Abhishek Maheshwari Pulls a Moneymaker; Takes Down PokerBaazi’s EndBoss to Win ₹1 Crore!

India’s biggest online tournament to-date, PokerBaazi’s End Boss ₹5 Crores GTD, finally concluded in the wee hours of Monday morning, and for a second, we were pulled back in time to 2003. Just as Abhishek ‘Human_AI’ Maheshwari beat Neel ‘Worm33’ Joshi (runner-up for ₹65.01 Lakhs) to become the first-ever EndBoss champion, we were reminded of Chris Moneymaker‘s phenomenal run in the 2003 WSOP Main Event. It was a classic ‘amateur beats pros’ story. Moneymaker had won his seat to the WSOP Main Event in a $86 satellite tournament on PokerStars and went on to ship the mega event for $2.5 Million. Similarly, Maheshwari, who is a recreational player, had won his seat in the EndBoss through a ₹1K (10 seats GTD) satellite to Day 1D of the EndBoss. Incredibly, Maheshwari had got the satellite ticket as a bonus for making a deposit of ₹5K on the site. The rest, as we now know, is history as this Pune resident went on to ship this record-smashing tourney for a life-altering ₹1 Crore payday!

On a final table comprising of seasoned professionals like Romit ’tilt83′ Advani (3rd for ₹40.05 Lakhs), Aditya ‘KesarDa’ Kesharwani (4th for ₹26.54 Lakhs), Rishab ‘ryuk’ Malik (5th for ₹19.35 Lakhs), Shubham ‘Aurangzeb_9’ Mahapatra (6th for ₹15.49 Lakhs), Priyank ‘Piko1432’ Kothari (7th for ₹12.62 Lakhs), Sankalp ‘Wobbegong’ Marwah (8th for ₹10.11 Lakhs) and Anirban ‘pottysingh’ D Das (9th for ₹8.06 Lakhs), Maheshwari who had entered with one of the shorter stacks was clearly the ‘dark horse.’ With the help of some well-timed aggression and good luck at a few crucial spots, Maheshwari was able to outmaneuver the competition and enter the annals of Indian poker history as the first player to win an eight-figure score on a domestic platform!

As for the tournament, EndBoss was announced during the 2020 Baazi Poker Tour (BPT) January edition. At that time, it had seemed like a daunting task for any site to gather approximately 5,000 entries to meet such a humongous guarantee. However, with the nationwide lockdown in place till May 3, the majority of the poker playing traffic has shifted online, and this definitely helped the tourney register a never-before-seen 5,847 entries (Day 1A – 1,205, Day 1B – 1,376, Day 1C – 1,374 and Day 1D – 1,892) – posting a ₹5.85 Crores prize pool. A total of 645 runners advanced to Day 2, and 585 of them finished ITM.

PokerBaazi very generously awarded BSS SuperStack tickets worth ₹5,500 each to places 586-645 on Day 2 of the EndBoss. The gesture worked as the BSS SuperStack ₹25 Lakhs GTD logged in an overwhelming number of 862 entries, leading to a prize pool collection of ₹43.01 Lakhs. It was yet another fantastic day for Team PokerGuru yesterday, and starting things off in style was PokerGuru Ambassador Madhav ‘goacartel’ Gupta, who championed the BSS SuperStack to win ₹7.65 Lakhs. Young Gun Ujjwal ‘Mr_Robot’ Narwal finished in second-place for ₹5.37 Lakhs.

While PokerBaazi’s EndBoss clearly stole the show, Spartan Poker’s SSS Series, too, ended on a high note with the SSS Millionaire ₹1.5 Crores GTD. The marquee tournament drew in a 1,497-strong player field (Day 1A – 825 and Day 1B – 890) through its two starting flights. Only 201 survivors (Day 1A – 80 and Day 1B – 121) qualified for Day 2, out of which 185 were unique entries. PokerGuru Ambassador Parikshit ‘Zapdos1311’ Dhall juggernaut his way to the top of the field and defeated Sagar ‘$tuTheKidUngar’ Patnaik heads-up to claim a personal-best online score of ₹26.56 Lakhs. Patnaik bagged ₹15.30 Lakhs for his runner-up finish. With this win, Dhall’s recorded online winnings have surpassed the ₹1.5 Crore-mark.

The SSS#75 Sunday SuperStack ₹50 Lakhs GTD also had an eventful run yesterday as it pulled in 1,147 entries (514 unique, 227 re-entries, and 406 re-buys), collecting ₹57.35 Lakhs in prize money. Young Gun Gaurav ‘mozzie17’ Sood traversed across the large playing field and captured the top honors, including a ₹10.83 Lakhs payday, after outlasting Rohit ‘sttoned’ Kumar (runner-up for ₹6.55 Lakhs) heads-up. Not done yet, Sood added another ₹6.08 Lakhs to his bankroll by placing 11th in PokerBaazi’s EndBoss!

Shashank Jain was another reg in sublime form last night as he took down not one but two flagship tourneys. Playing under the moniker ‘felter,’ Jain decimated the 814-entry field (435 unique and 379 re-entries) that had gathered in Adda52’s Mega Suits ₹30 Lakhs GTD. Jain locked horns with PokerGuru Ambassador Ankit ‘d00mtr00p3r’ Wadhawan in the finale and ultimately walked away with a winner’s paycheque of ₹7.89 Lakhs after locking in a heads-up deal. Wadhawan received ₹6.83 Lakhs for his runner-up finish. The tourney generated a massive prize pool of ₹40.70 Lakhs.

Adda52’s Millions AF ₹20 Lakhs GTD registered ₹32.20 Lakhs prize pool through 322 entries (189 unique and 133 re-entries). Topping the field was the anonymous user ‘jimmyadams’ who pocketed ₹8.05 Lakhs up top.

The other big guarantee tourney on Adda52, the Big Slick ₹15 Lakhs GTD, attracted 792 entries (449 unique and 343 re-entries) to generate a prize pool of ₹17.82 Lakhs. Honey ‘ho9ey’ Bijlani came out as the winner and collected ₹3.17 Lakhs.

While PokerStars India also hosted big guarantee tourneys last night, these were overshadowed by the likes of the EndBoss and Millionaire. The site’s Sunday Highroller ₹20 Lakhs GTD was hit with a ₹70,000 overlay on the back of a field of 193 entries (120 unique and 73 re-entries). Shashank ‘felterr’ Jain came out on top yet again beating out another PokerGuru Ambassador Rohit ‘PillowFight22’ Mishra (runner-up for ₹2.94 Lakhs) heads-up and banked ₹3.97 Lakhs in first-place prize money.

Dhinesh ‘you3betl4bet’ Kumar ran past a field of 406 entries (249 unique and 157 re-entries) in PokerStars India’s Sunday Special Progressive KO ₹20 Lakhs GTD and grabbed the most significant portion of the ₹20.30 Lakhs prize pool worth ₹3.58 Lakhs. Shagun ‘Sogani22’ Jain came in second for ₹2.21 Lakhs.

The other Sunday winners were:

EndBoss ₹5 Crores GTD – PokerBaazi

Entries – 3,665

Re-entries – 2,182

Prize Pool – ₹5.85 Crores

Places Paid – 585

It was in the early hours of Monday morning that PokerBaazi crowned its first-ever EndBoss champion in 27-year-old Abhishek ‘Human_AI’ Maheshwari, who won a monstrous ₹1 Crore payday!

A Pune-based recreational player, Maheshwari, in true ‘Chris Moneymaker’ fashion, won his seat for Day 1D of the tournament through a ₹1K (10 seats GTD) satellite. Incredibly, he didn`t have to buy the satellite seat either as it was credited to him as a bonus offer for depositing ₹5K on the site.

Maheshwari didn`t let his lack of experience get in the way as he ran his short stack through the reg-infested final table that included the likes of Romit ’tilt83′ Advani (3^rd for ₹40,05 Lakhs), Aditya ‘KesarDa’ Kesharwani (4^th for ₹26.54 Lakhs), Rishab ‘ryuk’ Malik (5^th for ₹19.35 Lakhs), Shubham ‘Aurangzeb_9’ Mahapatra (6^th for ₹15.49 Lakhs), Priyank ‘Piko1432’ Kothari (7^th for ₹12.62 Lakhs), Sankalp ‘Wobbegong’ Marwah (8^th for ₹10.11 Lakhs), and Anirban ‘pottysingh’ D Das (9^th for ₹8,06,886).

In the end, Maheshwari toppled the more experienced Neel ‘Worm33’ Joshi heads-up to become the first Indian to bank an eight-figure score on a domestic platform! Joshi took home an equally impressive ₹65.01 Lakhs for his runner-up finish.

The EndBoss which had a gigantic ₹5 Crores guarantee, comfortably sailed past it’s offered guarantee after registering 5,847 entries (Day 1A – 1,205, Day 1B – 1,376, Day 1C – 1,374 and Day 1D – 1,892) through four starting flights and clocked in an enormous ₹5.85 Crores prize pool.

Young Gun Gaurav ‘gaug17’ Sood (10^th for ₹6.08 Lakhs), Abhinav ‘griezmann’ Iyer (13^th for ₹4.73 Lakhs), Anuj ‘brockLesnar95’ Yadav (16th for 3.50 Lakhs), Vineet ‘whale’ Kumar (19^th for ₹2.51 Lakhs), Pankaj ‘Cyclone6524’ Joshi (20^th for ₹2.51 Lakhs), Suraj ‘SurajRathi’ Rathi (21^st for ₹2.51 Lakhs), Haider ‘Haider’ Madraswala (23^rd for ₹2.51 Lakhs), Saurav ‘Sauravsmn’ Suman (26^th for ₹1.75 Lakhs), Akshay ‘darulerofall’ Gupta (30^th for ₹1.75 Lakhs), Rishab ‘RatedR’ Singh Rawat (31^st for ₹1.75 Lakhs), Prasad ‘MrSins’ Patil (35^th for ₹1.75 Lakhs), Nishant ‘nishant177’ Sharma (37^th for ₹1.16 Lakhs), Shrey ‘lakshmimata’ Maheshwari (40^th for ₹1.16 Lakhs), Prince ‘poker7664’ Kumar (41^st for ₹1.16 Lakhs), Pranav ‘pranav.bang1’ Bang (45^th for ₹1.16 Lakhs), Avinash ‘aksinha97’ Kumar (47^th for ₹1.16 Lakhs), Anmol ‘anzzzzz’ Mehta (48^th for ₹1.16 Lakhs), Abhishek ‘AbhishekRathod’ Rathod (55^th for ₹81,858), Achal ‘Bond107’ Sonale (58^th for ₹81,858), Puneet ‘moghulkhan’ Jeet (60^th for ₹81,858), Alok ‘TheProfessional’ Birewar (63^rd for ₹81,858), Aniket ‘chichinikalgai’ Kalra (64^th for ₹81,858), Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra (65^th for ₹81,858), Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia (74^th for ₹81,858), Siddharth ‘Siddonuts’ Pandey (76^th for ₹81,858), Aayush ‘Jindal_92’ Aggarwal (80^th for ₹58,470), Anant ‘Pro_Pro’ Purohit (81^st for ₹58,470), Shubham ‘kalalund’ Bhashker (83^rd for ₹58,470), Suraj ‘Walao’ Nameirakpam (88^th for ₹58,470), Rohan ‘likeaboss85’ Bhasin (90^th for ₹58,470), Puneet ‘neo1’ Dua (91^st for ₹58,470), Abhishek ‘sharktops’ Jaiswal (92^nd for ₹58,470), Sajal ‘Bloodless’ Gupta (95^th for ₹58,470), Veer ‘Ragnarok1892’ Kaushal (97th for for 58,470), Manoj ‘killbill’ Pentakota (99^th for ₹58,470), were among the top 100 finishers.

PokerGuru Ambassadors Ashish ‘OMG_spew’ Munot (24^th for ₹1.75 Lakhs), Arjanveer ‘holdbaby’ Singh Chadha (71^st for ₹81,858), Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved (80th for ₹58,470), Ashutosh ‘senojwod’ Balodhi (85^th for ₹58,470), Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja (148^th for ₹46,776), Rohit ‘rohit22rm’ Mishra (280^th for ₹35,082), Jayjit ‘england’ Ray (306^th for ₹35,082), Ankit ‘d00mtr00p3r’ Wadhawan (393^rd for ₹29,235), Madhav ‘goacartel’ Gupta (420^th for ₹29,235) and Rony ‘bisadip176’ Chowdhury (452nd for ₹23,388), also earned payouts.

Final Table Results

1. Abhishek ‘Human_AI’ Maheshwari – ₹1,00,15,911

2. Neel ‘Worm33’ Joshi – ₹65,01,864

3. Romit ’tilt83′ Advani – ₹40,05,195

4. Aditya ‘KesarDa’ Kesharwani – ₹26,54,538

5. Rishab ‘ryuk’ Malik – ₹19,35,357

6. Shubham ‘Aurangzeb_9’ Mahapatra – ₹15,49,455

7. Priyank ‘Piko1432’ Kothari – ₹12,62,952

8. Sankalp ‘Wobbegong’ Marwah – ₹10,11,531

9. Anirban ‘pottysingh’ D Das – ₹8,06,886

SSS Millionaire ₹1.5 Crores GTD – Spartan Poker

Entries – 757

Re-entries – 340

Re-buys – 400

Prize Pool – ₹1,50,00,000

Places Paid – 199

Spartan Poker’s SSS Millionaire ₹1.5 Crores GTD played out two starting flights on Sunday. After Day 1A drew 825 hopefuls (335 unique, 340 re-entries and 150 re-buys), Day 1B played out to add another 890 players (422 unique, 218 re-entries and 250 re-buys) to the fray, making for a 1,497-player field. While this led to the event falling short of meeting the advertised guarantee by ₹30,000, only 201 contenders (Day 1A – 80 and Day 1B – 121) could make it to Day 2. The list included 185 unique players.

Once all was done and dusted, joining the elite Millionaire`s Club was none other than our very own PokerGuru Ambassador Parikshit ‘Zapdos1311’ Dhall. Dhall stormed past the competition and defeated another online reg, Sagar ‘$tuTheKidUngar’ Patnaik heads-up to secure the jaw-dropping first-place purse of ₹26.56 Lakhs.

Patnaik, who had only last Sunday taken down PokerStars India’s Sunday Special PKO for ₹4.15 Lakhs, finished runner-up for ₹15.30 Lakhs. In addition to finishing runner-up, Patnaik also posted a 150^th place score in the Millionaire to win ₹21,300.

Other pros who scored FT finishes were Avijit ‘tyler2643’ Jaiswal (4^th for ₹7.96 Lakhs), Akash ‘Akash0510’ Gupta (5^th for ₹6.22 Lakhs), and PokerGuru Ambassador Jayjit ‘David Blaine’ Ray (9^th for ₹1.95 Lakhs, 11^th for ₹1.63 Lakhs).

PokerGuru Ambassador Vivek ‘KasolHieghts’ Singh (12^th for ₹1.46 Lakhs, 26^th for ₹71,850), Young Guns Ujjwal ‘Lord Hendrix’ Narwal (13^th for ₹1.46 Lakhs, 58th for ₹36,000) and Arsh ‘BigggTymeR’ Grover (16^th for ₹1.16 Lakhs), PokerGuru Ambassador Naresh ‘FreeFlow’ Veeravalli (17^th for ₹1.16 Lakhs), Kavish ‘Dietchips’ Kukreja (19^th for ₹1.01 Lakhs), Pranav ‘mithrandir16’ Anand (20^th for ₹1.01 Lakhs), Harshad ‘omglukbox’ Barve (21^st for ₹86,100), Vinay ‘Netflixxed’ Bk (22^nd for ₹86,100) and Kanchan ‘Bubblegum’ Sharma (28^th for ₹61,050) also ran deep in the event.

Among the other notable ITM finishers were Avadh ‘cateyes’ Shah (33^rd for ₹52,650), Kunal ‘TiltAtma’ Patni (34^th for ₹52,650), Kanav ‘SneakyBlinders’ Parwal (37^th for ₹52,650), Vivek ‘Pokerbatman27’ Rughani (38^th for ₹52,650), Ankur ‘Crimemastergogo’ Sehgal (40^th for ₹44,250), Mohit ‘TurnYourAce’ Kankariya (41^st for ₹44,250), Jai ‘jksisme’ Saha (43^rd for ₹44,250), Paras ‘AAKKQQJJ’ Jain (45^th for ₹44,250), Rishab ‘NoChanc3’ Malik (54^th for ₹44,250), Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall (59^th for ₹36,000), Abhinav ‘Aabhinavgargg’ Garg (62^nd for ₹36,000), Bharat ‘hzgod’ Kumar (65^th for ₹36,000), Shashank ‘westworld’ Jain (74^th for ₹30,900), poker veteran Aditya ‘Yennefer’ Agarwal (74^th for ₹30,900), Sriharsha ‘Fish2050’ Doddapeneni (77^th for ₹30,900), Raghav ‘thatssosick’ Bansal (80^th for ₹30,900), Dhaval ‘MandirYahinBanayenge’ Mudgal (83^rd for ₹30,900), Chirag ‘chilling’ Sodha (86^th for ₹30,900), Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma (87^th for ₹30,900), former WSOP champion, Aditya ‘SuperuSer’ Sushant (89^th for ₹30,900), India Poker Champion Rubin ‘kornkid’ Labroo (91^st for ₹30,900), Siddhanth ‘sidstack’ Kripalani (94^th for ₹30,900), Deepak ‘Optimist’ Singh (95^th for ₹30,900), Mihir ‘gameofdeath’ Thakkar (96^th for ₹27,150), Sanket ‘GHOSTF@CE’ Arora (97^th for ₹27,150), Hitesh ‘hitesh bhai’ Batra (101^st for ₹27,150), Guneet ‘guntz’ Kwatra (111st for ₹27,150), Niharika ‘honey339’ Bindra (115^th for ₹27,150), Mayank ‘desithug007’ Gupta (118^th for ₹27,150), Deepak ‘Chimpoo’ Bothra (119^th for ₹27,150), Anish ‘Illusionist’ Patra (120^th for ₹23,550), Abhishek ‘Allout1’ Jaiswal (122^nd for ₹23,550), Myron ‘mehhhhh’ Pereira (123^rd for ₹23,550), Neel ‘Worm33’ Joshi (127^th for ₹23,550), Rohit ‘sstoned’ Kumar (128^th for ₹23,550), Mahima Walia ‘mambojojo’ Das (130^th for ₹23,550), Siddarth ‘PeterPunter’ Singhvi (132^nd for ₹23,550), Alok ‘Mazacar’ Birewar (133^rd for ₹23,550), Young Gun Siddharth ‘schemer77’ Karia (136^th for ₹23,550), Sumit ‘Sands Myth’ Sapra (138^th for ₹23,550), Dhaval ‘Pokerpro5553’ Bagaria (139^th for ₹23,550), Sandeep Varma ‘effuno’ RS (148^th for ₹21,300), Sajal ‘GoMuckYourself’ Gupta (155^th for ₹21,300), Ashish ‘mmonas’ Kaushik (156^th for ₹21,300), Anurag ‘Norman Bates’ Srivastava (157^th for ₹21,300), Navdeep ‘Psychonaut’ Sahi (159^th for ₹21,300), Pradeep ‘Lionroar29’ Sharma (167^th for ₹21,300), Vikaash ‘viks82’ Shah (170^th for ₹21,300), Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra (180^th for ₹21,300), Abhishek ‘PirateMihawk’ Jain (183^rd for ₹21,300), Pulkit ‘Championplayer’ Goyal (185^th for ₹19,950), Bharat ‘Bharat29’ Suda (186^th for ₹19,950), Sagar ‘strangeplay’ Choudhury (187^th for ₹19,950), Ishaan ‘ip007’ Pandya (191^st for ₹19,950) and Akash ‘Akash0510’ Gupta (194^th for ₹19,950).

From the PokerGuru team, Mithun ‘Intuitionnn’ Mahesh (51^st for ₹44,250), Gokul ‘Super Kings’ Raj (103^rd for ₹27,150), Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja (134^th for ₹23,550), Ankit ‘Shippament’ Wadhawan (161^st for ₹21,300), Arjanveer Singh ‘bazzingaa’ Chadha (174^th for ₹21,300), Laksh Pal ‘LuckyBhai$’ Singh (175^th for ₹21,300) and Madhav ‘Madzoopa’ Gupta (176^th for ₹21,300) posted scores.

Final Table Results

1. Parikshit ‘Zapdos1311’ Dhall – ₹26,56,500

2. Sagar ‘$tuTheKidUngar’ Patnaik – ₹15,30,000

3. McFly – ₹10,75,500

4. Avijit ‘tyler2643’ Jaiswal – ₹7,96,500

5. Akash ‘Akash0510’ Gupta – ₹6,22,500

6. ZaRosh – ₹4,68,750

7. rahul1981 – ₹3,58,350

8. RunnerRunner – ₹2,54,250

9. Jayjit ‘David Blaine’ Ray – ₹1,95,750

SSS#75 Sunday SuperStack ₹50 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Entries – 514

Re-entries – 227

Re-buys – 406

Prize Pool – ₹57,35,000

Place Paid – 111

The Sunday tournament line-up on Spartan Poker is incomplete without its signature SSS#75 Sunday SuperStack ₹50 Lakhs GTD. Despite all the attention centered around the EndBoss and The Millionaire yesterday, the SuperStack crushed its guarantee and generated a ₹57.35 Lakhs prize pool on the back of 1,147 entries (514 unique, 227 re-entries and 406 re-buys).

After several hours of intense action, Young Gun Gaurav Sood emerged as the winner. Sood defeated Rohit ‘sttoned’ Kumar (runner-up for ₹6.55 Lakhs) heads-up to pad his bankroll by a million-plus payout of ₹10.83 Lakhs.

The final table was replete with a lot of poker talent. Among the notable names were Ankit ‘Anal-yzer’ Saxena (3^rd for ₹4.63 Lakhs), Sahil ‘$lim$hady19’ Chuttani (4^th for ₹3.53 Lakhs), Sumit ‘Sands Myth’ Sapra (5^th for ₹2.79 Lakhs), Apratim ‘checm@te’ Chatterjee (7^th for ₹1.51 Lakhs) and Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia (8^th for ₹99,354).

Final Table Results

1. Gaurav ‘mozzie17’ Sood – ₹10,83,342

2. Rohit ‘sttoned’ Kumar – ₹6,55,649

3. Ankit ‘Anal-yzer’ Saxena – ₹4,63,527

4. Sahil ‘$lim$hady19’ Chuttani – ₹3,53,276

5. Sumit ‘Sands Myth’ Sapra – ₹2,79 868

6. UNKNOWN – ₹2,11,622

7. Apratim ‘checm@te’ Chatterjee – ₹1,51,978

8. Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia – ₹99,354

9. gogobhai – ₹77,561

Mega Suits ₹30 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Entries – 435

Re-Entries – 379

Prize Pool – ₹40,70,000

Places Paid – 82

The star attraction on Adda52`s Sunday schedule was the Mega Suits ₹30 Lakhs GTD. The tourney smashed its advertised guarantee to culminate a prize pool of ₹40.70 Lakhs. The 814-entry field came from 435 unique entries and 379 re-entries.

After deciding upon a heads-up deal and using four bullets, Shashank ‘felter’ Jain ran past the competition to bank the winner’s paycheque of ₹7.89 Lakhs. This was also Jain’s biggest score on Adda52 to-date. PokerGuru Ambassador Ankit ‘d00mtr00p3r’ Wadhawan finished one spot short of the title and walked away with ₹6.83 Lakhs.

A slew of notable names final tabled the event. This included Abhishek ‘abhibeta’ Jain (3rd for ₹3.66 Lakhs), Kapil ‘selffish’ Arora (4^th for ₹2.76 Lakhs), Swarang ‘WhalterWhiteST’ Tanksali (5^th for ₹1.93 Lakhs), and WSOP bracelet winner Aditya ‘a_sushant’ Sushant (7^th for ₹1.01 Lakhs).

Final Table Results

1. Shashank ‘felter’ Jain – ₹7,89,441*

2. Ankit ‘d00mtr00p3r’ Wadhawan – ₹6,83,899*

3. Abhishek ‘abhibeta’ Jain – ₹3,66,300

4. Kapil ‘selffish’ Arora – ₹2,76,760

5. Swarang ‘WhalterWhiteST’ Tanksali – ₹1,93,325

6. biks15216 – ₹1,33,903

7. Aditya ‘a_sushant’ Sushant – ₹1,01,750

8. pracshar – ₹77,330

9. blackjaws – ₹61,050

*denotes heads-up deal

BSS SuperStack ₹25 Lakhs GTD – Pokerbaazi

Entries – 463

Re-entries – 399

Prize Pool – ₹43,01,000

Places Paid – 99

It might have been the EndBoss that had everyone’s attention last night; however, PokerBaazi’s Sunday regular tourney BSS SuperStack ₹25 Lakhs GTD, was another flagship tourney that did quite well. The Sunday flagship crowned a champion in PokerGuru Ambassador Madhav ‘goacartel’ Gupta, who took home a ₹7.65 Lakhs payday.

The tourney logged in a massive 862-player field (463 unique and 399 re-entries), creating an enormous prize pool of ₹43.01 Lakhs. Gupta defeated Young Gun and last week’s Spartan Poker’s SSS#55 Super High Roller ₹65 Lakhs GTD champion Ujjwal ‘Mr_Robot’ Narwal heads-up. Narwal walked away with ₹5.37 Lakhs for his runner-up finish.

The star-studded final table featured the likes of Aman ‘alwaysriver’ Kejriwal (4th for ₹2.56 Lakhs), Sanket ‘angel89’ Sanganeria (5th for ₹1.92 Lakhs), Danish ‘pagla’ Shaikh (6th for ₹1.55 Lakhs), Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra (7th for ₹1.28 Lakhs), Rajat ‘happyfish’ Mahajan (8th for ₹1.02 Lakhs), and Ankit ‘akj290’ Jajodia (9th for ₹76,720).

Final Table Results

1. Madhav ‘goacartel’ Gupta – ₹7,65,000

2. Ujjwal ‘Mr_Robot’ Narwal – ₹5,37,000

3. Siddharth ‘Siddonuts’ Pandey – ₹3,47,000

4. Aman ‘alwaysriver’ Kejriwal – ₹2,56,000

5. Sanket ‘angel89’ Sanganeria – ₹1,92,000

6. Danish ‘pagla’ Shaikh – ₹1,55,000

7. Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra – ₹1,28,000

8. Rajat ‘happyfish’ Mahajan – ₹1,02,000

9. Ankit ‘akj290’ Jajodia – ₹76,720

Millions AF ₹20 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Entries – 189

Re-entries – 133

Prize Pool – ₹32,20,000

Places Paid – 34

Adda52’s Millions AF ₹20 Lakhs GTD pulled in 322 entries (189 unique and 133 re-entries) to accumulate ₹32.20 Lakhs in the prize pool. Racing ahead of everyone was mystery player ‘jimmyadams’ who earned the winner’s paycheck of ₹8.05 Lakhs after defeating Sanket ‘cowboy12’ Jain (runner-up for ₹4.88 Lakhs) heads-up.

Srihari ‘zombieballs’ Bang (3^rd for ₹3.54 Lakhs), Nishant ‘dojingbullets’ Sharma (4th for ₹2.68 Lakhs), Mihir ‘gameofdeath’ Thakkar (5th for ₹1.85 Lakhs), Abhishek ‘pomfret1989’ Goindi (7th for ₹96,600), Vishwanath ‘vish4u2’ Borhade (8th for ₹80,500), and Himanshu ‘pirateking7’ Arora (9th for ₹64,400) were others present on the star-studded final table.

Final Table Results

1. jimmyadams – ₹8,05,000

2. Sanket ‘cowboy12’ Jain – ₹4,87,830

3. Srihari ‘zombieballs’ Bang – ₹3,54,200

4. Nishant ‘dojingbullets’ Sharma – ₹2,68,870

5. Mihir ‘gameofdeath’ Thakkar – ₹1,85,150

6. paulite – ₹1,20,750

7. Abhishek ‘pomfret1989’ Goindi – ₹96,600

8. Vishwanath ‘vish4u2’ Borhade – ₹80,500

9. Himanshu ‘pirateking7’ Arora – ₹64,400

Sunday Highroller ₹20 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Entries – 120

Re-entries – 73

Prize Pool – ₹20,00,000

Places Paid – 31

Fronting the Sunday schedule on PokerStars India was the Sunday Highroller ₹20 Lakhs GTD, which faced a shortfall of ₹70,000 in meeting its listed guarantee on the back of 193 entrants (120 unique and 73 re-entries).

The high-stakes poker pro from New Delhi, Shashank ‘felterr’ Jain ran past the competition to bank the winner’s share of ₹3.97 Lakhs. PokerGuru Ambassador Rohit ‘PillowFight22’ Mishra finished runner-up and collected ₹2.94 Lakhs.

A slew of prominent names final tabled the tourney, and this included India’s original ‘PokerGuru’ Aditya ‘Artooriouss’ Agarwal (3rd for ₹2.18 Lakhs) along with Sagar ‘0B0RRA’ Patnaik (4th for ₹1.61 Lakhs), PokerGuru Ambassador Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved (5th for ₹1.19 Lakhs), and PokerStars India Team Pro Muskan ‘Muskan Sethi’ Sethi (7th for ₹65,643).

Final Table Results

1. Shashank ‘felterr’ Jain – ₹3,97,565

2. Rohit ‘PillowFight22’ Mishra – ₹2,94,468

3. Aditya ‘Artooriouss’ Agarwal – ₹2,18,106

4. Sagar ‘0B0RRA’ Patnaik – ₹1,61,547

5. Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved – ₹1,19,654

6. 041195 – ₹88,626

7. Muskan ‘Muskan Sethi’ Sethi – ₹65,643

8. Mr.Blackeh – ₹48,620

9. theoldestkid – ₹36,012

Sunday Special Progressive KO ₹20 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Entries – 249

Re-entries – 157

Regular Prize Pool – ₹20,30,000

Total Prize Pool – ₹10,15,000

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹10,15,000

Places Paid – 71

The Sunday Special Progressive KO ₹20 Lakhs GTD pulled in a 406-strong field (249 unique and 157 re-entries), to accumulate a prize pool of ₹20.30 Lakhs (₹10.15 Lakhs regular prize pool and ₹10.15 Lakhs bounty prize pool).

Online reg Dhinesh ‘you3betl4bet’ Kumar was the last player standing in the field after defeating Shagun ‘Sogani22’ Jain (runner-up for ₹2.21 Lakhs) in the heads-up battle and walked away with ₹3.58 Lakhs in prize money.

Pranay ‘aankhdikhatahai’ Chawla (4th for ₹94,305), Rubin ‘kornkid4’ Labroo (6th for ₹84,157), Sanish ‘sneakysani’ Chhabra (7th for ₹48,235), and Sajal ‘NitCracker’ Gupta (9th for ₹34,140) were the other notables on the final table.

Final Table Results

1. Dhinesh ‘you3betl4bet’ Kumar – ₹3,58,090

2. Shagun ‘Sogani22’ Jain – ₹2,21,019

3. infic11 – ₹1,29,709

4. Pranay ‘aankhdikhatahai’ Chawla – ₹94,305

5. akhand188 – ₹80,461

6. Rubin ‘kornkid4’ Labroo – ₹84,157

7. Sanish ‘sneakysani’ Chhabra – ₹48,235

8. sara@11108 – ₹32,359

9. Sajal ‘NitCracker’ Gupta – ₹34,140

Big Slick ₹15 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Entries – 449

Re-Entries – 343

Regular Prize Pool – ₹17,82,018

Places Paid – 80

The Big Slick ₹15 Lakhs GTD on Adda 52 attracted a player pool of 792 entries (449 unique and 343 re-entries), to accumulate a prize pool of ₹17.82 Lakhs.

Honey ‘ho9ey’ Bijlani emerged as the victor after defeating ‘ankit182000’ (runner-up for ₹2.32 Lakhs) heads-up and boosted his bankroll by ₹3.17 Lakhs.

Akshat ‘akshat03’ Sharma (3rd for ₹1.70 Lakhs), Loveleen ‘pharlap’ Singh (4th for ₹1.24 Lakhs), Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra (6th for ₹67,113), Abhimanyu ’abhimanyumittal’ Mittal (8th for ₹36,059), and Abhishek ‘pomfret1989’ Goindi (9th for ₹26,431) were the notable finalists.

Final Table Results

1. Honey ‘ho9ey’ Bijlani – ₹3,17,173

2. ankit182000 – ₹2,32,487

3. Akshat ‘akshat03’ Sharma – ₹1,70,412

4. Loveleen ‘pharlap’ Singh – ₹1,24,912

5. smokinace – ₹91,560

6. Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra – ₹67,113

7. Dkeshav319 – ₹49,194

8. Abhimanyu ’abhimanyumittal’ Mittal – ₹36,059

9. Abhishek ‘pomfret1989’ Goindi – ₹26,431

SSS#78 Big Daddy ₹12 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Entries – 274

Re-entries – 63

Re-buys – 191

Prize Pool – ₹12,00,000

Places Paid – 47

The SSS#78 Big Daddy ₹12 Lakhs GTD on Spartan Poker garnered a field of 528 entries (274 unique, 63 re-entries, and 191 re-buys). The event had a sizeable overlay of ₹1.44 Lakhs. Making the most of the value on offer was ‘lol this guy’ who captured the title along with a ₹1.92 Lakhs payday following a three-way deal with ‘Esoteric’ (runner-up for ₹1.89 Lakhs) and ‘DARLING MINION’ (3^rd for ₹1.89 Lakhs).

Sumit ‘sumitgh2050’ Ghosh (5^th for ₹71,040) and Rajat ‘BloatedBelly’ Mahajan (9^th for ₹24,000) were among the notable FT finishers.

Final Table Results

1. lol this guy – ₹1,92,488*

2. Esoteric – ₹1,89,951*

3. DARLING MINION – ₹1,11,360*

4. Sachind14 – ₹90,120

5. Sumit ‘sumitgh2050’ Ghosh – ₹71,040

6. tittooTauji – ₹54,240

7. NooLIMIT – ₹39,840

8. bossbaby97 – ₹29,280

9. Rajat ‘BloatedBelly’ Mahajan – ₹24,000

*denotes three-way deal

SSS#72 Afternoon Showdown 8 Max – ₹8 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Entries – 194

Re-entries – 31

Re-buys – 100

Prize Pool – ₹8,00,000

Places Paid – 31

Spartan Poker’s SSS#72 Afternoon Showdown 8 Max – ₹8 Lakhs GTD attracted 325 hopefuls (194 unique, 31 re-entries, and 100 re-buys), falling ₹1.50 Lakhs short of the break-even mark.

‘lailaterilelegi’ took down the tourney for ₹1.21 Lakhs following a three-way deal with ‘haayegarmi’ (runner-up for ₹1.13 Lakhs) and Siddharth ‘champ-ak’ Pandey (3^rd for ₹1.02 Lakhs).

Also finishing his run on the final table was Aman ‘KarmaPoker’ Parakh (7^th for ₹28,560).

Final Table Results

1. lailaterilelegi – ₹1,21,987*

2. haayegarmi – ₹1,13,269*

3. Siddharth ‘champ-ak’ Pandey – ₹1,02,337*

4. Delpro – ₹90,965

5. Big Fiszh – ₹51,520

6. NoPainNoGain – ₹39,120

7. Aman ‘KarmaPoker’ Parakh – ₹28,560

8. Lockdown @ 11 – ₹20,880

9. Riokid – ₹17,280

*denotes three-way deal

SSS#57 MonsterStack ₹6 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Entries – 282

Re-entries – 55

Re-buys – 165

Prize Pool – ₹2,75,000

Places Paid – 47

Young talent Rahul ‘Thakur615’ Thakur outlasted the 502-entry field (282 unique, 55 re-entries and 165 re-buys) to win Spartan Poker’s SSS#57 MonsterStack ₹6 Lakhs GTD for ₹1.16 Lakhs. The tourney suffered an overlay of ₹98,000. ‘shahzzadi’ earned ₹73,595 finishing second.

Mahima ‘mambojojo’ Walia Das (5^th for ₹35,520) and Shardul ‘F – Bomb’ Parthasarathi (9^th for ₹12,000) were the prominent names on the FT.

Final Table Results

1. Rahul ‘Thakur615’ Thakur – ₹1,16,940

2. shahzzadi – ₹73,595

3. Randomfck – ₹54,995

4. sandy – ₹45,060

5. Mahima ‘mambojojo’ Walia Das – ₹35,520

6. ELASTICITY – ₹27,120

7. Hakuna matata – ₹19,920

8. momstacos – 14,640

9. Shardul ‘F – Bomb’ Parthasarathi – ₹12,000

SSS#73 Electric Afternoon Hi-Fi ₹6 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Entries – 259

Re-entries – 67

Rebuys – 212

Prize Pool – ₹6,00,000

Places Paid – 47

Topping a field of 538 entries (259 unique, 67 re-entries and 212 re-buys), Siddartha ‘siddyk20’ Khandelwal captured the SSS#73 Electric Afternoon Hi-Fi ₹6 Lakhs GTD for ₹1.12 Lakhs. Khandelwal’s title win comes just days after he took down the SSS#54 Ultron ₹35 Lakhs GTD for ₹4.45 Lakhs. This time he defeated ‘Combat’ heads-up en-route to claiming the title. The latter netted ₹78,353 for placing second.

PokerGuru Ambassador Devvrat ‘RickdickulouS’ Arya (3^rd for ₹55,680), Ashish ‘100dagar’ Dixit (6^th for ₹27,120) and Vishal ‘Bhaii9’ Marhwaha (7^th for ₹19,920) rounded off the prominent FT finishers.

Final Table Results

1. Siddartha ‘siddyk20’ Khandelwal – ₹1,12,866

2. Combat – ₹78,353

3. Devvrat ‘RickdickulouS’ Arya – ₹55,680

4. dmr20 – ₹45,060

5. TundeyKebabi – ₹35,520

6. Ashish ‘100dagar’ Dixit – ₹27,120

7. Vishal ‘Bhaii9’ Marhwaha – ₹19,920

8. mariokart – ₹14,640

9. hiker53 – ₹12,000

SSS#77 Reloaded ₹6 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Entries – 295

Re-entries – 33

Rebuys – 181

Prize Pool – ₹6,00,000

Places Paid – 47

The SSS#77 Reloaded ₹6 Lakhs GTD on Spartan Poker attracted 509 entries (295 unique, 33 re-entries and 181 re-buys), registering an overlay of ₹91,000.

In the end, PokerGuru Ambassador Mithun ‘Intuitionnn’ Mahesh scored a podium finish, pocketing the top prize of ₹1.05 Lakhs after beating his heads-up opponent ‘Steel1’ (runner-up for ₹73,557) to the finish line.

Also picking FT scores were Naren ‘IMUNAGI’ Purohit (3^rd for ₹68,275), Suraj ‘OmgRATHIII’ Rathi (6^th for ₹27,120) and Pranav ‘pranavpoker’ Khandalkar (9^th for ₹12,000).

Final Table Results

1. Mithun ‘Intuitionnn’ Mahesh –₹1,05,066

2. Steel1 –₹73,557

3. Naren ‘IMUNAGI’ Purohit –₹68,275

4. xxbajxx1 –₹45,060

5. Vedh –₹35,520

6. Suraj ‘OmgRATHIII’ Rathi –₹27,120

7 .BhokalBaba –₹19,920

8. The third KING –₹14,640

9. Pranav ‘pranavpoker’ Khandalkar –₹12,000

Omaha AF ₹5 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Entries – 45

Re-entries – 60

Prize Pool – ₹5,25,002

Places Paid – 11

Adda52’s Omaha AF ₹5 Lakhs GTD logged in 105 entries (45 unique and 60 re-entries) yesterday, to culminate in a ₹5.25 Lakhs prize pool. The top 11 places walked past the money line.

After deciding upon a deal heads-up, anonymous user ‘pseudox366’ championed the tourney defeating ‘Pok3rking’ heads-up to win ₹1.35 Lakhs as prize money. ‘Pok3rking’ pocketed ₹1.19 Lakhs for finishing runner-up!

Also posting final table scores were Deepak ‘peacelover’ Singh (5th for ₹36,750), Armaan ‘tandavam’ Kochhar (7th for ₹21,000), and Deepak ‘bothras’ Bothra (9th for ₹14,438).

Final Table Results

1. pseudox366 -₹1,35,198*

2. Pok3rking -₹1,19,427*

3. prasujji -₹73,500

4. rabbithunter -₹57,750

5. Deepak ‘peacelover’ Singh -₹36,750

6. mannu425 -₹26,250

7. Armaan ‘tandavam’ Kochhar -₹21,000

8. r9cky -₹17,063

9. Deepak ‘bothras’ Bothra -₹14,438

*denotes heads-up deal

SSS#74 ₹4 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Entries – 168

Re-entries – 34

Rebuys – 117

Prize Pool – ₹4,00,000

Places Paid – 27

Another SSS tourney to crown a champion on Sunday was the SSS#74 ₹4 Lakhs GTD. With a 319-strong field (168 unique, 34 re-entries and 117 re-buys), the tournament had a ₹81,000 overlay.

Charles ‘Jhonnymaddog’ Donnadieu rode past the field to clinch the title along with ₹88,600 in prize money. There were some prominent regs on the final tables and the likes of Srihari ‘bangbang99’ Bang (4^th for ₹33,560), Harshad ‘omglukbox’ Barve (5^th for ₹26,760), Anuj Kumar ‘aatmaan108’ Kodam (7^th for ₹14,960) and Kunal ‘TiltAtma’ Patni (9^th for ₹8,960), all posted scores.

Final Table Results

1. Charles ‘Jhonnymaddog’ Donnadieu – ₹88,600

2. Eatmynutz – ₹59,800

3. Alisha10110 – ₹41,160

4. Srihari ‘bangbang99’ Bang – ₹33,560

5. Harshad ‘omglukbox’ Barve – ₹26,760

6. Bholebabaa – ₹20,560

7. Anuj Kumar ‘aatmaan108’ Kodam – ₹14,960

8. LuckyLuciano – ₹10,840

9. Kunal ‘TiltAtma’ Patni – ₹8,960

Electric Night Rider ₹3.5 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Entries – 186

Re-entries – 42

Re-buys – 112

Prize Pool – ₹3,50,000

Places Paid – 31

A total of 340 entries (including 186 unique, 42 re-entries, and 112 re-buys) participated in Spartan Poker’s Electric Night Rider ₹3.5 Lakhs GTD to create an overlay of ₹78,000, and the top 31 places landed in the money zone.

Taking down the title was an unknown player ‘Fishbone’ who defeated ‘rich232021’ (runner-up for ₹58,211) in the heads-up match and netted ₹65,654 in cash prize.

Sanjay ‘sanjayg007’ Gupta (9th for ₹7,560) also FT’ed the event.

Final Table Results

1. Fishbone – ₹65,654

2. rich232021 – ₹58,211

3. IshqBector – ₹35,140

4. jason – ₹28,490

5. Romeo789 – ₹22,540

6. NoPainNoGain – ₹17,115

7. MR.BEAST – ₹12,495

8. Ya_Rab – ₹9,135

9. Sanjay ‘sanjayg007’ Gupta – ₹7,560

Ultimate PLO ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Entries – 44

Re-entries – 20

Re-buys – 39

Prize Pool – ₹2,50,000

Places Paid – 9

Spartan Poker’s Ultimate PLO ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD was hit with a ₹44,000 overlay after 103 entries (44 unique, 20 re-entries, and 39 re-buys) regged and the top nine places crossed the money line.

An unknown user ‘NoPainNoGain’ emerged victorious and collected ₹56,669 in prize money after defeating ‘EatingFish’ (runner-up for ₹51,674) heads-up!

Piyush ‘BlackMamba’ Gaikwad (4th for ₹25,750) was the only other notable present on the final table.

Final Table Results

1. NoPainNoGain – ₹56,669

2. EatingFish – ₹51,674

3. PokerStar090 – ₹49,184

4. Piyush ‘BlackMamba’ Gaikwad – ₹25,750

5. anish123123 – ₹20,000

6. Alisha10110 – ₹15,500

7. Priyanka0505 – ₹12,250

8. indiq – ₹9,500

9. KaalaPatthar – ₹7,500

DSS Main ₹2 Lakhs GTD – Poker Dangal

Entries – 51

Re-buys – 43

Prize Pool – ₹2,00,000

Places Paid – 15

Poker Dangal’s DSS Main Event regged 51 unique entries and 43 re-buys, resulting in a short overlay of ₹12,000 and the top 15 places finished ITM.

Taking top honors was ‘nutties,’ who pocketed ₹48,000 in cash prize after prevailing over ‘apeman’ (runner-up for ₹35,000) in the heads-up play.

Ajit Singh ‘ace_bob’ Arora (8th for ₹6,500) was the only other known player who final tabled the event.

Final Table Results

1. nutties – ₹48,000

2. apeman – ₹35,000

3. chachachor – ₹25,500

4. SamsungApple – ₹19,000

5. Mavavgoel – ₹14,000

6. indica – ₹10,000

7. DR.Karan – ₹7,500

8. Ajit Singh ‘ace_bob’ Arora – ₹6,500

9. Joonjoon – ₹5,500

Sunday Stars ₹2 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Entries – 69

Re-entries – 34

Prize Pool – ₹2,06,000

Places Paid – 17

MTT crusher Arsh ‘BiggggTymeR’ Grover championed the Sunday Stars ₹2 Lakhs GTD on PokerStars India for ₹47,615, after defeating ‘busssster’ (runner-up for ₹35,242) heads-up!

The tourney drew 103 entries (69 unique and 34 re-entries) to generate a ₹2.06 Lakhs prize pool, and the top 17 places finished ITM.

Anirban ‘nocluewho’ D Das (3rd for ₹26,084) and Chandan ‘RunBarryRun’ Arora (4th for ₹19,306) were the other notable FT scorers.

Final Table Results

1. Arsh ‘BiggggTymeR’ Grover – ₹47,615

2. busssster – ₹35,242

3. Anirban ‘nocluewho’ D Das – ₹26,084

4. Chandan ‘RunBarryRun’ Arora – ₹19,306

5. varunkandaswami – ₹14,289

6. 999AykA999 – ₹10,576

7. kgjadoo – ₹7,828

8. proFISHnal1999 – ₹5,794

9. raosahib6327 – ₹5,123

Electric Deep Freeze ₹2 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Entries – 165

Prize Pool – ₹2,00,000

Places Paid – 23

The Electric Deep Freeze ₹2 Lakhs GTD on Spartan Poker saw 165 entrants to leave an overlay of ₹35,000, and the top 23 places got paid.

Clinching the top honors was ‘VAQT’ who banked the lion’s share of the prize pool worth ₹46,500 after running past ‘ravenclaw410’ (runner-up for ₹31,500) in the heads-up match.

Final Table Results

1. VAQT – ₹46,500

2. ravenclaw410 – ₹31,500

3. LuckyLuciano – ₹21,000

4. ylangylang – ₹17,200

5. pokermuggle26 – ₹13,800

6. lolEquityWTF – ₹10,700

7. KidChaos24 – ₹7,920

8. UNKNOWN – ₹5,820

9. adshark1 – ₹4,640

This report was updated at 4:30 PM on 20.04.2020.

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