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While it was an action-packed Sunday on the virtual felts, an abundance of flagship tourneys across platforms divided the online traffic leading to several marquees suffering overlays. One of India’s leading poker pros, Sriharsha Doddapaneni, banked the single-largest score on Sunday after he took down Spartan Poker’s FMS Main Event for an impressive payout of ₹8.12 Lakhs! Abhishek Goindi, Kunal Patni, Aditya Sushant, and Ritwik Khanna were the other big winners last night.
Here is a complete recap of what went down yesterday!
Spartan Poker
The second edition of the Freezeout Master Series (FMS) came to a thundering close on Spartan Poker last night. The showstopper of the series, the ₹50 Lakhs GTD FMS Main Event that had pulled in 456 entries, across three starting flights, registered a significant overlay worth ₹4.40 Lakhs. The ₹11,000 entry buy-in ultimately crowned a champion in one of the country’s most recognized poker pros, Sriharsha ‘Potato Player’ Doddapaneni!
The well-known reg trounced a final table comprising the likes of PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer ‘bazzingaa’ Singh Chadha (5th for ₹2.72 Lakhs), Mohit ‘ro3bet’ Goyal (6th for ₹2.13 Lakhs), Guruprasad ‘DONKAKING’ Gupta (7th for ₹1.60 Lakhs), Rishab ‘NoChanc3’ Malik (8th for ₹1.14 Lakhs) and Pulkit ‘Championplayer’ Goyal (9th for ₹91,000). In the end, Doddapaneni struck a heads-up deal with ‘$ura13’ (runner-up for ₹7.65 Lakhs) to claim the top prize worth ₹8.12 Lakhs! Incidentally, Doddapaneni also final tabled PokerStars India’s Sunday Highroller, placing seventh for ₹57,448. His cumulative score for the night stood tall at ₹8.69 Lakhs, taking his overall online record to ₹3.28 Crores.
The other big-ticket event on Spartan Poker, the ₹35 Lakhs GTD Sunday SuperStack, garnered 716 entrants to comfortably sail past its advertised guarantee. Well known poker coach and the co-founder of Poker Bootcamp India, Abhishek ‘MambaMentality’ Goindi, championed the tourney and bested ‘monuguru’ (runner-up for ₹4.36 Lakhs) heads-up to claim a winner’s paycheque worth ₹6.92 Lakhs.
Adda52
Adda52’s Sunday extravaganza, the ₹30 Lakhs GTD Mega Suits, locked in 556 entries, with the site having to fill in a deficit of ₹2.2 Lakhs. Following eight hours of intense play, the anonymous user ‘shiven999’ emerged victorious to win ₹4.81 Lakhs. A four-way deal saw Young Gun Kanchan ‘thandicoke’ Sharma (runner-up for ₹3.97 Lakhs), Abhishek ‘thegrinder’ Garg (3rd for ₹3.64 Lakhs), and Sanket ‘blackcod’ Arora (4th for ₹3.57 Lakhs) banking the other top scores.
The ₹25 Lakhs GTD Adda52 Millions was also hit by the overlay express after experiencing a shortfall of ₹3.3 Lakhs on the back of 217 entries. Kunal ‘kunalpatni’ Patni persisting with his fantastic form, shipped the tourney for ₹5.02 Lakhs, after agreeing to a three-way deal with Sreekanth ‘n0thing’ Narayan (runner-up for ₹4.69 Lakhs), and Harsh ‘BuddhaBhikari’ Dembla (3rd for ₹4.15 Lakhs).
Besides the Adda52 Millions, Patni also final tabled PokerBaazi’s BSS SuperStack, finishing fifth for ₹1.21 Lakhs, ending his night with ₹6.24 Lakhs in total winnings. With this win, Patni is a just a hair’s breadth away from reaching the ₹3 Crore-mark in lifetime earnings and presently has online winnings worth ₹2.94 Crores.
Adda52’s ₹15 Lakhs GTD Big Slick continued the overlay trend. The ₹2,500 entry buy-in tourney fell ₹2.85 Lakhs short of its proposed guarantee after clocking in 540 entries. Last Thursday’s ₹22.5 Lakhs GTD The Ballers runner-up, Anuj ‘chocha’ Manocha, took down the tourney for ₹2.52 Lakhs. Before capturing the title, Manocha agreed to a three-way that saw 2019 IPC ₹100K HighRoller champion Pranay ‘setmeup’ Chawla (runner-up for ₹1.94 Lakhs) and Sagar ‘alwaysnutz’ Choudhury (3rd for ₹1.85 Lakhs) also walk away with hefty payouts.
The ₹5 Lakhs GTD Hurricane was shipped by ‘Chemdawg’ for ₹1.04 Lakhs after a three-way deal with ‘Cashton’ (runner-up for ₹87,278) and Suraj ‘Bugsbunny08’ Rathi (3rd for ₹73,771).
PokerBaazi
Running from 7 PM to 3 AM, the Sunday staple tournament on PokerBaazi, the ₹25 Lakhs GTD BSS SuperStack, just about managed to hit the break-even mark, after precisely 500 participants ponied up the ₹5,500 entry buy-in. Shashank ‘Iverson003’ Shekhar juggernaut to the top of the field to clinch the ₹4.85 Lakhs first-place cash prize. Guruprasad ‘fish_calling’ Gupta came in second for ₹3.40 Lakhs. Shekhar now has ₹82.91 Lakhs in recorded online winnings.
PokerBaazi regular Ritwik ‘Ritwikkhanna’ Khanna championed two tourneys on the site yesterday. He traversed a player pool of 282 entries in the ₹8 Lakhs GTD BSS MegaStack to book a winner’s payday of ₹1.76 Lakhs. Khanna also went on to take down the ₹5 Lakhs GTD BSS Monster 6-Max for ₹1.20 Lakhs. With another 11th place finish in Spartan Poker`s Sunday SuperStack for ₹54, 058, he banked over ₹3.50 Lakhs yesterday to cross ₹75 Lakhs in recorded earnings.
PokerStars India
PokerStars India’s ₹18 Lakhs GTD Sunday Special Progressive KO dragged in 345 entries to experience a shortfall of ₹75,000. The country`s first WSOP bracelet winner Aditya ‘serendipity789’ Sushant, took down the ₹5,500 entry buy-in tourney for ₹3.54 Lakhs after besting the former Millionaire Main Event champion Anurag ‘GutshotHaiBro’ Srivastava (runner-up for ₹1.81 Lakhs) heads-up. This win padded Sushant’s online tally to ₹3.70 Crores.
The other headline Sunday tourney on PokerStars India, the ₹15 Lakhs GTD Sunday Highroller, managed to escape the overlay curse. As 155 contenders coughed up the ₹11,000 entry buy-in, the event comfortably surpassed its listed guarantee, eventually posting a ₹15.50 Lakhs prize pool. The first-ever INCOOP Main Event champion, Sanish ‘sneakysani’ Chhabra, claimed yet another title on the PokerStars India platform by shipping the Sunday Highroller for ₹3.13 Lakhs. Young Gun Arsh ‘BiggggTymeR’ Grover, presently ranked #2 on the annual leaderboard, finished runner-up for ₹2.36 Lakhs.
Pocket52
Pocket52’s Ship-It series is now on its last legs and the final ₹15 Lakhs GTD Pocket Aces of this series played out last night. Attracting 319 entries, the event had an overlay of ₹2.24 Lakhs. PokerBaazi’s Game Changer 4.0 runner-up, Mohak ‘Tiltin’ Kapoor decimated the competition and banked the ₹3 Lakhs top prize, just as ‘Durr’ placed second for ₹2.25 Lakhs.
The mystery user ‘G6049080K’ won Pocket52’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD The Bracelet for ₹1 Lakh and gold worth ₹50,000!
The other Sunday winners were:
Player | Prize Money | Event | Poker Site |
---|---|---|---|
Dhinesh ‘kendralust’ Kumar | ₹86,400 | FMS#19 Monster Stack ₹3.6 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
Rishab ‘NoChanc3’ Malik | ₹81,840 | Sunday Monster Stack ₹4 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
Prafull 'BulletsBaby' Hasbe | ₹54,931 | Holdem Bash ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
SeaFish | ₹45,321 | Sunday PKO ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD | PokerDangal |
redbow9158 | ₹42,000 | IMPS#63 ₹2 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
fortunemaker | ₹41,600 | Big Bang ₹1 Lakh GTD | Khelo365 |
Tinku14 | ₹35,000 | IMPS#62 Daily ₹2 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
Shashank ‘badmash’ Charvey | ₹34,500 | Pocket Dinner ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD | Pocket52 |
Harsh ‘Kakori kabab’ Dembla | ₹34,413 | Sunday Stars – The Sunday Stars ₹2,200 NLHE ₹2 Lakhs GTD | PokerStars India |
Niteen ‘niteenplus’ Raj | ₹34,000 | Pocket Lunch 1.5 Lakhs GTD | Pocket52 |
Siddharth ‘bluffMyNuts’ Mehndiratta | ₹31,837 | Reloaded ₹2 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
prabhat64 | ₹18,878 | Sunday Storm ₹2 Lakhs GTD | PokerStars India |
Jhalmanjhi | ₹18,000 | Dominator ₹50K GTD | Khelo365 |
nishantdreams | ₹6,800 | Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD | Khelo365 |
FMS Main Event ₹50 Lakhs GTD Day 2 – Spartan Poker
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 456
Prize Pool – ₹50,00,000
Places Paid – 63
The showstopper at the second edition of the FMS series, the ₹50 Lakhs GTD FMS Main Event, logged in 456 hopefuls (Day 1A – 141, Day 1B – 123, and Day 1C – 192) across three starting flights to post an overlay worth ₹4.40 Lakhs.
After four hours and twenty-three minutes of play on Sunday, MTT pro Sriharsha ‘Potato Player’ Doddapaneni trounced the competition to win the FMS Main Event title for ₹8.12 Lakhs following a heads-up deal with ‘$ura13’ (runner-up for ₹7.65 Lakhs).
Doddapaneni posted a second FT score yesterday, placing seventh in PokerStars India’s Sunday Highroller for ₹57,448. His cumulative score on Sunday stood at ₹8.69 Lakhs, pushing his overall online record to ₹3.28 Crores.
PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer ‘bazzingaa’ Singh Chadha (5th for ₹2.72 Lakhs), Mohit ‘ro3bet’ Goyal (6th for ₹2.13 Lakhs), Guruprasad ‘DONKAKING’ Gupta (7th for ₹1.60 Lakhs), Rishab ‘NoChanc3’ Malik (8th for ₹1.14 Lakhs), and Pulkit ‘Championplayer’ Goyal (9th for ₹91,000) FT-ed the tourney!
Final Table Results
*denotes a heads-up deal
Sunday SuperStack ₹35 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 323
Re-entries – 122
Re-buys – 271
Prize Pool – ₹35,80,000
Places Paid – 63
The ₹35 Lakhs GTD Sunday SuperStack on Spartan Poker attracted 716 entries to surpass its advertised guarantee by ₹80,000. Outlasting the guarantee-busting field was poker coach and the co-founder of Poker Bootcamp India, Abhishek ‘MambaMentality’ Goindi, who beat ‘monuguru’ (runner-up for ₹4.37 Lakhs) heads-up to win ₹6.93 Lakhs.
Vaibhav ‘BeBoT’ Sharma (3rd for ₹3.13 Lakhs), Young Gun Gaurav ‘mozzie17’ Sood (5th for ₹1.95 Lakhs), Pulkit ‘Championplayer’ Goyal (6th for ₹1.52 Lakhs), Umang ‘Umang94’ Kakarania (7th for ₹1.14 Lakhs), Sumit ‘Sands Myth’ Sapra (8th for ₹81,624), and Vinayak ‘haayegarmi’ Bajaj (9th for ₹65,156) posted FT scores.
Final Table Results
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Total Entries – 299
Re-entries – 257
Prize Pool – ₹30,00,000
Places Paid – 63
The Sunday marquee tourney on the site, the ₹30 Lakhs GTD Mega Suits, pulled in 556 entries, leaving a ₹2.20 Lakhs shortfall to be filled by the site.
The 7 PM tourney took over eight hours of running time to crown a winner. Following a four-way deal, ‘shiven999’ was the last player standing to win a site-best ₹4.81 Lakhs. This was the player’s second title under this moniker, pushing their recorded winnings on Adda52 to ₹7.61 Lakhs (₹4.73 Lakhs in profits).
The other beneficiaries of the deal were Young Gun Kanchan ‘thandicoke’ Sharma (runner-up for ₹3.97 Lakhs), Abhishek ‘thegrinder’ Garg (3rd for ₹3.64 Lakhs), and Sanket ‘blackcod’ Arora (4th for ₹3.57 Lakhs).
PokerGuru Ambassador Madhav ‘madzoopa’ Gupta (6th for ₹1.05 Lakhs) and Alankar ‘carrick16’ Choudhary (7th for ₹82,500) also FT-ed the tourney!
Final Table Results
*denotes a four-way deal
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 122
Re-entries – 95
Prize Pool – ₹25,00,000
Places Paid – 24
The ₹25 Lakhs GTD Adda52 Millions drew 217 entrants who ponied the ₹11,000 entry buy-in, resulting in a significant ₹3.30 Lakhs shortfall.
The tourney started at 8 PM and went on till 4:05 AM. When all was done, MTT pro Kunal ‘kunalpatni’ Patni emerged victorious following up a three-way deal with Sreekanth ‘n0thing’ Narayan (runner-up for ₹4.69 Lakhs), and Harsh ‘BuddhaBhikari’ Dembla (3rd for ₹4.15 Lakhs) to win ₹5.03 Lakhs.
Patni posted a second FT finish yesterday in PokerBaazi’s BSS SuperStack, placing 5th for ₹1.22 Lakhs. Patni is among the 19 players on the annual leaderboard sitting with over ₹2 Crores in recorded winnings this year. His lifetime MTT scores are now ₹2.94 Crores, putting him within touching distance of entering the “₹3 Crores Club.”
Naresh ‘fireexit’ Rathnam went out in 7th place for ₹81,250 to set up the six-handed final table.
The other prominent players on the final table were Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra (4th for ₹2.15 Lakhs), Raghav ‘balugawhale’ Bansal (5th for ₹1.50 Lakhs), and Shravan ‘sweatmyass13’ Chhabria (6th for ₹1.06 Lakhs).
Final Table Results
*denotes a three-way deal
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 244
Re-entries – 256
Prize Pool – ₹25,00,000
Places Paid – 63
The ₹5,500 entry buy-in BSS SuperStack returned for another Sunday run on PokerBaazi last night. Starting at 7 PM, the tourney attracted a field of 500 entries (244 unique and 256 re-entries) by the time registrations closed, collecting an exact ₹25 Lakhs to meet its guarantee.
Racing to the top of the field to eventually claim the title and the ₹4.85 Lakhs up-top after the eight-hour-long battle was Shashank ‘Iverson003’ Shekhar.
Shekhar had a formidable heads-up opponent in Guruprasad ‘fish_calling’ Gupta, but the latter fell out in the runner-up spot, conceding to a ₹3.40 Lakhs payout.
The win brings Shekhar closer to the ₹1 Crore mark in recorded earnings since he now has more than ₹82.91 Lakhs in recorded lifetime scores across the major domestic sites.
Young Gun Siddharth ‘schemer’ Karia (5th for ₹2.19 Lakhs), former Adda52 pro Kunal ‘VasooliChacha’ Patni (5th for ₹1.21 Lakhs), Harshad ‘omglukbox’ Barve (7th for ₹81,250), Arvind ‘BigRedShove’ Halaharvi (8th for ₹64,750) and Jagat ‘jk307’ Bhandari (9th for ₹48,750) were the other known players who final tabled the event.
Final Table Results
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 203
Re-entries – 142
Total Prize Pool – ₹18,00,000
Regular Prize Pool – ₹9,37,500
Bounty Prize Pool – ₹8,62,500
Places Paid – 55
The ₹18 Lakhs GTD Sunday Special Progressive KO drew 345 entries (203 unique and 142 re-entries) last night, falling ₹75,000 short of the break-even mark.
Former bracelet champion Aditya ‘serendipity789’ Sushant proved the last man standing and captured the event for ₹3.54 Lakhs (₹1.75 Lakhs in prize money, and ₹1.79 Lakhs in bounties).
Sushant had in July, placed seventh in the ₹1 Crore GTD IOPC #99 Super High Roller on Spartan Poker for ₹6.24 Lakhs. His tally of recorded online scores has now grown to almost ₹3.7 Crores.
Former Millionaire champion Anurag ‘GutshotHaiBro’ Srivastava finished runner-up for ₹1.81 Lakhs (₹1.27 Lakhs in prizes, ₹53,789 in bounties).
The top 55 places got paid. Among those who were able to make it to the FT were Rohit ‘kudos0202’ Behal (6th for ₹53,443) and Rajat Singh ‘Rsd1207’ Dhingra (7th for ₹29,666).
Final Table Results
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 96
Re-entries – 59
Prize Pool – ₹15,50,000
Places Paid – 26
The ₹15 Lakhs GTD Sunday Highroller was the other big Sunday highlight on PokerStars India. The tournament began at 7.30 PM, attracting 155 entries (96 unique and 59 re-entries) to the virtual felts. While the prize pool guarantee was surpassed by five buy-ins, taking it down after seven hours of battle was Sanish ‘sneakysani’ Chhabra.
Chhabra hit the headlines last Tuesday after he captured the first-ever INCOOP Main Event ₹1 Crore GTD for ₹14.52 Lakhs. He defeated Young Gun Arsh ‘BiggggTymeR’ Grover (runner-up for ₹2.36 Lakhs) in the heads-up showdown to capture the top prize of ₹3.13 Lakhs.
Sanat ‘durrsanta’ Mehrotra (3rd for ₹1.77 Lakhs), PokerGuru Ambassador Vishal ‘Vishalb22’ Bajaj (4th for ₹1.34 Lakhs), Young Gun Anmol ‘Kaanchacheena’ Mehta (6th for ₹76,210), Sriharsha ‘1ll|1ll1|ll1|’ Doddapaneni (7th for ₹57,448), Chandan ‘RunBarryRun’ Arora (8th for ₹43,305) and Shailesh ‘ArithemeticMean’ Patel (9th for ₹32,644) also final tabled the event.
Final Table Results
Buy-in – ₹4,400
Entries – 211
Re-entries – 108
Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000
Places Paid – 49
The marquee event on Pocket52’s Sunday schedule, the ₹15 Lakhs GTD Pocket Aces, witnessed another massive overlay of ₹2.24 Lakhs from 319 entries.
The Game Changer 4.0 runner-up, Mohak ‘Tiltin’ Kapoor, benefitted the most as he shipped the event, banking ₹3 Lakhs in first-place prize money. ‘Durr’ placed second and walked away with an equally hefty ₹2.25 Lakhs runner-up payday.
Pocket52 regular Somesh ‘JackNotMa’ Patel placed fifth for ₹67,500.
Final Table Results
Buy-in – ₹2,500
Entries – 341
Re-entries – 199
Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000
Places Paid – 55
Adda52’s ₹15 Lakhs GTD Big Slick started at 6 PM, and by the time late registrations got over three-and-half hours later, the tourney lobby displayed 540 entries. The site had to fill in a significant overlay worth ₹2.85 Lakhs.
After deciding upon a three-way deal, Anuj ‘chocha’ Manocha championed the tourney, edging past Pranay ‘setmeup’ Chawla (runner-up for ₹1.94 Lakhs) and Sagar ‘alwaysnutz’ Choudhury (3rd for ₹1.85 Lakhs) to collect ₹2.52 Lakhs in first-place prize money along with the title. After this latest victory, Manocha has boosted his lifetime recorded earnings to ₹31.59 Lakhs.
Abhishek ‘thegrinder’ Garg (4th for ₹1.09 Lakhs), Sourabh ‘ravenclaw410’ Gehlot (6th for ₹58,896), and PokerGuru Ambassador Devvrat ‘glitch_d’ Arya (8th for ₹31,644) also FT-ed the event.
Final Table Results
*denotes a three-way deal
Buy-in – ₹550
Total Entries – 1,777
Total Re-entries – 730
Prize Pool – ₹12,54,000
Places Paid – 264
One of the featured tourneys at the second edition of the Indian Micro Poker Series (IMPS), the ₹10 Lakhs GTD IMPS Mini Main Event, played down to a winner yesterday. The ₹550 entry buy-in event had recorded 2,507 entries to collect a guarantee-smashing ₹12.54 Lakhs.
After almost eight hours of Day 2 play, mystery user ‘VINAY7690’ edged past their competition, including ‘rahulx’ (runner-up for ₹1.67 Lakhs) in the heads-up finale, to win the title for ₹2.25 Lakhs.
Harrish ‘Realfc’ Chaudary (4th for ₹91,882) and Raghav ‘Ragtag24’ Wahi (8th for ₹31,964) were the two known players on the FT.
Final Table Results
Buy-in – ₹2,750
Entries – 162
Re-entries – 120
Prize Pool – ₹8,00,000
Places Paid – 36
PokerBaazi’s ₹8 Lakhs GTD BSS MegaStack clocked in 282 entries who bought-in for ₹2,750 each. However, it wasn’t enough to prevent an overlay worth ₹95,000.
Capturing the title after the seven-hour long grind was MTT reg and poker streamer Ritwik ‘Ritwikkhanna’ Khanna. He walked away with ₹1.76 Lakhs in prize money after defeating an unknown player ‘Rohit79singh’ (runner-up for ₹79,760) heads-up. This was the most significant of Khanna’s three deep runs on Sunday that fetched him over ₹3.50 Lakhs in earnings.
PokerGuru Ambassador Vivek ‘Nutpeddling729’ Singh (3rd for ₹79,760), Bhanu ‘Chennaino1’ Prakash KC (4th for ₹59,040), Suresh ‘oil_trader’ Kolli (6th for ₹35,440), and Mahesh ‘mahikalra’ Shyamsundar (7th for ₹29,440) FT-ed the tourney.
Final Table Results
Buy-in – ₹2,750
Entries – 122
Re-entries – 72
Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Places Paid – 24
The ₹5 Lakhs GTD BSS MonsterStack 6-Max attracted 194 entries, booking a marginal overlay of ₹15,000. The top 24 places got paid.
Topping the field for the second time on Sunday was MTT reg Ritwik ‘Ritwikkhanna’ Khanna, who padded his poker wallet by ₹1.20 Lakhs. The Game Changer 2.0 and Adda52’s Full House Finale ₹1 Crore GTD champion Shagun ‘sogani22’ Jain finished runner-up for ₹84,650.
The other known FT finishers were Dinesh ‘Daddu26’ Singh (3rd for ₹54,400), Priyank ‘Piko1432’ Kothari (4th for ₹40,300), PokerGuru Ambassador Ashutosh ‘senojwod’ Balodhi (5th for ₹30,250), and Siddharth ‘Siddonuts’ Pandey (6th for ₹24,200).
Final Table Results
Buy-in – ₹1,800
Entries – 133
Re-entries – 127
Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Places Paid – 27
Following up on a three-way deal, ‘Chemdawg’ took down Adda52’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Hurricane beating a field of 260 contenders to add ₹1.05 Lakhs to their poker bankroll. ‘Cashton’ (runner-up for ₹87,278) and Suraj ‘Bugsbunny08’ Rathi (3rd for ₹73,771) were the other beneficiaries from the deal.
The tourney witnessed a shortfall of ₹73,600, and the top 27 places were assured payouts.
Aniket ‘WhiteRabbit’ Sharma (4th for ₹42,500) and Shailesh ‘MrShailesh’ Patel (6th for ₹21,250) posted FT scores.
Final Table Results
*denotes heads-up deal
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 225
Re-entries – 86
Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Places Paid – 49
Pocket52’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD The Bracelet crowned a champion in ‘G6049080K,’ who padded their bankroll by ₹1 Lakh along with winning ₹50,000 worth of gold. The runner-up ‘ HassiAces’ took home a ₹75,000 payout.
Aniruddha ‘Pocketaces_’ Joshi (4th for ₹35,000), and Harsh ‘berlin’ Garg (5th for ₹22,500) also FT-ed the event.
The event witnessed a sizeable shortfall of ₹1.89 Lakhs on the back of 311 players, and the top 49 places got paid.
Final Table Results
Buy-in – ₹1,750
Entries – 58
Re-entries – 34
Prize Pool – ₹1,61,000
Places Paid – 12
PokerDangal’s Sunday PKO played out with a reduced prize pool guarantee of ₹1.50 Lakhs yesterday. The tournament registered 92 players, easily collecting a guarantee-crushing ₹1.61 Lakhs prize pool.
‘SeaFish’ proved the eventual champion and claimed the top prize of ₹45,321.
Pocket Dinner ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 93
Re-entries – 42
Prize Pool – ₹1,50,000
Places Paid – 27
The ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Pocket Dinner pulled in 135 contenders, resulting in an overlay of ₹15,000. The top 27 places finished ITM.
Pocket52 regular Shashank ‘badmash’ Charvey took down the tourney for ₹34,500 after defeating ‘Poppat’ (runner-up for ₹21,000) heads-up.
Arpan ‘Novus’ Majhi finished 3rd for ₹15,750.
Pocket Lunch ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 77
Re-entries – 44
Prize Pool – ₹1,50,000
Places Paid – 27
Pokcet52’s ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Pocket Lunch posted an overlay of ₹29,000 on the back of 121 entries.
Niteen ‘niteenplus’ Raj was the last player standing and added ₹34,000 to his bankroll.
Big Bang ₹1 Lakh GTD – Khelo365
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 39
Re-entries – 13
Prize Pool – ₹1,04,000
Places Paid – 6
Khelo365`s ₹2,200 entry buy-in Big Bang guaranteed ₹1 Lakh and managed to breach the break-even mark by two entries.
Topping the playing field was ‘fortunemaker,’ who defeated ‘Rakhi123’ (runner-up for ₹21,840) heads-up to win ₹41,600.
Dominator ₹50K GTD – Khelo365
Buy-in – ₹825
Entries – 38
Re-entries – 22
Prize Pool – ₹50,000
Places Paid – 7
The ₹50K GTD Dominator on Khelo365 attracted 60 entrants to leave a deficit of ₹5,000.
‘Jhalmanjhi’ took down the title and the ₹18,000 up-top after defeating Khelo365 regular ‘apalece’ (runner-up for ₹10,000) heads-up.
Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD – Khelo365
Buy-in – ₹275
Entries – 43
Re-entries – 29
Prize Pool – ₹20,000
Places Paid – 8
Khelo365’s ₹20K GTD Grinder 2.0 registered 73 entries, falling ₹1,750 short of its listed guarantee.
The winner emerged in ‘nishantdreams,’ who banked the top prize of ₹6,800.
This report was updated at 4:30 PM on 28.09.2020
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