Gagandeep Singh, Manish Lakhotia, Kunal Vohra, Vishal Bajaj & Arsh Grover Bank Million-Plus Sunday Paydays!

What a Sunday it was with the top four online poker sites in the country all hosting a marquee series. While Spartan Poker’s Ultimate Value Series (UVS) and Adda52’s Deltin Online Poker Tournament (DOPT) culminated yesterday, PokerBaazi’s inaugural National Poker Series (NPS) made a guarantee-smashing debut. PokerStars India’s Summer Series has one more day to go before wrapping up.

For a change, the biggest prize pool guarantee on offer wasn`t in Spartan Poker’s The Millionaire but Adda52’s DOPT Main Event. Gagandeep Singh traversed the 1,507-entry field in the ₹1.50 Crore GTD DOPT headliner to claim a career-best ₹24.70 Lakhs payday!

The two-time Millionaire champion Manish Lakhotia placed runner-up in the DOPT Main Event to collect a whopping ₹17.92 Lakhs, overtaking PokerGuru Ambassador Laksh Pal Singh as the top-ranked player of the year. PokerGuru Ambassador Vishal Bajaj finished third for ₹13.01 Lakhs.

Kunal Vohra bagged Spartan Poker’s The Millionaire title, banking a jaw-dropping ₹17.44 Lakhs (cumulatively) for the win. Young Gun Arsh Grover was eyeing his career-second Millionaire title and came close enough with a second-place finish worth ₹9.59 Lakhs. He also finished fourth in Adda52’s DOPT 6 Max Showdown for ₹2.37 Lakhs, adding ₹12.20 Lakhs in Sunday winnings.

Abhinav Iyer (Won Spartan Poker’s Sunday Superstack for ₹8.14 Lakhs), Rohit Behal (Won Adda52’s DOPT 6 Max Showdown for ₹7.75 Lakhs), Siddharth Gangwar (Won Spartan Poker’s Destiny 19.0 Finale for ₹5 Lakhs), Arun Sriram (Won Adda52’s DOPT June Special for ₹4.04 Lakhs), Sameer Tavanandi (Won PokerBaazi’s NPS#3 Evening Slam Dunk for ₹3.22 Lakhs), Anant Purohit (Won PokerBaazi’s NPS#6 Sprint for ₹2.52 Lakhs) and PokerGuru Ambassador Laksh Pal Singh (Won PokerStars India’s Summer Series – 126 The Big Crunch for ₹2.02 Lakhs) were the other big Sunday winners!

Here are the complete Sunday highlights!

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Spartan Poker

The second ₹1 Crore GTD The Millionaire of June drew in 2,060 entries through five starting flights, creating a ₹1.02 Crores prize pool. Day 2 kicked off at 10 PM with 290 starting stacks (199 unique players). Six hours and 33 minutes passed before Kunal ‘kvohra’ Vohra was declared as the latest Millionaire champion. Kunal Vohra, the former FTS#17 winner, clinched his first-ever Millionaire title after besting Young Gun Arsh ‘BigggTymeR’ Grover in the heads-up play, banking a personal-best ₹17.34 Lakhs in the process. Vohra also placed 272nd for ₹9,462, adding ₹17.44 Lakhs in cumulative earnings.

The former Millionaire champion, Young Gun Arsh Grover, was the #2 ranked player last year. And even though he`s been keeping a relatively low profile this year, he made quite the impression last night. The Delhi-based MTT pro made a strong run for his second Millionaire title but ultimately had to settle for a runner-up finish worth ₹9.59 Lakhs. He also placed 113th on his second Day 2 stack for ₹15,941, netting ₹9.75 Lakhs in the event. Grover also placed fourth in Adda52’s DOPT 6 Max Showdown for ₹2.37 Lakhs to rake in ₹12.20 Lakhs in Sunday earnings. He also became the ninth player on our tracked database to reach the ₹1.50 Crore mark in annual winnings.

Arsh Grover’s Stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.95 Crores|Lifetime Profits: ₹3.93 Crores | Annual Winnings: ₹1.50 Crores|Annual Profits: ₹76.24 Lakhs | Ranked #9 on the 2021 Leaderboard Standings

The Millionaire final table, as usual, was a star-studded one with the likes of Pranav ‘I’mThePlayboi’ Bang (3rd for ₹6.65 Lakhs), Abhijeet ‘TheSupremeOne’ Kumar (4th for ₹4.80 Lakhs), Young Gun Karan ‘Majestic’ Radia (5th for ₹3.93 Lakhs, 186^th for ₹10,902), leaderboard crusher and last week’s The Millionaire runner-up finisher Bhanu ‘spectre’ Prakash KC (6th for ₹3.16 Lakhs, 232^nd for ₹9,976, 240^th for ₹9,976), PokerGuru Ambassador Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved (7th for ₹2.42 Lakhs, 245^th for ₹9,976) and the first-ever IOPC Mastermind champion Aniket ‘Ntwadumela’ Waghmare (8th for ₹1.70 Lakhs, 252^nd for ₹9,976) in contention.

Spartan Poker’s weekend staple Sunday Superstack had its guarantee slashed from ₹42 Lakhs to ₹40 Lakhs last night. Attracting 406 participants, the ₹11,000 entry buy-in tourney managed to surpass its listed guarantee by ₹60,000. India’s first solo WSOP bracelet winner, Young Gun Abhinav ‘hightr0ller’ Iyer, won the event for ₹8.14 Lakhs, while Raghav ‘Maddytilt’ Madan finished runner-up for ₹5.41 Lakhs.

The former APT#38 Super Highroller champion, Abhinav Iyer, ran deep in two more events, raking in ₹9.66 Lakhs overall. His ITM finishes include:

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s Sunday Superstack for ₹8.14 Lakhs

> 26th in Spartan Poker’s The Millionaire for ₹79,297

> 19th in Adda52’s DOPT Main Event for ₹72,613

The Destiny 19.0 series is officially in the books now. The ten Destiny 19.0 winners converged to play the SnG Finale at 9 PM last night, and it was 1:07 AM by the time Siddharth ‘cooking_nuts’ Gangwar came out on top to win the ₹5 Lakhs up-top. PokerStars India’s “Star of the Month” – December winner Siddharth Gangwar defeated Ghanshyam ‘Tiger10’ Tripathi heads-up to become the Destiny 19.0 champion, the latter collecting ₹3 Lakhs for his runner-up finish. Birthday boy Dhaval ‘ElegantlyWasted’ Mudgal finished third for ₹2 Lakhs.

The Ultimate Value Series (UVS) showstopper, the ₹10 Lakhs GTD UVS#43 Main Event, turned out to be a near 10-hour-long marathon. The ₹1,100 entry buy-in tourney gathered 1,083 entries, collecting a ₹10.83 Lakhs prize pool. The user ‘OfcourseOfcourse’ took down the event for a personal-best (under this moniker) ₹2.07 Lakhs, and ‘JollyGuy’ placed runner-up for ₹1.28 Lakhs. The former Wednesday Vibes champion ‘OfcourseOfcourse’ now has ₹4.49 Lakhs in total winnings (under this screen name) with ₹2.09 Lakhs net profits.

‘provesh’ (Won ₹4.50 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack for ₹78,809), ‘Manaicjr’ (Won ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD Sunday Kick-Off for ₹41,798), Anirban ‘pokernoob’ D Das (Won ₹1.55 Lakhs GTD UVS#41 for ₹35,109), ‘uiiieee’ (Won ₹90K GTD UVS#42 The Centurion for ₹17,097), ‘s0mething’ (Won ₹1.15 Lakhs GTD UVS#40 PLO for ₹17,002), ‘kamikaze212’ (Won ₹1.10 Lakhs GTD UVS#39 for ₹16,301), Gracias ‘Grac5’ T (Won ₹85K GTD UVS#38 for ₹13,891), and Rahul ‘breakdcode’ Rahinj (Won ₹45K GTD Striker for ₹7,651) were the other title winners on Spartan Poker on Sunday.

The week-long UVS June Edition concluded with Sampanginaidu ‘Megamindd71’ Vijayalakshmi (4,678 points) topping the leaderboard and earning ₹1.20 Lakhs in leaderboard prizes. Gracias ‘Grac5’ T (4,149 points) finished second for ₹80,000 and ‘Vakeel.sahab’ (3,496 points) came third for ₹50,000.

UVS Leaderboard Final Standings

PokerStars India

The star attraction of PokerStars India’s inaugural Summer Series, the ₹1 Crore GTD Main Event, commenced its three-day run on Sunday, June 13. The 11,000 buy-in event registered 594 entries (379 unique and 215 re-entries) on Day 1. The final numbers will surely go up with late registrations open for six levels on Day 2. The action kicks off at 7:30 PM today, with 171 players starting out. ‘BE@tTheFish’ (255,688), ‘khushbuban79’ (237,960), and Young Gun Ujjwal ‘CougarHunter69’ Narwal (235,124) hold the top three stacks heading into Day 2.

Running alongside the Main Event was the ₹12 Lakhs GTD Summer Series – 126 The Big Crunch. With a ₹3,300 entry buy-in, the tournament logged in 327 entries, filling in ₹2.19 Lakhs in overlays. PokerGuru Ambassador Laksh ‘B00MTilt23’ Pal Singh shipped the event for ₹2.02 Lakhs, following a heads-up chop with The Millionaire fifth-place finisher, Young Gun Karan ‘The AnnihiIator’ Radia, who netted ₹1.87 Lakhs in prize money. Even after winning The Big Crunch, Laksh Pal Singh lost the ‘numero uno’ spot on the yearly leaderboard to the DOPT Main Event runner-up finisher Manish Lakhotia. However, he continues to sit at the #1 position in the annual profits chart.

Laksh Pal Singh`s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.15 Crores|Lifetime Profits: ₹3.53 Crores|Annual Winnings: ₹2.13 Crores|Annual Profits: ₹1.29 Crores

Friday’s The Elite champion Karan Radia had a fantastic Sunday. He placed fifth in Spartan Poker’s The Millionaire for ₹3.93 Lakhs and 186^th for ₹10,902. In all, adding ₹5.91 Lakhs.

‘Khuni_Akm’ (Won ₹5 Lakhs GTD Summer Series – 122 for ₹88,911), ‘sumitm74’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Summer Series – 129 Ultrasonic for ₹51,564), Sehdev ‘Sahdev6’ Rawat (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Summer Series – 124 6+ Deepstack for ₹29,526), Akhilesh ‘GM2318’ Gautam (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Summer Series – 127 Sunday Storm for ₹28,465), ‘idiotic786’ (Won ₹25K GTD Summer Series – 128 PL Omaha 6-Max Turbo for ₹12,720), Gaurav ‘Fildofisa_Goro’ Negi (Won ₹40K GTD Summer Series – 121 for ₹9,217) and ‘anoopkumar503’ (Won ₹40K GTD Summer Series – 125 Bounty Builder PKO for ₹6,714) won the other Summer Series titles.

Summer Series Leaderboard Standings After Day 12

PokerBaazi

The much-awaited National Poker Series (NPS) commenced yesterday and the opening day hosted six events. Setting the stage for what promises to be an epic series was the ₹50 Lakhs GTD NPS Kick-Off. The ₹2,750 entry buy-in event played out two out of its four starting flights, i.e., Flight 1A & 1B.

Starting at 4 PM, Flight 1A logged in 781 entries, and after five hours of play, the field dwindled down to 94 survivors. ‘vedprakash923’ (317,000), ‘Amei’ (302,000), and ‘luckbox99’ (299,000) bagged the top Flight 1A stacks. Just as Flight 1A concluded at 9 PM, Flight 1B began and ran till 2:01 AM. A total of 42 players progressed to Day 2 from a starting field of 382 entries. With a stack of 410,000, Deep ‘ChristopherCoke’ Patel not only topped the Flight 1B survivors but also grabbed the overall chip lead. ‘CopyNinja’ (332,000) and Yogiraj ‘Yogiraj’ Singh (309,000) carried forward the next top stacks.

The NPS Kick-Off event has so far logged in 1,163 entries (Flight 1A – 781 and Flight 1B – 382) with two more flights left to play before Day 2 on June 16 (6 PM).

The first of the 15 starting flights of the ₹1 Crore GTD NPS#2 NPS Golden Rush played out last night. The event sports a ₹550 buy-in, and it’s the first time ever in India that an event with such a small entry buy-in sports a ₹1 Crore prize pool guarantee – the event needs 20,000 entries to hit its eight-figure advertised guarantee. The ambitious NPS Golden Rush got off to a flying start with Flight 1A registering a whopping 1,995 entries and 260 runners advanced to Day 2. ‘fisheries’ (576,000), ‘psilocybin1’ (397,000), and one of the NPS Kick-off Flight 1B chip leaders, Yogiraj ‘Yogiraj’ Singh (393,000), bagged the top three stacks in the opening flight of the NPS Golden Rush.

The NPS Day 1 headliner, the ₹25 Lakhs GTD NPS#4 Sunday Marathon, clocked in 832 entries, generating a massive ₹33.28 Lakhs prize pool. After nine hours and 19 minutes of play, the mystery user ‘Damage’ emerged as the victor, taking home ₹5.91 Lakhs in first-place prize money. The champion now has ₹8.50 Lakhs in recorded winnings on PokerBaazi (₹6.49 Lakhs in site profits).

PokerGuru Ambassador Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved pulled out another stunning Sunday run with six deep runs, adding over ₹7.84 Lakhs in total winnings. He has moved up three places to #6 in the annual leaderboard standings with around ₹1.54 Crores in yearly earnings.

The former Millionaire champion’s ITM finishes include:

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s NPS#4 Sunday Marathon for ₹4.14 Lakhs

> 7th in Spartan Poker’s The Millionaire for ₹2.41 Lakhs, also 245^th for ₹9,976

> 24th in Adda52`s DOPT Main Event Finale for ₹72,613

> 29th in Spartan Poker’s Sunday Superstack for ₹31,668

> 39th in PokerStars India`s Summer Series – The Big Crunch for ₹8,493

> 60th in PokerBaazi`s NPS#6 Sprint for ₹5,093

He is also the third-most profitable player in our annual standings behind teammate Laksh Pal Singh and Young Gun Gaurav Sood, sporting ₹84.55 Lakhs in yearly profits.

Kartik Ved`s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.15 Crores|Lifetime Profits: ₹2.86 Crores

Sporting a ₹1,375 entry buy-in, the ₹10 Lakhs GTD NPS#3 Evening Slam Dunk ran from 7 PM to 4:51 AM. The event collected a ₹19.19 Lakhs prize pool (over 90% more than its listed guarantee) on the back of 1,535 entries. Sameer ‘Killersam’ Tavanandi took down the event for ₹3.22 Lakhs, and Umang ‘Umang94’ Kakarania placed runner-up for ₹2.26 Lakhs. Tavanandi’s lifetime winnings have shot up to ₹78.36 Lakhs (does not include his PokerStars India stats) after the win, with ₹25.68 Lakhs in net profits.

Bringing an end to a ten-week title drought, seasoned MTT pro Anant ‘Pro_Pro’ Purohit championed the ₹10 Lakhs GTD NPS#6 Sprint for ₹2.52 Lakhs. Anant Purohit defeated Navdeep ‘Psychonaut’ Sahi (runner-up for ₹1.75 Lakhs) heads-up to win his first NPS title. The event registered 749 entrants, collecting a ₹14.98 Lakhs prize pool.

Anant Purohit’s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.75 Crores|Lifetime Profits: ₹2.42 Crores|Annual Winnings: ₹64.16 Lakhs|Annual Profits: ₹16.88 Lakhs

Adda52

The third edition of the Deltin Online Poker Tournament (DOPT) concluded yesterday with the ₹1.50 Crore GTD DOPT Main Event playing down to a winner. The series showstopper registered 1,507 entries across six starting flights, just about crossing the listed guarantee by ₹70,018. Day 2 commenced at 9:45 PM on Sunday and had 171 runners vying for the title.

Gagandeep ‘gaganhyd’ Singh was the last player standing in the mega tournament and won a jaw-dropping ₹24.70 Lakhs for the thumping victory. This was Singh’s first recorded title victory of the year and boosted his tracked online earnings past the ₹1.44 Crore mark.

Gagandeep Singh came up against the two-time Millionaire champion Manish ‘newkidpoker’ Lakhotia in the heads-up battle. Even though Lakhotia lost the title to Singh, his runner-up finish worth ₹17.92 Lakhs has catapulted him across PokerGuru Ambassador Laksh Pal Singh in the annual leaderboard standings, landing him the #1 rank.

Manish Lakhotia’s Stats: Lifetime Wi nnings:₹7.79 Crores| Lifetime Profits: ₹2.77 Crores|Annual Winnings:₹2.25 Crores|Annual Profits: ₹81.69 Lakhs

PokerGuru Ambassador Vishal ‘GigaaBet’ Bajaj rounded out the top three payouts in the DOPT Main Event, booking the third spot for ₹13.01 Lakhs. Bajaj, another former Millionaire champion, cashed in four other events, lapping up ₹14.63 Lakhs in Sunday winnings.

His other ITM finishes were:

> 11th in Spartan Poker’s Sunday Superstack for ₹65,662

> 13th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#4 Sunday Marathon for ₹35,277

> 110th in Spartan Poker’s The Millionaire for ₹34,352

> 16th in Adda52’s DOPT 6 Max Showdown for ₹26,894

Adda52’s ₹25 Lakhs GTD DOPT 6 Max Showdown recorded 452 entries, posting a ₹31.64 Lakhs prize pool. After nine hours and 13 minutes of play, Rohit ‘kudos0505’ Behal was the last player standing. He added a hefty ₹7.75 Lakhs to his bankroll and bagged his career-first DOPT title, pushing his lifetime online tally to ₹60.41 Lakhs (excluding PokerStars India stats) with ₹9.61 Lakhs in net profits. Ankit ‘loser05’ Khattar placed runner-up for ₹4.59 Lakhs.

The ₹15 Lakhs GTD DOPT June Special garnered 710 participants, securing a ₹16.15 Lakhs prize pool. Arun ‘runyrules’ Sriram trounced the field to pocket the winner’s paycheque worth ₹4.04 Lakhs, just as ‘RickyRPG1997’ placed second for ₹2.34 Lakhs. The former Full House third-place finisher, Arun Sriram, finished ITM in three more events, including an FT score in PokerStars India’s Summer Series – The Big Crunch, collectively earning ₹5.05 Lakhs. Sriram now sits on ₹75.63 Lakhs in tracked online earnings.

Karan ‘JUNIOR11’ Kapur (Won ₹5 Lakhs GTD DOPT Madness for ₹98,128), ‘mj333’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD DOPT Royale PKO for ₹82,569), ‘John2312’ (Won ₹1.5 Lakhs DOPT Daily Kickoff for ₹42,240), ‘Kviscool’ (Won ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD DOPT Suites for ₹41,700), and ‘Allin10k’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD DOPT Flint for ₹33,555) were the other DOPT title winners on the last day of the series.

The other Sunday winners were:

DOPT Main Event Finale ₹1.50 Crores GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 1,507

Prize Pool – ₹1,50,70,018

Places Paid – 161

It was a blockbuster Sunday, all thanks to the ₹1.50 Crores GTD DOPT Main Event that played down to a climactic finale last night. The multi-flight event registered 1,507 entries (Day 1A – 250, Day 1B – 255, Day 1C – 228, Day 1D – 92, Day 1E -224, and Day 1F – 458) over six starting flights to make it just past the break-even mark. One-hundred-and-seventy-one Day 2 qualifiers returned at 9:45 PM last night, and only 161 places got paid.

Winning his career-best finish Gagandeep ‘gaganhyd’ Singh shipped the title, netting a whopping ₹24.70 Lakhs. MTT crusher Manish ‘newkidpoker’ Lakhotia finished runner-up for ₹17.92 Lakhs.

A former Mega Suits and WPT Monday feature winner, Gagandeep Singh, crossed ₹1.44 Crores in lifetime online winnings after last night`s career-defining win.

Manish Lakhotia also climbed back up to #1 on the annual leaderboard standings after the sizeable seven-figure payday.

The former The Millionaire champion, PokerGuru Ambassador Vishal ‘GigaaBet’ Bajaj, finished third for ₹13.01 Lakhs. Bajaj lapped up ₹14.63 Lakhs last night, taking into account four more deep runs.

His other ITM finishes were:

> 11th in Spartan Poker’s Sunday Superstack for ₹65,662

> 13th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#4 Sunday Marathon for ₹35,277

> 110th in Spartan Poker’s The Millionaire for ₹34,352

> 16th in Adda52’s DOPT 6 Max Showdown for ₹26,894

Anish ‘TheBigBangV2’ Garg (4^th for ₹9.44 Lakhs), seasoned pro Sahil ‘imhighishove’ Mahboobani (7^th for ₹3.61 Lakhs) and Mohit ‘Gandiaa’ Dhingra (8^th for ₹2.62 Lakhs) also FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Gagandeep ‘gaganhyd’ Singh -₹24,69,938
2. Manish ‘newkidpoker’ Lakhotia -₹17,92,435
3. Vishal ‘GigaaBet’ Bajaj -₹13,00,770
4. Anish ‘TheBigBangV2’ Garg -₹9,43,968
5. Haxton66 -₹6,85,037
6. villan1122 -₹4,97,131
7. Sahil ‘imhighishove’ Mahboobani -₹3,60,767
8. Mohit ‘Gandiaa’ Dhingra -₹2,61,808

The Millionaire ₹1 Crore GTD Day 2 – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 993

Re-entries – 278

Rebuys – 786

Prize Pool – ₹1,02,85,000

Places Paid – 287

The second June edition of Spartan Poker’s ₹1 Crore GTD The Millionaire is finally in the rear-view mirror. The weekend flagship registered a 2,057-player field across five starting flights, and it all came to a close last night.

Day 2 had 290 qualifiers (199 unique entries) converging at 10 PM last night. Kunal ‘kvohra’ Vohra outlasted them all to bag his first-ever Millionaire title and a career-best ₹17.34 Lakhs. Vohra also made good of his second qualifying stack – placing a 272^nd– for ₹9,462. His collective winnings in the tourney touched ₹17.44 Lakhs.

While we don’t have the complete details of Vohra’s user screen names on other domestic sites, his Spartan Poker earnings (₹81.25 Lakhs) got a significant boost after this win.

The former Millionaire champion, Young Gun Arsh ‘BigggTymeR’Grover finished runner-up for a near seven-figure score of ₹9.59 Lakhs, moving up to #9 on the annual leaderboard. He also placed 113th for ₹15,941, collecting earning ₹9.75 Lakhs in the event. Add to that his fourth-place finish in Adda52’s DOPT 6 Max Showdown worth ₹2.37 Lakhs, Grover raked in ₹12.20 Lakhs yesterday. He became the ninth player on our database to touch the “₹1.5 Crores” mark in annual earnings.

Pranav ‘I’mThePlayboi’ Bang (3rd for ₹6.65 Lakhs), Abhijeet ‘TheSupremeOne’ Kumar (4th for ₹4.80 Lakhs), Young Gun Karan ‘Majestic’ Radia (5th for ₹3.93 Lakhs, 186^th for ₹10,902), leaderboard crusher, and last week’s The Millionaire runner-up, Bhanu ‘spectre’ Prakash KC (6th for ₹3.16 Lakhs, 232^nd for ₹9,976, 240^th for ₹9,976), PokerGuru Ambassador Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved (7th for ₹2.42 Lakhs, 245^th for ₹9,976) and the first-ever IOPC Mastermind champion Aniket ‘Ntwadumela’ Waghmare (8th for ₹1.70 Lakhs, 252^nd for ₹9,976) also FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Kunal ‘kvohra’ Vohra -₹17,34,051
2. Arsh ‘BigggTymeR’ Grover -₹9,58,562
3. Pranav ‘I’mThePlayboi’ Bang -₹6,65,440
4. Abhijeet ‘TheSupremeOne’ Kumar -₹4,80,310
5. Karan ‘Majestic’ Radia -₹3,92,990
6. Bhanu ‘spectre’ Prakash -₹3,16,161
7. Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved -₹2,41,800
8. Aniket ‘Ntwadumela’ Waghmare -₹1,70,422

Summer Series-123 Main Event ₹1 Crore GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 379

Re-entries – 215

Prize Pool – ₹1,00,00,000

Places Paid – 71

The Summer Series headliner, the three-day-long ₹1 Crore GTD Summer Series Main Event, kicked off at 7:30 PM last evening and completed sixteen 20-minute levels. The ₹11,000 entry buy-in event registered 594 entries on Sunday, with late registrations open for six levels on Day 2 today.

Day 2 resumes at 7:30 PM and will see 171 qualifiers returning for a shot at becoming the first-ever Summer Series champion.

‘BE@tTheFish’ (255,688), ‘khushbuban79’ (237,960), Young Gun Ujjwal ‘CougarHunter69’ Narwal (235,124), Sumit ‘mrgr33n33’ Sapra (154,684) and Vishal ‘mdigurgao’ Tulsyan (153,720) feature on the top 10 chip counts list.

Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1

1. BE@tTheFish – 255,688
2. khushbuban79 – 237,960
3. Ujjwal ‘CougarHunter69’ Narwal – 235,124
4. saurabh21 – 216,154
5. GABRUJAWAN – 194,120
6. xavierz – 176,762
7. nikpokernoob – 171,195
8. GudThimma – 164,011
9. Sumit ‘mrgr33n33’ Sapra – 154,684
10. Vishal ‘mdigurgao’ Tulsyan – 153,720

NPS#2 Golden Rush ₹1 Crore GTD – Flight 1A – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 1258

Re-entries – 737

Survivors – 260

The ₹1 Crore GTD NPS#2 NPS Golden Rush is bound to set a new record for online poker in India as it’s the first time an event at this price point is offering a ₹1 Crore prize pool guarantee.

The first of its 15 starting flights registered a massive 1,995 entries, putting it on track for the 20,000 registrations it needs to break even. After the stipulated 27 ten-minute levels of play, 260 runners advanced to Day 2.

‘fisheries’ (576,000), ‘psilocybin1’ (397,000), and one of the NPS Kick-off Flight 1B chip leaders Yogiraj ‘Yogiraj’ Singh (393,000), the May leaderboard headliner Anirban ‘pottysingh’ D Das (331,000), Raksha ‘rakshajindal’ Agarwal (319,000), and Ashish ‘intrcptr101’ Kaushik (279,000) topped the survivor’s list.

Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Flight 1A

1. fisheries – 576,000
2. Shiva ‘psilocybin7’ Balram – 397,000
3. Yogiraj ‘Yogiraj’ Singh – 393,000
4. Anirban ‘pottysingh’ D Das – 331,000
5. Raksha ‘rakshajindal’ Agarwal – 319,000
6. sardarjam – 303,000
7. MrMadShot – 300,000
8. Mrburns6 – 280,000
9. Ashish ‘intrcptr101’ Kaushik – 279,000
10. Blackdragon – 274,000

NPS#1 Kick-Off ₹50 Lakhs GTD Flight 1A – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 463

Re-entries – 318

Survivors – 94

The ₹15 Crores GTD National Poker Series opener, the ₹50 Lakhs GTD NPS Kick-Off, played out two of its four scheduled flights on Sunday. Flight 1A pulled in 781 hopefuls, and after the stipulated 27 ten-minute levels of play, 94 runners bagged Day 2 stacks.

‘vedprakash923’ (317,000), ‘Amei’ (302,000), ‘luckbox99’ (299,000), Sandy ‘Ziigmund’ Lamba (298,000), PokerGuru Ambassador Shashank ‘indianrat’ Desai (274,000), Mohammad ‘chandlerbing’ Azhar (273,000), Ashish ‘intrcptr101’ Kaushik (253,000), and Chirag ‘miyagi’ Sodha (253,000) carried forward the top stacks of the day.

Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Flight 1A

1. vedprakash923 – 317,000
2. Amei – 302,000
3. luckbox99 – 299,000
4. Sandy ‘Ziigmund’ Lamba – 298,000
5. Shashank ‘indianrat’ Desai – 274,000
6. Mohammad ‘chandlerbing’ Azhar – 273,000
7. interference – 267,000
8. belagaamghoda – 263,000
9. Ashish ‘intrcptr101’ Kaushik – 253,000
10. Chirag ‘miyagi’ Sodha – 253,000

NPS#5 Kick-Off ₹50 Lakhs GTD Flight 1B – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 279

Re-entries – 103

Survivors – 42

Flight 1B of the ₹50 Lakhs GTD NPS Kick-Off got underway at 9 PM on Sunday, with 382 entries joining the action. The event went on until 2:01 AM, and only 42 players survived the day’s onslaught.

Deep ‘ChristopherCoke’ Patel (410,000). ‘CopyNinja’ (332,000). Yogiraj ‘Yogiraj’ Singh (258,000), Amar ‘kidpoker0109’ Mehta (241,000), Kumar ’23offsuits’ Vatsal (216,000), Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur (206,000), Vineesh ‘VanielNegranu’ Bhatia (200,000), Raksha ‘rakshajindal’ Agarwal (200,000), Atishay ‘nutscracker’ Samuel (192,000), and Nishaanth ‘shanni’ Shanmughasundaram (189,000) headlined the end of the day chip counts.

The event has registered 1,163 entries already (Flight 1A – 781 and Flight 1B – 382), with two more flights left to play before Day 2 on June 16 (6 PM).

Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Flight 1B

1. Deep ‘ChristopherCoke’ Patel – 410,000
2. CopyNinja – 332,000
3. Yogiraj ‘Yogiraj’ Singh – 258,000
4. Amar ‘kidpoker0109’ Mehta – 241,000
5. Kumar ’23offsuits’ Vatsal – 216,000
6. Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur – 206,000
7. Vineesh ‘VanielNegranu’ Bhatia – 200,000
8. Raksha ‘rakshajindal’ Agarwal – 200,000
9. Atishay ‘nutscracker’ Samuel – 192,000
10. Nishaanth ‘shanni’ Shanmughasundaram – 189,000

Sunday Superstack ₹42 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 206

Re-entries – 89

Rebuys – 111

Prize Pool – ₹40,60,000

Places Paid – 39

Spartan Poker’s Sunday mainstay, the Sunday Superstack, ran with a reduced ₹40 Lakhs prize pool guarantee last night. The 406-entry turnout was significantly lower than last week’s 446 entries. Nevertheless, it was enough to avoid an overlay.

India’s first solo WSOP bracelet winner, Young Gun Abhinav ‘hightr0ller’ Iyer, walked away with the title and the ₹8.14 Lakhs winner`s paycheque. Raghav ‘Maddytilt’ Madan finished runner-up for ₹5.41 Lakhs.

Iyer, a former APT#38 Super Highroller champion, ran deep in two more events, collecting ₹9.66 Lakhs overall. His Sunday scores have pushed his lifetime online earnings north of ₹4.86 Crores.

His ITM finishes include:

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s Sunday Superstack for ₹8.14 Lakhs

> 26th in Spartan Poker’s The Millionaire for ₹79,297

> 19th in Adda52’s DOPT Main Event for ₹72,613

Vinayak ‘haayegarmi’ Bajaj (3^rd for ₹3.96 Lakhs), Nitin ‘Demogorgon’ Arora (4^th for ₹3.20 Lakhs), Anita ‘PokerFace14’ Hassanandani (5^th for ₹2.51 Lakhs), Rahul Kumar ‘LEd-ZEppELiN’ M Jain (6^th for ₹1.90 Lakh), PokerGuru Ambassador Gokul ‘Super Kings’ Raj (7^th for ₹1.39 Lakhs) and Young Gun Gaurav ‘mozzie17’ Sood (8^th for ₹1.02 Lakhs) were the other top contenders who failed in their title aspirations but picked up FT scores.

Final Table Results

1. Abhinav ‘hightr0ller’ Iyer – ₹8,14,030
2. Raghav ‘Maddytilt’ Madan – ₹5,41,198
3. Vinayak ‘haayegarmi’ Bajaj – ₹3,95,850
4. Nitin ‘Demogorgon’ Arora – ₹3,19,522
5. Anita ‘PokerFace14’ Hassanandani – ₹2,50,502
6. Rahul Kumar ‘LEd-ZEppELiN’ M Jain – ₹1,89,602
7. Gokul ‘Super Kings’ Raj – ₹1,39,258
8. Gaurav ‘mozzie17’ Sood – ₹1,02,312

DOPT 6 Max Showdown ₹25 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹7,700

Entries – 221

Re-entries – 231

Prize Pool – ₹31,64,000

Places Paid – 49

The ₹25 Lakhs GTD DOPT 6-Max Showdown was conquered by the former BSS SuperStack champion Rohit ‘kudos0505’ Behal, who won a career-best ₹7.75 Lakhs for the win and his first DOPT title. Ankit ‘loser05’ Khattar came second for ₹4.59 Lakhs.

Rohit Behal’s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹60.41 Lakhs (excluding PokerStars India stats)|Lifetime Profits: ₹9.61 Lakhs

Armaan ‘tandavam’ Kochhar (3^rd for ₹3.16 Lakhs), Young Gun Arsh ‘bigggtymer’ Grover (4^th for ₹2.37 Lakhs), and Puneet ‘j4jolly’ Mishra (5^th for ₹1.58 Lakhs) also FT-ed the tourney.

Arun ‘hiesenpreet’ Poply bubbled the 6-max FT, falling out in seventh place for ₹87,010.

Final Table Results

1. Rohit ‘kudos0505’ Behal – ₹7,75,180
2. Ankit ‘loser05’ Khattar – ₹4,58,780
3. Armaan ‘tandavam’ Kochhar – ₹3,16,400
4. Arsh ‘bigggtymer’ Grover – ₹2,37,300
5. Puneet ‘j4jolly’ Mishra – ₹1,58,200
6. rtuteja – ₹1,10,740

NPS#4 Sunday Marathon ₹25 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹4,400

Entries – 434

Re-entries – 398

Prize Pool – ₹33,28,000

Places Paid – 99

It was a scorching opening for the National Poker Series (NPS) last evening, and one of the featured events of the day, the ₹25 Lakhs GTD NPS#4 Sunday Marathon, turned out to be quite the crowd puller. The₹4,400 entry buy-in event logged in 832 entries, creating a guarantee-smashing ₹33.28 Lakhs prize pool (over a third more than its advertised guarantee).

The anonymous user ‘Damage’ was the last player standing and bagged a personal-best (on PokerBaazi) ₹5.91 Lakhs after pipping PokerGuru Ambassador Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved (runner-up for ₹4.14 Lakhs) in the heads-up play.

The champion ‘Damage’ now boasts ₹8.50 Lakhs in total recorded winnings on PokerBaazi and ₹6.49 Lakhs in site profits.

The former Millionaire champion Kartik Ved made six ITM finishes on Sunday, working up ₹7.84 Lakhs in cumulative earnings. This smashing Sunday night run has helped him climb up three places to #6 on the annual leaderboard standings.

His other five ITM scores were:

> 7th in Spartan Poker’s The Millionaire for ₹2.42 Lakhs, also 245^th for ₹9,976

> 24th in Adda52`s DOPT Main Event Finale for ₹72,613

> 29th in Spartan Poker’s Sunday Superstack for ₹31,668

> 39th in PokerStars India`s Summer Series – The Big Crunch for ₹8,493

> 60th in PokerBaazi`s NPS#6 Sprint for ₹5,093

The FT lineup was replete with top regs like Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra (3^rd for ₹2.68 Lakhs), Vinod ‘figureitout’ Megalmani (4^th for ₹1.98 Lakhs), Dhiraj ‘supernuts’ Lakhotia (6^th for ₹1.20 Lakhs), and Anirban ‘pottysingh’ D Das (8^th for ₹78,874).

Final Table Results

1. Damage – ₹5,91,053
2. Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved – ₹4,14,336
3. Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra – ₹2,67,571
4. Vinod ‘figureitout’ Megalmani – ₹1,98,016
5. dilbaghsingh – ₹1,48,096
6. Dhiraj ‘supernuts’ Lakhotia – ₹1,19,808
7. yamaying – ₹99,174
8. Anirban ‘pottysingh’ D Das – ₹78,874

DOPT June Special ₹15 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹2,500

Entries – 366

Re-entries – 344

Prize Pool – ₹16,15,250

Places Paid – 72

Adda52`s ₹15 Lakhs GTD DOPT June Special gathered a starting field of 710 participants, and the former Full House third-place finisher Arun ‘runyrules’ Sriram raced past the competition to pick up his first DOPT title. Sriram bagged his second-biggest career score worth ₹4.04 Lakhs in the event and his fifth MTT title of the year. ‘RickyRPG1997’ placed runner-up for ₹2.34 Lakhs.

Arun Sriram made ITM finishes in another three events, including an FT score in PokerStars India’s Summer Series – The Big Crunch, collectively earning ₹5.05 Lakhs. Sriram now boasts ₹75.63 Lakhs in tracked online earnings.

Ritesh ‘ritesh5812’ Tripathi (3^rd for ₹1.58 Lakhs), Karan ‘gogikaran’ Malhotra (4^th for ₹1.13 Lakhs), Aman ‘GiggsyBet’ Chauhan (5^th for ₹80,763), Sandeep ‘40chor’ Bhatnagar (6^th for ₹56,534), Gautam ‘rabbithunter’ Kaul (7^th for ₹44,419), Young Gun Devang ‘spark123’ Yadav (8^th for ₹32,305) also FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Arun ‘runyrules’ Sriram -₹4,03,813
2. RickyRPG1997 -₹2,34,211
3. Ritesh ‘ritesh5812’ Tripathi -₹1,58,295
4. Karan ‘gogikaran’ Malhotra -₹1,13,068
5. Aman ‘GiggsyBet’ Chauhan -₹80,763
6. Sandeep ‘40chor’ Bhatnagar -₹56,534
7. Gautam ‘rabbithunter’ Kaul -₹44,419
8. Devang ‘spark123’ Yadav -₹32,305

Summer Series-126 The Big Crunch ₹12 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹3,300

Entries – 192

Re-entries – 135

Prize Pool – ₹12,00,000

Places Paid – 41

The ₹12 Lakhs GTD Summer Series-126 The Big Crunch was among the featured Sunday tourneys on PokerStars India. The event had to fill in a glaring ₹2.19 Lakhs in overlays after only 327 challengers signed up to play. The top 41 finishers benefited from the added value.

PokerGuru Ambassador Laksh ‘B00MTilt23’ Pal Singh was the last player standing and banked ₹2.02 Lakhs for the win after striking a heads-up deal with Friday’s The Elite champion, Young Gun Karan ‘The AnnihiIator’ Radia (runner-up for ₹1.87 Lakhs).

Even after winning The Big Crunch title, Laksh Pal Singh could not hold on to the #1 rank on the yearly leaderboard, with the DOPT Main Event runner-up finisher Lakhotia overtaking him. However, Singh continues to sit at the #1 position in the annual profits chart.

Laksh Pal Singh`s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.15 Crores| Lifetime Profits: ₹3.53 Crores| Annual Winnings: ₹2.13 Crores|Annual Profits: ₹1.29 Crores

Friday’s The Elite champion Karan Radia placed fifth in Spartan Poker’s The Millionaire for ₹3.93 Lakhs and 186^th for ₹10,902. In all, he added ₹5.91 Lakhs in Sunday winnings.

PokerStars India regular Shubham ‘theViperArena’ Chaudhary (3^rd for ₹1.19 Lakhs), Akshay ‘powershell42’ Asawa (4^th for ₹86,780), Akshay ‘VaahBhaiVaah’ Gupta (6^th for ₹46,003), and DOPT June Special champion Arun ‘realruny’ Sriram (7^th for ₹37,245) also FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Laksh ‘B00MTilt23’ Pal Singh -₹2,01,831*
2. Karan ‘The AnnihiIator’ Radia -₹1,86,709*
3. Shubham ‘theViperArena’ Chaudhary -₹1,19,189
4. Akshay ‘powershell42’ Asawa -₹86,780
5. guesswho9510 -₹63,183
6. Akshay ‘VaahBhaiVaah’ Gupta -₹46,003
7. Arun ‘realruny’ Sriram -₹37,245

*denotes a heads-up deal

Destiny 19.0 Finale ₹10 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Bringing curtains down on the Destiny 19.0 series was the Destiny SnG Finale that got underway at 9 PM last night. Ten Destiny 19.0 champions converged for the SnG, with the May 26 Destiny champion Siddharth ‘cooking_nuts’ Gangwar coming out on top to win ₹5 Lakhs.

Ghanshyam ‘Tiger10’ Tripathi placed second for ₹3 Lakhs, and birthday boy Dhaval ‘ElegantlyWasted’ Mudgal finished third for ₹2 Lakhs.

Complete Results

1. Siddharth ‘cooking_nuts’ Gangwar -₹5,00,000
2. Ghanshyam ‘Tiger10’ Tripathi -₹3,00,000
3. Dhaval ‘ElegantlyWasted’ Mudgal -₹2,00,000

NPS#3 Evening Slam Dunk ₹10 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹1,375

Entries – 726

Re-entries – 809

Prize Pool – ₹19,18,750

Places Paid – 144

The ₹10 Lakhs GTD NPS#3 Evening Slam Dunk ran from 7 PM to 4:51 AM, collecting a hefty 19.19 Lakhs prize pool from a crowded 1,535-entry field.

After close to ten hours of grueling action, Sameer ‘Killersam’ Tavanandi shipped the tourney to win ₹3.22 Lakhs, besting Umang ‘Umang94’ Kakarania (runner-up for ₹2.26 Lakhs) heads-up.

Tanmay ‘truman’ Benara (3^rd for ₹1.47 Lakhs), Young Gun Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra (4^th for ₹1.09 Lakhs), Rajesh ‘intervntion’ Kumar Shukla (5^th for ₹80,971), and Kshitij ‘kmk1127’ Kucheria (8^th for ₹43,364) also FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Sameer ‘Killersam’ Tavanandi -₹3,22,350
2. Umang ‘Umang94’ Kakarania -₹2,26,029
3. Tanmay ‘truman’ Benara -₹1,46,593
4. Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra -₹1,08,601
5. Rajesh ‘intervntion’ Kumar Shukla -₹80,971
6. nazgul -₹65,429
7. pareeknaman -₹54,493
8. Kshitij ‘kmk1127’ Kucheria -₹43,364

NPS#6 Sprint ₹10 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 435

Re-entries – 314

Prize Pool – ₹14,98,000

Places Paid – 90

MTT phenom Anant ‘Pro_Pro’ Purohit decimated the 749-entry field in PokerBaazi’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD NPS#6 Sprint, ending his ten-week-long title drought. He pocketed ₹2.52 Lakhs for the win after edging past the two-time Destiny winner Navdeep ‘Psychonaut’ Sahi (runner-up for ₹1.75 Lakhs) in heads-up play.

Anant Purohit’s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.75 Crores|Lifetime Profits: ₹2.42 Crores | Annual Winnings: ₹64.16 Lakhs|Annual Profits: ₹16.88 Lakhs

Prince ‘NaNki’ Singh (3^rd for ₹1.57 Lakhs), Puneet ‘neo1’ Dua (5^th for ₹67,859), and Prabhas ‘prabzter’ Sharma (6^th for ₹54,827) also FT-ed the event.

Final Table Results

1. Anant ‘Pro_Pro’ Purohit -₹2,51,673
2. Navdeep ‘Psychonaut’ Sahi -₹1,74,828
3. Prince ‘NaNki’ Singh -₹1,57,270
4. PayYourDealer -₹90,629
5. Puneet ‘neo1’ Dua -₹67,859
6. Prabhas ‘prabzter’ Sharma -₹54,827

UVS #43 Main Event ₹10 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 485

Re-entries – 193

Rebuys – 405

Prize Pool – ₹10,83,000

Places Paid – 95

The Ultimate Value Series (UVS) June Edition closed out its run with the mystery player ‘OfcourseOfcourse’ taking down the ₹10 Lakhs GTD UVS #43 Main Event title for ₹2.07 Lakhs. ‘JollyGuy’ finished runner-up for ₹1.28 Lakhs.

The former Wednesday Vibes champion ‘OfcourseOfcourse’ now has ₹4.49 Lakhs in recorded winnings on Spartan Poker (under this screen name), with ₹2.09 Lakhs net profits.

Dhirendra ‘dhiru91’ Kumar (4^th for ₹69,854), The Millionaire finalist Aniket ‘Ntwadumela’ Waghmare (5^th for ₹55,341), and Mohit ‘thejoker’ Mehta (6^th for ₹43,103) also FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. OfcourseOfcourse -₹2,06,636
2. JollyGuy -₹1,27,577
3. jagraa -₹91,189
4. Dhirendra ‘dhiru91’ Kumar -₹69,854
5. Aniket ‘Ntwadumela’ Waghmare -₹55,341
6. Mohit ‘thejoker’ Mehta -₹43,103
7. Daniel0617₹31,407
8. Witty.White -₹21,465

Big Bang ₹1 Lakh GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 34

Re-entries – 9

Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000

Places Paid – 5

Khelo365’s Sunday headliner, the ₹1 Lakh GTD Big Bang was taken down by ‘Champ10n,’ who won ₹43,000. ‘Santoshi’ came second for ₹23,000.

Daily PLO Grind ₹1 Lakh GTD – PokerDangal

Buy-in – ₹660

Entries – 85

Re-entries – 67

Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000

Places Paid – 23

‘spewking’ was the last player standing in PokerDangal’s ₹1 Lakh GTD PLO Grind and bagged ₹21,000 for the win. ‘tourneyking’ finished runner-up for ₹15,500.

Dominator ₹50K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 47

Re-entries – 21

Prize Pool – ₹50,000

Places Paid – 7

The second-biggest Sunday tourney on Khelo365, the ₹50K GTD Dominator, registered 68 entries, overlaying ₹16,000. The user ‘Aauss’ was the last player standing and won ₹18,000 after defeating ‘Baazingaa’ (runner-up for ₹10,000) in heads-up play.

This report was updated at 9:30 PM on 14.6.2021.

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