Sunday Online Railbird Report: ‘MarwadiPro’ & Mihir ‘Mihirparv’ Thakkar Headline the Last Weekend of 2018

2018 was a year that saw smashing action on the online felts. We saw online sites like PokerBaazi re-write the way poker is played, with their savvy new software client making it much easier for online railbirds to navigate and play while fast-growing portal, 9stacks got the VC interest started in this space. At the same time, gaming giant PokerStars launched its ring-fenced site, PokerStars.IN, in partnership with Sugal & Damani Group, and went on to consolidate its position by becoming the ‘skill partner’ for Mediarex Group’s Global Poker League (GPL) India. Other online poker portals, MOP and Khelo365 gained more ground with round-the-clock promotions.

The year also brought in landmark changes in the domestic online poker environment, with different factors helping the poker space expand into a bigger market. Apart from these structural changes, the environment for online tournament action remained action-packed. From different editions of the PokerBaazi Premier League (PPL) to regular tournament offerings on sites including 9stacks, MadOverPoker (MOP) and PokerStars, online poker saw many momentous wins.

The last Sunday of the year remained just as intense, with all the top online poker sites playing out their Sunday special tournaments. Headlining the action was the Sunday Special ₹15 Lakhs GTD on PokerStars India that crowned a champion in ‘MarwadiPro’, who took home ₹3.18 Lakhs. Another major Sunday tournament at PokerStars India, the Sunday Stars ₹2 Lakhs GTD was taken down by Chirag‘WhyworrY_56’ Sodha who defeated Anuj ‘brockLesnar95’ Yadav heads-up and won ₹47,726. ‘dgdg9’won the Sunday Storm ₹2 Lakhs GTD for ₹38,516 and ‘bhasm@sur1’ took down the Sunday Supersonic for ₹22,141.

Different Sunday-special tournaments on PokerBaazi saw the Baazi Super Sunday (BSS) SuperStack ₹15 Lakhs GTD taking a slight beating last Sunday with a sizeable overlay. Mihir ‘Mihirparv’ Thakkar defeated ‘Amarjeet’ heads-up in the event to win ₹2.70 Lakhs in prize money. Gaurav ‘gaug17’ Sood took down the BSS PLO ₹5 Lakhs GTD for ₹1.27 Lakhs and ‘Borntogamble’ won the BSS MegaStack ₹5 Lakhs GTD for ₹1.12 Lakhs.

Rising poker talent Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved and protégé of Team PokerStars pro Aditya Agarwal was another standout performer this past Sunday as he won two events across two different sites. He took down the PokerBaazi’s The Monster 6-Max ₹5 Lakhs GTD for ₹1.09 Lakhs and went on to claim PokerStars India’s The Classic for ₹38,404, taking his cumulative Sunday winnings to ₹1.47 Lakhs.

PokerRaj continued its run of Nations Cup qualifier tournaments. Taking down the last qualifier for 2018 was Neeraj ‘Luckyguy’ Kumar who outran 92 runners (including 46 re-entries) to win ₹38,000. The Nations Cup Online Qualifiers are fast reaching their conclusion, with only two Sundays left before the finale slated for January 13, 2019.

MadOverPoker has been doling out attractive offers and promotional runs this year. On Sunday, MOP hosted the Sunday Super Grind series that crowned winners in Vitsituo ‘Phantom’ Mepfhuo (Dynamite for ₹32,162), Hriday ‘Sigma’ Mondal (Grenade for ₹21,286) and Saswati ‘CHIPCHAIN’ Dhal (Night Crawler for ₹15,112).

Sunday Special – Progressive KO, ₹5,000 NLHE, ₹15 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Entries – 162

Re-entries – 133

Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000

Paid Places – 47

The Sunday Special event on PokerStars India crowned a champion in ‘MarwadiPro’ who won ₹3.18 Lakhs for his efforts.

Final Table Results

1. MarwadiPro – ₹3,18,820
2. kudos0202 – ₹1,59,761
3. Flipper108 – ₹1,44,917
4. Rajat ‘sharabikebabi’ Sharma – ₹68,150
5. GoGetters1- ₹56,580
6. Anik ‘Incognito Nit!’ Ajmera – ₹38,462
7. paragonyounker – ₹24,441
8. zazen0 – ₹20,190
9. PokerBrat1990 – ₹24,791

BSS SuperStack ₹15 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Entries – 171

Re-entries – 117

Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000

Paid Places – 34

The BSS SuperStack ₹15 Lakhs GTD on PokerBaazi saw a huge overlay with Mihir ‘Mihirparv’ Thakkar taking home the biggest payday at the event. Thakkar defeated ‘Amarjeet’ heads-up to win ₹2.70 Lakhs in prize money.

Final Table Results

1. Mihir ‘Mihirparv’ Thakkar – ₹2,70,000
2. Amarjeet – ₹1,98,750
3. Panditji123 – ₹1,47,000
4. Believe – ₹1,18,500
5. Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPro’ Kumar – ₹92,250
6. Topibaaz – ₹69,000
7. Vaibhav ‘durrrr1310’ Saigal – ₹57,750
8. Jayjit ‘England’ Ray – ₹43,500
9. Kanishk ‘gooner1317’ Upreti – ₹32,250

BSS PLO ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Entries – 54

Re-entries – 33

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Paid Places – 11

Gaurav ‘gaug17’ Sood was the last player standing at PokerBaazi`s BSS PLO ₹5 Lakhs GTD and went home ₹1,27,500 richer.

Final Table Results

1. Gaurav ‘gaug17’ Sood – ₹1,27,500
2. borntrouble – ₹95,000
3. Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPro’ Kumar – ₹70,000
4. AmitAnand – ₹55,000
5. Mihir ‘mihirparv’ Thhakar – ₹37,500
6. Abhisek ‘AbhisekPanda’ Panda – ₹30,000
7. NYPD – ₹25,000
8. Peacelover – ₹20,000
9. jksisme – ₹15,000

BSS MegaStack₹5 Lakhs GTD –PokerBaazi

Entries – 97

Re-entries – 80

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Paid Places – 19

‘Borntogamble’ outlasted a field of 97 unique entries to take down PokerBaazi’s BSS MegaStack₹5 Lakhs GTD for ₹1.12 Lakhs.

Final Table Results

1. Borntogamble – ₹1,12,500
2. Anish ‘THENUTS’ Suri – ₹81,250
3. Paawan ‘ukissmyace’ Bansal – ₹62,500
4. Kanishk‘gooner1317’ Upreti- ₹50,000
5. Rajat ‘LungFakeer’ Sharma – ₹34,000
6. Pyaar – ₹24,500
7. Vishal ‘vishal0701’ Yadav – ₹20,750
8. Elusiveflame – ₹16,250
9. Matt ‘dybalamask’ Matt – ₹12,250

The Monster 6-Max ₹5 Lakhs GTD –PokerBaazi

Entries – 107

Re-entries – 87

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Paid Places – 22

Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved banked ₹1.09 Lakhs in prize money after taking down The Monster 6-Max ₹5 Lakhs GTD on PokerBaazi.

Final Table Results

1. Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved – ₹1,09,250
2. Buzzgaurav – ₹80,000
3. Utsav ‘ranny006’ Taneja – ₹60,000
4. Dkrocks01 – ₹45,250
5. Ashish ‘OMG_spew’ Munot – ₹33,000
6. Jaya ‘druglord’ Gupta – ₹24,000
7. alwaysriver – ₹20,500
8. Dhiraj ‘B.J.P’ Singh- ₹15,750
9. Bits_26 – ₹11,750

Sunday Stars – ₹2,200 NLHE ₹2 Lakhs GTD –PokerStars India

Entries – 68

Re-entries – 40

Prize Pool – ₹2,16,000

Paid Places – 17

The Sunday Stars event on PokerStars India was taken down by Chirag ‘WhyworrY_56’ Sodha, who defeated Anuj ‘brockLesnar95’ Yadav heads-up and collected ₹47,726.

Final Table Results

1. Chirag ‘WhyworrY_56’ Sodha – ₹47,726
2. Anuj ‘brockLesnar95’ Yadav – ₹36,953
3. AIstack – ₹27,350
4. Abhishek ‘TheGrinder333’ Garg – ₹20,243
5. Alok ‘VotaryoftheLaw’ Ranjan – ₹14,983
6. Joey ‘inisme’ Saha – ₹6,690
7. Annkur ‘Flopzila’ Agarwal – ₹8,208
8. sikhhni- ₹3,875
9. stacktical – ₹5,372

Sunday Storm – ₹300+R NLHE ₹2 Lakhs GTD –PokerStars India

Entries – 248

Re-buys – 247

Add-ons – 75

Prize Pool – ₹2,00,000

Places Paid – 41

The Sunday Storm ₹2 Lakhs GTD on PokerStars India saw ‘dgdg9’ take home the top prize of ₹38,516, for defeating Young Gun Nadeem ‘Downtownplaya’ Basha, who collected ₹27,431 for his runner-up finish.

Final Table Results

1. dgdg9 – ₹38,516
2. Nadeem ‘Downtownplaya’ Basha- ₹27,431
3. hustler427 – ₹19,537
4. vipulm – ₹13,914
5. Goonjan ‘gmtesting.ind’ Mall – ₹9,910
6. prawnpickle – ₹7,058
7. Satyam ‘yathaarth’ Verma – ₹5,820
8. Joey ‘inisme’ Saha – ₹4,800
9. Rishab19 – ₹4,800

The Classic NLHE – ₹1,500, ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Entries – 63

Re-entries – 47

Prize Pool – ₹1,50,040

Paid Places – 13

The Classic ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD on PokerStars India was taken down by Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved who won ₹38,404.

Final Table Results

1. Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved – ₹38,404
2. GM2318 – ₹28,458
3. Yogyata ‘yogybaba’ Mehta – ₹21,088
4. Vikram ‘Prison M!ke’ Singh – ₹15,626
5. 5.999AykA999 – ₹11,579
6. vmahendra – ₹8,580
7. Abhishek ‘TheGrinder333’ Garg – ₹6,358
8. Jarry Joy – ₹4,711
9. kamal2304 – ₹3,491

Nations Cup Qualifier ₹1 Lakh GTD – PokerRaj

Entries – 46

Re-entries – 46

Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000

PokerRaj continued its run of Nations Cup Qualifier tournaments and the last Sunday of 2018 saw yet another ₹1 Lakh guaranteed tournament take place. Outrunning a 92-strong entry–field (includes 46 re-entries), Neeraj ‘Luckyguy’ Kumar topped the event and collected ₹38,000 in prize money.

Final Table Results

1. Neeraj ‘Luckyguy’ Kumar – ₹38,000
2. Sivag9 – ₹21,000
3. zti3978 – ₹14,000
4. Gotyou – ₹10,000
5. ANACONDA – ₹8,000
6. kick_aasss – ₹5,000
7. MOZO_BROWN – ₹4,000

Dynamite – MadOverPoker

Entries – 68

Prize Pool – ₹1,50,000

Paid Places – 9

Vitsituo ‘Phantom’ Mepfhuo topped a field of 68 entries in MadOverPoker’s Dynamite and pocketed ₹32,162 for his efforts.

Final Table Results

1. Vitsituo ‘Phantom’ Mepfhuo – ₹32,162
2. Prasun ‘KingCo’ Pahari – ₹27,716
3. Deepika ‘Xena’ Patil – ₹26,700

Sunday Warm-Up – ₹1,100 NLHE, ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Entries – 84

Re-entries – 64

Prize Pool – ₹1,50,000

Paid Places – 23

Anuj ‘brockLesnar95’ Yadav claimed the top seat at the Sunday Warm-up on PokerStars India after a heads-up deal with ‘halfRobinHood’.

Final Table Results

1. Anuj ‘brockLesnar95’ Yadav – ₹27,826*
2. halfRobinHood- ₹25,816*
3. sara@11108 – ₹17,660
4. avinash84 – ₹12,176
5. Deepak ‘Deepakdcdc’ Choudhary – ₹9,981
6. Arpan ‘Vasusenaa’ Majhi – ₹6,403
7. AIstack – ₹5,641
8. Dragon-0577 – ₹4,240
9. Samu ‘AKumarss’ Rai – ₹3,187

*denotes heads-up deal

Sunday Supersonic – ₹1,100 NLHE, ₹1 Lakh GTD – PokerStars India

Entries – 64

Re-entries – 22

Total Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000

Paid Places – 13

Sunday Supersonic on PokerStars India attracted a field of 64 entries (includes 22 re-entries) and outlasting them all was ‘bhasm@sur1’.

Final Table Results

1. bhasm@sur1 – ₹22,141
2. AceOfD!@mond – ₹18,183
3. hedgehog9316 – ₹12,483
4. jimmyarora – ₹10,147
5. Anuj ‘brockLesnar95’ Yadav – ₹7,580
6. Anish ‘ALWAYSTHENUTS’ Nuts -₹5,662
7. Rounders2925 – ₹4,230
8. AIstack – ₹3,160
9. hustler427 – ₹2,848

Grenade – MadOverPoker

Entries – 58

Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000

Paid Places – 7

MadOverPoker’s Grenade was taken down by Hriday ‘Sigma’ Mondal for ₹21,286.

Final Table Results

1. Hriday ‘Sigma’ Mondal – ₹21,286
2. Aditya ‘UnderWood’ Pareek – ₹15,396
3. Sunil ‘bababk’ Arora – ₹14,929

Night Crawler – MadOverPoker

Entries – 37

Prize Pool – ₹50,000

Places Paid – 8

Saswati ‘CHIPCHAIN’ Dhal shipped the Night Crawler on MadOverPoker for ₹15,112 this past Sunday.

Final Table Results

1. Saswati ‘CHIPCHAIN’ Dhal – ₹15,112
2. Prasun ‘KingCo’ Pahari – ₹10,846
3. Ashish ‘Ashish3030’ Singh – ₹7,380

That’s it for this week’s Sunday Online Railbird Report. We will be back next week with a roundup of all the major Sunday scores.