Daily Majors: Yadav, Singhvi, Singh, & Goindi Bank Seven Figure Scores on Thursday

As has been the trend these past 15 days, Spartan Poker’s record-smashing IOPC series turned out to the biggest attraction on the virtual felts Thursday. Here is the complete recap of all the online action.

Spartan Poker

The biggest buy-in tourney on the IOPC schedule, the ₹1 Crore GTD IOPC #99 Super High Roller, had 149 entries ponying up the ₹1.05 Lakhs buy-in fee to collect over ₹1.4 Crores in prize money! Besting the star-studded field was Young Gun Anuj ‘tittooTauji’ Yadav, who claimed the lion’s share worth ₹35.76 Lakhs after defeating well known pro Siddarth ‘PeterPunter’ Singhvi (runner-up for ₹24.28 Lakhs) heads-up. PokerGuru Ambassador Vivek ‘KasolHieghts’ Singh won a career-best ₹16.01 Lakhs for his third-place finish. Abhishek ‘MambaMentality’ Goindi, who was live-streaming his run in the tournament, did well to finish 4th for ₹13.23 Lakhs.

Running alongside the IOPC Super High Roller was the IOPC Main Event – The Crown ₹3 Crores GTD. Thursday saw Day 1D of the tourney register 409 entries to bring the total field size to 1,770 entries. By the end of the day`s play, 54 players bagged chips for Day 2 with mystery player ‘dharatal’ assuming the chip leader’s role with 248,289 in chips. Close on the heels was PokerGuru Ambassador Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved (248,083) with Manish ‘potlords’ Gandhi (222,580) rounding out the top 3 stacks of Day 1D.

The other headline tourney on what was a very eventful Thursday on Spartan Poker was the ₹40 Lakhs GTD IOPC #98 Ultron. The tourney drew a stacked field of 1,055 entries to accumulate a prize pool worth ₹42.20 Lakhs. Walking away with the title and the ₹7.99 Lakhs first-place cash prize was Avadh ‘cateyes’ Shah, who defeated PSL CEO Pranav ‘Boller’ Bagai heads-up to win his second flagship title on the site this week. Shah had won the IOPC Mega Stack on Tuesday for ₹5.8 Lakhs. Bagai settled for the runner-up prize money worth ₹4.89 Lakhs. With this score, Shah has crossed the ₹90 Lakh-mark in recorded online winnings while Bagai has touched ₹75 Lakhs.

Event #100 on the IOPC schedule carrying a ₹15 Lakhs GTD registered 505 entries to crush its posted guarantee. The title went to Nirmal ‘varonir’ Sankhla, who earned ₹2.95 Lakhs after defeating the former IOPC Main Event champion Anurag ‘Norman Bates’ Srivastava (runner-up for ₹1.87 Lakhs) in heads-up play.

The ₹10 Lakhs GTD IOPC#101 Destiny – IOPC Edition saw online reg Shashank ‘Goldfish097’ Shekhar walking away with the title and the ₹2.60 Lakhs prize money that came with it after defeating PokerGuru Ambassador Naresh ‘FreeFlow’ Veeravalli (2nd for ₹1.58 Lakhs) heads-up.

IOPC #96 ₹6 Lakhs GTD was championed by Ajay ‘gabbarsingh’ Dhayal, who defeated ‘hook7’ (2nd for ₹85,440) heads-up to win ₹1.25 Lakhs.

After a fortnight of the IOPC, the leaderboard rankings stand as follows:

PokerBaazi

PokerBaazi`s Thursday flagship, the ₹20 Lakhs GTD The Summit, logged in 265 entries who ponied up the ₹8,250 buy-in, falling a marginal ₹12,500 short of the listed guarantee. After more than eight hours of grueling action, Harsh ‘100crdream’ Dembla came out on top defeating Spartan Poker pro Rubin ‘kornkid’ Labroo (2nd for ₹3.10 Lakhs) in heads-up. This was Dembla`s third time winning this tournament, and the title victory earned him ₹4.42 Lakhs.

The ₹10 Lakhs GTD IMPS#97 Highroller turned out to be a smashing hit as a packed field of 925 sign-ups helped generate a ₹18.50 Lakhs prize pool, and the top 108 places got paid. Capturing the title after almost a 10 hour-long grind was ‘blacksuit22,’ who took away ₹3.24 Lakhs in prize money. Vinay ‘vinay09’ Rajpal finished runner-up for ₹2.27 Lakhs.

The ₹5 Lakhs GTD Thursday MonsterStack was taken down by Ayush ‘Proman502’ Garg, who won ₹1.29 lakhs. Divij ‘divij24’ Soni finished runner-up for ₹90,150.

Adda52

Thursday marked the beginning of the ₹1 Crore GTD APF Full House. The first starting flight registered 205 entries, and only 23 among them made the cut for Day 2. Leading the group of advancing players was none other than MTT beast Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra (284,605). Online regs Gagandeep ‘gaganhyd’ Singh (240,932), and Mohit ‘Gandiaa’ Dhingra (220,134) carried the next top stacks.

The ₹30 Lakhs GTD APF Godfather found a winner in Aman ‘zontory’ Bhadu, who claimed ₹7.05 Lakhs after defeating Suresh ‘insanium’ Kolli (runner-up for ₹4.11 Lakhs)in the heads-up play. The ₹5,500 buy-in event registered a shortfall of ₹65,000 on the back of 587 entries.

The ₹11,000 buy-in APF Mega PLO ₹10 Lakhs GTD booked a loss of ₹2.10 Lakhs on the guarantee from a below-par turnout of 79 entries, and the top eight places finished ITM. Spartan Poker’s Super High Roller runner-up Siddarth ‘badtameez_donk’ Singhvi came out on top to win ₹2.30 Lakhs after a four-way deal with Ankit ‘helter_skelter’ Kapoor (runner-up for ₹2.09 Lakhs), ‘DADDY5050’ (3rd for ₹1.78 Lakhs) and Nikhil ‘crazy_coyote’ Ramesh (4th for ₹1.66 Lakhs).

PokerStars India

PokerStars India booked another losing day as the site`s ₹15 Lakhs GTD Highroller could only muster 205 entries to leave an overlay of ₹65,000. Outlasting the reg-laden field was PokerGuru Ambassador Vivek ‘Mystic Peaks’ Singh, who beat Young Gun Gaurav ‘3betPanda’ Sood (runner-up for ₹2.16 Lakhs) heads-up to win ₹2.94 Lakhs. Singh had a breakout Thursday as he also finished third in the Super High Roller on Spartan Poker for ₹16.01 Lakhs – adding almost ₹19 Lakhs to his bankroll in one night. He has crossed ₹3.64 Crores in recorded online winnings.

The ₹5 Lakhs GTD Battle Royale Mini fell ₹20,000 short of break-even on the back of 192 entries. Vaibhav ‘vaibsss’ Bhatia took down the title for ₹88,453 after a three-way deal with ‘SlickkkBob’ (2nd for ₹68,217) and ‘mohitg16’ (3rd for ₹55,040).

The other Thursday winners were:

IOPC Main Event – The Crown Day ₹3 Crores GTD Day 1D – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 230

Re-entries – 63

Re-buys – 116

Survivors – 54

The multi-flight IOPC Main Event – The Crown ₹3 Crores GTD added 409 contenders on Thursday, expanding the field to 1,770 entries. After about five hours of play, the field whittled down to 51 survivors. They will be joining the 161 qualifiers (Day 1A – 61, Day 1B – 49, and Day 1C – 51) from the three previous starting flights for Day 2 on Sunday.

The anonymous player‘dharatal’ bagged the most massive stack of 248,289 at the end of Day 1D. PokerGuru Ambassador Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved ended the day a close second with 248,083 in chips. Manish’potlords’ Gandhi rounded out the top three stacks with 222,580.

Amit ‘Immortal Killer’ Sur (213,718), Nishant ‘FunkyouFTW1’ Sharma (158,963), Kunal ‘TiltAtma’Patni (157,907) and Harsh ‘Anandilal Katpitiya’ Bubna (148,198) featured among the top 10 stacks of Day 1D.

Day 1B chip leader ‘AkqA’ (309,958) retains their position as the overall chip leader. The fifth starting flight of the IOPC Main Event, i.e., Day 1E, is scheduled to start at 6 PM today.

Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1D

1. dharatal – 248,289
2. Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved – 248,083
3. Manish ‘potlords’ Gandhi – 222,580
4. Amit ‘Immortal Killer’ Sur – 213,718
5. ephemeral – 195,814
6. Nishant ‘FunkyouFTW1’ Sharma – 158,963
7. Kunal ‘TiltAtma’ Patni – 157,907
8. Frank Lampard – 148,291
9. Harsh ‘Anandilal Katpitiya’ Bubna – 148,198
10. hendalson – 139,199

APF Full House ₹1 Crore GTD Day 1A – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 126

Re-entries – 79

Survivors – 23

The weekend headliner of the APF series, the ₹1 Crore GTD APF Full House, kicked off on Thursday with the first of its six starting flights.

Gathering 205 entries, Day 1A played out 29 ten-minute levels. In the end, only 23 survivors packed their bags and will return on Day 2.

Advancing with the most massive stack was MTT crusher Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra (284,605). Gagandeep ‘gaganhyd’ Singh (240,932) and Mohit ‘Gandiaa’ Dhingra (220,134) carried forward the next top stacks.

Faizan ‘realkidsanju’ Samad (196,220), Sandeep ‘thak’ Thakral (187,721), Sriharsha ‘Ivey2’ Doddapaneni (169,434), and Sahil ‘imhighishove’ Mahboobani (156,731) made up the top 10 chip counts on Day 1A.

Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1A

1. Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra – 284,605
2. Gagandeep ‘gaganhyd’ Singh – 240,932
3. Mohit ‘Gandiaa’ Dhingra – 220,134
4. Faizan ‘realkidsanju’ Samad – 196,220
5. gogikaran – 188,348
6. Sandeep ‘thak’ Thakral – 187,721
7. Sriharsha ‘Ivey2’ Doddapaneni – 169,434
8. Mohanpuvvada5 – 162,271
9. evrgreen70 – 160,528
10. Sahil ‘imhighishove’ Mahboobani – 156,731

IOPC #99 Super High Roller ₹1 Crore GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹1,05,000

Entries – 92

Re-entries – 43

Rebuys – 14

Prize Pool – ₹1,49,00,000

Places Paid – 20

Things got heat a notch higher on Spartan Poker last night after the IOPC #99 Super High Roller ₹1 Crore GTD commenced proceedings at 9 PM. The tournament drew 149 contenders (92 unique, 43 re-entries and 14 rebuys), enough to surpass its guarantee by more than 40%!

It took more than 10 hours for the dust to settle and taking home the lion’s share of prize money was Young Gun Anuj ‘tittooTauji’ Yadav. Yadav has several big scores to his name, and had four back months, captured The Millionaire Legends title for ₹42.93 Lakhs.

As fate would have it, Yadav, who had beat well-known reg Siddarth ‘PeterPunter’ Singhvi to the Millionaire title, clashed heads-up with him again yesterday. Denying Singhvi yet another major title, Yadav took it down for ₹35.76 Lakhs.

Singhvi secured a runner-up payday of ₹24.28 Lakhs.

The final table was replete with talent. Top regs like PokerGuru Ambassador Vivek ‘KasolHieghts’ Singh (3^rd for ₹16.01 Lakhs), Abhishek ‘MambaMentality’ Goindi (4^th for ₹13.23 Lakhs), bracelet winner Aditya ‘SuperuSer’ Sushant (7^th for ₹6.24 Lakhs), Raghav ‘thatssosick’ Bansal (8^th for ₹4.61 Lakhs) and Nitin ‘hoodlincs’ Jain (9^th for ₹3.57 Lakhs) FT-ed the tourney.

Other notables who finished ITM included Sahil ‘Variance’ Agarwal (10^th for ₹2.98 Lakhs), Anmol Agast ‘bemyfriend’ Srivats (12^th for ₹2.60 Lakhs), Young Gun Gaurav ‘mozzie17’ Sood (13^th for ₹2.60 Lakhs), PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja (14^th for ₹2.38 Lakhs), Nitish ‘buttonclicking’ Gupta (15^th for ₹2.38 Lakhs), India’s poker veteran Aditya ‘Yennefer’ Agarwal (16^th for ₹2.19 Lakhs), PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘Donkey07’ Munot (17^th for ₹2.19 Lakhs), Anant ‘Pro’ Purohit (19^th for ₹1.99 Lakhs) and Arjun ‘lol this guy’ Pasricha (20^th for ₹1.99 Lakhs).

Final Table Results

1. Anuj ‘titooTauji’ Yadav – ₹35,76,000
2. Siddarth ‘PeterPunter’ Singhvi – ₹24,28,700
3. Vivek ‘KasolHieghts’ Singh – ₹16,01,750
4. Abhishek ‘MambaMentality’ Goindi – ₹13,23,120
5. warrior123 – ₹10,62,370
6. ak457 – ₹8,32,910
7. Aditya ‘SuperuSer’ Sushant – ₹6,24,310
8. Raghav ‘thatssosick’ Bansal – ₹4,61,900
9. Nitin ‘hoodlincs’ Jain – ₹3,57,600

IOPC #98 Ultron ₹40 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in- ₹4,400

Entries – 490

Re-entries – 224

Rebuys – 341

Prize Pool – ₹42,20,000

Places Paid – 103

Starting an hour before the IOPC Super High Roller was the IOPC #98 Ultron that kicked off at 8 PM on Thursday. With 1,055 entries (490 unique, 224 re-entries, 341 rebuys) registering to play, the event rode past the break-even mark to collect a ₹42.20 Lakhs prize pool. Avadh ‘cateyes’ Shah juggernaut his way past the field and his heads-up rival Pranav ‘Boller’ Bagai (runner-up for ₹4.89 Lakhs) to emerge champion for ₹7.99 Lakhs. This has been a phenomenal week for Shah, who has already won two flagship IOPC tourneys this week.

PokerGuru Ambassador’s Ratul ‘Atriohm’ Steves (3^rd for ₹3.49 Lakhs) and Parikshit ‘zapdos1311’ Dhall (4^th for ₹2.64 Lakhs), alongside Suresh ‘pokergambit’ Kolli (5^th for ₹2.10 Lakhs), and Chirag ‘Sa$sY_ThaT’ Bhardwaj (9^th for ₹79,758) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Avadh ‘cateyes’ Shah – ₹7,99,268
2. Pranav ‘Boller’ Bagai – ₹4,89,098
3. Ratul ‘Atriohm’ Steves – ₹3,49,416
4. Parikshit ‘zapdos1311’ Dhall – ₹2,64,594
5. Suresh ‘pokergambit’ Kolli – ₹2,10,578
6. Bierre1 – ₹1,61,626
7. hawes – ₹1,16,894
8. Chirag ‘Sa$sY_ThaT’ Bhardwaj – ₹79,758
9. deranzzdd – ₹63,300

APF Godfather ₹30 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 282

Re-entries – 305

Prize Pool – ₹30,00,000

Places Paid – 63

Adda52’s Thursday marquee Godfather returned with the APF branding and a ₹30 Lakhs GTD last night. The ₹5,500 buy-in tourney failed to meet its advertised guarantee by ₹65,000 on the back of 587 entries (282 unique and 305 re-entries).

After nine hours and eleven minutes of play, Aman ‘zontory’ Bhadu outlasted all others to win the title and a site-best score worth ₹7.05 Lakhs. Bhadu defeated Suresh ‘insanium’ Kolli in the heads-up.The latter won ₹4.11 Lakhs for his runner-up finish.

The big names among the finalists included Srihari ‘zombieballs’ Bang (4^th for ₹2.10 Lakhs), Manish ‘newkidpoker’ Lakhotia (6^th for ₹1.05 Lakhs), Shashank ‘Goldfish03’ Shekhar (8^th for ₹60,000), and PokerGuru Ambassador’s Naresh ’emperor457′ Veeravalli (3^rd for ₹2.73 Lakhs), Laksh ‘BoomTilt23’ Pal Singh (7^th for ₹82,500).

Final Table Results

1. Aman ‘zontory’ Bhadu – ₹7,05,000
2. Suresh ‘insanium’ Kolli – ₹4,11,000
3. Naresh ’emperor457′ Veeravalli – ₹2,73,000
4. Srihari ‘zombieballs’ Bang – ₹2,10,000
5. TIMA1106 – ₹1,50,000
6. Manish ‘newkidpoker’ Lakhotia – ₹1,05,000
7. Laksh ‘BoomTilt23’ Pal Singh – ₹82,500
8. Shashank ‘Goldfish03’ Shekhar – ₹60,000
9. nitkat – ₹45,000

The Summit ₹20 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹8,250

Entries – 129

Re-entries – 136

Prize Pool – ₹20,00,000

Places Paid – 36

PokerBaazi’s Thursday prime time tourney, the ₹20 Lakhs GTD The Summit, drew 265 entries, leaving a small overlay of ₹12,500. The ₹8,250 buy-in event began at 8 PM, and it took nearly eight and a half hours to conclude.

It eventually crowned a champion in seasoned pro Harsh ‘100crdream’ Dembla, who defeated the IPC 2020 champion Rubin ‘kornkid’ Labroo (runner-up for ₹3.10 Lakhs) heads-up to stake a claim on the title and the ₹4.42 Lakhs first-place cash prize.

Other notables who got featured on the FT were Abhijith ‘Cherku95’ Cheruku (3rd for ₹1.99 Lakhs), Surbhit ‘grovahova’ Grover (5th for ₹1.11 Lakhs), Akshay ‘sherlock52’ Nasa (6th for ₹88,600), Haider ‘Haider’ Madraswala (7th for ₹73,600), Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia (8th for ₹59,000), and Sajjan ‘TheTeacher’ Barnwal (9th for ₹44,200).

Final Table Results

1. Harsh ‘100crdream’ Dembla – ₹4,42,000
2. Rubin ‘kornkid’ Labroo – ₹3,10,000
3. Abhijith ‘Cherku95’ Cheruku – ₹1,99,000
4. 82offsuit – ₹1,48,000
5. Surbhit ‘grovahova’ Grover – ₹1,11,000
6. Akshay ‘sherlock52’ Nasa – ₹88,600
7. Haider ‘Haider’ Madraswala – ₹73,600
8. Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia – ₹59,000
9. Sajjan ‘TheTeacher’ Barnwal – ₹44,200

IOPC#100 ₹15 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹3,300

Entries – 281

Re-entries – 78

Re-buys – 146

Prize Pool – ₹15,15,000

Places Paid – 47

The ₹15 Lakhs GTD IOPC#100 commenced at 9:30 PM, and by the time the late registration got over, the tourney had logged in 505 participants, sailing past its listed guarantee by ₹15,000.

After nearly eight hours of play, at around 4:57 AM on July 24, Nirmal ‘varonir’ Sankhla emerged as the champion. Sankhla had shipped IOPC#89 ₹4 Lakhs GTD on Wednesday for ₹77,400 and added a cool ₹2.95 Lakhs to his bankroll with this win.

It wasn’t an easy title for Sankhla to win as he had to fend off former Millionaire Main event champion Anurag ‘Norman Bates’ Srivastava in the heads-up showdown. In the end, Srivastava was relegated to the runner-up spot for a ₹1.87 Lakhs payday. Srivastava now has ₹3.76 Crores in recorded online cashes, out of which ₹2.04 Crores he has earned in 2020 alone.

Former SSS Millionaire champion Pulkit ‘Championplayer’ Goyal (3^rd for ₹1.40 Lakhs), Bhola’ziggy124′ Sharma (5^th for ₹89,688) and the current IOPC leaderboard topper Bhanu ‘spectre’ Prakash (7^th for ₹50,298) posted FT scores.

Final Table Results

1. Nirmal ‘varonir’ Sankhla – ₹2,95,274
2. Anurag ‘Norman Bates’ Srivastava – ₹1,87,557
3. Pulkit ‘Championplayer’ Goyal – ₹1,40,592
4. bluffer – ₹1,13,777
5. Bhola ‘ziggy124’ Sharma – ₹89,688
6. BANK$Y – ₹68,478
7. Bhanu ‘spectre’ Prakash – ₹50,298
8. rohit0004 – ₹36,966
9. strike12 – ₹30,300

Highroller ₹15 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹7,700

Entries – 111

Re-entries – 94

Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000

Places Paid – 34

Grabbing the spotlight on PokerStars India was the ₹15 Lakhs GTD Highroller. Sporting a buy-in of ₹7,700, the event fell ₹65,000 short of meeting its advertised guarantee on the back of 205 registrations.

Akshay ‘youcantcallme’ Nasa was the last one to fall out empty-handed, assuring the remaining 34 players a min-cash worth ₹13,415.

PokerGuru Ambassador Vivek ‘mystic peaks’ Singh prevailed over Young Gun Gaurav ‘3betPanda’ Sood (runner-up for ₹2.17 Lakhs) heads-up to win ₹2.95 Lakhs.

This is the third time that Singh has won this event and that too in back-to-back weeks. On June 25, he had won this event for the first time for ₹3.01 Lakhs. Then last week, i.e., on July 16, he won₹2.95 Lakhs for taking down this event for a second time.

Singh had a breakout Thursday as he also placed third in Spartan Poker’s IOPC Super High Roller for a career-best₹16.01 Lakhs, adding almost ₹19 Lakhs to his bankroll. His blistering Thursday run saw his online tally cross₹3.8 Crores in winnings.

Varun ‘wardev’ Devayya (4^th for ₹1.18 Lakhs), Goonjan ‘gmtesting.ind’ Mall (5^th for ₹86,723), Shrey ‘pandeyshrey33’ Pandey (6^th for ₹63,882), Anmol ‘freak_weird0’ Agarwal (8^th for ₹34,663), and Sagar ‘sagarpupull’ Choudhury (9^th for ₹30,267) posted FT scores.

Final Table Results

1. Vivek ‘Mystic Peaks’ Singh – ₹2,94,543
2. Gaurav ‘3betPanda’ Sood – ₹2,16,968
3. yash1805 – ₹1,59,824
4. Varun ‘wardev’ Devayya – ₹1,17,730
5. Goonjan ‘gmtesting.ind’ Mall – ₹86,723
6. Shrey ‘pandeyshrey33’ Pandey – ₹63,882
7. muttonmm – ₹47,057
8. Anmol ‘freak_weird0’ Agarwal – ₹34,663
9. Sagar ‘sagarpupull’ Choudhury – ₹30,267

IMPS#97 HighRoller ₹10 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 687

Re-entries – 238

Prize Pool – ₹18,50,000

Places Paid – 108

The big-ticket tourney at PokerBaazi`s IMPS, the IMPS#97 HighRoller ₹10 Lakhs GTD,attracted 905 hopefuls. Generating a guarantee-crushing prize pool worth ₹18.50 Lakhs, the event paid out 108 places.

It took almost ten hours from start to finish. Eventually, mystery user ‘blacksuit22’ clinched the title and the top prize of ₹3.24 Lakhs after beating his heads-up rival and Wednesday’s Night on Stars ₹8 Lakhs GTD champion ‘Vinay ‘vinay09’ Rajpal’ (2^nd for ₹1.65 Lakhs).

Suraj ‘Walao’ Nameirakpam (6th for ₹65,490), and Sankalp ‘Wobbegong’ Marwah (8th for ₹43,110) posted FT scores.

Final Table Results

1. blacksuit22 – ₹3,24,000
2. Vinay ‘vinay09’ Rajpal – ₹2,27,000
3. Bunny2017 – ₹1,47,000
4. Sumitsingh199 – ₹1,08,000
5. truman – ₹81,030
6. Suraj ‘Walao’ Nameirakpam – ₹65,490
7. Ishan23269 – ₹54,210
8. Sankalp ‘Wobbegong’ Marwah – ₹43,110
9. guggu – ₹32,380

IOPC#101 Destiny – IOPC Edition ₹10 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 266

Re-entries – 79

Re-buys – 156

Prize Pool – ₹10,02,000

Places Paid – 50

The ever-popular Destiny hosted yet another IOPC Edition last night, running with a ₹10 Lakhs guarantee. A total of 501 contenders ponied up the ₹2,200 buy-in.

Shashank ‘Goldfish097’ Shekhar took down the event for ₹2.60 Lakhs, after besting PokerGuru Ambassador Naresh ‘FreeFlow’ Veeravalli (runner-up for ₹1.58 Lakhs) heads-up. This win was a welcome one for Shekhar, who had won his last title on Spartan Poker over a month back in the Sunday SuperStack ₹35 Lakhs GTD for ₹7.39 Lakhs, which happens to be his biggest score on the site, thus far.

Sanjay ‘Apollo1’ Taneja (4^th for ₹66,132), Young Gun Siddharth ‘schemer77’ Karia (5^th for ₹42,084) and Ankur ‘Crimemastergogo’ Sehgal (9^th for ₹19,038) FT-ed the event.

Final Table Results

1. Shashank ‘Goldfish097’ Shekhar – ₹2,60,520
2. Naresh ‘FreeFlow’ Veeravalli – ₹1,58,947
3. corona virus – ₹92,685
4. Sanjay ‘Apollo1’ Taneja – ₹66,132
5. Siddharth ‘schemer77’ Karia – ₹42,084
6. drpokerabc – ₹35,070
7. GoldSpot – ₹25,050
8. Nooper – ₹22,044
9. Ankur ‘Crimemastergogo’ Sehgal – ₹19,038

APF Mega PLO ₹10 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 45

Re-entries – 34

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 8

The other marquee event to play out on Adda52 was the ₹10 Lakhs GTD APF Mega PLO. The event managed to register 79 entries, to book an overlay of ₹2.10 Lakhs.

It took six hours for Siddarth ‘badtameez_donk’ Singhvi to make his way to the top, and he banked ₹2.31 Lakhs for his trailblazing run. A four-way FT deal saw Ankit ‘helter_skelter’ Kapoor (runner-up for ₹2.09 Lakhs), ‘DADDY5050’ (3rd for ₹1.78 Lakhs), and Nikhil ‘crazy_coyote’ Ramesh (4th for ₹1.67 Lakhs) winning the other top scores.

It was a red-letter Thursday for Singhvi, who came close to winning two flagship titles yesterday. His biggest haul of the day came from his runner-up finish in SpartanPoker’s IOPC #99 – Super High Roller for ₹24.28 Lakhs. With ₹26.50 Lakhs in winnings last night, he has crossed ₹3.86 Crores in lifetime cashes.

Other notable pros at the final table were Armaan ‘tandavam’ Kochhar (5th for ₹90,000), Neeraj ‘kumartomar’ Kumar (6th for ₹55,000), and Deepak ‘Peacelover’ Singh (8th for ₹30,000).

Final Table Results

1. Siddarth ‘badtameez_donk’ Singhvi – ₹2,30,613*
2. Ankit ‘helter_skelter’ Kapoor – ₹2,09,234*
3. DADDY5050 – ₹1,78,331*
4. Nikhil ‘crazy_coyote’ Ramesh – ₹1,66,822*
5. Armaan ‘tandavam’ Kochhar – ₹90,000
6. Neeraj ‘kumartomar’ Kumar – ₹55,000
7. mannu425 – ₹40,000
8. Deepak ‘Peacelover’ Singh – ₹30,000
   *denotes four-way deal

IOPC #96 ₹6 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 182

Re-entries – 71

Rebuys – 134

Prize Pool – ₹6,00,000

Places Paid – 31

Topping a field of 387 entries, Ajay ‘gabbarsingh’ Dhayal captured the IOPC#96 ₹6 Lakhs GTD title for ₹1.25 Lakhs. The event had an overlay of ₹19,500 and paid out 31 places.

Bhanu ‘spectre’ Prakash (3^rd for ₹60,240) and Shashank ‘westworld’ Jain (6^th for ₹28,086) posted FT finishes.

Final Table Results

1. Ajay ‘gabbarsingh’ Dhayal – ₹1,25,496
2. hook7 – ₹85,440
3. Bhanu ‘spectre’ Prakash – ₹60,240
4. BeastHunter – ₹48,840
5. isildurr_5 – ₹38,640
6. Shashank ‘westworld’ Jain – ₹28,086
7. sandhyadixit11 – ₹21,420
8. mariokart – ₹14,406
9. hellhell – ₹12,960

Thursday MonsterStack ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 90

Re-entries – 58

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 18

The ₹5 Lakhs GTD Thursday MonsterStack pulled in 148 entries to witness a massive overlay of ₹1.30 Lakhs, and the top 18 places benefitted from the value added by the site.

Racing past the competition was circuit regular Ayush ‘Proman502’ Garg, who collected the most significant chunk of the prize pool worth ₹1.29 Lakhs. The runner-up, Divij ‘divij24’ Soni earned ₹90,150 in prize money.

Former Millionaire champion Anurag ’13anurag’ Srivastava (5th for ₹32,200), Mohak ‘Tiltin’ Kapoor (6th for ₹25,750), Ritwik ‘Ritwikkhanna’ Khanna (7th for ₹21,400), and Pranav ‘pranavpoker’ Khandalkar (9th for ₹12,850) posted final table scores.

Final Table Results

1. Ayush ‘Proman502’ Garg – ₹1,29,000
2. Divij ‘divij24’ Soni – ₹90,150
3. money1980 – ₹58,000
4. shashank171992 – ₹42,950
5. Anurag ’13anurag’ Srivastava – ₹32,200
6. Mohak ‘Tiltin’ Kapoor – ₹25,750
7. Ritwik ‘Ritwikkhanna’ Khanna – ₹21,400
8. kc30 – ₹17,150
9. Pranav ‘pranavpoker’ Khandalkar – ₹12,850

Battle Royale Mini ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 126

Re-entries – 66

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 31

PokerStars India’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Battle Royale Mini drew 192 runners in its latest run, suffering an overlay of ₹20,000. The tournament played down to a three-way deal that handed out the title and the top prize of ₹88,453 to Vaibhav ‘vaibsss’ Bhatia. ‘SlickkkBob’ (2^nd for ₹68,217) and ‘mohitg16’ (3^rd for ₹55,040) finished in close distance.

The other known players on the FT were, Akshay ‘powershell42’ Asawa (5^th for ₹23,490), Anmol ‘freak_weird0’ Agarwal (8^th for ₹11,633) and Varun ‘wardev’ Devayya (9^th for ₹9,567).

Final Table Results

1. Vaibhav ‘vaibsss’ Bhatia – ₹88,453*
2. SlickkkBob – ₹68,217*
3. mohitg16 – ₹55,040*
4. max2172 – ₹29,487
5. Akshay ‘powershell42’ Asawa – ₹23,490
6. Hushpoke – ₹17,081
7. Nitin&AMIT9999 – ₹17,644
8. Anmol ‘freak_weird0’ Agarwal – ₹11,633
9. Varun ‘wardev’ Devayya – ₹9,567

*denotes three-way deal

Warrior Arena ₹1.2 Lakhs GTD – Poker Dangal

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 82

Re-buys – 31

Prize Pool – ₹1,20,000

Places Paid – 17

Poker Dangal’s ₹1.2 Lakhs GTD Warrior Arena was taken down by ‘Vijay0709,’ who received a paycheque worth ₹28,800.

The event fell short by marginal ₹7,000 to meet the posted guarantee, after attracting 113 players.

Bidya ‘Ankit420’ Shankar placed 4th for ₹10,800, and site regular Lalit ‘MsDhoni07’ Devpal finished eighth for ₹3,300.

Grinder 2.0 NLHE ₹20K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹275

Entries – 38

Re-buys – 27

Prize Pool – ₹20,000

Places Paid – 7

Khelo365’s ₹20K GTD Grinder 2.0 NLHE was taken down by site regular ‘Kalika,’ who fired two bullets to win the title and ₹7,200 in prize money.

Hitman PLO ₹30K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 27

Re-buys – 20

Prize Pool – ₹30,000

Places Paid – 5

The ₹30K GTD Hitman PLO was championed by ‘nishant24k,’ who defeated ‘theuglykid’ heads-up to win ₹12,000. The latter fired 4 bullets and eventually walked away with ₹6,900 in prize money.

This report was updated at 3:30 PM on 24.07.2020.

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