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Wide Banner 728Shrey Maheshwary Clinches IOPC PLO High Roller Title For a Mouth-Watering ₹11.79 Lakhs!
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- Attreyee Khasnabis February 1, 2021
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What a firecracker of a Sunday this was! Spartan Poker’s record-shattering IOPC January Edition is just waiting to crown a champion in its showstopper IOPC Main Event – The Crown. The six-handed final table, headlined by Saurabh Jain (17,721,348), commences at 6 PM today. While the much-awaited IOPC Masters Table will take place on February 3.
Coming back to the Sunday action, one of the day’s biggest attractions was the IOPC PLO High Roller FT. Championing the event to claim his career-first IOPC title was Shrey Maheshwary, who banked ₹11.79 Lakhs for his victory. Roopesh Maheshwari (runners-up for ₹8 Lakhs) and Dhruvin Kothari (3rd for ₹5.32 Lakhs) rounded out the podium finishers.
The other marquee on Spartan Poker that doled out the big paydays was the IOPC#115 Sunday Superstack. A three-way deal saw Sachin Sharma walk away with the title for ₹8.73 Lakhs, while ‘betbetfold’ (runner-up for ₹7.49 Lakhs) and Advait Rajguru (3rd for ₹6.80 Lakhs) raked in the other top payouts.
Attman Pradipbhai Velani featured among the day`s breakout winners after winning back-to-back titles in Adda52’s Millions (for ₹6.50 Lakhs) and Holdem Bash (for ₹63,000), raking in almost ₹7.13 Lakhs.
Adding to his ever-growing list of achievements, two-time Destiny champion Siddhanth Kripalani took down PokerBaazi’s BSS SuperStack for ₹5.07 Lakhs.
So, without any further delay, here is a complete roundup of the Sunday action.
Spartan Poker
Spartan Poker’s biggest-ever IOPC edition is finally gearing up to go down the history books. While the 18-day long extravaganza is now done with its entire line-up of tournaments, the series is not over yet. The biggest showstopper of this record-breaking fest – the ₹3.50 Crores GTD IOPC #117 The Crown – is yet to declare a champion, while the IOPC Masters Table will be live-streamed on February 3.
The Crown is hours away from crowning a champion. The tourney gathered a ginormous 3,985-entry field across eight starting flights to crush its guarantee, collecting a jaw-dropping ₹3.98 Crores prize pool. 732 qualifying stacks that included 380 unique players made it to Day 2 that took off at 10 PM last night. The play was halted at the end of Level 31, just as the eight-handed FT was formed with the elimination of Avinit ‘pushnpray17’Bagri (9th for ₹4
When the FT begins at 6 PM today, starting out with a staggering chip lead will be Saurabh ‘Beast555’ Jain (17,721,348)! The relatively lesser-known player has pulled a significant distance ahead of the other finalists. In fact, he’s the only player on the FT with a 10-million-plus stack and is well-positioned to take his ride to the podium and claim the life-changing ₹51.80 Lakhs kept aside for the champion.
That said, this is a star-studded FT line-up, and even with a dominating chip lead, Jain will have some really tough competitors to fend off. Returning in the second chip lead today will be Yudhishter Singh ‘McFly’ Jaswal (9,559,849). Jaswal is a well-known force on the felts and has international accolades like the 2018 Event #96 – DCPS $1,600 NLHE Bounty to his name. Jaswal had carried two stacks forward to Day 2 and cashed ₹3.74 Lakhs from his 10th place finish with his second qualifying stack.
Rounding out the top three is PokerGuru Ambassador Laksh Pal ‘LuckyBhai$’ Singh (9,226,849). The Young Gun is already assured to add another significant score to his lifetime tally of ₹5.19 Crores and will be chasing his first IOPC title at the series.
The other players on the FT include Suresh ‘pokergambit’ Kolli (8,296,695), Anirudh ‘kalagato’ Singhal (4,161,056), Avijit ‘evilpotato’ Jaiswal (3,850,996), and top regs Raman ‘tathagat’ Gujral (3,545,944) and Anant ‘Prometheius’ Purohit (3,397,813).
Purohit has been in phenomenal form at the series, having final tabled three events, in addition to posting a ninth-place score worth ₹3.82 Lakhs in the ₹1.25 Crores GTD IOPC#97 Super High Roller last week. With a lifetime MTT tally of ₹6.26 Crores, he is the winningest player on the FT.
While each of these finalists is guaranteed at least ₹5.77 Lakhs, they will be putting their best poker skills forward for the bragging rights of winning the Crown and the top prize, not to forget the last remaining seat on the IOPC Masters Table!
The other Sunday headliner on the site, the₹50 Lakhs GTD IOPC#110 PLO High Roller, was the fourth featured tourney at the IOPC January Edition to have its FT live-streamed. The ₹27,500 entry buy-in tourney commenced at 9 PM on Saturday and logged in 203 entries, surpassing its advertised guarantee by ₹75,000. The event played down to the six-handed final table, with Shrey ‘oohmaahaa’ Maheshwary (2,192,365) bagging the overnight chip lead for Sunday. The former DPT Xpress Main Event champion Anant Purohit (1,046,
The six finalists returned at 6 PM on Sunday and continued playing for a little over two hours before a winner emerged. Maheshwary successfully rode his chip lead till the end, winning the IOPC title and a ₹11.79 Lakhs payday. The champion now has ₹41.88 Lakhs in lifetime earnings.
Roopesh Maheshwari booked the runner-up spot for ₹8 Lakhs, while the IOPC Millionaire Legends and IOPC Super High Roller champion, Dhruvin ‘thepokerplayer’ Kothari, came in third for ₹5.32 Lakhs. Avadh ‘cateyes’ Shah (4th for ₹4.36 Lakhs), Anant Purohit (5th for ₹3.50 Lakhs), and Sanat ‘avneed’ Mehrotra (6th for ₹2.71 Lakhs) locked in the other final table payouts.
Watch the cards-up final table replay of the PLO Highroller below, with Randy Lew, Peter Abraham, and Sangeeth Mohan calling the action.
The ₹60 Lakhs GTD IOPC#115 Sunday Superstack took off two hours after the live stream at 8 PM and logged in 1,189 entries to register a slight overlay of ₹55,000. The final 119 players got paid, and the tournament wound down to declare a champion after the final three contenders agreed on a three-way deal. Sachin ‘Ullumanati’ Sharma lifted the trophy for ₹8.73 Lakhs, with ‘betbetfold’ (runner-up for ₹7.49 Lakhs), Advait ‘Ronaldinho18’ Rajguru (3rd for ₹6.80 Lakhs) taking up the next two spots.
The 11 PM headliner, the ₹2,200 entry buy-in IOPC#18, recorded 817 entries to collect a generous ₹16.34 Lakhs prize pool. As the field whittled down to the final two contenders, it was Anirudh ‘flash’ Reddy who claimed the title and the ₹3.13 Lakhs up-top after defeating Ashish ‘intrcptr101’ Kaushik in heads-up play. The victory breaks a four-month title drought for Reddy, who now boasts of ₹1.75 Crores in lifetime online winnings.
Kaushik, who had last won the ₹11 Lakhs GTD IOPC #91 for ₹2.15 Lakhs on January 27, secured a runner-up payday worth ₹1.95 Lakhs, boosting his overall MTT tally to ₹1.12 Crore.
Sunday was also when the 10 IOPC – Destiny champions convened for the Destiny Finale. Vinayak ‘haayegarmi’ Bajaj went on to take it down for ₹2.5 Lakhs, with ‘borntrouble’ (runner-up for ₹1.50 Lakhs) and Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia (3rd for ₹1 Lakh) rounding out the ITM finishers in the Finale.
The other IOPC titles on the last day of the series were taken down by Rising Star Ritwik ‘Fisherman1997’ Khanna (IOPC#113 ₹6.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹1.49 Lakhs), PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer Singh ‘bazzingaa’ Chadha (IOPC#114 Monster Stack ₹5.25 Lakhs GTD for ₹1.12 Lakhs), and Young Gun Shardul ‘Faucet Failure’ Parthasarathi (IOPC#116 ₹3.25 Lakhs GTD for ₹1.06 Lakhs).
With the final table of the IOPC Main Event – The Crown left to play out later today, the IOPC Masters Table will bring the curtains down on the series. All the winners of the five live-streamed IOPC events, four other featured events, and the leaderboard topper will fight for the bragging rights of being called ‘The Mastermind’ on February 3. The ultimate champion will receive a beautiful AVENGER CHRONOGRAPH 43 BREITLING customized watch.
Sriharsha Doddapaneni, who has won the IOPC High Roller and Super High Roller, qualified twice for the IOPC Masters Table and will start with an additional 50% in chips.
All said and done, neither of the two remaining FT`s will impact the standings at the top of the IOPC leaderboard. With less than 24 hours remaining for the leaderboard to officially end, TLB crusher Bhanu ‘spectre’ Prakash KC (13,262 points) has assured himself of a whopping ₹30 Lakhs in leaderboard prizes and a seat on the IOPC Masters Table.
Prakash ‘Robin Van Charsi’ Gupta (12,704 points) and Kunal ‘NutsTodayBluffTomo’ Patni (12,083 points) have also locked in the next top payouts on the ₹1 Crore GTD leaderboard
IOPC Leaderboard Standings After Day 18
Rank Player Points
1st Bhanu 'spectre' Prakash KC 13,262
2nd Prakash 'Robin Van Charsi' Gupta 12,704
3rd Kunal 'NutsTodayBluffTomo' Patni 12,083
4th Priyank 'Piko' Kothari 11,606
5th Parikshit 'zapdos1311' Dhal 10,850
6th Gadadhar 'Roohdaar' Behera 10,620
7th Arjanveer Singh 'bazzingaa' Chadha 10,451
8th Ankur 'showstopper89' Aryan 10,223
9th Amit 'Immortal Killer' Sur 9,441
10th Sanat 'avneed' Mehrotra 9,028
PokerStars India
PokerStars India’s weekly flagship, the ₹15 Lakhs GTD Sunday Special – Progressive KO, clocked in 267 entrants, and the top 47 places benefitted from the ₹1.65 Lakhs overlay shortfall. After almost eight hours of non-stop play, a mystery user, ‘Mr.Blackeh,’ was the last player standing and took away ₹3.41 Lakhs in cash prize. Aman ‘zontory’ Bhadu finished runner-up for ₹1.16 Lakhs. This was a breakout score for the winner, who was in the red for almost ₹6 Lakhs before the win.
All the ITM finishers in the Sunday Special collected TLB points towards PokerStars India’s “Star of the Month” – February Week #2 leaderboard race. For more details and the latest standings, visit the promotions page.
The ₹5 Lakhs GTD Micro Week MAIN EVENT overlaid ₹1.08 Lakhs on the back of 196 entrants. The 7:30 PM ended at 2:46 AM, with ‘kviscool’ shipping the tourney for ₹94,294. Shagun ‘Sogani22’ Jain finished runner-up for ₹69,502.
Adda52
Lighting up the Sunday MTT schedule on Adda52 was the ₹25 Lakhs GTD Millions that logged in 246 participants, falling a negligible ₹40,000 (four entries) short of its listed guarantee. The ₹11,000 entry buy-in tourney went on for over eight hours before Attman ‘att1992’ Pradipbhai Velani navigated his way to the top to collect his best-recorded finish on the site worth ₹6.50 Lakhs. Abhishek ‘abhisekchem86’ Mandal placed runner-up for ₹3.88 Lakhs. This was not the only event that Velani won on the site yesterday. He also championed the Holdem Bash for ₹63,000 and currently sits on ₹26.81 Lakhs in total earnings on Adda52 (₹4.18 Lakhs in site profits).
Like the Adda52 Millions, even the site`s new addition, ₹20 Lakhs GTD Deepstack Madness, fell a marginal ₹24,000 (six entries) short of its guarantee after registering 494 entries. ‘foldkardunga’
The runner-up, Gupta, placed second in another Sunday flagship, the Big Slick, for ₹1.76 Lakhs, raking in over ₹4.50 Lakhs for the day. He currently sits with ₹31.44 Lakhs in lifetime earnings.
The ₹12.5 Lakhs GTD Big Slick sadly fell right back into the overlay pit as a starting field of 439 entries wasn’t enough to avoid the ₹2.39 Lakhs shortfall. Last Sunday’s champion, Amit ‘ragingbull’ Kaushik, shipped the event in back-to-back weeks for ₹2.39 Lakhs. Last week, Kaushik had won the event for ₹2.41 Lakhs, and this latest score has helped him touch ₹83.94 Lakhs in online earnings.
PokerGuru Ambassador Mithun ‘themiths’ Mahesh FT-ed two Sunday tourneys on Adda52. He placed sixth in Adda52 Millions for ₹1.06 Lakhs and fifth in the Deepstack Madness for ₹1 Lakh. His overall scores of the night stood at ₹2.06 Lakhs, boosting his lifetime earnings to ₹1.86 Crores.
PokerBaazi
Spearheading the Sunday schedule on PokerBaazi was the ₹25 Lakhs GTD BSS SuperStack. After registering 522 entries, the event generated a guarantee-crushing ₹26.10 Lakhs prize pool. The Game Changer 3.0 champion Siddhanth ‘ender’ Kripalani came out on top to clinch the winner’s paycheque worth ₹5.07 Lakhs, after outlasting ‘DarkShark’ (runner-up for ₹3.55 Lakhs) in the heads-up play.
Kripalani, being the MTT beast that he is, has been dominating the online action, most recently winning the IOPC #24 – The Millionaire United for ₹26.71 Lakhs on January 17. Last night`s score has improved his online record to ₹2.75 Crores.
As usual, there were two ₹5 Lakhs guaranteed tourneys running on PokerBaazi –the BSS MegaStack and the BSS Monster 6-Max.
While online reg Priyank ‘Piko1432’ Kothari took down the BSS Monster 6-Max for a payday worth ₹1.27 Lakhs, ‘si151190’ shipped the BSS MegaStack for ₹1.21 Lakhs. The anonymous player bested birthday boy, PokerGuru Ambassador Rony ‘bisadip176’ Chowdhury, heads-up, who came in second for ₹84,650.
The PokerBaazi Bankroll Builder Series (PBBS) also culminated last night with Ajay ‘Raakaa1’ Agrawal taking down the ₹2 Lakhs GTD PBBS Main Event for ₹59,946.
The other Sunday winners were:
Player Prize Amount Event Poker Site
Shardul ‘Faucet Failure’ Parthasarathi ₹1.06 Lakhs IOPC#116 ₹3.25 Lakhs GTD Spartan Poker
Ajay 'Raakaa1' Agrawal ₹59,946 PBBS#34 PBBS Main Event ₹2 Lakhs GTD PokeBaazi
Srinikumar ₹46,000 Big Bang ₹1 Lakh GTD Khelo365
Easterdamz ₹41,500 Ragnarok ₹2 Lakhs GTD Pocket52
Santoshi ₹20,000 Dominator ₹50K GTD Khelo365
Kinghigh ₹12,900 Rivered PLO ₹30K GTD Khelo365
Avinash 'Maniac' Kumar ₹11,500 Unravel ₹50K GTD Pocket52
shaktimunjal ₹8,625 Insomnia ₹30K GTD PokerDangal
edward ₹6,800 Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD Khelo365
Chandan000 ₹2,400 Dangal Dinner ₹10K GTD PokerDangal
IOPC#117 – The Crown ₹3.5 Crores GTD – Day 2 – Spartan Poker
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 3,985
Prize Pool – ₹3,98,50,000
Places Paid – 695
The most-awaited event at the 10th edition of the IOPC – the ₹3.5 Crores GTD IOPC#117 The Crown – is only hours away from finding its champion. The event ran eight starting flights that tallied up a monstrous 3,985-entry field, easily surpassing its posted guarantee to collect ₹3.98 Crores in the prize pool.
With the top 695 entries guaranteed a min-cash, a total of 732 qualifying stacks (380 unique players) progressed to Day 2.
Day 2 began at 10 PM on Sunday, and it took six hours for the eight-handed final table to be formed. Bagging the overnight chip lead last night was Saurabh ‘Beast555’ Jain, who holds an enormous stack of 17,721,348. Jain is a significant distance ahead of the second chip-lead, Yudhishter Singh ‘McFly’ Jaswal (9,559,849), with PokerGuru Ambassador Laksh Pal ‘LuckyBhai$’ Singh (9,226,849) rounding out the top three stacks on the FT.
Both Jaswal and Singh are seasoned players with well-rounded poker resumes. While both of them are formidable players, the remainder of the FT lineup that includes Suresh ‘pokergambit’ Kolli (8,296,695), Anirudh ‘kalagato’ Singhal (4,161,056), Avijit ‘evilpotato’ Jaiswal (3,850,996), Raman ‘tathagat’ Gujral (3,545,944) and Anant ‘Prometheius’ Purohit (3,397,813) is equally competitive.
Each of the eight final contenders is now in the money for at least ₹5.77 Lakhs, but all of them will be chasing the ₹51.80 Lakhs up top. The champion will also fill up the final seat on the IOPC Masters Table that will be live-streamed on February 3. Don`t forget to watch the FT live stream on our Facebook page starting from 6 PM today.
Avinit ‘pushnpray17’Bagri bubbled the final table in 9th place to win ₹4.71 Lakhs.
The FT finisher Yudhishter Singh ‘McFly’ Jaswal made his second stack count and placed 10th for ₹3.74 Lakhs.
Some other notable ITM finishers included Pratibha ‘HerMess’ Arya (12th for ₹3.74 Lakhs), PokerGuru Ambassador Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved (13th for ₹3.74 Lakhs), Anurag ‘Sangahi’ Sangahi (14th for ₹2.78 Lakhs), Armaan ‘space ace’ Kochhar (15th for ₹2.78 Lakhs), Siddhartha ‘Sid297’ Khanna (16th for ₹1.99 Lakhs), Harshad ‘Omglukbox’ Barve (17th for ₹1.99 Lakhs), Shravan ‘D.Trump04’ Chhabria (19th for ₹1.39 Lakhs), Raghav ‘thatssosick’ Bansal (20th for ₹1.39 Lakhs), poker pioneer Aditya ‘Yennefer’ Agarwal (21st for ₹1.39 Lakhs), and PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘Donkey 07’ Munot (22nd for ₹1.39 Lakhs).
Final Table Chip Counts
- Saurabh ‘Beast555’ Jain – 17,721,348
- Yudhishter Singh ‘McFly’ Jaswal – 9,559,849
- Laksh Pal ‘LuckyBhai$’Singh – 9,226,849
- Suresh ‘pokergambit’ Kolli – 8,296,695
- Anirudh ‘kalagato’ Singhal – 4,161,056
- Avijit ‘evilpotato’ Jaiswal – 3,850,996
- Raman ‘tathagat’ Gujral – 3,545,944
- Anant ‘Prometheius’ Purohit – 3,397,813
IOPC#115 Sunday Superstack ₹60 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 557
Re-entries – 256
Re-buys – 376
Prize Pool – ₹60,00,000
Places Paid – 119
The other IOPC Sunday headliner on Spartan Poker, the ₹60 Lakhs GTD IOPC#115 Sunday Superstack, registered an overlay shortfall of ₹55,000 on the back of 1,189 entries.
Riding all the way to the finish line after nine-and-half hours of play was Sachin ‘Ullumanati’ Sharma, who captured the title for ₹8.73 Lakhs following a three-way deal with ‘betbetfold’ (runner-up for ₹7.49 Lakhs) and Advait ‘Ronaldinho18’ Rajguru (3rd for ₹6.80 Lakhs).
PokerGuru Ambassador Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved (5th for ₹2.88 Lakhs) and Sunil ‘bababk’ Arora (6th for ₹2.16 Lakhs) were the other known players finishing their runs on the FT.
Final Table Results
- Sachin ‘Ullumanati’ Sharma – ₹8,73,904*
- betbetfold – ₹7,49,955*
- Advait ‘Ronaldinho18’ Rajguru – ₹6,80,141*
- f00l4u – ₹3,66,000
- Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved – ₹2,88,600
- Sunil ‘bababk’ Arora – ₹2,16,600
- Bankruptcy – ₹1,54,200
- madhumangal – ₹1,06,800
*denotes three-way deal
IOPC#110 PLO High Roller ₹50 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Buy-in – ₹27,500
Entries – 109
Re-entries – 45
Re-buys – 49
Prize Pool – ₹50,75,000
Places Paid – 23
The ₹50 Lakhs GTD IOPC#110 PLO High Roller was the 9 PM flagship on Saturday. The starting field of 203 entries played down to the six-handed FT, where Shrey ‘oohmaahaa’ Maheshwary bagged the commanding end-of-day chip lead.
It took about two hours on the live-streamed FT for Maheshwary to clinch his career-first IOPC title for a colossal ₹11.79 Lakhs payday! He bested Roopesh ‘StillDrawing’ Maheshwari in the heads-up finale. The latter took home almost ₹8 Lakhs in prize money.
This happens to be Shrey Maheshwary`s second-best recorded score to date. His third-place finish in PokerBaazi’s ₹1 Crore GTD PPL#31 Main Event (2018) for ₹13.82 Lakhs continues to be his career highlight. Maheshwary’s lifetime tally touched ₹41.88 Lakhs after the win.
Dhruvin ‘thepokerplayer’ Kothari (3rd for ₹5.32 Lakhs), Avadh ‘cateyes’ Shah (4th for ₹4.36 Lakhs), Anant ‘Prometheius’ Purohit (5th for ₹3.50 Lakhs) and Sanat ‘avneed’ Mehrotra (6th for ₹2.71 Lakhs) banked the other FT finishes.
Final Table Results
- Shrey ‘oohmaahaa’ Maheshwary – ₹11,79,937
- Roopesh ‘StillDrawing’ Maheshwari – ₹7,99,312
- Dhruvin ‘thepokerplayer’ Kothari – ₹5,32,875
- Avadh ‘cateyes’ Shah – ₹4,36,450
- Anant ‘Prometheius’ Purohit – ₹3,50,175
- Sanat ‘avneed’ Mehrotra – ₹2,71,512
Adda52 Millions ₹25 Lakhs GTD – Adda52
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 147
Re-entries – 99
Prize Pool – ₹25,00,000
Places Paid – 27
The ₹25 Lakhs GTD Adda52 Millions logged in 246 entries, falling ₹40,000 (four entries) short of its listed guarantee.
It took precisely eight hours and nineteen minutes of play for Adda52 reg Attman ‘att1992’ Pradipbhai Velani to champion the tourney, winning a career-best ₹6.50 Lakhs. Abhishek ‘abhisekchem86’ Mandal finished runner-up for ₹3.88 Lakhs.
Velani was clearly on a roll as he earlier took down the Holdem Bash on Sunday for ₹63,000. With a total takehome of ₹7.13 Lakhs, he improved his total earnings on Adda52 to ₹26.81 Lakhs (₹4.18 Lakhs in site profits).
MTT crusher Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra (5th for ₹1.44 Lakhs) and PokerGuru Ambassador Mithun ‘themiths’ Mahesh (6th for ₹1.06 Lakhs) also FT-ed the tourney.
Final Table Results
- Attman ‘att1992’ Pradipbhai Velani – ₹6,50,000
- Abhishek ‘abhisekchem86’ Mandal – ₹3,87,500
- terminator369 – ₹2,91,250
- akash061989 – ₹2,12,500
- Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra – ₹1,43,750
- Mithun ‘themiths’ Mahesh – ₹1,06,250
BSS SuperStack ₹25 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 298
Re-entries – 224
Prize Pool – ₹26,10,000
Places Paid – 63
PokerBaazi`s ₹25 Lakhs GTD BSS SuperStack brought together 522 hopefuls last night, collecting a guarantee-crushing ₹26.10 Lakhs prize pool. The top 63 players received payouts.
The Game Changer 3.0 champion Siddhanth ‘ender’ Kripalani came out on top after almost eight and half hours of play to clinch the winner’s paycheque worth ₹5.07 Lakhs, Kripalani outlasted mystery user ‘DarkShark’ (runner-up for ₹3.55 Lakhs) in the heads-up finale.
Kripalani is an MTT beast who has proved his mettle time and again. He was more recently in the news for winning Spartan Poker’s IOPC #24 – The Millionaire United on January 17 for ₹26.71 Lakhs. He also placed eighth in the IOPC #97 – Super High Roller for ₹4.84 Lakhs on January 28. His lifetime scorecard reflects ₹2.75 Crores in recorded earnings.
Himanshu ‘pokerbrat7’ Arora (3rd for ₹2.29 Lakhs), Alok ‘TheProfessional’ Birewar (4th for ₹1.69 Lakhs), and Siddharth ‘schemer’ Karia (5th for ₹1.27 Lakhs) also FT-ed the tourney.
Final table Results
- Siddhanth ‘ender’ Kripalani – ₹5,07,123
- DarkShark – ₹3,55,482
- Himanshu ‘pokerbrat7’ Arora – ₹2,28,636
- Alok ‘TheProfessional’ Birewar – ₹1,69,128
- Siddharth ‘schemer’ Karia – ₹1,26,846
- manucena94 – ₹1,01,790
- macchi – ₹84,825
- raavan369 – ₹67,599
Deepstack Madness ₹20 Lakhs GTD – Adda52
Buy-in – ₹4,400
Entries – 303
Re-entries – 191
Prize Pool – ₹20,00,00
Places Paid – 55
The new addition on Adda52, the ₹20 Lakhs GTD Deepstack Madness, logged in 494 entries on its second running on the site, overlaying ₹24,000 (six entries).
It took seven hours and forty minutes of play for ‘foldkardunga’ to navigate his way to the top to win ₹4.8 Lakhs. The anonymous winner has ₹14.90 Lakhs in recorded earnings on Adda52 with ₹6.04 Lakhs in profits.
Tarush ‘tarush123’ Gupta finished runner-up for ₹2.8 Lakhs – one of two Adda52 flagships he placed second in last night. His second deep run was in the Big Slick, where he banked ₹1.76 Lakhs. Collecting ₹4.56 Lakhs from these two second-place finishes, Gupta`s lifetime earnings has touched ₹31.44 Lakhs.
Srihari ‘zombieballs’ Bang (4th for ₹1.5 Lakhs), PokerGuru Ambassador Mithun ‘themiths’ Mahesh (5th for ₹1 Lakh), and Karan ‘JUNIOR11’ Kapur (8th for ₹40,000) also FT-ed the tourney.
Final Table Results
- foldkardunga – ₹4,80,000
- Tarush ‘tarush123’ Gupta – ₹2,80,000
- anonymously_pro – ₹1,90,000
- Srihari ‘zombieballs’ Bang – ₹1,50,000
- Mithun ‘themiths’ Mahesh – ₹1,00,000
- nitinrawat768 – ₹70,000
- bluewhale25 – ₹50,000
- Karan ‘JUNIOR11’ Kapur – ₹40,000
Sunday Special – Progressive KO ₹15 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 153
Re-entries – 114
Regular Prize Pool – ₹8,32,500
Bounty Prize Pool – ₹6,67,500
Total Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000
Places Paid – 47
PokerStars India’s Sunday headliner, the ₹15 Lakhs GTD Sunday Special – Progressive KO, wrangled in 267 entries, overlaying ₹1.65 Lakhs.
After almost eight hours of non-stop play, ‘Mr.Blackeh’ captured the title to score a ₹3.41 Lakhs payday. Aman ‘zontory’ Bhadu finished runner-up for ₹1.16 Lakhs. This was a significant score for the winner, who was down ₹6 Lakhs on the site before last night.
Sagar ‘Thefatfish87’ Suri (5th for ₹65,409), Sagar ‘sagarpupull’ Choudhury (6th for ₹74,589), Utsav ‘rannyOO6’ Taneja (7th for ₹44,400), Gautam ‘BE@tTheF!sh’ Sachdeva (8th for ₹42,147), and Kaushik ’breadbutterjam’ Tibrewal (9th for ₹17,957) also FT-ed the tourney.
Final Table Results
- Mr.Blackeh – ₹3,41,531
- Aman ‘zontory’ Bhadu – ₹1,16,563
- werewolf,in – ₹1,08,189
- flipper595 – ₹92,875
- Sagar ‘Thefatfish87’ Suri – ₹65,409
- Sagar ‘sagarpupull’ Choudhury – ₹74,589
- Utsav ‘rannyOO6’ Taneja – ₹44,400
- Gautam ‘BE@tTheF!sh’ Sachdeva – ₹42,147
- Kaushik ’breadbutterjam’ Tibrewal – ₹17,957
IOPC#118 ₹15 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 394
Re-entries – 133
Rebuys –290
Prize Pool – ₹16,34,000
Places Paid – 79
The ₹15 Lakhs GTD IOPC#118 had a successful run with 817 entries generating a guarantee-smashing ₹16.34 Lakhs prize pool.
Anirudh ‘flash’ Reddy won the tourney for ₹3.13 Lakhs after eliminating last Wednesday’s ₹11 Lakhs GTD IOPC #91 champion Ashish ‘intrcptr101’ Kaushik (runner-up for ₹1.95 Lakhs) in second place.
The win has ended an almost four-month-long dry spell for Reddy. Nonetheless, his repertoire of online cashes has already crossed ₹1.75 Crores. Kaushik, at the same time, boosted his lifetime earnings to ₹1.12 Crore.
Mayank ‘Muckforvalue’ Maruka (3rd for ₹1.39 Lakhs), Sanket ‘BANK$Y’ Arora (5th for ₹1.09 Lakhs), Rainik ‘dvaio’ Swarup Das (6th for ₹65,976) and Sandeep ‘’effuno’ Varma (8th for ₹34,968) were the other familiar players on the FT.
Final Table Results
- Anirudh ‘flash’ Reddy – ₹3,13,565
- Ashish ‘intrcptr101’ Kaushik – ₹1,95,062
- Mayank ‘Muckforvalue’ Maruka – ₹1,39,179
- Sanket ‘BANK$Y’ Arora – ₹1,09,805
- LoaferLooser – ₹86,112
- Rainik ‘dvaio’ Swarup Das – ₹65,976
- Ace1578 – ₹50,491
- Sandeep ‘effuno’ Varma – ₹34,968
Big Slick ₹12.5 Lakhs GTD – Adda52
Buy-in – ₹2,500
Entries – 271
Re-entries – 168
Prize Pool – ₹12,50,000
Places Paid – 44
Adda52’s ₹12.5 Lakhs GTD Big Slick registered 439 entries, overlaying ₹2.62 Lakhs.
Amit ‘ragingbull’ Kaushik ran past them all, including the Deepstack Madness runner-up finisher, Tarush ‘tarush123’ Gupta (runner-up for ₹1.76 Lakhs), to win the event for the second consecutive week for ₹2.39 Lakhs.
Last week, Kaushik had won the event for ₹2.41 Lakhs. After the second consecutive Big Slick win, Kaushik`s lifetime total has touched ₹83.94 Lakhs.
Manish ‘newkidpoker’ Lakhotia (3rd for ₹1.3 Lakhs), Mandar ‘HighCardJ’ Darade (5th for ₹70,714), Nikhil ‘nikhil234880’Agarwal (6th for ₹52,155), Abhiroop ‘Daniel90’ Gupta (7th for ₹38,467), and Vishwanath ‘vish4u2’ Borhade (8th for ₹28,372) also FT-ed the tourney.
Final Table Results
- Amit ‘ragingbull’ Kaushik – ₹2,38,963
- Tarush ‘tarush123’ Gupta – ₹1,76,248
- Manish ‘newkidpoker’ Lakhotia – ₹1,29,992
- UDAY44 – ₹95,876
- Mandar ‘HighCardJ’ Darade – ₹70,714
- Nikhil ‘nikhil234880’Agarwal – ₹52,155
- Abhiroop ‘Daniel90’ Gupta – ₹38,467
- Vishwanath ‘vish4u2’ Borhade – ₹28,372
IOPC – Destiny 17.0 Finale – Spartan Poker
Players – 10
Places Paid – 3
The Destiny is one of Spartan Poker’s most sought-after tourneys, and the site hosted the Finale after a 10-week run, with the 10 champions competing in the SnG Finale for a share of the ₹5 Lakhs prize money.
On October 18, PokerGuru Ambassador Gokul Raj had championed the Destiny 16.0 Finale for ₹5 Lakhs.
Only the top three places were guaranteed a payday, and Vinayak ‘haayegarmi’ Bajaj got there, winning the ₹2.50 Lakhs payday. ‘borntrouble’ picked a runner-up score of ₹1.50 Lakh, while Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia came in third for ₹1 Lakh.
Final Results
- Vinyak ‘haayegarmi’ Bajaj – ₹2,50,000
- borntrouble – ₹1,50,000
- Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia – ₹1,00,000
IOPC#113 ₹6.5 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 176
Re-entries – 48
Re-buys – 129
Prize Pool – ₹7,06,000
Places Paid – 31
The ₹6.5 Lakhs GTD IOPC#113 pulled in 353 entries, generating a ₹7.06 Lakhs prize pool.
After close to seven hours of play, the 2 PM tourney crowned Rising Star Ritwik ‘Fisherman1997’ Khanna as the champion. He walked away with ₹1.49 Lakhs, beating Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra (runner-up for ₹1 Lakh) in heads-up play. Khanna has already worked up over ₹1.36 Crores in lifetime earnings.
Ankur ‘showstopper89’ Aryan (3rd for ₹70,882), Madace ‘jstbfrnds’ Madace (5th for ₹45,466), Suraj ‘soorajtodi’ Todi (7th for ₹25,204), and PokerGuru Ambassador Nadeem ‘blindgame’ Basha (8th for ₹18,427) also FT-ed the tourney.
Final Table Results
- Ritwik ‘Fisherman1997’ Khanna – ₹1,49,319
- Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra – ₹1,00,534
- Ankur ‘showstopper89’ Aryan – ₹70,882
- Unknown – ₹57,468
- Madace ‘jstbfrnds’ Madace – ₹45,466
- RedDevils4 – ₹32,657
- Suraj ‘soorajtodi’ Todi – ₹25,204
- Nadeem ‘blindgame’ Basha – ₹18,427
IOPC#114 Monster Stack ₹5.25 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Buy-in – ₹990
Entries – 351
Re-entries – 124
Re-buys – 255
Prize Pool – ₹6,57,000
Places Paid – 71
Taking down his third IOPC title at the series (his fifth overall), PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer ‘bazzingaa’ Singh Chadha championed the 730-entry field in the ₹5.25 Lakhs GTD IOPC#114 Monster Stack to win ₹1.12 Lakhs.
Chadha had last won the IOPC #109 – Titan Stack on Saturday for ₹4.38 Lakhs, and this was his second consecutive day winning an IOPC title. His lifetime earnings are touching an astronomical ₹6.08 Crores.
Shahriyar ‘Shahri’ Oshtori finished runner-up for ₹81,652.
Siddharth ‘champ-ak