Sunday Online Railbird Report: Ratul Steves Joins the Millionaire`s Club, Chirag Sodha Wins 2 Major Events

What a thrilling week it has been for PokerGuru Ambassadors both on the live, and virtual felts! PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish Ahuja seems to be enjoying his time in Las Vegas having already popped his WSOP cherry with a 142nd place finish in Event #16: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Handed for $2,742 (~₹1.90 Lakhs). He is confirmed to add to this – having made it to Day 3 in the Millionaire Maker. Ahuja’s fellow Team Ambassador Ratul ‘luna’ Steves has been keeping busy as well. Steves was the biggest online winner last night when he obliterated a field of 3,140 entries in PokerBaazi’s ₹1 Crores GTD ValueBomb, banking a colossal ₹16.20 Lakhs in the process.

Another big winner was online reg Chirag Sodha, who won not one – but two of the biggest Sunday tournaments. He took down both the Baazi Super Sunday SuperStack and the PokerStars India Sunday Special – PKO.

Across the other PokerBaazi tournaments, ‘TheTooth’ (The Monster 6-Max ₹5 Lakhs GTD (RE) for ₹1.28 Lakhs), ‘mithirandir16’ (BSS PLO ₹5 Lakhs GTD (RE) for ₹1.26 Lakhs), Santosh ‘drex7’ Kumar (Grinders#33 Main Event ₹5 Lakh GTD (RE) for ₹1.07 Lakhs), ‘rajanverma’ (Weekly Super 5 ₹5 Lakhs GTD for ₹76,750), and Cashmax’ (Sunday ₹1 Lakh GTD (RE) for ₹17,500) claimed titles.

PokerStars India crowned winners in ‘modi chai wala’ (Progressive KO – 4 Max ₹3 Lakhs GTD for ₹68,947), Anuj ‘brockLesnar95’ Yadav (The Sunday Stars ₹2,200 NLHE ₹2 Lakhs GTD for ₹53,161), Armaan ‘armaan007111’ Kochhar (Sunday Warm-Up ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD for ₹33,265), ‘maverickak56’ (Sunday Supersonic ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹26,580), and ‘GM2318’ (Sunday Storm ₹330 NLHE (6-Max) ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹14,966).

Up-and-coming poker site, UMA Poker, ran its ‘UMA Felters’ series from June 5 to 9. The star attraction of the series was the ₹11,000 buy-in ₹40 Lakhs GTD Felter Main Event which was taken down last night by Kanha ‘konireddy’ Khera for an impressive ₹7.20 Lakhs payday.

On Khelo 365 the list of Sunday winners includes ‘poongavanam’ (Raise Deep Stack ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD for ₹69,000), and ‘shatsy93’ (Big Splash ₹75K GTD NLHE for ₹34,500).

₹1 Crore GTD ValueBomb – PokerBaazi

Entries – 2,425

Re-entries – 1,084

Prize Pool – ₹1,00,00,000

Places Paid – 324

After the record-shattering Game Changer, PokerBaazi announced another multi-day tournament– ₹1 Crore ValueBomb. The five-day-long tournament sported four starting flights with the survivors from each of them coming together last Sunday to decide a winner.

The event kicked off on Thursday, June 5 and registered a field of 2,425 entries (Day 1A -709 entries, Day 1B – 717), Day 1C –1,141 and Day1D – 573) through its four starting flights, falling well short of the advertised guarantee.

Only 324 players made it through the separate flights to Day 2 where eventually PokerGuru Ambassador Ratul ‘luna’ Steves’ defeated ‘lmw91’ heads-up to snag the title and a whopping ₹16.20 Lakhs payday.

Final Table Results

1. Ratul ‘luna’ Steves – ₹16,20,000
2. lmw91 – ₹11,50,000
3. Saurabh – ₹7,60,000
4. Dhaval ‘dhavhe’ Heda – ₹5,04,000
5. pro27 – ₹3,51,000
6. Balwinder ‘14balwinder’ Singh – ₹2,45,000
7. Hai_toh_hai – ₹1,76,000
8. rocker – ₹1,30,000
9. Vinay ‘vinay09’ Rajpal – ₹1,19,000

₹40 Lakhs GTD Felter ₹11,000 Main Event – UMA Poker

Entries – 277

Re-entries – 92

Prizepool – ₹40,00,000

Places Paid – 36

UMA Poker is a new entrant in the online space and one that has quickly attracted a lot of attention, both positive and negative. Last Sunday, the site hosted its ₹40 Lakhs GTD Felter Main Event that ran into some controversy with players suspecting the presence of a lot of house players in the event. PokerGuru reached out to the UMA Poker management who have confirmed that an official statement on this issue would be released shortly.

The ₹11,000 buy-in event registered 369 entries falling ₹3.10 Lakhs short of the guarantee.

In the end, it was Kanha ‘konireddy’ Khera who defeated Shashank ‘theknife’ Agarwal heads-up to take down the title and the ₹7.20 Lakhs first-place purse.

Final Table Results

1. Kanha ‘konireddy’ Khera – ₹7,20,000
2. Shashank ‘theknife’ Agarwal – ₹5,60,000
3. edog – ₹4,40,000
4. Pranav ‘9boss’ Gupta – ₹3,60,000
5. makeshnema – ₹2,40,000
6. Ankit ‘imluckbox’ Bajaj – ₹2,00,000
7. slamdunk – ₹1,60,000
8. kick_as – ₹1,60,000
9. manikguru – ₹80,000

BSS SuperStack ₹25 Lakhs GTD (RE) – PokerBaazi

Entries – 299

Re-entries – 220

Prize Pool – ₹25,95,000

Places Paid – 63

The ₹5,500 buy-in BSS SuperStack has been consistently attracting 500+ entries every Sunday, and this last one was no different. Topping the 519 entries (includes 220 re-entries) last night was online regular Chirag ‘miyagi’ Sodha, who defeated Avilash ‘fairplay’ Chatterjee heads-up to take down the event for ₹5.04 Lakhs. Chatterjee collected ₹3.53 for his runner-up finish.

Final Table Results

1. Chirag ‘miyagi’ Sodha – ₹5,04,208
2. Avilash ‘fairplay’ Chatterjee – ₹3,53,439
3. Sandeep ‘PoKcey’ Singh – ₹2,27,322
4. thepokerraja – ₹1,68,156
5. realkidsanju – ₹1,26,117
6. Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPro’ Kumar – ₹1,01,205
7. Vaibhav ‘WakhraSwagNi’ Sharma – ₹84,337
8. Dheeraj ‘Sarkar12345’ Bisht – ₹67,210
9. Chubbycho – ₹50,602

Sunday Special – Progressive KO, ₹5,500 NLHE ₹15 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Entries – 186

Re-entries – 131

Total Prize Pool – ₹15,85,000

Regular Prize Pool – ₹7,92,500

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹7,92,500

Places Paid – 53

Continuing his top form on the virtual felts, Chirag ‘’WhyworrY_56’ Sodha captured the biggest Sunday tourney on global poker giant PokerStars’ India facing site – PokerStars India, i.e., the Sunday Special – Progressive KO ₹15 Lakhs GTD. Sodha this time outlasted a field of 317 entries (includes 131 re-entries) that included defeating Yash ‘hasyY@$#116’ Shrivastava heads-up to win the title, adding ₹2.91 Lakhs to his bankroll. Shrivastava pocketed ₹1.34 Lakhs for his runner-up finish.

Well-known regs Rajat ‘sharabikebabi’ Sharma (3rd for ₹1.47 Lakhs), and Rubin ‘kornkid4’ Labroo (6th for ₹92,320) final-tabled the tournament.

Final Table Results

1. Chirag ’WhyworrY_56’ Sodha – ₹2,91,110
2. Yash ‘hasyY@$#116’ Shrivastava – ₹1,34,351
3. Rajat ‘sharabikebabi’ Sharma – ₹,147,736
4. Kapil ‘racemonk’ Arora – ₹69,252
5. Dinesh ‘you3betl4bet’ As TD – ₹55,317
6. Rubin ‘kornkid4’ Labroo – ₹92,320
7. Ayush ‘Kyanaamrakhu’ Garg – ₹46,097
8. JC1870 – ₹23,330
9. alexander.d.gr8 – ₹19,437

The Monster 6-Max ₹5 Lakhs GTD (RE) – PokerBaazi

Entries – 100

Re-entries – 59

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 18

The Monster 6-Max ₹5 Lakhs GTD attracted 159 entries (includes 59 re-entries), each of them ponying up the ₹2,750 buy-in resulting in an overlay. The ₹5 Lakhs prize pool was divided among the top 18 finishers and taking home the biggest share of the prize money was ‘TheTooth’ who defeated Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur heads-up to win ₹1.28 Lakhs. Thakur earned ₹90,150 for his finish.

PokerGuru Ambassadors Parikshit ‘zapdos1234’ Dhall (6th for ₹25,750), and Arjanveer ‘holdbaby’ Singh Chadha (9th for ₹12,850) final tabled the event.

Final Table Results

1. TheTooth – ₹1,28,750
2. Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur – ₹90,150
3. Dinesh ‘Daddu26’ Singh – ₹58,000
4. Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPro’ Kumar – 42,950
5. Nish ‘nutscracker’ Majithia – ₹32,200
6. Parikshit ‘zapdos1234’ Dhall – ₹25,750
7. mehro2511 – ₹21,400
8. priyankAAchoprAA – ₹17,150
9. Arjanveer ‘holdbaby’ Singh Chadha – ₹12,850

BSS PLO ₹5 Lakhs GTD (RE) – PokerBaazi

Entries – 78

Re-entries – 98

Prize Pool – ₹5,08,000

Places Paid – 21

With a buy-in of ₹4,400, PokerBaazi’ Sunday regular BSS PLO ₹5 Lakhs GTD (RE) attracted 176 entries (includes 98 re-entries). Outlasting this sizeable field was the ever-consistent ‘mithirandir16.’

Final Table Results

1. mithirandir16 – ₹1,26,339
2. Kalibaba – ₹88,544
3. Vinay ‘vinay09’ Rajpal – ₹56,946
4. NiceTryJack – ₹42,164
5. Guruprasad ‘fish_calling’ Gupta – ₹31,648
6. karmapooker – ₹25,298
7. Vaibhav ‘durr1310’ Saigal – ₹21,031
8. Vivekk ‘Vivek25’ Dube – ₹16,865
9. matpoker – ₹12,598

Grinders #33 Main Event ₹5 Lakh GTD (RE) – PokerBaazi

Entries – 347

Re-entries – 207

Prize Pool – ₹5,54,000

Places Paid – 63

The most prominent tournament at the recently concluded Grinder Series, the ₹1,100 buy-in Grinders #33 Main Event ₹5 Lakhs GTD attracted 554 entries (includes 207 re-entries) smashing the guarantee with a total prize pool of ₹5.54 Lakhs. This was divided among the 63 top finishers where emerging triumphant over them all was Santosh ‘drex7’ Kumar who collected ₹1.07 Lakhs for his efforts.

Final Table Results

1. Santosh ‘drex7’ Kumar – ₹1,07,642
2. Aditya ‘LeoBazooka1897’ Pandita – ₹75,454
3. Piyush303 – ₹48,530
4. TheBigShow – ₹35,899
5. eyesdareu2rays – ₹26,924
6. Niranjan ‘Orion7’ Singh – ₹21,606
7. Kvohra – ₹18,005
8. harsharya – ₹14,348
9. riteshbec – ₹10,803

Weekly Super 5 ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Entries – 3,070

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 351

An affordable buy-in of ₹108 and daily flights through the week are the primary reasons for the immense popularity of The Weekly Super 5 ₹5 Lakhs GTD. The numbers speak for themselves as last week this tournament registered an aggregate of 3,070 entries (Flight 1 – 759, Flight 2 – 272, Flight 3 – 292, Flight 4 – 820, Flight 5 – 497 & Flight 6 – 430). The dust finally settled with ‘rajanverma’ squaring off and beating Jishnu ‘Jishnub’ Bhuvanendran heads-up to win the event for ₹76,750.

Final Table Results

1. rajanverma – ₹76,750
2. Jishnu ‘Jishnub’ Bhuvanendran – ₹53,800
3. GORAMD9 – ₹37,550
4. Nigma25 – ₹25,700
5. pokerdoit – ₹17,550
6. Gomezmerizer – ₹12,750
7. kood – ₹8,900
8. drisha97- ₹5,950
9. pianca – ₹5,950

Raise Deep Stack ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD NLHE (Max 5 Rebuys) – Khelo 365

Entries – 35

Rebuys – 5

Prize Pool – ₹1,50,000

Places Paid – 4

Outrunning the field of 40 entries (includes five re-buys) ‘poongavanam’ captured the title along with the top prize of ₹69,000.

Final Table Results

1. poongavanam – ₹69,000
2. romanrei8756 – ₹39,000
3. nidhinpb – ₹24,000
4. chandarbandhu – ₹18,000

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

Entries – 68

Re-entries – 47

Prize Pool – ₹2,30,000

Places Paid – 17

Mastering a field of 115 entries (includes 47 re-entries) online reg Anuj ‘brockLesnar95’ Yadav took down The Sunday Stars ₹2,200 NLHE ₹2 Lakhs GTD on PokerStars India, banking ₹53,161 in the process.

Final Table Results

1. Anuj ‘brockLesnar95’ Yadav – ₹53,161
2. tony1411651 – ₹39,347
3. Ayush ‘Kyanaamrakhu’ Garg – ₹29,123
4. KingfisherCairn – ₹21,555
5. fcukstars420 – ₹15,954
6. Srihari ‘bangbang1999’ Bang – ₹11,808
7. SpidermanIndia – ₹8,740
8. J500PC – ₹6,468
9. GSK1515 – ₹5,720

Progressive KO – 4 Max ₹2,200 NLHE ₹3 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Entries – 78

Re-entries – 35

Total Prize Pool – ₹3,00,000

Regular Prize Pool – ₹1,87,000

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹1,13,000

The PokerStars India Progressive KO – 4 Max ₹2,200 NLHE ₹3 Lakhs GTD attracted 113 entries (includes 35 re-entries) ending ultimately with a three-way deal between ‘modi chai wala’ (1st for ₹68,947), ‘MojoJojo2193’ (2nd for ₹40,756) and ‘pokesall’ (3rd for ₹39,723).

Final Table Results

1. modi chai wala – ₹68,947*
2. MojoJojo2193 – ₹40,756*
3. pokesall – ₹39,723*
4. 999AykA999 – ₹17,225
5. eddie269269 – ₹15,179
6. ammubhai – ₹9,229
7. Shashank ‘Goldfish097’ Shekhar – ₹11,979
8. YKARKI2147 – ₹6,731
9. Racheal145 – ₹11,856

*denotes 3-way deal

Big Splash ₹75K GTD NLHE (Max 5 Rebuys) – Khelo 365

Entries – 34

Rebuys – 14

Prize Pool – ₹75,000

Places Paid – 4

‘shatsy93’ ran through a field of 48 entries (includes 14 rebuys) to take down the ₹1,650 buy-in event for ₹34,500 in prize money.

Final Table Results

1. shatsy93 – ₹34,500
2. Rise – ₹19,500
3. Madfoodie99 – ₹12,000
4. NINJAAXN – ₹9,000

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

Entries – 97

Re-entries – 69

Prize Pool – ₹1,66,000

Places Paid – 27

Armaan ‘armaan007111’ Kochhar outlasted a field of 166 entries (includes 69 re-entries) to win the Sunday Warm-Up ₹1,100 NLHE ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD on PokerStars India for ₹33,265.

Final Table Results

1. Armaan ‘armaan007111’ Kochhar – ₹33,265
2. chetan33229 – ₹25,163
3. ssmg6617 – ₹19,034
4. renchampme – ₹14,397
5. Karadia M – ₹10,891
6. Ritesh ‘magicianrk’ Khatwani – ₹8,238
7. Samu ‘Akumarss’ Rai – ₹6,231
8. KingfishersCairn – ₹4,713
9. Sai ‘stonehenge93’ Siddharth – ₹3,565

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

Entries – 72

Re-entries – 43

Prize Pool – ₹1,15,000

Places Paid – 17

The Sunday Supersonic ₹1,100 NLHE ₹1 Lakh GTD on PokerStars India attracted 115 entries (includes 43 re-entries) and taking home the top prize of ₹26,580 was ‘maverickak56’.

Final Table Results

1. maverickak56 – ₹26,580
2. daPools75 – ₹19,673
3. yashos13 – ₹14,561
4. munish bhalla – ₹10,777
5. Mrinal ‘–booy@h-‘ Manna – ₹7,977
6. 999AykA999 – ₹5,904
7. J500PC – ₹4,370
8. azmadh – ₹3,234
9. Harsh ‘kakori kabab’ Dembla – ₹2,860

Sunday Storm ₹330 NLHE (6-Max) ₹1 Lakh GTD – PokerStars India

Entries – 176

Re-entries – 135

Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000

Places Paid – 53

The Sunday Storm ₹330 NLHE (6-Max) ₹1 Lakh GTD a pulled in a field of 311 entries (includes 135 re-entries) and culminated with ‘GM2318’ (1st for ₹14,966) reaching a three-way deal with Sethuram ‘sairam99’ Kannan (runner-up for ₹14,010) and ‘TheRedwani’ (3rd for ₹12,794) to be declared winner, and pocketing for his finish.

Final Table Results

1. GM2318 – ₹14,966*
2. Sethuram ‘sairam99’ Kannan – ₹14,010*
3. TheRedwani – ₹12,794*
4. armouredfc – ₹6,778
5. Racheal145 – ₹4,820
6. acekingsuited89 – ₹3,428
7. Bidya ‘Ankit420’ Shankar – ₹2,749
8. blacksniper777 – ₹2,205
9. KingfisherCairn – ₹2,206

*denotes 3-way deal

Sunday ₹1 Lakh GTD (RE) – PokerBaazi

Entries – 677

Re-entries – 227

Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000

Places Paid – 108

With a wallet-friendly ₹110 buy-in, the Sunday ₹1 Lakh GTD (RE) on PokerBaazi always registers a massive turnout, and this Sunday was no different. The tournament recorded 904 entries (includes 227 re-entries) last night and outlasting them all was ‘Cashmax’ who won ₹17,500 for his efforts.

Final Table Results

1. Cashmax – ₹17,500
2. dhiru91 – ₹12,260
3. xman11 – ₹7,930
4. monk5555 – ₹5,860
5. Cherukuri10 – ₹4,380
6. Akshay ‘fsociety’ Dhingra – ₹3,540
7. Jonathan ‘kutu’ Lalhmingsanga – ₹2,930
8. Nitin ‘Aknar’ Ranka – ₹2,330
9. bhup666 – ₹1,750

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.