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We usually don’t say this often, but it was a blockbuster Monday on the virtual felts, with all the marquees successfully breaching their advertised guarantees!
The biggest guaranteed tourney of the day (and by some margin) was Spartan Poker’s ₹35 Lakhs GTD The Big Deal that crowned a champion in the current annual leaderboard topper Manish Lakhotia! Lakhotia took home an impressive ₹7.65 Lakhs, following a heads-up deal with Mayur Kumar Telangi (runner-up for ₹7.01 Lakhs).
Ashit Sharma, Atul Khurana, Harshit Jaiswal, Mohit Mehta, Ashish Kaushik, Ankit Saurabh, and Akshat Sharma were among the other big winners.
Here are the Monday highlights!
Spartan Poker
Running as a part of Spartan Poker’s Daily Poker Marathon was the bi-weekly Monday extravaganza, the ₹35 Lakhs GTD The Big Deal. The ₹22,000 entry buy-in tourney drew 182 entries, collecting a whopping ₹36.4 Lakhs prize pool. The two-time Millionaire champion Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia, who had shipped PokerBaazi’s ₹20 Lakhs GTD BSS#4 SuperStack on Sunday, continuing his winning streak, took down the tourney for ₹7.65 Lakhs, following a heads-up deal with Mayur Kumar ‘Darthvader30’ Telangi (runner-up for ₹7.01 Lakhs).
Lakhotia has further extended his lead on the yearly rankings, crossing ₹1.26 Crores in annual earnings with this win.
Spartan Poker’s ₹4.5 Lakhs GTD The Flash managed to round up 647 entrants, posting a guarantee-busting ₹6.47 Lakhs prize pool. Sunday’s ₹30 Lakhs GTD Mega Suits runner-up, Mohit ‘thejoker’ Mehta, rallied to the top of the field to claim a winner’s paycheque worth ₹1.06 Lakhs. A heads-up chop saw Ashish ‘intrcptr101’ Kaushik taking home ₹97,987 in prize money.
PokerStars India
The ₹5 Lakhs GTD Battle Royale on PokerStars India wrangled in 229 participants, generating a generous ₹5.72 Lakhs prize pool. The anonymous user ‘Sriko5’ took down the event for ₹1.01 Lakhs, just as Akshat ‘takingcuntrol’ Sharma came in second for ₹71,076.
The ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD Deepstack was taken down by ‘ANCIENT MARINER’ for ₹46,266. ’10SJS’ finished runner-up for ₹18,805. The event logged in 136 entries, collecting ₹1.70 Lakhs in the prize pool.
PokerBaazi
Spearheading PokerBaazi`s Monday MTT lineup was the ₹7.5 Lakhs GTD The Big Show. The ₹2,750 entry buy-in event pulled in 307 contenders, generating a ₹7.68 Lakhs prize pool. Atul ‘atulkhurana’ Khurana championed the event for ₹1.69 Lakhs after besting Harshit ‘khooni31’ Jaiswal (runner-up for ₹1.18 Lakhs) in the heads-up play.
The mystery user ‘cerealkiller’ took down the ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD 6-Max Holdem Boost DST for ₹46,127. ‘LEGGO’ placed second for ₹32,336.
Adda52
Adda52’s Monday primetime tourney, the ₹8 Lakhs GTD Iron Man, registered 471 entries, surpassing its listed guarantee by ₹57,223. Online reg Ashit ‘nexus010’ Sharma was the last player standing, and he defeated ‘bubba88’ (runner-up for ₹1.24 Lakhs) en route to clinching the title and a top prize of ₹2.10 Lakhs. Sharma now has ₹1.77 Crores in recorded online winnings.
The 9:30 PM tourney on Adda52, the ₹2.75 Lakhs GTD Voyager, clocked a turnout of 323 entries, accumulating a prize pool worth ₹3.23 Lakhs. Ankit ‘starnaruto’ Saurabh emerged as the victor and won ₹80,750. Sumit ‘Sumit22in’ Chhabra finished runner-up for ₹48,935.
The other Monday winners were:
Player | Prize Amount | Event | Poker Site |
---|---|---|---|
Mohit 'thejoker' Mehta | ₹1.06 Lakhs | The Flash ₹4.5 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
Ankit ‘starnaruto’ Saurabh | ₹80,750 | Voyager ₹2.75 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
ANCIENT MARINER | ₹46,266 | Deepstack ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD | PokerStars India |
cerealkiller | ₹46,127 | 6-Max Holdem Boost DST ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
Dennis9229 | ₹43,910 | Turbo ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
abarjatiya | ₹30,970 | PLO Boost Monster ₹1 Lakh GTD | PokerBaazi |
Sush000 | ₹30,587 | Ultrasonic ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD | PokerStars India |
manish60712 | ₹24,640 | Punch ₹80K GTD | Adda52 |
vipdaredevil | ₹23,896 | Afternoon on Stars ₹80K GTD | PokerStars India |
Kiran 'D Badshaa' Pawar | ₹11,420 | Deepstack ₹50K GTD | PokerStars India |
Aabheer | ₹6,800 | Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD | Khelo365 |
The Big Deal ₹35 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Buy-in – ₹22,000
Entries – 97
Re-entries – 41
Re-buys – 44
Prize Pool – ₹36,40,000
Places Paid – 20
Spartan Poker’s bi-weekly Monday feature, the ₹22,000 entry buy-in, ₹35 Lakhs GTD The Big Deal drew 182 entries on its latest run to collect a guarantee-crushing₹36.4 Lakhs in the prize pool.
Championing the Monday Highroller was the two-time Millionaire champion and the #1 ranked player on the annual leaderboard, Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia, who shipped the tourney for the second time last night for ₹7.65 Lakhs. On February 22, he had won The Big Deal title for the first time for ₹8.81 Lakhs.
The Siliguri-based pro had stormed his way to the top of the annual leaderboard on the back of a smashing Sunday night run, where he won PokerBaazi’s BSS SuperStack alongside a bunch of other deep runs, aggregating ₹6.67 Lakhs overall.
His latest win has pushed his lifetime winnings to 6.68 Crores (₹1.79 Crores in net profits). His annual winnings have crossed ₹1.25 Crores.
Mayur Kumar ‘Darthvader30’ Telangi finished runner-up for ₹7.02 Lakhs, courtesy of a heads-up deal.
The reg infested final table featured the likes of Narendra ‘bahubali007’ Valuurupalli (3rd for ₹3.91 Lakhs), Harshad ‘omglukbox’ Barve (4th for ₹3.23 Lakhs), Dhaval ‘ElegantlyWasted’ Mudgal (5th for ₹2.60 Lakhs), and Nikhil ‘louis02’ Yadav (6th for ₹2.03 Lakhs).
Amar ‘Laughing Buddha’ Mehta bubbled the FT in seventh place for ₹1.53 Lakhs.
Final Table Results
*denotes a heads-up deal
Iron Man ₹8 Lakhs GTD – Adda52
Buy-in – ₹2,000
Entries – 238
Re-entries – 233
Prize Pool – ₹8,57,223
Places Paid – 49
Adda52`s ₹8 Lakhs GTD Iron Man recorded 471 entries last night, collecting a prize pool worth ₹8.57 Lakhs.
Ashit ‘nexus010’ Sharma has been in phenomenal form recently, and he added another ₹2.10 Lakhs to his winnings after defeating mystery player ‘bubba88’ (runner-up for ₹1.24 Lakhs) in the heads-up showdown.
Sharma’s collectively won ₹2.16 Lakhs last night, boosting his lifetime tally to ₹1.77 Crores. He has crossed ₹50 Lakhs in winnings this year!
Raghavendra ‘ThikanaCK’ Hada (3rd for ₹85,722), Peyush ‘r9cky’ Jain (4th for ₹64,292), and Akshay ‘nofuchsgiven’ Dhingra (5th for ₹42,861) also FT-ed the tourney.
Final Table Results
The Big Show ₹7.5 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi
Buy-in – ₹2,750
Entries – 185
Re-entries – 122
Prize Pool – ₹7,68,000
Places Paid – 36
PokerBaazi’s The Big Show surpassed its listed ₹7 Lakhs prize pool guarantee by ₹68,000 on the back of 307 entries. The top 36 runners finished ITM.
Starting at its scheduled 8 PM, the event took seven hours to find a winner in Atul ‘atulkhurana’ Khurana, who banked a ₹1.70 Lakhs payday. Harshit ‘khooni31’ Jaiswal finished runner-up for ₹1.19 Lakhs.
Bhanu ‘Chennaino1’ Prakash KC (4th for ₹56,542), Aryan ‘pagalkutta’ Singh (5th for ₹42,520), Muthukumar ‘hero1965’ Rajagopalan (7th for ₹28,244) and last night’s Turbo ₹1.5 LAC GTD runner-up finisher Deep ‘ChristopherCoke’ Patel (8th for ₹22,641) FT-ed the tourney.
Final Table Results
Battle Royale ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India
Buy-in – ₹2,750
Entries – 123
Re-entries – 106
Total Prize Pool – ₹5,72,500
Regular Prize Pool – ₹2,86,250
Bounty Prize Pool – ₹2,86,250
Places Paid – 23
PokerStars India`s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Battle Royale logged in 229 contenders, generating a profitable ₹5.72 Lakhs prize pool.
The 7:30 PM tourney got in the books at 2:56 AM today and paid out the top 23 finishers.
Racing past the competition was an unknown player going by the moniker ‘Sriko5,’ who took away the ₹1.01 Lakhs up-top after prevailing over Akshat ‘takingcuntrol’ Sharma (runner-up for ₹71,076) in the heads-up play.
Pranav ‘pkpok13’ Khandalkar (6th for ₹17,110), and Pavan ‘Pavankiranb’ Kiran B (7th for ₹22,023) banked FT payouts.
Final Table Results
The Flash ₹4.5 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 335
Re-entries – 130
Re-buys – 182
Prize Pool – ₹6,47,000
Places Paid – 63
Like The Big Deal, Spartan Poker`s ₹4.5 Lakhs GTD The Flash also smashed its advertised guarantee with a turnout of 647 runners collecting a whopping ₹6.47 Lakhs prize pool (43% more than the listed guarantee).
The 9:30 PM tourney got done at 4:13 AM today after Mohit ‘thejoker’ Mehta and Ashish ‘intrcptr101’ Kaushik decided to end the proceedings with a heads-up chop. Mehta got the title and a ₹1.06 Lakhs cash prize, while Kaushik received ₹97,987 for his runner-up finish.
Sunday’s Mega Suits runner-up, Mehta, now has ₹1.42 Crores in recorded online winnings, with ₹31.62 Lakhs in net profits.
Prakhar ‘Prak27’ Kapoor (3rd for ₹56,613), Deven ‘studdappa’ Gupta (4th for ₹44,967), Dhirendra ‘dhiru91’ Kumar (6th for ₹27,627), and Vishva Karma ‘Rakhi21’ Rakesh (7th for ₹20,769) also FT-ed the tourney.
Voyager ₹2.75 Lakhs GTD – Adda52
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 177
Re-entries – 146
Prize Pool – ₹3,23,000
Places Paid – 34
The second featured tourney on Adda52’s Monday’s schedule, the ₹2.75 Lakhs GTD Voyager, registered 323 entries to collect a ₹3.23 Lakhs prize pool.
Ankit ‘starnaruto’ Saurabh was the last player standing and won ₹80,750, with Sumit ‘Sumit22in’ Chhabra placing runner-up for ₹48,935.
Ankit Saurabh has been on a blazing run since March. He first grabbed the headlines after landing a massive ₹25 Lakhs payday for his runner-up finish in Adda52’s ₹2 Crores GTD ATOC Main Event Finale. Two weeks later, Saurabh championed Spartan Poker`s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Millionaire D’Lite for ₹1.63 Lakhs.
The Voyager title last night is the second time Saurabh has won this tourney. It has also pushed his lifetime MTT tally to ₹52.85 Lakhs.
Karan ‘karan880’ Lochab (5th for ₹18,573) and Yash ‘yosher’ Jain (5th for ₹9,690) FT-ed the tourney.
Deepstack ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India
Buy-in – ₹1,375
Entries – 88
Re-entries – 48
Total Prize Pool – ₹1,70,000
Regular Prize Pool – ₹85,000
Bounty Prize Pool – ₹85,000
Places Paid – 15
PokerStars India`s ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD Deepstack accumulated a ₹1.70 Lakhs prize pool on the back of 136 runners, and the top 15 places boarded the money bus.
After a hectic grind that lasted for more than four hours, the mystery user ‘ANCIENT MARINER’ came out on top to win ₹46,266. ‘10SJS’ finished runner-up for ₹18,805.
Akshay ‘VaahBhaiVaah’ Gupta (5th for ₹12,380) and Akshay ‘LalaSaab’ Kapoor (9th for ₹3,586) were some known players who FT-ed the tourney.
6-Max Holdem Boost DST ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 114
Re-entries – 77
Prize Pool – ₹1,91,000
Places Paid – 24
PokerBaazi`s 9 PM tourney, the ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD 6-Max Holdem Boost, was taken down by ‘cerealkiller,’ who won ₹46,127. Mystery reg ‘LEGGO’ placed runner-up for ₹32,336.
Sunday’s multiple FT scorer Pranav ‘pranavpoker’ Khandalkar (3rd for ₹20,781), PokerBaazi regular Harrish ‘Realfc’ Chaudary (4th for ₹15,395), and Rohan ‘theoldrod’ Sahni (5th for ₹11,556) FT-ed the tourney.
Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD NLHE – Khelo365
Buy-in – ₹275
Entries – 50
Re-entries – 26
Prize Pool – ₹20,000
Places Paid – 8
‘Aabheer’ championed a field of 76 entries in Khelo365’s ₹20K GTD Grinder 2.0 to win ₹6,800. The user ‘26January1947’ finished runner-up for ₹4,000.
This report was updated at 2:30 PM on 6.4.2021.
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