This Week in Poker: August 19 – 29

This Week in Poker
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  • Namita Ghosh August 26, 2020
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In the PokerGuru feature ‘This Week in Poker,’ we bring you the weekly roundup of the most significant online scores by Indian MTT players and the top stories from both the live and online poker circuit.

Here are this week’s top stories!

As we make our way to the end of yet another month, let’s take a quick recap of the top news this past week.

Starting off with the domestic felts, the biggest winner of the week was the former Millionaire champion Dhinesh ‘dinzy009’ Kumar who traversed 1,810 entries in the Full House Finale to take down a personal-best ₹25 Lakhs! For his phenomenal run, Kumar is our PokerGuru Star of the Week!!

Seasoned pro Jasven ‘bajateraho’ Saigal finished runner-up in the AOPS Full House Finale for ₹13 Lakhs.

Bringing the curtains down on the second edition of Spartan Poker’s Freezeout Master Series was the FMS Main Event. APL Ambassador Sumit ‘Sands Myth’ Sapra championed the tourney on Sunday to win ₹9.67 Lakhs.

After hosting several back-to-back online series, Spartan Poker has announced that it will be wrapping up August with a standalone Millionaire tourney. The ₹5,500 multi-flight event is to return with its usual ₹1 Crore prize pool guarantee from August 28 to 30.

The site has also unveiled the “Mission Cash”- Reloaded campaign aimed specifically for cash game players. The promotion commenced on August 24 and will run until August 31, offering instant cash up to ₹4 Lakhs.

Lighting up last weekend was Blitz Poker’s 10 Lakhs GTD Dan Bilzerian Freeroll. Delhi-based former BPO employee Gourav Saini powered his way through a record-smashing field of 9,503 entries to pocket a top prize of ₹1.5 Lakhs. If that was not enough, the 29-year-old also won a brand-new Harley Davidson bike and an all-paid trip to Los Angeles to party with none other than Dan Bilzerian himself!

Poker Dangal, one of India’s fastest growing online poker sites, recently launched a new app packed with high-end features like portrait mode, an improved UI/UX, and support for multi-flight/ multi-day tournament structures.

Moving on to the international sphere, the inaugural 2020 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Online series has reached its business end. The magnum opus $25 Million GTD Main Event has successfully hosted 14 of its 22 starting flights. The starting flights have brought in a little over 2,200 entries so far, which means that GGPoker needs to fill in almost 2,800 entries in the Main Event from the 8 remaining flights to meet the $25 Million prize pool guarantee. Given the current turnouts, organizers could be staring at an over 1,000 entry ($5+ Million) shortfall.

Australian high roller Kahle Burns (1,387,282), who had bagged the end of Day 1L chip lead, holds the overall chip lead.

Meanwhile, India`s “bemyfriend”, who had finished third in Event #67: $500 Limit Hold ’em for $30,680 (~₹23 Lakhs), had also made it to Day 2 of the Main Event. They qualified through Day 1G with a stack of 649,699. Fellow Indians “NastyMinder” (620,747) and “Neel” (178,468) had bagged sizable stacks on Day 1G.

 

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Headlining the online action on the domestic felts was the Full House Finale. This time it was former Millionaire champion Dhinesh ‘dinzy009’ Kumar who came out on top. Kumar defeated the more experienced Jasven ‘bajateraho’ Saigal heads-up to help himself to a ₹25 Lakhs paycheque. In addition to being Singh’s best online score to date, the winnings have catapulted his annual winnings past the ₹1.16 Crore-mark. As the most headline scorer of the week, Kumar is also our “PokerGuru Star of the Week!!”

Dhinesh Kumar
Dhinesh Kumar
Dhinesh Kumar
Dhinesh Kumar

Runner-up Saigal also picked up a seven-figure score of ₹13 Lakhs. That, along with his victory in PokerBaazi’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Ridge over the weekend for ₹2.20 Lakhs, has boosted Saigal’s online record to ₹91.96 Lakhs.

Jasven Saigal
Jasven Saigal

The piece de’ resistance of Spartan Poker’s Freezeout Master Series (FMS), the ₹50 Lakhs GTD FMS Main Event, saw Sumit ‘Sands Myth’ Sapra outlasting a 469-strong field to win ₹9.67 Lakhs.

Sumit Sapra
Sumit Sapra

The notable scores of the week include –

PlayerPrize MoneyEventPoker Site
Dhinesh 'dinzy009' Kumar₹25 LakhsFull House Finale ₹1 Crore GTDAdda52
Sumit ‘Sands Myth’ Sapra₹9.67 LakhsFMS #20 Main Event ₹50 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
Gokul ‘Super Kings’ Raj₹7.80 LakhsDestiny ₹30 Lakhs GTD Spartan Poker
Abhishek 'PoeticInjustice' Gubba₹6.38 LakhsFMS#9 - Highroller ₹25 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
Richie4ich₹6.29 LakhsSunday SuperStack ₹40 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
Deepak ‘bothras’ Bothra₹6.25 LakhsThe Ballers ₹25 Lakhs GTDAdda52
Arsh 'bigggtymer' Grover₹5.82 LakhsGodfather ₹30 Lakhs GTDAdda52
Sahil 'imhighishove' Mahboobani₹5.05 LakhsMillions ₹25 Lakhs GTDAdda52
Abhishek ‘abhi3333’ Garg₹4.86 LakhsBSS SuperStack ₹25 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
Shagun ‘sogani22’ Jain₹4.71 LakhsThe Summit ₹20 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
ElegantlyWasted₹4.36 LakhsUltron ₹22 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
Kamal ‘ksn123’ Naruka₹3.72 LakhsThe Mint ₹15 Lakhs GTDAdda52
Goonjan ‘gmtesting.ind’ Mall₹3.57 LakhsSunday Special - Progressive KO ₹18 Lakhs GTDPokerStars India
D. Carwin1₹3.49 LakhsMega Stack ₹18 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
Chirag ‘mahikk’ Bhardwaj₹3.29 LakhsMaverick ₹15 Lakhs GTDAdda52
Himanshu ‘hdwivedi3’ Dwivedi₹3.22 LakhsPocket Aces ₹15 Lakhs GTDPocket52
Akshay 'fsociety' Dhingra₹3.15 LakhsThe Endeavour ₹15 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
Vaibhav ‘GTO_LIFE_GG’ Sharma₹3.12 LakhsSunday Highroller ₹15 Lakhs GTDPokerStars India
GrindPrix₹2.98 LakhsHighroller ₹15 Lakhs GTDPokerStars India
Devrat‘vickypune’ Singh₹2.70 LakhsMonster Stack ₹10 Lakhs GTDAdda52
Arsh 'bigggtymer' Grover₹2.57 LakhsBig Slick ₹15 Lakhs GTDAdda52
Pawan ‘_luffy_1x1’ Tez₹2.50 LakhsInception ₹10 Lakhs GTDAdda52
Advait ‘Ronaldinho18’ Rajguru₹2.32 LakhsTitan Stack ₹15 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
THE_MOUTH₹2.31 LakhsDVS Main Day 4 ₹11 Lakhs GTDPoker Dangal
Legendback₹2.31 LakhsTGIF ₹12 Lakhs GTD

Spartan Poker
Jasven 'JasvenSaigal' Saigal₹2.20 LakhsThe Ridge ₹10 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
Rohit ‘rohit22rm’ Mishra₹2.21 LakhsThe Pride ₹10 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
Arsh ‘Button_Hai_Bro’ Grover₹2.210 LakhsThe Crest ₹10 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
gogikaran₹2.10 LakhsThe Bout ₹10 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
Uttam ‘chinunew’ Kumar Sinha₹2.08 LakhsHitman ₹7.5 Lakhs GTDAdda52
Prakhar 'Prak27' Kapoor₹1.94 LakhsRecharge ₹10 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
pot-pan₹1.79 LakhsVelocity – Day 2 ₹10 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
Kunal ‘iAlwaysHaveit’ Patni₹1.77 LakhsUppercut ₹10 Lakhs GTDPokerStars India
niteenplus₹1.61 LakhsPocket Kings ₹7.5 Lakhs GTDPocket52
paglabaazigar₹1.61 LakhsPocket Kings ₹7.5 Lakhs GTDPocket52
Mohammad ‘Blankspace’ Azhar₹1.44 LakhsMonster Turbo ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Adda52
Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra₹1.28 LakhsGrinders#19 Thursday Monster ₹5 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
sabJuwaaHai₹1.24 LakhsGrindes#33 Main Event ₹6 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
Madhab ‘madhabpal2017’ Pal₹1.23 LakhsThe Race ₹7 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
Harsh ‘100crdream’ Dembla₹1.20 LakhsBSS Monster 6-Max ₹5 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
Aman ‘KarmaPoker77’ Parakh₹1.18 LakhsNight on Stars ₹7 Lakhs GTDPokerStars India
Kartikey's₹1.16 LakhsThe Flash ₹6 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
Sonal ‘Sprhr’ Parihar₹1.15 LakhsBracelet ₹5 Lakhs GTDPocket52
Harsh ‘kakori kabab’ Dembla₹1.14 LakhsBattle Royale ₹6 Lakhs GTDPokerStars India
Rohit 'rohit22rm' Mishra₹1.11 LakhsTable For 6 ₹5 Lakhs GTDAdda52
asdfmrinal₹1.11 LakhsSixth Sense ₹7 Lakhs GTDPokerStars India
Pokershark₹1.10 LakhsDVS Main Day 2 ₹5 Lakhs GTDPoker Dangal
drpokerabc₹1.08 LakhsBattle Royale Mini ₹5 Lakhs GTDPokerStars India
Dhinesh 'you3betl4bet' Kumar₹1.02 LakhsSuper Tuesday ₹5 Lakhs GTDPokerStars India
Rishab ‘rishabjain1983’ Jain₹1 LakhFMS #4 ₹4 Lakhs GTD (FO)Spartan Poker
Deepanjan 'Bluffstar' Das₹98,532Tuesday MonsterStack ₹3 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
Abhijeet ‘sexylady7766’ Kumar₹90,847Big Bubble Rush ₹5 Lakhs GTDPokerStars India
AmliDiPeenak₹87,739Moonlight ₹4 Lakhs GTDAdda52
Aarchit ‘Aarchit’ Dhadwal₹87,000Hexagram ₹3 Lakhs GTDAdda52
aryanjoshi69₹84,000Sunday PLO - ₹4 Lakhs GTDAdda52
rtuteja₹83,626Sunday Moonlight ₹5 Lakhs GTDAdda52
hermat₹83,063FMS #19 Monster Stack ₹3.75 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
gogikaran₹80,400Grinders#24 Friday SuperStack ₹3 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
Bhavit ‘Tyrogambit’ Jain₹78,000Holdem Bash ₹3 Lakhs GTDAdda52
Dabidi_Dibide₹73,470FMS #15 ₹3 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
yash1805₹73,383Friday Euphoria ₹5 Lakhs GTDPokerStars India
Royalcup38₹72,676DVS Day 1 Main ₹3 Lakhs GTDPoker Dangal
Kaushal33₹72,000Twister ₹2 Lakhs GTDKhelo365
Amit 'SachinTendulkar' Kumar Sahu₹71,232Pocket Whopper ₹3 Lakhs GTDPocket52
np406₹65,577Hexagram ₹3 Lakhs GTDAdda52
Luckbox999₹61,914Night Rider – Monster Stack ₹2.5 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
Akshay 'CallmeAK' Kapoor₹60,000Monday MegaStack ₹2 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
nish1989₹58,867Night Rider – DeepStack Turbo ₹2.5 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
Aayusharya ₹58,590Afternoon Adda ₹2 Lakhs GTDAdda52
Madhavan ‘madhavan4596’ Maddy₹57,784The Classic Monday ₹2.5 Lakhs GTDPokerStars India
tiggaster₹57,427Ultimate PLO ₹2 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
Dev ‘Eatmedia’ Singh₹57,015Afternoon Adda ₹2 Lakhs GTDAdda52
Ravanisback₹57,000DVS Event #14 ₹3 Lakhs GTDPoker Dangal
Sourabh ‘ravenclaw410’ Gehlot₹56,846FMS #15 ₹2.35 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
Rajarshi ‘rajsuk365’Saha₹56,250The Gladiator ₹2.5 Lakhs GTDPocket52
Its Easy M’kay₹55,404Monster Stack ₹3 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
Pankaj ‘Cyclone6524’ Joshi₹55,070Grinders #29 Saturday MonsterStack ₹2 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
Shovefish₹55,058Ultimate PLO ₹2 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
Mayankp0985 ₹54,000Afternoon Adda ₹2 Lakhs - GTDAdda52
mamoonbhai007₹54,000Afternoon Adda ₹2 Lakhs GTDAdda52
MansaMusa₹53,805Night Rider – DeepStack Turbo ₹2.50 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
Negreanu83₹53,750Pocket Queens ₹2.5 Lakhs GTDPocket52
Ravi ‘Rvjn91’ Jain ₹51,632Monster Stack ₹2.50 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
Devils Advocate₹51,603Ultimate PLO ₹2 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
DONKA₹51,346Night Rider -Monster Stack ₹2.5 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
Ekapoor₹51,207FMS #5 Monster Stack ₹2.30 Lakhs GTD (FO)Spartan Poker
AIT ₹50,617Monster Stack ₹3 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
Ravi 'Rvjn91' Jain₹50,331FMS#10 Monster Stack ₹2.5 LakhsSpartan Poker
Nand ‘Baazigar’ Kishore₹50,000Gladiator ₹2.5 Lakhs GTDPocket52
flashsurya₹48,720Sunday PKO ₹2 Lakhs GTDPoker Dangal
acehal₹48,001DVS #9 ₹2 Lakhs GTDPoker Dangal
Neeraj ‘Pocroft’ Karn₹46,000Pocket Lunch ₹2 Lakhs GTDPocket52
thesetminer₹46,000Pocket Lunch ₹2 Lakhs GTDPocket52
HousePlayer52₹46,000Pocket Lunch ₹2 Lakhs GTDPocket52
sharmajii₹46,000Pocket Lunch ₹2 Lakhs GTDPocket52
Luizz91₹46,000Pocket Lunch ₹2 Lakhs GTDPocket52
Amit Kumar ‘SachinTendulkar’ Sahu ₹45,000Pocket Lunch ₹2 Lakhs GTDPocket52
AJ23₹44,617Afternoon Adda ₹2 Lakhs GTDAdda52
Adhirath ‘AdhirathSingh’ Singh₹44,300Sunday Night Rider ₹2 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
Banerjee₹44,000Big Bang ₹1 Lakh GTDKhelo365
Richie4ich₹43,533Sunday Kick-Off ₹2 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
danuj₹43,000MegaSpalsh ₹1 Lakh GTDKhelo365
fuddu₹42,205Reloaded ₹2 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
THE_MOUTH₹40,200DVS Event #5 ₹1.5 Lakhs GTDPoker Dangal
Tilting₹37,490Pocket Dinner ₹1.5 Lakhs GTDPocket52
dracerys₹37,500Pocket Kings ₹1.5 Lakhs GTDPocket52
loll₹37,500Pocket Dinner ₹1.5 Lakhs GTDPocket52
LALLORONA₹37,000DVS #1 ₹1.5 Lakhs GTDPoker Dangal
Rahul ‘JamesDenial007’ Sengar₹34,730DVS #4 ₹1 Lakh GTDPoker Dangal
kd69₹34,500Pocket Dinner ₹1.5 Lakhs GTDPocket52
HassiAces₹34,500Pocket Dinner ₹1.5 Lakhs GTDPocket52
Ankit ‘kasatankit’ Kasat₹34,500Pocket Dinner ₹1.5 Lakhs GTDPocket52
Easterdamz₹34,500Pocket Dinner ₹1.5 Lakhs GTDPocket52
raisecheckfold₹26,588DVS Event #13 ₹1 Lakh GTDPoker Dangal
Gadadhar ‘gd1921’ Behera₹25,750DVS Event #16 ₹1 Lakh GTDPoker Dangal
gutshot35₹22,000Monday Blues ₹1 Lakh GTDPoker Dangal
CaptainJ13₹18,300Dominator ₹50K GTDKhelo365
Proplr007₹12,000Hitman PLO ₹30K GTDKhelo365
thesaint₹12,000Rivered PLO ₹30K GTDKhelo365
Chlambaba123₹10,000Under The Gun PLO ₹20K GTDKhelo365
kumaraniket₹8,000Grinder 2.0 ₹20,000 GTDKhelo365
harshak124₹7,200Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTDKhelo365
Vamsi66666₹7,050Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTDKhelo365
Kaushal99₹6,800Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTDKhelo365
Proplr007₹6,800Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTDKhelo365
Mojaa₹6,800Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTDKhelo365
Kapil ‘pokerkingsachin’ Chaudhary₹6,500Sunday Knockout - ₹2 Lakhs GTDAdda52
Meghnath321₹6,640Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTDKhelo365

 

Big Announcements by Spartan Poker

  1. a) 1 Crore GTD Millionaire (August 28 – 30)

Spartan Poker has announced the return of its popular ₹1 Crore GTD Millionaire. The standalone tourney will feature a buy-in of ₹5,500 and permit entries via four starting flights starting August 28. Day 2 is scheduled to start at 10 PM on August 30. Satellites for the tournament are already underway on the site.

Read the complete report here

 

  1. b) “Mission Cash” – Reloaded (August 24 – 31)

Spartan Poker has rolled out a weeklong campaign exclusively for cash game players offering them instant cash up to ₹4 Lakhs. The promotion runs from August 24 to 31.

Mission Cash Reloaded - Spartan Poker
Mission Cash Reloaded – Spartan Poker

Read the complete report here

 

Poker Dangal Launches New App

Online poker site Poker Dangal making its most significant technological update since launch has rolled out a new app replete with best-in-industry features like portrait mode, an improved UI/UX, and support for multi-flight/ multi-day tournament structures.

Poker Dangal
Poker Dangal

Read the complete report here

 

WSOP Online 2020

The 2020 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Online saw some of the series’ most flagship tourneys going down the history books this past week.

Grabbing the eyeballs was Event #71: Big 50 that created a WSOP record by attracting 44,576 entries – the biggest-ever field recorded at the series. The $1 Million prize pool guarantee was blown to smithereens as the event collected a whopping $2.050 Million prize pool. Only 4,140 found their way into Day 2 where after some delay, the event eventually crowned a champion in China’s Huahuan Feng, who, alongside winning a bracelet, pocketed a whopping $211,282.

Read the complete report here

A bracelet sweat developed for Team India in Event #67: $500 Limit Hold ‘em, where “bemyfriend” stormed into the final table, eventually walking away with a third-place finish worth $30,680 (~₹23 Lakhs). Austria’s Gregor Muller ultimately claimed the title for $45,102.

Read the complete report here

The player also placed 98th in Event #68: $500 Deepstack for $1,645 (~₹1.23 Lakhs) that ended with Hong Kong’s Yan Shing Anson Tsang’s clinching the title for $150,460.

Yan Shing Anson Tsang
Yan Shing Anson Tsang

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While Indian players actively posted scores, “bemyfriend” (649,699) was again on the forefront in the $25 Million GTD Main Event. The Main Event has completed 14 of its 22 starting flights, and the player bagged the end of day chip lead on Day 1G. They also lead the four Indian players who have qualified for Day 2 so far.

Australian High Roller Kahle Burns (1,387,282), who had topped Day 1L, continues to remain the top stack among the advancing players.

Kahle Burns
Kahle Burns

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The most recent addition to the bracelet club was Indo-American pro Ajay Chabra. Chabra had cashed 11 times at the ongoing series – a top 10 finish 4 times – before entering Event #72: $1,500 Limit Hold ‘em Championship. He finally got hold of the prized WSOP bracelet – his career-first and a $77,475 payday.

Ajay Chabra
Ajay Chabra

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With this, we conclude this week’s roundup of the latest news updates and developments from the world of poker. We will return again next week with our weekly report, stay tuned.

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