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With no ₹1 Crore GTD flagship gracing the weekend schedule, this past Sunday was relatively subdued. PokerBaazi`s IMPS Gold Edition and Spartan Poker’s UVS played out the last of their scheduled events last night. PokerStars India’s INCOOP is also on the business end with just the ₹1 Crore GTD INCOOP Main Event left to crown a champion.
Mohammad Azhar has been in phenomenal form since his breakthrough run in June when he championed the NPS Main Event. Adding another flagship title to his glittering resume, the 23-year-old took down the Adda52 Big Game for a jaw-dropping ₹15.37 Lakhs, with ‘Padma37’ placing runner-up for ₹8.96 Lakhs.
The two-time Millionaire winner, Manish Lakhotia, who has climbed back to #2 on the yearly leaderboard, won Spartan Poker`s Sunday Superstack title for the second time this year for ₹7.81 Lakhs. PokerGuru Ambassadors Ashish Munot (2nd for ₹5.19 Lakhs) and Ashish Ahuja (3rd for ₹3.80 Lakhs) round out the podium finishes.
The star attraction at PokerBaazi’s IMPS Gold Edition, the IMPS#113 Main Event, was championed by Abhishek ‘rekop’ Kushwaha for ₹9.48 Lakhs. Suneeth Kalmady took home an equally impressive ₹7.20 Lakhs runner-up payout, courtesy of a heads-up deal.
Vinayak Bajaj was another breakout winner and clinched back-to-back titles in Spartan Poker’s UVS#45 – Everest and Adda52’s Sunday Showdown, while also running deep in two more events. In all, he added a collective ₹6.09 Lakhs in Sunday winnings.
Aayush Goyal, Manish Jangid, Rishabh Baj, Pankaj Nanda, Areyann Gurbaxani, Yash Jain, Nitin Rawat, Mridul Kharkwa, Mohak Kapoor, Sanchit Anand, and Rohit Deoghare shipped the other Sunday marquees.
Here are the Sunday highlights!
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Spartan Poker
With no ‘The Millionaire’ playing out over the weekend, the ₹35 Lakhs GTD Sunday SuperStack was the biggest guaranteed Sunday tournament on Spartan Poker. The ₹11,000 buy-in tourney gathered 390 participants, posting a colossal ₹39 Lakhs prize pool. After eight hours and 23 minutes of play, the two-time Millionaire champion Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia held all the chips in play and walked away with a winner’s paycheque worth ₹7.81 Lakhs. PokerGuru Ambassadors Ashish ‘Donkey 07’ Munot (2nd for ₹5.19 Lakhs) and Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja (3rd for ₹3.80 Lakhs) secured podium finishes.
This latest win is the second time the Siliguri-based pro has won the Sunday Superstack. He had previously shipped the event on January 3. His stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.98 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.03 Crores | Annual Winnings: ₹3.44 Crores | Ranked #2 on the Annual Leaderboard
Vinayak ‘haayegarmi’ Bajaj went on a tear last night with two titles and ₹6.09 Lakhs in cumulative earnings. His breakout score was the ₹4.12 Lakhs he won for taking down Spartan Poker’s ₹25 Lakhs GTD UVS#45 – Everest. The former Millionaire United champion also shipped Adda52’s Sunday Showdown and ran deep in two more events.
His ITM finishes include:
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s UVS #45 – Everest for ₹4,12,500
> 1st in Adda52’s Sunday Showdown for ₹1,88,204
> 49th in PokerBaazi’s IMPS#113 Main Event for ₹8,000
> 95th in PokerStars India’s INCOOP-128 The Big Crunch for ₹625
The Game Changer 4.0 winner JaiKiran ‘GOLI SODA’ Kumar finished runner-up in the UVS#45 – Everest for ₹2.47 Lakhs.
His ITM finishes include:
> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s UVS #45 – Everest for ₹2,47,975
> 9th in PokerBaazi’s IMPS#114 Finale for ₹12,488
> 27th Spartan Poker’s UVS #46 Monsterstack for ₹3,085
The inaugural FTS Main Event champion Arjun ‘lol this guy’ Pasricha came close to winning the ₹10 Lakhs GTD UVS#44 Main Event but ultimately lost the title to the anonymous user ‘ouroboros_’ who banked a top prize worth ₹2.03 Lakhs. Arjun Pasricha settled for a runner-up payout worth ₹1.25 Lakhs. Arjun Pasricha boasts of ₹2.79 Crores in recorded winnings on Spartan Poker, with ₹1.93 Crores in corresponding profits.
The ₹4 Lakhs GTD UVS#41 Bluff Master clocked in 2,624 entries, filling in ₹1.64 Lakhs in overlays. The mystery user ‘moksh 7.12’ took down the event for ₹42,077, following a three-way deal with Murali ‘madlad666’ Mohan (2nd for ₹39,287) and ‘Prateek318‘ (3rd for ₹39,166).
‘Raveena Sharma’ (Won UVS#46 ₹3.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹68,170), Srujan ‘gambling_buddha’ Grudelly (Won UVS#40 Monster Stack ₹3.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹65,033), ‘chiku16’ (Won Sunday Night Rider ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹36,000), ‘Ssick_One’ (Won UVS#43 ₹1.25 Lakhs GTD for ₹21,506) and ‘Iamgroot’ (Won Last Chance ₹45K GTD for ₹12,375), shipped the other Sunday marquees on Spartan Poker.
With the UVS now in the books, ‘Mr.369’ topped the leaderboard standings to collect ₹1 Lakh in prizes. ‘james_bond0071’ came second for ₹60,000, while ‘Dancing Rose’ secured the third spot for ₹40,000.
UVS Leaderboard Complete Standings
Rank | Player | Prize Amount (BM) |
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1 | MR.369 | ₹1,00,000 |
2 | james_bond0071 | ₹60,000 |
3 | Dancing Rose | ₹40,000 |
4 | ouroboros_ | ₹30,000 |
5 | Felix Felicis | ₹20,000 |
6 | I am back8 | ₹16,000 |
7 | Rahul 'Vasili Arkipov' Lal | ₹12,000 |
8 | RAKSHASS | ₹10,000 |
9 | Ashish 'Ataraxia' Kaushik | ₹8,000 |
10 | Reddington1 | ₹4,000 |
PokerBaazi
PokerBaazi`s biggest-ever budget series, the IMPS Gold Edition, ended its two-week run on Sunday, with the ₹50 Lakhs GTD IMPS#113 Main Event playing down to a winner. The ₹2,200 buy-in Main Event clocked in 2,342 total entries over four starting days, resulting in a ₹3.16 Lakhs overlay shortfall. The 303 Day 2 qualifiers returned at 8 PM on Sunday, and 235 places finished ITM. Ashish ‘rekop’ Kushwaha bagged the IMPS trophy and a site best ₹9.48 Lakhs following a heads-up deal with Suneeth ‘suneethkalmady’ Kalmady (2nd for ₹7.20 Lakhs).
Suneeth Kalmady’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹33.95 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹9.06 Lakhs
PokerBaazi`s Sunday staple ₹20 Lakhs GTD BSS SuperStack registered 437 entrants to collect ₹21.85 Lakhs in the prize pool and paid out 54 places. Aayush ‘Goyal0279’ Goyal raced past the competition to collect a career-best ₹4.39 Lakhs, with the Sunday Superstack fourth-place finisher, Young Gun Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra placing runner-up for ₹3.07 Lakhs. Aayush Goyal also finished fourth in the IMPS#114 FINALE for ₹31,185.
The BSS SuperStack score was a much-needed one for Aayush Goyal, who has ₹13.75 Lakhs in registered losses on the site.
Areyann ‘kreishhAA’ Gurbaxani took down the other IMPS marquee last night, the ₹5 Lakhs GTD IMPS#114 FINALE for ₹87,401. Before sealing the deal, Gurbaxani cut a three-way deal with Jayant ‘hiker53’ Darokar (2nd for ₹94,645) and Ajay ‘Messironaldo007’ Dhayal (3rd for ₹86,402).
‘Jeyguru’ (Won IMPS#112 DAILY ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹35,980), Mohak ‘Tiltin’ Kapoor (Won Turbo ₹75K GTD for ₹15,860), ‘FindMuckk’ (Won IMPS#110 (4-Max) Hyper Turbo 75K GTD for ₹14,920), ‘Helyeah’ (Won IMPS#109 WTB ₹80K GTD for ₹14,630), ‘Badman4321’ (Won IMPS#108 PLO 60K GTD for ₹12,590), and ‘Faze’ (Won Daily Morning SPRINT 50K GTD for ₹11,940) shipped the other PokerBaazi marquees.
PokerStars India
With the 2nd edition of the India Championship of Online Poker (INCOOP) nearing its end, all eyes were on the magnum opus of the series, the ₹1 Crores GTD INCOOP Main Event that completed 18 levels of play on Day 1. The event logged in 733 total entries (385 unique and 348 re-entries) on Sunday and needs another 267 entries to meet its listed guarantee. Day 2 resumes at 7:30 PM today, and the final numbers will surely go up, as late registrations are open until 8:40 PM today.
Currently, there are 190 players left in the fray. Leading them is the former two-time The Endeavour champion Shashank ‘Goldfish097’ Shekhar (5,377,306). PokerGuru Ambassador Deepankur ‘dp8218’ Gupta (4,787,222), ‘icecube1001’ (4,760,549),Rubin ‘kornkid4’ Labroo (2,992,066), ‘flippo3’ (2,743,543), ‘you3betI4bet’ (2,651,748), Amit ‘Nitin&AMIT9999’ Ayare (2,641,852), ‘queenA25’ (2,592,148), Chandan ‘RunBarryRun’ Arora (2,585,887), and ‘rohhit2’ (2,463,547) are others who made the top 10 chip counts list.
The ₹10 Lakhs GTD INCOOP-128 The Big Crunch PKO logged in a 406-entry field, collecting ₹10.15 Lakhs in the prize pool. Manish ‘manish jangid’ Jangid championed the event for a personal-best (on PokerStars India) ₹1.79 Lakhs (includes ₹98,350 in bounties), taking down his fourth title at the series.
After the win, Manish Jangid now has ₹18.97 Lakhs in recorded earnings on PokerStars India with ₹6.06 Lakhs in site-profits. Jangid is also ranked #2 on the INCOOP leaderboard standings. The IMPS Mini Main Event runner-up Ashit ‘Cringing’ Sharma placed second for ₹97,884 (includes ₹17,187 in bounties).
His stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.48 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹49.90 Lakhs
The defending INCOOP Main Event winner Sanish ‘sneakysani’ Chhabra posted three FT scores, worth a collective ₹2.45 Lakhs.
His FT finishes include:
> 6th in Spartan Poker’s Sunday Superstack for ₹1.82 Lakhs
> 5th in PokerStars India’s INCOOP-128 The Big Crunch for ₹34,297
> 6th in PokerStars India’s INCOOP-124 Sunday Warm-up for ₹22,050
Sanish Chhabra’s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.60 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.24 Crores
The Monster Poker Club streamer Nitin ‘NRIPOKER’ Rawat was another mover and shaker on Sunday. He ITM-ed five events, including a title win and two more FT scores, adding ₹97,506 overall.
His top finishes include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s IMPS#111 for ₹56,713
> 8th in PokerStars India’s INCOOP-128 The Big Crunch for ₹25,627
> 4th in Spartan Poker’s UVS #43 for ₹9,838
Nitin Rawat’s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹36.82 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹16.33 Lakhs
The ₹5 Lakhs GTD INCOOP-124 Sunday Warm-up logged in 324 entries, registering a negligible ₹14,000 in overlays. After six hours and forty-five minutes of play, the APT Superstack winner Yash ‘Yash9694’ Jain championed the event for ₹82,219 following a heads-up chop with ‘rohhit2’ (2nd for ₹82,219). Jain now has ₹53.72 Lakhs in recorded online earnings and ₹10.88 Lakhs in net profits.
The former Adda52 Big Game champion Arun ‘realruny’ Sriram won ₹1.56 Lakhs from three ITM finishes that included two FT scores.
His ITM finishes include:
> 3rd in Adda52’s Sunday Showdown for ₹1.08 Lakhs
> 4th in PokerStars India’s INCOOP-124 Sunday Warm-up for ₹39,393
> 41st in PokerBaazi’s IMPS#113 Main Event for ₹8,000
Arun Sriram’s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.47 Crores| Lifetime Profits: ₹38.10 Lakhs
Mridul ‘healingp’ Kharkwal (Won INCOOP-131 Ultrasonic ₹2 Lakhs GTD for ₹51,391), ‘singhbliing23’ (Won INCOOP-129 Sunday Storm ₹2 Lakhs GTD for ₹36,712), ‘BHOJANI2019’ (Won INCOOP-126 6+ Deepstack ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹22,586), ‘whiskypokerr’ (Won INCOOP-130 PLO 6-Max Turbo ₹30K GTD for ₹12,076), Sanchit ‘devilsanchit’ Anand (Won INCOOP-127 Bounty Builder PKO ₹40K GTD for ₹9,555), and Rohit ‘Rebellion30’ Deoghare (Won INCOOP-123 The Hot ₹40K GTD for ₹8,064) were the other Sunday winners on PokerStars India.
After Day 12 of the series, Akhilesh ‘GM2318’ Gautam leads the INCOOP leaderboard standings with 2,085 points. INCOOP-128 The Big Crunch PKO Manish ‘manish jangid’ Jangid (2,050 points) and Akhand ‘akhand188’ Shukla (1,835 points) round out the top three places in the leaderboard rankings.
INCOOP Leaderboard Standings After Day 12
Rank | Player | Points |
---|---|---|
1 | Akhilesh 'GM2318' Gautam | 2,085 |
2 | Manish 'manish jangid' Jangid | 2,050 |
3 | Akhand 'akhand188' Shukla | 1,835 |
4 | Amit 'AKumarss' Kumar Singh | 1,730 |
5 | Isogonic Lines | 1,630 |
6 | DeuceSeven09 | 1,530 |
7 | Naman 'Radmod' Aggarwal | 1,355 |
8 | rkrohan@& | 1,275 |
9 | Myron 'khAAbib' Pereira | 1,105 |
10 | Armaan 'armaan007111' Kochhar | 955 |
Adda52
The Big Game headlined Adda52’s Sunday roster. Part of the site’s ₹11 Crore GTD Sinister Sunday, the featured event promised an amped-up ₹50 Lakhs prize pool guarantee for an entry buy-in of ₹27,500. A total of 224 players entered the competition, generating a guarantee-crushing ₹56 Lakhs prize pool. Cutting his way across the competition was the first-ever NPS Main Event champion and last month’s WPT India Main Event runner-up Mohammad ‘blankspace’ Azhar, who fattened his online poker wallet by ₹15.37 Lakhs. ‘Padma37’ placed runner-up for ₹8.96 Lakhs.
Azhar has been steadily picking the marquee titles, and this month he won The Big Deal twice, first on September 2 and again on September 9. He has won 14 titles in 2021 (so far) and sits with ₹2.75 Crore in lifetime winnings. Last night`s win has pushed him across the ₹2 Crore mark in annual winnings, also getting him into the top #20 of the yearly leaderboard rankings.
Vinayak ‘bhai_on_mary_jane’ Bajaj was another Sunday trailblazer and championed two events last night. On Adda52, Bajaj bested the 471-player field in the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Sunday Showdown to win ₹1.88 Lakhs after striking a heads-up deal with Karan ‘gogikaran’ Malhotra (2nd for ₹1.61 Lakhs).
Vinayak Bajaj scored an even better ₹4.13 Lakhs in Spartan Poker`s UVS #45 Everest. The 28-year-old player earned a collective ₹6.09 Lakhs last night, breaching the ₹5 Crore mark in lifetime winnings.
His top Sunday finishes include:
> 1st in UVS #45 – Everest for ₹4.13 Lakhs
> 1st in the Sunday Showdown for ₹1.88 Lakhs
Vinayak Bajaj’s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.03 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.72 Crores | Annual Winnings: ₹2.06 Crores
The ₹5 Lakhs GTD Ship It registered 450 signups, the exact count it needed to hit its guarantee. Former Grand Mega Suits runner-up Pankaj ‘Pok3rking’ Nanda bested the competition to claim the ₹95,056 up top, with ‘Oshuri’ securing a runner-up payday of ₹69,676. The win has boosted Nanda’s online scorecard to ₹74.71 Lakhs.
Rishabh ‘rishlangda’ Baj (Won Tornado ₹3.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹98,000), ‘rtuteja’ (Won Holdem Bash ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹70,000), ‘grandpalessons’ (Won Ultimate DST ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹35,463), ‘Rohit03’ (Won Sunday Punch ₹1.25 Lakhs GTD for ₹22,613) and ‘MRLucky52’ (Won Classic 200 for 5,800) won the other Sunday marquees.
The other Sunday winners were:
Player | Prize Amount | Event | Poker Site |
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Rishabh ‘rishlangda’ Baj | ₹98,000 | Tornado ₹3.5 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
rtuteja | ₹70,000 | Holdem Bash ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
Raveena Sharma | ₹68,170 | UVS#46 ₹3.50 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
Srujan ‘gambling_buddha’ Grudelly | ₹65,033 | UVS#40 Monster Stack ₹3.50 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
Mridul 'healingp' Kharkwal | ₹51,391 | INCOOP-131 Ultrasonic ₹2 Lakhs GTD | PokerStars India |
scorpion14 | ₹43,000 | Big Bang ₹1 Lakh GTD | Khelo365 |
singhbliing23 | ₹36,712 | INCOOP-129 Sunday Storm ₹2 Lakhs GTD | PokerStars India |
chiku16 | ₹36,000 | Sunday Night Rider ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
Jeyguru | ₹35,980 | IMPS#112 DAILY ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
grandpalessons | ₹35,463 | Ultimate DST ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
Rohit03 | ₹22,613 | Sunday Punch ₹1.25 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
BHOJANI2019 | ₹22,586 | INCOOP-126 6+ Deepstack ₹1 Lakh GTD | PokerStars India |
Ssick_One | ₹21,506 | UVS#43 ₹1.25 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
Santoshi | ₹17,000 | Dominator ₹50K GTD | Khelo365 |
Mohak ‘Tiltin’ Kapoor | ₹15,860 | Turbo ₹75K GTD | PokerBaazi |
FindMuckk | ₹14,920 | IMPS#110 (4-Max) Hyper Turbo 75K GTD | PokerBaazi |
Helyeah | ₹14,630 | IMPS#109 WTB ₹80K GTD | PokerBaazi |
Badman4321 | ₹12,590 | IMPS#108 PLO 60K GTD | PokerBaazi |
Iamgroot | ₹12,375 | Last Chance ₹45K GTD | Spartan Poker |
whiskypokerr | ₹12,076 | INCOOP-130 PLO 6-Max Turbo ₹30K GTD | PokerStars India |
Faze | ₹11,940 | Daily Morning SPRINT 50K GTD | PokerBaazi |
Sanchit 'devilsanchit' Anand | ₹9,555 | INCOOP-127 Bounty Builder PKO ₹40K GTD | PokerStars India |
Rohit 'Rebellion30' Deoghare | ₹8,064 | INCOOP-123 The Hot ₹40K GTD | PokerStars India |
MRLucky52 | ₹5,800 | Classic 200 | Adda52 |
INCOOP-125 Main Event PKO ₹1 Crore GTD – PokerStars India
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 385
Re-entries – 347
Regular Prize Pool – ₹63,40,000
Bounty Prize Pool – ₹36,60,000
Total Prize Pool – ₹1,00,00,000
Places Paid – 71
PokerStars India`s ₹1 Crore GTD INCOOP Main Event logged in 732 hopefuls on Sunday (385 unique and 348 re-entries), and after 18 levels of play, only 190 runners bagged a stack for Day 2.
Day 2 resumes at 7:30 PM today, with late registrations open until 8:40 PM.
The two-time The Endeavour champion Shashank ‘Goldfish097’ Shekhar (5,377,306) holds the most massive stack coming into Day 2.
PokerGuru Ambassador Deepankur ‘dp8218’ Gupta (4,787,222), Rubin ‘kornkid4’ Labroo (2,992,066), Amit ‘Nitin&AMIT9999’ Ayare (2,641,852), and Chandan ‘RunBarryRun’ Arora (2,585,887) hold the other top stacks.
Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1
Adda52 Big Game ₹50 Lakhs GTD – Adda52
Buy-in – ₹27,500
Entries – 132
Re-entries – 92
Prize Pool – ₹56,00,000
Places Paid- 24
Adda52’s Sunday headliner was the ₹50 Lakhs GTD Add52 Big Game. The 9 PM tourney registered 224 entries, generating a ₹56 Lakhs prize pool. The play culminated at 5.43 AM, with the first-ever NPS Main Event champion Mohammad ‘blankspace’ Azhar walking away as the champion. Azhar earned the top prize of ₹15.37 Lakhs after defeating ‘Padma37’ (2nd for ₹8.96 Lakhs) in the heads-up showdown.
Last night`s win fetched Mohammad Azhar his 14th title and fifth seven-figure score this year. The 23-year-old player has charted a dramatic rise in the poker circuit. While he was won three NPS titles and swept the NPS leaderboard in June, Azhar closed out August with a runner-up score in the WPT India Main Event. He has also won The Big Deal back-to-back this month.
The Sunday run has helped him cross ₹2 Crores in annual winnings, pushing him to #20 in the yearly leaderboard rankings.
Sreekanth ‘n0thing’ Narayan (3rd for ₹6.72 Lakhs), Ravindra ‘wormhole’ Arikeri (5th for ₹3.36 Lakhs), and PokerGuru Ambassador Vivek ‘Vivek94540’ Singh (6th for ₹2.38 Lakhs) also FT-ed the Sunday night high roller.
Final Table Results
IMPS#113 Main Event ₹50 Lakhs GTD Day 2 – PokerBaazi
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 2,342
Survivors – 303
Prize Pool – ₹50,00,000
Places Paid – 235
The showstopper of PokerBaazi’s IMPS Gold Edition, the ₹50 Lakhs GTD IMPS#113 Main Event, found a champion in Abhishek ‘rekop’ Kushwaha who walked away with a career-best ₹9.48 Lakhs after striking a heads-up deal with Suneeth ‘suneethkalmady’ Kalmady (2nd for ₹7.20 Lakhs).
Romit ‘tilt83’ Advani (3rd for ₹4.89 Lakhs), Aniket ‘Anteman’ Waghmare (6th for ₹2.28 Lakhs), and Dhirendra ‘dhiru91’ Kumar (7th for ₹1.71 Lakhs) were the other notables who made an FT finish.
The ₹2,200 entry buy-in event featuring four starting days clocked in 2,342 contestants, filling in ₹3.16 Lakhs in overlays, and 303 survivors convened last night to play down to a champion. Day 2 commenced at 8 PM and got in the books at 3:16 AM.
Final Table Results
Sunday SuperStack ₹35 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 200
Re-entries – 68
Rebuys – 122
Prize Pool – ₹39,00,000
Places Paid – 39
After going relatively slow on the results, two-time Millionaire champion Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia seems back on the driver’s seat with a bang. Just a week after picking up a runner-up score worth ₹17.60 Lakhs in the FTS #23 Highroller, Lakhotia netted another big score. He toppled a 390-player field to win Spartan Poker’s ₹35 Lakhs GTD Sunday Superstack for ₹7.82 Lakhs – his second time winning this event. PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘Donkey 07’ Munot finished runner-up for ₹5.20 Lakhs.
Lakhotia has consolidated his position on the annual leaderboard with cashes worth ₹3.44 Crores. He also has ₹8.98 Crores in lifetime winnings and will likely cross the ₹9 Crore mark any day now.
PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja (3rd for ₹3.80 Lakhs), Young Gun Sanat ‘orhem3001’ Mehrotra (4th for ₹3.07 Lakhs), Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra (6th for ₹1.82 Lakhs), and Young Gun Neel ‘Worm33’ Joshi (8th for ₹98,280) were the other top finishers.
Final Table Results
UVS#45 – Everest ₹25 Lakhs GTD – Day 2 – Spartan Poker
Buy-in – ₹550
Total Entries – 1,825
Total Re-entries – 300
Total Rebuys – 1,356
Prize Pool – ₹25,00,000
Places Paid – 343
Vinayak ‘haayegarmi’ Bajaj was the last player standing in Spartan Poker’s ₹25 Lakhs GTD UVS#45 – Everest and took home the ₹4.12 Lakhs up-top after defeating JaiKiran ‘GOLI SODA’ Kumar (2nd for ₹2.47 Lakhs) heads-up. This was one of two Sunday tournaments Bajaj won, raking in ₹6.09 Lakhs in total winnings.
Mohit ‘thejoker’ Mehta (6th for ₹70,000), Ajay ‘gabbarsingh’ Dhayal (7th for ₹50,000), and Praveen ‘hendalson’ Gattani (8th for ₹37,500) also FT-ed the tourney!
The ₹550 entry buy-in event recorded a 3,481-player field over nine opening days, experiencing a glaring ₹7.59 Lakhs overlay shortfall.
The 349 survivors returned at 10 PM on Sunday, and the top 343 places got paid.
Final Table Results
BSS SuperStack ₹20 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 206
Re-entries – 231
Prize Pool – ₹21,85,000
Places Paid – 54
PokerBaazi’s ₹20 Lakhs GTD BSS SuperStack found a champion in IMPS#114 FINALE fourth-place finisher Aayush ‘Goyal0279’ Goyal, who took away a much-needed breakout score worth ₹4.39 Lakhs. The Sunday Superstack fourth-place finisher, Young Gun Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra, placed runner-up for ₹3.07 Lakhs.
Aayush Goyal recovered over 20% of his site losses last night but is still in the red for more than ₹13.75 Lakhs.
Kritagya ‘Kritagya_17’ Sharma (3rd for ₹1.97 Lakhs), Subhendu ‘lucky_for_u’ Mondal (4th for ₹1.46 Lakhs), FTS 3.0 Main Event runner-up finisher Devang ‘Laila’ Yadav (5th for ₹1.09 Lakhs), Rishab ‘ryuk’ Malik (7th for ₹73,416), and Young Gun Arsh ‘Button_Hai_Bro’ Grover (8th for ₹58,558) also FT-ed the Sunday flagship.
The ₹5,500 entry buy-in event clocked in a 437-strong field to obliterate its posted guarantee by ₹1.85 Lakhs. The 7 PM tourney got in the books at 3:50 AM, and the top 54 places boarded the money bus.
Final Table Results
UVS#44 Main Event ₹10 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 466
Re-entries – 205
Rebuys – 395
Prize Pool – ₹10,66,000
Places Paid – 95
The ₹1,100 entry buy-in UVS#44 Main Event attracted 1,066 entries to surpass its advertised ₹10 Lakhs guarantee by ₹66,000. After nine hours and fifteen minutes of play, Spartan Poker user ‘ouroboros_’ came out on top to win a personal-best ₹2.03 Lakhs. The FTS 1.0 Main Event champion Arjun ‘lol this guy’ Pasricha settled for a runner-up finish worth ₹1.26 Lakhs.
Dhinesh ‘kendralust’ Kumar (4th for ₹68,757) and Yash ‘Babyshark10’ Chitre (5th for ₹54,473) also FT-ed the tourney.
Final Table Results
Sunday Showdown ₹10 Lakhs GTD – Adda52
Buy-in – ₹2,500
Entries – 260
Re-entries – 211
Prize Pool – ₹10,59,760
Places Paid – 47
Vinayak ‘bhai_on_mary_jane’ Bajaj won two featured events on Sunday. He ran past a 471-player field in Adda52’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Sunday Showdown, ultimately settling for a heads-up deal with Karan ‘gogikaran’ Malhotra to collect ₹1.88 Lakhs. Malhotra placed runner-up for ₹1.61 Lakhs.
Vinayak Bajaj also championed the UVS #45 Everest for ₹4.13 Lakhs, collectively earning ₹6.09 Lakhs. His smashing Sunday run made him our latest Super Achiever for crossing ₹5 Crores in online winnings (₹1.72 Crores in annual profits).
Vijendra Kumar ‘sadhu16’ Sharma (4th for ₹79,345), former IOPC – The Millionaire champion Anurag ‘NormanBates’ Srivastava (5th for ₹58,160) and last Sunday’s FTS – The Feast champion Shagun ‘sogani94’ Jain (7th for ₹31,248) also walked away with FT payouts.
Final Table Results
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INCOOP-128 The Big Crunch PKO ₹10 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India
Buy-in – ₹2,750
Entries – 232
Re-entries – 174
Regular Prize Pool – ₹5,07,500
Bounty Prize Pool – ₹5,07,500
Total Prize Pool – ₹10,15,000
Places Paid – 44
INCOOP-128 The Big Crunch PKO logged in a 406-entry field, surpassing its ₹10 Lakhs guarantee by ₹15,000. After nine hours and nine minutes of play, Manish ‘manish jangid’ Jangid came out on top to win a personal-best (on PokerStars India) ₹1.79 Lakhs (includes ₹98,350 in bounties). The IMPS Mini Main Event runner-up finisher Ashit ‘Cringing’ Sharma came second for ₹97,884 (includes ₹17,187 in bounties).
Jangid’s fourth title win at the series pushed him to #2 on the INCOOP leaderboard standings. Jangid boosted his online tally to ₹18.97 Lakhs with ₹6.06 Lakhs in net profits.
The Sunday Superstack sixth-place finisher Sanish ‘sneakysani’ Chhabra (5th for ₹34,297), Amar ‘PsykoEko’ Iyer (6th for ₹27,131), Shagun ‘Sogani22’ Jain (7th for ₹36,044), and IMPS#111 champion Nitin ‘NRIPOKER’ Rawat (8th for ₹25,627) FT-ed the tourney.
Final Table Results (Including Bounties)
Ship It ₹5 Lakhs GTD – Adda52
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 258
Re-entries – 192
Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Places Paid – 47
Adda52’s Ship It offered a ₹5 Lakhs prize pool guarantee at the entry price of ₹1,100. The tournament just about met the listed guarantee, and Pankaj ‘Pok3rking’ Nanda walked away with the title and a ₹95,056 payday after beating Adda52 reg ‘Oshuri’ (2nd for ₹69,676) heads-up.
Raghav ‘mrbean98’ Ananth (3rd for ₹51,072), Shrey ‘kingsb30’ Baj (4th for ₹37,436), Vishal ‘darky012’ Ojha (5th for ₹27,440), Chaitanya ‘crylighter’ Dhingra (6th for ₹20,114), and Young Gun Siddharth ‘skaria1’ Karia (8th for ₹10,807) also FT-ed the tourney.
Final Table Results
IMPS#114 FINALE ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 349
Re-entries – 326
Prize Pool – ₹6,75,000
Places Paid – 81
The ₹5 Lakhs GTD IMPS#114 FINALE was taken down by Areyann ‘kreishhAA’ Gurbaxani, who won the title for ₹87,401 following a three-way deal with Jayant ‘hiker53’ Darokar (2nd for ₹94,645) and ‘Messironaldo007’ (3rd for ₹86,402).
The BSS SuperStack champion Aayush ‘Goyal0279’ Goyal (5th for ₹31,185) and Abhishek ‘abhiom’ Chhajer (7th for ₹20,858) also FT-ed the tourney.
The ₹1,100 entry buy-in event pulled in a 675-strong field, generating a profitable ₹6.75 Lakhs prize pool. The 9:30 PM tourney got in the books at 4:05 AM, and the top 81 places walked past the money line.
Final Table Results
INCOOP-124 Sunday Warm-up ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 174
Re-entries – 150
Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Places Paid – 39
The ₹5 Lakhs GTD INCOOP-124 Sunday Warm-up attracted 324 entries, falling a marginal ₹14,000 short on its advertised guarantee. The APT Superstack winner, Yash ‘Yash9694’ Jain, decimated the competition to win the title for ₹82,219. A heads-up chop saw ‘rohhit2’, earning ₹82,219 in second place.
Adda52’s Sunday Showdown third-place finisher Arun ‘realruny’ Sriram (4th for ₹39,393), INCOOP-128 The Big Crunch PKO fifth-place finisher Sanish ‘sneakysani’ Chhabra (6th for ₹22,050), PokerGuru Ambassador Rony ‘GoGetters1’ Chowdhury (7th for ₹16,497), and Young Gun Sahil ‘allezjuju’ Chutani (8th for ₹12,343) also FT-ed the tourney!
Final Table Results
UVS#41 Bluff Master ₹4 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Buy-in – ₹99
Total Entries – 1,302
Total Re-entries – 257
Total Rebuys – 1,065
Prize Pool – ₹4,00,000
Places Paid – 311
Spartan Poker user ‘moksh 7.12’ outlasted a massive 2,624-entry field to win the UVS #41 Bluff Master for ₹42,077. He chopped the title three-way with Murali ‘madlad666’ Mohan (2nd for ₹39,287) and ‘Prateek318’ (3rd for ₹39,166).
Madhai ‘Alibaba07’ Ghosh (4th for ₹27,287) and Ishan ‘neatvat’ Upendra Tipre (5th for ₹15,080) also FT-ed the event.
The UVS #41 Bluff Master was one of the best value tournaments of the series and ended up filling in a whopping ₹1.64 Lakhs in overlays.
Big Bang ₹1 Lakh GTD – Khelo365
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 26
Re-entries – 16
Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000
Places Paid – 5
The user ‘scorpion14’ fired six bullets in Khelo365’s ₹1 Lakh GTD Big Bang before taking down the title for ₹43,000. Samay ‘Samaybk’ Singh Meena placed runner-up for ₹23,000.
Dominator ₹50K GTD – Khelo365
Buy-in – ₹550
Entries – 42
Re-entries – 29
Prize Pool – ₹50,000
Places Paid – 8
Khelo365 regular ‘Santoshi’ championed the ₹50K GTD Dominator for ₹17,000, beating ‘picnic123’ (2nd for ₹10,000) heads-up.
This report was updated at 9:30 PM on 27.09.2021.
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