Daily Majors: Vaibhav Sharma & Aniket Waghmare Chop FTS #20 Monster Stack; Kushagra Mehta, Siddhanth Kripalani & Prithu Gaur Champion the Other Friday Flagships

The weekend started with a bang as Spartan Poker`s FTS 3.0, PokerStars India`s INCOOP, and PokerBaazi`s IMPS laid out attractive guaranteed tournaments.

The biggest spectacle of the day was the ₹60 Lakhs GTD FTS#20 Monster Stack final table. The action commenced at 5 PM yesterday, and well-known reg Vaibhav Sharma rode his FT chip lead to victory. The five-time The Summit champion locked in a top prize worth ₹9.78 Lakhs and the FTS Gold Medallion after striking a heads-up deal with the inaugural IOPC Master Table champion, Aniket Waghmare (2nd for ₹9.14 Lakhs).

‘Mr. Consistent’ aka Kushagra Mehta is back in the spotlight, and last night, he took down PokerBaazi’s IMPS#41 Mini Main Event for ₹5.63 Lakhs. Ashit Sharma settled for a runner-up finish worth ₹3.98 Lakhs.

Young Gun Siddhanth Kripalani emerged victorious in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller for ₹3.37 Lakhs, after besting NPS Main Event champion Mohammad Azhar (2nd for ₹2.36 Lakhs) heads-up.

Prithu Gaur shipped PokerStars India’s INCOOP – 40 Uppercut for ₹2.01 Lakhs, while online reg Ram Kakkar placed runner-up for ₹1.47 Lakhs.

Deepak G Jain, PokerGuru Ambassador Naresh Veeravalli, Vinay Rajpal, Yuvraj Bhardwaj, Utkarsh Vaish, Karan Malhotra, Siddharth Pandey, Rakesh Sharma, Dhawal Baghel, Dipak Kumar, and Laldingliana Tlau Vantawl took down the other Friday marquees.

Here are the Friday highlights!

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Spartan Poker

Day 8 of the FTS 3.0 had five events on tap. The biggest draw of the day was undoubtedly the ₹60 Lakhs GTD FTS #20 Monster Stack. The start-of-final table chip leader Vaibhav ‘Beautiful Mistakes’ Sharma rode his chip lead to the finish line to win ₹9.78 Lakhs. This was Vaibhav Sharma’s 10th title of the year and his career-first FTS title.

His stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.77 Crores|Lifetime Profit: ₹2.34 Crores

The first-ever IOPC Mastermind winner, Aniket ‘TakingSouls’ Waghmare, came close to taking down the FTS #20 Monster Stack. He ultimately chopped the title with Sharma to collect a runner-up payday worth ₹9.14 Lakhs.

His stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.02 Crores|Lifetime Profit: ₹82 Lakhs

Brijesh ‘Sanu15’ Pratap Rao (3rd for ₹5.25 Lakhs), Prakash ‘Robin Van Charsi’ Gupta (4th for ₹4.17 Lakhs), Sooraj ‘GotNoChange31’ Todi (5th for ₹3.27 Lakhs), Anurag ‘CultOfPersonality’ Srivastava (6th for ₹2.56 Lakhs), Meherzad ‘goblue’ Munsaf (7th for ₹1.92 Lakhs), and Shagun ‘icansuckout’ Jain (8th for ₹1.36 Lakhs) banked the other FT payouts.

The FTS #20 Monster Stack final table commenced at 5 PM yesterday, with the delayed live stream starting precisely an hour later. You can watch the FT replay below with IPC Director Peter Abraham, Richard Hardishom, and bracelet winners Kevin Macphee, Sam Razavi calling the action.

Day 1H of the ₹1 Crore GTD FTS The Feast added 396 entries to the ever-increasing prize pool. Rising Star Aman ‘Karmapoker’ Parakh (183,110) headlined the 47 survivors. Mohit ‘jacktheripper’ Bhati (172,746) and ‘frgravity’ (155,571) round out the top three stacks of the day.

PokerGuru Ambassador Vivek ‘KasolHieghts’ Singh (2,819,797) secured the final table chip lead in the ₹1 Crore GTD FTS #23 Highroller. The event featured the biggest entry buy-in at the series worth ₹88,000 and registered 120 entries, overlaying ₹4 Lakhs. The top 15 places were paid, and the elimination of ‘mukuw‘ (7th for ₹4.65 Lakhs) set up the six-handed final table. The #2 ranked player of the year Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia (1,244,750), ‘Daniel0617‘ (833,488), Arunkumar ‘denoi’ Singh (480,037), Apratim ‘checm@te’ Sharma (372,568), and FTS 2.0 Main Event champion, Young Gun Siddharth ‘Ari Tribbiani’ Karia (249,360) will join Vivek Singh on the FTS Highroller final table at 5 PM today. And as always, you can follow the live-streamed FT action (on delay) on PokerGuru`s Facebook page.

The ₹30 Lakhs GTD FTS#24 crowned a champion in Deepak ‘Checktrap6’ G Jain, who won about ₹5 Lakhs. A heads-up deal saw ‘Ss_gilli’ lock in a runner-up payout worth ₹4.92 Lakhs.

Vinay ‘BeepBeepImaJeep’ Rajpal chopped the ₹10 Lakhs GTD FTS#22 with Abhishek ‘abhi23451’ Pandey (2nd for ₹1.53 Lakhs) to collect a winner’s paycheque worth ₹1.65 Lakhs. This was Rajpal’s second FTS title, pushing his online winnings to ₹2.92 Crores (₹83.64 Lakhs in net profits).

Yuvraj ‘Kalidenalii’ Bhardwaj (Won Night Rider – Monster Stack ₹2.10 Lakhs GTD for ₹48,966), Utkarsh ‘kidpokerNJ’ Vaish (Won Monster Stack ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹44,929), Dhawal ‘Happyace’ Baghel (Won Energise – ₹50K GTD for ₹11,287), ‘BholenathOp’ (Won Epic – 4 Card PLO ₹30K GTD for ₹6,612), Laldingliana ‘patea1971’ Tlau Vantawl (Won Epic – 6 Card PLO ₹10K GTD for ₹4,781), and ‘Betelgeuse’ (Won Striker ₹15K GTD for ₹4,159), shipped the other marquees on the site yesterday.

With Day 8 of FTS 3.0 in the books, Vinay ‘BeepBeepImaJeep’ Rajpal (4,016 points) has snatched the top seat in the leaderboard standing from PokerGuru Ambassador Shashank ‘reconnecting’ Desai (3,583 points). Abhijeet ‘TheSupremeOne’ Kumar (3,240 points) stays put at #3.

FTS 3.0 Leaderboard Standings After Day 8

PokerBaazi

The IMPS marquees, coupled with the regular Friday flagships, made for an eventful day of MTT action on PokerBaazi.

The FTS 2.0 star Kushagra ‘neha94’ Mehta took down the single-biggest payday on the site worth ₹5.63 Lakhs after taking down the ₹30 Lakhs GTD IMPS#41 Mini Main Event along with the IMPS trophy. The 1,650 entry buy-in Mini Main Event brought in a total of 1,883 participants across four starting flights to leave an overlay of ₹1.75 Lakhs. The 227 survivors convened for Day 2 yesterday. Ashit ‘nexus010’ Sharma finished runner-up for ₹3.98 Lakhs.

Kushagra Mehta’s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹89.97 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹19.93 Lakhs

PokerBaazi`s signature Friday event, the ₹12 Lakhs GTD The Weekly HighRoller, crushed its listed guarantee by ₹60,000 after 126 entrants bought in for ₹11,000. After placing runner-up in the event on at least three prior occasions this year, Young Gun Siddhanth ‘ender’ Kripalani finally clinched the HighRoller title last night for ₹3.37 Lakhs, moving up two places to #12 in the annual leaderboard rankings. The NPS Main Event champion Mohammad ‘chandlerbing’ Azhar placed runner-up for ₹2.36 Lakhs.

Siddhanth Kripalani’s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.58 Crores|Lifetime Profits: ₹2.12 Crores|Annual Winnings: ₹2.27 Crores

The ₹7 Lakhs GTD IMPS #45 6-Max Mini Highroller obliterated its posted guarantee by ₹1.70 Lakhs after registering 436 entrants – each of them buying in for ₹2,200. PokerGuru Ambassador Naresh ‘Emperor457’ Veeravalli was the last player standing and won his first IMPS title and a ₹1.75 Lakhs payday. Rahul ‘fisherman’ Thakur placed runner-up for ₹1.22 Lakhs.

Naresh Veeravalli lapped up ~₹2.89 Lakhs last night from three deep runs, including another FT finish.

His ITM finishes include:

> 1^st in IMPS #45 Mini Highroller for ₹1.75 Lakhs

> 8th in The Weekly HighRoller for ₹44,982

> 35th in FTS #24 for ₹18,467

Naresh Veeravalli`s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.40 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.81 Crores

Flight 1F of the ₹10 Lakhs GTD IMPS#46 Value Blast logged in 1,610 contestants who bought in for 110, and only 136 hopefuls made the cut for Day 2. The users ‘Pokerdev066’ (992,000) and ‘kurmibabu’ (981,000), Prateek ‘prateektib’ Tibrewal (684,000), ‘happyending’ (654,000), and ‘Nayaksn’ (527,000) headlined the advancing field.

‘Messironaldo007’ (Won IMPS#49 ₹4 Lakhs GTD for ₹96,040), ‘loughingbuddha’ (Won IMPS#47 DAILY ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹43,030), Anudeep ‘Zeroseven’ Gupta (Won Daily Night SPRINT ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹41,310), Prabhat ‘comeon’ Kumar (Won IMPS#42 6-Max ₹1 Lakh WTB for ₹18,560), and ‘Vix786’ (Won IMPS#44 6-Max ₹75K GTD for ₹14,570) took down the other Friday marquees on PokerBaazi.

PokerStars India

Day 4 of PokerStars India’s ongoing INCOOP edition had 11 tourneys on tap. The biggest of them, the ₹12 Lakhs GTD INCOOP – 40 Uppercut, filled in 292 entries, resulting in a marginal ₹32,000 overlay shortfall. Prithu ‘fna1tics’ Gaur proved the eventual champion and pocketed ₹2.01 Lakhs (includes ₹98,625 in bounties), defeating site regular Ram ‘TheLagLawyer’ Kakkar to the finish line. Kakkar secured a runner-up payday of ₹1.47 Lakhs (includes ₹44,250 in bounties).

Prithu Gaur now has site cashes worth ₹13.49 Lakhs, with corresponding profits of ₹80,444.

‘imac2000’ was the other big winner on PokerStars India. They championed the INCOOP – 42 Battle Royale for ₹1 Lakh (includes ₹56,719 in bounties) after besting the 198-strong field. Amit ‘AKumarss’ Singh stood second for ₹48,927 (includes ₹4,375 in bounties).

Among the other INCOOP winners, Karan ‘gogikaran’ Malhotra took down the ₹2 Lakhs GTD INCOOP – 45 Ultrasonic for ₹36,517. This is the sixth time that Malhotra has won the Ultrasonic, and while being his first INCOOP title, it’s also his fifth tournament victory this month.

His stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹71.31 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹25.78 Lakhs

‘betontheriverr’ (Won INCOOP – 38 Total KO 100% ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹65,135), Siddharth ‘siddonuts’ Pandey (Won INCOOP – 43 Deep Hyper ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹33,973), Rakesh ‘noviceanari’ Sharma (Won INCOOP – 35 Afternoon on Stars ₹1.75 Lakhs for ₹26,284), ‘RageAce00’ (Won INCOOP – 37 Bubble Rush ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹18,970), ‘MOGSPRER’ (Won INCOOP – 41 Primetime Grind ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹17,648), ‘rkrohan@&’ (Won INCOOP – 44 PLO Turbo ₹30K GTD for ₹11,777), Dipak ‘2Wellaboys’ Kumar (Won INCOOP – 39 Bounty Builder Progressive KO ₹50K GTD for ₹10,332), and ‘PhilIvey2021’ (Won INCOOP – 36 Win the Button Progressive KO ₹35K GTD for ₹6,301) won the other INCOOP titles of Friday.

Adda52

Adda52’s Friday headliner, the ₹22.5 Lakhs GTD The Ballers, posted ₹92,250 in overlays after pulling in a 315-entry field. After eight hours and twenty-two minutes of play, the user ‘rraja007’ came out on top to collect ₹5.62 Lakhs. ‘Rongon4’ (2nd for ₹3.41 Lakhs) and PokerGuru Ambassador Vishal ‘GigaaBet’ Bajaj (3^rd for ₹2.47 Lakhs) secured podium finishes.

Thursday’s Monster Turbo champion Young Gun Karan ‘Reg_Slayer’ Radia improved his scorecard after winning two titles in two days. He took down the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Running Hot for ₹1.41 Lakhs, winning Adda52’s 9:30 PM marquee event for the second consecutive day.

Himanshu ‘StupidCommonMan’ Kataria collected ₹1.05 Lakhs in Friday winnings.

His ITM finishes include:

> 2nd in Adda52’s Running Hot for ₹84,010

> 12^th in PokerStars India’s INCOOP-40 Uppercut for ₹16,343

> 8^th in Adda52’s Nighttide DST Adda for ₹4,492

Himanshu Kataria’s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.33 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹28.02 Lakhs

‘gokugg’ (Won Nighttide DST Adda ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD for ₹32,575), Shrvan ‘SSAHisoka’ Amlekar (Won Evening Adda ₹50K GTD for ₹12,001), and ‘Abisek372’ (Won Sundown Adda ₹50K GTD for ₹11,854) bagged the other Friday titles.

The other Friday winners were:

FTS#23 Highroller ₹1 Crore GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹88,000

Entries – 79

Re-entries – 24

Re-buys – 17

Prize Pool – ₹1,00,00,000

Places Paid – 15

The most expensive event at FTS 3.0, the ₹88,000 entry buy-in FTS#23 Highroller registered a reg-laden field of 120 participants, falling five entries short of hitting its ₹1 Crore prize pool guarantee.

Last night, the event played down to its six-handed FT with PokerGuru Ambassador Vivek Singh (2,819,797) bagging the overnight chip lead. He holds over twice as many chips as his closest competitor, the #3 ranked player of the year, Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia (1,244,750). Peush ‘Daniel0617’ Singhvi (833,488), FTS#17 Big Game & FTS#2 Friday Special finalist Arunkumar ‘denoi’ Singh (480,037), Apratim ‘checm@te’ Sharma (372,568), and FTS 2.0 Main Event champion, Young Gun Siddharth ‘Ari Tribbiani’ Karia (249,360) are others in contention to win the FTS Gold Medallion.

The event paid 15 places, and a min-cash was worth ₹1.80 Lakhs.

PokerGuru Ambassador Ankit ‘Shippament’ Wadhawan was the last player to fall out empty-handed.

Among the notables who made it in the money was the IOPC Legends champion Amit ‘Kavipri’ Suresh Gehani (8^th for ₹3.55 Lakhs), Young Gun Sahil ‘$lim$hady19’ Chutani (9^th for ₹2.60 Lakhs), PokerGuru Ambassador Ashutosh ‘SpewMonkey’ Balodhi (10^th for ₹2.10 Lakhs), Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall (11^th for ₹2.10 Lakhs), Sumit ‘Aaddicted’ Sapra (12^th for ₹1.95 Lakhs), and Manish ‘potlords’ Gandhi (13^th for ₹1.95 Lakhs).

During level 26, the user ‘mukuw’ hit the rail in seventh place, collecting ₹4.65 Lakhs. The elimination marked the end of Day 1 play.

Staying on course with the trend, the final table kicks off at 5 PM and will be streamed (on delay) from 6 PM onwards on multiple social media platforms, including our Facebook page.

Final Table Chip Counts

1. Vivek ‘KasolHieghts’ Singh – 2,819,797
2. Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia – 1,244,750
3. Peush ‘Daniel0617’ Singhvi – 833,488
4. Arunkumar ‘denoi’ Singh – 480,037
5. Apratim ‘checm@te’ Sharma – 372,568
6. Siddharth ‘Ari Tribbiani’ Karia – 249,360

FTS – The Feast ₹1 Crore GTD Day 1H – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 290

Re-entries – 31

Re-buys – 75

Survivors – 47

The ₹1 Crore GTD FTS – The Feast has been running since the start of the series last Friday. The ₹2,200 entry buy-in event logged in 396 challengers on Day 1H – the eighth of its 10 starting flights. Only 47 survived the day`s play.

Rising Star Aman ‘Karmapoker’ Parakh (183,110), Mohit ‘jacktheripper’ Bhati (172,746), ‘frgravity’ (155,571), Sooraj ‘GotNoChange31’ Todi (133,848) and ‘Zync’ (133,525) topped the end-of-day chip counts.

OVERLAY ALERT: The event is almost certain to experience a landslide overlay. The Feast has logged in a total of 2,105 entries after eight starting flights. It needs an additional 2,895 entries in just two flights to avoid filling in an overlay.

Top 10 Chip Counts at the end of Day 1H

1. Aman ‘Karmapoker’ Parakh – 183,110
2. Mohit ‘jacktheripper’ Bhati – 172,746
3. frgravity – 155,571
4. Sooraj ‘GotNoChange31’ Todi – 133,848
5. Zync – 133,525
6. Star0003 – 131,157
7. hypn0tiser – 124,409
8. Hareesh ‘XQTR’ KN – 120,687
9. Chipku boy – 105,855
10. Shrey ‘Kingsb30’ Baj – 98,663

FTS#20 Monster Stack ₹60 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 289

Re-entries – 132

Re-buys – 142

Prize Pool – ₹60,00,000

Places Paid – 63

Vaibhav ‘Beautiful Mistakes’ Sharma has become a regular fixture in our headlines, and he made the title again last night. The Delhi-based MTT pro dominated the FTS#20 Monster Stack final table to win the seventh Gold Medallion of the series and a hefty ₹9.79 Lakhs in prize money. He chopped the top prize heads-up with the first-ever IOPC Mastermind Aniket ‘TakingSouls’ Waghmare (2nd ₹9.14 Lakhs).

On Thursday, the ₹11,000 buy-in event reigned in an entry field of 563 runners, registering ₹3.70 Lakhs in overlays.

The other final table finishers were Brijesh ‘Sanu15’ Pratap Rao (3rd for ₹5.25 Lakhs), Prakash ‘Robin Van Charsi’ Gupta (4th for ₹4.17 Lakhs), Sooraj ‘GotNoChange31’ Todi (5th for ₹3.27 Lakhs), IOPC -The Millionaire Main Event winner Anurag ‘CultOfPersonality’ Srivastava (6th for ₹2.56 Lakhs), Meherzad ‘goblue’ Munsaf (7th for ₹1.92 Lakhs), and Shagun ‘icansuckout’ Jain (8th for ₹1.36 Lakhs).

Final Table Results

1. Vaibhav ‘Beautiful Mistakes’ Sharma – ₹9,78,529*
2. Aniket ‘TakingSouls’ Waghmare – ₹9,14,470*
3. Brijesh ‘Sanu15’ Pratap Rao – ₹5,25,200
4. Prakash ‘Robin Van Charsi’ Gupta – ₹4,17,000
5. Sooraj ‘GotNoChange31’ Todi – ₹3,27,000
6. Anurag ‘CultOfPersonality’ Srivastava – ₹2,56,200
7. Meherzad ‘goblue’ Munsaf – ₹1,92,600
8. Shagun ‘icansuckout’ Jain – ₹1,36,800

*denotes a heads-up deal

IMPS#41 Mini Main Event ₹30 Lakhs GTD Day 2 – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹1,750

Entries – 1,883

Survivors – 227

Prize Pool – ₹30,00,000

Places Paid – 188

The FTS 2.0 star Kushagra ‘neha94’ Mehta outran the competition in PokerBaazi’s ₹30 Lakhs GTD IMPS#41 Mini Main Event to win ₹5.63 Lakhs. Ashit ‘nexus010’ Sharma placed runner-up for ₹3.98 Lakhs.

Kiran ‘bhokalishiva’ Kakde (3^rd for ₹2.97 Lakhs), M Keerthi ‘pokerkid08’ Kumar (6^th for ₹1.46 Lakhs), Janish ‘janish1998’ Jain (7^th for ₹1.11 Lakhs), and PokerGuru Ambassador Nadeem ‘SpadeHunter’ Basha (8^th for ₹80,100) also FT-ed the tourney!

The ₹1,750 entry buy-in event logged in a 1,883-entry field over four starting flights, overlaying ₹1.75 Lakhs. A total of 227 hopefuls came back on Day 2, and the top 188 places earned a payday.

Final Table Results

1. Kushagra ‘neha94’ Mehta – ₹5,63,700
2. Ashit ‘nexus010’ Sharma – ₹3,98,400
3. Kiran ‘bhokalishiva’ Kakde – ₹2,97,900
4. Ikka5 – ₹2,39,700
5. Think_again – ₹188,700
6. M Keerthi ‘pokerkid08’ Kumar – ₹146,400
7. Janish ‘janish1998’ Jain – ₹111,600
8. Nadeem ‘SpadeHunter’ Basha – ₹80,100

FTS#24 ₹30 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 307

Re-entries – 112

Re-buys – 207

Prize Pool –31,30,000

Places Paid – 55

The ₹30 Lakhs GTD FTS #24 wrangled in 626 players, collecting a guarantee-crushing ₹31.30 Lakhs prize pool. The 10 PM event came a close just before 6 AM today after the final two players agreed to a heads-up deal. Deepak ‘Checktrap6’ G Jain grabbed the title and won ₹5 Lakhs and the FTS Silver Medallion. ‘Ss_gilli finished runner-up for ₹4.93 Lakhs.

Young Gun Sanat ‘orhem3001’ Mehrotra (3^rd for ₹2.78 Lakhs), Pavan ‘Rootahua Machi’ Kiran B (4^th for ₹2.25 Lakhs), Vikaash ‘viks82’ Shah (5^th for ₹1.78 Lakhs), and Sushil ‘lex_veldi82’ Kumar (8^th for ₹70,497) also FT-ed the event.

Final Table Results

1. Deepak ‘Checktrap6’ G Jain – ₹4,99,231*
2. Ss_gilli – ₹4,92,979*
3. Sanat ‘orhem3001’ Mehrotra – ₹2,78,257
4. Pavan ‘Rootahua Machi’ Kiran B – ₹2,25,047
5. Vikaash ‘viks82’ Shah – ₹1,78,097
6. rDx141 – ₹1,37,094
7. PradhanLi – ₹1,02,038
8. Sushil ‘lex_veldi82’ Kumar – ₹73,868

*denotes a heads-up deal

The Ballers ₹22.50 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹7,500

Entries – 165

Re-entries – 150

Prize Pool – ₹22,50,000

Places Paid – 34

Adda52’s The Ballers had 315 players (including re-entries) jostling for a share of the ₹22.50 Lakhs prize pool. The ₹7,500 entry buy-in event ended up filling in ₹92,250 in overlays. The user ‘rraja007’ came out trumps to win the title for ₹5.62 Lakhs.

PokerGuru Ambassador Vishal ‘GigaaBet’ Bajaj (3^rd for ₹2.47 Lakhs) and Aniket ‘nahush’ Kumar Singh (4^th for ₹1.88 Lakhs) also FT-ed the event.

Mohit ‘thejokerrrr’ Mehta bubbled the FT in seventh place for ₹67,500.

Final Table Results

1. rraja007 – ₹5,62,500
2. Rongon4 – ₹3,40,875
3. Vishal ‘GigaaBet’ Bajaj – ₹2,47,500
4. Aniket ‘nahush’ Kumar Singh – ₹1,87,875
5. Aky21 – ₹1,29,375
6. Betoo – ₹84,375

The Weekly Highroller ₹12 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 79

Re-entries – 47

Prize Pool – ₹12,60,000

Places Paid – 15

Young Gun Siddhanth ‘ender’ Kripalani was the last player standing in PokerBaazi`s ₹12 Lakhs GTD The Weekly Highroller and won ₹3.37 Lakhs, moving up two places to #12 on the annual leaderboard rankings. The NPS Main Event champion Mohammad ‘chandlerbing’ Azhar placed runner-up for ₹2.36 Lakhs.

The ₹11,000 entry buy-in event logged in 126 entries, collecting a ₹12.60 Lakhs prize pool.

Three PokerGuru Ambassadors FT-ed the tourney, including Ankit ‘d00mtr00p3r’ Wadhawan (4^th for ₹1.12 Lakhs), Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja (7^th for ₹56,196), and last night`s IMPS Mini Highroller champion Naresh ‘Emperor457’ Veeravalli (8^th for ₹44,982)

Shashank ‘Iverson003’ Shekhar (3^rd for ₹1.52 Lakhs), Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall (5^th for ₹84,420), and Dhinesh ‘dhineshrocky007’ Kumar (6^th for ₹67,536) round out the reg-laden FT.

Final Table Results

1. Siddhanth ‘ender’ Kripalani – ₹3,37,680
2. Mohammad ‘chandlerbing’ Azhar – ₹2,36,502
3. Shashank ‘Iverson003’ Shekhar – ₹1,52,082
4. Ankit ‘d00mtr00p3r’ Wadhawan – ₹1,12,644
5. Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall – ₹84,420
6. Dhinesh ‘dhineshrocky007’ Kumar – ₹67,536
7. Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja – ₹56,196
8. Naresh ‘Emperor457’ Veeravalli – ₹44,982

INCOOP – 40 Uppercut ₹12 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹4,400

Entries – 149

Re-entries – 143

Prize Pool – ₹12,00,000

Places Paid – 29

PokerStars India`s Friday headliner, the ₹12 Lakhs GTD INCOOP – 40 Uppercut, attracted 292 participants, filling in ₹32,000 in overlays. Prithu ‘fna1tics’ Gaur walked away with the lion`s share of the prize money, a personal-best ₹2.01 Lakhs (includes ₹98,625 in bounties). Ram ‘TheLagLawyer’ Kakkar finished runner-up for ₹1.47 Lakhs (includes ₹44,250 in bounties).

Md ‘BuLsEye0’ Zeeshan (3^rd for ₹92,076), PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer Singh ‘ballistik310’ Chadha (4^th for ₹70,233), Suresh ‘Wabi-$abi’ Kolli (6^th for ₹57,655) and Amar ‘PsykoEko’ Iyer (7^th for ₹24,064) also FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results (Includes Bounties)

1. Prithu ‘fna1tics’ Gaur – ₹2,01,676
2. Ram ‘TheLagLawyer’ Kakkar – ₹1,47,301
3. Md ‘BuLsEye0’ Zeeshan – ₹92,076
4. Arjanveer Singh ‘ballistik310’ Chadha – ₹70,233
5. k1369 – ₹52,163
6. Suresh ‘Wabi-$abi’ Kolli – ₹57,655
7. Amar ‘PsykoEko’ Iyer – ₹24,064

FTS#22 ₹10 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 241

Re-entries – 78

Re-buys – 168

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 47

Vinay ‘BeepBeepImaJeep’ Rajpal fired three bullets in Spartan Poker`s ₹10 Lakhs GTD FTS #22 and dominated the 487-strong field to win his second title at the series and ₹1.65 Lakhs in prize money. He chopped the top prize with Abhishek ‘abhi23451’ Pandey (2^nd for ₹1.53 Lakhs).

Last night`s win has pushed Vinay Rajpal to the top of the FTS 3.0 leaderboard standings.

The tournament overlaid ₹26,000, and the top 47 places got paid.

Arunkumar ‘denoi’ Singh (3^rd for ₹92,800), Kartikeya ‘Kartikeya123’ Yadav (4^th for ₹75,100), Siddharth ‘cooking_nuts’ Gangwar (5^th for ₹59,200), Ankit ‘ON_MY_MAC’ Omprakash Bajaj (6^th for ₹43,806) and Paras ‘AAKKQQJJ’ Jain (7^th for ₹33,200) also FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Vinay ‘BeepBeepImaJeep’ Rajpal – ₹1,65,310*
2. Abhishek ‘abhi23451’ Pandey – ₹1,53,390*
3. Arunkumar ‘denoi’ Singh – ₹92,800
4. Kartikeya ‘Kartikeya123’ Yadav – ₹75,100
5. Siddharth ‘cooking_nuts’ Gangwar – ₹59,200
6. Ankit ‘ON_MY_MAC’ Omprakash Bajaj – ₹45,200
7. Paras ‘AAKKQQJJ’ Jain – ₹33,200
8. ZubiRuhaan – ₹24,400

*denotes a heads-up deal

IMPS#46 Value Blast Day 1F ₹10 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹110

Entries – 1,067

Re-entries – 543

Survivors – 136

Day 1F of the ₹10 Lakhs GTD IMPS#46 Value Blast attracted 1,610 contestants, and less than 10% of the starting field, i.e., 136 players made the cut for Day 2.

The users ‘Pokerdev066’ (992,000), ‘kurmibabu’ (981,000), Prateek ‘prateektib’ Tibrewal (684,000), ‘happyending’ (654,000), and ‘Nayaksn’ (527,000) headlined the survivors.

OVERLAY ALERT: The Value Blast has logged in 6,763 entrants over six starting days and is likely heading towards a massive overlay since it needs a whopping 3,237 runners to enter the last flight to break even.

Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1F

1. Pokerdev066 – 992,000
2. kurmibabu – 981,000
3. Prateek ‘prateektib’ Tibrewal – 684,000
4. happyending – 654,000
5. Nayaksn – 527,000
6. prakash56 – 492,000
7. OnlinePOKER – 476,000
8. Parrry – 463,000
9. buddha123 – 449,000
10. Ajayandore – 431,000

IMPS#45 6-Max Mini Highroller ₹7 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 217

Re-entries – 219

Prize Pool – ₹8,70,000

Places Paid – 54

PokerGuru Ambassador Naresh ‘Emperor457’ Veeravalli outlasted the 436-entry field in PokerBaazi`s ₹7 Lakhs GTD IMPS#45 6-Max Mini Highroller to win ₹1.75 Lakhs. Rahul ‘fisherman’ Thakur came second for ₹1.22 Lakhs.

Advait ‘Ronaldinho18’ Rajguru (3^rd for ₹79,003), Ravinder ‘Ravikirti’ Singh (5^th for ₹43,862), and Amit ‘Samurai420’ Kumar Singh (6^th for ₹35,142) also posted FT scores.

The ₹2,200 entry buy-in event registered a smashing ₹8.70 Lakhs prize pool on the back of 436 entrants. The 7 PM tourney got in the books at 2:51 AM, and the top 54 places boarded the money bus.

Final Table Results

1. Naresh ‘Emperor457’ Veeravalli – ₹1,75,272
2. Rahul ‘fisherman’ Thakur – ₹1,22,865
3. Advait ‘Ronaldinho18’ Rajguru – ₹79,003
4. thesetminer – ₹58,424
5. Ravinder ‘Ravikirti’ Singh – ₹43,862
6. Amit ‘Samurai420’ Kumar Singh – ₹35,142

Running Hot ₹5 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 152

Re-entries – 119

Prize Pool – ₹5,42,000

Places Paid – 27

Young Gun Karan ‘Reg_Slayer’ Radia kept up his winning form as he took down Adda52`s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Running Hot for ₹1.41 Lakhs after beating Himanshu ‘StupidCommonMan’ Kataria (2<sup>nd</sup> for ₹84,010) in the heads-up play. This was Radia`s second consecutive day winning the 9:30 PM marquee on Adda52 – he had won the Monster Turbo on Thursday.

Tarush ‘tarush123’ Gupta (4th for ₹46,070) and Rising Star Aman ‘karmapoker’ Parakh (7th for ₹17,615) also FT-ed the event.

Final Table Results

1. Karan ‘Reg_Slayer’ Radia – ₹1,40,920
2. Himanshu ‘StupidCommonMan’ Kataria – ₹84,010
3. bewater – ₹63,143
4. Tarush ‘tarush123’ Gupta – ₹46,070
5. Samimeel – ₹31,165
6. Bhande17 – ₹23,035
7. Aman ‘karmapoker’ Parakh – ₹17,615
8. ImAlpha – ₹13,550

INCOOP – 42 Battle Royale ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 117

Re-entries – 81

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 20

PokerStars India’s Battle Royale logged in a 198-player field, falling just two entries short of its ₹5 Lakhs guarantee. The event ran from 9.30 PM to 3.04 AM, and the user ‘imac2000’ shipped the event for ₹1 Lakh (includes ₹56,719 in bounties).

Amit ‘AKumarss’ Singh (2nd for ₹48,927), Goonjan ‘gmtesting.ind’ Mall (5^th for ₹26,310), Chandan ‘RunBarryRun’ Arora (7^th for ₹15,958), and Young Gun Arsh ‘BiggggTymeR’ Grover (9^th for ₹10,846) also FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results (Includes Bounties)

1. imac2000 – ₹1,00,333
2. Amit Kumar ‘AKumarss’ Singh – ₹48,927
3. poguewolf – ₹39,076
4. GudThimma – ₹39,659
5. Goonjan ‘gmtesting.ind’ Mall – ₹26,310’
6. yd199999 – ₹33,759
7. Chandan ‘RunBarryRun’ Arora – ₹15,958
8. kimi_nj – ₹14,454
9. Arsh ‘BiggggTymeR’ Grover – ₹10,846

Prime Time PLO ₹30K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 29

Re-entries – 18

Prize Pool – ₹30,000

Places Paid – 5

Khelo365 user ‘Mazad28’ came out on top in the ₹30K GTD Prime Time PLO to win ₹12,900. ‘amity007’ came second for ₹6,900.

This report was updated at 6 PM on 18.09.2021.

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