Kripalani Champions IOPC The Millionaire United; Mall, Chutani, Mahboobani & Sood Rake in the Top Sunday Payouts

And it finally happened! The first eight-figure guaranteed tourney of 2021 – Spartan Poker’s ₹1.5 Crores GTD IOPC#24 The Millionaire United is officially in the books.

The first Millionaire tourney of the 10th edition of IOPC culminated last night with online beast Siddhanth Kripalani adding another feather to his cap. The young lad already has two Destiny titles, a Game Changer title and a WPT trophy under his belt, so it was only a matter of time before he added a Millionaire win to his name. And he clinched that missing title last night after toppling a ginormous 2,278-entry field to win a mouth-watering ₹26.70 Lakhs!

Goonjan Mall (runner-up for ₹14.70 Lakhs) and Sahil Mahboobani (3rd for ₹10.17 Lakhs) also banked seven-figures for rounding up the top three positions in the IOPC The Millionaire United.

Young Gun Sahil Chutani was among the breakout performers on Sunday for championing not one but two flagship titles, namely, Adda52’s ₹30 Lakhs GTD Mega Suits, and PokerStars India’s ₹17 Lakhs GTD Winter Series-02 Sunday Special SE, for a cumulative ₹11.18 Lakhs.

The 2020 leaderboard topper, Young Gun Gaurav Sood, raked in a whopping ₹9+ Lakhs on Sunday, ₹8.63 Lakhs of that for shipping Spartan Poker’s ₹50 Lakhs GTD IOPC#22 Sunday Superstack and final tabling PokerStars India’s ₹17 Lakhs GTD Winter Series-03 Sunday Highroller SE.

So, without further ado, let’s take a look at the Sunday highlights!

Spartan Poker

The first Millionaire tourney of the IOPC January edition, i.e., the ₹1.5 Crores GTD IOPC#24 The Millionaire United, found a champion last night on Spartan Poker. A colossal field of 2,278 entries was registered across five starting flights, resulting in a guarantee-smashing ₹1.59 Crores prize pool. The Day 1A chip leader, Siddhanth ‘PluRibu$’ Kripalani, barrelled his way to the top to claim his career-first Millionaire title for a jaw-dropping ₹26.70 Lakhs!

2020 was a breakout year for Kripalani, who was the one player to win back-to-back Destiny titles. He won his first Destiny title on April 1 and the second one on the subsequent Wednesday on April 8. He also clinched the Game Changer 3.0 and WPT India Super High Roller titles last year. This was the former PMVS#24 Main Event SuperStack champion’s first title win of 2021, taking his overall online winnings to ₹2.64 Crores.

Online regular Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall finished runner-up in the Millionaire United for ₹14.70 Lakhs, while Sahil ‘ImHighIshove’ Mahboobani came in third for ₹10.17 Lakhs.

Other notable names on the final table included Ishan ‘neatvat’ Upendra Tipre (4th for ₹7.30 Lakhs), PokerGuru Ambassador Jayjit ‘David Blaine’ Ray (5th for ₹6.06 Lakhs), Abhijeet ‘knot_snudtke’ Kumar (6th for ₹4.89 Lakhs), Armaan ‘space ace’ Kochhar (7th for ₹4.35 Lakhs) and Apratim ‘checm@te’ Sharma (8th for ₹2.64 Lakhs).

The 2020 leaderboard topper, Young Gun Gaurav Sood, featured prominently among the podium finishers last night. The poker prodigy sailed past a 991 strong entry field in the ₹50 Lakhs GTD IOPC#22 Sunday Superstack to take home a winner’s paycheque worth ₹7.78 Lakhs. Sood also final tabled PokerStars India’s Winter Series-02 Sunday Highroller SE, placing sixth for ₹85,036, raking in over ₹9 Lakhs last night. With ₹6.95 Crores in recorded online earnings, Sood is just a hair’s breadth away from entering the ‘₹7 Crore Club.’

Poker coach and co-founder of Poker Bootcamp India, Abhishek ‘MambaMentality’ Goindi chopped the Sunday Superstack with Sood to win ₹7.64 Lakh. Meanwhile, Siddarth ‘PeterPunter’ Singhvi (5th for ₹2.55 Lakhs) and Avadh ‘cateyes’ Shah (8th for ₹94,990) were the only other well-known names on the final table.

The ₹15 Lakhs GTD IOPC#23 pulled in 465 contenders, generating a massive ₹18.57 Lakhs prize pool. Rahul ‘sttoned’ Kumar decimated the competition to win ₹3.60 Lakhs. Anmol ‘freak_weird0’ Agarwal settled for a runner-up finish worth ₹2.28 Lakhs.

Abhishek ‘allout1’ Jaiswal (₹6.75 Lakhs GTD IOPC#20 for ₹1.60 Lakhs), Siddharth ‘SidSparta21’ Ojha (₹6 Lakhs GTD IOPC#25 for ₹1.26 Lakhs) and PokerGuru Ambassador Tathagata ‘RadioActivity’ Sengupta (₹4.75 Lakhs GTD IOPC#21 Monster Stack for ₹1.01 Lakhs) were the other IOPC title winners on Sunday.

PokerStars India

Usually, PokerStars India’s Sunday schedule is headlined by two ₹15 Lakhs GTD tournaments, the Sunday Special and the Sunday Highroller. However, with the much-awaited Winter Series commencing it’s run, both the Sunday flagships had their guarantees spiked to ₹17 Lakhs.

The first event on the line-up, the Winter Series-02 Sunday Special SE, witnessed an overlay of ₹60,000 on the back of 328 entries. Young Gun Sahil ‘allezjuju’ Chutani was unstoppable last night as he championed the event for ₹3.99 Lakhs (₹1.63 Lakhs in prize money, ₹2.35 Lakhs in bounties). Vinay ‘VlNAY09’ Rajpal placed runner-up for ₹1.60 Lakhs (₹1.19 Lakhs in prize money, ₹40,781 in bounties). Rajpal’s runner-up finish helped him touch the ₹2 Crore-mark in online earnings.

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Chutani also shipped Adda52’s ₹30 Lakhs GTD Mega Suits for ₹7.20 Lakhs, netting upwards of ₹11 Lakhs for the day’s work!

Starting at 7:30 PM, the Winter Series-03 Sunday Highroller SE logged in 145 entries, overlaying ₹2.5 Lakhs. The anonymous user ‘ziraan’ locked horns with the former SVS The Millionaire Lite champion Chirag ‘WhyworrY_56’ Sodha heads-up for the title. The former eventually came out on top to win ₹3.54 Lakhs, while Sodha received ₹2.66 Lakhs in second-place prize money. Sodha also finished third in the Adda52 Millions for ₹2.91 Lakhs, banking over ₹5.50 Lakhs on Sunday.

Like the Winter Series-02 Sunday Special SE, the ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD Winter Series-05 Sunday Supersonic also awarded TLB points towards PokerStars India’s ‘Star of the Month’ – January leaderboard race. Vishal ‘KeepYourC()()I_’ Sharma shipped the event for ₹25,749, following a four-way deal with Vaibhav ‘vaibsss’ Bhatia (runner-up for ₹21,381), ‘JC1870’ (3rd for ₹20,382) and ‘Delta@Range’ (4th for ₹21,940).

For complete details on the ‘Star of the Month’ promotion and the latest leaderboard standings, visit the promotions page.

Adda52

Lighting up the Sunday MTT schedule on Adda52 was the ₹30 Lakhs GTD Mega Suits that logged in 519 participants, falling a glaring ₹4.05 Lakhs short of its listed guarantee. The ₹5,500 entry buy-in tourney last for about 10 hours before the Sunday Special champion, Young Gun Sahil ‘bluffme19’ Chutani, outlasted ‘ctf’ (runner-up for ₹4.20 Lakhs) heads-up to win ₹7.20 Lakhs. This happens to be Chutani’s second-best score on Adda52, taking his overall site-cashes to ₹86.94 Lakhs.

Unlike the Mega Suits, the ₹25 Lakhs GTD Adda52 Millions pulled in 250 entries to just about meet its advertised guarantee. Destiny 17.0 SnG Finale winner Arjunn ‘HaanMeinFlipHoon’ Agrawal was the last player standing and won ₹6.50 Lakhs, while Young Gun Devang ‘spark123’ Yadav finished runner-up for ₹3.87 Lakhs.

The ₹12.5 Lakhs GTD Big Slick sadly fell right back into the overlay pit. Clocking in 472 entries wasn’t enough to avoid the ₹1.88 Lakhs shortfall. PokerGuru Ambassador Nadeem ‘nadeem0021’ Basha, who had finished runner-up in Thursday’s ₹25 Lakhs GTD Godfather shipped the event for ₹2.37 Lakhs. Haider ‘donktown22’ Madraswala came in second for ₹1.74 Lakhs. Following this win, Basha has crossed ₹3.42 Crores in online earnings.

PokerBaazi

The first-ever APT Online India series got underway on PokerBaazi on January 15. One of the series’ marquee events, the ₹50 Lakhs GTD APT#14 Mini Main Event, hosted its third starting flight last night. The ₹5,500 buy-in tourney ran from 8 PM to 1:02 AM, and only 40 runners made it through to Day 2 from a starting field of 351 entries. Prakash ‘pinnug’ Gupta emerged as the end-of-day chip leader with a stack of 464,000. Niraj ‘ooltus’ Yadav (319,000) and ‘Ab420’ (310,000) rounded out the top three stacks.

The APT Sunday showstopper, the ₹30 Lakhs GTD APT#13 Sunday Major, wrangled in 697 entrants to cruise comfortably ahead of its listed guarantee by a significant ₹4.85 Lakhs. The tourney kicked off at 7 PM and lasted for nearly nine hours before the mystery user ‘weediest’ came out on top to win the APT trophy and ₹6.43 Lakhs. The #1 ranked player on the January leaderboard, PokerGuru Ambassador Devvrat ‘flopCheck’ Arya, collected ₹4.51 Lakhs for his runner-up finish.

Arya had topped the weekly and monthly rankings last week from his back-to-back title wins in Spartan Poker’s ₹25 Lakhs Destiny and the ₹16.5 Lakhs GTD IOPC#6. The Sunday score has taken his online MTT tally to ₹4.58 Crores.

The ₹10 Lakhs GTD APT#15 Megastack pitted the 2020 India Poker Champion Rubin ‘kornkid’ Labroo against PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja for the title. In the end, Labroo prevailed and netted the ₹2.41 Lakhs top prize, while Ahuja pocketed ₹1.69 Lakhs for his runner-up finish. The tourney recorded 222 entries, collecting ₹12.03 Lakhs in the prize pool. With ₹5.85 Crores in online winnings, Labroo is steadily marching towards the ₹6 Crore-mark.

The lawyer-turned-poker pro Ahuja had wrapped up 2020 ranked #3 on the yearly leaderboard. He has persisted with his sublime form into the New Year as well. Having picked up several final table finishes since the start of 2021, Ahuja posted yet another final table run in the APT#13 Sunday Majors, placing fourth for ₹2.15 Lakhs. In all, Ahuja added over ₹4.50 Lakhs to his tally last night.

The other APT Online India tourneys found winners in Shagun ‘sogani22’ Jain (₹8 Lakhs GTD APT#12 (6-Max) Monster stack for ₹1.87 Lakhs) and ‘dilbaghsingh’ (₹5 Lakhs GTD for APT#11 (5-Max) Hyper for ₹1.06 Lakhs).

The other Sunday winners were:

IOPC#24 The Millionaire United ₹1.5 Crores GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹7,700

Entries – 1,222

Re-entries – 362

Re-buys – 694

Prize Pool – ₹1,59,46,000

Places Paid – 295

One of the star attractions of the ongoing IOPC on Spartan Poker, the ₹1.5 Crores GTD IOPC#24 The Millionaire United, closed out a smashing run last night. The multi-flight tourney attracted 2,278 entries across five starting flights, collecting a guarantee-bursting ₹1.59 Crores in the prize pool.

Day 2 began at 10 PM, with 298 qualifying stacks that included 215 unique entries. It wasn’t until 4.38 AM when the dust settled.

The Mumbai-based Siddhanth ‘PluRibu$’Kripalani made it past a sea of talented contenders to add the missing Millionaire title to his name, and collected a cool ₹26.70 Lakhs for the win. Along with the bragging rights of entering the elite Millionaire club, Kripalani also boosted his lifetime winnings to ₹2.63 Crores.

Kripalani is a former Game Changer 3.0 and WPT India Super High Roller champion and also a two-time Destiny champion who had bagged the end-of-Day 1A chip lead in the tourney.

Seasoned reg Goonjan ‘gmtesting’Mall placed runner-up for ₹14.70 Lakhs.

Other prominent players who made it to the FT included Sahil ‘ImHighIshove’ Mahboobani (3^rd for ₹10.17 Lakhs, 19^th for ₹1.02 Lakhs), Ishan ‘neatvat’ Upendra Tipre (4^th for ₹7.30 Lakhs), PokerGuru Ambassador Jayjit ‘David Blaine’ Ray (5^th for ₹6.06 Lakhs), Abhijeet ‘knot_snudtke’ Kumar (6^th for ₹4.89 Lakhs, 88^th for ₹28,543, 292^nd for ₹14,351), Armaan ‘space ace’ Kochhar (7^th for ₹3.74 Lakhs, 111^th for ₹24,557, 127^th for ₹20,730, 231^st for ₹15,308), and Apratim ‘checm@te’ Sharma (8^th for ₹2.64 Lakhs, 167^th for ₹18,497, 214^th for ₹16,743).

Final Table Results

1. Siddhanth ‘PluRibu$’ Kripalani – ₹26,70,955
2. ‘Goonjan ‘gmtesting’Mall – ₹14,70,221
3. Sahil ‘ImHighIshove’ Mahboobani – ₹10,17,355
4. Ishan ‘neatvat’ Upendra Tipre – ₹7,30,327
5. Jayjit ‘David Blaine’ Ray – ₹6,06,267
6. Abhijeet ‘knot_snudtke’ Kumar – ₹4,89,223
7. Armaan ‘space ace’ Kochhar – ₹3,74,731
8. Apratim ‘checm@te’ Sharma – ₹2,64,065

APT#14 Mini Main Event ₹50 Lakhs GTD Day 1C – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 199

Re-entries – 152

Survivors – 40

The third starting flight of PokerBaazi’s ₹50 Lakhs GTD APT#14 Mini Main Event pulled in 351 hopefuls to add to the existing 625 entries (Day 1A – 337 and Day 1B – 288).

After five hours of play, 40 players bagged Day 2 stacks with Prakash ‘pinnug’ Gupta (464,000), Niraj ‘ooltus’ Yadav (319,000), and ‘Ab420’ (310,000) rounding out the top three stacks of the day.

Rachit ‘baba_ramdev’ Soni (254,000), Abhishek ‘singhsaab’ Goindi (223,000), Utsav ‘ranny006’ Taneja (220,000), Paawan ‘ukissmyace’ Bansal (220,000), Arsh ‘Button_Hai_Bro’ Grover (202,000), and Aditya ‘konstantin’ Singh (200,000) were the other big stacks of the day.

Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1C

1. Prakash ‘pinnug’ Gupta – 464,000
2. Niraj ‘ooltus’ Yadav – 319,000
3. Ab420 – 310,000
4. Rachit ‘baba_ramdev’ Soni – 254,000
5. Abhishek ‘singhsaab’ Goindi – 223,000
6. Utsav ‘ranny006’ Taneja – 220,000
7. Paawan ‘ukissmyace’ Bansal – 220,000
8. Arsh ‘Button_Hai_Bro’ Grover – 202,000
9. Aditya ‘konstantin’ Singh – 200,000
10. ladda – 183,000

IOPC#22 Sunday Superstack ₹50 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 457

Re-entries – 204

Re-buys – 330

Prize Pool – ₹50,00,000

Places Paid – 95

The other IOPC Sunday headliner – the IOPC#22 Sunday Superstack – featured a ₹50 Lakhs prize pool guarantee. The 8 PM tourney garnered 991 entries, falling ₹45,000 short of breaking even.

Storming his way to the top was none other than the 2020 annual leaderboard topper, Young Gun Gaurav ‘mozzie17’ Sood, who netted a hefty ₹7.78 Lakhs after striking a heads-up deal with Abhishek ‘MambaMentality’Goindi (runner-up for ₹7.64 Lakhs).

Sood has final tabled this event thrice earlier – most recently finishing eighth last Sunday for ₹70,800. He’s been busy over the weekend and won the APT #10 PLO ₹5 Lakh GTD for ₹1.12 Lakhs on Saturday.

Last night, Sood also final tabled the ₹17 Lakhs GTD WINTER SERIES – 03 Sunday Highroller on PokerStars India, placing sixth for ₹85,036. Along with min-cashes across several Sunday tourneys, Sood earned well over ₹9 Lakhs!

The Gurgaon-based player was the first to enter the ₹6 Crore club in winnings across domestic sites, and with his current MTT scorecard touching ₹6.95 Crores, he is whiskers close to the ₹7 Crore marker.

Siddarth ‘PeterPunter’ Singhvi (5^th for ₹2.55 Lakhs) and Avadh ‘cateyes’ Shah (8^th for ₹94,990) also FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Gaurav ‘mozzie17’ Sood – ₹7,78,874*
2. Abhishek ‘MambaMentality’Goindi – ₹7,64,126*
3. Bittubishtb – ₹4,16,390
4. Boutmeup – ₹3,18,390
5. Siddarth ‘PeterPunter’ Singhvi – ₹2,55,500
6. Fishy27 – ₹1,99,000
7. Balthazar – ₹1,45,000
8. Avadh ‘cateyes’ Shah – ₹94,990

*denotes heads-up deal

Mega Suits ₹30 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 262

Re-entries – 257

Prize Pool – ₹30,00,000

Places Paid – 55

Starting at 7.30 PM on Sunday, Adda52’s Mega Suits had a near 10-hour run with 519 entries in contention. The site had to fill in an overlay worth ₹4.05 Lakhs.

Reigning over the field was former Young Gun Sahil ‘bluffme19’ Chutani, who closed out a full two-month title gap to win ₹7.20 Lakhs. His last title win had come on November 14 in the WPT Diwali Special for ₹3.45 Lakhs.

The anonymous ‘ctf’ finished runner-up for ₹4.20 Lakhs.

Clinton ‘clinton_fern’ Fernandes (3^rd for ₹2.85 Lakhs), Young Gun Anujkumar ‘thekinganuj’ Kodam (4^th for ₹2.25 Lakhs), Manoj ‘thatsmymoney’ Pentakota (5^th for ₹1.50 Lakhs), Chandan ‘cddas’ Das (6^th for ₹1.05 Lakhs), Ankur ‘Aceleration’ Sehgal (7ht for ₹75,000) and Rachit ‘baba_ramdev’ Soni (8^th for ₹60,000) were the other prominent players on the FT.

Final Table Results

1. Sahil ‘bluffme19’ Chutani – ₹7,20,000
2. ctf – ₹4,20,000
3. Clinton ‘clinton_fern’ Fernandes – ₹2,85,000
4. Anujkumar ‘thekinganuj’ Kodam – ₹2,25,000
5. Manoj ‘thatsmymoney’ Pentakota – ₹1,50,000
6. Chandan ‘cddas’ Das – ₹1,05,000
7. Ankur ‘Aceleration’ Sehgal – ₹75,000
8. Rachit ‘baba_ramdev’ Soni – ₹60,000

APT#13 Sunday Major ₹30 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 364

Re-entries – 333

Prize Pool – ₹34,85,000

Places Paid – 81

The featured APT Online tourney on Sunday, the ₹30 Lakhs GTD APT#13 Sunday Major, pulled in a massive field of 697 participants.

After almost nine hours of play, the mystery user ‘weediest’ clinched the APT trophy and ₹6.44 Lakhs in prize money after defeating PokerGuru Ambassador Devvrat ‘flopCheck’ Arya (runner-up for ₹4.51 Lakhs) in heads-up play. The #1 ranked player of January, Arya, breached the ₹4.58 Crore mark in recorded online winnings!

PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja (4^th for ₹2.15 Lakhs), Dhaval ‘Rehab77’ Mudgal (5^th for ₹1.61 Lakhs), Prakash ‘pinnug’ Gupta (6^th for ₹1.29 Lakhs), and JaiKiran ‘testify’ Kumar (7^th for ₹1.07 Lakhs) posted FT finishes.

Final Table Results

1. weediest – ₹6,43,680
2. Devvrat ‘flopCheck’ Arya – ₹4,51,308
3. himanshu_s – ₹2,90,998
4. Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja – ₹2,15,025
5. Dhaval ‘Rehab77’ Mudgal – ₹1,61,007
6. Prakash ‘pinnug’ Gupta – ₹1,29,991
7. JaiKiran ‘testify’ Kumar – ₹1,07,687
8. Tigerr28 – ₹85,731

Adda52 Millions ₹25 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 144

Re-entries – 106

Prize Pool – ₹25,00,000

Places Paid – 27

Adda52’s ₹25 Lakhs GTD Adda52 Millions opened to action at 9 PM. A turnout of 250 entries helped the tourney precisely meet its break-even mark, and the top 27 places got paid.

Navigating his way past the star-studded final table was the Destiny 17.0 Finale champion, Arjunn ‘HaanMeinFlipHoon’ Agrawal, who helped himself to a cool ₹6.50 Lakhs payday. Young Gun Devang ‘spark123’ Yadav secured a ₹3.87 Lakhs payday for placing runner-up.

Chirag ‘cs56’ Sodha (3^rd for ₹2.91 Lakhs), Akash ‘profishnal’ Malik (4^th for ₹2.12 Lakhs), Kanav ‘alibaba_kings’ Parwal (5^th for ₹1.43 Lakhs), PokerGuru Ambassadors Devvrat ‘glitch_d’ Arya (6^th for ₹1.06 Lakhs), Vivek ‘Vivek94540’ Singh (7^th for ₹81,250) and Pranay ‘setmeup’ Chawla (8^th for ₹62,500) were the other notables FT finishers.

Final Table Results

1. Arjunn ‘HaanMeinFlipHoon’ Agrawal – ₹6,50,000
2. Devang ‘spark123’ Yadav – ₹3,87,500
3. Chirag ‘cs56’ Sodha – ₹2,91,250
4. Akash ‘profishnal’ Malik – ₹2,12,500
5. Kanav ‘alibaba_kings’ Parwal – ₹1,43,750
6. Devvrat ‘glitch_d’ Arya – ₹1,06,250
7. Vivek ‘Vivek94540’ Singh – ₹81,250
8. Pranay ‘setmeup’ Chawla – ₹62,500

Winter Series-02 Sunday Special SE ₹17 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 193

Re-Entries – 135

Total Prize Pool – ₹17,00,000

Regular Prize Pool – ₹8,80,000

ounty Prize Pool – ₹8,20,000

Places Paid – 55

Poker Stars India’s ₹17 Lakhs GTD Winter Series-02 Sunday Special SE logged-in 328 contenders, overlaying ₹60,000.

It took over eight hours for the 5 PM tourney to crown a winner. And walking away with the title was Young Gun Sahil ‘allezjuju’ Chutani, who navigated his way through the reg-infested final table to collect ₹3.99 Lakhs (₹1,63,292 in prize money and ₹2,35,547 in bounties). This was Chutani`s second title for the night as he also won Adda52’s Mega Suits for ₹7.20 Lakhs. With a monstrous ₹11.19 Lakhs in total earnings on Sunday, Chutani boosted his lifetime tally to ₹1.98 Crores.

The runner-up prize went to Vinay ‘VlNAY09’ Rajpal, who won ₹1.60 Lakhs (₹1,19,693 in prize money and ₹40,781 in bounties) for his efforts. Rajpal also posted a second FT score yesterday, placing third in PokerBaazi’s APT#12 Monsterstack 6 Max for ₹84,258. He also had several ITM scores yesterday, raking in almost ₹3.33 Lakhs.

All the 55 ITM finishers in the tourney received leaderboard points for the site’s ‘Star of the Month’ – January leaderboard race.

Some notables FT finishers included Partho ‘SpidermanIndia’ Datta (3^rd for ₹1.10 Lakhs), Pavan ‘Pavankiranb’ Kiran B (4^th for ₹77,746), Sahil ‘inaboobham’ Mahboobani (5^th for ₹75,419), Vishnu ‘violator2018’ Khandelwal (6^th for ₹61,271), Amit ‘Stu Ungar 7694’ Kaushik (7^th for ₹70,327), Tanmaya ‘tks5432’ Sahoo (8^th for ₹29,658), and Anirban ‘nocluewho’ D Das (9^th for ₹33,139).

Final Table Results (Including Bounties)

1. Sahil ‘allezjuju’ Chutani – ₹3,98,839
2. Vinay ‘VlNAY09’ Rajpal – ₹1,60,474
3. Partho ‘SpidermanIndia’ Datta – ₹1,10,156
4. Pavan ‘Pavankiranb’ Kiran B – ₹77,746
5. Sahil ‘inaboobham’ Mahboobani – ₹75,419
6. Vishnu ‘violator2018’ Khandelwal – ₹61,271
7. Amit ‘Stu Ungar 7694’ Kaushik – ₹70,327
8. Tanmaya ‘tks5432’ Sahoo – ₹29,658
9. Anirban ‘nocluewho’ D Das – ₹33,139

Winter Series-03 Sunday Highroller SE ₹17 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 85

Re-entries – 60

Prize Pool – ₹17,00,000

Places Paid – 23

The Sunday 7.30 PM tourney on PokerStars India, the ₹17 Lakhs GTD Winter Series-03 Sunday Highroller SE, attracted 145 runners (85 unique and 60 re-entries) to post a deficit of ₹2.5 Lakhs.

After six hours and thirty-nine minutes of play, the anonymous ‘ziraan’ came out on top to win ₹3.54 Lakhs. Chirag ‘WhyworrY_56’ Sodha settled for a runner-up prize of ₹2.66 Lakhs. Sodha also placed third in Adda52 Millions for ₹2.91 Lakhs, banking almost ₹5.57 Lakhs through the day to push his lifetime tally to ₹4.49 Crores.

Ashwin ‘Ashwinvijay’ Vijay (3rd for ₹2 Lakhs), Karan ‘gogikaran’ Malhotra (5th for ₹1.13 Lakhs), Young Gun Gaurav ‘3betPanda’ Sood (6th for ₹85,036), Aman ‘focustheriver’ Kejriwal (7th for ₹63,927), and Shravan ‘lukBo$$13’ Chhabria (8th for ₹48,058) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. ziraan – ₹3,54,160
2. Chirag ‘WhyworrY_56’ Sodha – ₹2,66,244
3. Ashwin ‘Ashwinvijay’ Vijay – ₹2,00,152
4. garima14 – ₹1,50,467
5. Karan ‘gogikaran’ Malhotra – ₹1,13,115
6. Gaurav ‘3betPanda’ Sood – ₹85,036
7. Aman ‘focustheriver’ Kejriwal – ₹63,927
8. Shravan ‘lukBo$$13’ Chhabria – ₹48,058
9. Dasona84 – ₹36,128

IOPC#23 ₹15 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹3,300

Entries – 293

Re-entries – 81

Re-buys – 245

Prize Pool – ₹18,57,000

Places Paid – 55

The ₹15 Lakhs GTD IOPC#23 kept IOPC’s smashing run intact. The event logged in 619 participants, collecting a guarantee-crushing ₹18.57 Lakhs.

After a little over eight hours of play, Rahul ‘sttoned’ Kumar topped the field to win ₹3.60 Lakhs, beating Anmol ‘freak_weird0’ Agarwal (runner-up ₹2.28 Lakhs) heads-up. Kumar now has ₹47.82 Lakhs in lifetime earnings.

Kunal ‘NutsTodayBluffTomo’ Patni (3rd for ₹1.65 Lakhs), Young Gun Kanchan ‘Midge Maisel’ Sharma (4th for ₹1.34 Lakhs), Aditya ‘SuperuSer’ Sushant (5th for ₹1.06 Lakhs), Ashit ‘D. Carwin1’ Sharma (6th for ₹81,336), Bhanu ‘spectre’ Prakash KC (7th for ₹60,538), and Navdeep ‘Psychonaut’ Sahi (6th for ₹43,825) secured final table finishes.

Final Table Results

1. Rahul ‘sttoned’ Kumar – ₹3,60,258
2. Anmol ‘freak_weird0’ Agarwal – ₹2,28,411
3. Kunal ‘NutsTodayBluffTomo’ Patni – ₹1,65,087
4. Kanchan ‘Midge Maisel’ Sharma – ₹1,33,518
5. Aditya ‘SuperuSer’ Sushant – ₹1,05,663
6. Ashit ‘D. Carwin1’ Sharma – ₹81,336
7. Bhanu ‘spectre’ Prakash KC – ₹60,538
8. Navdeep ‘Psychonaut’ Sahi – ₹43,825

Big Slick ₹12.5 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹2,500

Entries – 246

Re-entries – 226

Prize Pool – ₹12,50,000

Places Paid – 47

PokerGuru Ambassador Nadeem Basha won PokerGuru Staking its second tourney on Sunday as he took down Adda52`s ₹12.5 Lakhs GTD Big Slick for ₹2.37 Lakhs. Haider ‘donktown22’ Madraswala finished runner-up for ₹1.74 Lakhs.

The 6 PM tourney recorded an overlay of ₹1.88 Lakhs.

Debneil ‘noobneil’ Mukherjee (6^th for ₹50,284) and Vaibhav ‘vane_shado’ Temani (8^th for ₹27,017) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Nadeem ‘nadeem0021’ Basha – ₹2,37,640
2. Haider ‘donktown22’ Madraswala – ₹1,74,190
3. noddy123 – ₹1,27,680
4. krishna0602 – ₹93,589
5. mrjo – ₹68,601
6. Debneil ‘noobneil’ Mukherjee – ₹50,284
7. aghoriii – ₹36,858
8. Vaibhav ‘vane_shado’ Temani – ₹27,017

APT#15 Megastack ₹10 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 259

Re-entries – 222

Prize Pool – ₹12,03,000

Places Paid – 54

The 2020 India Poker Champion Rubin Labroo topped the 481-entry field in the ₹10 Lakhs GTD APT#15 Megastack to win ₹2.41 Lakhs. PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja finished runner-up for ₹1.69 Lakhs.

The #3 ranked player on the 2020 annual leaderboard, Ahuja, accumulated over ₹4.50 Lakhs in total earnings on Sunday. His deep runs include:

✔︎ 2nd in APT#15 Megastack for ₹1,69,432

✔︎ 4th in APT#13 Sunday Major for ₹2,15,025

✔︎ 32nd in IOPC #24 – The Millionaire United for ₹65,857

Sanjeeta ‘realkidsanju’ Kumari (3^rd for ₹1.08 Lakhs), Yash ‘Riraizer’ Chitre (4^th for ₹80,568), Himanshu ‘himanshu.zak’ Singh (5^th for ₹60,486), Prakash ‘pinnug’ Gupta (6^th for ₹48,461), Vikram ‘Poker_lover’ Mishra (7^th for ₹40,404), and Vivek ‘Nutpeddling729’ Singh (8^th for ₹32,227) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Rubin ‘kornkid’ Labroo – ₹2,41,703
2. Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja – ₹1,69,432
3. Sanjeeta ‘realkidsanju’ Kumari – ₹108,947
4. Yash ‘Riraizer’ Chitre – ₹80,568
5. Himanshu ‘himanshu.zak’ Singh – ₹60,486
6. Prakash ‘pinnug’ Gupta – ₹48,461
7. Vikram ‘Poker_lover’ Mishra – ₹40,404
8. Vivek ‘Nutpeddling729’ Singh – ₹32,227

APT#12 (6-Max) Monsterstack ₹8 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 256

Re-entries – 209

Prize Pool – ₹9,30,000

Places Paid – 54

The APT#12 (6-Max) Monsterstack posted a ₹9.30 Lakhs prize pool on the back of 465 contenders.

The Game Changer 2.0 champion, Shagun ‘sogani22’ Jain, bested online regular ‘iamwinner22’ heads-up to win ₹1.87 Lakhs in first-place prize money. The latter netted ₹1.31 Lakhs for their efforts.

Vinay ‘vinay09’ Rajpal (3^rd for ₹84,260), Friday’s IOPC #13 Monster Stack champion Pranjal ‘lilmessi’ Gandhi (5^th for ₹46,780), and Mohit ‘imohitahuja21’ Ahuja (6^th for ₹37,480) posted FT scores.

Final Table Results

1. Shagun ‘sogani22’ Jain – ₹1,87,000
2. iamwinner22 – ₹1,31,000
3. Vinay ‘vinay09’ Rajpal – ₹84,260
4. Luckinbox – ₹62,310
5. Pranjal ‘lilmessi’ Gandhi – ₹46,780
6. Mohit ‘imohitahuja21’ Ahuja – ₹37,480

IOPC#20 ₹6.75 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 200

Re-entries – 45

Re-buys – 137

Prize Pool – ₹7,64,000

Places Paid – 31

Abhishek ‘allout1’ Jaiswal championed Spartan Poker`s ₹6.75 Lakhs GTD IOPC#20 to win ₹1.62 Lakhs. This victory helped Jaiswal cross the ₹1 Crore-mark in lifetime earnings.

BLITZPOKER player Rajdeep ‘escaper’ Sinku finished runner-up for ₹1.09 Lakhs.

Venkata ‘fuddu’ Suman Kudithipudi (3rd for ₹76,706), Monish ‘INTRUDER1800’ Kumar (4th for ₹62,190), Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia (5th for ₹47,632), Siddharth ‘SidSparta21’ Ojha (6th for ₹35,790), and Kapil Kumar ‘JokaGrinder’ Vasita (7th for ₹27,275) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Abhishek ‘allout1’ Jaiswal – ₹1,61,586
2. Rajdeep ‘escaper’ Sinku – ₹1,08,794
3. Venkata ‘fuddu’ Suman Kudithipudi – ₹76,706
4. Monish ‘INTRUDER1800’ Kumar – ₹62,190
5. Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia – ₹47,632
6. Siddharth ‘SidSparta21’ Ojha – ₹35,790
7. Kapil Kumar ‘JokaGrinder’ Vasita – ₹27,275
8. V59 – ₹19,940

IOPC#25 ₹6 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹990

Entries – 327

Re-entries – 124

Re-buys – 347

Prize Pool – ₹7,18,000

Places Paid – 63

The ₹6 Lakhs GTD IOPC#25 generated a prize pool worth ₹7.18 Lakhs from a starting field of 798 entries.

Siddharth ‘SidSparta21’ Ojha struck a heads-up deal with Ankur ‘showstopper89’ Aryan (runner-up for ₹1 Lakh) to win ₹1.26 Lakhs. Ojha also FT-ed IOPC #20, placing sixth for ₹35,790.

Deepak ‘ddtheking’ Dekshinamurthy (3rd for ₹62,843), Prakash ‘Robin Van Charsi’ Gupta (5^th for ₹39,142), Sarthak ‘$enior@dvocate’ Sharma (6^th for ₹30,667), Yuvraj ‘yuvraj009’ J Lohakpure (7^th for ₹23,054), and Nishkarsh ‘DesiKanye’ Madavi (8^th for ₹16,375) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Siddharth ‘SidSparta21’ Ojha – ₹1,26,047*
2. Ankur ‘showstopper89’ Aryan – ₹1,00,545*
3. Deepak ‘ddtheking’ Dekshinamurthy – ₹62,843
4. deepk Khanna – ₹49,915
5. Prakash ‘Robin Van Charsi’ Gupta – ₹39,142
6. Sarthak ‘$enior@dvocate’ Sharma – ₹30,667
7. Yuvraj ‘yuvraj009’ J Lohakpure – ₹23,054
8. Nishkarsh ‘DesiKanye’ Madavi – ₹16,375

*denotes a heads-up deal

APT#11 (5-Max) Hyper ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹1,375

Entries – 200

Re-entries – 223

Prize Pool – ₹5,29,000

Places Paid – 54

The ₹5 Lakhs APT#11 (5-Max) Hyper registered 423 entries, and the top 54 places got paid.

Back-to-back FT scorer and Friday’s APT#4 5PLO runner-up ‘dilbaghsingh’ bested the defending IOPC Main Event – Crown champion Harshit ‘Harshit114’ Sanghi heads-up to win ₹1.06 Lakhs. Sanghi added ₹74,500 for his second-place finish.

Banmanlang ‘bml2012’ Lyndem (3^rd for ₹47,900), Niraj ‘ooltus’ Yadav (4^th for ₹35,430), and Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPro’ Kumar (5^th for ₹26,600) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. dilbaghsingh – ₹1,06,000
2. Harshit ‘Harshit114’ Sanghi – ₹74,500
3. Banmanlang ‘bml2012’ Lyndem – ₹47,900
4. Niraj ‘ooltus’ Yadav – ₹35,430
5. Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPro’ Kumar – ₹26,600

IOPC#21 Monster Stack ₹4.75 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹770

Entries – 400

Re-entries – 101

Re-buys – 343

Prize Pool – ₹5,90,800

Places Paid – 71

Spartan Poker’s ₹4.75 Lakhs GTD IOPC#21 Monster Stack brought in a guarantee-smashing 844 entries to collect ₹5.91 Lakhs in the prize pool.

Long overdue, PokerGuru Ambassador Tathagata ‘RadioActivity’ Sengupta finally got his hands on a six-figure payday worth ₹1.01 Lakhs as he chopped the tourney with Kabir ‘masternau17’ Dhamija (runner-up for ₹84,586).

Shrvan ‘SSAScorpion’ Amlekar (3rd for ₹51,459), Siddharth ‘schemer77’ Karia (4th for ₹40,529), Aquib ‘Aquib17’ Ansari (6th for ₹24,873), and Gourav ‘Ammon25121998’ Saini (7th for ₹18,728) also FT-ed the tourney.

Ragnarok ₹2 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 115

Re-entries – 52

Prize Pool – ₹2,00,000

Places Paid – 24

Pocket52’s Sunday signature tourney, the ₹2 Lakhs GTD Ragnarok overlaid ₹33,000 with the anonymous ‘jethalal008’ coming out on top to win ₹42,000. ‘TuruLab’ finished runner-up for ₹31,000.

Gopal ‘pokkersstar’ Kumar Jha (4^th for ₹16,000) and Dinesh ‘mahabir1993’ Tigga (5^th for ₹12,000) also FT-ed the tourney.

Winter Series-05 Sunday Supersonic ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 102

Re-Entries – 59

Prize Pool – ₹1,61,000

Places Paid – 26

The other qualifying tourney awarding TLB points for PokerStars India`s ‘Star of the Month’– January leaderboard race, the ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD Winter Series-05 Sunday Supersonic, registered 161 entries. Vishal ‘KeepYourC()()I_’ Sharma outlasted them all to win ₹25,749, following a four-way deal with Vaibhav ‘vaibsss’ Bhatia (2^nd for ₹21,381), ‘JC1870’ (3^rd for ₹20,382), and ‘Delta@Range’ (4^th for ₹21,940).

Shubham ‘backchod launda’ Agarwal (6^th for ₹7,916) and Anirban ‘nocluewho’ D Das (8^th for ₹4,498) also FT-ed the tourney.

Big Bang ₹1 Lakh GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 27

Re-entries – 6

Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000

Places Paid – 4

Khelo365’s Sunday marquee ₹1 Lakhs GTD Big Bang offered ₹38,000 in overlay value after registering 31 entries.

‘Banerjee’ claimed the top honors and won ₹46,000, with ‘AbilashFC’ placing runner-up for ₹26,000. This was one of two headline tourneys won by the anonymous player on Sunday.

Dominator ₹50K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹825

Entries – 30

Re-entries – 17

Prize Pool – ₹50,000

Places Paid – 5

The ₹50K GTD Dominator was taken down by the Big Bang champion ‘Banerjee,’ who collected ₹21,500 from the win.

Unravel ₹50K GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹440

Entries – 72

Re-entries – 45

Prize Pool – ₹50,000

Places Paid – 17

Pocket52’s ₹50K GTD Unravel was taken down by ‘Sarwar001’ for ₹11,500. ‘hack9’ placed runner-up for ₹8,250.

Rivered PLO ₹30K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 24

Re-entries – 26

Prize Pool – ₹30,000

Places Paid – 6

The ₹30K GTD Rivered PLO was championed by Khelo365 regular ‘Winner21’ for ₹12,000.

Insomnia ₹30K GTD – PokerDangal

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 40

Re-entries – 23

Prize Pool – ₹31,500

Places Paid – 11

Topping a field of 63 entries, ‘RSS2001’ shipped the Insomnia on PokerDangal last night for ₹7,875.

Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹275

Entries – 57

Re-entries – 17

Prize Pool – ₹20,000

Places Paid – 8

‘Hangcock’ won Khelo365`s ₹20K GTD Grinder 2.0 for ₹6,800.

Depositors Freeroll ₹25K GTD – PokerDangal

Buy-in – ₹1

Entries – 139

Rebuys – 27

Prize Pool – ₹25,000

Places Paid – 40

‘AOMG’ was the last player standing in PokerDangal’s ₹25K GTD Depositors Freeroll as he bested a field of 166 entries to win ₹5,875.

This report was updated at 7 PM on 18.01.2021.

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