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WSOP 2023: Jeremy Ausmus Wins Career Sixth Bracelet & Kartik Ved Among the Chip Leaders Advancing to Day 3 in $3K No-Limit Hold’em
Day 22 of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas was packed with riveting moments, despite only one bracelet being awarded.
Jeremy Ausmus‘ gripping victory for his sixth career bracelet undoubtedly stole the show, but the spotlight also shone brightly on the Indian contingent’s performance. Even though the series started slowly for the Indian delegation, the growing number of attendees from the subcontinent has correlated with an increase in strong performances.
Ankit Ahuja‘s remarkable run in the $2.5K Freezeout NLHE remains the only final table appearance by an Indian player in the series thus far. However, Kartik Ved‘s impressive position, holding the sixth largest stack among 109 players advancing to Day 3 of Event #44: $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em, presents a tantalizing possibility of another bracelet chase. Ahuja will be accompanying Ved into Day 3 with a middling stack. Known for his knack for turning average stacks into big wins, Ahuja is definitely a player to keep an eye on in the upcoming session.
Event #36: $500 No-Limit Hold’em Freezeout saw a commendable display by several Indian participants. Although none advanced to Day 2, Aditya Sushant, Himmat Singh, Naresh Veeravalli, and Zarvan Tumboli added their names to India’s progressively expanding roster of scorers.
Here are the Day 22 highlights!
Jeremy “Chipchecka” Ausmus emerged victorious in Online Event #8: $3,200 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller on WSOP.com after an intense 15-hour contest. Ausmus secured his second online bracelet, becoming only the second player, after Shaun Deeb, to achieve a career-sixth bracelet at the 2023 WSOP. He received a grand prize of $360,036, while Christopher “Ccast93” Castiglia finished as the runner-up, earning $224,632.
The tournament drew 321 participants, accumulating a prize pool of $1,489,600, and payouts extended to the top 54 finishers. Among the notable players who landed in the money were three-time bracelet winner Chance Kornuth (4th for $108,443), the 2021 WSOP Main Event champion Koray Aldemir (6th for $53,030), Tom Marchese (9th for $22,493), GGPoker Ambassador Jason Koon (14th for $14,151), and Jeff Gross (17th for $11,768).
Following another gripping 10 levels of poker, Day 2 of Event #44: $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em has ended. Nearly 600 players reconvened at 10 AM (local time) on Tuesday, and 224 late entrants joined in the initial two levels. Once the registration period concluded, the event amassed 1,735 entries, generating a substantial prize pool of $4,632,450. The eventual champion is assured a massive $717,879 and the coveted WSOP gold bracelet.
At the day’s conclusion, Yang Zhang (1,880,000) held the most chips to carry to Day 3 among the 109 players remaining, with Brazilian poker pro Joao Simao (1,830,000) close on his coattails.
Kartik Ved, the standout player from the Indian delegation attending the 2022 WSOP, has had a slow start to his WSOP journey this year. The online bracelet winner has only managed small cash finishes in Event #15: $1,500 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em (333rd for $2,400), Event #19: $2,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em (118th for $4,387), and Event #26: $800 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack (571st for $1,400), with a breakout score eluding him.
With the surviving players guaranteed a minimum payout of $6,939, Ved is already on track for his biggest payout of the ongoing series. Nevertheless, with the sixth-largest stack of 1,335,000 heading into Day 3, Ved is well-positioned for a deep run in the tournament, igniting hopes of a bracelet victory for India.
Joining Ved on Day 3 will be Ankit Ahuja (315,000). The 34-year-old is the only Indian to have final-tabled an event in the ongoing series, thanks to his sixth-place finish in Event #19: $2,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em. While Ahuja’s stack might be below-average, he is no stranger to making deep tournament runs from seemingly hopeless positions, so it would be unwise to discount him.
India’s first solo bracelet winner, Abhinav Iyer, was the final elimination on Day 2. He busted 110th with a payout of $6,939. This marks his third cash of the series, bringing his total series earnings to $23,492.
The remaining players will reconvene for Day 3 at 11 AM (local time) on Wednesday.
The opening day of Event #46: $500 No-Limit Hold’em Freezeout saw the field of 5,342 unique entries dwindle to approximately 250 hopefuls. All returning participants have secured a cash prize of $1,611, but their sights are set on the esteemed bracelet and the substantial purse of $262,526.
Renowned RunGood aficionado, Preston McEwen, concluded the night at the top of the leaderboard, amassing an impressive 2,040,000 in chips – making him the only player with over 2 Million in the bag. Nicholas Ronalds (1,960,000) and Yita Choong (1,840,000) are close behind, holding the second and third-largest stacks, respectively.
While several Indian players participated in the tournament, none made it through to Day 2. Nevertheless, four Indian competitors managed to steer past the money bubble, with Aditya Sushant (363rd for $1,296), Himmat Singh (562nd for $875), Naresh Veeravalli (693rd for $800), and Zarvan Tumboli (727th for $800) posting cash finishes.
The competition resumes on Day 2 at 10 AM (local time) on June 21, with the remaining players eager to advance their positions.
The fourth day of Event #39: $1,500 Monster Stack drew to a close, with seven determined players remaining in contention for an unscheduled fifth day. Day 4 had 36 players returning to the table, drawn from an original pool of 8,317 entries, with the anticipation of narrowing down to a single champion. Nicholas Gerrity (112,300,000) will spearhead the six other finalists into Day 5, set to kick off at 5 PM (local time) on June 21. The forthcoming champion is poised to claim the prestigious gold bracelet and a staggering $1,162,681 in prize money.
The prestigious Event #43: $50,000 Poker Players Championship, one of the most honored tournaments at the WSOP, is edging closer to declaring its champion. After Day 3, only 12 competitors remain in the running from an initial field of 99 entries, each hoping to secure the lion’s share of the massive $4,727,250 prize pool.
UK’s Matthew Ashton (4,450,000), who won this event in 2013 for an astounding $1,774,089, is well positioned for a repeat, chip-leading the field to Day 4. The action picks up again at 1 PM (local time) on June 21 as the surviving players continue their battle for supremacy and the illustrious Chip Reese Memorial trophy.
Day 2 of Event #45: $1,500 Mixed Omaha Hi-Lo kicked off with 316 contenders, drawn from an initial pool of 1,091 entrants, with only 164 assured a payday. The play was halted after Level 25, with 33 players left vying for the title. Joseph Couden (2,885,000) ascended to the position of chip leader by the day’s end, trailed by Nick Kost (2,010,000).
All remaining players have locked in at least $7,279 while setting their sights on the top prize of $253,651 and the much sought-after WSOP gold bracelet. The goal moving forward is for the 33 remaining players to play down to a champion on Wednesday.
The opening day action in Event #47: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. has concluded. With 836 competitors joining the fray—an uptick from the previous year’s tally of 773—only 285 secured a place for Day 2. These remaining players will be vying for the grand prize of $207,678 and the prestigious WSOP bracelet. However, the immediate aim for the returnees is to land in the money, with payouts set to commence at the 126th position, with a min-cash worth $2,406.
Mike Thorpe (252,500) helms the leaderboard, and Yueqi Zhu (243,000) is not far behind. Day 2 kicks off at 1 PM (local time) on June 21, with the survivors poised for another session of high-stakes competition.
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BPT 2022: Young Gun Gaurav Sood Breaks the Live Title Jinx, Wins ₹15K Kickoff For ₹11.25 Lakhs
We all knew it was only a matter of time before the winningest player in online MTTs began his domination on the live felts. And it has finally happened! Young Gun Gaurav Sood (cover image) overcame a 385-entry field in series-opener ₹15K Kickoff at the ongoing Baazi Poker Tour earlier today, banking a personal-best (live) ₹11.25 Lakhs!
Sood entered Day 2 ranked seventh in chips among 18 players. However, by the time the nine-handed final table was formed, he held the chip lead.
Sood’s poker prowess on the virtual felts is the stuff of legends. However, the two-time POY Leaderboard topper has relatively limited live MTT experience. His previous-best live score of ₹4.46 Lakhs had come in the 2020 IPC High Roller, where he finished in 11th place. Sood has also played a few international live MTTs, his most recent finish was at the 2021 EPT Sochi PLO Bounty Event (9th for ₽77,000).
Once again, proving why he is called India’s brightest poker talent, Sood eliminated Prajit Gambhir, Kalyan Chakravarthy, Viney Singhal, and Abhishek Chhajer on Day 2, en-route to facing PokerGuru Ambassador Naresh Veeravalli in heads-up. The finale lasted for about 30 minutes before Sood walked away with the title and the BPT trophy!
PokerGuru Ambassador Naresh Veeravalli may have lost out on the title, but his spirited performance on the final table was truly commendable. The cash game reg had entered the final table with just 1 BB. He spun up his stack through multiple double and triple ups, knocking out Raman Dixit and start-of-day chip leader Niranjan NJ on the final table.
The heads-up between Sood and Veeravalli started with the former enjoying a 2:1 chip lead. For a while, it was even-stevens between the two before Sood eventually edged past Veeravalli, relegating the latter to a second-place finish worth ₹7.88 Lakhs.
We spoke to Sood shortly after the event. You can watch the interview below:
Since the NPS Main Event final table was being recorded, the Big Bounty final table was not live-streamed. However, the heads-up between Sood and Veeravalli was live-streamed, and you can watch the replay below.
The BPT series-opener locked in 385 entries, generating a generous ₹54.29 Lakhs prize pool. The top 49 places were paid with notables such as Kalyan Chakravarthy (12th for ₹94,500), Siddarth Singhvi (15th for ₹80,000), Mohammad Azhar (16th for ₹65,000), Vinay Rajpal (20th for ₹54,200), Paawan Bansal (21st for ₹54,200), Romit Advani (22nd for ₹45,000), PokerGuru Ambassador Vivek Singh (26th place for ₹38,000), Shuchi Chamaria (35th for ₹31,000) and Amar Reddy (42nd for ₹28,200) making the payouts list.
Anant Purohit bubbled the FT in 10th place, collecting ₹94,500.
Final Table Chip Counts
1. Gaurav Sood – 1,480,000
2. Niranjan NJ – 1,370,000
3. Raman Dixit – 730,000
4. Viney Singal – 550,000
5. Sagar Raj – 535,000
6. Piyush Goenka – 400,000
7. Abhishek Chhajer – 400,000
8. Archit Khandelwal – 270,000
9. Naresh Veeravalli – 40,000
Final Table Recap
The first elimination on the final table happened within an hour. Naresh Veeravalli crippled Archit Khandelwal, and the latter lost the remainder of his stack to Raman Dixit in ninth place.
Sagar Raj was the next player to fall, and he was taken out by Niranjan NJ in eighth place.
Finishing in seventh place was Viney Singhal, and Piyush Goenka was not far behind in sixth place.
Five minutes later, Raman Dixit‘s lost out to Veeravalli’s that rivered trip eights on the board. Dixit busted out in fifth place.
Despite starting as the Day 2 chip leader, Niranjan NJ couldn’t capitalize on the momentum and eventually made his way to the cash counter to collect the fourth-place payout.
Down to three-handed play, Abhishek Chhajer‘s was no match for Sood’s , with the runout drawing a blank.
Following Chhajer’s third-place elimination, the heads-up was set up between Gaurav Sood (3,500,000) and Naresh Veeravalli (2,260,000). The players were sent on a long break before the heads-up match commenced on the second floor, with both players sitting on opposite sides on the RFID table and the action being live-streamed. The heads-up took only about thirty minutes to wrap up.
On the final hand, Sood open-shoved with and Veeravalli snap-called with . Sood caught a lucky break on the runout to win his first live MTT title.
Final Table Results
1. Gaurav Sood – ₹11,25,000
2. Naresh Veeravalli – ₹7,88,000
3. Abhishek Chhajer – ₹5,06,900
4. Niranjan NJ – ₹3,35,000
5. Raman Dixit – ₹2,57,800
6. Piyush Goenka – ₹2,13,600
7. Viney Singhal – ₹1,78,000
8. Sagar Raj – ₹1,45,600
9. Archit Khandelwal – ₹1,12,500
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Daily Majors: Vaibhav Sharma & Aniket Waghmare Chop FTS #20 Monster Stack; Kushagra Mehta, Siddhanth Kripalani & Prithu Gaur Champion the Other Friday Flagships
The weekend started with a bang as Spartan Poker`s FTS 3.0, PokerStars India`s INCOOP, and PokerBaazi`s IMPS laid out attractive guaranteed tournaments.
The biggest spectacle of the day was the ₹60 Lakhs GTD FTS#20 Monster Stack final table. The action commenced at 5 PM yesterday, and well-known reg Vaibhav Sharma rode his FT chip lead to victory. The five-time The Summit champion locked in a top prize worth ₹9.78 Lakhs and the FTS Gold Medallion after striking a heads-up deal with the inaugural IOPC Master Table champion, Aniket Waghmare (2nd for ₹9.14 Lakhs).
‘Mr. Consistent’ aka Kushagra Mehta is back in the spotlight, and last night, he took down PokerBaazi’s IMPS#41 Mini Main Event for ₹5.63 Lakhs. Ashit Sharma settled for a runner-up finish worth ₹3.98 Lakhs.
Young Gun Siddhanth Kripalani emerged victorious in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller for ₹3.37 Lakhs, after besting NPS Main Event champion Mohammad Azhar (2nd for ₹2.36 Lakhs) heads-up.
Prithu Gaur shipped PokerStars India’s INCOOP – 40 Uppercut for ₹2.01 Lakhs, while online reg Ram Kakkar placed runner-up for ₹1.47 Lakhs.
Deepak G Jain, PokerGuru Ambassador Naresh Veeravalli, Vinay Rajpal, Yuvraj Bhardwaj, Utkarsh Vaish, Karan Malhotra, Siddharth Pandey, Rakesh Sharma, Dhawal Baghel, Dipak Kumar, and Laldingliana Tlau Vantawl took down the other Friday marquees.
Here are the Friday highlights!
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Spartan Poker
Day 8 of the FTS 3.0 had five events on tap. The biggest draw of the day was undoubtedly the ₹60 Lakhs GTD FTS #20 Monster Stack. The start-of-final table chip leader Vaibhav ‘Beautiful Mistakes’ Sharma rode his chip lead to the finish line to win ₹9.78 Lakhs. This was Vaibhav Sharma’s 10th title of the year and his career-first FTS title.
His stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.77 Crores|Lifetime Profit: ₹2.34 Crores
The first-ever IOPC Mastermind winner, Aniket ‘TakingSouls’ Waghmare, came close to taking down the FTS #20 Monster Stack. He ultimately chopped the title with Sharma to collect a runner-up payday worth ₹9.14 Lakhs.
His stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.02 Crores|Lifetime Profit: ₹82 Lakhs
Brijesh ‘Sanu15’ Pratap Rao (3rd for ₹5.25 Lakhs), Prakash ‘Robin Van Charsi’ Gupta (4th for ₹4.17 Lakhs), Sooraj ‘GotNoChange31’ Todi (5th for ₹3.27 Lakhs), Anurag ‘CultOfPersonality’ Srivastava (6th for ₹2.56 Lakhs), Meherzad ‘goblue’ Munsaf (7th for ₹1.92 Lakhs), and Shagun ‘icansuckout’ Jain (8th for ₹1.36 Lakhs) banked the other FT payouts.
The FTS #20 Monster Stack final table commenced at 5 PM yesterday, with the delayed live stream starting precisely an hour later. You can watch the FT replay below with IPC Director Peter Abraham, Richard Hardishom, and bracelet winners Kevin Macphee, Sam Razavi calling the action.
Day 1H of the ₹1 Crore GTD FTS The Feast added 396 entries to the ever-increasing prize pool. Rising Star Aman ‘Karmapoker’ Parakh (183,110) headlined the 47 survivors. Mohit ‘jacktheripper’ Bhati (172,746) and ‘frgravity’ (155,571) round out the top three stacks of the day.
PokerGuru Ambassador Vivek ‘KasolHieghts’ Singh (2,819,797) secured the final table chip lead in the ₹1 Crore GTD FTS #23 Highroller. The event featured the biggest entry buy-in at the series worth ₹88,000 and registered 120 entries, overlaying ₹4 Lakhs. The top 15 places were paid, and the elimination of ‘mukuw‘ (7th for ₹4.65 Lakhs) set up the six-handed final table. The #2 ranked player of the year Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia (1,244,750), ‘Daniel0617‘ (833,488), Arunkumar ‘denoi’ Singh (480,037), Apratim ‘checm@te’ Sharma (372,568), and FTS 2.0 Main Event champion, Young Gun Siddharth ‘Ari Tribbiani’ Karia (249,360) will join Vivek Singh on the FTS Highroller final table at 5 PM today. And as always, you can follow the live-streamed FT action (on delay) on PokerGuru`s Facebook page.
The ₹30 Lakhs GTD FTS#24 crowned a champion in Deepak ‘Checktrap6’ G Jain, who won about ₹5 Lakhs. A heads-up deal saw ‘Ss_gilli’ lock in a runner-up payout worth ₹4.92 Lakhs.
Vinay ‘BeepBeepImaJeep’ Rajpal chopped the ₹10 Lakhs GTD FTS#22 with Abhishek ‘abhi23451’ Pandey (2nd for ₹1.53 Lakhs) to collect a winner’s paycheque worth ₹1.65 Lakhs. This was Rajpal’s second FTS title, pushing his online winnings to ₹2.92 Crores (₹83.64 Lakhs in net profits).
Yuvraj ‘Kalidenalii’ Bhardwaj (Won Night Rider – Monster Stack ₹2.10 Lakhs GTD for ₹48,966), Utkarsh ‘kidpokerNJ’ Vaish (Won Monster Stack ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹44,929), Dhawal ‘Happyace’ Baghel (Won Energise – ₹50K GTD for ₹11,287), ‘BholenathOp’ (Won Epic – 4 Card PLO ₹30K GTD for ₹6,612), Laldingliana ‘patea1971’ Tlau Vantawl (Won Epic – 6 Card PLO ₹10K GTD for ₹4,781), and ‘Betelgeuse’ (Won Striker ₹15K GTD for ₹4,159), shipped the other marquees on the site yesterday.
With Day 8 of FTS 3.0 in the books, Vinay ‘BeepBeepImaJeep’ Rajpal (4,016 points) has snatched the top seat in the leaderboard standing from PokerGuru Ambassador Shashank ‘reconnecting’ Desai (3,583 points). Abhijeet ‘TheSupremeOne’ Kumar (3,240 points) stays put at #3.
FTS 3.0 Leaderboard Standings After Day 8
| Rank | Player Name | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vinay 'BeepBeepImaJeep' Rajpal | 4,016 |
| 2 | Shashank 'reconnecting' Desai | 3,583 |
| 3 | Abhijeet 'TheSupremeOne' Kumar | 3,240 |
| 4 | Ashish 'notoriouskonvict1' Nailwal | 3,054 |
| 5 | Sooraj 'GotNoChange31' Todi | 3,022 |
| 6 | Ram 'JohnnieRunner-Runner' Kakkar | 3,017 |
| 7 | Bhanu 'spectre' Prakash KC | 2,957 |
| 8 | Arjanveer 'bazzingaa' Singh Chadha | 2,680 |
| 9 | Anmol 'Bullslayer' Agarwal | 2,644 |
| 10 | Mithun 'Zima Blue' Mahesh | 2,503 |
PokerBaazi
The IMPS marquees, coupled with the regular Friday flagships, made for an eventful day of MTT action on PokerBaazi.
The FTS 2.0 star Kushagra ‘neha94’ Mehta took down the single-biggest payday on the site worth ₹5.63 Lakhs after taking down the ₹30 Lakhs GTD IMPS#41 Mini Main Event along with the IMPS trophy. The 1,650 entry buy-in Mini Main Event brought in a total of 1,883 participants across four starting flights to leave an overlay of ₹1.75 Lakhs. The 227 survivors convened for Day 2 yesterday. Ashit ‘nexus010’ Sharma finished runner-up for ₹3.98 Lakhs.
Kushagra Mehta’s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹89.97 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹19.93 Lakhs
PokerBaazi`s signature Friday event, the ₹12 Lakhs GTD The Weekly HighRoller, crushed its listed guarantee by ₹60,000 after 126 entrants bought in for ₹11,000. After placing runner-up in the event on at least three prior occasions this year, Young Gun Siddhanth ‘ender’ Kripalani finally clinched the HighRoller title last night for ₹3.37 Lakhs, moving up two places to #12 in the annual leaderboard rankings. The NPS Main Event champion Mohammad ‘chandlerbing’ Azhar placed runner-up for ₹2.36 Lakhs.
Siddhanth Kripalani’s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.58 Crores|Lifetime Profits: ₹2.12 Crores|Annual Winnings: ₹2.27 Crores
The ₹7 Lakhs GTD IMPS #45 6-Max Mini Highroller obliterated its posted guarantee by ₹1.70 Lakhs after registering 436 entrants – each of them buying in for ₹2,200. PokerGuru Ambassador Naresh ‘Emperor457’ Veeravalli was the last player standing and won his first IMPS title and a ₹1.75 Lakhs payday. Rahul ‘fisherman’ Thakur placed runner-up for ₹1.22 Lakhs.
Naresh Veeravalli lapped up ~₹2.89 Lakhs last night from three deep runs, including another FT finish.
His ITM finishes include:
> 1st in IMPS #45 Mini Highroller for ₹1.75 Lakhs
> 8th in The Weekly HighRoller for ₹44,982
> 35th in FTS #24 for ₹18,467
Naresh Veeravalli`s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.40 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.81 Crores
Flight 1F of the ₹10 Lakhs GTD IMPS#46 Value Blast logged in 1,610 contestants who bought in for 110, and only 136 hopefuls made the cut for Day 2. The users ‘Pokerdev066’ (992,000) and ‘kurmibabu’ (981,000), Prateek ‘prateektib’ Tibrewal (684,000), ‘happyending’ (654,000), and ‘Nayaksn’ (527,000) headlined the advancing field.
‘Messironaldo007’ (Won IMPS#49 ₹4 Lakhs GTD for ₹96,040), ‘loughingbuddha’ (Won IMPS#47 DAILY ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹43,030), Anudeep ‘Zeroseven’ Gupta (Won Daily Night SPRINT ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹41,310), Prabhat ‘comeon’ Kumar (Won IMPS#42 6-Max ₹1 Lakh WTB for ₹18,560), and ‘Vix786’ (Won IMPS#44 6-Max ₹75K GTD for ₹14,570) took down the other Friday marquees on PokerBaazi.
PokerStars India
Day 4 of PokerStars India’s ongoing INCOOP edition had 11 tourneys on tap. The biggest of them, the ₹12 Lakhs GTD INCOOP – 40 Uppercut, filled in 292 entries, resulting in a marginal ₹32,000 overlay shortfall. Prithu ‘fna1tics’ Gaur proved the eventual champion and pocketed ₹2.01 Lakhs (includes ₹98,625 in bounties), defeating site regular Ram ‘TheLagLawyer’ Kakkar to the finish line. Kakkar secured a runner-up payday of ₹1.47 Lakhs (includes ₹44,250 in bounties).
Prithu Gaur now has site cashes worth ₹13.49 Lakhs, with corresponding profits of ₹80,444.
‘imac2000’ was the other big winner on PokerStars India. They championed the INCOOP – 42 Battle Royale for ₹1 Lakh (includes ₹56,719 in bounties) after besting the 198-strong field. Amit ‘AKumarss’ Singh stood second for ₹48,927 (includes ₹4,375 in bounties).
Among the other INCOOP winners, Karan ‘gogikaran’ Malhotra took down the ₹2 Lakhs GTD INCOOP – 45 Ultrasonic for ₹36,517. This is the sixth time that Malhotra has won the Ultrasonic, and while being his first INCOOP title, it’s also his fifth tournament victory this month.
His stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹71.31 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹25.78 Lakhs
‘betontheriverr’ (Won INCOOP – 38 Total KO 100% ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹65,135), Siddharth ‘siddonuts’ Pandey (Won INCOOP – 43 Deep Hyper ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹33,973), Rakesh ‘noviceanari’ Sharma (Won INCOOP – 35 Afternoon on Stars ₹1.75 Lakhs for ₹26,284), ‘RageAce00’ (Won INCOOP – 37 Bubble Rush ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹18,970), ‘MOGSPRER’ (Won INCOOP – 41 Primetime Grind ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹17,648), ‘rkrohan@&’ (Won INCOOP – 44 PLO Turbo ₹30K GTD for ₹11,777), Dipak ‘2Wellaboys’ Kumar (Won INCOOP – 39 Bounty Builder Progressive KO ₹50K GTD for ₹10,332), and ‘PhilIvey2021’ (Won INCOOP – 36 Win the Button Progressive KO ₹35K GTD for ₹6,301) won the other INCOOP titles of Friday.
Adda52
Adda52’s Friday headliner, the ₹22.5 Lakhs GTD The Ballers, posted ₹92,250 in overlays after pulling in a 315-entry field. After eight hours and twenty-two minutes of play, the user ‘rraja007’ came out on top to collect ₹5.62 Lakhs. ‘Rongon4’ (2nd for ₹3.41 Lakhs) and PokerGuru Ambassador Vishal ‘GigaaBet’ Bajaj (3rd for ₹2.47 Lakhs) secured podium finishes.
Thursday’s Monster Turbo champion Young Gun Karan ‘Reg_Slayer’ Radia improved his scorecard after winning two titles in two days. He took down the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Running Hot for ₹1.41 Lakhs, winning Adda52’s 9:30 PM marquee event for the second consecutive day.
Himanshu ‘StupidCommonMan’ Kataria collected ₹1.05 Lakhs in Friday winnings.
His ITM finishes include:
> 2nd in Adda52’s Running Hot for ₹84,010
> 12th in PokerStars India’s INCOOP-40 Uppercut for ₹16,343
> 8th in Adda52’s Nighttide DST Adda for ₹4,492
Himanshu Kataria’s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.33 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹28.02 Lakhs
‘gokugg’ (Won Nighttide DST Adda ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD for ₹32,575), Shrvan ‘SSAHisoka’ Amlekar (Won Evening Adda ₹50K GTD for ₹12,001), and ‘Abisek372’ (Won Sundown Adda ₹50K GTD for ₹11,854) bagged the other Friday titles.
The other Friday winners were:
| Player | Prize Amount | Event | Poker Site |
|---|---|---|---|
| Messironaldo007 | ₹96,040 | IMPS#49 ₹4 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
| betontheriverr | ₹65,135 | INCOOP – 38 Total KO 100% ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD | PokerStars India |
| Yuvraj ‘Kalidenalii’ Bhardwaj | ₹48,966 | Night Rider – Monster Stack ₹2.10 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
| Utkarsh ‘kidpokerNJ’ Vaish | ₹44,929 | Monster Stack ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
| loughingbuddha | ₹43,030 | IMPS#47 DAILY ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
| Anudeep ‘Zeroseven’ Gupta | ₹41,310 | Daily Night SPRINT ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
| Karan ‘gogikaran’ Malhotra | ₹36,517 | INCOOP – 45 Ultrasonic ₹2 Lakhs GTD | PokerStars India |
| Siddharth ‘siddonuts’ Pandey | ₹33,973 | INCOOP – 43 Deep Hyper ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD | PokerStars India |
| gokugg | ₹32,575 | Nighttide DST Adda ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
| Rakesh ‘noviceanari’ Sharma | ₹26,284 | INCOOP – 35 Afternoon on Stars ₹1.75 Lakhs | PokerStars India |
| RageAce00 | ₹18,970 | INCOOP – 37 Bubble Rush ₹1 Lakhs GTD | PokerStars India |
| Prabhat ‘comeon’ Kumar | ₹18,560 | IMPS#42 6-Max ₹1 Lakh WTB | PokerBaazi |
| MOGSPRER | ₹17,648 | INCOOP – 41 Primetime Grind ₹1 Lakhs GTD | PokerStars India |
| Vix786 | ₹14,570 | IMPS#44 6-Max ₹75K GTD | PokerBaazi |
| Shrvan 'SSAHisoka' Amlekar | ₹12,001 | Evening Adda ₹50K GTD | Adda52 |
| Abisek372 | ₹11,854 | Sundown Adda ₹50K GTD | Adda52 |
| rkrohan@& | ₹11,777 | INCOOP – 44 PLO Turbo ₹30K GTD | PokerStars India |
| Dhawal ‘Happyace’ Baghel | ₹11,287 | Energise - ₹50K GTD | Spartan Poker |
| Dipak ‘2Wellaboys’ Kumar | ₹10,332 | INCOOP – 39 Bounty Builder Progressive KO ₹50K GTD | PokerStars India |
| BholenathOp | ₹6,612 | Epic – 4 Card PLO ₹30K GTD | Spartan Poker |
| PhilIvey2021 | ₹6,30 | INCOOP – 36 Win the Button Progressive KO ₹35K GTD | PokerStars India |
| Laldingliana ‘patea1971’ Tlau Vantawl | ₹4,781 | Epic – 6 Card PLO ₹10K GTD | Spartan Poker |
| Betelgeuse | ₹4,159 | Striker ₹15K GTD | Spartan Poker |
FTS#23 Highroller ₹1 Crore GTD – Spartan Poker
Buy-in – ₹88,000
Entries – 79
Re-entries – 24
Re-buys – 17
Prize Pool – ₹1,00,00,000
Places Paid – 15
The most expensive event at FTS 3.0, the ₹88,000 entry buy-in FTS#23 Highroller registered a reg-laden field of 120 participants, falling five entries short of hitting its ₹1 Crore prize pool guarantee.
Last night, the event played down to its six-handed FT with PokerGuru Ambassador Vivek Singh (2,819,797) bagging the overnight chip lead. He holds over twice as many chips as his closest competitor, the #3 ranked player of the year, Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia (1,244,750). Peush ‘Daniel0617’ Singhvi (833,488), FTS#17 Big Game & FTS#2 Friday Special finalist Arunkumar ‘denoi’ Singh (480,037), Apratim ‘checm@te’ Sharma (372,568), and FTS 2.0 Main Event champion, Young Gun Siddharth ‘Ari Tribbiani’ Karia (249,360) are others in contention to win the FTS Gold Medallion.
The event paid 15 places, and a min-cash was worth ₹1.80 Lakhs.
PokerGuru Ambassador Ankit ‘Shippament’ Wadhawan was the last player to fall out empty-handed.
Among the notables who made it in the money was the IOPC Legends champion Amit ‘Kavipri’ Suresh Gehani (8th for ₹3.55 Lakhs), Young Gun Sahil ‘$lim$hady19’ Chutani (9th for ₹2.60 Lakhs), PokerGuru Ambassador Ashutosh ‘SpewMonkey’ Balodhi (10th for ₹2.10 Lakhs), Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall (11th for ₹2.10 Lakhs), Sumit ‘Aaddicted’ Sapra (12th for ₹1.95 Lakhs), and Manish ‘potlords’ Gandhi (13th for ₹1.95 Lakhs).
During level 26, the user ‘mukuw’ hit the rail in seventh place, collecting ₹4.65 Lakhs. The elimination marked the end of Day 1 play.
Staying on course with the trend, the final table kicks off at 5 PM and will be streamed (on delay) from 6 PM onwards on multiple social media platforms, including our Facebook page.
Final Table Chip Counts
- Vivek ‘KasolHieghts’ Singh – 2,819,797
- Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia – 1,244,750
- Peush ‘Daniel0617’ Singhvi – 833,488
- Arunkumar ‘denoi’ Singh – 480,037
- Apratim ‘checm@te’ Sharma – 372,568
- Siddharth ‘Ari Tribbiani’ Karia – 249,360
FTS – The Feast ₹1 Crore GTD Day 1H – Spartan Poker
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 290
Re-entries – 31
Re-buys – 75
Survivors – 47
The ₹1 Crore GTD FTS – The Feast has been running since the start of the series last Friday. The ₹2,200 entry buy-in event logged in 396 challengers on Day 1H – the eighth of its 10 starting flights. Only 47 survived the day`s play.
Rising Star Aman ‘Karmapoker’ Parakh (183,110), Mohit ‘jacktheripper’ Bhati (172,746), ‘frgravity’ (155,571), Sooraj ‘GotNoChange31’ Todi (133,848) and ‘Zync’ (133,525) topped the end-of-day chip counts.
OVERLAY ALERT: The event is almost certain to experience a landslide overlay. The Feast has logged in a total of 2,105 entries after eight starting flights. It needs an additional 2,895 entries in just two flights to avoid filling in an overlay.
Top 10 Chip Counts at the end of Day 1H
- Aman ‘Karmapoker’ Parakh – 183,110
- Mohit ‘jacktheripper’ Bhati – 172,746
- frgravity – 155,571
- Sooraj ‘GotNoChange31’ Todi – 133,848
- Zync – 133,525
- Star0003 – 131,157
- hypn0tiser – 124,409
- Hareesh ‘XQTR’ KN – 120,687
- Chipku boy – 105,855
- Shrey ‘Kingsb30’ Baj – 98,663
FTS#20 Monster Stack ₹60 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 289
Re-entries – 132
Re-buys – 142
Prize Pool – ₹60,00,000
Places Paid – 63
Vaibhav ‘Beautiful Mistakes’ Sharma has become a regular fixture in our headlines, and he made the title again last night. The Delhi-based MTT pro dominated the FTS#20 Monster Stack final table to win the seventh Gold Medallion of the series and a hefty ₹9.79 Lakhs in prize money. He chopped the top prize heads-up with the first-ever IOPC Mastermind Aniket ‘TakingSouls’ Waghmare (2nd ₹9.14 Lakhs).
On Thursday, the ₹11,000 buy-in event reigned in an entry field of 563 runners, registering ₹3.70 Lakhs in overlays.
The other final table finishers were Brijesh ‘Sanu15’ Pratap Rao (3rd for ₹5.25 Lakhs), Prakash ‘Robin Van Charsi’ Gupta (4th for ₹4.17 Lakhs), Sooraj ‘GotNoChange31’ Todi (5th for ₹3.27 Lakhs), IOPC -The Millionaire Main Event winner Anurag ‘CultOfPersonality’ Srivastava (6th for ₹2.56 Lakhs), Meherzad ‘goblue’ Munsaf (7th for ₹1.92 Lakhs), and Shagun ‘icansuckout’ Jain (8th for ₹1.36 Lakhs).
Final Table Results
- Vaibhav ‘Beautiful Mistakes’ Sharma – ₹9,78,529*
- Aniket ‘TakingSouls’ Waghmare – ₹9,14,470*
- Brijesh ‘Sanu15’ Pratap Rao – ₹5,25,200
- Prakash ‘Robin Van Charsi’ Gupta – ₹4,17,000
- Sooraj ‘GotNoChange31’ Todi – ₹3,27,000
- Anurag ‘CultOfPersonality’ Srivastava – ₹2,56,200
- Meherzad ‘goblue’ Munsaf – ₹1,92,600
- Shagun ‘icansuckout’ Jain – ₹1,36,800
*denotes a heads-up deal
IMPS#41 Mini Main Event ₹30 Lakhs GTD Day 2 – PokerBaazi
Buy-in – ₹1,750
Entries – 1,883
Survivors – 227
Prize Pool – ₹30,00,000
Places Paid – 188
The FTS 2.0 star Kushagra ‘neha94’ Mehta outran the competition in PokerBaazi’s ₹30 Lakhs GTD IMPS#41 Mini Main Event to win ₹5.63 Lakhs. Ashit ‘nexus010’ Sharma placed runner-up for ₹3.98 Lakhs.
Kiran ‘bhokalishiva’ Kakde (3rd for ₹2.97 Lakhs), M Keerthi ‘pokerkid08’ Kumar (6th for ₹1.46 Lakhs), Janish ‘janish1998’ Jain (7th for ₹1.11 Lakhs), and PokerGuru Ambassador Nadeem ‘SpadeHunter’ Basha (8th for ₹80,100) also FT-ed the tourney!
The ₹1,750 entry buy-in event logged in a 1,883-entry field over four starting flights, overlaying ₹1.75 Lakhs. A total of 227 hopefuls came back on Day 2, and the top 188 places earned a payday.
Final Table Results
- Kushagra ‘neha94’ Mehta – ₹5,63,700
- Ashit ‘nexus010’ Sharma – ₹3,98,400
- Kiran ‘bhokalishiva’ Kakde – ₹2,97,900
- Ikka5 – ₹2,39,700
- Think_again – ₹188,700
- M Keerthi ‘pokerkid08’ Kumar – ₹146,400
- Janish ‘janish1998’ Jain – ₹111,600
- Nadeem ‘SpadeHunter’ Basha – ₹80,100
FTS#24 ₹30 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 307
Re-entries – 112
Re-buys – 207
Prize Pool –31,30,000
Places Paid – 55
The ₹30 Lakhs GTD FTS #24 wrangled in 626 players, collecting a guarantee-crushing ₹31.30 Lakhs prize pool. The 10 PM event came a close just before 6 AM today after the final two players agreed to a heads-up deal. Deepak ‘Checktrap6’ G Jain grabbed the title and won ₹5 Lakhs and the FTS Silver Medallion. ‘Ss_gilli finished runner-up for ₹4.93 Lakhs.
Young Gun Sanat ‘orhem3001’ Mehrotra (3rd for ₹2.78 Lakhs), Pavan ‘Rootahua Machi’ Kiran B (4th for ₹2.25 Lakhs), Vikaash ‘viks82’ Shah (5th for ₹1.78 Lakhs), and Sushil ‘lex_veldi82’ Kumar (8th for ₹70,497) also FT-ed the event.
Final Table Results
- Deepak ‘Checktrap6’ G Jain – ₹4,99,231*
- Ss_gilli – ₹4,92,979*
- Sanat ‘orhem3001’ Mehrotra – ₹2,78,257
- Pavan ‘Rootahua Machi’ Kiran B – ₹2,25,047
- Vikaash ‘viks82’ Shah – ₹1,78,097
- rDx141 – ₹1,37,094
- PradhanLi – ₹1,02,038
- Sushil ‘lex_veldi82’ Kumar – ₹73,868
*denotes a heads-up deal
The Ballers ₹22.50 Lakhs GTD – Adda52
Buy-in – ₹7,500
Entries – 165
Re-entries – 150
Prize Pool – ₹22,50,000
Places Paid – 34
Adda52’s The Ballers had 315 players (including re-entries) jostling for a share of the ₹22.50 Lakhs prize pool. The ₹7,500 entry buy-in event ended up filling in ₹92,250 in overlays. The user ‘rraja007’ came out trumps to win the title for ₹5.62 Lakhs.
PokerGuru Ambassador Vishal ‘GigaaBet’ Bajaj (3rd for ₹2.47 Lakhs) and Aniket ‘nahush’ Kumar Singh (4th for ₹1.88 Lakhs) also FT-ed the event.
Mohit ‘thejokerrrr’ Mehta bubbled the FT in seventh place for ₹67,500.
Final Table Results
- rraja007 – ₹5,62,500
- Rongon4 – ₹3,40,875
- Vishal ‘GigaaBet’ Bajaj – ₹2,47,500
- Aniket ‘nahush’ Kumar Singh – ₹1,87,875
- Aky21 – ₹1,29,375
- Betoo – ₹84,375
The Weekly Highroller ₹12 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 79
Re-entries – 47
Prize Pool – ₹12,60,000
Places Paid – 15
Young Gun Siddhanth ‘ender’ Kripalani was the last player standing in PokerBaazi`s ₹12 Lakhs GTD The Weekly Highroller and won ₹3.37 Lakhs, moving up two places to #12 on the annual leaderboard rankings. The NPS Main Event champion Mohammad ‘chandlerbing’ Azhar placed runner-up for ₹2.36 Lakhs.
The ₹11,000 entry buy-in event logged in 126 entries, collecting a ₹12.60 Lakhs prize pool.
Three PokerGuru Ambassadors FT-ed the tourney, including Ankit ‘d00mtr00p3r’ Wadhawan (4th for ₹1.12 Lakhs), Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja (7th for ₹56,196), and last night`s IMPS Mini Highroller champion Naresh ‘Emperor457’ Veeravalli (8th for ₹44,982)
Shashank ‘Iverson003’ Shekhar (3rd for ₹1.52 Lakhs), Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall (5th for ₹84,420), and Dhinesh ‘dhineshrocky007’ Kumar (6th for ₹67,536) round out the reg-laden FT.
Final Table Results
- Siddhanth ‘ender’ Kripalani – ₹3,37,680
- Mohammad ‘chandlerbing’ Azhar – ₹2,36,502
- Shashank ‘Iverson003’ Shekhar – ₹1,52,082
- Ankit ‘d00mtr00p3r’ Wadhawan – ₹1,12,644
- Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall – ₹84,420
- Dhinesh ‘dhineshrocky007’ Kumar – ₹67,536
- Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja – ₹56,196
- Naresh ‘Emperor457’ Veeravalli – ₹44,982
INCOOP – 40 Uppercut ₹12 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India
Buy-in – ₹4,400
Entries – 149
Re-entries – 143
Prize Pool – ₹12,00,000
Places Paid – 29
PokerStars India`s Friday headliner, the ₹12 Lakhs GTD INCOOP – 40 Uppercut, attracted 292 participants, filling in ₹32,000 in overlays. Prithu ‘fna1tics’ Gaur walked away with the lion`s share of the prize money, a personal-best ₹2.01 Lakhs (includes ₹98,625 in bounties). Ram ‘TheLagLawyer’ Kakkar finished runner-up for ₹1.47 Lakhs (includes ₹44,250 in bounties).
Md ‘BuLsEye0’ Zeeshan (3rd for ₹92,076), PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer Singh ‘ballistik310’ Chadha (4th for ₹70,233), Suresh ‘Wabi-$abi’ Kolli (6th for ₹57,655) and Amar ‘PsykoEko’ Iyer (7th for ₹24,064) also FT-ed the tourney.
Final Table Results (Includes Bounties)
- Prithu ‘fna1tics’ Gaur – ₹2,01,676
- Ram ‘TheLagLawyer’ Kakkar – ₹1,47,301
- Md ‘BuLsEye0’ Zeeshan – ₹92,076
- Arjanveer Singh ‘ballistik310’ Chadha – ₹70,233
- k1369 – ₹52,163
- Suresh ‘Wabi-$abi’ Kolli – ₹57,655
- Amar ‘PsykoEko’ Iyer – ₹24,064
FTS#22 ₹10 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 241
Re-entries – 78
Re-buys – 168
Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000
Places Paid – 47
Vinay ‘BeepBeepImaJeep’ Rajpal fired three bullets in Spartan Poker`s ₹10 Lakhs GTD FTS #22 and dominated the 487-strong field to win his second title at the series and ₹1.65 Lakhs in prize money. He chopped the top prize with Abhishek ‘abhi23451’ Pandey (2nd for ₹1.53 Lakhs).
Last night`s win has pushed Vinay Rajpal to the top of the FTS 3.0 leaderboard standings.
The tournament overlaid ₹26,000, and the top 47 places got paid.
Arunkumar ‘denoi’ Singh (3rd for ₹92,800), Kartikeya ‘Kartikeya123’ Yadav (4th for ₹75,100), Siddharth ‘cooking_nuts’ Gangwar (5th for ₹59,200), Ankit ‘ON_MY_MAC’ Omprakash Bajaj (6th for ₹43,806) and Paras ‘AAKKQQJJ’ Jain (7th for ₹33,200) also FT-ed the tourney.
Final Table Results
- Vinay ‘BeepBeepImaJeep’ Rajpal – ₹1,65,310*
- Abhishek ‘abhi23451’ Pandey – ₹1,53,390*
- Arunkumar ‘denoi’ Singh – ₹92,800
- Kartikeya ‘Kartikeya123’ Yadav – ₹75,100
- Siddharth ‘cooking_nuts’ Gangwar – ₹59,200
- Ankit ‘ON_MY_MAC’ Omprakash Bajaj – ₹45,200
- Paras ‘AAKKQQJJ’ Jain – ₹33,200
- ZubiRuhaan – ₹24,400
*denotes a heads-up deal
IMPS#46 Value Blast Day 1F ₹10 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi
Buy-in – ₹110
Entries – 1,067
Re-entries – 543
Survivors – 136
Day 1F of the ₹10 Lakhs GTD IMPS#46 Value Blast attracted 1,610 contestants, and less than 10% of the starting field, i.e., 136 players made the cut for Day 2.
The users ‘Pokerdev066’ (992,000), ‘kurmibabu’ (981,000), Prateek ‘prateektib’ Tibrewal (684,000), ‘happyending’ (654,000), and ‘Nayaksn’ (527,000) headlined the survivors.
OVERLAY ALERT: The Value Blast has logged in 6,763 entrants over six starting days and is likely heading towards a massive overlay since it needs a whopping 3,237 runners to enter the last flight to break even.
Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1F
- Pokerdev066 – 992,000
- kurmibabu – 981,000
- Prateek ‘prateektib’ Tibrewal – 684,000
- happyending – 654,000
- Nayaksn – 527,000
- prakash56 – 492,000
- OnlinePOKER – 476,000
- Parrry – 463,000
- buddha123 – 449,000
- Ajayandore – 431,000
IMPS#45 6-Max Mini Highroller ₹7 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 217
Re-entries – 219
Prize Pool – ₹8,70,000
Places Paid – 54
PokerGuru Ambassador Naresh ‘Emperor457’ Veeravalli outlasted the 436-entry field in PokerBaazi`s ₹7 Lakhs GTD IMPS#45 6-Max Mini Highroller to win ₹1.75 Lakhs. Rahul ‘fisherman’ Thakur came second for ₹1.22 Lakhs.
Advait ‘Ronaldinho18’ Rajguru (3rd for ₹79,003), Ravinder ‘Ravikirti’ Singh (5th for ₹43,862), and Amit ‘Samurai420’ Kumar Singh (6th for ₹35,142) also posted FT scores.
The ₹2,200 entry buy-in event registered a smashing ₹8.70 Lakhs prize pool on the back of 436 entrants. The 7 PM tourney got in the books at 2:51 AM, and the top 54 places boarded the money bus.
Final Table Results
- Naresh ‘Emperor457’ Veeravalli – ₹1,75,272
- Rahul ‘fisherman’ Thakur – ₹1,22,865
- Advait ‘Ronaldinho18’ Rajguru – ₹79,003
- thesetminer – ₹58,424
- Ravinder ‘Ravikirti’ Singh – ₹43,862
- Amit ‘Samurai420’ Kumar Singh – ₹35,142
Running Hot ₹5 Lakhs GTD – Adda52
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 152
Re-entries – 119
Prize Pool – ₹5,42,000
Places Paid – 27
Young Gun Karan ‘Reg_Slayer’ Radia kept up his winning form as he took down Adda52`s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Running Hot for ₹1.41 Lakhs after beating Himanshu ‘StupidCommonMan’ Kataria (2nd for ₹84,010) in the heads-up play. This was Radia`s second consecutive day winning the 9:30 PM marquee on Adda52 – he had won the Monster Turbo on Thursday.
Tarush ‘tarush123’ Gupta (4th for ₹46,070) and Rising Star Aman ‘karmapoker’ Parakh (7th for ₹17,615) also FT-ed the event.
Final Table Results
- Karan ‘Reg_Slayer’ Radia – ₹1,40,920
- Himanshu ‘StupidCommonMan’ Kataria – ₹84,010
- bewater – ₹63,143
- Tarush ‘tarush123’ Gupta – ₹46,070
- Samimeel – ₹31,165
- Bhande17 – ₹23,035
- Aman ‘karmapoker’ Parakh – ₹17,615
- ImAlpha – ₹13,550
INCOOP – 42 Battle Royale ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India
Buy-in – ₹2,750
Entries – 117
Re-entries – 81
Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Places Paid – 20
PokerStars India’s Battle Royale logged in a 198-player field, falling just two entries short of its ₹5 Lakhs guarantee. The event ran from 9.30 PM to 3.04 AM, and the user ‘imac2000’ shipped the event for ₹1 Lakh (includes ₹56,719 in bounties).
Amit ‘AKumarss’ Singh (2nd for ₹48,927), Goonjan ‘gmtesting.ind’ Mall (5th for ₹26,310), Chandan ‘RunBarryRun’ Arora (7th for ₹15,958), and Young Gun Arsh ‘BiggggTymeR’ Grover (9th for ₹10,846) also FT-ed the tourney.
Final Table Results (Includes Bounties)
- imac2000 – ₹1,00,333
- Amit Kumar ‘AKumarss’ Singh – ₹48,927
- poguewolf – ₹39,076
- GudThimma – ₹39,659
- Goonjan ‘gmtesting.ind’ Mall – ₹26,310’
- yd199999 – ₹33,759
- Chandan ‘RunBarryRun’ Arora – ₹15,958
- kimi_nj – ₹14,454
- Arsh ‘BiggggTymeR’ Grover – ₹10,846
Prime Time PLO ₹30K GTD – Khelo365
Buy-in – ₹550
Entries – 29
Re-entries – 18
Prize Pool – ₹30,000
Places Paid – 5
Khelo365 user ‘Mazad28’ came out on top in the ₹30K GTD Prime Time PLO to win ₹12,900. ‘amity007’ came second for ₹6,900.
This report was updated at 6 PM on 18.09.2021.
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Daily Majors: Karan Mehta, Vikash Kumar, Ankur Sehgal, Sagar C & Akshay Kapoor Shine on Wednesday
It was an action-packed Wednesday with Spartan Poker’s FTS 3.0, PokerStars India’s INCOOP, and PokerBaazi’s IMPS, keeping players across stakes busy.
Karan Mehta topped the Wednesday charts after overcoming a stacked FT in the FTS#14 Challenger on Spartan Poker for a career-best ₹7.72 Lakhs payday. The three-time The Summit champion Harsh Dembla placed runner-up for ₹4.86 Lakhs.
Vikash Kumar championed Spartan Poker’s FTS#18 for a personal-best (on Spartan Poker) ₹4.80 Lakhs.
Ankur Sehgal took down Adda52’s Maverick for ₹3.82 Lakhs. Mohit Dhingra came second.
The #13 ranked player of the year, Sagar C, came out on top in PokerStars India’s INCOOP – 18 Night on Stars for ₹1.82 Lakhs beating Kunal Yadav heads-up.
PokerGuru Ambassador Akshay Kapoor shipped PokerBaazi’s The Pride for ₹2.57 Lakhs.
Kaji Samsudeen walked away with the FTS#16 title, collecting a personal-best (on Spartan Poker) ₹1.44 Lakhs. Bhanu Prakash KC finished runner-up.
Vishal Singh, Rishab Malik, Siddharth Pandey, Karan Malhotra, Sandeep Varma, Murali Mohan, Nishant Pandey, Aryaman Arora, Basant Kumar Singh & Sharad Haridasan won the other marquee events.
Here are the Wednesday highlights!
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Spartan Poker
Spartan Poker’s FTS 3.0 had four events running on Wednesday alongside the final table of the ₹40 Lakhs GTD FTS#14 Challenger.
On Tuesday, FTS #14 Challenger attracted 666 participants, filling in ₹6.70 Lakhs in overlays. The top 71 places benefitted from the value on offer, with each assured at least ₹15,200. The eight-handed final table resumed at 5 PM yesterday. Karan ‘shanky2507’ Mehta was second in chips on the FT and eliminated four players on the final day to win the fifth FTS 3.0 marquee for a career-best ₹7.72 Lakhs. The three-time The Summit champion Harsh ‘aaja maal phuka’ Dembla came second for ₹4.86 Lakhs.
Last night’s score has improved Karan Mehta’s Spartan Poker earnings to ₹24.72 Lakhs with ₹3.28 Lakhs in net profits.
The former The Millionaire champion Rajat ‘NoPrisoners’ Sharma collected ₹4.34 Lakhs from two FT scores.
> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s FTS #14 – Challenger for ₹3.48 Lakhs
> 4th in PokerBaazi’s The Pride for ₹86,014
Rajat Sharma’s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.14 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.37 Crores
The former Sunday Superstack winner Deepesh ‘prince1993’ Raka also FT-ed two events, earning a cumulative ₹2.91 Lakhs.
> 4th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #14 – Challenger for ₹2.74 Lakhs
> 4th in INCOOP-13 Afternoon on Stars for ₹16,102
Young Gun Neel ‘Worm33’ Joshi (5th for ₹2.16 Lakhs), Jagat ‘jk307’ Bhandari (6th for ₹1.68 Lakhs), Nitesh ‘KATIYAR11’ Katiyar (7th for ₹1.26 Lakhs), and Amit ‘Fishy27’ Saraff (8th for ₹88,400) earned the other FT payouts in FTS #14 Challenger.
You can watch the FT replay below.
The ₹80 Lakhs GTD FTS #17 Big Game was the FTS headliner of the day. The ₹16,500 entry buy-in event could only muster 440 entries, registering a landslide ₹14 Lakhs in overlays. Last night’s INCOOP – 18 Night on Stars champion Sagar ‘maniacmachi’ C‘s elimination in ninth place for ₹1.60 Lakhs set up the eight-handed FT, signaling the end of Day 1. The IOPC – Legends champion Amit ‘Kavipri’ Suresh Gehani will be returning today as the FT chip leader with a stack of 2,571,911. Arunkumar ‘denoi’ Singh (2,044,712), Abhijeet ‘TheSupremeOne’ Kumar (1,610,517), Aman Kumar ‘KarrAk’ Sharma (1,538,673), Vinayak ‘haayegarmi’ Bajaj (858,761), Arun ‘vazharmorghulis’ Sriram (823,168), Vishnu ‘violator’ Khandelwal (804,481), and PokerGuru Ambassador Laksh ‘LuckyBhai$’ Pal Singh (747,777) are others in contention to win the FTS Gold Medallion and the ₹15.59 Lakhs up-top.
Apratim ‘checm@te’ Sharma (12th for ₹1.18 Lakhs), Shagun ‘icansuckout’ Jain (13th for ₹1.18 Lakhs), Naresh ‘money_bomb’ M (14th for ₹1.06 Lakhs), Young Gun Devang ‘THENERDGUY’ Yadav (15th for ₹1.06 Lakhs), Parth ‘ucallucry’ Budhraja (17th for ₹94,400), Ram ‘dharatal’ Mohan Sharma (18th for ₹82,400), Harshit ‘PokerinOlympics’ Sanghi (19th for ₹82,400), Mohit ‘jacktheripper’ Bhati (20th for ₹82,400), Vikaash ‘viks82’ Shah (23rd for 74,400), and Avadh ‘cateyes’ Shah (24th for ₹66,400) also posted deep runs in FTS #17 Big Game.
Vikash ‘Davill’ Kumar championed the ₹25 Lakhs GTD FTS #18, topping a 756-entry field to collect a personal-best (on Spartan Poker) ₹4.80 Lakhs. Spartan Poker user ‘PokerQueen1911’ finished runner-up for ₹2.99 Lakhs.
Vikash Kumar now sits on ₹9.83 Lakhs in recorded earnings (across Spartan Poker & PokerBaazi) with ₹4.67 Lakhs in corresponding profits.
Kaji ‘salim’ Samsudeen came out on top in the ₹7 Lakhs GTD FTS #16, winning a personal-best (on Spartan Poker) ₹1.44 Lakhs. Bhanu ‘spectre’ Prakash KC placed runner-up for ₹90,470.
Kaji Samsudeen boosted his total earnings of Spartan Poker to ₹2.16 Lakhs with ₹1.20 Lakhs in net profits.
The ten-flight strong ₹1 Crore GTD FTS – The Feast played out Day 1F yesterday, and 218 hopefuls joined the action. Only 23 players survived the day’s onslaught. ‘Punnintended’ (196,795), PokerGuru Ambassador Naresh ‘FreeFlow’ Veeravalli (174,540), and Siddharth ‘siddchat’ Chaturvedi (131,946) headlined the survivors. The ₹2,200 buy-in event has filled in 1,422 entries across six starting flights (Day 1A – 300, Day 1B – 187, Day 1C – 335, Day 1D – 210, Day 1E – 192, and Day 1F – 218). OVERLAY ALERT: There are four more flights left to run, and the event needs another 3,578 entries to meet its listed guarantee.
The ₹30 Lakhs added FTS 3.0 leaderboard has PokerGuru Ambassador Shashank ‘reconnecting’ Desai (2,972 points) on top after Day 6, with Anmol ‘Bullslayer’ Agarwal (2,644 points) and Abhijeet ‘TheSupremeOne’ Kumar (2,569 points) in hot pursuit.
FTS 3.0 Leaderboard Standings After Day 6
| Rank | Player Name | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shashank 'reconnecting' Desai | 2,972 |
| 2 | Anmol 'Bullslayer' Agarwal | 2,644 |
| 3 | Abhijeet 'TheSupremeOne' Kumar | 2,569 |
| 4 | Vinay 'BeepBeepImaJeep' Rajpal | 2,518 |
| 5 | Mithun 'Zima Blue' Mahesh | 2,503 |
| 6 | Ashish 'notoriouskonvict1' Nailwal | 2,447 |
| 7 | Bhanu 'spectre' Prakash KC | 2,327 |
| 8 | Arjanveer 'bazzingaa' Singh Chadha | 2,301 |
| 9 | Sooraj 'GotNoChange31' Todi | 2,175 |
| 10 | M 'LACHANCE' Balakrishnan | 2,054 |
PokerBaazi
PokerBaazi’s Wednesday bonanza, the ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Pride, saw PokerGuru Ambassador Akshay ‘CallmeAK’ Kapoor outlasting the 333-entry field to collect the lion’s share of the ₹11.66 Lakhs prize pool worth ₹2.57 Lakhs. ‘sarthak2222’ finished runner-up for ₹1.82 Lakhs.
This was Akshay Kapoor’s first title victory this month. He cashed in three more events last night, adding ₹2.83 Lakhs cumulatively.
His deep runs include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s The Pride for ₹2.57 Lakhs
> 17th in PokerStars India’s INCOOP-18 Night on Stars for ₹11,601
> 41st in Spartan Poker’s FTS #18 for ₹10,250
> 30th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #16 for ₹4,315
Siddharth ‘Siddonuts’ Pandey took down the ₹3 Lakhs GTD IMPS#32 (6-Max) Turbo for ₹59,980, following a three-way deal with the IMPS#25 champion, Nishant ‘stockfull’ Pandey (2nd for ₹58,540) and ‘software’ (3rd for ₹45,180).
Siddharth Pandey’s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.26 Crores | Lifetime Profit: ₹19.76 Lakhs
Coming to the multi-flight events, Day 1B of the ₹30 Lakhs GTD IMPS#29 Mini Main Event logged in 336 entries, with only 32 runners making it through to Day 2. Anish ‘PapaNegreanu’ Arora (506,000), Faiz ‘AilaGaya’ Alam (380,000), and Ashok ‘Ashok1098’ Choudhary (346,000) bagged the top stacks.
Day 1D of the ₹10 Lakhs GTD IMPS#30 Value Blast recorded 778 entries. And topping the 66 survivors was ‘crampfish2801’ (505,000). Shubham ‘backchod’ Agarwal (483,000) and ‘a5hwin’ (457,000) round out the top three day-end chip counts.
Karan ‘karangogi’ Malhotra (Won Daily Night SPRINT ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹49,300), ‘pokerfacblr’ (Won IMPS#31 DAILY ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹44,520), Nishant ‘stockfull’ Pandey (Won IMPS#25 ₹75K GTD for ₹19,550), ‘IamAV’ (Won IMPS#28 ₹80K GTD for ₹17,030), ‘acepoker’ (Won IMPS#26 (5-Max) Turbo ₹60K GTD for ₹11,560), and ‘bisfu1706’ (Won IMPS#27 (4-Max) DST Hyper Turbo ₹40K GTD for ₹8,090) shipped the other marquees.
PokerStars India
Day 2 of PokerStars India’s INCOOP had 11 events on tap.
The Wednesday headliner, the ₹10 Lakhs GTD INCOOP – 18 Night on Stars, brought in a starting field of 369 challengers who signed up for ₹2,750 to leave an overlay of ₹77,500. After almost nine hours of intense action, Sagar ‘sagarpupull’ C walked away with the title and a ₹1.82 Lakhs payday. Kunal ‘kunnotaguero’ Yadav placed runner-up for ₹1.35 Lakhs.
Sagar C’s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.21 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.17 Crores | Ranked #13 in the Annual Leaderboard Standings
The second INCOOP marquee, the ₹5 Lakhs GTD INCOOP – 20 Deepstack, also featured a ₹2,750 entry buy-in. The event logged in 172 contestants, resulting in a ₹70,000 overlay, and the top 20 places got paid. The 9:30 PM tourney found a winner at 3:47 AM, with last month’s The Millionaire champion Rishab ‘NoChan(3’ Malik walking away with his first INCOOP title and ₹1.01 Lakhs in prize money. Shiv ‘DarksideOf82’ Verma placed second for ₹77,611.
Rishab Malik’s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.93 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.14 Crores | Annual Winnings: ₹1.28 Crores
The other INCOOP winners on Day 2 of the series included ‘RageAce00’ (INCOOP-16 Total KO 100% ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹57,667), ‘rohhit2’ (Won INCOOP-23 Ultrasonic ₹2 Lakhs GTD for ₹49,740), ‘Cardshark6191’ (INCOOP-13 Afternoon on Stars ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD for ₹35,281), ‘Utgoverner’ (Won INCOOP-19 Primetime Grind ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹21,610), ‘sssss951’ (Won INCOOP-15 4-Max ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹17,480), ‘Somya2727’ (Won INCOOP-21 Deep Hyper ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹13,643), ‘44706625’ (Won INCOOP-22 PL Omaha ₹30K GTD for ₹10,546), Aryaman ‘AryaKnight’ Arora (Won INCOOP-17 Bounty Builder Progressive KO ₹50K GTD for ₹9,357), and Aryaman ‘AryaKnight’ Arora (Won INCOOP-14 4-Max Progressive KO ₹40K GTD for ₹7,167).
Adda52
The Maverick dominated the Wednesday action on Adda52. The 8 PM flagship fell ₹2.06 Lakhs short of its ₹15 Lakhs guarantee. Besting the 569-player field was Sunday’s Adda52 Millions sixth-place finisher Ankur ‘Aceleration’ Sehgal, who won the ₹3.82 Lakhs top prize after beating Mohit ‘Gandiaa’ Dhingra (2nd for ₹2.17 Lakhs) heads-up.
Sehgal had a fantastic run in August, scoring three standout scores, starting with a third-place finish in the APT #35 Super Highroller for a personal-best ₹9.30 Lakhs. He also placed fifth in the WPT India Super High Roller for ₹8.29 Lakhs before taking down his first WPT trophy in the WPT Gladiator for ₹7.88 Lakhs. Sehgal’s Maverick win is his first title win of September and boosted his lifetime winnings to ₹2.70 Crores.
The ₹4 Lakhs GTD La Luna found a winner in Monday’s Nighttide DST Adda champion Vishal ‘Mitsen’ Singh. Singh overcame the 231-entry field, eventually beating Nitin ‘Bigbluffs’ Arora (2nd for ₹64,000) heads-up to grab the top prize of ₹1.10 Lakhs. Singh cashed in two other events on Adda52, collectively worth ₹1.43 Lakhs. He has touched ₹49.80 Lakhs in recorded online winnings.
Vishal Singh’s top finishes include:
> 1st in the La Luna ₹4 Lakhs GTD for ₹1.10 Lakhs
> 2nd in the Nighttide DST Adda ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹24,500
> 23rd in the Maverick for ₹9,000
‘harishgujwar’ (Won Afternoon Adda ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹39,086), Sandeep ‘effuno’ Varma (Won Nighttide DST Adda ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹33,077), Murali ‘grind121’ Mohan (Won Punch ₹80K GTD for ₹25,340), ‘Ronima1978‘ (Won Sundown Adda ₹50K GTD for ₹14,500), Basant Kumar ‘Rush99’ Singh (Won Evening Adda ₹50K GTD for ₹11,132) and Sharad ‘zimbawe’ Haridasan (Won PLO 500 ₹20K GTD for ₹6,503) bagged the other Wednesday marquees.
The other Wednesday winners were:
| Player | Prize Amount | Event | Poker Site |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vishal ‘Mitsen’ Singh | ₹1.09 Lakhs | La Luna ₹4 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
| Siddharth 'Siddonuts' Pandey | ₹59,979 | IMPS#32 (6-Max) Turbo ₹3 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
| ‘RageAce00’ | ₹57,667 | INCOOP-16 Total KO 100% ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD | PokerStars India |
| ‘rohhit2’ | ₹49,740 | INCOOP-23 Ultrasonic ₹2 Lakhs GTD | PokerStars India |
| harishgujwar | ₹39,086 | Afternoon Adda ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
| Mayank ‘9894t’ Thakkar | ₹37,231 | Night Rider – Monster Stack ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
| ‘Cardshark6191’ | ₹35,281 | INCOOP-13 Afternoon on Stars ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD | PokerStars India |
| Sandeep ‘effuno’ Varma | ₹33,077 | Nighttide DST Adda ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
| Murali ‘grind121’ Mohan | ₹25,340 | Punch ₹80K GTD | Adda52 |
| ‘Utgoverner’ | ₹21,610 | INCOOP-19 Primetime Grind ₹1 Lakh GTD | PokerStars India |
| ‘sssss951’ | ₹17,480 | INCOOP-15 4-Max ₹1 Lakh GTD | PokerStars India |
| Ronima1978 | ₹14,500 | Sundown Adda ₹50K GTD | Adda52 |
| ‘Somya2727’ | ₹13,643 | INCOOP-21 Deep Hyper ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD | PokerStars India |
| Basant Kumar ‘Rush99’ Singh | ₹11,132 | Evening Adda ₹50K GTD | Adda52 |
| ‘44706625’ | ₹10,546 | INCOOP-22 PL Omaha ₹30K GTD | PokerStars India |
| nishantdreams | ₹10,500 | 6 Feet Under PLO Deepstack ₹25K GTD | Khelo365 |
| Aryaman ‘AryaKnight’ Arora | ₹9,357 | INCOOP-17 Bounty Builder Progressive KO ₹50K GTD | PokerStars India |
| Rajeshwar ‘Yashi9696’ Singh | ₹7,221 | Epic - 4 Card PLO ₹30K GTD | Spartan Poker |
| Aryaman ‘AryaKnight’ Arora | ₹7,167 | INCOOP-14 4-Max Progressive KO ₹40K GTD | PokerStars India |
| Sharad ‘zimbawe’ Haridasan | ₹6,503 | PLO 500 ₹20K GTD | Adda52 |
FTS – The Feast ₹1 Crore GTD Day 1F – Spartan Poker
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 137
Re-entries – 22
Rebuys – 59
Survivors – 23
Day 1F of the ₹1 Crore GTD, FTS – The Feast registered 218 entrants, and after the stipulated 26 levels of play, 23 hopefuls advanced through to Day 2.
The user ‘Punnintended’ (196,795), PokerGuru Ambassador Naresh ‘FreeFlow’ Veeravalli (174,540), Siddharth ‘siddchat’ Chaturvedi (131,946), Kritagya ‘Kritagya_1703’ Sharma (130,508), Aditya ‘KesarDaa’ Kesharwani (115,939), Naman ‘Radmod’ Aggarwal (111,388) and Ajay ‘gabbarsingh’ Dhayal (78,836) bagged the top stacks last evening.
Day 1I starts at 4 PM today.
OVERLAY ALERT: The ₹2,200 entry buy-in event needs 5,000 total entries to break even, and with 1,422 entries after six flights, it’s far behind the required run-rate.
Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1F
- Punnintended – 196,795
- Naresh ‘FreeFlow’ Veeravalli – 174,540
- Siddharth ‘siddchat’ Chaturvedi – 131,946
- Dr.Fish – 131,171
- Kritagya ‘Kritagya_1703’ Sharma – 130,508
- Aditya ‘KesarDaa’ Kesharwani – 115,939
- Naman ‘Radmod’ Aggarwal – 111,388
- Tejas.pd – 109,978
- tsb2127 – 81,433
- Ajay ‘gabbarsingh’ Dhayal – 78,836
FTS#17 Big Game ₹80 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Buy-in – ₹16,500
Entries – 238
Re-entries – 98
Rebuys – 104
Prize Pool – ₹80,00,000
Places Paid – 47
The ₹80 Lakhs GTD FTS #17 Big Game was the biggest draw on Wednesday, and the 8 PM flagship played down to its eight-handed last night. The IOPC Legends champion, Amit ‘Kavipri’ Gehani, was among the 440 runners who ponied up ₹16,500 to enter the event. He ran past a host of onerous regs to bag the overnight chip lead with a stack of 2,571,911.
Not far behind Gehani is Arunkumar ‘denoi’ Singh (2,044,712), the only other player with a 200K-plus stack on the FT. The #3 ranked player on the FTS 3.0 leaderboard standings Abhijeet ‘TheSupremeOne’ Kumar (1,610,517), is third in chips, making him a likely contender to move up further in the standings.
Aman Kumar ‘KarrAk’ Sharma (1,538,673), Vinayak ‘haayegarmi’ Bajaj (858,761), Arun ‘vazharmorghulis’ Sriram (823,168), Vishnu ‘violator’ Khandelwal (804,481), and PokerGuru Ambassador Laksh ‘LuckyBhai$’ Pal Singh (747,777) are others who will be returning for the final table at 5 PM today.
The event filled in a massive ₹14 Lakhs in overlays, offering insane value to all participants. All finalists have already locked in ₹1.95 Lakhs, but all eyes are on the FTS Gold Medallion and the ₹15.59 Lakhs set aside for the champion.
Sagar ‘maniacmachi’ C (9th for ₹1.60 Lakhs) bubbled the final table.
Praveen ‘iShowNutz’ Garle (11th for ₹1.34 Lakhs), Apratim ‘checm@te’ Sharma (12th for ₹1.18 Lakhs), Shagun ‘icansuckout’ Jain (13th for ₹1.18 Lakhs), Naresh ‘Money_bomb’ M (14th for ₹1.06 Lakhs) and Young Gun Devang ‘THENERDGUY’ Yadav (15th for ₹1.06 Lakhs) were others who posted a deep run in the event.
Final Table Chip Counts
- Amit ‘Kavipri’ Suresh Gehani – 2,571,911
- Arunkumar ‘denoi’ Singh – 2,044,712
- Abhijeet ‘TheSupremeOne’ Kumar – 1,610,517
- Aman Kumar ‘KarrAk’ Sharma – 1,538,673
- Vinayak ‘haayegarmi’ Bajaj – 858,761
- Arun ‘vazharmorghulis’ Sriram – 823,168
- Vishnu ‘violator’ Khandelwal – 804,481
- Laksh ‘LuckyBhai$’ Pal Singh – 747,777
FTS#14 Challenger ₹40 Lakhs GTD Final Table – Spartan Poker
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 322
Re-entries – 159
Rebuys – 185
Prize Pool – ₹40,00,000
Places Paid – 71
FTS#14 Challenger registered 666 entries on Tuesday, experiencing a ₹6.70 Lakhs overlay shortfall.
Karan ‘shanky2507’ Mehta was the last player standing on the live-streamed FT and won a career-best ₹7.72 Lakhs, along with the FTS Gold Medallion, a certificate, and a hamper. The three-time The Summit champion Harsh ‘aaja maal phuka’ Dembla missed out in second place for ₹4.86 Lakhs.
Last night`s The Pride fourth-place finisher Rajat ‘NoPrisoners’ Sharma (3rd for ₹3.48 Lakhs), the former Sunday Superstack winner Deepesh ‘prince1993’ Raka (4th for ₹2.74 Lakhs), Young Gun Neel ‘Worm33’ Joshi (5th for ₹2.16 Lakhs), Jagat ‘jk307’ Bhandari (6th for ₹1.68 Lakhs), Nitesh ‘KATIYAR11’ Katiyar (7th for ₹1.26 Lakhs), and Amit ‘Fishy27’ Saraff (8th for ₹88,400) also earned FT payouts.
Final Table Results
- Karan ‘shanky2507’ Mehta – ₹7,72,000
- Harsh ‘aaja maal phuka’ Dembla – ₹4,86,400
- Rajat ‘NoPrisoners’ Sharma – ₹3,48,400
- Deepesh ‘prince1993’ Raka – ₹2,74,400
- Neel ‘Worm33’ Joshi – ₹2,15,600
- Jagat ‘jk307’ Bhandari – ₹1,68,400
- Nitesh ‘KATIYAR11’ Katiyar – ₹1,26,800
- Amit ‘Fishy27’ Saraff – ₹88,400
IMPS#29 Mini Main Event ₹30 Lakhs GTD Day 1B – PokerBaazi
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 200
Re-entries – 136
Survivors – 32
Day 1B of the ₹30 Lakhs GTD IMPS#29 Mini Main Event locked in 336 entries. The second starting flight ran from 7:30 PM to 12:24 AM, and only 32 players made it through in the end.
Anish ‘PapaNegreanu’ Arora (506,000), Faiz ‘AilaGaya’ Alam (380,000), and Ashok ‘Ashok1098’ Choudhary (346,000) topped the surviving field, with Amit ‘Samurai420’ Kumar Singh (221,000), Rubin ‘kornkid’ Labroo (204,000), and Siddharth ‘siddchat’ Chaturvedi (196,000) bagging the other top stacks.
Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1B
- Anish ‘PapaNegreanu’ Arora – 506,000
- Faiz ‘AilaGaya’ Alam – 380,000
- Ashok ‘Ashok1098’ Choudhary – 346,000
- yamaying – 323,000
- rajukumar9852 – 273,000
- Gomezmerizer – 262,000
- Amit ‘Samurai420’ Kumar Singh – 221,000
- Rubin ‘kornkid’ Labroo – 204,000
- Siddharth ‘siddchat’ Chaturvedi – 196,000
- 13rishabh – 189,000
FTS#18 ₹25 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Buy-in – ₹3,300
Entries – 371
Re-entries – 160
Rebuys – 225
Prize Pool – ₹25,00,000
Places Paid – 79
Vikash’ Davill’ Kumar was the second player to win the FTS Silver Medallion last night after his victory run in the ₹25 Lakhs GTD FTS#18 for ₹4.80 Lakhs. The user ‘PokerQueen1911’ finished runner-up for ₹3 Lakhs.
Vikash Kumar now sits on ₹5.17 Lakhs in recorded winnings on Spartan Poker.
The event ran from 10 PM to 5:12 AM with 756 participants signing up to play, resulting in an overlay deficit worth ₹2.32 Lakhs.
Anmol ‘Bullslayer’ Agarwal (3rd for ₹2.14 Lakhs), Debneil ‘ChhotaDon’ Mukherjee (5th for ₹1.32 Lakhs), and PokerGuru Ambassador Naresh ‘FreeFlow’ Veeravalli (7th for ₹77,250) also FT-ed the event.
Final Table Results
- Vikash ‘Davill’ Kumar – ₹4,79,750
- PokerQueen1911 – ₹2,99,181
- Anmol ‘Bullslayer’ Agarwal – ₹2,13,681
- Billy the Kid – ₹1,66,181
- Debneil ‘ChhotaDon’ Mukherjee – ₹1,31,750
- FuffadJi – ₹1,03,500
- Naresh ‘FreeFlow’ Veeravalli – ₹77,250
- Showkeeen – ₹53,500
Maverick ₹15 Lakhs GTD – Adda52
Buy-in – ₹2,500
Entries – 275
Re-entries – 294
Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000
Places Paid – 63
Adda52`s ₹15 Lakhs GTD Maverick was also hit by the overlay express as a below-par 569-entry field resulted in a significant ₹2.06 Lakhs overlay shortfall.
The 8 PM event ended at 4.34 AM, with Ankur ‘Aceleration’ Sehgal walking away with the title and the ₹3.83 Lakhs up top. Mohit ‘Gandiaa’ Dhingra secured a runner-up payday worth ₹2.18 Lakhs.
This happens to be Ankur Sehgal`s first tournament victory of the month and improved his online scorecard to ₹2.70 Crores.
The FT was replete with top regs like Himanshu ‘pirateking7’ Arora (3rd for ₹1.49 Lakhs), Young Gun Gaurav ‘gauravarod’ Sood (4th for ₹1.09 Lakhs), PokerGuru Ambassador Ankit ‘d00mtr00p3r’ Wadhawan (6th for ₹52,500), Sahil ‘ImHighIshove’ Mahboobani (7th for ₹41,250) and Debapriya ‘debapriya_12345’ Manna (8th for ₹30,000).
Final Table Results
- Ankur ‘Aceleration’ Sehgal – ₹3,82,500
- Mohit ‘Gandiaa’ Dhingra – ₹2,17,500
- Himanshu ‘pirateking7’ Arora – ₹1,49,250
- Gaurav ‘gauravarod’ Sood – ₹1,08,750
- tinda2706 – ₹75,000
- Ankit ‘d00mtr00p3r’ Wadhawan – ₹52,500
- Sahil ‘ImHighIshove’ Mahboobani – ₹41,250
- Debapriya ‘debapriya_12345’ Manna – ₹30,000
The Pride ₹10 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi
Buy-in – ₹3,850
Entries – 169
Re-entries – 164
Prize Pool – ₹11,66,000
Places Paid – 36
PokerGuru Ambassador Akshay ‘CallmeAK’ Kapoor came up trumps in PokerBaazi’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Pride and won ₹2.57 Lakhs. The former UVS High Roller champion outlasted ‘sarthak2222’ (2nd for ₹1.82 Lakhs) heads-up, marking his 10th tournament victory of the year.
Akshay Kapoor’s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹74.85 Lakhs | Lifetime Profit: ₹30.06 Lakhs
The star-studded final table had regs like Rising Star Aman ‘KarmaPoker’ Parakh (3rd for ₹1.16 Lakhs), Rajat ‘LungFakeer’ Sharma (4th for ₹86,014), Gautam ‘M8a7’ Rohilla (5th for ₹64,570), PokerGuru Ambassador Gokul ‘Nygma’ Raj (6th for ₹51,632), Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra (7th for ₹42,890), and Young Gun Karan ‘Apocalypto’ Radia (8th for ₹34,382) in contention.
The ₹3,850 entry buy-in event registered 333 hopefuls, posting a ₹11.66 Lakhs prize pool. The top 36 places were paid.
Final Table Results
- Akshay ‘CallmeAK’ Kapoor – ₹2,57,459
- sarthak2222 – ₹1,81,653
- Aman ‘KarmaPoker’ Parakh – ₹1,16,200
- Rajat ‘LungFakeer’ Sharma – ₹86,014
- Gautam ‘M8a7’ Rohilla – ₹64,570
- Gokul ‘Nygma’ Raj – ₹51,632
- Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra – ₹42,890
- Karan ‘Apocalypto’ Radia – ₹34,382
INCOOP – 18 Night on Stars ₹10 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India
Buy-in – ₹2,750
Entries – 205
Re-entries – 164
Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000
Places Paid – 47
Sagar ‘sagarpupull’ C raced past the competition in PokerStars India’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD INCOOP – 18 Night on Stars to win ₹1.82 Lakhs, with Kunal ‘kunnotaguero’ Yadav taking second place for ₹1.35 Lakhs.
Nitin ‘Checkshoveit’ Arora (3rd for ₹1 Lakh), Anurag ‘GutshotHaiBro’ Srivastava (4th for ₹74,129), Sanjeeta ‘realkidpoker92′ Kumari (5th for ₹54,932), PokerGuru Ambassador Deepankur ‘dp8218′ Gupta (6th for ₹40,707), Vinay ‘VlNAY09′ Rajpal (8th for ₹22,354), and Armaan ‘armaan007111′ Kochhar (9th for ₹16,565) also earned FT payouts.
The ₹2,750 entry buy-in event drew 369 challengers, overlaying ₹77,500. The 7:30 PM tourney ended at 3:08 AM, and 47 places got paid.
Final Table Results
- Sagar ‘sagarpupull’ C – ₹1,82,169
- Kunal ‘kunnotaguero’ Yadav – ₹1,34,994
- Nitin ‘Checkshoveit’ Arora – ₹1,00,035
- Anurag ‘GutshotHaiBro’ Srivastava – ₹74,129
- Sanjeeta ‘realkidpoker92’ Kumari – ₹54,932
- Deepankur ‘dp8218’ Gupta – ₹40,707
- bhanu4200 – ₹30,165
- Vinay ‘VlNAY09’ Rajpal – ₹22,354
- Armaan ‘armaan007111’ Kochhar – ₹16,565
IMPS#30 Value Blast ₹10 Lakhs GTD – Day 1D – PokerBaazi
Buy-in – ₹110
Entries – 454
Re-entries – 324
Survivors – 66
The fourth starting flight of PokerBaazi’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD IMPS#30 Value Blast collected 778 entries. Only 66 among them progressed to Day 2.
‘crampfish2801’ (505,000), Shubham ‘backchod’ Agarwal (483,000) and ‘a5hwin’ (457,000) topped the end of Day 1D chip counts. Amit ‘Samurai420’ Kumar Singh (426,000) and Shubh ‘pokernoob91’ Jain (398,000) bagged the other top stacks.
Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1D
- crampfish2801 – 505,000
- Shubham ‘backchod’ Agarwal – 483,000
- a5hwin – 457,000
- Amit ‘Samurai420’ Kumar Singh – 426,000
- Shubh ‘pokernoob91’ Jain – 398,000
- Ahsansam – 366,000
- Kimchii28 – 345,000
- royalking7424 – 323,000
- winnermomo – 313,000
- calyx420 – 272,000
FTS#16 ₹7 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 358
Re-entries – 126
Re-buys – 260
Prize Pool – ₹7,44,000
Places Paid – 71
Kaji ‘salim’ Samsudeen picked up his first FTS Silver Medallion last night after taking down the ₹7 Lakhs GTD FTS#16 for ₹1.44 Lakhs. TLB legend Bhanu ‘spectre’ Prakash KC placed runner-up for ₹90,470.
Vishal ‘Darky012’ Ojha (6th for ₹31,322) and Armaan ‘space ace’ Kochhar (7th for ₹22,859) also FT-ed the tourney!
The ₹1,100 entry buy-in event pulled in 744 entrants to collect a guarantee-smashing ₹7.44 Lakhs prize pool. The 6 PM tourney ended at 3:08 AM, and the top 71 places earned a payday.
Final Table Results
- Kaji ‘salim’ Samsudeen – ₹1,43,592
- Bhanu ‘spectre’ Prakash KC – ₹90,470
- Ajay ‘gabbarsingh’ Dhayal – ₹64,076
- NanuPOW – ₹51,038
- Dandanaka – ₹40,102
- Vishal ‘Darky012’ Ojha – ₹31,322
- Armaan ‘space ace’ Kochhar – ₹22,859
- DownLord – ₹16,442
INCOOP – 20 Deepstack ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India
Buy-in – ₹2,750
Entries – 101
Re-entries – 71
Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Places Paid – 20
Rishab ‘NoChan(3′ Malik added an INCOOP title to his tally as he shipped the ₹5 Lakhs GTD INCOOP – 20 Deepstack for ₹1 Lakh. Shiv ‘DarksideOf82′ Verma finished runner-up for ₹77,611.
Suraj ‘MR.BEAST(SNY)’ N Yadav (3rd for ₹59,755), Chandan ‘RunBarryRun’ Arora (4th for ₹46,007), Amit ‘Stu Ungar 7694′ Kaushik (5th for ₹35,422), and Dhinesh ‘you3betl4bet’ Kumar (8th for ₹16,167) also FT-ed the tourney!
The ₹2,750 entry buy-in event registered 172 runners, overlaying ₹70,000. The 9:30 PM event got in the books at 3:47 AM, and the top 20 places finished ITM.
Final Table Results
- Rishab ‘NoChan(3’ Malik – ₹1,00,803
- Shiv ‘DarksideOf82’ Verma – ₹77,611
- Suraj ‘MR.BEAST(SNY) ‘ N Yadav – ₹59,755
- Chandan ‘RunBarryRun’ Arora – ₹46,007
- Amit ‘Stu Ungar 7694’ Kaushik – ₹35,422
- kimi_nj – ₹27,273
- bossbaby97 – ₹20,998
- Dhinesh ‘you3betl4bet’ Kumar – ₹16,167
- ASG 961 – ₹12,447
La Luna ₹4 Lakhs GTD – Adda52
Buy-in – ₹1,800
Entries – 131
Re-entries – 102
Prize Pool – ₹4,00,000
Places Paid – 24
Adda52’s La Luna had to fill in a nominal ₹21,160 in overlays on the back of its 231-player field. Monday’s Nighttide DST Adda champion Vishal ‘Mitsen’ Singh cut his way past the competition to collect his second title in under a week and a ₹1.10 Lakhs payday. Nitin ‘Bigbluffs’ Arora placed runner-up for ₹64,000.
Vishal Singh made quite the splash on Adda52 last night with two other deep runs. He almost took down the Nighttide DST Adda – finishing runner-up for ₹24,500. He ITM-ed the Maverick as well, cumulatively earning ₹1.43 Lakhs.
Basant Kumar ‘Rush99’ Singh finished sixth for ₹17,000.
IMPS#32 (6-Max) Turbo ₹3 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi
Buy-in – ₹770
Entries – 294
Re-entries – 281
Prize Pool – ₹4,03,000
Places Paid – 72
Siddharth ‘Siddonuts’ Pandey fired six bullets in PokerBaazi`s ₹3 Lakhs GTD IMPS#32 (6-Max) Turbo and ended up posting a decent ROI on the investment as he took down the event for ₹59,979. He struck a three-way deal with Nishant ‘stockfull’ Pandey (2nd for ₹58,540) and ‘software’ (3rd for ₹45,178).
The event logged in 575 entries, posting a ₹4.03 Lakhs prize pool that was distributed among the top 72 finishers.
Tanay ‘tannycruz’ Hegde (4th for ₹25,398) and Rising Star Aman ‘KarmaPoker’ Parakh (6th for ₹15,255) also FT-ed the event.
6 Feet Under PLO Deepstack ₹25K GTD – Khelo365
Buy-in – ₹550
Entries – 30
Re-entries – 6
Prize Pool – ₹25,000
Places Paid – 4
Khelo365 regular ‘nishantdreams‘ outlasted a 36-player field to win the ₹25K GTD 6 Feet Under PLO Deepstack for ₹10,500. ‘Bichals720‘ placed runner-up for ₹6,500.
This report was updated at 7 PM on 16.09.2021.
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