Tibrewala, Ahuja, Kodam, Sharma & Shanmughasundaram Claim the Big Sunday Scores

A thrilling Sunday saw some of the most recognizable faces of the poker circuit clinch the big scores. The list of big winners featured names like PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish Ahuja, Anujkumar Kodam, Rajat Sharma, Nishaanth Shanmughasundaram, Young Gun Ujjwal Narwal, and Sahil Mahboobani. Without further ado, let’s check out what went down on Sunday!

Spartan Poker

The inaugural Freezeout Master Series (FMS) came to a thundering close last night with the star attraction, the ₹50 Lakhs GTD FMS Main Event playing down to a winner. The tournament had gathered 486 entries across three starting flights, resulting in a shortfall of ₹1.40 Lakhs. Out of the 96 qualifiers who made it to Day 2, only 84 got paid. It all came to an end with the former Millionaire champion Anujkumar’ aatman108’ Kodam cutting his way through the reg-infested field to emerge as the first-ever FMS Main Event champion. Sagar ‘strangeplay’ Choudhury (runner-up for ₹5.65 Lakhs), Avadh’ cateyes’ Shah (4th for ₹5.28 Lakhs), and PokerGuru Ambassadors Parikshit’ zapdos1311’ Dhall (7th for ₹1.45 Lakhs) and Ratul’ Atriohm’ Steves (8th for ₹99,100) were others who FT-ed the tourney! Kodam added a handsome score of ₹6.65 Lakhs to his bankroll, taking his recorded online winnings tally to ₹1.01 Crores.

PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja has been in sublime form throughout 2020, as the lawyer-turned-poker pro has remained in the top 10 on the yearly leaderboard since February. He is presently ranked #8 with ₹1.61 Crores in annual winnings. Ahuja collected yet another title yesterday after he shipped Spartan Poker’s weekly flagship tourney, the ₹35 Lakhs GTD Sunday SuperStack, for ₹7.40 Lakhs, after besting former MoneyMaker champion Sandeep ‘SandeeSingh’ Singh (runner-up for ₹4.66 Lakhs) heads-up. The tourney registered 767 entries, collecting a guarantee-smashing prize pool of ₹38.35 Lakhs.

The ₹8 Lakhs GTD Big Daddy had a successful run as well, as it generated a prize pool worth ₹8.26 Lakhs on the back of a 413-strong entry field. Anonymous user ‘Fishbone’ won the event for ₹1.65 Lakhs, following a heads-up deal with ‘sandtiger,’ who finished runner-up for ₹1.10 Lakhs.

Adda52

There are still two weeks left for the Adda52 Online Poker Series (AOPS) to wrap up, and the site has been pulling out all the stops. This Sunday, one of the site’s flashiest tourneys, the ₹1 Crore GTD AOPS Full House Finale, completed another edition. After locking in 1,971 entries through six starting flights, the event faltered on the offered guarantee with an overlay of ₹1.45 Lakhs. Adda52 regular Anurag ‘Sangahi’ Sangahi decimated the competition, including defeating Abhishek ‘chicky’ Tibrewala heads-up to clinch the title and a whopping ₹21 Lakhs top prize. Tibrewala received ₹12.17 Lakhs for his runner-up finish.

Seasoned online pro Rajat ‘Oshoswami’ Sharma raced past a field of 304 entries in the ₹25 Lakhs GTD AOPS Big Game and banked a winner’s paycheque worth ₹5.75 Lakhs. Sharma had struck a three-way deal before capturing the title. Nishant ‘DoJingBULLETS’ Sharma (runner-up for ₹5.09 Lakhs) and Pranay ‘setmeup’ Chawla (3rd for ₹5.06 Lakhs) were the other two regs who secured podium finishes.

The ₹15 Lakhs GTD AOPS Big Slick garnered 793 entries and created a ₹19.82 Lakhs prize pool. Young Gun Ujjwal ‘fourteenk’ Narwal topped the field to win ₹4.46 Lakhs, while Anish ‘kidpoker113’ Suri came in second for ₹2.39 Lakhs.

Aniket ‘WhiteRabbit’ Sharma was the last player standing in the ₹6 Lakhs GTD AOPS Moonlight and received ₹1.66 Lakhs in prize money.

PokerBaazi

The Sunday marquee event on PokerBaazi, the ₹25 Lakhs GTD BSS SuperStack, drew in 523 contenders, collecting a commendable ₹26.15 Lakhs in the prize pool. Online regular Nishaanth ‘shanni’ Shanmughasundaram locked horns with Kamal ‘Identity’ Naruka for the top honors. In the end, it was the former who claimed the title and the top prize of ₹5.08 Lakhs. Naruka settled for a second-place payout of ₹3.56 Lakhs.

The ₹6 Lakhs GTD Grinders Main Event and the ₹5 Lakhs GTD BSS Monster 6-Max were the other two signature Sunday events on PokerBaazi. Both the tourneys were able to surpass their advertised guarantees with the Grinders Main Event generating a ₹6.62 Lakhs prize pool through 441 entries and the BSS Monster 6-Max posting a ₹5.63 Lakhs prize pool via 225 entries.

Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma bested former BPT Champion Gautam ‘BEATTHEFISH’ Sachdeva (runner-up for ₹93,205) in the heads-up play of the Grinders Main Event, pocketing ₹1.32 Lakhs for his win. Meanwhile, Nehal ‘dybalamask’ Kumar Agarwal outlasted Himanshu ‘ISquirtBullets’ Dewan in the final showdown of the BSS Monster 6-Max, netting the first-place prize money of ₹1.32 Lakhs. Dewan took home ₹92,869 for placing second.

PokerStars India

As per the usual, PokerStars India hosted two ₹20 Lakhs GTD tourneys yesterday, namely the Sunday Highroller and the Sunday Special – Progressive KO. Featuring an ₹11,000 buy-in, the Sunday Highroller was the costliest event on the site, and with a sub-par turnout of 157 entries, the event was hit by a massive overlay of ₹4.3 Lakhs. MTT crusher Sahil ‘inaboobham’ Mahboobani, who had championed this event last Sunday, trounced the field once again last night and walked away with ₹4.04 Lakhs in prize money. Mahboobani is presently placed #16 on the monthly leaderboard with a profit of ₹13.29 Lakhs.

The Sunday Special – Progressive KO also had a tough time meeting its listed guarantee. Even after bringing in 348 participants, the tourney still fell short by ₹2.60 Lakhs. Amar ‘AceConsultant’ Mehta fired two bullets before capturing the title, along with a winner’s payday of ₹3.42 Lakhs.

The MICRO KO series that had commenced on June 14 concluded yesterday. The MICRO KO Main Event, promising a ₹15 Lakhs GTD, registered 743 entries and fell seven entries short of its advertised guarantee. Akshay ‘Sweetdurr’ Kapoor took down the event to win a personal-best ₹2.13 Lakhs, after a three-way deal with ‘pokienuts92’ (runner-up for ₹1.20 Lakhs) and ‘corbin999’ (3rd for ₹96,902).

Last but not least, PokerStars India’s MICRO KO Final Warm-up saw Suresh ‘Wabi-$abi’ Kolli emerge victorious among a field of 357 entries. The site had to fill in an overlay of ₹53,750 and making most of the value on offer, Kolli bagged the most significant portion of the prize pool worth ₹1.12 Lakhs.

The other Sunday winners were:

AOPS Full House Finale ₹1 Crore GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Total Entries – 1,152

Total Re-entries – 819

Prizepool – ₹10,000,000

Places Paid – 215

Sunday played host to the final day of the ₹1.5 Crores GTD AOPS Full House Finale and the virtual felts at Adda52 were brimming with nail-biting action. The tourney drew 1,970 entries (Day 1A – 241, Day 1B – 294, Day 1C – 188, Day 1D – 267, Day 1E – 325, and Day 1F – 656) through six starting days, resulting in a marginal overlay of ₹1.45 Lakhs for the site to bear. Only 216 runners were able to make it through Day 2. With the top 215 places paid, one player was derailed empty-handed.

Benefitting most from the situation was Anurag ‘Sangahi’ Sangahi and Abhishek ‘chicky’ Tibrewala, with the former ultimately claiming the top honors. The champion picked up ₹21 Lakhs in prize money to emerge as the biggest winner of the day. Tibrewala was the only other player to bank a seven-figure on Sunday as he collected ₹12.17 Lakhs for his runner-up finish.

Binit ‘Punter27’ Saraf (4th for ₹6 Lakhs), Chetan Singh ‘pofunder’ Chouhan (5th for ₹4 Lakhs), Shrey ‘pandeyshrey’ Pandey (7th for ₹2 Lakhs), and Kunal ‘kvohra’ Vohra (8th for ₹1.50 Lakhs) FT-ed the tourney.

The 100 top scorers included the likes of Rakshit ‘ved234’ Vedh (10^th for ₹80,000), Kunal ‘kunalrajkubba’ Kubba (11^th for ₹80,000), Deepak ‘orionn7’ Raina (12^th for ₹80,000), Kunal ‘kunalpatni’ Patni (16^th for ₹60,000), Ankur ‘aceleration’ Sehgal (17^th for ₹60,000), Piyush ‘piyushverma’ Verma (19^th for ₹40,000), Romit ‘ft83’ Advani (21^st for ₹40,000), Srihari ‘zombieballs’ Bang (22^nd for ₹40,000), Sagar ‘alwaysnutz’ Choudhury (25^th for ₹40,000), Sumit ‘sumit4game’ Saurav (26^th for ₹40,000), Sandeep ‘effuno’ Varma RS (28^th for ₹30,000), Raghavendra ‘ThikanaCK’ Hada (29^th for ₹30,000), Young Gun Anmol ‘anzzzzz’ Mehta (34^th for ₹30,000), Harshad ‘laiibhari’ Barve (37^th for ₹30,000), Sagar ‘passivity’ Patnaik (40^th for ₹30,000), Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra (41^st for ₹30,000), Myron ‘zzzzz369’ Pereira (43^rd for ₹30,000), Rahul ‘lucky_bastered’ Mech (44^th for ₹30,000), Ravindra ‘wormhole’ Arikeri (46^th for ₹22,000), Chiraag ‘vipervenom’ Patel (47^th for ₹22,000), Arsh ‘bigggtymer’ Grover (48^th for ₹22,000), Jyoti ‘joey114114’ Ranjan Nayak (49^th for ₹22,000), Abhinav ‘checkshove’ Iyer (50^th for ₹22,000), Puneet ‘j4jolly’ Mishra (51^st for ₹22,000), Honey ‘ho9ey’ Bijlani (52^nd for ₹22,000), Chirag ‘cs56’ Sodha (53^rd for ₹22,000), Vivek ‘ikkvr’ Rughani (54^th for ₹22,000), Youn Gun Gaurav ‘gauravarod’ Sood (57^th for ₹22,000), Manish ‘newkidpoker’ Lakhotia (58^th for ₹22,000), Sumit ‘hammer_head’ Sapra (61^st for ₹22,000), Nishaanth ‘superdeluxe’ Shanmughasundaram (62^nd for ₹22,000), Bhola ‘bhola’ Sharma (63^rd for ₹22,000), Ayush ‘lazyman’ Garg (65^th for ₹22,000), Charu ‘7freeman’ Vikram Kaushik (66^th for ₹22,000), Siddhanth ‘Sidstack’ Kripalani (70^th for ₹22,000), Rajat ‘oshoswami’ Sharma (73^rd for ₹17,000), Annkur ‘Victor562’ Agarwal (74^th for ₹17,000), Priyank ‘Piko1432’ Kothari (76^th for ₹17,000), Raman ‘thuscame’ Gujral (77^th for ₹17,000), Devrat ‘vickypune’ Singh (79^th for ₹17,000), Naresh ‘fireexit’ Rathnam (83^rd for ₹17,000), Kanav ‘alibaba_kings’ Parwal (84^th for ₹17,000), Naresh ’emperor457′ Veeravalli (85^th for ₹17,000), Abhishek ‘pomfret1989’ Goindi (86^th for ₹17,000), Dhinesh ‘dinzy009’ Kumar (87^th for ₹17,000), Deepak ‘bothras’ Bothra (88^th for ₹17,000), Induprakash ‘supee’ Mishra (93^rd for ₹17,000), Hitesh ‘buntai’ Batra (94^th for ₹17,000), Rishab ‘rish1994’ Malik (98^th for ₹17,000), Rajesh ‘phanthom’ Singh (99^th for ₹17,000).

Among the PokerGuru Ambassadors, Kartik ‘Pegasus1505’ Ved (20^th for ₹40,000), Vivek ‘vivek94540’ Singh (30^th for ₹30,000), Rony ‘fish4life’ Chowdhury (72^nd for ₹17,000), Arjanveer ‘arjan30’ Singh Chadha (80^th for ₹17,000), and Laksh ‘boomtilt23’ Pal Singh (89^th for ₹17,000) finished ITM.

Final Table Results

1. Anurag ‘Sangahi’ Sangahi – ₹21,00,000

2. Abhishek ‘chicky’ Tibrewala – ₹12,17,000

3. dev133 – ₹8,00,000

4. Binit ‘Punter27’ Saraf – ₹6,00,000

5. Chetan Singh ‘pofunder’ Chouhan – ₹4,00,000

6. Neeraj ‘Kumartomar’ Kumar – ₹3,00,000

7. Shrey ‘pandeyshrey’ Pandey – ₹2,00,000

8. Kunal ‘kvohra’ Vohra – ₹1,50,000

9. sirigirisetty – ₹1,00,000

FMS#20 Main Event ₹50 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 486

Prize Pool – ₹50,00,000

Places Paid – 94

Spartan Poker’s first-of-its-kind FMS series got done and dusted with on Sunday, bringing things to culmination. Playing out towards the end was the FMS Main Event that sported a massive ₹50 Lakhs prize pool guarantee. The tournament ran three starting flights attracting 486 hopefuls. The numbers were not enough for the event to reach its advertised guarantee, and tournament organizers had to fill in an overlay of ₹1.40 Lakhs.

Day 2 began with 96 qualifiers, and racing ahead of the rest was Anujkumar ‘aatman108’ Kodam. Kodam faced off with Sagar ‘strangeplay’ Choudhury over the title. Kodam prevailed and emerged victorious to pocket the winner’s cheque worth ₹6.65 Lakhs, while Choudhury padded his bankroll by ₹5.65 Lakhs for finishing second.

Avadh ‘cateyes’ Shah (4^th for ₹5.28 Lakhs), PokerGuru Ambassadors Parikshit ‘zapdos1311’ Dhall (7^th for ₹1.45 Lakhs) and Ratul ‘Atriohm’ Steves (8^th for ₹99,100) picked up final table scores in the event.

Sahil ‘ImHighIshove’ Mahboobani (10^th for ₹64,000), Dhirendra ‘dhiru91’ Kumar (11^th for ₹64,000), Sumit ‘Sands Myth’ Sapra (12^th for ₹52,950), Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPros’ Kumar (13^th for ₹52,950), Yohan ‘PAPITO’ Patel (18^th for ₹37,950), PokerGuru Ambassadors Ankit ‘Shippament’ Wadhawan (20^th for ₹37,950) and Shashank ‘Jai Bajarangbali’ Desai (21^st for ₹32,950), Bhavye ‘noobpro’ Mittal (24^th for ₹28,250),Manish ‘potlords’ Gandhi (29^th for ₹24,750), Pulkit ‘Championplayer’ Goyal (29^th for ₹24,750), Anurag ‘Norman Bates’ Srivastava (31^st for ₹24,750) and Paras ‘AAKKQQJJ’ Jain (34^th for ₹21,750), Sanchit ‘scofield1210’ Nag (36^th for ₹21,750), Aditya ‘adiwankenobi’ Wadhwani (37^th for ₹21,750), Young Gun`s Anuj ‘titooTauji’ Yadav (38^th for ₹21,750), and Siddharth ‘schemer77’ Karia (40^th for ₹18,750), Pranay ‘kabira speaking’ Chawla (41^st for ₹18,750), Chirag ‘chilling’ Sodha (43^rd for ₹18,750), Zarvan ‘BolAuntyAuKya’ Tumboli (44^th for ₹18,750), and Gaurav ‘Gaush’ Sharma (46^th for ₹18,750) were the other notable scorers.

Final Table Results

1. Anujkumar ‘aatman108’ Kodam – ₹6,65,063

2. Sagar ‘strangeplay’ Choudhury – ₹5,65,855

3. MasterBet10 – ₹5,41,698

4. Avadh ‘cateyes’ Shah – ₹5,28,633

5. The Sightseer – ₹2,55,500

6. Raj@19911 – ₹1,99,000

7. Parikshit ‘zapdos1311’ Dhall – ₹1,45,00

8. Ratul ‘Atriohm’ Steves – ₹99,100

9. avneed – ₹78,500

Sunday SuperStack ₹35 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 361

Re-entries – 151

Re-buys – 255

Prize Pool – ₹38,35,000

Places Paid – 71

The ₹35 Lakhs GTD Sunday SuperStack attracted a packed field of 767 entries, riding well past the advertised guarantee to collect a ₹38.35 Lakhs prize pool. The final battle over the title took place between PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja and former MoneyMaker champion Sandeep ‘SandeeSingh’ Singh. Singh was on the forefront at the start of heads-up play, but Ahuja took over and eventually beat the latter to the finish line. The title win comes with a sizeable paycheque of ₹7.40 Lakhs for Ahuja, while Singh had to make do with ₹4.66 Lakhs for his runner-up finish.

With 71 finalists earning a payout, the other prominent FT scorers were, Avneesh ‘IamAM’ Munjal (3^rd for ₹3.24 Lakhs), PokerGuru Ambassador Naresh ‘FreeFlow Veeravalli (4^th for ₹2.63 Lakhs), Pulkit ‘Championplayer’ Goyal (6^th for ₹1.61 Lakhs), Chandan ‘MeStrongYouFold’ Arora (7^th for ₹1.21 Lakhs) and Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall (8^th for ₹84,753).

Final Table Results

1. Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja – ₹7,40,155

2. Sandeep ‘SandeeSingh’ Singh- ₹4,66,336

3. Avneesh ‘IamAM’ Munjal – ₹3,24,028

4. Naresh ‘FreeFlow’ Veeravalli – ₹2,63,081

5. Dr Putin – ₹2,06,706

6. Pulkit ‘Championplayer’ Goyal – ₹1,61,453

7. Chandan ‘MeStrongYouFold’ Arora – ₹1,21,569

8. Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall – ₹84,753

9. poker.professor.z4 – ₹67,112

AOPS Big Game ₹25 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 172

Re-entries – 132

Prize Pool – ₹30,40,000

Places Paid – 30

Returning to Adda52’s AOPS series for yet another sizzling run was the ₹25 Lakhs GTD AOPS Big Game. The event attracted 304 entries that helped the tourney generate a profitable ₹30.40 Lakhs in the prize pool and the top 30 finishers were paid.

It all came to an end after a three-way deal between seasoned regs, Rajat ‘Oshoswami’ Sharma, Nishant ‘DoJingBULLETS’ Sharma, and 2019 IPC ₹100K High Roller champion Pranay ‘setmeup’ Chawla. While Sharma captured the title for ₹5.75 Lakhs, Nishant finished runner-up for ₹5.09 Lakhs, and Chawla placed third for ₹5.06 Lakhs.

The final table featured the likes of Uttam Kumar ‘chinunew’ Sinha (4th for ₹2,58,400), Harshad ‘Laiibhari’ Barve (5th for ₹1,74,800), PokerGuru Ambassador Ankit ‘d00mtr00p3r’ Wadhawan (6th for ₹1,21,600), Hitesh ‘buntai’ Batra (7th for ₹91,200), PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer Singh ‘arjan30’ Chadha (8th for ₹76,000), and Ayush ‘lazyman’ Garg (9th for ₹60,800).

Final Table Results

1. Rajat ‘Oshoswami’ Sharma – ₹5,75,279*

2. Nishant ‘DoJingBULLETS’ Sharma – ₹5,09,385*

3. Pranay ‘setmeup’ Chawla – ₹5,06,776*

4. Uttam Kumar ‘chinunew’ Sinha – ₹2,58,400

5. Harshad ‘Laiibhari’ Barve – ₹1,74,800

6. Ankit ‘d00mtr00p3r’ Wadhawan – ₹1,21,600

7. Hitesh ‘buntai’ Batra – ₹91,200

8. Arjanveer Singh ‘arjan30’ Chadha – ₹76,000

9. Ayush ‘lazyman’ Garg – ₹60,800

*denotes three-way deal

BSS SuperStack ₹25 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 253

Re-entries – 270

Prize Pool – ₹26,15,000

Places Paid – 63

PokerBaazi’s Sunday flagship₹25 Lakhs GTD BSS SuperStack registered a total of 523 entrants to accumulate ₹26.15 Lakhs in the prize pool, and the top 63 places got paid.

Taking down the title was MTT reg Nishaanth ‘shanni’ Shanmughasundaram, who banked his best score of the year so far worth ₹5.08 Lakhs after pipping Kamal ‘Identity’ Naruka (runner-up for ₹3.56 Lakhs) in the heads-up play.

The FT featured the likes of Dhinesh ‘dhineshrocky007’ Kumar (3^rd for ₹2.29 Lakhs), former Young Gun Shravan ‘FishStars’ Chhabria (5^th for ₹1.27 Lakhs), and Jaideep ‘GoneClubbing’ Sajwan (6^th for ₹1.01 Lakhs).

Final Table Results

1. Nishaanth ‘shanni’ Shanmughasundaram – ₹5,08,095

2. Kamal ‘Identity’ Naruka – ₹3,56,163

3. Dhinesh ‘dhineshrocky007’ Kumar – ₹2,29,074

4. blacksuit22 – ₹1,69,452

5. Shravan ‘FishStars’ Chhabria – ₹1,27,089

6. Jaideep ‘GoneClubbing’ Sajwan – ₹1,01,985

7. grovahova – ₹84,988

8. buhr1085 – ₹67,729

9. mandiya31 – ₹50,993

Sunday Highroller ₹20 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 97

Re-Entries – 60

Prize Pool – ₹20,00,000

Places Paid – 26

Sporting a buy-in of ₹11,000, the ₹20 Lakhs GTD Sunday Highroller was the biggest buy-in event on offer at PokerStars India yesterday. Like many of the other flagships, the site’s overlay blues continued as the site had to fill in a sizable overlay worth ₹4.3 Lakhs because of a below-par turnout of 157 entries (97 unique and 60 re-entries).

MTT pro Sahil ‘inaboobham’ Mahboobani, who was the reigning champion of the event, held the title for the second week in a row. This victory gave him ₹4.04 Lakhs as the prize, boosting his online cashes to over ₹4.41 crores. Mahboobani defeated ‘FLlPflops’ (runner-up for ₹3.05 Lakhs) in the heads-up play.

The Sunday Special PKO runner-up finisher ‘LeezaDhawan’ placed third in this event for ₹2.30 Lakhs, for a cumulative payday of ₹4.12 Lakhs from these two deep runs.

The final table included the likes of Anirban ‘nocluewho’ D Das (4^th for ₹1.73 Lakhs), Myron ‘khAAbib’ Pereira (5^th for ₹1.30 Lakhs), Goonjan ‘gmtesting.ind’ Mall (6^th for ₹98,336), Abhishek ‘Satan98999’ Gubba (7^th for ₹74,127), Guneet ‘GSK1515’ Kwatra (8^th for ₹55,878), and PokerGuru Ambassador Gokul ‘Haxton Jr’ Raj (9^th for ₹42,121).

Final Table Results

1. Sahil ‘inaboobham’ Mahboobani – ₹4,04,019

2. FLlPflops – ₹3,04,554

3. LeezaDhawan – ₹2,29,576

4. Anirban ‘nocluewho’ D Das – ₹1,73,057

5. Myron ‘khAAbib’ Pereira – ₹1,30,452

6. Goonjan ‘gmtesting.ind’ Mall – ₹98,336

7. Abhishek ‘Satan98999’ Gubba – ₹74,127

8. Guneet ‘GSK1515’ Kwatra – ₹55,878

9. Gokul ‘Haxton Jr’ Raj – ₹42,121

Sunday Special – Progressive KO ₹20 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 204

Re-Entries – 144

Total Prize Pool – ₹20,00,000

Regular Prize Pool – ₹11,30,000

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹8,70,000

Places Paid – 55

PokerStars India’s Sunday Special – Progressive KO boasting of a guarantee of ₹20 Lakhs, clocked in 348 entries (255 unique entries and 190 re-entries).

The ₹5,500 buy-in event experienced a shortfall of ₹2.60 Lakhs.

After using two bullets Amar ‘AceConsultant’ Mehta defeated ‘LeezaDhawan’ heads-up to walk away with ₹3.42 Lakhs (₹2,10,971 in prize money and ₹1,31,357 in bounties).

This was the second time that Mehta has won this very event and his second-best score also. Mehta had won this event for the first time in February last year, for ₹3.82 Lakhs to register his biggest score.

The runner-up received ₹1.83 Lakhs (₹1,53,449 in prize money and ₹29,453 in bounties) as the prize.

PokerGuru Ambassador Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved (3rd for ₹1.36 Lakhs), Young Gun Anmol ‘Kaanchacheena’ Mehta (5th for ₹1.16 Lakhs), and Bharat ‘MojoJojo2193’ Vasan (9th for ₹27,462) were the notable finalists.

Final Table Results (Including Bounties)

1. Amar ‘AceConsultant’ Mehta – ₹3,42,328

2. LeezaDhawan – ₹1,82,902

3. Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved – ₹1,36,454

4. Shivi2616 – ₹1,27,615

5. Anmol ‘Kaanchacheena’ Mehta – ₹1,16,136

6. ThatsItAllin – ₹55,603

7. i_am_who_knocks – ₹80,573

8. kartikchadha – ₹31,392

9. Bharat ‘MojoJojo2193’ Vasan – ₹27,462

AOPS Big Slick ₹15 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹2,500

Entries – 440

Re-entries – 353

Prize Pool – ₹19,82,500

Places Paid – 82

Another marquee tourney on the AOPS schedule for Sunday was the ₹15 Lakhs GTD AOPS Big Slick that crushed its advertised guarantee by ₹4.82 Lakhs.

Once the last hand was dealt, it was Young Gun Ujjwal ‘fourteenk’ Narwal who emerged victorious after besting Anish ‘kidpoker113’ Suri heads-up and took home ₹4.46 Lakhs in prize money. Suri netted ₹2.39 for his second-place finish.

Kanav ‘alibaba_kings’ Parwal (3^rd for ₹1.64 Lakhs), Aaryan ‘Aaryan_99’ Agarwal (5^th for ₹79,399), Shravan ‘sweatmyass13’ Chhabria (6^th for ₹57,096), Aman ‘karmapoker’ Parakh (7^th for ₹44,606), and Vaibhav ‘alienrobot’ Sharma (8^th for ₹33,901) were the other notable finalists.

Final Table Results

1. Ujjwal ‘fourteenk’ Narwal – ₹4,46,063

2. Anish ‘kidpoker113’ Suri – ₹2,39,982

3. Kanav ‘alibaba_kings’ Parwal – ₹1,64,151

4. Psychonaut007 – ₹1,17,761

5. Aaryan ‘Aaryan_99’ Agarwal – ₹79,399

6. Shravan ‘sweatmyass13’ Chhabria – ₹57,096

7. Aman ‘karmapoker’ Parakh – ₹44,606

8. Vaibhav ‘alienrobot’ Sharma – ₹33,901

9. mame1170 – ₹26,764

Micro KO-62 Main Event ₹15 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 477

Re-Entries – 266

Total Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000

Regular Prize Pool – ₹7,57,000

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹7,43,000

Places Paid – 127

The showstopper event of the Micro KO series, the ₹15 Lakhs GTD Main Event, brought the curtains down on the series last night. The tourney drew 743 entrants to fall seven entries short of meeting its ₹15 Lakhs prize pool guarantee.

‘Turminator47’ was eliminated on the money bubble, assuring the remaining 127 places a min-cash worth ₹1,826 and bounty prizes.

After deciding upon a three-way deal, Akshay ‘Sweetdurr’ Kapoor was the last player left standing and won ₹2.13 Lakhs (₹1,12,221 in prize money and ₹1,01,187 in bounties). This was the biggest score for Kapoor taking his lifetime cashes total to over ₹11.52 Lakhs.

‘pokienuts92’ (runner-up for ₹1.20 Lakhs) and ‘corbin999’ (3^rd for ₹96,902) were the other two beneficiaries of the deal.

Abhijeet ‘sexylady7766’ Kumar (5th for ₹51,480), Prithvi ‘Prithvi99’ Bhatia (6th for ₹36,404), and Rohit ‘kick_aasss014’ Singh (8th for ₹19,535) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results (Including Bounties)

1. Akshay ‘Sweetdurr’ Kapoor – ₹2,13,408*

2. pokienuts92 – ₹1,20,442*

3. corbin999 – ₹96,902*

4. J4bberwocky – ₹57,285

5. Abhijeet ‘sexylady7766’ Kumar – ₹51,480

6. Prithvi ‘Prithvi99’ Bhatia – ₹36,404

7. abraham-vegetaa – ₹31,713

8. Rohit ‘kick_aasss014’ Singh – ₹19,535

9. maunik_d17 – ₹24,605

*denotes three-way deal

Pocket Aces ₹10 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 184

Re-buys – 119

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 63

Pocket52’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Pocket Aces clocked in 303 entries and suffered an overlay of ₹1.66 Lakhs. ‘R1dson’ ran past the field to clinch the title and a hefty ₹2.05 Lakhs in prize money. ‘Luckyoye’ placed second for ₹1.27 Lakhs.

Final Table Results

1. R1dson – ₹2,05,000

2. Luckyoye – ₹1,27,500

3. AnishV – ₹90,000

4. Paglabaazigar – ₹67,000

5. pandu38 – ₹52,000

6. theprofessor – ₹39,000

Big Daddy ₹8 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 221

Re-entries – 48

Re-buys – 144

Prize Pool – ₹8,26,000

Places Paid – 39

The ₹2,200 buy-in Big Daddy collected a guarantee-busting ₹8.26 Lakhs prize pool last night after 413 entries signed up for the event. Only 39 of them could return with a payout, and in the end, it was ‘Fishbone’ who claimed the lion`s share worth₹1.65 Lakhs, following a heads-up deal with ‘sandtiger’ (runner-up for ₹1.10 Lakhs).

Also making it as far as the final table were, Anirudh ‘flash’ Reddy (3^rd for ₹80,535) and Ankur ‘CYCLONE 1121’ Agarwal (9^th for ₹17,263).

Final Table Results

1. Fishbone – ₹1,65,613*

2. sandtiger – ₹1,10,105*

3. Anirudh ‘flash’ Reddy – ₹80,535

4. Shefking – ₹65,006

5. kmkm2kool – ₹50,964

6. imfish – ₹38,574

7. haayegarmi – ₹28,331

8. stoic7 – ₹20,815

9. Ankur ‘CYCLONE 1121’ Agarwal – ₹17,263

*denotes heads-up deal

AOPS Moonlight ₹6 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹1,800

Entries – 213

Re-entries – 196

Prize Pool – ₹6,70,763

Places Paid – 43

Collecting a guarantee crushing ₹6.70 Lakhs in the prize pool, on the back of 409 hopefuls, the ₹6 Lakhs GTD AOPS Moonlight crowned in a champion Aniket ‘WhiteRabbit’ Sharma, who banked ₹1.66 Lakhs for the victory.

Anshul ‘vexagon’ Rana (4th for ₹53,661), PokerGuru Ambassador Naresh ’emperor457′ Veeravalli (5th for ₹34,880), Gautam ‘rabbithunter’ Kaul (7th for ₹18,446), and Pratibh ‘MrGTO’ Saluja (8th for ₹15,092), posted FT scores.

Final Table Results

1. Aniket ‘WhiteRabbit’ Sharma – ₹1,66,348

2. Yash2110 – ₹1,00,614

3. EVRGreen70 – ₹70,430

4. Anshul ‘vexagon’ Rana – ₹53,661

5. Naresh ’emperor457′ Veeravalli – ₹34,880

6. akash061989 – ₹23,477

7. Gautam ‘rabbithunter’ Kaul – ₹18,446

8. Pratibh ‘MrGTO’ Saluja – ₹15,092

9. sara1501 – ₹10,732

Grinders#33 Main Event ₹6 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 255

Re-entries – 186

Prize Pool – ₹6,62,000

Places Paid – 54

Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma traversed a field of 441 entries to win the ₹6 Lakhs GTD Grinders Main Event and earned ₹1.32 Lakhs. Former BPT Main Event champion Gautam ‘BEATTHEFISH’ Sachdeva finished runner-up for ₹93,205.

The event overshot its advertised guarantee to create a prize pool worth ₹6.62 Lakhs and the top 54 places finished ITM.

Aman ‘ageya’ Gupta (4^th for ₹44,321), Pranav ‘pranavpoker’ Khandalkar (5^th for ₹33,273), and Aviral ‘neverfoldlaundry’ Jain (9^th for ₹13,296) posted FT scores.

Final Table Results

1. Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma – ₹1,32,962

2. Gautam ‘BEATTHEFISH’ Sachdeva – ₹93,205

3. skbhai – ₹59,932

4. Aman ‘ageya’ Gupta – ₹44,321

5. Pranav ‘pranavpoker’ Khandalkar – ₹33,273

6. endboss11 – ₹26,658

7. flush0612 – ₹22,226

8. AK10JQ – ₹17,728

9. Aviral ‘neverfoldlaundry’ Jain – ₹13,296

BSS Monster 6-Max ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 122

Re-entries – 103

Prize Pool – ₹5,63,000

Places Paid – 27

Another featured Sunday tourney that turned out to be a crowd-puller was the ₹5 Lakhs GTD BSS Monster. With 225 entries, the tournament collected ₹5.63 Lakhs in the prize pool. In the end, Nehal ‘dybalamask’ Kumar Agarwal claimed the title and the ₹1.32 Lakhs up top prize money after defeating Himanshu ‘ISquirtBullets’ Dewan (runner-up for ₹92,869) in the heads-up play.

Aman ‘KarmaPoker’ Parakh (3^rd for ₹59,738), Dhaval ‘Rehab77’ Mudgal (5^th for ₹33,188), Kanishka ‘Highness’ Samant (8^th for ₹17,663), and Pranav ‘mithrandir16’ Anand (9^th for ₹13,219) rounded up the fiercely competitive FT.

Final Table Results

1. Nehal ‘dybalamask’ Kumar Agarwal – ₹1,32,356

2. Himanshu ‘ISquirtBullets’ Dewan – ₹92,869

3. Aman ‘KarmaPoker’ Parakh – ₹59,738

4. gudduhero20 – ₹44,213

5. Dhaval ‘Rehab77’ Mudgal – ₹33,188

6. DEEPAKALLIN – ₹26,550

7. Gadaffi – ₹22,050

8. Kanishka ‘Highness’ Samant – ₹17,663

9. Pranav ‘mithrandir16’ Anand – ₹13,219

Micro KO-59 Final Warm-up ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹1,375

Entries – 218

Re-Entries – 139

Total Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Regular Prize Pool – ₹2,76,875

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹2,23,125

Places Paid – 36

The Final Warm-up event of the Micro KO series mustered 357 entries (218 unique and 139 re-entries), to post an overlay of ₹53,750 on its ₹5 Lakhs prize pool guarantee.

Saksham ‘DoubleSuited09’ Sharma got out on the bubble pocketing ₹1,719 bounty money. The remaining 36 players after Sharma were ensured a min-cash of ₹1,585 along with bounty prizes.

In the end, it was Suresh ‘Wabi-$abi’ Kolli who defeated ‘BabaYeager’ (runner-up for ₹53,481) heads-up to win the title along with a payday of ₹1.12 Lakhs (₹57,527 in prize and ₹54,585 in bounties). Kohli had last week won Spartan Poker’s The Race for ₹1.26 Lakhs, making this his second title victory in 5 days.

Final Table Results (Including Bounties)

1. Suresh ‘Wabi-$abi’ Kolli – ₹1,12,112

2. BabaYeager – ₹53,481

3. sk1729 – ₹32,350

4. Jeevan786 – ₹27,579

5.bhijeet ‘sexylady7766’ Kumar – ₹22,489

6. Abhithekidkarpo – ₹24,233

7. BluedragonAllin – ₹14,742

8. Infic11 – ₹9,312

9. Sreeharsha ‘DonkeyCommitted’ Boneni – ₹7,706

Mega Free Entry ₹5 Lakhs GTD – Poker Dangal

Buy-in – ₹1+0

Entries – 239

Re-buys – 40

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 47

Poker Dangal`s much-hyped ₹5 Lakhs GTD Mega Free Entry tournament was taken down by ‘Gholum,’ who outdueled Rohin ‘ws125’ Bhansali heads-up to win the title and ₹95,000 in first-place prize money. Bhansali added ₹70,000 to his bankroll.

Final Table Results

1. Gholum – ₹95,000

2. Rohin ‘ws125’ Bhansali – ₹70,000

3. bali00 – ₹52,500

4. Sanket1402 – ₹37,500

5. chamdi – ₹27,500

6. Kidpoker17 – ₹20,000

7. handsolo – ₹15,000

8. Chhoti – ₹11,250

9. THESPARTAN – ₹7,500

Sunday Monster Stack ₹4.5 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 160

Re-entries – 36

Re-buys – 91

Prize Pool – ₹4,50,000

Places Paid – 27

The ₹4.5 Lakhs GTD Sunday Monster Stack garnered 287 entries on Sunday, registering an overlay worth ₹19,500. The final two contenders shook hands on a deal that saw Ankur ‘CYCLONE 1121’ Agarwal emerge as the winner for ₹87,838, with ‘bigchips_23’ falling in second place for a ₹79,111 payday.

Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chabra (3^rd for ₹46,305), Rugal ‘Smokijoejr’ Advani (6^th for ₹23,130) and Prakhar ‘Prak27’ Kapoor (7^th for ₹16,830) raked in final table scores.

AOPS Brunch ₹4 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹1,250

Entries – 205

Re-entries – 141

Prize Pool – ₹4,00,000

Places Paid – 38

The ₹4 Lakhs GTD AOPS Brunch booked a shortfall of ₹10,750, after engaging 346 runners. Site regular Pratibh ‘MrGTO’ Saluja clinched the title and top prize of ₹72,593, following a three-way deal with ‘indianodemigod’ (runner-up for ₹66,950) and ‘Allin10k’ (3^rd for ₹65,057).

Gautam ‘rabbithunter’ Kaul (5th for ₹21,000), and Sandeep ‘pokesand’ Singh (6th for ₹15,000) FT-ed the tourney.

Sunday Night Rider ₹2.75 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹880

Entries – 143

Re-entries – 44

Re-buys – 71

Prize Pool – ₹2,75,000

Places Paid – 27

Topping a field of 258 entries, ‘shahzzadi’ struck a three-way deal with ‘ISM27’ (runner-up for ₹43,109) and Suraj N. ‘MR.BEAST’ Yadav (3^rd for ₹40,251) before taking down Spartan Poker’s ₹2.75 Lakhs GTD Sunday Night Rider. The champion pocketed ₹46,961 along with the top honors.

The tournament logged in an overlay worth ₹68,600 and paid out 27 players.

Sunday Kick Off ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 102

Re-entries – 26

Re-buys – 62

Prize Pool – ₹2,50,000

Places Paid – 17

A total of 190 runners signed up for the ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD Sunday Kick Off on Spartan Poker, resulting in an overlay of ₹60,000. The final 17 players benefited from the value on offer and walking away with the bragging rights was Vishal ‘Darky012’ Ojha, who defeated ‘DonkaOomber’ (runner-up for ₹41,792) heads-up to bank the top prize of ₹62,900.

Also featuring on the final table were Ashish ‘notoriouskonvict1’ Nailwal (4^th for ₹22,875) and Utkarsh ‘Utkriish’ Somaiya (6^th for ₹14,550).

AOPS Afterparty PKO 1000 ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹1,000

Entries – 160

Re-entries – 151

Prize Pool – ₹2,50,000

Places Paid – 34

The ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD AOPS Afterparty PKO logged in 311 entries, falling ₹44,740 short on the proposed guarantee.

Outlasting the competition was Deepak ‘Peacelover’ Singh, who earned a payday worth ₹62,500 after defeating Siddharth ‘si151190’ Mehndiratta (runner-up for ₹37,875) heads-up.

Devrat ‘Vickypune’ Singh finished 9th for ₹5,000.

Micro KO-63 Sunday Storm ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 308

Re-Entries – 187

Total Prize Pool – ₹2,50,000

Regular Prize Pool – ₹1,26,250

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹1,23,750

Places Paid – 60

The Micro KO edition of the ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD Sunday Storm attracted 495 entries (308 unique and 187 re-entries), to fall five entries short of meeting its guarantee.

Navajith ‘Navajith’ Mohanan battled his way to the top and won ₹36,357 after cutting a three-way deal with ‘GM2318’ (runner-up for ₹30,191) and Shahbaz ‘NotoriousBhai’ Khan (3^rd for ₹21,564).

Ajit ‘ace_bob_here’ Singh Arora (4th for ₹11,585) and Abhijeet ‘sexylady7766’ Kumar (6th for ₹8,226) FT’ed the event.

Ultimate PLO ₹2 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 52

Re-entries – 23

Re-buys – 41

Prize Pool – ₹2,32,000

Places Paid – 11

The ₹2 Lakhs GTD Ultimate PLO drew 116 players to collect a profitable ₹2.32 Lakhs prize pool. Well known reg Paras ‘AAKKQQJJ’ Jain reached a heads-up deal with ‘mohitbhatia’ (runner-up for ₹51,661) to capture the title for ₹57,494.

Himadri ‘Hi mad’ Pal (6^th for ₹14,152) and Anish ‘anishsuri’ Suri (7^th for ₹11,136) FT-ed the tourney.

Micro KO-65 Ultrasonic ₹2 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹990

Entries – 148

Re-entries – 121

Total Prize Pool – ₹2,42,100

Regular Prize Pool – ₹1,21,050

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹1,21,050

Places Paid – 44

Racing past a 269-strong field, ‘Naru96’ took down the ₹2 Lakhs GTD Micro KO Ultrasonic title for ₹44,633 defeating Rocky ‘ravenvlaw410’ Gehlot (runner-up for ₹28,493) in the heads-up play.

Sunday Stars ₹2 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 53

Re-Entries – 33

Prize Pool – ₹2,00,000

Places Paid – 13

The ₹2 Lakhs GTD Sunday Stars logged in 86 entries (62 unique and 32 re-entries), leading to an overlay of ₹28,000.

Mystery user ‘Yuvraajpaul’ took down the event for ₹37,628, following a three-way deal with ‘Ricky000029 $$$’ (runner-up for ₹40,738) and ‘Rocky577h’ (3rd for ₹33,849).

Ashish ‘teshaTriple7’ Garg (5th for ₹15,160) also posted a final table score.

Pocket Lunch ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 82

Re-buys – 66

Prize Pool – ₹1,50,000

Places Paid – 27

Pocket52’s daily event the ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD Pocket Lunch was championed by ‘Novus’ who defeated ‘Russell92’ (runner-up for ₹21,000) heads-up to collect a cash prize worth ₹34,500.

BigBang ₹1 Lakh GTD NLHE – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 33

Re-entries – 10

Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000

Places Paid – 5

The ₹1 Lakh GTD Big Bang attracted 43 entries (33 unique and 10 re-entries) to post an overlay of ₹14,000. Anonymous user ‘fortunemaker’ came out on top after defeating ‘Samaybk’ (runner-up for ₹23,000) heads-up to win ₹43,000.

Dominator ₹50K GTD NLHE – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹825

Entries – 40

Re-entries – 20

Prize Pool – ₹50,000

Places Paid – 7

The ₹50K GTD Dominator on Khelo365 posted an overlay of ₹5,000 on the back of 60 registrations. ‘nagato’ was the last player standing and took home ₹18,000 after defeating ‘Proplr007’ (runner-up for ₹10,000) in the heads-up play.

This report was updated at 4 PM on 22.06.2020.

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