Rahul Jain, Guneet Kwatra, Arsh Grover, Rubin Labroo, Arjunn Agrawal & Anish Garg Champion the Sunday Marquees

January is off to an excellent start, and the second Sunday of 2021 was far more electrifying than the first, with two ₹50 Lakhs GTD tourneys running in tandem.

One of the weekend headliners, the IOPC Contender, a frontrunner to the upcoming IOPC 2021 January Edition, was championed by former Millionaire champion Guneet Kwatra for ₹7.22 Lakhs. However, the day`s single-biggest score belonged to the other ₹50 Lakhs GTD tourney winner, the first-ever Adda52 Big Game champion Rahul Jain, who netted a whopping ₹15.64 Lakhs for his win.

There is a lot more to look forward to with Spartan Poker’s IOPC January Edition and the first-ever APT 2021 Online Series India on PokerBaazi, both slated to begin on January 15.

Let’s take a look at the highlights of the Sunday action!

Spartan Poker

Spearheading the Sunday action on Spartan Poker was the pre-runner for the upcoming IOPC mega-series, the ₹50 Lakhs GTD IOPC Contender. The ₹3,300 entry buy-in tourney dragged in 1,577 entries across three starting flights, registering an overlay of ₹2.69 Lakhs. A total of 212 stacks were carried forward to Day 2, and this included 181 unique entries.

Claiming his first title victory of 2021, the former Millionaire champion Guneet’ GeeKay’ Kwatra came out on top to win ₹7.22 Lakhs. A heads-up chop ensured that runner-up Ramji’ bluffpolice123’ Kishore G took home ₹6.66 Lakhs in cash prize. After this win, Kwatra’s overall online earnings have crossed ₹4.36 Crores.

The Sunday signature tourney on Spartan Poker, the Sunday SuperStack, had its guarantee boosted from ₹25 Lakhs to ₹30 Lakhs. Starting at 8 PM, the tourney gathered 592 participants, missing the break-even mark by just eight entries or ₹40,000. Outlasting the competition was Aryan’ bob_marley’ Kumar, who defeated the former SSS Millionaire winner Saurabh’ darksider’ Rohila (runner-up for ₹3.69 Lakhs) heads-up to collect ₹5.82 Lakhs in first-place prize money. Aryan Kumar, best-known for finishing runner-up in Spartan Poker’s ₹2 Crores GTD The Millionaire Series Main Event on December 13 for ₹19.08 Lakhs, currently has ₹78.37 Lakhs in online earnings.

Sunday also brought a close to the first Ultimate Value Series of 2021, with the ₹10 Lakhs GTD UVS#41 Main Event declaring a winner in Mahesh’ mariokart’ Shyamsundar. The champion ran past a crowded 1,100 entries to bag the lion’s share of the ₹11 Lakhs prize pool worth ₹1.90 Lakhs. A three-way deal saw Anil’ anil999’ Arora (runner-up for ₹1.20 Lakhs) and Kashif’ CRED’ Ahmed (3rd for ₹1.16 Lakhs) securing podium finishes.

The 17th edition of the Destiny also wrapped up last night. The Destiny 17.0 SnG Finale saw Arjunn’ Arjunn Ag’ Agrawal topping a table full of past Destiny winners to win ₹5 Lakhs. Sandeep’ SandeeSingh’ Singh finished second for ₹3 Lakhs, while ‘papertiger’ placed third for ₹2 Lakhs.

PokerStars India

PokerStars India once again hosted two ₹15 Lakhs guarantee events yesterday. The Sunday Special Progressive KO was the first on the line-up. The ₹5,500 entry buy-in tourney logged in 243 entrants, filling in a shortfall of ₹2.85 Lakhs. Young Gun Anmol’ Kaanchacheena’ Mehta was the last player standing and took home a winner’s paycheque worth ₹3.20 Lakhs (₹1.71 Lakhs in prize money, ₹1.49 Lakhs in bounties). PokerGuru Ambassador Parikshit’ Zapdos123’ Dhall came in second for ₹1.38 Lakhs (₹1.26 Lakhs in prize money, ₹11,563 in bounties). With this win, Mehta’s online scorecard has zoomed past ₹3.16 Crores.

Kicking off two and a half hours after the Sunday Special was the Sunday Highroller. Sporting a ₹11,000 entry buy-in, the event logged in 119 entries, with the site having to fill in a sizable overlay of ₹3.10 Lakhs. Site regular Anish ‘sheldon11cooper’ Garg was the last player standing and won ₹3.27 Lakhs after besting Shashank’ felterr’ Jain (runner-up for ₹2.43 Lakhs) heads-up. Garg also finished sixth in the Sunday Special for ₹55,157, winning ₹3.82 Lakhs on the site last night.

The ₹1 Lakh GTD Sunday Supersonic garnered 109 entries, generating a ₹1.09 Lakhs prize pool. Amit ‘Stu Ungar 7694’ Kaushik shipped the event for ₹25,194, with ‘KHNH2003’ placing runner-up for ₹18,647.

All ITM finishers in the Sunday Special and Sunday Supersonic received TLB points towards PokerStars India’s ‘Star of the Month’ January leaderboard race. For complete details on the ‘Star of the Month’ promotion and the latest leaderboard standings, visit the promotions page.

Adda52

Headlining the Sunday action on Adda52 was the ₹50 Lakhs GTD Adda52 Big Game that made its inaugural run on the site last night. Running as a part of Adda52’s January Suit-Up promotion, the ₹27,500 entry buy-in event registered 228 contenders, posting a guarantee-smashing ₹57 Lakhs prize pool. Rahul ‘rahulpalawat’ Jain topped the massive field to win a whopping ₹15.64 Lakhs.

Karan ‘JUNIOR11’ Kapur placed runner-up for ₹9.12 Lakhs. Jain had a decent start in the New Year with a final table finish in Adda52’s ₹25 Lakhs GTD Godfather (5th for ₹1.25 Lakhs) on January 7. He has now claimed his first title of the year as well, taking his lifetime online earnings to ₹83.98 Lakhs.

Ranked #2 on the 2020 annual leaderboard, Young Gun Arsh ‘bigggtymer’ Grover has persisted with his stellar form in the New Year as well. After shipping PokerStars India’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Highroller on Friday for ₹2.08 Lakhs, Grover added yet another title to his tally by taking down Adda52’s ₹30 Lakhs GTD Mega Suits for ₹6.02 Lakhs. Grover struck a heads-up deal with Neeraj ‘neeraj2828’ Bajaj (runner-up for ₹5.37 Lakhs). Grover’s recorded online earnings now stand at ₹6.51 Crores.

The ₹12.5 Lakhs GTD Big Slick also joined the overlay brigade last night. The event clocked in 444 entries and experienced an overlay of ₹2.51 Lakhs. Manika ‘manku1’ Gupta championed the tourney to win ₹2.28 Lakhs, just as ‘PunYaLan’ grabbed the second-place payout worth ₹1.87 Lakhs following a heads-up chop.

The other popular Sunday attraction was the ₹10 Lakhs GTD WOWZA Freeroll. The mystery player ‘Tanpur720’ ran past a whopping 1,188-strong entry field, netting ₹1.61 Lakhs in the top prize. ‘punjabi90’ finished second for ₹1.15 Lakhs.

PokerBaazi

PokerBaazi’s Sunday night extravaganza, the ₹25 Lakhs GTD BSS SuperStack, witnessed 471 competitors pony up the ₹5,500, leading to an overlay of ₹1.45 Lakhs. The 2020 India Poker Champion Rubin ‘kornkid’ Labroo locked horns with online regular Harsh ‘100crdream’ Dembla for the top honors. In the end, Labroo prevailed, adding ₹5.03 Lakhs to his poker bankroll, while Dembla settled for a runner-up payout worth ₹3.52 Lakhs. Labroo, who had shipped Spartan Poker’s ₹30 Lakhs GTD The Elite on January 8 for ₹5.79 Lakhs, has sent his online record soaring to ₹5.81 Crores after the Sunday night win.

The site hosted its usual ₹5 Lakhs GTD double whammy on Sunday. First up was the BSS Monster 6-Max that was taken down by the 2020 leaderboard topper, Young Gun Gaurav ‘gaug17’ Sood, who outlasted Bhanu Prakash ‘Chennaino1’ KC (runner-up for ₹87,150) heads-up to win ₹1.24 Lakhs. Sood FT-ed another three tourneys, namely, Adda52’s Big Slick (3^rd for ₹1.29 Lakhs), PokerBaazi’s BSS SuperStack (6^th for ₹1 Lakh) and Spartan Poker’s Sunday SuperStack (8^th for ₹70,800), collecting over ₹4.20 Lakhs in total.

The BSS MegaStack was taken down by Gadadhar’ gd1921’ Behera for ₹1.21 Lakhs. PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer Singh’ holdbaby’ Chadha secured the runner-up spot for ₹84,650.

The other Sunday winners were:

Adda52 Big Game ₹50 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹27,500

Entries – 127

Re-entries – 101

Prize Pool – ₹57,00,000

Places Paid – 24

The inaugural ₹50 Lakhs GTD Adda52 Big Game made a smashing debut on the site last night. The tourney managed to pull in 228 challengers, and the top 24 places got a share of the guarantee-smashing ₹57 Lakhs prize pool.

The high roller tourney commenced at 9 PM and ended at 5:21 AM.

Racing past the competition was former AOPS Main Event runner-up, Rahul ‘rahulpalawat’ Jain, who banked ₹15.64 Lakhs for the win. He was the only player to win seven-figures last night. Karan ‘JUNIOR11’ Kapur placed runner-up for ₹9.12 Lakhs.

The FT was lit up with poker talent with top regs like Surbhit ‘grovahova’ Grover (4^th for ₹4.90 Lakhs), Anurag ‘NormanBates’ Srivastava (6^th for ₹2.42 Lakhs), PokerGuru Ambassador Gokul ‘Niruha’ Raj (7^th for ₹1.85 Lakhs), and Raghav ‘balugawhale’ Bansal (8^th for ₹1.42 Lakhs) in contention.

Final Table Results

1. Rahul ‘rahulpalawat’ Jain – ₹15,64,650
2. Karan ‘JUNIOR11’ Kapur – ₹9,12,000
3. psychg0d – ₹6,84,000
4. Surbhit ‘grovahova’ Grover – ₹4,90,200
5. FloatToMyBoat – ₹3,42,000
6. Anurag ‘NormanBates’ Srivastava – ₹2,42,250
7. Gokul ‘Niruha’ Raj – ₹1,85,250
8. Raghav ‘balugawhale’ Bansal – ₹1,42,500

IOPC Contender ₹50 Lakhs GTD Day 2 – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹3,300

Entries –813

Re-entries –260

Re-buys –504

Prize Pool – ₹50,00,000

Places Paid – 207

As a prelude to the IOPC series that starts on January 14, Spartan Poker hosted a ₹50 Lakhs GTD IOPC Contender tourney over the weekend. The ₹3,300 entry buy-in event pulled in 1,577 hopefuls (Day 1A – 414, Day 1B – 386, and Day 1C – 777) across three starting flights, posting an overlay deficit of ₹2.69 Lakhs.

Day 2 began at 10 PM on Sunday with 212 survivors (Day 1A – 57, Day 1B – 49, and Day 1C – 106), of which 181 were unique entries.

Former Adda52 AOPS Mini Main Event winner Guneet ‘GeeKay’ Kwatra trounced the competition and struck a heads-up deal with Ramji ‘bluffpolice123’ Kishore G (runner-up for ₹6.67 Lakhs) before taking down the title for ₹7.23 Lakhs. Kwatra’s online tally has crossed ₹4.36 Crores after this win.

Naman ‘Optimus_NK’ Khettry (4th for ₹2.63 Lakhs), Nimit ‘Mindhunter29’ Gandhi (5th for ₹2.06 Lakhs), and Ankur ‘showstopper89’ Aryan (6th for ₹1.56 Lakhs) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Guneet ‘GeeKay’ Kwatra – ₹7,22,673*
2. Ramji ‘bluffpolice123’ Kishore G – ₹6,66,637*
3. papertiger – ₹3,56,000
4. Naman ‘Optimus_NK’ Khettry – ₹2,62,500
5. Nimit ‘Mindhunter29’ Gandhi – ₹2,05,500
6. Ankur ‘showstopper89’ Aryan – ₹1,55,900
7. NutsTodayBluffTomo – ₹1,19,300
8. Junior-KK – ₹84,550

*denotes a heads-up deal

Mega Suits ₹30 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 280

Re-entries – 263

Prize Pool – ₹30,00,000

Places Paid – 55

Adda52’s regular Sunday marquee, the ₹30 Lakhs GTD Mega Suits, experienced an overlay shortfall of ₹2.85 Lakhs on the back of 543 entries. The 7:30 PM tourney culminated at 4:10 AM, and the top 55 places boarded the money bus.

Navigating his way to the top was none other than the #2 ranked player on the 2020 annual cashes leaderboard, Young Gun Arsh ‘bigggtymer’ Grover. The Delhi-based MTT crusher padded his ever-growing bankroll by ₹6.02 Lakhs following a heads-up deal with Neeraj ‘neeraj2828’ Bajaj (runner-up for ₹5.37 Lakhs).

Naren ‘IMUNAGI’ Purohit (3^rd for ₹2.85 Lakhs), Nitin ‘bigbluffs’ Arora (4^th for ₹2.25 Lakhs), Abhishek ‘pomfret1989’ Goindi (5^th for ₹1.50 Lakhs), Ashwin ‘Ashwinvijay1399’ Vijay (6^th for ₹1.05 Lakhs), Paawan ‘fullflush24’ Bansal (7^th for ₹75,000), and PokerGuru Ambassador Shashank ‘IndianRat’ Desai (8^th for ₹60,000) FT-ed the tourney!

Final Table Results

1. Arsh ‘bigggtymer’ Grover – ₹6,02,869*
2. Neeraj ‘neeraj2828’ Bajaj – ₹5,37,131*
3. Naren ‘IMUNAGI’ Purohit – ₹2,85,000
4. Nitin ‘bigbluffs’ Arora – ₹2,25,000
5. Abhishek ‘pomfret1989’ Goindi – ₹1,50,000
6. Ashwin ‘Ashwinvijay1399’ Vijay – ₹1,05,000
7. Paawan ‘fullflush24’ Bansal – ₹75,000
8. Shashank ‘IndianRat’ Desai – ₹60,000

*denotes heads-up deal

Sunday SuperStack ₹30 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 285

Re-entries – 115

Re-buys – 192

Prize Pool – ₹30,00,000

Places Paid – 55

The ₹30 Lakhs GTD Sunday SuperStack registered 592 entries to fall eight entries (₹40,000) short of its listed guarantee. It took about nine hours and thirty minutes of play for the Millionaire Series Main Event runner-up Aryan ‘bob_marley’ Kumar to come out on top to win ₹5.82 Lakhs.

Saurabh ‘darksider’ Rohila settled for a runner-up score worth ₹3.69 Lakhs.

PokerGuru Ambassador Devvrat ‘deranzzdd’ Arya (3^rd for ₹2.67 Lakhs), Vatsalya ‘TooEasy’ Rao (4th for ₹2.16 Lakhs), Chirag ‘chilling’ Sodha (5th for ₹1.71 Lakhs), Rajeev ‘onlywinner007’ Atal (6th for ₹1.31 Lakhs), and 2020 leaderboard topper Gaurav ‘mozzie17’ Sood (8th for ₹70,800) posted FT scores.

Final Table Results

1. Aryan ‘bob_marley’ Kumar – ₹5,82,000
2. Saurabh ‘darksider’ Rohila – ₹3,69,000
3. Devvrat ‘deranzzdd’ Arya – ₹2,66,700
4. Vatsalya ‘TooEasy’ Rao – ₹2,15,700
5. Chirag ‘chilling’ Sodha – ₹1,70,700
6. Rajeev ‘onlywinner007’ Atal – ₹1,31,400
7. Zeusneverlose – ₹97,800
8. Gaurav ‘mozzie17’ Sood – ₹70,800

BSS SuperStack ₹25 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 260

Re-entries – 211

Prize Pool – ₹25,00,000

Places Paid – 54

Headlining the Sunday action on PokerBaazi was the ₹25 Lakhs GTD BSS SuperStack that wrangled in 471 entries, overlaying ₹1.45 Lakhs.

It took former IPC Main Event champion Rubin ‘kornkid’ Labroo a little over eight hours of work to pick up his second flagship title of January, and he collected ₹5.03 Lakhs for the win. Labroo bested MTT reg Harsh ‘100crdream’ Dembla (runner-up for ₹3.52 Lakhs) heads-up to claim the title.

On January 8, Labroo had championed Spartan Poker’s The Elite for 5.79 Lakhs, and his lifetime online winnings have now reached ₹5.81 Crores.

Ankit ‘Ankitmodi’ Modi (3^rd for ₹2.27 Lakhs), Siddharth ‘Sidddhu’ Mundada (4^th for ₹1.68 Lakhs), the BSS Monster 6-Max champion Gaurav ‘gaug17’ Sood (6^th for ₹1.01 Lakhs), the same event winner from December 27 Rakesh ‘rakesh666’ C (7^th for ₹84,000), and Sanket ‘blackcod’ Arora (8^th for ₹67,000) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Rubin ‘kornkid’ Labroo – ₹5,03,000
2. Harsh ‘100crdream’ Dembla – ₹3,52,000
3. Ankit ‘Ankitmodi’ Modi – ₹2,27,000
4. Siddharth ‘Sidddhu’ Mundada – ₹1,68,000
5. Dishvish – ₹1,26,000
6. Gaurav ‘gaug17’ Sood – ₹1,01,000
7. Rakesh ‘rakesh666’ C – ₹84,000
8. Sanket ‘blackcod’ Arora – ₹67,000

Destiny 17.0 Finale – Spartan Poker

Players – 9

Places Paid – 3

Bringing the curtains down on the 17th Edition of Spartan Poker’s Destiny series was the Destiny 17.0 SnG Finale. The weekly series ran from October 21 to January 6, with the 10 winners of the Wednesday tourney booking their seats into the Destiny SNG Finale.

Only the top three players were assured a payout, and taking it down for a ₹5 Lakhs up-top cash prize was Arjunn ‘Arjunn Ag’ Agrawal. His lifetime MTT tally now stands at ₹83.02 Lakhs.

Sandeep ‘SandeeSingh’ Singh (runner-up for ₹3 Lakhs) and mystery-reg ‘papertiger’ (3rd for ₹2 Lakhs) were the other top finishers behind Agrawal.

Final Results

1. Arjunn ‘Arjunn Ag’ Agrawal – ₹5,00,000
2. Sandeep ‘SandeeSingh’ Singh – ₹3,00,000
3. papertiger – ₹2,00,000

Sunday Special Progressive KO ₹15 Lakh GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 146

Re-entries – 97

Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000

Places Paid – 41

PokerStars India`s Sunday mainstay, the ₹15 Lakhs GTD Sunday Special Progressive KO, registered an overlay of ₹2.85 Lakhs after 243 contenders signed up to play.

Rising atop the competition was one of our Young Guns of 2020, Anmol ‘Kaanchacheena’ Mehta. Alongside the bounties, Mehta padded his bankroll with a hefty ₹3.20 Lakhs (₹1.71 Lakhs in prize money, ₹1.49 Lakhs in bounties).

The last player he eliminated on the way to the title was PokerGuru Ambassador Parikshit ‘Zapdos123’ Dhall, who had to concede to a runner-up score of ₹1.38 Lakhs (₹1.26 Lakhs in prize money, ₹11,563 in bounties).

Mehta, who had placed third in the Godfather for ₹2.50 Lakhs last Thursday, had a profitable Sunday grind. He placed 10^th for ₹31,586 and picked up a 13^th place score in Spartan Poker’s 50 Lakhs GTD IOPC Contender Day 2 for 48,450. In all, Mehta raked in over ₹4.01 Lakhs and currently sits on ₹3.16 Crore in recorded online winnings.

The final 41 players earned points towards the week’s ‘Star of the Month’ leaderboard.

Pavan Kiran ‘Pavankiranb’ B (3^rd for ₹1.23 Lakhs), Sahil ‘inaboobham’ Mahboobani (4^th for ₹1.04 Lakhs), Manish ‘theoldestkid’ Lakhotia (5^th for ₹58,818), Anish ‘sheldon11coope’ Garg (6^th for ₹55,157), Chirag ‘WhyworrY_56’ Sodha (8^th for ₹30,629) and Shardul ‘merci999’ Parthasarathi (9^th for ₹23,193) FTed the tourney.

Final Table Results (Includes Bounties)

1. Anmol ‘Kaanchacheena’ Mehta – ₹3,20,976
2. Parikshit ‘Zapdos123’ Dhall – ₹1,38,266
3. Pavan Kiran ‘Pavankiranb’ B – ₹1,23,081
4. Sahil ‘inaboobham’ Mahboobani – ₹1,04,282
5. Manish ‘theoldestkid’ Lakhotia – ₹58,818
6. Anish ‘sheldon11coope’ Garg – ₹55,157
7. CheckRazeKing – ₹39,030
8. Chirag ‘WhyworrY_56’ Sodha – ₹30,629
9. Shardul ‘merci999’ Parthasarathi – ₹23,193

Sunday Highroller ₹15 Lakh GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 65

Re-entries – 54

Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000

Places Paid – 20

PokerStars India’s 7.30 PM Sunday attraction, the ₹15 Lakh GTD Sunday Highroller, clocked in 119 entries, filling in a glaring ₹3.10 Lakhs in overlays.

Anish ‘sheldon11cooper’ Garg was the last player standing in the tourney and won ₹3.27 Lakhs. Shashank ‘felterr’ Jain finished runner-up for ₹2.43 Lakhs.

Garg also placed sixth in the Sunday Special PKO for ₹55,157 to collect over ₹3.82 Lakhs last night, boosting his lifetime online earnings to ₹78.79 Lakhs.

Vinayak ‘koi.toh.rok.lo’ Bajaj (5^th for ₹99,119), Sahil ‘inaboobham’ Mahboobani (6^th for ₹73,505), PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer Singh ‘ballistik310’ Chadha (7^th for ₹54,510), and Young Gun`s Shardul ‘merci999’ Parthasarathi (8^th for ₹40,424) and Arsh BiggggTymeR’ Grover (9^th for ₹35,733) were the other prominent FT scorers.

Final Table Results

1. Anish ‘sheldon11cooper’ Garg – ₹3,27,724
2. Shashank ‘felterr’ Jain – ₹2,43,036
3. SportsTalk24 – ₹1,80,232
4. ziraan – ₹1,33,658
5. Vinayak ‘koi.toh.rok.lo’ Bajaj – ₹99,119
6. Sahil ‘inaboobham’ Mahboobani – ₹73,505
7. Arjanveer Singh ‘ballistik310’ Chadha – ₹54,510
8. Shardul ‘merci999’ Parthasarathi – ₹40,424
9. Arsh BiggggTymeR’ Grover – ₹35,733

Big Slick ₹12.5 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹2,500

Entries – 241

Re-entries – 203

Prize Pool – ₹12,50,000

Places Paid – 44

Adda52`s ₹12.50 Lakhs GTD Big Slick had to shell out ₹2.51 Lakhs in overlays after 444 entrants ponied up the ₹2,500 entry buy-in, and the top 44 places got paid.

Outlasting them all was Manika ‘manku1’ Gupta, who took away ₹2.28 Lakhs in prize money following a heads-up deal with ‘PunYaLan’ (runner-up for ₹1.87 Lakhs).

The 2020 annual rankings topper Gaurav ‘gauravarod’ Sood (3^rd for ₹1.29 Lakhs), Ashok ‘justmissed’ Kumar Kailash (7^th for ₹38,467), and Guruprasad ‘guruprasad_gupta’ Gupta (8^th for ₹28,372) posted FT scores!

Final Table Results

1. Manika ‘manku1’ Gupta – ₹2,28,160*
2. PunYaLan – ₹1,87,051*
3. Gaurav ‘gauravarod’ Sood – ₹1,29,992
4. axeweilders – ₹95,876
5. newkidintown – ₹70,714
6. papakratos – ₹52,155
7. Ashok ‘justmissed’ Kumar Kailash – ₹38,467
8. Guruprasad ‘guruprasad_gupta’ Gupta – ₹28,372

*denotes heads-up deal

UVS#41 Main Event ₹10 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 532

Re-entries – 158

Re-buys – 410

Prize Pool – ₹11,00,000

Places Paid – 103

The showstopper event of the Ultimate Value Series (UVS), the ₹10 Lakhs GTD UVS#41 Main Event, surpassed its listed guarantee by ₹1 Lakhs on the back of 1,100 entries.

PokerStars India’s two-time Sunday Special – Progressive KO winner Mahesh ‘mariokart’ Shyamsundar championed the tourney for ₹1.90 Lakhs.

Before taking down the title, Shyamsundar cut a three-way deal with Anil ‘anil999’ Arora (runner-up for ₹1.2 Lakhs) and Kashif ‘CRED’ Ahmed (3^rd for ₹1.16 Lakhs).

Ajit ‘Thoda Bahot’ Singh Arora (4^th for ₹68,970), PokerGuru Ambassador Devvrat ‘deranzzdd’ Arya (5^th for ₹54,890), Virat ‘potli6007’ Dalsaniya (6^th for ₹42,130), and Yunus Arif ‘Indian.’ Ally (7^th for ₹30,470) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Mahesh ‘mariokart’ Shyamsundar – ₹1,90,363*
2. Anil ‘anil999’ Arora – ₹1,20,140*
3. Kashif ‘CRED’ Ahmed – ₹1,16,406*
4. Ajit ‘Thoda Bahot’ Singh Arora – ₹68,970
5. Devvrat ‘deranzzdd’ Arya – ₹54,890
6. Virat ‘potli6007’ Dalsaniya – ₹42,130
7. Yunus Arif ‘Indian.’ Ally – ₹30,470
8. OneLuckyOne – ₹20,790

*denotes a three-way deal

WOWZA ₹10 Lakhs GTD Freeroll– Adda52

Entries – 1,188

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 179

Adda52`s ₹10 Lakhs GTD WOWZA Freeroll had a crowded 1,188 runners in the fray, and the top 179 places got paid.

After more than six hours of intense action, ‘Tanpur720’ took down the event to win ₹1.61 Lakhs. ‘punjabi90’ finished runner-up for ₹1.15 Lakhs.

Final Table Results

1. Tanpur720 – ₹1,61,178
2. punjabi90 – ₹1,15,586
3. Ranee6 – ₹82,805
4. vrute – ₹59,235
5. atul9090 – ₹43,365
6. Nilam143 – ₹31,180
7. Vikashveer123 – ₹22,418
8. Narayanpoco – ₹16,119

BSS Monster 6-Max ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 114

Re-entries – 71

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 21

The first of the two ₹5 Lakhs GTD Sunday tourney starting on PokerBaazi was the BSS Monster 6-Max. The tourney ran from 5 PM to 9:31 PM with a starting field of 185 entries, falling ₹37,500 short of the break-even mark.

It was none other than the #1 ranked player of 2020, Young Gun Gaurav ‘gaug17’ Sood, who shipped the tourney to collect a winner’s paycheque worth ₹1.24 Lakhs. Well-known pro Bhanu Prakash ‘Chennaino1’ KC came in second for ₹87,150.

Sood FT-ed four tourneys on Sunday worth over ₹4.20 Lakhs in total winnings!

✔︎ 3rd in Adda52`s Big Slick for ₹1,29,992

✔︎ 1st in PokerBaazi`s BSS Monster 6-Max for ₹1,24,350

✔︎ 6th in #PokerBaazi`s BSS SuperStack for ₹1,00,750

✔︎ 8th in The Spartan Poker`s Sunday SuperStack for ₹70,800

Tarush ‘Busterr’ Gupta (3^rd for ₹56,050), Kaushik ‘kaushik1989’ Tibrewal (4^th for ₹41,500), and Friday’s The Weekly HighRoller champion Aditya ‘konstantin’ Singh (5^th for ₹31,150) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Gaurav ‘gaug17’ Sood – ₹1,24,000
2. Bhanu Prakash ‘Chennaino1’ KC – ₹87,150
3. Tarush ‘Busterr’ Gupta – ₹56,050
4. Kaushik ‘kaushik1989’ Tibrewal – ₹41,500
5. Aditya ‘konstantin’ Singh – ₹31,150
6. neym11jr – ₹24,900

BSS MegaStack ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 124

Re-entries – 69

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 24

The other ₹5 Lakhs GTD on PokerBaazi, the BSS MegaStack, saw online reg Gadadhar ‘gd1921’ Behera walk away with the top honors, including a ₹1.21 Lakhs payday. PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer Singh ‘holdbaby’ Chadha had to settle for a second-place payout of ₹84,650.

Rising Star Ritwik ‘Ritwikkhanna’ Khanna (3^rd for ₹54,400), Ashish ‘Imgabru’ Kumar (4^th for ₹40,300), Himanshu ‘toughonluck’ Bagdwal (5^th for ₹30,250), Siddharth ‘Siddonuts’ Pandey (7^th for ₹20,100), and Vivekk ‘Vivek25’ Dube (8^th for ₹16,100) FT-ed the event.

Final Table Results

1. Gadadhar ‘gd1921’ Behera – ₹1,21,000
2. Arjanveer Singh ‘holdbaby’ Chadha – ₹84,650
3. Ritwik ‘Ritwikkhanna’ Khanna – ₹54,400
4. Ashish ‘Imgabru’ Kumar – ₹40,300
5. Himanshu ‘toughonluck’ Bagdwal – ₹30,250
6. Ikka5 – ₹24,200
7. Siddharth ‘Siddonuts’ Pandey – ₹20,100
8. Vivekk ‘Vivek25’ Dube – ₹16,100

Ragnarok ₹2 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 103

Re-entries – 50

Prize Pool – ₹2,00,000

Places Paid – 24

‘Pokergaint’ claimed the title and ₹42,000 in first-place prize money in Pocket52’s ₹2 Lakhs GTD Ragnarok, defeating ‘KOHINOOR’ heads-up. The latter banked ₹31,500 for their runner-up finish.

The tourney brought in 153 entries, falling ₹47,000 short of its listed guarantee.

Ritesh ‘Seehagaon123’ Verma (3^rd for ₹23,000) and Abhisek ‘iPhone’ Swami (5^th for ₹12,000) FT-ed the tourney.

Big Bang ₹1 Lakh GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 30

Re-entries – 12

Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000

Places Paid – 5

Khelo365`s Sunday marquee, the ₹1 Lakh GTD Big Bang, logged in 42 entries. The mystery user ‘Vinay2001’ championed the tourney to win ₹43,000.

‘Srinikumar’ secured a runner-up payday of ₹23,000.

Sunday Supersonic ₹1 Lakh GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 71

Re-entries – 38

Prize Pool – ₹1,09,000

Places Paid – 17

Amit ‘Stu Ungar 7694’ Kaushik shipped PokerStars India’s ₹1 Lakh GTD Sunday Supersonic to win ₹25,194. ‘KHNH2003’ finished runner-up for ₹18,647. Kaushik now has over ₹72.53 Lakhs in recorded MTT winnings.

All 17 ITM finishers in the tourney collected TLB points towards the “Star of the Month” – January leaderboard race.

Shivam ‘brooskyradio1’ Shukla (7^th for ₹4,142) and Akash ‘fisheater0510’ Gupta (9^th for ₹2,711) FT-ed the tourney.

Dominator ₹50K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹825

Entries – 28

Re-entries – 15

Prize Pool – ₹50,000

Places Paid – 5

The user ‘Srinikumar’ championed Khelo365’s ₹50K GTD Dominator to win ₹21,500. The player ran close to the title in two more Khelo365 events, placing runner-up both in the ₹1 Lakh GTD Big Bang for ₹23,000 and in the ₹30K GTD Rivered for ₹6,900.

Unravel ₹50K GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹440

Entries – 63

Re-entries – 32

Prize Pool – ₹50,000

Places Paid – 15

The ₹50K GTD Unravel saw Lalit ‘msdhoni07’ Devpal outlasting the competition to win ₹11,500. ‘GoatBanger’ finished runner-up for ₹8,500.

Rivered ₹30K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 22

Re-entries – 19

Prize Pool – ₹30,000

Places Paid – 5

Khelo365’s ₹30K GTD Rivered was taken down by ‘Winner21’ for ₹12,900. ‘Srinikumar’ continuing his blazing Sunday night run, finished runner-up for ₹6,900.

Insomnia ₹30K GTD – PokerDangal

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 37

Re-entries – 14

Prize Pool – ₹30,000

Places Paid – 8

PokerDangal’s ₹30K GTD Insomnia registered 51 entries and running past the field was ‘Salazar,’ who won ₹9,300. ‘shaktimunjal’ placed runner-up for ₹6,300.

Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹275

Entries – 43

Re-entries – 16

Topping a field of 59 entries, ‘CharBaBa11’ captured the ₹20K GTD Grinder 2.0 for ₹8,000.

This report was updated at 5:30 PM on 11.01.2021.

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