Tulsyan, Bang, Varma, Saha, Chowdhury & Kalita Bank Whopping 7-Figure Scores on Sunday

It was a blockbuster Sunday that saw not one or two, but three high-value series come to an end. The Adda52 Online Poker Series (AOPS) concluded by crowning an AOPS Main Event Finale champion in Vishal Tulsyan, who was the biggest winner on the domestic felts last night, banked a life-altering ₹43.80 Lakhs. The PokerBaazi Premier League’s (PPL) magnum opus, PPL The MoneyMaker, was shipped by Jai Saha for a mouth-watering ₹20.84 Lakhs. At the same time, Manash Kalita became the latest Spartan Poker Ultimate Value Series (UVS) Millionaire Lite champion, winning a cool ₹10 Lakhs.

Even though the domestic felts were exploding with action, the center of attention, was undoubtedly Event #64: $840 Turbo Bounty No Limit Hold’em of the ongoing 2020 WSOP Online series. India’s “Mandovi” created history by trouncing the 2,207-player field to become the fifth Indian player to win the bracelet. The victory fetched them a mind-boggling $234,433 (~₹1.76 Crores)!

It was a fantastic day at the series for Team India as another player from the team, “pokermafiaa,” placed fourth in Event #62: $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha for $88,727 (~₹66.41 Lakhs). That’s not all! “M26GreenWood” placed runner-up in Event #63: $500 Mini Main Event, $5M GTD for a jaw-dropping $586,157 (~₹4.38 Crores). Between these scores, Team India raked in over ₹6 Crores!

The $25 Million GTD 2020 WSOP Online Main Event is geared up to kick-off tonight on GGPoker and Natural8. Comprising of 22 starting flights, the $5,000 buy-in tourney allows players to fire a maximum of three bullets. Day 2 will play out on August 30 and continue till just 40 players remain in the field. The final 40 will then return to play down to a champion on Saturday, September 5.

Spartan Poker

Leading the charge on Spartan Poker was the ₹40 Lakhs GTD Sunday Superstack that registered 762 participants, registering a shortfall of ₹1.9 Lakhs. There was a tussle for the title between mystery user ‘veselka’ and Arjunn ‘Arjunn Ag’ Agrawal. The duo agreed upon a heads-up chop, with the former walking away with the title and the ₹6.97 Lakhs top prize. Agrawal banked an equally impressive ₹5.60 Lakhs for his runner-up finish.

Spartan Poker’s UVS wrapped up last night with the ₹35 Lakhs GTD UVS#34 The Millionaire Lite crowning a champion in Manash ‘Ravenclaws’ Kalita. The up-and-coming player bested former Millionaire champion Avadh ‘cateyes’ Shah (runner-up for ₹5.11 Lakhs) heads-up to claim the hefty ₹10 Lakhs winner’s payday! With this win, Kalita now has ₹30.96 Lakhs in recorded online earnings. The ₹1,650 buy-in tournament garnered 2,119 entries across three starting flights, but it wasn’t enough to avoid overlays. The site ended up filling in a deficit of ₹3.22 Lakhs.

Rounding out the marquee Sunday tourneys on Spartan Poker was the ₹15 Lakhs GTD Money Heist. The event saw 403 contenders pay up the ₹3,300 buy-in, but still fell ₹2.91 Lakhs short of the break-even mark. Anonymous user ‘steamin’ took down the event for ₹3.01 Lakhs, while ‘pokershokerr’ placed runner-up for ₹2 Lakhs.

PokerGuru Ambassador Parikshit Dhall deserves special mention for final tabling three events last night. These include Spartan Poker’s UVS#34 The Millionaire Lite (3rd for ₹2.85 Lakhs) and Sunday SuperStack (7th for ₹1.23 Lakhs), and PokerBaazi’s PPL#57 (runner-up for ₹33,860).

Adda52

The biggest guarantee tourney on offer across all the Sunday tourneys was Adda52’s ₹2.5 Crores GTD AOPS Main Event Finale. Locking in a 2,063-strong entry field, the ₹11,000 buy-in event fell ₹4.37 Lakhs short of its proposed guarantee. Online reg Vishal ‘amarkhatri999’ Tulsyan raced past the reg-infested field to claim the monstrous top prize of ₹43.80 Lakhs, which also happens to be his personal-best score to date. Tulsyan has had a dry spell of late with his last title win coming in the ₹3.5 Lakhs GTD AOPS Brunch for ₹1.33 Lakhs on May 7. This was a much welcome win for him, taking his overall online winnings to ₹81.5 Lakhs.

MTT crusher Srihari ‘zombieballs’ Bang came in second for ₹27.50 Lakhs, while PokerGuru Ambassador Rony ‘fish4life’ Chowdhury rounded out the podium finishes by placing third for ₹20 Lakhs.

The other big-ticket tourney was the ₹40 Lakhs GTD AOPS Mega Suits. Sporting a ₹5,500 buy-in, the event attracted 804 entries, creating a ₹40.20 Lakhs prize pool. Vikas ‘Vikas267’ Yadav emerged victorious and walked away with the ₹10.05 Lakhs up-top cash prize, while veteran pro Sriharsha ‘ivey2’ Doddapaneni finished runner-up for ₹5.40 Lakhs.

The ₹10 Lakhs GTD AOPS Monster Turbo gathered 457 entries, leading to a prize pool collection of ₹10.39 Lakhs. Sagar ‘passivity’ Patnaik took down the event for ₹2.70 Lakhs and Siddharth ‘si151190’ Mehendiratta finished runner-up for ₹1.53 Lakhs. Patnaik also final tabled PokerStars India’s Sunday Highroller, placing fourth for ₹1.33 Lakhs.

The other big winners on Adda52 were Puneet ‘j4jolly’ Mishra (AOPS Brunch ₹5 Lakhs GTD for ₹1.24 Lakhs) and Shekhar ‘Brat_Poker’ Singh (Sunday Punch ₹5 Lakhs GTD for ₹74,518).

PokerBaazi

The latest edition of the PPL culminated yesterday with the mega tournament, the ₹1 Crore GTD PPL#59 The MoneyMaker, declaring a winner. The ₹11,000 buy-in event locked in 1,241 entries, generating a guarantee-smashing ₹1.24 Crores prize pool. Well-known reg Jai ‘jksisme’ Saha obliterated the competition to capture the top honors, including a whopping ₹20.84 Lakhs payday. He had finished runner-up in the last ₹1 Crore GTD PPL The MoneyMaker in March, and this time he placed one place better to win the title outright. This is also the first PPL title for Saha, who had finished runner-up in last Thursday’s ₹60 Lakhs GTD PPL#44 High Roller for ₹9.95 Lakhs, and now has ₹1.17 Crore in lifetime winnings.

Saha defeated Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma in the final showdown to win the tourney – the latter netted ₹14.61 Lakhs. An online beast, Varma was also at his absolute best as he final tabled two other tournies – Adda52’s AOPS Main Event Finale (6th for ₹7.40 Lakhs) and Spartan Poker’s UVS#34 The Millionaire Lite (4th for ₹1.89 Lakhs) for total earnings of ₹23.90 Lakhs!

PokerGuru Ambassador Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved finished 3rd for ₹9.48 Lakhs.

The ₹30 Lakhs GTD PPL#60 BSS SuperStack drew 577 entries, experiencing an overlay of ₹1.15 Lakhs. Anjali ‘Smoothie12’ Kochhar came out on top and received a winner’s payout worth ₹5.67 Lakhs, just as Harsh ‘100crdream’ Dembla came in second for ₹3.97 Lakhs.

Dipankar ‘dbelieves’ Arhat came out on top in the ₹15 Lakhs GTD PPL#62 BSS MegaStack. The player banked the ₹3.31 Lakhs up-top, and Kiran ‘pocketjs’ YK claimed a runner-up payday of ₹2.32 Lakhs. The event clocked in 302 entries, registering an overlay of ₹4.43 Lakhs.

Anurag ‘13anurag’ Srivastava won the ₹5 Lakhs GTD PPL#58 PKO for ₹1.20 Lakhs, after beating Bhanu ‘Chennaino1’ Prakash KC (runner-up for ₹84,650) heads-up.

PokerStars India

The weekend-long tourney on PokerStars India, the ₹40 Lakhs GTD HERCULES, collected 473 entries, resulting in a landslide ₹6.89 Lakhs overlay. Rishab ‘NoChan(3’ Malik championed the tourney to win ₹6.16 Lakhs, following a three-way deal with Akshay ‘powershell42’ Asawa (runner-up for ₹4.79 Lakhs) and ‘thisisme16’ (3rd for ₹5.21 Lakhs). This victory has propelled Malik’s online winnings to ₹1.2 Crores, of which ₹23.66 Lakhs he has earned on PokerStars India.

The ₹18 Lakhs GTD Sunday Special Progressive KO carried the overlay trend further. After 317 runners joined the tourney, the event booked a shortfall of ₹2.15 lakhs. Seasoned pro Shravan ‘lukBo$$13’ Chhabria topped the field and took home ₹3.63 Lakhs in the top prize, after a heads-up deal with Rajat ‘sharabikebabi’ Sharma who bagged ₹2.41 Lakhs in second-place prize money.

Never one to give up, Sharma more than made up for missing the title in the Sunday Special by topping the 117-entry field of the ₹15 Lakhs GTD Sunday Highroller. He outlasted Young Gun Ujjwal ‘CougarHunter69’ Narwal (runner-up for ₹2.43 Lakhs) in the heads-up, pocketing a winner’s paycheque worth ₹3.27 Lakhs.

But that wasn’t all. Sharma final tabled two more events, namely Adda52’s AOPS Mega Suits (4th for ₹2.65 Lakhs) and PokerBaazi’s PPL#60 BSS SuperStack (8th for ₹75,600), taking his cumulative score for the night to ₹9.09 Lakhs!

Pocket52

Pocket52’s biggest-ever series, ‘Blue,’ continued to run its course. Last night, the star attraction was the ₹15 Lakhs GTD Pocket Aces. Pulling in 243 entrants, the event had a deficit of ₹5.28 Lakhs. Unknown user ‘Centering’ shipped the tourney for ₹3.22 Lakhs.

‘adityavikram’ championed the ₹5 Lakhs GTD The Bracelet for ₹1.12 Lakhs. The event wrangled in 177 entries, experiencing an overlay of ₹1.46 Lakhs.

The other Sunday winners were:

AOPS Main Event Finale ₹2.5 Crores GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 1,350

Re-entries – 713

Prize Pool – ₹2,50,00,000

Places Paid – 231

The showstopper ₹2.5 Crores GTD AOPS Main Event Finale grabbed headlines last night. The tournament brought in 2,063 entries across its nine starting flights, falling ₹4.37 Lakhs short on its listed guarantee.

Day 2 began proceedings at 10.15 PM yesterday, with 232 runners resuming play. After nearly seven hours of action, it was well-known reg, Vishal ‘amarkhatri999’ Tulsyan, who captured the title and the ₹43.80 Lakhs up-top. Srihari ‘zombieballs’ Bang placed runner-up for ₹27.50 Lakhs.

This is Tulsyan’s career-best online score to-date, taking his online record to ₹81.5 Lakhs. Tulsyan’s last prominent score had come in the same event last month, when he finished eighth in the ₹3 Crores GTD AOPS ME Finale for ₹4.50 Lakhs.

Bang, who is one of the toppers on our annual leaderboard, had just bolstered his position with the runner-up finish that fetched him a sizeable ₹27.50 Lakhs. His overall lifetime winnings now stand at ₹3.88 Crore.

PokerGuru Ambassador Rony ‘fish4life’ Chowdhury (3^rd for ₹20 Lakhs), Binit ‘Punter27’ Saraf (4^th for ₹14.30 Lakhs), Young Gun Kanchan ‘thandicoke’ Sharma (5^th for ₹10.30 Lakhs), Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma (6^th for ₹7.40 Lakhs), Prateek ‘prateekrana587’ Rana (8^th for ₹3.80 Lakhs) and Abhishek ‘degen88’ Kumar (9^th for ₹2.75 Lakhs) were the other known players on the FT.

PokerGuru Ambassador Devvrat ‘glitch_d’ Arya (10^th for ₹2 Lakhs), Siddharth ‘Bit2Easy’ Mundada (11^th for ₹2 Lakhs), Abhijith ‘Luckypunter’ Cheruku (13^th for ₹2 Lakhs), Loveleen ‘pharlap’ Singh (15^th for ₹1.50 Lakhs), PokerGuru Ambassador Ashutosh ‘senojwod’ Balodhi (16^th for ₹1.5 Lakhs), Aniket ‘sandystorm’ Pradhan (19^th for ₹1 Lakhs) and Hitesh ‘buntai’ Batra (20^th for ₹1 Lakhs) ran deep in the event.

Final Table Results

1. Vishal ‘amarkhatri999’ Tulsyan – ₹43,80,000
2. Srihari ‘zombieballs’ Bang – ₹27,50,000
3. Rony ‘fish4life’ Chowdhury – ₹20,00,000
4. Binit ‘Punter27’ Saraf – ₹14,30,000
5. Kanchan ‘thandicoke’ Sharma – ₹10,30,000
6. Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma – ₹7,40,000
7. Eurekaaira – ₹5,30,000
8. Prateek ‘prateekrana587’ Rana – ₹3,80,000
9. Abhishek ‘degen88’ Kumar – ₹2,75,000

PPL#59 The MoneyMaker ₹1 Crore GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 743

Re-entries – 498

Prize Pool – ₹1,24,00,000

Places Paid – 144

PokerBaazi’s PPL#59 The MoneyMaker ₹1 Crore GTD drew 1,241 runners on Sunday, riding well past its guarantee to collect a humungous prize pool of ₹1.24 Crores. Making it to the title eventually was none other than Jai ‘jksisme’ Saha. Saha had finished runner-up in the March edition of PPL The MoneyMaker. He did one better this time, finally adding the glory of winning this flagship tourney.

Saha is also fresh off a runner-up finish in the ₹60 Lakhs GTD PPL#44 High Roller for which he pocketed ₹9.95 Lakhs last Thursday. In the MoneyMaker, he defeated Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma (runner-up for ₹14.61 Lakhs) heads-up to earn a whopping ₹20.84 Lakhs paycheque. With the MoneyMaker title in his grasp, Saha’s online scorecard has touched ₹1.17 Crore.

PokerGuru Ambassador Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved finished 3^rd for ₹9.48 Lakhs.

Ayush ‘Proman502’ Garg (5^th for ₹5.23 Lakhs), Raghav ‘thatssosick’ Bansal (6^th for ₹4.23 Lakhs) and Aquib ‘Cavallino’ Ansari (8^th for ₹2.80 Lakhs) posted FT finishes.

Suraj ‘SurajRathi’ Rathi (12^th for ₹1.57 Lakhs), Millind ‘ulimpiraise’ Satam (15^th for ₹1.26 Lakhs), Shyam ‘ayyappa1963’ Sunday (17^th for ₹1.09 Lakhs), Vishal ‘FlopturnRiver’ Madan (18^th for ₹1.09 Lakhs), and Zarvan ‘MomSaid5Bet’ Tumboli (20^th for ₹96,798) were among the other top scorers.

Final Table Results

1. Jai ‘jksisme’ Saha – ₹20,84,880
2. Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma – ₹14,61,898
3. Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved – ₹9,48,124
4. superman0837 – ₹7,02,406
5. Ayush ‘Proman502’ Garg – ₹5,23,702
6. Raghav ‘thatssosick’ Bansal – ₹4,23,181
7. 100pipers – ₹3,52,444
8. Aquib ‘Cavallino’ Ansari – ₹2,80,466
9. hempaces – ₹2,08,000

AOPS Mega Suits ₹40 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 413

Re-entries – 391

Prize Pool – ₹40,20,000

Places Paid – 82

Topping a field of 804 entries (413 unique and 391 re-entries), Vikas ‘Vikas267’ Yadav took down the ₹40 Lakhs GTD AOPS Mega Suits for a seven-figure score of ₹10.05 Lakhs.

The tournament sported a ₹5,500 buy-in and kicked off at 8 PM. It was past six in the morning today when the final hand got dealt. Yadav’s final clash over the title was against Sriharsha ‘ivey2’ Doddapaneni, whom he defeated heads-up to claim the bragging rights. Doddapaneni had to concede to a runner-up finish worth ₹5.40 Lakhs.

Adding another score to his resume, Yadav placed fifth in the ₹30 Lakhs GTD PPL#60 BSS SuperStack for ₹1.41 Lakhs.

The tournament did well to collect ₹40.20 Lakhs in the prize pool. Eighty-two players earned a share from this, and among those scoring FT finishes were, PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘ragspoker’ Munot (3^rd for ₹3.69 Lakhs), Rajat ‘oshoswami’ Sharma (4^th for ₹2.65 Lakhs), Ayan ‘gutshotguru1’ Ray (6^th for ₹1.28 Lakhs) and Akshay ‘vibaks’ Nasa (7^th for ₹1 Lakhs).

Final Table Results

1. Vikas ‘Vikas267’ Yadav – ₹10,05,000
2. Sriharsha ‘ivey2’ Doddapaneni – ₹5,40,690
3. Ashish ‘ragspoker’ Munot – ₹3,69,840
4. Rajat ‘oshoswami’ Sharma – ₹2,65,320
5. blankspace – ₹1,78,890
6. Ayan ‘gutshotguru1’ Ray – ₹1,28,640
7. Akshay ‘vibaks’ Nasa – ₹1,00,500
8. rg912- ₹76,380
9. rraja007 – ₹60,300

Sunday Superstack ₹40 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 379

Re-entries – 139

Re-buys – 244

Prize Pool – ₹40,00,000

Places Paid – 71

Spartan Poker’s patent Sunday marquee, the ₹40 Lakhs GTD Sunday Superstack, attracted 762 contenders to witness a shortfall of ₹1.9 Lakhs.

Starting at 8 PM, it took nearly 10 hours to find a winner.

Arjunn ‘Arjunn Ag’ Agrawal and ‘veselka’ decided upon a deal heads-up that saw the latter take down the title for ₹6.98 Lakhs, while Agrawal received ₹5.61 Lakhs as the runner-up prize. This was the winner’s biggest score on the site pushing his winnings on Spartan Poker to ₹16.90 Lakhs with a profit of ₹8.03 Lakhs.

Abhishek ‘uncle_scrooge’ Kumar (6^th for ₹1.68 Lakhs), and PokerGuru Ambassador’s Vishal ‘CrownUpJr’ Bajaj (3^rd for ₹3.48 Lakhs), & Parikshit ‘zapdos1311’ Dhall (7^th for ₹1.27 Lakhs) posted FT finishes.

Final Table Results

1. veselka – ₹6,97,644*
2. Arjunn ‘Arjunn Ag’ Agrawal – ₹5,60,756*
3. Vishal ‘CrownUpJr’ Bajaj – ₹3,48,400
4. American Airlines – ₹2,74,000
5. whodahellru1 – ₹2,15,600
6. Abhishek ‘uncle_scrooge’ Kumar – ₹1,68,400
7. Parikshit ‘zapdos1311’ Dhall – ₹1,26,800
8. israp – ₹88,400
9. steamin – ₹70,000

*denotes heads-up deal

The Hercules ₹40 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹7,700

Entries – 232

Re-entries – 241

Prize Pool – ₹40,00,000

Places Paid – 80

After registering massive overlays the last two times with a ₹50 Lakhs guaranteed prize pool, PokerStars India`s two-day-long The Hercules was forced to reduce its guarantee to ₹40 Lakhs. Even then, a turnout of 473 entries resulted in a sizable ₹6.89 Lakhs shortfall.

The top 80 places benefitted from the massive value on offer.

Amar ‘AceConsultant’ Mehta was the last player to leave empty-handed assuring all the remaining players a min-cash of ₹16,776.

After almost eight hours of play on Sunday, Rishab ‘NoChan(3’ Malik came out on top to win ₹6.16 Lakhs after a three-way deal. This happens to be Malik’s best finish on the site, pushing his lifetime scores to ₹1.2 Crores.

Akshay ‘powershell42’ Asawa took the second place for ₹4.79 Lakhs, while ‘thisisme16’ banked the second biggest prize of the event worth ₹5.21 Lakhs for their third-place finish.

Sanish ‘sneakysani’ Chhabra (6^th for ₹1.51 Lakhs), Akshay ‘youcantcallme’ Nasa (7^th for ₹1.10 Lakhs), and Sahil ‘inaboobham’ Mahboobani (9^th for ₹59,329) posted FT finishes.

Final Table Results

1. Rishab ‘NoChan(3’ Malik – ₹6,16,360*
2. Akshay ‘powershell42’ Asawa – ₹4,79,283*
3. thisisme16 – ₹5,20,682*
4. PsDreams – ₹2,80,386
5. LeezaDhawan – ₹2,05,522
6. Sanish ‘sneakysani’ Chhabra – ₹1,50,647
7. Akshay ‘youcantcallme’ Nasa – ₹1,10,424
8. saurabh21 – ₹80,941
9. Sahil ‘inaboobham’ Mahboobani – ₹59,329

*denotes three-way deal

UVS#34 The Millionaire Lite ₹35 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries –1,031

Re-entries – 284

Re-buys – 804

Prize Pool – ₹35,00,000

Places Paid – 195

Spartan Poker’s UVS ₹35 Lakhs GTD The Millionaire Lite logged in 2,119 entries via three starting flights to post a deficit of ₹3.22 Lakhs. Day 2 began with 209 hopefuls, and this included 187 unique players.

It took about seven hours of play on Sunday before Manash ‘Ravenclaws’ Kalita was named the champion. Kalita took home a personal-best ₹10 Lakhs and the bragging rights of becoming the latest Millionaire Lite champion! His lifetime winnings tally now shows ₹30.96 Lakhs.

The runner-up prize went to Avadh ‘cateyes’ Shah, who banked ₹5.11 Lakhs for his efforts.

A slew to notables posted final table scores. This included PokerGuru Ambassador Parikshit ‘zapdos1311’ Dhall (3^rd for ₹2.85 Lakhs), Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma (4^th for ₹1.89 Lakhs), Sathish ‘Jaqkten’ Ananth (5^th for ₹1.37 Lakhs), Rajarshi ‘rajsuk365’ Saha (6^th for ₹84,000), Aman ‘Karmapoker’ Parakh (7^th for ₹61,950), and Chirag ‘chilling’ Sodha (9^th for ₹42,000).

Some of the players who posted multiple scores were Dhinesh ‘kendralust’ Kumar (15^th for ₹15,750 and 61^st for ₹6,300), Guneet ‘guntz’ Kwatra (31^st for ₹10,500 and 42^nd for ₹8,750), Zarvan ‘BolAuntyAuKya’ Tumboli (37th for ₹10,500 and 87^th for 5,600), and Avinit ‘pushnpray17’ Bagri (45th for ₹8,750 and 116^th ₹5,250).

Notables among the top 50 places included Dhawal ‘Pokerpro5553’ Bagaria (10th for ₹28,000), Anmolraj ‘sriracha’ Singh Chawla (12th for ₹19,250), Harsh ‘Anandilal Katpitiya’ Bubna (13th for ₹19,250), Srihari ‘bangbang99’ Bang (16th for ₹15,750), Omkar ‘_omkar’ Natuskar (18th for ₹15,750), Sagar ‘Pocket_king_K’ Raj (21st for ₹14,000), Kaushik ‘kgjadoo’ Ghosh (23rd for ₹14,000), Vyankatesh ‘FollowTheProcess’ Darade (26th for ₹12,250), Michael ‘folditnoob’ Keishing (27th for ₹12,250), Navdeep ‘Psychonaut’ Sahi (29th for ₹12,250), Raghav ‘thatssosick’ Bansal (30th for ₹12,250), Siddharth ‘Ouroborus’ Shankar Bebarta (32nd for ₹10,500), PokerGuru Ambassador, Mithun ‘Intuitionnn’ Mahesh (35th for ₹10,500), former Millionaire champion Danny ‘Danny132’ Desai (38th for ₹10,500), and Hitesh ‘hitesh bhai’ Batra (47th for ₹8,750).

Final Table Results

1. Manash ‘Ravenclaws’ Kalita – ₹10,00,000
2. Avadh ‘cateyes’ Shah – ₹5,11,000
3. Parikshit ‘zapdos1311’ Dhall – ₹2,85,250
4. Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma – ₹1,89,000
5. Sathish ‘Jaqkten’ Ananth – ₹1,36,500
6. Rajarshi ‘rajsuk365’ Saha – ₹84,000
7. Aman ‘Karmapoker’ Parakh – ₹61,950
8. hellhell – ₹45,500
9. Chirag ‘chilling’ Sodha – ₹42,000

PPL#60 BSS SuperStack ₹30 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 307

Re-entries – 270

Prize Pool – ₹30,00,000

Places Paid – 72

The ₹30 Lakhs GTD PPL#60 BSS SuperStack suffered an overlay of ₹1.15 Lakhs after only 577 entries signed up to play. Racing ahead of the rest was Anjali ‘Smoothie12’ Kochhar, who emerged the winner to pocket a payday of ₹5.67 Lakhs.

Online reg Harsh ‘100crdream’ Dembla finished runner-up for ₹3.97 Lakhs.

Last Thursday, Kochhar had final tabled the PPL #44 High Roller, where she finished sixth for ₹2.84 Lakhs. Her online winnings have reached ₹60.9 Lakhs.

Vatsal ‘23offsuits’ Kumar (4^th for ₹1.89 Lakhs), Vikas ‘nohomejerome’ Yadav (5^th for ₹1.41 Lakhs), Chiraag ‘Versutus’ Patel (7^th for ₹94,800), Rajat ‘LungFakeer’ Sharma (8^th for ₹75,600) and Saurabh ‘twister’ Rohila (9^th for ₹56,700) posted FT finishes.

Final Table Results

1. Anjali ‘Smoothie12’ Kochhar – ₹5,67,000
2. Harsh ‘100crdream’ Dembla – ₹3,97,500
3. Actaeon6079 – ₹2,55,600
4. Vatsal ‘23offsuits’ Kumar -₹1,89,300
5. Vikas ‘nohomejerome’ Yadav – ₹1,41,900
6. sonurathore1 – ₹1,13,700
7. Chiraag ‘Versutus’ Patel – ₹94,800
8. Rajat ‘LungFakeer’ Sharma – ₹75,600
9. Saurabh ‘twister’ Rohila – ₹56,700

Sunday Special Progressive KO ₹18 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 187

Re-Entries – 133

Total Prize Pool – ₹18,00,000

Regular Prize Pool – ₹10,07,500

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹7,92,500

Places Paid – 55

The Sunday 5 PM tourney on PokerStars India, the ₹18 Lakhs GTD Sunday Special Progressive KO, attracted a player pool of 317 runners to register a deficit of ₹2.15 Lakhs. The event collected ₹18.10 Lakhs in the prize pool that was shared among the top 63 places.

Seasoned pro Shravan ‘lukBo$$13’ Chhabria came on top to win the title for ₹3.63 Lakhs (₹1,59,061 in prize money and ₹2,04,004 in bounties). Chhabria shook hands on a heads-up deal with Rajat ‘sharabikebabi’ Sharma, who won ₹2.41 Lakhs (₹1,65,853 in prize money and ₹75,097 in bounties) for his efforts.

Goonjan ‘gmtesting.ind’ Mall (3^rd for ₹1.30 Lakhs) and Anmolraj ‘modi chai wala’ Singh Chawla (5^th for ₹65,770) posted FT scores.

Final Table Results (Including Bounties)

1. Shravan ‘lukBo$$13’ Chhabria – ₹3,63,065*
2. Rajat ‘sharabikebabi’ Sharma – ₹2,40,950*
3. Goonjan ‘gmtesting.ind’ Mall – ₹1,29,706
4. flipper595 – ₹86,129
5. Anmolraj ‘modi chai wala’ Singh Chawla – ₹65,770
6. Abhithekidkarpo – ₹50,478
7. aceflip766 – ₹30,976
8. duckface2013 – ₹26,663
9. Investor9999 – ₹33,022

*denotes heads-up deal

PPL#62 BSS MegaStack ₹15 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹3,850

Entries – 187

Re-entries – 115

Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000

Places Paid – 36

The ₹3,850 buy-in PPL#62 BSS MegaStack piled in 302 entrants, falling ₹4.43 Lakhs short of its ₹15 Lakhs guarantee.

Benefitting the most out of it was Dipankar ‘dbelieves’ Arhat, who prevailed over Kiran ‘pocketjs’ YK (runner-up for ₹2.32 Lakhs) in heads-up to add ₹3.31 Lakhs to his bankroll.

Pratibh ‘pratibhsaluja’ Saluja (4^th for ₹1.10 Lakhs), Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur (5^th for ₹83,100), Abhishek ‘abhi3333’ Garg (6^th for ₹66,450), PokerGuru Ambassador Vivek ‘Nutpeddling729’ Singh (7^th for ₹55,200), and Puneet ‘neo1’ Dua (8^th for ₹44,250) posted FT finishes.

Final Table Results

1. Dipankar ‘dbelieves’ Arhat – ₹3,31,350
2. Kiran ‘pocketjs’ YK – ₹2,32,500
3. bosspoker – ₹1,49,550
4. Pratibh ‘pratibhsaluja’ Saluja – ₹1,10,700
5. Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur – ₹83,100
6. Abhishek ‘abhi3333’ Garg – ₹66,450
7. Vivek ‘Nutpeddling729’ Singh – ₹55,200
8. Puneet ‘neo1’ Dua – ₹44,250
9. eagle22 – ₹33,150

Sunday Highroller ₹15 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 84

Re-entries – 33

Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000

Places Paid– 20

PokerStars India had no respite as even the ₹15 Lakhs GTD Sunday Highroller could only muster 117 entries to leave an overlay of ₹3.30 Lakhs.

MTT pro Rajat ‘sharabikebabi’ Sharma trumped Ujjwal ‘CougarHunter69’ Narwal heads-up to win the title and ₹3.27 Lakhs. Narwal settled for the runner-up finish that fetched him ₹2.43 Lakhs.

Shiv ‘DarksideOf82’ Verma (3^rd for ₹1.80 Lakhs), Sagar ‘0B0RRA’ Patnaik (4^th for ₹1.33 Lakhs), Partho ‘SpidermanIndia’ Datta (5^th for ₹99,119), Akshay ‘youcantcallme’ Nasa (6^th for ₹73,505), Devang ‘trappyfish93’ Yadav (7^th for ₹54,510), and Shashank ‘Goldfish097’ Shekhar (8^th for ₹40,424) FT-ed the tourney!

Final Table Results

1. Rajat ‘sharabikebabi’ Sharma – ₹3,27,724
2. Ujjwal ‘CougarHunter69’ Narwal – ₹2,43,036
3. Shiv ‘DarksideOf82’ Verma – ₹1,80,232
4. Sagar ‘0B0RRA’ Patnaik – ₹1,33,658
5. Partho ‘SpidermanIndia’ Datta – ₹99,119
6. Akshay ‘youcantcallme’ Nasa – ₹73,505
7. Devang ‘trappyfish93’ Yadav – ₹54,510
8. Shashank ‘Goldfish097’ Shekhar – ₹40,424
9. JumboJetPack – ₹35,733

Pocket Aces ₹15 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹4,400

Entries – 180

Re-entries – 63

Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000

Places Paid – 45

The ₹4,400 buy-in Pocket Aces suffered a massive ₹5.28 Lakhs overlay on its ₹15 Lakhs prize pool guarantee after pulling in 243 entrants. The top 45 places took advantage of the value on offer.

In the end, an unknown player ‘Centering’ claimed the title and took away ₹3.22 Lakhs in cash prize after defeating ‘GOAT’ (runner-up for ₹1.98 Lakhs) heads-up.

Uday ‘Darinda’ Mondal finished 3^rd for ₹1.42 Lakhs.

Final Table Results

1. Centering – ₹3,22,500
2. GOAT – ₹1,98,750
3. Uday ‘Darinda’ Mondal – ₹1,42,500
4. Surya – ₹1,08,750
5. furious – ₹82,500
6. peddamallus – ₹63,000

Money Heist ₹15 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹3,300

Entries – 233

Re-entries – 67

Re-buys – 103

Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000

Places Paid – 39

Starting at 9.30 PM, the ₹3,300 buy-in Money Heist logged in 403 entries (233 unique, 67 re-entries, and 103 re-buys) by the time late registrations got over to register an overlay of ₹2.91 Lakhs.

The curtains fell after anonymous user ‘steamin’ defeated ‘pokershokerr’ (runner-up for ₹2 Lakhs) heads-up to win the title and ₹3.01 Lakhs.

This was the winner’s biggest score on the site. The player also posted a second FT finish in Sunday Superstack, where they finished 9^th for ₹70,000. But after all these scores, they are still in the red zone and need to make-up ₹1.75 Lakhs to break-even.

Aman ‘Karmapoker’ Parakh (5^th for ₹92,550), Ramji ‘bluffpolice123’ Kishore G (7^th for ₹51,450), and Rishi ‘BollywoodNight’ Gupta (9^th for ₹31,350) rounded out the other FT scores.

Final Table Results

1. steamin – ₹3,00,750
2. pokershokerr – ₹1,99,950
3. KIM28 – ₹1,46,250
4. shar88 – ₹1,18,050
5. Aman ‘Karmapoker’ Parakh – ₹92,550
6. ronav – ₹70,050
7. Ramji ‘bluffpolice123’ Kishore G – ₹51,450
8. d@enareys – ₹37,800
9. Rishi ‘BollywoodNight’ Gupta – ₹31,350

AOPS Monster Turbo ₹10 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹2,500

Entries – 275

Re-entries – 182

Prize Pool – ₹10,39,681

Places Paid – 49

The ₹10 Lakhs GTD AOPS Monster Turbo began at 10 PM last night. By the time late registration closed, the tournament had garnered 457 entries (275 unique and 182 re-entries), generating a profitable ₹10.39 Lakhs.

Well-known online reg Sagar ‘passivity’ Patnaik defeated Siddharth ‘si151190’ Mehendiratta (runner-up for ₹1.53 Lakhs) heads-up to win ₹2.70 Lakhs.

Patnaik’s best online score remains his runner-up finish in Spartan Poker’s SSS Millionaire ₹1.5 Crores GTD for ₹15.51 Lakhs on April 19. He even final tabled the Sunday Highroller on PokerStars India, finishing fourth for ₹1.33 Lakhs

The other known names on the FT were, Bhavit ‘Tyrogambit’ Jain (3^rd for ₹1.09 Lakhs), Ayan ‘gutshotguru1’ Ray (5^th for ₹57,182) and Prakash ‘pfeiffer’ Lalwani (9^th for ₹18,194).

Final Table Results

1. Sagar ‘passivity’ Patnaik – ₹2,70,316
2. Siddharth ‘si151190’ Mehendiratta – ₹1,53,352
3. Bhavit ‘Tyrogambit’ Jain – ₹1,09,166
4. karangambhir25 – ₹77,976
5. Ayan ‘gutshotguru1’ Ray – ₹57,182
6. InchWorm – ₹38,468
7. hellhell – ₹28,591
8. Danger3040 – ₹23,393
9. Prakash ‘pfeiffer’ Lalwani – ₹18,194

AOPS Brunch ₹5 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹1,250

Entries – 229

Re-entries – 161

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 43

The ₹5 Lakhs GTD AOPS Brunch suffered an overlay of ₹61,250 on the back of 390 entrants, and the top 43 places got paid.

Puneet ‘j4jolly’ Mishra captured the title and won ₹1.24 Lakhs in cash prize after defeating Bikshapathi ‘bikshapathi’ Velishetti (runner-up for ₹75,000) in the heads-up play.

Aditya ‘Adit11’ Kulkarni (8^th for ₹11,250) and Ankit ‘kasatankit’ Kasat (9^th for ₹8,000) posted FT finishes.

Final Table Results

1. Puneet ‘j4jolly’ Mishra – ₹1,24,000
2. Bikshapathi ‘bikshapathi’ Velishetti – ₹75,000
3. JpunterJ – ₹52,500
4. girish_iimc – ₹40,000
5. ravichauhan019 – ₹26,000
6. QQALLIN – ₹17,500
7. dp178 – ₹13,750
8. Aditya ‘Adit11’ Kulkarni – ₹11,250
9. Ankit ‘kasatankit’ Kasat – ₹8,000

PPL#58 PKO ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 123

Re-entries – 81

Prize Pool – ₹5,10,000

Places Paid – 24

The ₹5 Lakhs GTD PPL#58 PKO suffered a significant overlay of almost ₹92,000 against the posted guarantee after registering 204 entrants.

Former Millionaire Main Event champion Anurag ‘13anurag’ Srivastava topped them all to win ₹1.20 Lakhs.

The IOPC July Leaderboard topper Bhanu ‘Chennaino1’ Prakash KC finished runner-up for ₹84,650.

The stacked FT featured the likes of Dhirendra ‘dhiru91’ Kumar (3^rd for ₹54,400), Chirag ‘miyagi’ Sodha (4^th for ₹40,300), Prashant ‘prashant32’ Jain Bhutoria (5^th for ₹30,250), Gautam ‘M8a7’ Rohilla (6^th for ₹24,200), Saurabh ‘newkidintown’ Arora (7^th for ₹20,100), Vivekk ‘Vivek25’ Dube (8^th for ₹16,100), and Gadadhar ‘gd1921’ Behera (9^th for ₹12,050).

Final Table Results

1. Anurag ‘13anurag’ Srivastava – ₹1,20,750
2. Bhanu ‘Chennaino1’ Prakash KC – ₹84,650
3. Dhirendra ‘dhiru91’ Kumar – ₹54,400
4. Chirag ‘miyagi’ Sodha – ₹40,300
5. Prashant ‘prashant32’ Jain Bhutoria – ₹30,250
6. Gautam ‘M8a7’ Rohilla – ₹24,200
7. Saurabh ‘newkidintown’ Arora – ₹20,100
8. Vivekk ‘Vivek25’ Dube – ₹16,100
9. Gadadhar ‘gd1921’ Behera – ₹12,050

The Bracelet ₹5 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 124

Re-entries – 53

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 36

Pocket52`s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Bracelet suffered a significant ₹1.46 Lakhs overlay on account of its below-par turnout of 177 entries.

It was a mystery user ’adityavikram’ who made the most of the value on offer by collecting ₹1.12 Lakhs in prize money and the title. Aniruddha ‘Pocketaces_’ Joshi finished runner-up for ₹67,500.

Rohit ‘SFTBNIAH’ Sharma (3^rd for ₹51,500) and Aniket ‘kspocket’ Raj (6^th for ₹22,500) posted FT finishes.

Final Table Results

1. adityavikram – ₹1,12,500
2. Aniruddha ‘Pocketaces_’ Joshi – ₹67,500
3. Rohit ‘SFTBNIAH’ Sharma – ₹51,500
4. masterssmaan – ₹38,750
5. Sarthakjain07 – ₹30,000
6. Aniket ‘kspocket’ Raj – ₹22,500

Sunday Punch ₹5 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 477

Re-entries – 415

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 125

The ₹5 Lakhs GTD Sunday Punch registered 892 entries who ponied up the ₹550 buy-in to leave an overlay of ₹54,000.

Shekhar ‘Brat_Poker’ Singh made a heads-up deal with ‘darlingsminion’ (runner-up for ₹72,079) before taking down the title for ₹74,518.

Himanshu ‘bagdwalhimanshu’ Bagdwal (4^th for ₹32,466) and Chandran ‘mechchan01’ Ramasamy (7^th for ₹12,408) posted FT finishes.

Final Table Results

1. Shekhar ‘Brat_Poker’ Singh – ₹74,518*
2. darlingsminion – ₹72,079*
3. Dr1313 – ₹44,738
4. Himanshu ‘bagdwalhimanshu’ Bagdwal – ₹32,466
5. vision100 – ₹23,561
6. YOSHER – ₹17,098
7. Chandran ‘mechchan01’ Ramasamy – ₹12,408
8. 1234manoj – ₹9,004
9. v1998k – ₹6,535

*denotes heads-up deal

Sunday PKO ₹2 Lakhs GTD – Poker Dangal

Buy-in – ₹1,750

Entries – 82

Re-buys – 18

Prize Pool – ₹2,00,000

Places Paid – 12

Poker Dangal’s ₹2 Lakhs GTD Sunday PKO was championed by ‘Choocha’ for ₹56,300. ‘Aditya_mNm’ finished runner-up for ₹39,420.

With a total of 100 registrations, the tourney had a shortfall of ₹25,000 against the listed guarantee.

Prabhat ‘Prabhat2810’ Kumar (4th for ₹18,780), and Bidya ‘Ankit420’ Shankar (7th for ₹9,380) posted FT scores.

Pocket Lunch ₹2 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52

Buy- in – ₹1,100

Entries – 103

Re-entries – 48

Prize Pool – ₹2,00,000

Places Paid – 27

Site regular Neeraj ‘Pocroft’ Karn bested ‘mahabir1993’ (runner-up for ₹28,000) heads-up to win Pocket52’s ₹2 Lakhs GTD Pocket Lunch for ₹46,000.

The tourney engaged 151 players, falling ₹49,000 short of the advertised guarantee.

Online reg Saksham ‘Razorfish’ Sharma placed fourth for ₹16,000, and Mayank ‘MasterDevil’ Shekhar came in sixth for ₹9,000.

BigBang ₹1 Lakhs GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 31

Re-entries – 10

Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000

Places Paid – 5

Khelo365’s ₹1 Lakhs GTD BigBang attracted 41 runners, resulting in an overlay of ₹18,000.

Only the top five spots were paid, and ‘fortunekumar’ fired two bullets before winning the title and ₹43,000.

Dominator ₹50K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹825

Entries – 44

Re-entries – 26

Prize Pool – ₹52,500

Places Paid – 8

The ₹50K GTD Dominator overshot its advertised guarantee by ₹2,500 on the back of 70 entries.

‘JonGregor’ was the last player standing and won ₹17,850 for their performance. ‘MAGIEE’, who was the defending champion, finished runner-up this week for ₹10,500.

Rivered ₹30K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 21

Re-entries – 14

Prize Pool – ₹30,000

Places Paid – 4

Khelo365’s ₹30K GTD Rivered registered 35 entries, which resulted in an overlay of ₹12,500, and the top four places got paid.

Topping them all was ‘sharad0075’ who banked ₹13,800 after defeating ‘maklas’ (runner-up for ₹7,800) heads-up.

Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹275

Entries – 41

Re-entries – 29

Prize Pool – ₹20,000

Places Paid – 8

Ten more registrations would have helped meet the proposed guarantee last night in Khelo365’s Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD.

The tourney was eventually taken down by ‘sharad0075’ for ₹6,800.

This report was edited at 5 PM on 17.08.2020

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