With the weekend rolling in, the online action on Friday was electrifying, as most flagships comfortably surpassed their guarantees.

Grabbing the headlines was seasoned MTT pro (and a former Young Gun) Shravan Chhabria, who banked over ₹6.28 Lakhs for taking down Adda52’s The Ballers.

Nikhil Yadav, Mohammad Azhar, Ayush Garg, Amarjeet Singh, and Umesh Sharma dominated the other Friday marquee tourneys.

Here`s a complete recap of the day’s highlights!

Spartan Poker

Spartan Poker’s weekend fiesta, the ₹1 Crore GTD Millionaire, completed its second starting flight on Friday. Day 1B of the ₹5,500 entry-buy-in event gathered 354 participants, and only 46 survived the day`s play. The event has already registered 676 entries (Day 1A – 322 and Day 1B – 354), with three more flights to go before Day 2 on Sunday. ‘Ken4two’ (320,471) bagged the end-of-the-day chip lead, taking the overall chip lead. The FTS 2.0 Main Event champion, Young Gun Siddharth ‘Ari Tribbiani’ Karia (238,097) and ‘nymphetamine’ (235,765) were the top three names on the Day 1B survivor`s list.

The day`s featured tourney, the ₹30 Lakhs GTD The Elite, logged in 330 contestants, accumulating a whopping ₹33 Lakhs in the prize pool. The 9:30 PM tourney went on for over seven and a half hours before ‘Khuranaji’ and Nikhil ‘louis02’ Yadav cut a heads-up deal to wrap up the proceedings. The former was awarded the title and a ₹6.31 Lakhs payday, while Yadav secured the runner-up payout of ₹5.36 Lakhs. This happens to be the first major title for the anonymous champion, pushing his total winnings on the site to ₹6.46 Lakhs (₹5.35 Lakhs in net profits).

Like The Elite, even the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Futuristic crushed its advertised guarantee easily, as a starting field of 1,277 challengers generated a prize pool worth ₹10.22 Lakhs. The mystery user ‘LACHANCE’ was the last player standing and banked a personal-best (on Spartan Poker) ₹1.68 Lakhs after striking a heads-up deal with ‘prasun2329’ (runner-up for ₹1.42 Lakhs).

The theme on Day 5 of the Ultimate Value Series (UVS) was knockout tourneys. And Spartan Poker ran five UVS events on Friday. The biggest of them, the ₹4 Lakhs GTD UVS #29, was taken down by ‘NothingElseMatters.’ The player pierced a 429-entry field to win ₹70,995, following a three-way deal with Kriti ‘ironlady’ Kuksal (runner-up for ₹63,107) and Akshay ‘Sp3wdi3pi3’ Dhingra (3^rd for ₹53,647).

With just two more days for the series to end, Induprakash ‘Fixed Odds’ Mishra is the frontrunner in the ₹3 Lakhs UVS leaderboard standings with 2,649 points. Siddharth ‘SidSparta21’ Ojha (2,558 points) and ‘VM.Varga’ (2,499 points) are close on his coattails in second and third place, respectively.

UVS Leaderboard Standings After Day 5

PokerStars India

PokerStars India`s Friday headliner, the ₹7 Lakhs GTD Uppercut Magic Edition, collected a hefty ₹7.21 Lakhs prize pool after 206 runners signed up to play. The former Millionaire winner Ayush ‘Kyanaamrakhu’ Garg outlasted them all, winning the Uppercut title for the third time last night for ₹1.69 Lakhs (₹1,06,531 in bounties). Goonjan ‘gmtesting.ind’ Mall placed runner-up for ₹88,846 (₹26,469 in bounties).

Garg now boasts ₹3.92 Crores in lifetime earnings (₹1.62 Crores in net profits).

The ₹2 Lakhs GTD Classic PKO couldn`t generate the same interest as the Uppercut, as a playing field of 114 entrants resulted in an overlay shortfall of ₹29,000. The mystery crusher ‘cardshark6191’ championed the tourney, collecting ₹51,902 (₹29,332 in bounties), with ‘jdnayyar’ placing runner-up for ₹26,929 (₹4,359 in bounties).

Umesh ‘Dhondu.chilll’ Sharma took down the ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD Ultrasonic for ₹35,122.

PokerBaazi

Lighting up the primetime slot on PokerBaazi was the ₹12 Lakhs GTD The Weekly HighRoller. The 8 PM flagship wrangled in 140 runners, and with each of them ponying up ₹11,000 to enter, a generous ₹14 Lakhs prize pool was collected. Mohammad ‘chandlerbing’ Azhar was the last player standing and championed the tourney for the second time last night, adding ₹3.61 Lakhs to his bankroll. He had won the Weekly HighRoller for the first time on February 20 for ₹3.71 Lakhs. Online phenom Siddhanth ‘ender’ Kripalani placed runner-up for ₹2.52 Lakhs, crossing ₹3.33 Crores in lifetime winnings.

Mohammad Azhar has touched ₹66.2 Lakhs in lifetime earnings after his smashing Friday night run.

Amarjeet ‘ninjakar’ Singh (Won Holdem BOOST ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD for ₹47,820) and ‘amar21679’ (Won PLO Boost Monster ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹35,790) took down the other Friday night marquees.

Adda52

Adda52`s Nano Poker Series is on the home stretch now, and the showstopper event at the series, the ₹25 Lakhs GTD Nano Main Event, played out its second starting flight on Friday. Day 1B recorded 344 entries, a marked improvement over the 293 Day 1A entries from the day before. After the stipulated 29 eight-minute levels of play, 39 survivors made the cut for Day 2. Nitin ‘BigBluffs’ Arora (427,134), Adithya ‘Rlox1’ N G (334,909), and ‘jpoker’ (310,769) bagged the top stacks of the day.

Running alongside the Nano Main Event was the day`s featured tourney, the ₹22.50 Lakhs GTD The Ballers. The ₹7,500 entry buy-in tourney logged in 367 challengers, posting a guarantee-crushing ₹25.14 Lakhs prize pool. After a bunch of deep runs, the long-time MTT pro Shravan ‘Sweatmyass13’ Chhabria finally bagged the title, collecting ₹6.28 Lakhs for the win, making him the day`s top scorer. Unfortunately, since Chabbria has opted out of our tracking, we do not have accurate stats on his recent exploits. ‘MallaNi’ placed runner-up for ₹3.81 Lakhs.

The ₹5 Lakhs GTD Running Hot brought in 284 runners, collecting 5.68 Lakhs in the prize pool. The 9:30 PM tourney came to a close at 3:07 AM, with ‘Lemonade’ taking down the tourney for ₹1.45 Lakhs. Abhiroop ‘Daniel90’ Gupta finished runner-up for ₹86,620.

The other Friday winners were:

The Millionaire ₹1 Crore GTD Day 1B – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 191

Re-entries – 55

Re-buys – 108

Survivors – 46

The second starting flight of Spartan Poker’s ₹1 Crore GTD The Millionaire dragged in 354 entries, and only 46 runners made it through to Day 2.

The mystery user ‘Ken4two’ (320,471) bagged the end-of-Day 1B chip lead.

Young Gun Siddharth ‘Ari Tribbiani’ Karia (238,097), ‘nymphetamine’ (235,765), Harshad ‘Omglukbox’ Barve (194,016), Raghav ‘thatssosick’ Bansal (181,771), Myron ‘Zzzzz369’ Pereira (173,480), Amit ‘1-855-925-7070’ Ajwani (153,007), Priyank ‘Satoshi_Nakamoto’ Kothari (149,226), and Siddhartha ‘Sid297’ Khanna (142,498) carried forward the other top stacks of the day.

Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1B

1. Ken4two – 320,471
2. Siddharth ‘Ari Tribbiani’ Karia – 238,097
3. nymphetamine – 235,765
4. Harshad ‘Omglukbox’ Barve – 194,016
5. Raghav ‘thatssosick’ Bansal – 181,771
6. Myron ‘Zzzzz369’ Pereira – 173,480
7. This n That – 155,107
8. Amit ‘1-855-925-7070’ Ajwani – 153,007
9. Priyank ‘Satoshi_Nakamoto’ Kothari – 149,226
10. Siddhartha ‘Sid297’ Khanna – 142,498

The Elite ₹30 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 151

Re-entries – 78

Re-buys – 101

Prize Pool – ₹33,00,000

Places Paid – 31

Spartan Poker’s ₹30 Lakhs GTD The Elite turned out to be a smashing hit as a crowd of 330 entries helped collect ₹33 Lakhs in the prize pool.

After nearly eight hours of play, the mystery user ‘Khuranaji’ took down the event to win ₹6.31 Lakhs, with Nikhil ‘louis02’ Yadav placing second for ₹5.36 Lakhs, courtesy of a heads-up deal.

This week`s Destiny champion, Young Gun Shardul ‘Faucet Failure’ Parthasarathi (3rd for ₹3.31 Lakhs), Dhaval ‘ElegantlyWasted’ Mudgal (4th for ₹2.69 Lakhs), and Annant ‘Yennnefer’ Jain (5th for ₹2.13 Lakhs) earned final table payouts.

Final Table Results

1. Khuranaji – ₹6,31,475*
2. Nikhil ‘louis02’ Yadav – ₹5,36,395*
3. Shardul ‘Faucet Failure’ Parthasarathi – ₹3,31,320
4. Dhaval ‘ElegantlyWasted’ Mudgal – ₹2,68,620
5. Annant ‘Yennnefer’ Jain – ₹2,12,520
6. Shankar_Usha – ₹1,61,370

*denotes a heads-up deal

Nano Main Event ₹25 Lakhs GTD Day 1B – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 234

Re-entries – 110

Survivors – 39

Adda52’s ₹25 Lakhs GTD Nano Main Event also played out its second starting flight on Friday. Only 39 runners from a starting field of 344 entries advanced through to Day 2.

The four-time Destiny champion Nitin ‘BigBluffs’ Arora (427,134) emerged as the end-of-day chip leader, with Adithya ‘Rlox1’ N G (334,909) and ‘jpoker’ (310,769) carrying forward the next top stacks.

Mega Suits champion (April 4) Vatsalya ‘TooEasy’ Rao (265,217), and Aditya ‘Adukre’ Sharma (238,822) were the familiar names on the top 10 survivors list.

Taking into account the 322 entries from Day 1A, the Nano Main Event has filled in 666 already. Day 1C starts at 8 PM today.

Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1B

1. Nitin ‘BigBluffs’ Arora – 427,134
2. Adithya ‘Rlox1’ N G – 334,909
3. jpoker – 310,769
4. Vatsalya ‘TooEasy’ Rao – 265,217
5. kaka302 – 260,535
6. ladypoker20 – 256,020
7. Oshuri – 243,727
8. Shailu1456 – 239,091
9. Aditya ‘Adukre’ Sharma – 238,822
10. MALLU81 – 218,361

The Ballers ₹22.5 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹7,500

Entries – 184

Re-entries – 183

Total Prize Pool – ₹25,13,950

Places Paid – 38

Adda52’s Friday night bonanza, the ₹22.5 Lakhs GTD The Ballers, recorded 367 entries, and 38 players got a piece of the ₹25.13 Lakhs prize pool.

Starting out at 8 PM, it was 5:09 AM on the tournament clock by the time veteran pro Shravan ‘Sweatmyass13’ Chhabria held all the chips in play. Bagging a long-overdue title, Chhabria added ₹6.28 Lakhs to his tally, with ‘MallaNi’ placing second for ₹3.81 Lakhs.

The six-max FT featured the likes of former SSS – The Millionaire champion Saurabh ‘saurabh21’ Rohila (3^rd for ₹2.77 Lakhs), MTT reg Aditya ‘konstantin’ Singh (4^th for ₹2.01 Lakhs), and Young Gun Ujjwal ‘fourteenk’ Narwal (6^th for ₹94,273).

Final Table Results

1. Shravan ‘Sweatmyass13’ Chhabria – ₹6,28,488
2. MallaNi – ₹3,80,863
3. Saurabh ‘saurabh21’ Rohila – ₹2,76,535
4. Aditya ‘konstantin’ Singh – ₹2,01,116
5. anna0906 – ₹1,35,753
6. Ujjwal ‘fourteenk’ Narwal – ₹94,273

The Weekly HighRoller ₹12 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 80

Re-entries – 60

Prize Pool – ₹14,00,000

Places Paid – 18

Friday major on PokerBaazi, the ₹12 Lakhs GTD, The Weekly HighRoller registered 140 contenders and the ₹11,000 entry buy-in tourney garnered a guarantee-smashing ₹14 Lakhs prize pool.

Mohammad ‘chandlerbing’ Azhar navigated his way to the top, defeating Game Changer 3.0 champion Siddhanth ‘ender’ Kripalani (runner-up for ₹2.52 Lakhs) heads-up to win ₹3.61 Lakhs.

On March 26, Azhar placed fourth in the same event for ₹1.09 Lakhs.

Continuing his impressive run, Trending Thursday seventh-place Ashit ‘nexus010’ Sharma (3rd for ₹1.62 Lakhs), seasoned pro Rajat ‘LungFakeer’ Sharma (4th for ₹1.20 Lakhs), and PokerGuru Ambassador Ankit ‘d00mtr00p3r’ Wadhawan (5th for ₹90,160) were other prominent FT scorers.

Final Table Results

1. Mohammad ‘chandlerbing’ Azhar – ₹3,61,000
2. Siddhanth ‘ender’ Kripalani – ₹2,52,000
3. Ashit ‘nexus010’ Sharma – ₹1,62,000
4. Rajat ‘LungFakeer’ Sharma – ₹1,20,000
5. Ankit ‘d00mtr00p3r’ Wadhawan – ₹90,160
6. madhumangal – ₹72,100

Futuristic ₹10 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹880

Entries – 357

Re-entries – 482

Re-buys – 438

Prize Pool – ₹10,21,600

Places Paid – 119

Spartan Poker’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Futuristic logged in 1,277 entries on its latest run, generating a prize pool worth ₹10.22 Lakhs.

The anonymous user ‘LACHANCE’ came out on top to win ₹1.68 Lakhs, following a heads-up deal with ‘prasun2329’ (runner-up for ₹1.42 Lakhs).

Suresh ‘pokergambit’ Kolli (3rd for ₹82,749), Yohan ‘PAPITO’ Patel (7th for ₹26,255), and Ishan ‘neatvat’ Upendra Tipre (8th for ₹18,184) made FT finishes in the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. LACHANCE – ₹1,67,806*
2. prasun2329 – ₹1,41,738*
3. Suresh ‘pokergambit’ Kolli – ₹82,749
4. ghost747 – ₹62,318
5. DEDEBHAI – ₹49,138
6. noc1296 – ₹36,879
7. Yohan ‘PAPITO’ Patel – ₹26,255
8. Ishan ‘neatvat’ Upendra Tipre – ₹18,184

*denotes a heads-up deal

Uppercut ₹7 Lakhs GTD MAGIC Edition – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹3,850

Entries – 108

Re-entries – 98

Prize Pool – ₹7,21,000

Places Paid – 23

Like the majority of the Friday night marquees, even PokerStars India’s ₹7 Lakhs GTD Uppercut MAGIC Edition crushed its advertised guarantee, as 206 entrants clocked in a prize pool worth ₹7.21 Lakhs.

The former Millionaire and two-time WPT Kickoff champion, Ayush ‘Kyanaamrakhu’ Garg, shipped the tourney, adding ₹1.69 Lakhs (₹1,06,531 in bounties) to his bankroll. The runner-up, Goonjan ‘gmtesting.ind’ Mall, pocketed a cool ₹88,846 (₹26,469 in bounties).

Ayush Garg now boasts ₹3.92 Crores in tracked online winnings.

Raghavendra ‘Pokeriyaa’ Hada (3rd for ₹49,570), Rohit ‘PillowFight22’ Mishra (5th for ₹36,244), and Sagar ‘sagarpupull’ Choudhury (6th for ₹22,034) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results (Includes bounties)

1. Ayush ‘Kyanaamrakhu’ Garg – ₹1,68,908
2. Goonjan ‘gmtesting.ind’ Mall – ₹88,846
3. Raghavendra ‘Pokeriyaa’ Hada -₹49,570
4. Abhithekidkarpo – ₹39,768
5. Rohit ‘PillowFight22’ Mishra – ₹36,244
6. Sagar ‘sagarpupull’ Choudhury – ₹22,034
7. nuclear_bis – ₹19,521

Running Hot ₹5 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 165

Re-entries – 119

Total Prize Pool – ₹5,68,000

Places Paid – 30

Adda52’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Running Hot brought in 284 entrants, collecting a prize pool worth ₹5.68 Lakhs.

The mystery player ‘Lemonade’ shipped the tourney for 1.45 Lakhs, with online reg Abhiroop ‘Daniel90’ Gupta placing second for 86,620.

Sanjay ‘smr1g10’ Mohan (3^rd for ₹65,320), and Trending Thursday champion (April 8) Siddharth ‘gabandheer’ Pandey (7^th for ₹17,040) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Lemonade – ₹1,45,408
2. Abhiroop ‘Daniel90’ Gupta – ₹86,620
3. Sanjay ‘smr1g10’ Mohan – ₹65,320
4. Kartik_K – ₹48,280
5. kaamkaro – ₹32,660
6. pohajalebi – ₹22,720
7. Siddharth ‘gabandheer’ Pandey – ₹17,040
8. poker_king52 – ₹14,200

UVS#29 DeepStack – PKO ₹4 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹1,200

Entries – 264

Re-entries – 70

Re-buys – 95

Prize Pool – ₹4,29,000

Places Paid – 47

‘NothingElseMatters’ was the last player standing in the ₹4 Lakhs GTD UVS#29 DeepStack – PKO and won the lion`s share of the ₹4.29 Lakhs prize pool worth ₹70,995.

The tourney played down to a three-way deal with Kriti ‘ironlady’ Kuksal (runner-up for ₹63,107) and Akshay ‘Sp3wdi3pi3’ Dhingra (3rd for ₹53,647) banking the other top scores.

Deepak ‘FireDart’ J Ralliaram finished fifth for ₹26,752.

The Classic PKO ₹2 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 81

Re-entries – 33

Prize Pool – ₹2,00,000

Places Paid – 13

PokerStars India`s The Classic PKO overlaid ₹11,900 on its ₹2 Lakhs prize pool guarantee after 114 hopefuls signed up to play.

The PokerStars India regular ‘cardshark6191’ took a little over fours to add the Classic title to his exploits, winning ₹51,902 (₹29,332 in bounties). ‘jdnayyar’ finished runner-up for ₹26,929 (₹4,359 in bounties).

Holdem BOOST 6-Max ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 117

Re-entries – 81

Prize Pool – ₹1,98,000

Places Paid – 24

Amarjeet ‘ninjakar’ Singh juggernaut his way to the top to win PokerBaazi`s 9 PM tourney, the ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD 6-Max Holdem Boost, for ₹47,820. Online reg Sankalp ‘Wobbegong’ Marwah finished runner-up for ₹33,520.

Gautam ‘M8a7’ Rohilla (3^rd for ₹21,540) and Amrit ‘amritmish’ Mishra (5^th for ₹11,980) FT-ed the tourney!

Dangal Friday ₹1.2 Lakhs GTD – PokerDangal

Buy-in – ₹990

Entries – 53

Re-entries – 44

Prize Pool – ₹1,20,000

Places Paid – 15

The anonymous user ‘fightertoads’ championed PokerDangal’s ₹1.2 Lakhs GTD Dangal Friday for ₹28,800. ‘Paperplane’ placed runner-up for ₹21,000.

Prime Time PLO ₹30K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 30

Re-entries – 24

Total Prize Pool – ₹30,000

Places Paid – 6

Khelo365’s ₹30K GTD Prime Time PLO logged in 54 entries. The user ‘prashanth16’ outlasted them all to win ₹12,900. Site regular ‘zravasya’ came in second for ₹6,900.

Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹275

Entries – 36

Re-entries – 17

Total Prize Pool – ₹20,000

Places Paid – 6

The user ‘Sabran1’ shipped Khelo365’s ₹20K GTD Grinder 2.0 to add ₹8,000 to their bankroll.

This report was updated at 5 PM on 17.04.2021.

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