Daily Majors: Srivastava, Reddy & Ghosh Tame the Tuesday Flagships

While the Coronavirus outbreak did make a dent in Holi celebrations all across the country, the virtual felts also saw the Tuesday marquee tourneys getting hit by the overlay brigade.

The Mega Stack ₹20 Lakhs GTD was the flagship tournament on Spartan Poker’s Tuesday schedule, and it pulled in 637 entries (273 unique, 97 re-entries and 267 re-buys), with the site having to fill in an overlay of ₹89,000. Sumit ‘sumithgh2050’ Ghosh championed the event for ₹2.44 Lakhs, after agreeing to a three-way deal with ‘Akkiaru2204’ (runner-up for ₹2.33 Lakhs) and ‘Amod’ (3rd for ₹2.05 Lakhs).

The other big-ticket event on Spartan Poker, The Race ₹7.5 Lakhs GTD, saw Rajat ‘BloatedBelly’ Mahajan run past a field of 444 participants (224 unique, 60 re-entries and 160 re-buys), including veteran pro Rajat ‘Garammasala’ Sharma (runner-up for ₹99,975) heads-up to claim the top honors, along with a ₹1.50 Lakhs paycheque. The event suffered an overlay of ₹84,000.

PokerBaazi’s Tuesday bonanza, The Endeavour ₹15 Lakhs GTD, attracted 428 entries (220 unique and 208 re-entries), resulting in a very marginal ₹2,000 shortfall. Tournament regular Anirudh ‘flash1’ Reddy took down the event for a ₹3.01 Lakhs payday, while Kanti ‘rathore14’ Rathore came in second for ₹2.11 Lakhs.

Adda52’s Hitman ₹12.50 Lakhs GTD attracted 385 hopefuls (191 unique and 194 re-entries), resulting in an overlay of ₹18,000. Vatsal ‘pivs’ Srivastava outlasted Gagandeep ‘gaganhyd’ Malik in the heads-up finale and took home ₹3.10 Lakhs in prize money. Malik collected ₹1.87 Lakhs for his runner-up finish.

Over at the PokerStars India, the UFC KO Series is presently ongoing, and the marquee event last night was the UFC KO Series-12 Sixth Sense 10 Lakhs GTD. The tourney logged in 319 entries (160 unique and 159 re-entries), resulting in an overlay of 43,000. ‘superjericho300’ topped the field and banked ₹1.91 Lakhs in first-place prize money.

The other Tuesday winners were:

Mega Stack ₹20 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Entries – 273

Re-entries – 97

Re-buys – 267

Prize Pool – ₹20,00,000

Places Paid – 55

Spartan Poker`s Mega Stack ₹20 Lakhs GTD ran amid 637 entries (273 unique, 97 re-entries, and 267 re-buys) yesterday. While the event fell short of its advertised guarantee by ₹89,000, walking away with the title was Sumit ‘sumithgh2050’ Ghosh, who pocketed a ₹2.44 Lakhs payday following a three-way deal with ‘Akkiaru2204’ (runner-up for ₹2.33 Lakhs) and ‘Amod’ (3rd for ₹2.05 Lakhs).

PokerGuru Ambassador Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved (7th for ₹65,200) also final-tabled the event.

Sreekanth ‘n0thing’ Narayan (10th for ₹31,600), Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPros’ Kumar (11th for ₹31,600), Saurabh ‘bombardier’ Ramola (16th for ₹21,800), Kanchan ‘Bubblegum’ Sharma (20th for ₹19,800), Vinay ‘Netflixxed’ Bk (34th for ₹11,800), Paras ‘AAKKQQJJ’ Jain (37th for ₹11,800), Rajat ‘BloatedBelly’ Mahajan (43rd for ₹9,800), Ayan ‘interlalia_1’ Ray (47th for ₹9,800), Rubin ‘kornkid’ Labro (52nd for ₹9,800), Ram ‘TheLagLawyer’ Kakkar (54th for ₹9,800) and Myron ‘mehhhhh’ Pereira (55th for ₹9,800) were the prominent ITM finishers.

From the PokerGuru roster of Ambassadors, Faiz ‘DrStrange’ Alam (12th for ₹27,400), Nadeem ‘blindgame’ Basha (23rd for ₹17,800), Madhav ‘Madzoopa’ Gupta (24th for ₹15,800) and Devvrat ‘RickdickulouS’ Arya (32nd for ₹11,800) also posted scores.

Final Table Results

1. Sumit ‘sumithgh2050’ Ghosh – ₹2,44,210*
2. Akkiaaru2204 – ₹2,33,559*
3. Amod – ₹2,05,830*
4. Rab – ₹1,78,096
5. Ravi ‘Rvjn91’ Jain – ₹1,58,292
6. Mojji – ₹1,37,010
7. Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved – ₹65,200
8. mariokart – ₹47,200
9. Richie4ich – ₹38,200

*denotes three-way deal

The Endeavour ₹15 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Entries – 220

Re-entries – 208

Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000

Places Paid – 54

Topping a field of 428 entries (220 unique and 208 re-entries), Anirudh ‘flash1’ Reddy took down PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour ₹15 Lakhs GTD for ₹3.01 Lakhs. Reddy’s final rival in the event was Kanti ‘rathore14’ Rathore, who pocketed ₹2.11 Lakhs for placing second.

The event had a slight overlay of ₹2,000 and paid out the top 54 finishers.

PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja (3rd for ₹1.35 Lakhs), Vineet ‘whale’ Kumar (4th for ₹1 Lakhs), Muthukumar ‘hero1965’ Rajagopalan (5th for ₹60,450), Kanchan ‘Kanchansharma’ Sharma (7th for ₹50,400), Prakash Kumar ‘PokerScientist’ Singh (8th for ₹40,200) and Mrinal ‘booyah’ Manna (9th for ₹30,150) final tabled the event.

Final Table Results

1. Anirudh ‘flash1’ Reddy – ₹3,01,500
2. Kanti ‘rathore14’ Rathore – ₹2,11,350
3. Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja – ₹1,35,900
4. Vineet ‘whale’ Kumar – ₹1,00,500
5. mrwhite – ₹75,450
6. Muthukumar ‘hero1965’ Rajagopalan – ₹60,450
7. Kanchan ‘Kanchansharma’ Sharma – ₹50,400
8. Prakash Kumar ‘PokerScientist’ Singh – ₹40,200
9. Mrinal ‘booyah’ Manna – ₹30,150

AOPS Hitman ₹12.50 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Entries – 191

Re-entries – 194

Prize Pool – ₹12,50,000

Places Paid – 43

Adda52’s AOPS Hitman ₹12.50 Lakhs GTD pulled in a total of 385 entries (191 unique and 194 re-entries), resulting in a ₹18,000 loss for the organizers and the top 43 places got paid. Racing ahead of everyone was Vatsal ‘pivs’ Srivastava, who earned a paycheck worth ₹3.10 Lakhs after defeating Gagandeep ‘gaganhyd’ Malik (runner-up for ₹1.87 Lakhs) heads-up for the title.

Others present on the star-studded final table were PokerGuru Ambassador Ankit ‘d00mtr00p3r’ Wadhawan (4th for ₹1 Lakh), Vinayak ‘bhai_on_mary_jane’ Bajaj (5th for ₹65,000), Deepak ‘peacelover’ Singh (7th for ₹34,375), and Sanchit ‘sanchit1990’ Adukia (9th for ₹20,000).

Known names who posted scores at the event included Kamal ‘ksn123’ Naruka (10th for ₹15,625), Vinay ‘ContemporisT’ BK (12th for ₹15,625), Ujjwal ‘fullfront’ Rana (14th for ₹12,500), Abhishek ‘thegrinder’ Garg (16th for ₹12,500), Naren ‘imunagi’ Purohit (17th for ₹12,500), Vaibhav ‘alienrobot’ Sharma (18th for ₹10,625), Anuj ‘anuj25395’ Yadav (23rd for ₹9,375), Madhav ‘madzoopa’ Gupta (24th for ₹9,375), Ayush ‘lazyman’ Garg (25th for ₹9,375), Vishwanath ‘vish4u2’ Borhade (29th for ₹8,125), Sreekanth ‘n0thing’ Narayan (30th for ₹8,125), Hitesh ‘buntai’ Batra (35th for ₹6,875), Devrat ‘vickypune’ Singh (38th for ₹6,875), and Prasad ‘goodmanji’ Patil (39th for ₹6,875).

Final Table Results

1. Vatsal ‘pivs’ Srivastava – ₹3,10,000
2. Gagandeep ‘gaganhyd’ Malik – ₹1,87,500
3. wormhole – ₹1,31,250
4. Ankit ‘d00mtr00p3r’ Wadhawan – ₹1,00,000
5. Vinayak ‘bhai_on_mary_jane’ Bajaj – ₹65,000
6. thor86 – ₹43,750
7. Deepak ‘peacelover’ Singh – ₹34,375
8. Punter27 – ₹28,125
9. Sanchit ‘sanchit1990’ Adukia – ₹20,000

UFC KO Series-12 Sixth Sense ₹10 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Entries – 160

Re-Entries – 159

Total Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Regular Prize Pool – ₹5,21,500

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹4,78,500

Places Paid – 59

PokerStars India’s marquee event on the Tuesday schedule, the UFC KO Series-12 Sixth Sense ₹10 Lakhs GTD, witnessed a 319-strong field (160 unique and 159 re-entries), falling ₹43,000 short of meeting the advertised guarantee. Anonymous user ‘superjericho300’ ran past the competition, including ‘aash2912’ to bank ₹1.91 Lakhs (₹93,202 in prize money, and ₹98,614 in bounties) for the victory. The runner-up had to settle for ₹1.03 Lakhs (₹66,011 in prize money, and ₹37,723 in bounties) in prize money.

The final table was packed with notables like Rakshit ‘4betshov’ Vedh (3rd for ₹52,378), Rajesh ‘MCallingStation’ Kumar Shukla (6th for ₹26,829), and PokerGuru Ambassador Ankit ‘b00mtr00p3r’ Wadhawan (8th for ₹21,686).

Other notables to score were Hitesh ‘hiteshbhai999’ Batra (10th for ₹11,429), Arpan ‘Vasusenaa’ Majhi (11th for ₹17,429), Sandeep ‘effuno007’ Varma RS (13th for ₹21,829), Anuj ‘brockLesnar95’ Yadav (16th for ₹9,556), Akshay ‘VaahBhaiVaah’ Gupta (21st for ₹6,947), Ram ‘TheLagLawyer’ Kakkar (22nd for ₹13,885), Chirag ‘WhyworrY_56’ Sodha (24th for ₹6,413), Abhinav ‘abhi58’ Iyer (27th for ₹8,569), Kapil ‘racemonk’ Arora (29th for ₹7,163), Dhaval ‘BithBecool’ Mudgal (31st for ₹9,791), Ayan ‘interalia_1’ Ray (36th for ₹7,541), Vikram ‘GreenSTUFF79’ Mishra (37th for ₹9,041), Ayush ‘Kyanaamrakhu’ Garg (39th for ₹9,416), Rubin ‘kornkid4’ Labroo (46th for ₹10,491) and Anant ‘Dr4gonW4rrior’ Purohit (47th for ₹3,928), along with PokerGuru Ambassadors Ashish ‘chipcharity999’ Munot (26th for ₹11,663), Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja (49th for ₹4,678), Devvrat ‘bhasm@sur1’ Arya (50th for ₹8,803) and Faiz ‘LFGgggg’ Alam (57th for ₹4,303).

Final Table Results

1. superjericho300 – ₹1,91,816
2. aash2912 – ₹1,03,734
3. Rakshit ‘4betshov’ Vedh – ₹52,378
4. unagihogaya – ₹59,434
5. Infic11 – ₹26,078
6. Rajesh ‘MCallingStation’ Kumar Shukla – ₹26,829
7. shrey30 – ₹13,631
8. Ankit ‘b00mtr00p3r’ Wadhawan – ₹21,686
9. pandeyshrey33 – ₹13,436

The Race ₹7.5 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Entries – 224

Re-entries – 60

Re-buys – 160

Prize Pool – ₹7,50,000

Places Paid – 39

Spartan Poker’s The Race ₹7.5 Lakhs GTD attracted 444 runners (224 unique, 60 re-entries, and 160 re-buys) on Tuesday. The tournament fell short of meeting its guarantee by ₹84,000. Racing ahead of the rest was online reg Rajat ‘BloatedBelly’ Mahajan, who defeated another seasoned MTT player Rajat ‘Garammasala’ Sharma heads-up to pocket the ₹1.50 Lakhs up top. Sharma banked ₹99,975 for finishing runner-up.

Sathish ‘Jaqkten’ Ananth (3rd for ₹73,125), Abhinav ‘Schumi91’ Iyer (5th for ₹46,275), and Archit ‘rocketarchie’ Khandelwal (6th for ₹35,025) also ran deep in the event.

With the final 39 finishers getting paid, Saif ‘Free Speech’ Khan (12th for ₹11,475), Anant ‘Pro’ Purohit (13th for ₹11,475), Rubin ‘kornkid’ Labroo (14th for ₹10,350), Paras ‘AAKKQQJJ’ Jain (15th for ₹10,350), Myron ‘mehhhhh’ Pereira (18th for ₹8,100), Ajit Singh ‘ace_bob’ Arora (20th for ₹8,100), Shawn ‘N00b N00b’ Chatterton (27th for ₹6,600), Akash ‘akash0510’ Gupta (29th for ₹5,175), Amit ‘luckibox’ Malhotra (33rd for ₹5,175), and Avadh ‘cateyes’ Shah (35th for ₹5,175) made runs in the money.

PokerGuru Ambassadors Faiz ‘DrStrange’ Alam (23rd for ₹7,350), Devvrat ‘RickdickulouS’ Arya (32nd for ₹5,175), Laksh Pal ‘LuckyBhai$’ Singh (36th for ₹5,175) and Vivek ‘KasolHieghts’ Singh (39th for ₹5,175) also posted scores.

Final Table Results

1. Rajat ‘BloatedBelly’ Mahajan – ₹1,50,375
2. Rajat ‘Garammasala’ Sharma – ₹99,975
3. Sathish ‘Jaqkten’ Ananth – ₹73,125
4. Duce7 – ₹59,025
5. Abhinav ‘Schumi91’ Iyer – ₹46,275
6. Archit ‘rocketarchie’ Khandelwal – ₹35,025
7. Aarnav – ₹26,725
8. badshah07 – ₹18,900
9. Devildareman – ₹15,675

Tuesday MonsterStack ₹3 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Entries – 93

Re-entries – 56

Prize Pool – ₹3,00,000

Places Paid – 18

PokerBaazi’s Tuesday MonsterStack ₹3 Lakhs GTD enjoyed an action-packed run yesterday, with 149 entries (93 unique and 56 re-entries) registering to play. The event had an overlay of ₹2,000 and eventually crowned a champion in Vivekk ‘Vivek25’ Dube, who claimed the top prize of ₹77,250 after defeating Rubin ‘kornkid’ Labroo heads-up. Labroo pocketed ₹54,090 for finishing runner-up.

Mahesh ‘mahikalra’ Shyamsundar (3rd for ₹34,800), Hitesh ‘hiteshbhai’ Batra (5th for ₹19,320), Kapil ‘Spady’ Arora (6th for ₹15,450), Prakash Kumar ‘PokerScientist’ Singh (7th for ₹12,840) and Avinash ‘aksinha97’ Kumar (7th for ₹10,290) were the other notable FT scorers.

Final Table Results

1. Vivekk ‘Vivek25’ Dube – ₹77,250
2. Rubin ‘kornkid’ Labroo – ₹54,090
3. Mahesh ‘mahikalra’ Shyamsundar – ₹34,800
4. ‘flush0612’ – ₹25,770
5. Hitesh ‘hiteshbhai’ Batra – ₹19,320
6. Kapil ‘Spady’ Arora – ₹15,450
7. Prakash Kumar ‘PokerScientist’ Singh – ₹12,840
8. Avinash ‘aksinha97’ Kumar – ₹10,290
9. Chan23 – ₹7,710

UFC KO Series-14 NLHE 8-Max 25% KO ₹3 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Entries – 115

Re-Entries – 71

Total Prize Pool – ₹3,00,000

Regular Prize Pool – ₹2,30,250

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹69,750

Places Paid – 34

PokerStars India’s UFC KO Series-14 NLHE 8-Max 25% KO ₹3 Lakhs GTD witnessed q shortfall of ₹21,000 on the back of a 186-entry field that came from 115 unique players and an additional 71 re-entries. ‘khAAbib’ picked up ₹62,958 (₹43,422 in prize money, and ₹19,536 in bounties) for the outright victory after defeating ‘ARYAN5′ (runner-up for ₹32,388) heads up.

Ameya ‘encashed’ Gokhale (4th for ₹23,609), Raghavendra ‘Pokeriyaa’ Hada (6th for ₹10,869), Vikas ‘ACPcalling’ Chaudhary (7th for ₹8,228), and Ram ‘TheLagLawyer’ Kakkar (9th for ₹7,337) posted FT scores.

Notables that finished in the money were Amit ‘NutsLagGaye’ Kumar Sahu (12th for ₹4,516), Umesh ‘dhondu.chilll’ Sharma (17th for ₹4,413), Bharat ‘hzgod’ Kumar (18th for ₹3,248), Sandeep ‘effuno007’ Varma RS (20th for ₹4,560), Harsh ‘kakori kabab’ Dembla (31st for ₹2,886), and Anuj ‘brockLesnar95’ Yadav (34th for ₹2,806).

Final Table Results

1. khAAbib – ₹62,958
2. ARYAN5** – ₹32,388
3. yemeribassai – ₹28,002
4. Ameya ‘encashed’ Gokhale – ₹23,609
5. The AnnihiIator – ₹16,745
6. Raghavendra ‘Pokeriyaa’ Hada – ₹10,869
7. Vikas ‘ACPcalling’ Chaudhary – ₹8,228
8. deps111 – ₹6,140
9. Ram ‘TheLagLawyer’ Kakkar – ₹7,337

Ultimate PLO ₹2 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Entries – 38

Re-entries – 10

Re-buys – 28

Prize Pool – ₹2,00,000

Places Paid 7

With 76 entries (38 unique, 10 re-entries and 28 re-buys), Spartan Poker’s Ultimate PLO ₹2 Lakhs GTD logged in a ₹48,000 overlay. ‘yogijogi’

proved triumphant over the field and his heads-up opponent Piyush ‘BlackMamba’ Gaikwad to clinch the title along with the ₹63,000 top prize.

While Gaikwad pocketed ₹45,500 for placing second, the event paid out five more finishers, and the list included PokerGuru Ambassador Vivek ‘KasolHieghts’ Singh (5th for ₹17,000) and Ram ‘TheLagLawyer’ Kakkar (7th for ₹10,500).

Final Table Results

1. yogijogi – ₹63,000
2. Piyush ‘BlackMamba’ Gaikwad – ₹45,500
3. DreamBoat – ₹29,000
4. rajnifan – ₹22,000
5. Vivek ‘KasolHieghts’ Singh – ₹17,000
6. Fishy27 – ₹13,000
7. Ram ‘TheLagLawyer’ Kakkar – ₹10,500

This report was edited at 1:00 PM on 11.03.2020.

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