Daily Majors: Rohan Bhasin, Sanat Mehrotra, Arjanveer Singh Chadha & Kunal Patni Champion the Thursday Flagships

As we near the weekend, online poker traffic typically shows a significant rise. However, with the second wave of COVID-19 nearly paralyzing the country, the MTT turnouts have been peaking, and the Thursday attendance was equally encouraging.

The former FTS Challenger winner Rohan Bhasin was the day’s biggest winner as not only did he take down Spartan Poker’s Trending Thursday for ₹4.16 Lakhs, but he also won Adda52’s Monster Turbo for ₹2.05 Lakhs, raking in ₹6.21 Lakhs overall.

Young Gun Sanat Mehrotra championed PokerBaazi’s The Summit for ₹4 Lakhs to storm into the top 10 annual leaderboard standings. PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer Singh Chadha (Won Spartan Poker’s Monster Stack for ₹2.14 Lakhs) and Kunal Patni (Won PokerStars India’s Highroller for ₹2.01 Lakhs) were the day’s other big winners.

Here are the Thursday highlights!

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Spartan Poker

The fifth and final ₹1 Crore GTD The Millionaire of April kicked off yesterday. Running from 7 PM to 11:38 AM, the ₹5,500 buy-in tourney logged in 344 entries on its first starting flight, and 50 runners progressed to Day 2. Vivek ‘acchemicals’ Karwa (297,715) bagged the end-of-day chip lead. ‘magicmountain’ (246,745) and ‘haristo’ (221,673) picked up the next two big stacks.

Spartan Poker’s ₹18 Lakhs GTD Trending Thursday collected a hefty ₹21.46 Lakhs prize pool on the back of 613 entries. After a little over eight hours of play, the FTS Challenger champion Rohan ‘The Sightseer’ Bhasin took down the title and the top prize of ₹4.16 Lakhs. Vivekk ‘MI7’ Dube came in second for ₹2.63 Lakhs.

Bhasin had come close to shipping the Mega Stack – Millionaire Bubble on Tuesday but lost the heads-up battle to finish second for ₹2.36 Lakhs. He more than made up for it last night by taking down a second title in Adda52’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Monster Turbo for ₹2.05 Lakhs, raking in ₹6.21 Lakhs in Thursday winnings.

The other marquee on offer, the ₹8 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack, saw PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer ‘bazzingaa’ Singh Chadha walking away with the title and a ₹2.14 Lakhs payday. The former AOPS Mini Main Event champion bested ‘MALLI0035’ (runner-up for ₹1.36 Lakhs) heads-up, pushing his lifetime tally closer to the ₹7 Crore-mark (₹6.90 Crores).

PokerStars India

The ₹10 Lakhs GTD Highroller headlined the Thursday night action on PokerStars India. The ₹7,700 entry buy-in tourney gathered 146 participants, crushing its advertised guarantee by ₹22,000. Seasoned pro Kunal ‘iAlwaysHaveit’ Patni clinched the title and the top prize of ₹2.01 Lakhs, following a heads-up deal with Nitin ‘Mickyn34’ Gupta (runner-up for ₹1.80 Lakhs). Patni had won Adda52’s La Luna on Wednesday and currently boasts of ₹4.54 Crores in lifetime winnings.

The poker streamer Shivam ‘cyflopse’ Jain shipped the ₹3 Lakhs GTD Battle Royale for ₹49,286 after striking a three-way deal with ‘kosmoz21’ (runner-up for ₹46,815) and ‘Clinton Tavares’ (3rd for ₹45,427).

PokerBaazi

PokerBaazi’s ₹15 Lakhs GTD The Summit registered 227 contenders, filling in ₹17.02 Lakhs in the prize pool. Young Gun Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra fought his way to the top of a star-studded final table to bank a cool ₹4 Lakhs. The former Full House champion boosted his online scorecard to ₹4.27 Crores and made his way back into the top 10 of the annual leaderboard standings, overtaking Shardul Parthasarathi.

Young Gun Shardul ‘duuurrrr’ Parthasarathi seems to have made a habit of finishing runner-up in marquee tourneys. Three of his biggest online scores to date have all come through runner-up finishes – PokerBaazi’s Game Changer 3.0 (₹26.49 Lakhs), Spartan Poker’s IOPC#52 High Roller (₹17.44 Lakhs), and PokerBaazi’ APT Championship Event (₹8.53 Lakhs). Adding to his tally of runner-up finishes, Parthasarathi took home ₹2.81 Lakhs in second-place prize money. He also final tabled PokerStars India’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Highroller (9th for ₹30,165), raking in ₹3.36 Lakhs cumulatively; however, it was not enough to fend off Sanat Mehrotra from taking his #10 position in the 2021 leaderboard rankings.

The other notables on The Summit final table included PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja (3rd for ₹1.80 Lakhs), Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia (4th for ₹1.33 Lakhs), Rubin ‘kornkid’ Labroo (5th for ₹1 Lakh), and Young Gun Gaurav ‘gaug17’ Sood (7th for ₹66,738).

Joining fellow PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer Singh Chadha on the winner’s list last night was PokerGuru Ambassador Tathagata ‘Tintin84’ Sengupta. The Kolkata-based MTT reg took down the ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD 6-Max Holdem Boost for ₹53,178, while Shaan ‘kaamkaro’ Thadani (runner-up for ₹37,313) and Rising Star Aman ‘KarmaPoker’ Parakh (3rd for ₹24,001) rounded out the top three payouts. Sengupta now has ₹83.01 Lakhs in tracked online winnings.

Day 4 of the PokerBaazi Bankroll Builder Series (PBBS) hosted five events.

‘Madpoker966767’ (Won ₹25K GTD PBBS#19 MegaStack for ₹7,465), Aditya ‘KesarDa’ Kesharwani (Won ₹20K GTD PBBS#20 for ₹5,541), Vinod ‘brutalgame’ Kirne (Won ₹5K GTD PBBS#18 PLO for ₹1,641), ‘anu141’ (Won ₹5K GTD PBBS#16 for ₹1,272) and ‘vkrathi’ (Won ₹2K GTD PBBS#17 Hyper for ₹574) captured PBBS titles.

Adda52

Adda52’s ₹25 Lakhs GTD Godfather drew 560 entries, posting a monstrous ₹28 Lakhs prize pool. The mystery user ‘Wolowizard’ championed the event for ₹5.78 Lakhs, following a heads-up deal with ‘nk0211’ (runner-up for ₹4.63 Lakhs).

The Trending Thursday champion Rohan ‘sailor85’ Bhasin picked up his second title of the night in Adda52’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Monster Turbo, winning ₹2.05 Lakhs. The four-time Destiny champion Nitin ‘bigbluffs’ Arora, who almost won on a fifth Destiny title on Wednesday, lapped up ₹1.17 Lakhs for his second-place finish.

Monday’s Iron Man champion Pawan ‘_luffy_1x1’ Tez final tabled both the Godfather (3rd for ₹2.54 Lakhs) and the Monster Turbo (5th for ₹44,634), netting ~₹3 Lakhs in total winnings.

The other Thursday winners were:

The Millionaire ₹1 Crore GTD Day 1A – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 184

Re-entries – 46

Re-buys – 114

Survivors – 50

The final The Millionaire edition of April commenced its run last night at 7 PM. Day 1A of the five-flight ₹1 Crore GTD tourney registered 344 entries, and only 50 among them advanced to Day 2.

Vivek ‘acchemicals’ Karwa (297,715) bagged the end of the day chip lead with ‘magicmountain’ (246,745) and ‘haristo’ (221,673), rounding up the top three stacks of the day.

PokerGuru Ambassador Ankit ‘Shippament’ Wadhawan (169,070), Young Gun’s Arsh ‘BigggTymeR’ Grover (163,284), and Devang ‘equity_hunter’ Yadav (137,486), along with Gagandeep ‘gaganhyd’ Singh (109,620) made the top 10 chip counts list.

Day 1B starts at 7 PM tonight.

Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1A

1. Vivek ‘acchemicals’ Karwa – 297,715
2. magicmountain – 246,745
3. haristo – 221,673
4. seven22222 – 183,731
5. Ankit ‘Shippament’ Wadhawan – 169,070
6. Arsh ‘BigggTymeR’ Grover – 163,284
7. Flahoolick – 156,039
8. iamraman – 144,802
9. Devang ‘equity_hunter’ Yadav – 137,486
10. Gagandeep ‘gaganhyd’ Singh – 109,620

Godfather ₹25 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 264

Re-entries – 296

Prize Pool – ₹28,00,000

Places Paid – 63

Adda52’s ₹25 Lakhs GTD Godfather clocked in 560 entrants, generating a massive ₹28 Lakhs prize pool.

After nine hours and thirty minutes of play, the mystery user ‘Wolowizard’ came out on top to collect a winner’s paycheque worth ₹5.78 Lakhs. A heads-up deal saw Adda52 reg ‘nk0211’ placing second for ₹4.63 Lakhs.

The final table was packed with well-known names such as the Monday’s Iron Man champion Pawan ‘_luffy_1x1’ Tez (3^rd for ₹2.55 Lakhs), APTOI ME champion Rajat ‘happyfish’ Mahajan (4th for ₹1.96 Lakhs), former Full House runner-up Myron ‘zzzzz369’ Pereira (5th for ₹1.40 Lakhs), Vishal ‘vishalkumar1270’ Kumar (6^th for ₹98,000), PokerStars India’s “Star of The Month – February” Armaan ‘tandavam’ Kochhar (7^th for ₹77,000), and Mohammad ‘blankspace’ Azhar (8^th for ₹56,000).

Final Table Results

1. Wolowizard – ₹5,78,354*
2. nk0211 – ₹4,63,246*
3. Pawan ‘_luffy_1x1’ Tez – ₹2,54,800
4. Rajat ‘happyfish’ Mahajan – ₹1,96,000
5. Myron ‘zzzzz369’ Pereira – ₹1,40,000
6. Vishal ‘vishalkumar1270’ Kumar – ₹98,000
7. Armaan ‘tandavam’ Kochhar – ₹77,000
8. Mohammad ‘blankspace’ Azhar – ₹56,000

*denotes a heads-up deal

Trending Thursday ₹18 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹3,850

Entries – 295

Re-entries – 115

Re-buys – 203

Prize Pool – ₹21,45,500

Places Paid – 55

Spartan Poker’s ₹18 Lakhs GTD Trending Thursday recorded 613 entries, generating an impressive ₹21.46 Lakhs in the prize pool.

The Thursday flagship tourney ran from 8 PM to 4:08 AM, with the FTS 2.0 Challenger champion Rohan ‘The Sightseer’ Bhasin bringing the proceedings to an end and pocketed ₹4.16 Lakhs for the win.

Rohan Bhasin went on a tear last night as he won a second title in Adda52’s Monster Turbo for ₹2.06 Lakhs. With ₹6.22 Lakhs in cumulative earnings, he was Thursday`s top scorer!

The former Baazi Super Sunday champion Vivekk ‘MI7’ Dube placed runner-up, winning a personal-best (on Spartan Poker) ₹2.64 Lakhs. Dube also FT-ed the Ultimate PLO, placing eighth for ₹8,250. With these scores, Dube’s lifetime winnings have touched ₹1.63 Crores.

Saurabh ‘LondonGuy’ Arora (3rd for ₹1.91 Lakhs), Raghav ‘thatssosick’ Bansal (4th for ₹1.54 Lakhs), Shravan ‘D.Trump04’ Chhabria (6th for ₹93,973), Pranav ‘I’mThePlayboi’ Bang (7th for ₹69,943), and Sandeep ‘TheUnicorn’ Malik (8th for ₹50,634) FT-ed the tourney!

Final Table Results

1. Rohan ‘The Sightseer’ Bhasin – ₹4,16,227
2. Vivekk ‘MI7’ Dube – ₹2,63,897
3. Saurabh ‘LondonGuy’ Arora – ₹1,90,735
4. Raghav ‘thatssosick’ Bansal – ₹1,54,261
5. imaw – ₹1,22,079
6. Shravan ‘D.Trump04’ Chhabria – ₹93,973
7. Pranav ‘I’mThePlayboi’ Bang – ₹69,943
8. Sandeep ‘TheUnicorn’ Malik – ₹50,634

The Summit ₹15 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹8,250

Entries – 114

Re-entries – 113

Prize Pool – ₹17,02,000

Places Paid – 27

PokerBaazi’s Thursday showstopper, The Summit, garnered a thumping 227 entries and 27 places got a slice of the ₹17.02 Lakhs prize pool. Starting out at 8 PM, the event took almost seven hours and fifteen minutes to find a champion.

The fight for the title played down to an epic heads-up showdown between the two Young Gun`s Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra and Shardul ‘duuurrrr’ Parthasarathi. The former eventually prevailed, collecting ₹4.01 Lakhs and the title, while Parthasarathi received ₹2.81 Lakhs for his runner-up finish.

The Summit victory also helped Mehrotra leapfrog ahead of Parthasarathi to enter the top 10 of the annual leaderboard standings. Parthasarathi slipped down one rank to #11, despite his runner-up finish.

The pro-laden FT featured other leaderboard toppers like PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja (3^rd for ₹1.81 Lakhs), Thursday’s multiple FT scorer Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia (4^th for ₹1.34 Lakhs), IPC 2020 champion Rubin ‘kornkid’ Labroo (5^th for ₹1 Lakh), and Young Gun Gaurav ‘gaug17’ Sood (7^th for ₹66,738).

Final Table Results

1. Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra – ₹4,00,598
2. Shardul ‘duuurrrr’ Parthasarathi – ₹2,81,083
3. Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja – ₹1,80,806
4. Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia – ₹1,33,817
5. Rubin ‘kornkid’ Labroo – ₹1,00,448
6. PatalLok – ₹80,358
7. Gaurav ‘gaug17’ Sood – ₹66,738

Highroller ₹10 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹7,700

Entries – 80

Re-entries – 66

Prize Pool – ₹10,22,000

Places Paid – 17

PokerStars India’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Highroller brought in a commendable 146 runners last night, and 17 among them got a share from the ₹10.22 Lakhs prize pool.

The former INCOOP Super High Roller champion Kunal ‘iAlwaysHaveit’ Patni came out on top, winning the Highroller for the second time for ₹2.01 Lakhs. He struck a heads-up deal with Nitin ‘Mickyn34’ Gupta, who banked ₹1.80 Lakhs for his runner-up score.

Patni had championed the event for the first time in March last year for ₹3.59 Lakhs. For Patni, this was his second consecutive day winning a marquee tourney. The former banker had championed Adda52’s La Luna on Thursday. He now has ₹4.54 Crores in lifetime winnings (₹1.43 Crores in net profits).

Sagar ‘sagarpupull’ Choudhury (5^th for ₹78,102), Young Gun’s Kanchan ‘thandicoke’ Sharma (3^rd for ₹1.29 Lakhs) & Shardul ‘merci999’ Parthasarathi (9^th for ₹30,165), along with PokerGuru Ambassadors’ Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja (4^th for ₹1.01 Lakhs), and Vishal ‘Vishalb22’ Bajaj (6^th for ₹60,668) rounded out the star-studded FT lineup.

One of the top-ranked players in the country today, Ashish Ahuja, also placed third in PokerBaazi’s The Summit for ₹1.81 Lakhs. On Thursday, his total MTT earnings stood at ₹2.81 lakhs, boosting his lifetime tally to ₹7.81 Crores (₹2.90 Crores in net profits).

Final Table Results

1. Kunal ‘iAlwaysHaveit’ Patni – ₹2,01,142*
2. Nitin ‘Mickyn34’ Gupta – ₹1,80,013*
3. Kanchan ‘thandicoke’ Sharma – ₹1,29,439
4. Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja – ₹1,00,546
5. Sagar ‘sagarpupull’ Choudhury – ₹78,102
6. Vishal ‘Vishalb22’ Bajaj – ₹60,668
7. nikpokernoob – ₹47,126
8. asdfmrinal – ₹36,606
9. Shardul ‘merci999’ Parthasarathi – ₹30,165

*denotes a heads-up deal

Monster Stack ₹8 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 289

Re-entries – 95

Re-buys – 169

Prize Pool – ₹11,06,000

Places Paid – 55

PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer ‘bazzingaa’ Singh Chadha championed Spartan Poker’s ₹8 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack to win ₹2.15 Lakhs, besting ‘MALLI0035’ (runner-up for ₹1.36 Lakhs) in heads-up play.

Chadha currently sits on ₹6.90 Crores in lifetime winnings, with over ₹2.34 Crores in net profits.

A total of 553 registrations helped collect a massive ₹11.06 Lakhs in guaranteed prize pool.

Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall (5^th for ₹62,931) and Ashit ‘D. Carwin1’ Sharma (6^th for ₹48,443) earned final table payouts.

Final Table Results

1. Arjanveer ‘bazzingaa’ Singh Chadha – ₹2,14,564
2. MALLI0035 – ₹1,36,038
3. Acessquare – ₹98,323
4. lailaterilelegi – ₹79,521
5. Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall – ₹62,931
6. Ashit ‘D. Carwin1’ Sharma – ₹48,443
7. denoi – ₹36,056
8. Unknown – ₹26,102

Monster Turbo ₹5 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹2,500

Entries – 190

Re-entries – 155

Prize Pool – ₹7,76,250

Places Paid – 38

Running alongside the Godfather on Adda52 was the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Monster Turbo. The tourney brought in 345 hopefuls, crushing its advertised guarantee by ₹2.76 Lakhs.

It was 2:20 AM on Friday when the FTS Challenger champion Rohan ‘sailor85’ Bhasin shipped the tourney, adding another ₹2.06 Lakhs to his bankroll. Wednesday’sb Destiny runner-up ‘Nitin ‘bigbluffs’ Arora’ placed second for ₹1.18 Lakhs.

Abhishek ‘Lastlocal’ Jaisinghani (4^th for ₹62,100), Godfather third-place finisher Pawan ‘_luffy_1x1’ Tez (5^th for ₹44,634), Sunny ‘sunny_naina’ Tuteja (7^th for ₹23,288), Amrit ‘amrit1111’ Mishra (8^th for ₹19,406), and Wednesday’s La Luna sixth-place finisher Bibhu ‘vibhuiit17’ Agarwal (9^th for ₹15,525) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Rohan ‘sailor85’ Bhasin – ₹2,05,706
2. Nitin ‘bigbluffs’ Arora – ₹1,17,990
3. joy_pn80 – ₹85,388
4. Abhishek ‘Lastlocal’ Jaisinghani – ₹62,100
5. Pawan ‘_luffy_1x1’ Tez – ₹44,634
6. duksh92 – ₹29,109
7. Sunny ‘sunny_naina’ Tuteja – ₹23,288
8. Amrit ‘amrit1111’ Mishra – ₹19,406
9. Bibhu ‘vibhuiit17’ Agarwal – ₹15,525

Battle Royale 7-Max ₹3 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹1,750

Entries – 111

Re-entries – 71

Prize Pool – ₹3,00,000

Places Paid – 20

Starting at 9:30 PM, PokerStars India’s ₹3 Lakhs GTD Battle Royale 7-Max registered 182 entries, overlaying ₹10,438.

Adda52 streamer Shivam ‘cyflopse’ Jain was the last player standing and won ₹49,286 after striking a three-way deal with ‘kosmoz21’ (runner-up for ₹46,815) and ‘Clinton Tavares’ (3^rd for ₹45,427).

Akshay ‘LalaSaab’ Kapoor finished sixth for ₹16,516.

6-Max Holdem Boost ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 133

Re-entries – 93

Prize Pool – ₹2,26,000

Places Paid – 27

PokerBaazi’s 9 PM blockbuster, the ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD 6-Max Holdem Boost, logged in a ₹2.26 Lakhs prize pool on the back of 226 entries.

PokerGuru Ambassador Tathagata ‘Tintin84’ Sengupta ending a long dry spell, took down the title, banking ₹53,178 in first-place prize money. Shaan ‘kaamkaro’ Thadani placed runner-up for ₹37,313.

Rising Star Aman ‘KarmaPoker’ Parakh (3^rd for ₹24,001) and Akshay ‘CallmeAK’ Kapoor (5th for ₹13,334) FT-ed the tourney!

Warrior Arena ₹1.2 Lakhs GTD – PokerDangal

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 78

Re-entries – 31

Prize Pool – ₹1,20,000

Places Paid – 17

The anonymous user ‘Riskypro’ took down PokerDangal’s ₹1.2 Lakhs GTD Warrior Arena for ₹28,800. ‘wsopwinner’ came second for ₹20,400.

Hitman PLO ₹30K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 21

Re-entries – 16

Total Prize Pool – ₹30,000

Places Paid – 4

The user ‘Hardik24’ took down Khelo365`s ₹30K GTD Hitman PLO for ₹13,800. ‘zravasya’ placed second for ₹7,800.

Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹275

Entries – 46

Re-entries – 16

Total Prize Pool – ₹20,000

Places Paid – 7

‘Amazonking’ was the last player standing in Khelo365`s ₹20K GTD Grinder 2.0 and won ₹7,200. Harsh ‘JOCKER1’ Sahu placed runner-up for ₹4,000.

This report was updated at 5:30 PM on 30.4.2021.

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