Kwatra, Sharma, Grover, Sood, Bajaj & Purohit Emerge as the Big Sunday Scorers   

The action was electric on the virtual felts on Sunday night, and with practically all major platforms running massive guaranteed events, several marquee events jumped onto the overlay bandwagon! With a tussle for MTT players going on between Spartan Poker’s Grand Poker Series (GPS), the Adda52 Online Poker Series (AOPS), the PokerBaazi Premier League (PPL) and Pocket52’s Blue, players had a plethora of flagships tourneys to choose from. Let’s take a look at what went down yesterday.

Spartan Poker

The second edition of the GPS is now in the books and the highlight of the series, the ₹1 Crore GTD GPS The Millionaire finally crowned a champion last night. The event had gathered 2,059 entries that helped it comfortably sail past it listed guarantee, accumulating ₹1.02 Crores in the prize pool kitty through four starting flights. Only 132 runners made it through to Day 2.

Conquering the field to claim the Millionaire title was Rahul ‘Rahul2646’ Kabade, who banked an eye-catching ₹15.91 Lakhs. Before he could capture the title, a heads-up deal was struck, ensuring that the runner-up ‘mannu2424’ took home an equally impressive ₹14.98 Lakhs. Before this win, Kabade had hardly any score to speak of on Spartan Poker. However, with this seven-figure haul, the champion now has ₹16.02 Lakhs in winnings on the site, and a profit of ₹15.84 Lakhs.

Young Gun Gaurav ‘mozzie17’ Sood (4th for ₹6.17 Lakhs), Anant ‘Pro’ Purohit (5th for ₹4.86 Lakhs), Vikaash ‘viks82’ Shah (7th for ₹2.56 Lakhs) and Avinit ‘pushnpray17’ Bagri (8th for ₹2.34 Lakhs), were among the final table finishers.

The Sunday staple tourney on Spartan Poker, the ₹40 Lakhs GTD GPS #33 Sunday Superstack, witnessed 804 contenders pay the ₹5,500 buy-in, ultimately generating a ₹40.20 Lakhs prize pool. Well-known poker pro Nishant ‘FunkyouFTW1’ Sharma traversed the field and bested ‘POKERGOD31’ (runner-up for ₹4.84 Lakhs) heads-up to lock in a winner’s paycheque worth ₹7.71 Lakhs. Sharma, who was the first Indian to crack the top 50 in the WSOP Main Event back in 2018, was on fire last night as he came close to winning a second title in Adda52’s AOPS Millions. He eventually settled for a runner-up finish worth ₹4.65 Lakhs, taking his cumulative winnings for the night to ₹12.36 Lakhs. His seven-figure Sunday score has catapulted him three places to #20 on the annual earnings leaderboard with earnings of ₹1.62 Crores.

The ₹15 Lakhs GTD GPS#34 Money Heist was one of the few events that registered an overlay yesterday. With a turnout of 430 entries, the site failed to reach the break-even mark by ₹2.10 Lakhs. Anonymous user ‘ladrag’ championed the tourney to win ₹3 Lakhs, while former Millionaire winner Dhinesh ‘kendralust’ Kumar came in second for ₹1.99 Lakhs.

The 15th edition of Spartan Poker’s ever-popular Destiny played out its SnG Finale last night. PokerGuru Ambassador Vivek ‘KasolHieghts’ Singh emerged victorious, claiming a package worth ₹3.70 Lakhs. Manoj ‘h4r5hv33r’ Singh placed runner-up for ₹3.30 Lakhs and Adirath ‘AdirathSingh’ Singh finished third for ₹3 Lakhs.

While the GPS series is over, the August bonanza on Spartan Poker is just beginning. Starting August 11, the premier online site will host the Ultimate Value Series (UVS) featuring over ₹1 Crore in guaranteed prizes! With buy-in ranging from ₹110 to ₹2,200, the series comprises 35 high-value tournaments that will run until August 16.

Adda52

Running alongside the GPS and PPL was Adda52’s AOPS. The site had been marred with technical difficulties over the past few weeks, resulting in several canceled tournaments. Nevertheless, Adda52 was able to run its planned Sunday tourneys without incident. The featured tourney of the day was the ₹1 Crore GTD AOPS Mini ME Finale. The event logged in 1,780 entries through six starting flights, but it wasn’t enough to meet its advertised guarantee as the site had to fill in a massive ₹11 Lakhs deficit!

Former Millionaire winner Guneet ‘guntz’ Kwatra, cruised his way to the top of a reg-infested final table that included Dhirendra ‘Dhiru006’ Kumar (4th for ₹5.75 Lakhs), PokerGuru Ambassador Devvrat ‘glitch_d’ Arya (5th for ₹4.20 Lakhs), Srihari ‘zombieballs’ Bang (7th for ₹2 Lakhs), Abhineet ‘pokemon13’ Jain (8th for ₹1.50 Lakhs) and Apoorva ‘DPT.54’ Goel (9th for ₹1 Lakhs).

Kwatra locked horns with Rohit ‘rohitvaswani’ Vaswani in the heads-up play and, in the end, overtook the latter to claim a mouth-watering top prize worth ₹25 Lakhs! Vaswani received ₹13.89 Lakhs for his runner-up finish.

This was Kwatra’s biggest-score on Adda52, and his overall winnings now stand tall at ₹3.3 Crores, of which ₹75.69 Lakhs he has won on Adda52 alone. Vaswani’s boasts a career-best score of ₹21 Lakhs that he had won in Adda52’s ₹1 Crore GTD AOPS Full House on June 28.

The ₹30 Lakhs GTD AOPS Millions also boarded the overlay express and registered a ₹4.30 Lakhs shortfall after 257 participants ponied up the ₹11,000 buy-in. ‘pradipg9720’ triumphed over the field, beating Nishant ‘dojingbullets’ Sharma (runner-up for ₹4.65 Lakhs) in the final showdown, and went on to collect a winner’s payday worth ₹7.80 Lakhs. The winner presently has ₹8.42 Lakhs in recorded winnings on Adda52, with a profit of ₹7.58 Lakhs.

The ₹20 Lakhs GTD AOPS Big Slick persisted with the overlay trend. A turnout of 758 contenders could not prevent the event for missing its break-even mark by ₹2.94 Lakhs. Sandeep ‘2EZ4Me’ Chauhan took advantage of the value on offer and clinched the top honors for ₹3.95 Lakhs. Seasoned pro Shravan ‘sweatmyass13’ Chhabria fell one spot short of the title and finished runner-up instead. However, due to a heads-up deal being agreed upon by the top two finalists, Chhabria netted a ₹3.73 Lakhs payday.

Shagun ‘Sogani94’ Jain (AOPS PKO Shots ₹5 Lakhs GTD for ₹1.40 Lakhs), Akshay ‘nofuchsgiven’ Dhingra (AOPS Brunch ₹5 Lakhs GTD for ₹1.37 Lakhs), and Vikash ‘vikinse’ Khaitan (AOPS Sunday Punch ₹5 Lakhs GTD for ₹86,146) were the other big Sunday winners on Adda52.

PokerBaazi

With PokerBaazi’s PPL now well and truly underway, one of the first marquee events to kick-off was the ₹50 Lakhs GTD The Endeavour. Comprising of four starting flights, the event commenced on August 8. Last night, starting flights Day 1C and Day 1D played out, and the total number of entries stands at 1,338. Sporting a buy-in of ₹3,850, the event registered an overlay of ₹3.17 Lakhs, and 169 runners (Day 1A – 40, Day 1B – 42, Day 1C – 49 and Day 1D – 38) have advanced to Day 2.

The first flight to play out on Sunday was Day 1C that saw well-known reg Anurag ’13anurag’ Srivastava emerging as the end of the day chip leader with 349,000 in chips. Deepak ‘kakoji’ Bothra (293,000) and PokerGuru Ambassador Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved (261,000) rounded out the top three stacks.

Dinesh ‘htc170209’ Kukreja grabbed the pole position on Day 1D with 301,000 chips, while Kavish ‘Narcos’ Kukreja (246,000) and Young Gun Kanchan ‘Kanchansharma’ Sharma (203,000) were placed second and third, respectively.

Day 1A chip leader ‘Pablo_escobar’ is the overall chip leader, with a stack of 370,000, and will headline the 169 survivors to Day 2 that starts at 8 PM on August 11.

Besides the Endeavour, the ₹30 Lakhs GTD PPL#16 BSS SuperStack was the other signature event on PokerBaazi. Attracting 557 entrants, the site was forced to fill in an overlay of ₹2.15 Lakhs. Making good use of the value on offer, Sonam ‘easypickns’ Kelley bagged the lion’s share of the prize pool worth ₹5.82 Lakhs, while M Keerthi ‘pokerkid08’ Kumar placed runner-up for ₹4.08 Lakhs.

Site regular ‘Apocalypto’ juggernaut to the top of a 312-entry field in PokerBaazi’s ₹15 Lakhs GTD PPL#17 BSS MegaStack to win ₹3.31 Lakhs. The champion outlasted Pratibh ‘pratibhsaluja’ Saluja in the heads-up play, and the latter walked away with a ₹2.32 Lakhs payday. Like the PPL BSS SuperStack, the PPL BSS Mega Stack also fell short by ₹4.08 Lakhs on its offered guarantee.

The ₹5 Lakhs GTD PPL#15 BSS PKO was taken down by ‘riteshcbec’ for ₹1.20 Lakhs. ‘drankitmohata’ placed second for ₹84,650.

PokerStars India

The flagship event on PokerStars India was the ₹50 Lakhs GTD The Hercules. Garnering 545 entries, the event recorded a landslide ₹11.64 Lakhs loss! Mystery user ‘you3bi4b’ won the event for ₹8.25 Lakhs, following a three-way deal with Vinayak ‘koi.toh.rok.lo’ Bajaj (runner-up for ₹5.42 Lakhs) and Arsh ‘BiggggTymeR’ Grover (3rd for ₹6.25 Lakhs).

For a change, PokerStars India’s ₹18 Lakhs GTD Sunday Special Progressive KO was able to surpass its advertised guarantee and posted a ₹18.10 Lakhs prize pool on the back of 362 entries. Siddharth ‘WaaaduHek’ Mundada championed the event for ₹3.39 Lakhs, after defeating Partho ‘SpidermanIndia’ Datta in the heads-up finale. Datta took home ₹1.43 Lakhs in second-place prize money. This was a welcome win for Mundada, who had last won a title in PokerBaazi’s The Summit in October 2019 for ₹3.91 Lakhs. He currently has ₹1.59 Crores in recorded online winnings.

However, the ₹15 Lakhs GTD Sunday Highroller did not fare as well as the Sunday Special and ended up booking a loss of ₹40,000 after logging in 146 entries. Site regular ‘theoldestkid’ banked ₹3.12 Lakhs for shipping the event, while Shiv ‘DarksideOf82’ Verma pocketed ₹2.34 Lakhs for his runner-up finish.

Pocket52

Pocket52’s biggest-ever series, ‘Blue’, continued its run on Sunday with the ₹15 Lakhs GTD Pocket Aces spearheading the schedule. Drawing in 281 entries, the event generated an overlay of ₹3.76 Lakhs. ‘Neeraj08’ took down the event for ₹3.22 Lakhs.

The ₹5 Lakhs GTD Bracelet found a winner in ‘nawazzi96,’ who topped a 165-entry field and claimed the most significant portion of the prize pool worth ₹1.15 Lakhs. This event, too, had a shortfall of ₹1.70 Lakhs.

The other Sunday winners were:

GPS#35 The Millionaire ₹1 Crore GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 1,094

Re-entries – 299

Rebuys – 666

Prize Pool – ₹1,02,95,000

Places Paid – 127

Spartan Poker’s Grand Poker Series (GPS) is now in the rear-view mirror, and Sunday was when the series’ headliner, the₹1 Crore GTD GPS#35 The Millionaire, ran to a close. The tournament registered 2,059 entries (1,094 unique, 299 re-entries, 666 rebuys) over four starting flights. While that was enough for the event to surpass the posted guarantee and collect a humungous ₹1.02 Crore prize pool, only 132 players (Day 1A – 28, Day 1B – 27, Day 1C – 20, Day 1D – 57) made it to Day 2. This included 121 unique players.

The action was fast-paced, and it took nearly five hours for Day 2 that began at 10 PM to crown a champion. In the end, it was Rahul ‘Rahul2646’ Kabade who captured the title and the ₹15.91 Lakhs up-top following a heads-up deal with ‘mannu2424’ (runner-up for ₹14.98 Lakhs).

Young Gun Gaurav ‘mozzie17’ Sood (4^th for ₹6.17 Lakhs) consolidated his numero uno position on the annual online leaderboard with a deep run, while Anant ‘Pro’ Purohit (5^th for ₹4.86 Lakhs), Vikaash ‘viks82’ Shah (7^th for ₹2.56 Lakhs) and Avinit ‘pushnpray17’ Bagri (8^th for ₹2.34 Lakhs),all added FT payouts to their tally.

Shankar ‘Goldfish097’ Shekhar (11^th for ₹1,17,878), Amit ‘Immortal Killer’ Sur (14^th for ₹95,229), Yohan ‘PAPITO’ Patel (15^th for ₹95,229), PokerGuru Ambassador Shashank ‘Jai Bajarangbali’ Desai (17^th for ₹84,934) and Deepak ‘chimpoo’ Bothra (18^th for ₹74,639) posted a deep run in the tourney!

Final Table Results

1. Rahul ‘Rahul2646’ Kabade – ₹15,91,945*
2. mannu2424 – ₹14,98,614*
3. Meme lover – ₹8,23,600
4. Gaurav ‘mozzie17’ Sood – ₹6,17,700
5. Anant ‘Pro’ Purohit – ₹4,86,954
6. evilpotato – ₹3,64,443
7. Vikaash ‘viks82’ Shah – ₹2,56,346
8. Avinit ‘pushnpray17’ Bagri- ₹2,34,211
9. BeastClan ₹142,895
   *denotes heads-up deal

AOPS Mini ME Finale ₹1 Crore GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 1,780

Prize Pool – ₹1,00,00,000

Places Paid – 188

The flagship AOPS tourney last night, ₹1 Crore GTD Mini ME Finale,had pulled in 1,780 sign-ups through six starting flights.This left a glaring₹11 Lakhs shortfall, and the 189 advancing players reconvened last night to play down to a champion.

MTT pro Guneet ‘guntz’Kwatra walked away with the title and ₹25 Lakhs up-top prize money that happens to be his new career-best finish. With this victory, Kwatra has reached ₹3.30 Crores in lifetime online earnings! Rohit ‘rohitvaswani’ Vaswani finished runner-up and collected ₹13.89 Lakhs.

The stacked FT was replete with MTT regs like Dhirendra ‘Dhiru006’ Kumar (4^th for ₹5.75 Lakhs), PokerGuru Ambassador Devvrat ‘glitch_d’ Arya (5^th for ₹4.20 Lakhs), Srihari ‘zombieballs’ Bang (7^th for ₹2 Lakhs), Abhineet ‘pokemon13’ Jain (8^th for ₹1.50 Lakhs), and Apoorva ‘DPT.54’ Goel (9^th for ₹1 Lakh).

Final Table Results

1. Guneet ‘guntz’ Kwatra – ₹25,00,000
2. Rohit ‘rohitvaswani’ Vaswani – ₹13,89,500
3. dedhanadhan – ₹7,50,000
4. Dhirendra ‘Dhiru006’ Kumar – ₹5,75,000
5. Devvrat ‘glitch_d’ Arya – ₹4,20,000
6. blue_basilisk – ₹3,00,000
7. Srihari ‘zombieballs’ Bang – ₹2,00,000
8. Abhineet ‘pokemon13’ Jain – ₹1,50,000
9. Apoorva ‘DPT.54’ Goel – ₹1,00,000

PPL#14 The Endeavour ₹50 Lakhs GTD Day 1C – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹3,850

Entries – 239

Re-entries – 148

Survivors – 49

The only multi-flight tourney of PokerBaazi’s ongoing PPL August Edition, The Endeavour ₹50 Lakhs GTD, ran its third and fourth flights on Sunday. The ₹3,850 buy-in tourney registered 387 entries on Day 1C that started at 5:30 PM.

Only 49 players survived the day’s onslaught, and leading the pack was former Millionaire Main Event champion Anurag ’13anurag’ Srivastava (349,000). Deepak ‘kakoji’ Bothra (293,000) came in second, with PokerGuru Ambassador Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved (261,000) bagging the third most massive stack of the flight.

Sandeep ‘effuno’ Varma (239,000), Chirag ‘miyagi’ Sodha (229,000), Moneel ‘moneeldoshi’ Doshi (208,000), Guneet ‘guntz’ Kwatra (205,000), Paawan ‘ukissmyace’ Bansal (184,000), Nishant ‘nishant177’ Sharma (184,000), and Vidwath ‘Qweasdzxc’ Shetty (183,000) featured among the top 10 stacks.

Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1C

1. Anurag ’13anurag’ Srivastava – 349,000
2. Deepak ‘kakoji’ Bothra – 293,000
3. Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved – 261,000
4. Sandeep ‘effuno’ Varma – 239,000
5. Chirag ‘miyagi’ Sodha – 229,000
6. Moneel ‘moneeldoshi’ Doshi – 208,000
7. Guneet ‘guntz’ Kwatra – 205,000
8. Paawan ‘ukissmyace’ Bansal – 184,000
9. Nishant ‘nishant177’ Sharma – 184,000
10. Vidwath ‘Qweasdzxc’ Shetty – 183,000

PPL#19 The Endeavour ₹50 Lakhs GTD Day 1D – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹3,850

Entries – 195

Re-entries – 99

Survivors – 38

Kicking off at 9 PM on Sunday was Day 1D of the PPL The Endeavour ₹50 Lakhs GTD. The last starting flight brought in 214 entries, expanding the total field size to 1,338 entries.

Only 38 players could bag chips for Day 2 with Dinesh ‘htc170209’ Kukreja (301,000) emerging as the end of the day chip leader.

Kavish ‘Narcos’ Kukreja (246,000), and our first-ever female Young Gun Kanchan ‘Kanchansharma’ Sharma (203,000) rounded out the top three stacks on Day 1D.

Featuring on the top 10 chip counts list were Gaurav ‘kira1545’ Kaul (194,000), Sameer ‘Killersam’ Tavanandi (178,000), Shyam ‘ayyappa1963’ Sundar (170,000), Hitesh ‘hiteshbhai’ Batra (168,000), and Sagar ‘sagarpupul’ Choudhury (164,000).

Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1D

1. Dinesh ‘htc170209’ Kukreja – 301,000
2. Kavish ‘Narcos’ Kukreja – 246,000
3. Kanchan ‘Kanchansharma’ Sharma – 203,000
4. plzcallme – 197,000
5. Gaurav ‘kira1545’ Kaul – 194,000
6. Sameer ‘Killersam’ Tavanandi – 178,000
7. Shyam ‘ayyappa1963’ Sundar – 170,000
8. gogikaran – 168,000
9. Hitesh ‘hiteshbhai’ Batra – 168,000
10. Sagar ‘sagarpupul’ Choudhury – 164,000

The Hercules ₹50 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹7,700

Entries – 253

Re-entries – 295

Prize Pool – ₹50,00,000

Places Paid – 89

PokerStars India`s two-day long event, the ₹50 Lakhs GTD The Hercules, played down to a winner yesterday. The event registered 548 entries (253 unique and 295 re-entries) to book a whopping₹11.64 Lakhs shortfall.

The top 89 places benefitted from the massive value on offer.

Pranay ‘aankhdikhatahai’ Chawla was the last player to leave empty-handed assuring all the remaining players a min-cash of ₹18,894.

After eight hours and twenty minutes of play on Day 2, mystery user ‘you3bi4b’ came out on top to win ₹8.25 Lakhs after a three-way deal. This happens to be their best finish on the site to push their lifetime site scores to ₹26.43 Lakhs.

Vinayak ‘koi.toh.rok.lo’ Bajaj took the second place for ₹5.42 Lakhs, while Young Gun Arsh ‘BiggggTymeR’ Grover banked the second biggest prize of the event worth ₹6.25 Lakhs for his third-place finish.

PokerGuru Ambassador Shashank ‘GOAT-245’ Desai (4^th for ₹3.38 Lakhs), Sharad ‘sordykrd’ Rao (6^th for ₹1.78Lakhs), and Kaushik ‘kgjadoo’ Ghosh (9^th for ₹68,054) posted FT finishes.

Final Table Results

1. you3bi4b – ₹8,25,081*
2. Vinayak ‘koi.toh.rok.lo’ Bajaj – ₹5,42,193*
3. Arsh ‘BiggggTymeR’ Grover – ₹6,25,369*
4. Shashank ‘GOAT-245’ Desai – ₹3,38,117
5. PsykoEko – ₹2,45,371
6. Sharad ‘sordykrd’ Rao – ₹1,78,066
7. theoldestkid – ₹1,29,223
8. realkidpoker92 – ₹93,777
9. Kaushik ‘kgjadoo’ Ghosh – ₹68,054
   *denotes three-way deal

GPS#33 Sunday Superstack ₹40 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 381

Re-entries – 149

Rebuys – 274

Prize Pool – ₹40,20,000

Places Paid – 79

Spartan Poker’s signature Sunday flagship, the Sunday Superstack, played out as part of the GPS series yesterday. Returning with a prize pool guarantee of ₹40 Lakhs, the ₹5,500 buy-in tourney attracted 804 entries, collecting ₹40.20 Lakhs.

The event eventually crowned a champion in well-known reg Nishant ‘FunkyouFTW1’ Sharma, who defeated ‘POKERGOD31’ (runner-up for ₹4.84 Lakhs) heads-up to capture the title for ₹7.71 Lakhs.Sharma was undoubtedly on his MTT best since he also ran for the top spot in Adda52’s AOPS Millions, where he finished runner-up for ₹4.65 Lakhs. Over these two big scores, he added a whopping ₹12.36 Lakhs to his bankroll last night!

Though Sharma’s fourth-place finish in the IOPC #25 The Millionaire United for ₹13.35 Lakhs on July 12, remains his best online cash, he now boasts of more than ₹3.29 Crore in winnings.

Siddharth ‘champ-ak’ Pandey (3^rd for ₹3.42 Lakhs), Siddarth ‘PeterPunter’ Singhvi (4^th for ₹2.65 Lakhs), Abhishek ‘PoeticInjustice’ Gubba (5^th for ₹2.11 Lakhs), Abhishek ‘MambaMentality’ Goindi (7^th for ₹1,.20 Lakhs), Pulkit ‘Championplayer’ Goyal (8^th for ₹81,432) and Kunal ‘TiltAtma’ Patni (9^th for ₹67,938) posted FT finishes in the tourney!

Final Table Results

1. Nishant ‘FunkyouFTW1’ Sharma – ₹7,71,438
2. POKERGOD31 – ₹4,84,008
3. Siddharth ‘champ-ak’ Pandey – ₹3,42,428
4. Siddarth ‘PeterPunter’ Singhvi – ₹2,65,548
5. Abhishek ‘PoeticInjustice’ Gubba – ₹2,11,854
6. Tiger10 – ₹1,66,428
7. Abhishek ‘MambaMentality’ Goindi – ₹1,20,122
8. Pulkit ‘Championplayer’ Goyal – ₹81,432
9. Kunal ‘TiltAtma’ Patni – ₹67,938

AOPS Millions ₹30 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 158

Re-entries – 99

Prize Pool – ₹30,00,000

Places Paid – 27

The ₹30 Lakhs GTD AOPS Millions drew 257 entrants who ponied the ₹11,000 buy-in,resulting in a considerable overlay of ₹4.30 Lakhs. The tourney commenced at 8 PM last night and went on till 4:31 AM.

When all was done, an unknown player ‘pradipg9720’ emerged victorious after defeating MTT pro Nishant ‘dojingbullets’ Sharma (runner-up for ₹4.65 Lakhs) in the heads-up collision. The user went home richer by ₹7.80 Lakhs!

Prominent names that got featured on the FT were Sumit ‘sumit4game’ Saurav (5^th for ₹1.72 Lakhs), Pranav ‘macchi123’ Bagai (6^th for ₹1.27 Lakhs), and Vidwath ‘phoenix66990’ Shetty (8^th for ₹75,000).

Final Table Results

1. pradipg9720 – ₹7,80,000
2. Nishant ‘dojingbullets’ Sharma – ₹4,65,000
3. daddy5050 – ₹3,49,500
4. StackOverflow – ₹2,55,000
5. Sumit ‘sumit4game’ Saurav – ₹1,72,500
6. Pranav ‘macchi123’ Bagai – ₹1,27,500
7. loser05 – ₹97,500
8. Vidwath ‘phoenix66990’ Shetty – ₹75,000
9. tinda2706 – ₹60,000

PPL#16 BSS SuperStack ₹30 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 273

Re-entries – 284

Prize Pool – ₹30,00,000

Places Paid – 63

The signature tourney to take place on PokerBaazi was the ₹30 Lakhs GTD PPL#16 BSS SuperStack. The ₹5,500 buy-in event attracted 557 contenders to witness a shortfall of ₹2.15 Lakhs.

In the end, Sonam ‘easypickns’ Kelly pipped M Keerthi ‘pokerkid08’ Kumar (runner-up for ₹4.09 Lakhs) heads-up to win the title for ₹5.83 Lakhs. This was Kelly’s biggest score on the site that helped recover their site losses to a great extent, with just ₹11,306 left to recover to come out of the red.

Niharika ‘nutcracker33’ Bindra (3rd for ₹2.63 Lakhs), Chirag ‘miyagi’ Sodha (4^th for ₹1.94 Lakhs), Rishab ‘ryuk’ Malik (6^th for ₹1.17 Lakhs), Himanshu ‘pokerbrat7’ Arora (7^th for ₹97,500), Sajal ‘Bloodless’ Gupta (8^th for ₹77,700), and PokerGuru Ambassador’s Tathagata ‘Tintin84’ Sengupta (5^th for ₹1.46 Lakhs), Laksh ‘boomtlt23’ Pal Singh (9^th for ₹58,500) FT-ed the tourney!

Final Table Results

1. Sonam ‘easypickns’ Kelly – ₹5,82,900
2. M Keerthi ‘pokerkid08’ Kumar – ₹4,08,600
3. Niharika ‘nutcracker33’ Bindra – ₹2,62,800
4. Chirag ‘miyagi’ Sodha – ₹1,94,400
5. Tathagata ‘Tintin84’ Sengupta – ₹1,45,800
6. Rishab ‘ryuk’ Malik – ₹1,17,000
7. Himanshu ‘pokerbrat7’ Arora – ₹97,500
8. Sajal ‘Bloodless’ Gupta – ₹77,700
9. Laksh ‘boomtlt23’ Pal Singh – ₹58,500

AOPS Big Slick ₹20 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹2,500

Entries – 422

Re-entries – 336

Prize Pool – ₹20,00,000

Places Paid – 82

Adda52’s ₹20 Lakhs GTD AOPS Big Slick drew 758 entries that resulted in a significant overlay of ₹2.94 Lakhs, and the top 82 places got paid. It took almost nine hours for the event to crown a champion.

Ultimately, an anonymous player Sandeep ‘2EZ4Me’ Chauhan cut a heads-up deal with seasoned pro Shravan ‘sweatmyass13’ Chhabria to collect ₹3.95 Lakhs in first-place prize money. Chhabria, on the other hand, banked ₹3.73 Lakhs for his efforts.

Myron ‘zzzzz369’ Pereira (4^th for ₹1.32 Lakhs), Arun ‘kyachahiye’ Shankar (6^th for ₹64,000), Harry ‘harrys111’ Singh (7^th for ₹50,000), and Jitendra ‘zxcvuiop’ Chordia (9^th for ₹30,000) posted FT scores.

Final Table Results

1. Sandeep ‘2EZ4Me’ Chauhan – ₹3,95,914*
2. Shravan ‘sweatmyass13’ Chhabria – ₹3,73,086*
3. Kviscool – ₹1,84,000
4. Myron ‘zzzzz369’ Pereira – ₹1,32,000
5. Daniel90 – ₹89,000
6. Arun ‘kyachahiye’ Shankar – ₹64,000
7. Harry ‘harrys111’ Singh – ₹50,000
8. prasad1983 – ₹38,000
9. Jitendra ‘zxcvuiop’ Chordia – ₹30,000
   *denotes heads-up deal

Sunday Special Progressive KO ₹18 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 213

Re-Entries – 149

Total Prize Pool – ₹18,10,000

Regular Prize Pool – ₹9,05,000

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹9,05,000

Places Paid – 63

The Sunday 5PM tourney on PokerStars India, the Sunday Special Progressive KO, attracted a player pool of 362 runners (213 unique and 149 re-entries) to register a successful run this week. The event collected ₹18.10 Lakhs in the prize pool that was shared among the top 63 places.

After nine hours and thirty-five minutes of play, Siddharth ‘WaaaduHek’ Mundada was crowned the winner and collected his best score on the site worth ₹3.40 Lakhs (₹1,65,350 in prize money and ₹1,74,485 in bounties). Mundada’s lifetime scores are now over ₹1.59 Crores.

The runner-up Partho ‘SpidermanIndia’ Datta earned ₹1.43 Lakhs (₹1,20,239 in prize money and ₹22,890 in bounties) for his efforts.

Akshat ‘takingcuntrol’ Sharma (3rd for ₹1.31 Lakhs), Arsh ‘BiggggTymeR’ Grover (5th for ₹85,815), and Pranay ‘aankhdikhatahai’ Chawla (6th for ₹52,254) were the notable finalists.

This was Grover`s second FT on the site last night, and he raked in over ₹7 Lakhs in total winnings.

Final Table Results (Including Bounties)

1. Siddharth ‘WaaaduHek’ Mundada – ₹3,39,835
2. Partho ‘SpidermanIndia’ Datta – ₹1,43,129
3. Akshat ‘takingcuntrol’ Sharma – ₹1,31,334
4. Miss Mania – ₹89,465
5. Arsh ‘BiggggTymeR’ Grover – ₹85,815
6. Pranay ‘aankhdikhatahai’ Chawla – ₹52,254
7. allezjuju – ₹66,421
8. TSbutterchicken – ₹21,529
9. aabha – ₹32,596

PPL#17 BSS MegaStack ₹15 Lakhs – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹3,850

Entries – 188

Re-entries – 124

Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000

Places Paid – 36

The ₹15 Lakhs GTD PPL#17 BSS MegaStack logged in 312 entries, forcing the site to fill in a massive overlay of ₹4.08 Lakhs.

After five hours and forty-four minutes of play, site regular ‘Apocalypto’ edged past Pratibh ‘pratibhsaluja’ Saluja (runner-up for ₹2.33 Lakhs) in the heads-up to win the title for ₹3.31 Lakhs. This runner-up finish helped Saluja cross the ₹50 Lakh-mark in lifetime cashes. Not only that, Saluja posted three final table scores yesterday. The other two events were AOPS Afterparty PKO (5^th for ₹12,784) and PPL#18 Holdem Boost 6-Max (8^th for ₹8,070).

Kunal ‘VasooliChacha’ Patni (3rd for ₹1.50 Lakhs), Priyank ‘Piko1432’ Kothari (5^th for ₹83,100), Mohak ‘Tiltin’ Kapoor (6^th for ₹66,450), Amar ‘kidpoker0109’ Mehta (8^th for ₹44,250), and PokerGuru Ambassador Ratul ‘luna’ Steves (9^th for ₹33,150) were the other top finishers.

Final Table Results

1. Apocalypto – ₹3,31,350
2. Pratibh ‘pratibhsaluja’ Saluja – ₹2,32,500
3. Kunal ‘VasooliChacha’ Patni – ₹1,49,550
4. akxx – ₹1,10,700
5. Priyank ‘Piko1432’ Kothari – ₹83,100
6. Mohak ‘Tiltin’ Kapoor – ₹66,450
7. Chennaino1 – ₹55,200
8. Amar ‘kidpoker0109’ Mehta – ₹44,250
9. Ratul ‘luna’ Steves – ₹33,150

Pocket Aces ₹15 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹4,400

Entries – 193

Re-entries – 88

Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000

Places Paid – 45

Moving into the major leagues, Pocket52 ran another edition of its Sunday flagship, the ₹15 Lakhs GTD Pocket Aces. Unfortunately, a lukewarm response with just 281 entries resulted in a ₹3.76 shortfall.

Championing the event to take home the top prize of ₹3.22 Lakhs was ‘Neeraj08’. ‘babagolu’ finished runner-up for₹1.98 Lakhs.

Rahul ‘osho’ Sengar (3rd for ₹1.42 Lakhs) and Anikat ‘kspocket’ Raj (4th for ₹1.08 Lakhs) posted FT scores.

Final Table Results

1. Neeraj08 – ₹3,22,500
2. babagolu – ₹1,98,750
3. Rahul ‘osho’ Sengar – ₹1,42,500
4. Anikat ‘kspocket’ Raj – ₹1,08,750
5. phajloo_bhaiya – ₹82,500
6. Cartoonpoker – ₹63,000

Sunday Highroller ₹15 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 101

Re-entries – 45

Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000

Places Paid – 23

The Sunday Highroller fell four entries short of the guarantee with a player-field of 146 entries.

Pulling the curtains down was an unknown player ‘theoldestkid’, who decimated the competition to win ₹3.12 Lakhs. The winner posted a second FT finish in The Hercules (7^th for ₹1.29 Lakhs).

Shiv ‘DarksideOf82’ Verma finished runner-up for a career-best ₹2.35 Lakhs.

The final table included regs like Myron ‘khAAbib’ Pereira (4^th for ₹1.33 Lakhs), Goonjan ‘gmtesting.ind’ Mall (6^th for ₹75,032), Harsh ‘kakori kabab’ Dembla (7^th for ₹56,406), Ankur ‘Flopzila’ Agarwal (8^th for ₹42,404), Chirag ‘WhyworrY_56’ Sodha (9^th for ₹31,878), and PokerGuru Ambassador’s Vishal ‘Vishalb22’ Bajaj (3^rd for ₹1.77 Lakhs), Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja (5th for ₹99,807).

Final Table Results

1. theoldestkid – ₹3,12,494
2. Shiv ‘DarksideOf82’ Verma – ₹2,34,921
3. Vishal ‘Vishalb22’ Bajaj – ₹1,76,605
4. Myron ‘khAAbib’ Pereira – ₹1,32,765
5. Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja – ₹99,807
6. Goonjan ‘gmtesting.ind’ Mall – ₹75,032
7. Harsh ‘kakori kabab’ Dembla – ₹56,406
8. Ankur ‘Flopzila’ Agarwal – ₹42,404
9. Chirag ‘WhyworrY_56’ Sodha – ₹31,878

GPS#34 Money Heist ₹15 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹3,300

Entries – 250

Re-entries – 60

Rebuys – 120

Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000

Places Paid – 39

The ₹3,300 buy-in GPS#34 Money Heist commenced at 9.30 PM, logging in 430 entries (250 unique, 60 re-entries and 120 rebuys). The tourney registered an overlay of ₹2.10 Lakhs.

The final 39 players earned a share, and in the end, it was former Millionaire champion Dhinesh ‘kendralust’ Kumar pitted against ‘ladrag’ for the title. The latter eventually prevailed, and won ₹3 Lakhs, while Kumar had to concede to a runner-up finish worth ₹1.99 Lakhs.

Rishab ‘rishabjain1983’ Jain finished 5^th for ₹90,810.

Final Table Results

1. ladrag – ₹3,00,750
2. Dhinesh ‘kendralust’ Kumar – ₹1,99,950
3. Tonystank92 – ₹1,46,250
4. rld1308 – ₹1,18,050
5. Rishab ‘rishabjain1983’ Jain – ₹90,810
6. KaalaPatthar – ₹68,310
7. Anya Chalotra – ₹51,450
8. Wandoor – ₹37,800
9. AthenaVolt – ₹31,350

Destiny 15.0 Finale – Spartan Poker

Entries – 10

Places Paid – 3

The grand finale SNG of Spartan Poker’s Destiny 15.0 took place on Sunday and had all 10 Destiny tournaments from June 3 to August 5 in attendance.

PokerGuru Ambassador Vivek ‘KasolHieghts’ Singh proved dominant over the rest of the champions and won the top prize that comprised of a ₹3.70 Lakhs package. Singh had won the Wednesday flagship on June 17 for ₹7.98 Lakhs.

Manoj ‘h4r5hv33r’Singh who had won the Destiny on July 29, and the latest Destiny champion Adirath ‘Adirath’Singh finished in close distance of Singh and won hefty packages for their efforts.

Final Results

1. Vivek ‘KasolHieghts’ Singh – ₹3.70 Lakhs (Package)
2. Manoj ‘h4r5hv33r’Singh – ₹3.30 Lakhs (Package)
3. Adirath ‘AdirathSingh’ Singh – ₹3 Lakhs (Package)

AOPS PKO Shots ₹5 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹2,500

Entries – 109

Re-entries – 74

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 19

Adda52’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD AOPS PKO Shots witnessed a shortfall of ₹88,250 on the back of 183 entries (109 unique and 74 re-entries).

Shagun ‘Sogani94’ Jain topped the field after defeating Sagar ‘passivity’ Patnaik (runner-up for ₹84,000) heads-up to win ₹1.40 Lakhs.

Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra (3rd for ₹63,500), Gagandeep ‘gaganhyd’ Singh (4th for ₹45,000), Saahib ‘saahib’ Bawa (8^th for ₹13,750), and Sajjan ‘haitohhai’ Barnwal (9^th for ₹11,250) posted FT scores.

Final Table Results

1. Shagun ‘Sogani94’ Jain – ₹1,40,000
2. Sagar ‘passivity’ Patnaik – ₹84,000
3. Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra – ₹63,500
4. Gagandeep ‘gaganhyd’ Singh – ₹45,000
5. pahwa_p – ₹31,250
6. Chemdawg – ₹22,500
7. mj333 – ₹18,750
8. Saahib ‘saahib’ Bawa – ₹13,750
9. Sajjan ‘haitohhai’ Barnwal – ₹11,250

AOPS Brunch ₹5 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹1,250

Entries – 228

Re-entries – 142

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 24

The ₹5 Lakhs GTD AOPS Brunch registered 370 entrants who ponied the 1,250 buy-in to leave an overlay of ₹37,500, and the top 24 places got paid.

Whisking away the title was Akshay ‘nofuchsgiven’ Dhingra, who defeated ‘aghoraa’ (runner-up for ₹80,000) in the heads-up to win₹1.37 Lakhs.

Also posting FT scores were Jayant ‘Hiker53’ Darokar (4^th for ₹43,000), Sandeep ‘effuno’ Varma RS (5^th for ₹30,000), and Anil ‘spewtard’ Adiani (6^th for ₹21,250).

Final Table Results

1. Akshay ‘nofuchsgiven’ Dhingra – ₹1,37,250
2. aghoraa – ₹80,000
3. messironaldo007 – ₹60,000
4. Jayant ‘Hiker53’ Darokar – ₹43,000
5. Sandeep ‘effuno’ Varma RS – ₹30,000
6. Anil ‘spewtard’ Adiani – ₹21,250
7. royallyflushed – ₹16,250
8. prithvi2211 – ₹12,500
9. pahwa_p – ₹10,000

PPL#15 BSS PKO ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 131

Re-entries – 77

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 24

PokerBaazi’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD PPL#15 BSS PKO witnessed an overlay of ₹84,000 on the back of 208 entries (131 unique and 77 re-entries), and the top 24 places got paid.

An unknown user ‘riteshcbec’ captured the title to win ₹1.21Lakhs in prize money.

‘drankitmohata’ finished runner-up for ₹84,650.

Gautam ‘M8a7’ Rohilla (3rd for ₹54,400), Prabhakar ‘MrDependable’ Che (4^th for ₹40,300), Prashanth ‘Iveyleague’ Sekar (5^th for ₹30,250), and Anuj ‘MrGreen1610’ Laddhad (7^th for ₹20,100) posted FT finishes.

Final Table Results

1. riteshcbec – ₹1,20,750
2. drankitmohata – ₹84,650
3. Gautam ‘M8a7’ Rohilla – ₹54,4000
4. Prabhakar ‘MrDependable’ Che – ₹40,300
5. Prashanth ‘Iveyleague’ Sekar – ₹30,250
6. cardshark91 – ₹24,200
7. Anuj ‘MrGreen1610’ Laddhad – ₹20,100
8. instinct – ₹16,100
9. sartz22 – ₹12,050

Bracelet ₹5 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 115

Re-entries – 50

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 27

An unknown player ‘nawazzi96’ took down Pocket52’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Bracelet. The winner netted ₹1.15 Lakhs in hard cash for the podium finish, while ‘rajsuk365’ placed second for ₹70,000.

The tourney suffered an overlay of ₹1.70 Lakhs from 165 runners.

Uday ‘Darinda’ Mondal (3rd for ₹52,500) and Tanmoy ‘Tanmo’ Chatterjee (4th for ₹40,000) posted FT finishes.

Final Table Results

1. nawazzi96 – ₹1,15,000
2. rajsuk365 – ₹70,000
3. Uday ‘Darinda’ Mondal – ₹52,500
4. Tanmoy ‘Tanmo’ Chatterjee – ₹40,000
5. Harveyhomes – ₹30,000
6. Novus – ₹22,500

AOPS Sunday Punch ₹5 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 342

Re-entries – 337

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 35

The ₹5 Lakhs GTD AOPS Sunday Punch suffered an overlay of ₹1.60 Lakhs on the back of 679 runners, and the top 35 places got paid.

Topping them all was Vikash ‘vikinse’ Khaitan, who earned ₹86,146 following a heads-up deal with Monish ‘monish1965’ Kumar (runner-up for ₹83,958).

Prakash ‘Pfeiffer’ Lalwani finished 3^rd for ₹53,499.

Final Table Results

1. Vikash ‘vikinse’ Khaitan – ₹86,146*
2. Monish ‘monish1965’ Kumar – ₹83,958*
3. Prakash ‘Pfeiffer’ Lalwani – ₹53,499
4. daddyshome26 – ₹39,573
5. xmple – ₹29,272
6. dp178 – ₹21,653
7. 007.devashish – ₹16,016
8. dilliwala – ₹11,847
9. shamri – ₹8,763
   *denotes heads-up deal

Pocket Lunch ₹2 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 92

Re-entries – 67

Prize Pool – ₹2,00,000

Places Paid – 27

‘RogerWaters’ defeated ‘pataaka’ (runner-up for ₹28,000) heads-up to win the ₹2 Lakhs GTD Pocket Lunch for a ₹46,000 payday.

The site hit the overlay iceberg yet again, and had to fill in a deficit of ₹41,000 on the back of 159 entries.

George ‘Negreanu’ Solomon placed fourth for ₹16,000.

Sunday PKO ₹2 Lakhs GTD – Poker Dangal

Buy-in – ₹1,750

Entries – 74

Re-entries – 43

Prize Pool – ₹2,04,750

Places Paid – 20

The Poker Dangal-hosted Sunday PKO ₹2 Lakhs GTD attracted 117 entries, generating a profitable prize pool of ₹2.04 Lakhs. Only the final 20 players made it past the bubble, and taking home the top prize of ₹45,045 was Bidya ‘Ankit420’ Shankar.

Niteen ‘Karle_jugad’ Raj (7^th for ₹7,678) and Ajit Singh ‘ace_bob’ Arora (8^th for ₹6,142) posted FT finishes.

Pocket Dinner ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 80

Re-entries – 38

Prize Pool – ₹1,50,000

Places Paid – 27

The ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD Pocket Dinner wrangled in 118 entries, leading to a 32,000 shortfall.

Promising talent Anuj ‘Inandalive’ Laddhad shipped the event for ₹34,500, just as ‘Novus’ finished runner-up for ₹21,000

BigBang ₹1 Lakh GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 35

Re-entries – 13

Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000

Places Paid – 5

Khelo365’s Sunday showstopper, the ₹1 Lakh GTDBigBang registered 48 entries, falling just two entries short of the listed guarantee.

Site regular ‘KhalDrogo’ claimed the top spot to bank ₹43,000 in cash prize, after defeating ‘Vishubabu’ (runner-up for ₹23,000) heads-up.

Notably, ‘KhalDrogo’ took the third spot on the ₹50K GTD Dominator ₹7,560 as well.

Dominator ₹50K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹825

Entries – 47

Re-entries – 37

Prize Pool – ₹63,000

Places Paid – 9

The ₹50K GTD Dominator overshot its advertised guarantee by ₹13,000 on the back of 84 entries.

‘MAGIEE’ was the last player standing and won ₹20,160. ‘gladiator’ finished runner-up for ₹12,600.

Rivered PLO ₹30K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 20

Re-entries – 15

Prize Pool – ₹30,000

Places Paid – 4

Khelo365`s ₹30K GTD Rivered PLO was taken down by ‘fortunemaker’, who outlasted a 35 entry-field to win₹13,800.

The event suffered an overlay by ₹12,500, while the top four places finished ITM.

Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹275

Entries – 37

Re-entries – 18

Prize Pool – ₹20,000

Places Paid – 6

Khelo365’s ₹20K GTD Grinder 2.0 was championed by ‘Manuvm131313’, who added ₹8,000 to their bankroll after topping 55 entries.

The site had to fill in an overlay of ₹6,250.

This report was updated at 5 PM on 10.8.2020.

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