lifetime Earnings: ₹4.58+ Crores.

Neeraj ‘neeraj2828’ Bajaj (3^rd for ₹84,960), Rohan ‘yo_bitch’ Rishi (4^th for ₹62,880), Naman ‘namsbohra’ Bohra (6^th for ₹37,760), Karan ‘collingwood’ Sitlani (7^th for ₹31,360), and Anav ‘Pokerdudes15’ Bhayan (8^th for ₹25,120) posted FT scores.

Final Table Results

1. Vaibhav ‘WakhraSwagNi’ Sharma – ₹1,88,000
2. Siddharth ‘schemer’ Karia – ₹1,32,000
3. Neeraj ‘neeraj2828’ Bajaj – ₹84,960
4. Rohan ‘yo_bitch’ Rishi – ₹62,880
5. asaRishi – ₹47,200
6. Naman ‘namsbohra’ Bohra – ₹37,760
7. Karan ‘collingwood’ Sitlani – ₹31,360
8. Anav ‘Pokerdudes15’ Bhayan – ₹25,120

Iron Man ₹8 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹2,000

Entries – 212

Re-entries – 189

Prize Pool – ₹8,00,000

Places Paid – 43

The day`s featured tourney on Adda52, the ₹8 Lakhs GTD Iron Man, pulled in 401 entrants (212 unique and 189 re-entries), overlaying ₹70,180.

Debayan ‘debz19’ Das championed the tourney, defeating the more experienced Jasven ‘bajateraho’ Saigal (runner-up for ₹1.39 Lakhs) heads-up to win ₹1.63 Lakhs.

For Das, the Iron Man title earned him his third-biggest score to date, pushing his MTT tally to ₹17.13 Lakhs.

Adda52 regs Aamir ‘flipper1’ Husain (5^th for ₹41,600) and Sathish ‘Sathishlloyds’ Kumar K (6^th for ₹28,000) FT-ed the event.

Final Table Results

1. Debayan ‘debz19’ Das – ₹1,63,301*
2. Jasven ‘bajateraho’ Saigal – ₹1,38,905*
3. Psychonaut007 – ₹1,00,194
4. caden – ₹64,000
5. Aamir ‘flipper1’ Husain – ₹41,600
6. Sathish ‘Sathishlloyds’ Kumar K – ₹28,000

*denotes a heads-up deal

Glory ₹5 Lakhs GTD – Day 1A – PokerDangal

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 45

Re-entries – 45

Survivors – 9

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

The multi-flight Glory played out the first of its four starting flights on Monday. Starting out at 7:30 PM last night, Day 1A logged in 90 entries (entries 45 and re-entries 45), and after the stipulated 27 levels of play, only nine players made the cut for Day 2.

Topping the Day 1A qualifiers were ‘rohit25king’ (267,808), ‘Abhi9xm’ (231,519), and ‘Salazar’ (104,789).

The other top stacks advancing from Day 1A belonged to Prashant ‘kingslayer’ Jha (92,255), Somenn ‘Prokiller’ Singh (88,480), and Pranav ‘pranavpoker’ Khandalkar (67,020).

Complete Chip Counts at the End of Day 1A

1. rohit25king – 267,808
2. Abhi9xm – 231,519
3. Salazar – 104,783
4. pocketaces_ – 100,731
5. Prashant ‘kingslayer’ Jha – 92,255
6. Somenn ‘Prokiller’ Singh – 88,480
7. smokeup – 78,210
8. Pranav ‘pranavpoker’ Khandalkar – 67,020
9. suman314 – 49,194

Battle Royale ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 108

Re-entries – 100

Total Prize Pool – ₹5,20,000

Regular Prize Pool – ₹2,60,000

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹2,60,000

Places Paid – 34

PokerStars India’s Battle Royale made its scheduled run at 7.30 PM yesterday. An influx of 208 runners helped generate a guarantee-crushing ₹5.20 Lakhs prize pool.

‘Fajal’ navigated his way to the top to win ₹1.17 Lakhs (₹46,616 in prize money, ₹70,596 in bounties) after striking a heads-up deal with ‘fearsome55,’ who received ₹57,251 (₹42,046 in prize money, ₹15,205 in bounties).

Pranjal ‘lilmessipranjal’ Gandhi (4^th for ₹36,578), Akshay ‘insomniac0003’ Pathak (6^th for ₹23,592), Vinay ‘CharleSCorreA’ B (7^th for ₹15,422), and Praveen ‘pinawxd’ KR (9^th for ₹11,965) also FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results (Includes Bounties)

1. Fajal – ₹1,17,212*
2. fearsome55 – ₹57,251*
3. Psychonaut007 – ₹38,953
4. Pranjal ‘lilmessipranjal’ Gandhi – ₹36,578
5. smokebutt15 – ₹18,469
6. Akshay ‘insomniac0003’ Pathak – ₹23,592
7. Vinay ‘CharleSCorreA’ Bk – ₹15,422
8. vinaash – ₹6,008
9. Praveen ‘pinawxd’ KR – ₹11,965

*denotes a heads-up deal

The Flash ₹5 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 265

Re-entries – 84

Re-buys – 166

Prize Pool – ₹5,15,000

Places Paid – 47

Spartan Poker’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD The Flash brought together a guarantee-busting 515 participants, and 47 players took a stab at the ₹5.15 Lakhs prize pool.

Coming out on top after almost seven hours of play was Harshad ‘Hd690’ Dharaiya, who banked ₹79,813 following a four-way deal with Snehil ‘legendof91’ Aggarwal (runner-up for ₹64,413), ‘Kashish Anuj Sachdev’ (3^rd for ₹57,704) and ‘rajmskn’ (4^th for ₹47,843).

Final Table Results

1. Harshad ‘Hd690’ Dharaiya – ₹79,813*
2. Snehil ‘legendof91’ Aggarwal – ₹64,413*
3. Kashish Anuj Sachdev – ₹57,704*
4. rajmskn – ₹47,843*
5. animess – ₹30,488
6. sushil9000 – ₹23,278
7. 042-237-575-86 – ₹17,098
8. Str8$$$Homey – ₹12,566

*denotes four-way deal

Voyager ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 159

Re-Entries – 120

Prize Pool – ₹2,79,003

Places Paid – 30

Adda52’s 9:30 PM tourney, the ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD Voyager, pulled in 279 entrants to collect ₹2.79 Lakhs in the prize pool.

Outlasting them all was Himanshu ‘bagdwalhimanshu’ Bagdwal, who won ₹52,039 and the title following a three-way deal with Yash ‘Babyshark21’ Chitre (runner-up for ₹47,576) and Abhiroop ‘Daniel90’ Gupta (third for ₹46,442).

Bagdwal’s lifetime scores have touched ₹38.42 Lakhs after last night`s score.

Sandeep ‘2EZ4Me’Chauhan (4^th for ₹23,715), Navin ‘kutkut69A’ Bohania (5^th for ₹16,043), Mohak ‘sparkie’ Kapoor (6^th for ₹11,160), and Anab ‘ChampakBhoomiya’ Naiyer (7^th for ₹8,370) posted FT scores.

Kapil ‘kapsa92’ Kumar Vasita bubbled the FT in ninth place for ₹5,580.

Monday MonsterStack ₹2 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 83

Re-entries – 43

Prize Pool – ₹2,00,000

Places Paid – 15

PokerBaazi`s 9 PM special ₹2 Lakhs GTD Monday MonsterStack clocked in 126 runners, overlaying ₹11,000.

The mystery user ‘bencb789’ championed the tourney to win ₹53,600, besting MTT crusher Sandeep ‘effuno’ Varma RS (runner-up for ₹37,540) in heads-up play.

Ashish ‘Notoriouskonvict’ Nailwal (3^rd for ₹24,140), Nishant ‘Mr.Wonderful’ Bhutoria (4^th for ₹17,880), Ankit ‘Ankitmodi’ Modi (6^th for ₹10,720), and Vivekk ‘Vivek25’ Dube (7^th for ₹8,920) FT-ed the tourney.

Bigstack Turbo ₹1 Lakh GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 47

Re-entries – 37

Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000

Places Paid – 15

PokerStars India’s ₹1 Lakh GTD Bigstack Turbo started at its usual 10.30 PM slot. The tourney registered a starting field of 84 entries, booking a ₹16,000 overlay shortfall.

Ajit ‘ace_bob_here’ Singh Arora chopped the top prize with Mohak ‘Flyingmuck’ Kapoor to win ₹19,625, with the latter netting a better ₹20,544.

Arora`s lifetime winnings have crossed ₹1.43 Crores.

Swapnil ‘pokpom1’ Patil (5^th for ₹7,434), Bharat ‘PokerBrat1990’ William Win (7^th for ₹4,237), and Siddharth ‘gangnam gangi’ Gangwar (9^th for ₹2,765) final tabled the event.

Pocket Jacks ₹75K GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 109

Re-entries – 38

Prize Pool – ₹75,000

Places Paid – 21

Pocket52’s ₹75K GTD Pocket Jacks logged in 147 entries, falling just three entries short of making whole its listed guarantee.

Amit ’khiladi0341’ Mondal walked away with the lion`s share of the prize money worth ₹16,500 after defeating ‘surajoite’ (runner-up for ₹12,000) in heads-up play.

Anmol ‘bemyfriend’ Srivats (4^th for ₹6,750), Uday ‘Darinda’ Mondal (5^th for ₹4,950, and Shashank ‘badmash’ Charvey (6^th for ₹3,375) FT-ed the tourney.

Unravel ₹50K GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹440

Entries – 63

Re-entries – 51

Prize Pool – ₹50,000

Places Paid – 17

114 runners signed up for the ₹50K GTD Unravel yesterday with ‘YouDare’ walking away with the ₹11,500 first-place cash prize. ‘YSoSerious’ (runner-up for ₹8,250) and Lionel ‘Liocity’ Mathayas (5^th for ₹3,750) posted a deep run in the tourney.

Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹275

Entries – 52

Re-entries – 20

Prize Pool – ₹20,000

Places Paid – 8

Khelo365’s₹20K GTD Grinder 2.0 signed up 72 entrants, and the top eight places got paid. The winner emerged in ‘bhoot11,’ who walked away with ₹6,800.

This report was updated at 3:30 PM on 22.12.2020.

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