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Piyush Goenka, Nitin Arora, Sandy Lamba, Pranay Chawla & Ashutosh Balodhi Champion the Sunday Flagships

A thrilling Sunday had two high-value events commencing their weeklong run, Spartan Poker’s Final Table Series (FTS) 2.0 and PokerStars India’ MicroMillions!

The first of the eight featured FTS events, the ₹75 Lakhs GTD FTS#2 Kick-Off, was the day’s featured tourney, and it played down to its eight-handed final table with Prakhar Kapoor (2,593,608) bagging the overnight chip lead. The FT starts at 6 PM today, and you can watch the live-stream on the PokerGuru Facebook page.

The biggest Sunday winner was Piyush Goenka, who ended up winning ₹36 Lakhs and the ATOC trophy in the ₹2 Crores GTD ATOC Main Event Finale.

Nitin Arora was another familiar name on the Sunday winner`s list. The four-time Destiny winner shipped the ₹35 Lakhs GTD ATOC 6-Max Championship for ₹8.06 Lakhs. Pranay Chawla championed the ATOC Fast n Furious for ₹3.93 Lakhs.

PokerBaazi’s ₹20 Lakhs GTD BSS#4 SuperStack was taken down by Sandy Lamba for ₹4.20 Lakhs.

PokerGuru Ambassador Ashutosh Balodhi was the last player standing in PokerStars India’s ₹15 Lakhs GTD Sunday Special.

Anurag Srivastava, Saransh Garg, Pranav Khandalkar, and Bharat Vasan won the other Sunday marquees!

Here’s a complete recap of the Sunday action!

 

Spartan Poker

Spartan Poker’s much-awaited Final Table Series (FTS) 2.0 is back for its second running. The Day 1 schedule ran three FTS tourneys. The showstopper tourney was the ₹75 Lakhs GTD FTS#2 Kick-Off that clocked in 718 contenders, falling ₹3.20 Lakhs short of the listed guarantee. Closing out the day’s proceedings was the elimination of ‘Redlady’ in ninth place for ₹1.26 Lakhs.

The eight-handed FTS Kick-Off final table is a stacked one that will see Prakhar ‘Prak27’ Kapoor (2,593,608) entering the final day’s play in the chip lead. Arjunn ‘Arjunn Ag’ Agrawal (2,570,700) and Neha ‘Nkush’ Saini (2,076,129) will commence the FT play with the next top stacks.

Prakhar Kapoor
Prakhar Kapoor

 

Rounding out the bottom half of the line-up is the winningest player of 2020, Young Gun Gaurav ‘mozzie17’ Sood (1,838,678), former Millionaire champion Arjun ‘lol this guy’ Pasricha (1,738,172), Amit ‘Timaerom’ More (1,652,288), PokerGuru Ambassador Gokul ‘Super Kings’ Raj (1,172,721) and Pulkit ‘MAAHI MAAREGAA’ Mehra (717,704). The final table starts at 6 PM today and will be live-streamed across multiple platforms, including PokerGuru’s Facebook page!

The other FTS tourney, the ₹11 Lakhs GTD FTS#3, was championed by the former Millionaire Main Event winner Anurag ‘TheDarkKnightReturns’ Srivastava, who won ₹2.10 Lakhs after striking a heads-up deal with ‘siddarthahuja6969’ (runner-up for ₹2.05 Lakhs). The ₹1,650 entry buy-in tourney registered 894 entries, collecting a profitable ₹13.41 Lakhs prize pool.

Anurag Srivastava
Anurag Srivastava

 

The series-opener ₹8 Lakhs GTD FTS#1 ran from 6 PM to 2:57 AM, wrangling in a smashing 1,037 entries. Saransh ‘iammrmeeseeks’ Garg took down the title to win the lion`s share of the ₹10.37 Lakhs prize pool worth ₹1.97 Lakhs. Ajay ‘AceJack15’ Harjani placed runner-up for ₹1.22 Lakhs.

 

PokerStars India

It was an eventful Sunday on PokerStars India, with the site bringing back the third edition of its micro-low stakes MicroMillions series. However, the day`s biggest draw was the ₹15 Lakhs GTD Sunday Special that reverted back to its Limited Edition format last night. Starting at 5 PM, the ₹5,500 entry buy-in event dragged in 259 entries, overlaying ₹2.05 Lakhs. PokerGuru Ambassador Ashutosh ‘Msnugget’ Balodhi won the tourney to win ₹2.87 Lakhs, with Pratibh ‘Pratibh Saluja’ Saluja placing runner-up for ₹2.12 Lakhs. The former Diwali Rush Main Event champion now has ₹2.41 Crores in recorded online winnings.

Ashutosh Balodhi
Ashutosh Balodhi

 

All the ITM finishers of the Sunday Special received TLB points for the “Star of the Month” – March leaderboard race. For more details of the “Star of the Month” promotion and the latest leaderboard standings, visit the promotions page.

The eight-day-long MicroMillions also took flight last night. Offering a hefty ₹1 Crore in prize pool guarantees, the 46-event series kicked off at 4 PM. Day 1 of the series featured four events, and leading the charge was the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Micro Millions – 02 Sunday Special (L). The ₹1,650 entry buy-in tourney registered 292 entries, filling in ₹62,000 in overlays. Tapan ‘tweedu_taps’ Mansotra took down the event for ₹87,366, following a heads-up deal with ‘vjTILTing’ (runner-up for ₹77,366).

Shubham ‘backchod launda’ Agarwal (Won ₹3 Lakhs GTD MicroMillions – 01 Warm-up for ₹64,909), Nikunj ‘livelynik2’ Doshi (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD MicroMillions – 04 Ultrasonic for ₹57,153) and ‘beginner1258’ (Won ₹3 Lakhs GTD MicroMillions – 03 Sunday Storm for ₹53,316) won the other MicroMillions events on Sunday.

Nikunj Doshi
Nikunj Doshi

 

 

PokerBaazi

PokerBaazi runs the ₹35 Lakhs GTD Baazi Super Sunday (BSS) each Sunday, a series of six tourneys guaranteeing ₹35 Lakhs in prize money between them and ₹1 Lakh in leaderboard prizes. Headlining the series was the ₹20 Lakhs GTD BSS#4 SuperStack that logged in 388 runners, overlaying ₹60,000. After eight hours of intense play, Sandy ‘Ziigmund’ Lamba emerged as the victor and took home ₹4.20 Lakhs in first-place prize money. The mystery user ‘satsingh’ came in second for ₹2.94 Lakhs. Lamba also placed ninth in PokerStars India’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Micro Millions – 02 Sunday Special (L) for ₹7,921 and currently sits on ₹2.2 Crores in lifetime winnings (₹70.80 Lakhs in profits).

Sandy Lamba
Sandy Lamba

 

The site, as usual, hosted two ₹5 Lakhs GTD tourneys, the BSS#5 MegaStack and BSS#3 MonsterStack 6-Max.

The BSS#5 MegaStack saw Pranav ‘pranavpoker’ Khandalkar traverse a field of 213 entries to capture the lion’s share of the ₹5.32 Lakhs prize pool worth ₹1.25 Lakhs. ‘Deepakpret’ finished runner-up for ₹87,916.

Pranav Khandalkar
Pranav Khandalkar

 

Starting three hours before the BSS#5 MegaStack, the ₹2,750 buy-in BSS#3 MonsterStack 6-Max found a winner in Bharat ‘Thinkfloyd’ Vasan, who pocketed ₹1.22 Lakhs, while ‘Amev05’ took home ₹85,920 in second-place prize money.

Bharat Vasan
Bharat Vasan

 

 

Adda52

The Adda52 Tournament of Champions (ATOC) series is on its last legs, and the star attraction of the series, the ₹2 Crores GTD ATOC Main Event Finale, played down to a champion last night. Piyush ‘pokerpassion’ Goenka, who had satt-ied his way into the tourney, converted that small investment into a career-defining ₹36 Lakhs payday! Goenka locked horns with Ankit ‘starnaruto’ Saurabh in the heads-up finale, with the latter netting an equally impressive ₹25 Lakhs payout. Goenka now has ₹57.39 Lakhs in recorded online winnings.

Piyush Goenka
Piyush Goenka

 

‘XXX2837’ (3rd for ₹17 Lakhs) and Kshitij ‘kmk1127’ Kucheria (4th for ₹11.85 Lakhs) were the only other players to secure eight-figure FT payouts. Raman ‘thuscame’ Gujral (5th for ₹8.78 Lakhs), PokerGuru Ambassador Ratul ‘riverking021’ Steves (6th for ₹6.47 Lakhs), Gautam ‘aa_kk’ Sachdeva (7th for ₹4.73 Lakhs), and ATOC Mini Main Finale champion Surbhit ‘grovahova’ Grover (8th for ₹3.54 Lakhs) FT-ed the event.

Ratul Steves also final tabled PokerBaazi’s ₹20 Lakhs GTD BSS#4 SuperStack, placing third for ₹1.89 Lakhs, raking in ₹8.36 Lakhs overall.

Ratul Steves
Ratul Steves

 

You can watch the replay of the ATOC Main Event below, with Shivam Jain calling the action.

Also finding mention among the ATOC trophy winners of the day was the four-time Destiny champion Nitin ‘bigbluffs’ Arora. Arora topped the 550-entry field in Adda52’s ₹35 Lakhs GTD ATOC 6-Max Championship to clinch the trophy and top prize of ₹8.06 Lakhs. A heads-up deal ensured the runner-up, Himanshu ‘pirateking7’ Arora, a cash prize worth ₹6.56 Lakhs.

Nitin Arora
Nitin Arora

 

The ₹15 Lakhs GTD ATOC Fast n Furious pulled in 700 participants, surpassing its advertised guarantee by ₹75,014. Pranay ‘setmeup’ Chawla shipped the event for ₹3.93 Lakhs, after besting Karan ‘Reg_Slayer’ Radia (runner-up for ₹2.28 Lakhs) heads-up.

Pranay Chawla
Pranay Chawla

 

The ₹8 Lakhs GTD ATOC Orpheus was taken down by the mystery reg ‘pokraj’ for ₹2.18 Lakhs, with Debneil ‘noobneil’ Mukherjee placing runner-up for ₹1.31 Lakhs. The event recorded 391 entries, collecting ₹8.79 Lakhs in the prize pool.

The ATOC series will wrap up proceedings tonight with its final marquee event, the ₹10 Lakhs GTD ATOC Women’s Day Special, that will commence at 8 PM. The final table will be live-streamed with poker diva Muskan Sethi as the guest commentator.

Muskan Sethi
Muskan Sethi

 

The other Sunday winners were:

PlayerPrize AmountEventPoker Site
StanlyeT94₹1 LakhBig Bang ₹1 Lakh GTDKhelo365
Paulpogba₹70,443ATOCMaximus ₹3.5 Lakhs GTDAdda52
Shubham ‘backchod launda’ Agarwal₹64,909Micro Millions – 01 Warm-up ₹3 Lakhs GTDPokerStars India
Nikunj ‘livelynik2’ Doshi₹57,153Micro Millions – 04 Ultrasonic ₹2 Lakhs GTDPokerStars India
beginner1258₹53,316Micro Millions – 03 Sunday Storm ₹3 Lakhs GTDPokerStars India
Praveen ‘PinaWXD’ KR₹50,470BSS#6 After Party ₹2 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
DestinyTraveller₹45,000Turbo ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD PokerBaazi
lucifyme₹44,200ATOC Hercules ₹1.7 Lakhs GTDAdda52
Opulentadi₹42,122ATOC Apollo ₹1.5 Lakhs GTDAdda52
Devrat ‘vickypune’ Singh₹26,687ATOC Hyperion ₹1 Lakh GTDAdda52
Samaybk₹20,000Dominator ₹50K GTDKhelo365
m0ney₹7,875Insomnia ₹30K GTDPokerDangal
inderenggi₹7,200Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTDKhelo365
Sanjeet69₹4,812Depositors Freeroll ₹25K GTDPokerDangal

 

ATOC Main Event Finale 2 Crores GTD Adda52

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 1,068

Re-entries – 654

Prize Pool – ₹2,00,00,000

Places Paid – 197

The magnum opus of the inaugural Adda52 Tournament of Champions (ATOC) series, the ₹2 Crores GTD ATOC Main Event, logged in 1,722 entries (Day 1A – 74, Day 1B – 192, Day 1C- 149, Day 1D – 208, Day 1E- 158, Day 1F – 205, Day 1H – 277, Day 1I – 459) across a marathon eight starting flights, falling ₹27.80 Lakhs short of the advertised guarantee.

Day 2 began at 10:15 PM on Sunday, with 206 unique survivors returning to contend for the grand prize. Only 197 runners finished in the money.

Sreekanth ‘n0thing’ Narayan was eliminated in 198th place (money bubble), assuring the remaining a min-cash of ₹26,200.

The grind went on till 5:37 AM today, where climbing all the way to the top was a relatively lesser-known player Piyush ‘pokerpassion’ Goenka. Goenka defeated Ankit ‘starnaruto’ Saurabh in the heads-up play to win the first-ever ATOC Main Event Trophy, a Panerai Black Seal watch, and a career-changing ₹36 Lakhs in prize money.

Making this victory even more commendable was the fact Goenka had won his seat in the tourney (Day 1A) through an online satellite. He now has ₹57.39 Lakhs in lifetime scores with 41.27 Lakhs in net profits across domestic sites.

The runner-up, Saurabh, also picked up his single-largest score worth ₹25 Lakhs. His recorded online tally now stands at ₹36.84 Lakhs.

Adda52 streamed the Main Event final table cards-up across its social media platforms with ace commentator Aditya Wadhwani and Adda52 streamer Shivam Jain calling the action. The eventual winner, Goenka, later joined the stream to share a quick winner`s byte.

The star-studded final table featured the likes of Kshitij ‘kmk1127’ Kucheria (4th for ₹11.85 Lakhs), Raman ‘thuscame’ Gujral (5th for ₹8.78 Lakhs), PokerGuru Ambassador Ratul ‘riverking021’ Steves (6th for ₹6.48 Lakhs), Gautam ‘aa_kk’ Sachdeva (7th for ₹4.73 Lakhs), and Surbhit ‘grovahova’ Grover (8th for ₹3.54 Lakhs).

Rahul ‘rahulpalawat’ Jain bubbled the FT in ninth-place for ₹2.46 Lakhs.

Runner-up Ankit Saurabh
Runner-up Ankit Saurabh

 

Final Table Results

  1. Piyush ‘pokerpassion’ Goenka – ₹36,00,000
  2. Ankit ‘starnaruto’ Saurabh – ₹25,00,000
  3. XXX2837 – ₹17,00,000
  4. Kshitij ‘kmk1127’ Kucheria – ₹11,85,000
  5. Raman ‘thuscame’ Gujral – ₹8,78,000
  6. Ratul ‘riverking021’ Steves – ₹6,47,500
  7. Gautam ‘aa_kk’ Sachdeva – ₹4,73,280
  8. Surbhit ‘grovahova’ Grover – ₹3,54,000

 

FTS#2 Kick-Off 75 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 352

Re-entries – 182

Rebuys – 184

Prize Pool – ₹75,00,000

Places Paid – 79

Spartan Poker’s biggest Sunday, the ₹75 Lakhs GTD FTS#2 Kick-Off, was the featured attraction on Day 1 of the ₹10 Crores GTD Final Table Series (FTS) 2.0.

The ₹11,000 entry buy-in tourney flagged off at 8 PM. It recorded a turnout of 718 entries, overlaying ₹3.20 Lakhs. The final 79 players were assured a payout, and the play was halted with the formation of the eight-handed final table.

Carrying the biggest stack forward is Prakhar ‘Prak27’ Kapoor (2,593,608). Hot on Kapoor’s coattails is Arjunn ‘Arjunn Ag’ Agrawal (2,570,700), with NehaNkushSaini (2,076,129) being the only other player with a two-million plus stack.

There is a lot of competition breathing down their neck with online phenom`s like Young Gun Gaurav ‘mozzie17’ Sood (1,838,678), former Millionaire United champion Arjun ‘lol this guy’ Pasricha (1,738,172), AmitTimaerom’ More (1,652,288), PokerGuru Ambassador Gokul ‘Super Kings’ Raj (1,172,721) and Pulkit ‘MAAHI MAAREGAA’ Mehra (717,704) in contention.

The event is the first of the series’ eight featured events where the FT will be live-streamed across different platforms. The Kick-Off FT will begin at 6 PM today, with Sam Razavi, Kevin MacPhee, and Muskan Sethi calling the action.

The mystery player ‘Redlady’ (9th for ₹1.26 Lakhs) bubbled the FT.

Kapil ‘042-237-575-86’ Arora (13th for ₹88,500), Parminder ‘Bounceez’ Randhava (14th for ₹77,250), Anmol ‘freak_weird0’ Agarwal (15th for ₹77,250), Sriharsha ‘Potato Player’ Doddapaneni (17th for ₹68,250), and PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja (22nd for ₹53,250) were the other prominent names who ran deep in the event.

2nd in Chips Arjunn Agrawal
2nd in Chips Arjunn Agrawal

 

Final Table Chip Counts

  1. Prakhar ‘Prak27’ Kapoor – 2,593,608
  2. Arjunn ‘Arjunn Ag’ Agrawal – 2,570,700
  3. Neha ‘Nkush’ Saini – 2,076,129
  4. Gaurav ‘mozzie17’ Sood – 1,838,678
  5. Arjun ‘lol this guy’ Pasricha – 1,738,172
  6. Amit ‘Timaerom’ More – 1,652,288
  7. Gokul ‘Super Kings’ Raj – 1,172,721
  8. Pulkit ‘MAAHI MAAREGAA’ Mehra – 717,704

 

ATOC 6-Max Championship 35 Lakhs GTD Adda52

Buy-in – ₹7,700

Entries – 267

Re-entries – 283

Prize Pool – ₹38,50,000

Places Paid – 55

Boasting the second-biggest guarantee among the three ATOC trophy tourneys running on Adda52 on Sunday was the ₹35 Lakhs GTD ATOC 6-Max Championship. Commencing at 9 PM, the event logged in 550 entries (267 unique and 283 re-entries) by the end of late registrations. The event smashed its guarantee to collect a ₹38.50 Lakhs prize pool, and by the time the last hand got dealt, it was almost 6:35 AM in the morning.

Four-time Destiny winner Nitin ‘bigbluffs’ Arora was the last player standing and banked a career-best ₹8.07 Lakhs following a heads-up deal with Himanshu ‘pirateking7’ Arora (runner-up for a career-best ₹6.56 Lakhs). Nitin Arora now has ₹2.51 Crores in lifetime earnings.

Young Gun Anmol ‘anzzzzz’ Mehta (3rd for ₹3.66 Lakhs), Anmol ‘anmol39’ Agarwal (4th for ₹2.89 Lakhs), and Amit ‘ragingbull’ Kaushik (6th for ₹1.35 Lakhs) also final tabled the event.

Siddarth ‘badtameez_donk’ Singhvi was eliminated in seventh place for ₹96,250 to form the six-handed FT.

Runner-up Himanshu Arora
Runner-up Himanshu Arora

 

Final Table Results

  1. Nitin ‘bigbluffs’ Arora – ₹8,06,704*
  2. Himanshu ‘pirateking7’ Arora – ₹6,56,296*
  3. Anmol ‘anzzzzz’ Mehta – ₹3,65,750
  4. Anmol ‘anmol39’ Agarwal – ₹2,88,750
  5. borntrouble – ₹1,92,500
  6. Amit ‘ragingbull’ Kaushik – ₹1,34,750

*denotes a heads-up deal

 

BSS#4 SuperStack 20 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 205

Re-entries – 183

Prize Pool – ₹20,00,000

Places Paid – 45

PokerBaazi`s Sunday flagship, the ₹20 Lakhs GTD BSS#4 SuperStack, logged in 388 entries, booking a marginal ₹60,000 overlay, and the top 45 places boarded the money bus.

It took precisely eight hours of non-stop play before MTT reg Sandy ‘Ziigmund’ Lamba walked away with the title and the ₹4.20 Lakhs up-top, defeating satsingh’ in the heads-up play. The latter netted ₹2.94 Lakhs for their runner-up finish.

Also featuring on the FT were notables like PokerGuru Ambassador Ratul ‘luna’ Steves (3rd for ₹1.89 Lakhs) Sagar ‘sagarpupul’ Choudhury (4th for ₹1.40 Lakhs), MTT beast Manish ‘newkidpoker’ Lakhotia (6th for ₹84,000), the 2020 India Poker champion Rubin ‘kornkid’ Labroo (7th for ₹70,000), and Dhaval ‘Rehab77’ Mudgal (8th for ₹56,000).

Final Table Results

  1. Sandy ‘Ziigmund’ Lamba – ₹4,20,000
  2. satsingh – ₹2,94,000
  3. Ratul ‘luna’ Steves – ₹1,89,000
  4. Sagar ‘sagarpupul’ Choudhury – ₹1,40,000
  5. nairsne – ₹1,05,000
  6. Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia – ₹84,000
  7. Rubin ‘kornkid’ Labroo – ₹70,000
  8. Dhaval ‘Rehab77’ Mudgal – ₹56,000

 

ATOC Fast n Furious 15 Lakhs GTD Adda52

Buy-in – ₹2,500

Entries – 354

Re-entries – 346

Prize Pool – ₹15,75,014

Places Paid – 72

A total of 700 entries signed up for the ₹2,500 entry buy-in ₹15 Lakhs GTD ATOC Fast n Furious, collecting a ₹15.75 Lakhs prize pool.

The 7 PM tourney made an almost eight-hour run before handing out the ATOC trophy to Pranay ‘setmeup’ Chawla along with ₹3.94 Lakhs as first-place prize money. His recorded lifetime MTT tally crossed ₹3.42 Crores after the Sunday score.

Before taking down the title, Chawla defeated online reg Karan Radia (runner-up for ₹2.28 Lakhs) in the heads-up play.

Kshitij “kmk1127” Kucheria (4th for ₹1.10 Lakhs), Sanchit ‘TheRedWaste’ Pande (5th for ₹78,750), and Anuj ‘anuj1610’ Laddhad (6th for ₹55,125) were the other FT scorers at the tourney.

Final Table Results

  1. Pranay ‘setmeup’ Chawla – ₹3,93,750
  2. Karan Radia – ₹2,28,375
  3. harshchauhan1985 – ₹1,54,350
  4. Sagar ‘saggyB87’ Suri – ₹1,10,250
  5. Sanchit ‘TheRedWaste’ Pande – ₹78,750
  6. Anuj ‘anuj1610’ Laddhad – ₹55,125
  7. oled – ₹43,313
  8. jacks24 – ₹31,500

 

Sunday Special Limited Edition 15 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 141

Re-entries – 118

Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000

Places Paid – 41

The weekly flagship on PokerStars India, the ₹15 Lakhs GTD Sunday Special, returned in its Limited Edition avatar last evening. The ₹5,500 buy-in tourney clocked in 259 participants to suffer a shortfall of ₹2.05 Lakhs and paid out 41 places.

After almost eight hours of action, PokerGuru Ambassador Ashutosh ‘Msnugget’ Balodhi took down the title and walked away with ₹2.87 Lakhs in cash prize. Pratibh ‘Pratibh Saluja’ Saluja placed runner-up for ₹2.12 Lakhs. With this score, the former Millionaire Series Main Event champion, Balodhi, breached the ₹2.41 Crores-mark in lifetime MTT earnings!

Young Gun Anmol ‘Kaanchacheena’ Mehta (3rd for ₹1.57 Lakhs), Ayush ‘Kyanaamrakhu’ Garg (4th for ₹1.16 Lakhs), Anirban0 ’nocluewho’ D Das (5th for ₹86,249), and Vinayak ‘koi.toh.rok.lo’ Bajaj (8th for ₹34,933) FT-ed the tourney.

Runner-up Pratibh Saluja
Runner-up Pratibh Saluja

 

Final Table Results

  1. Ashutosh ‘Msnugget’ Balodhi – ₹2,87,813
  2. Pratibh ‘Pratibh Saluja’ Saluja – ₹2,12,947
  3. Anmol ‘Kaanchacheena’ Mehta – ₹1,57,555
  4. Ayush ‘Kyanaamrakhu’ Garg – ₹1,16,571
  5. Anirban0 ’nocluewho’ D Das – ₹86,249
  6. 99Rebuy – ₹63,814
  7. Mr.Blackeh – ₹47,214
  8. Vinayak ‘koi.toh.rok.lo’ Bajaj – ₹34,933
  9. ThatsItAllin – ₹29,526

 

FTS#3 11 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 454

Re-entries – 144

Rebuys – 296

Prize Pool – ₹13,41,000

Places Paid – 87

The ₹11 Lakhs GTD FTS#3 began two hours after the FTS Kick-Off and was able to break even, collecting a profitable ₹13.41 Lakhs prize pool on the back on 894 entries.

Navigating his way to the top was the former Millionaire Main Event champion Anurag ‘TheDarkKnightReturns’ Srivastava, who grabbed the top honors for ₹2.10 Lakhs following a heads-up deal with Siddarth siddarthahuja6969’ Ahuja (runner-up for ₹2.05 Lakhs).

Srivastava had, last Wednesday, placed runner-up in the ₹5.5 Lakhs GTD Wednesday Vibes for ₹83,579. Yesterday he ITM-ed two more events, earning over ₹2.56 Lakhs. With his online MTT tally boosted to ₹4.97 Crore, Srivastava is within touching distance of waltzing into the 5 Crore-Club.”

Young Gun Arsh ‘BigggTymeR’ Grover (3rd for ₹1.14 Lakhs), PokerGuru Ambassador Devvrat ‘deranzzdd’ Arya (4th for ₹88,506), and Akshay ‘kidwithadream’ Limaye (5th for ₹69,732) final tabled the event.

Final Table Results

  1. Anurag ‘TheDarkKnightReturns’ Srivastava – ₹2,10,862*
  2. Siddarth ‘siddarthahuja6969’ Ahuja – ₹2,05,786*
  3. Arsh ‘BigggTymeR’ Grover – ₹1,14,387
  4. Devvrat ‘deranzzdd’ Arya – ₹88,506
  5. Akshay ‘kidwithadream’ Limaye – ₹69,732
  6. EL_Gadafi – ₹54,579
  7. Pokerispain – ₹40,364
  8. chotunitkat – ₹27,759

*denotes heads-up deal

 

ATOC Orpheus 8 Lakhs GTD Adda52

Buy-in – ₹2,500

Entries – 211

Re-entries – 180

Prize Pool – ₹8,79,753

Places Paid – 43

The ₹8 Lakhs GTD ATOC Orpheus collected a guarantee-smashing ₹8.80 Lakhs prize pool on the back of 391 entries.

Outlasting them all was mystery crusher ‘pokraj’, who banked 2.18 Lakhs for the win after defeating Debneil ‘noobneil’ Mukherjee (runner-up for ₹1.32 Lakhs) in the heads-up duel. The champion now has ₹84.47 Lakhs in recorded winnings on Adda52 with ₹37.12 Lakhs in net profits.

The six-handed FT featured the likes of poker streamer Yash ‘Babyshark21’ Chitre (4th for ₹70,380), Himanshu ‘pirateking7’ Arora (5th for ₹45,747), and PokerGuru Ambassador Vivek ‘vivek94540’ Singh (6th for ₹30,791).

Final Table Results

  1. pokraj – ₹2,18,178
  2. Debneil ‘noobneil’ Mukherjee – ₹1,31,963
  3. ladypoker20 – ₹92,374
  4. Yash ‘Babyshark21’ Chitre – ₹70,380
  5. Himanshu ‘pirateking7’ Arora – ₹45,747
  6. Vivek ‘vivek94540’ Singh – ₹30,791

 

FTS#1 8 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 517

Rebuys – 377

Re-entries – 143

Prize Pool – ₹10,37,000

Places Paid – 95

Starting at 6 PM, Spartan Poker’s ₹8 Lakhs GTD FTS#1 brought in 1,037 entries, collecting a generous ₹10.37 Lakhs prize pool.

The play culminated short of 3 AM, with Saransh ‘iammrmeeseeks’ Garg making the podium finish for a personal-best ₹1.97 Lakhs. Ajay ‘AceJack15’ Harjani placed runner-up for ₹1.22 Lakhs. Garg currently sits on over ₹21.35 Lakhs in recorded online winnings.

Young Gun Anmol ‘Anzzzzz’ Mehta (4th for ₹66,887), Kapil ‘042-237-575-86’ Arora (5th for ₹52,991), and Naman ‘Optimus_NK’ Khettry (8th for ₹20,553) also FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

  1. Saransh ‘iammrmeeseeks’ Garg – ₹1,97,860
  2. Ajay ‘AceJack15’ Harjani – ₹1,22,159
  3. Wobenthung kikon – ₹87,315
  4. Anmol ‘Anzzzzz’ Mehta – ₹66,887
  5. Kapil ‘042-237-575-86’ Arora – ₹52,991
  6. Antique Atma$ – ₹41,273
  7. crimemaster – ₹30,073
  8. Naman ‘Optimus_NK’ Khettry – ₹20,553

 

BSS#5 MegaStack 5 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 130

Re-entries – 83

Prize Pool – ₹5,32,500

Places Paid – 27

PokerBaazi’s 8 PM Sunday fixture, the ₹5 Lakhs GTD BSS#5 MegaStack registered 213 runners, making for an impressive ₹5.32 Lakhs prize pool.

It was 3 AM in the morning by the time the tourney wrapped up and MTT reg Pranav ‘pranavpoker’ Khandalkar came out on top, defeating ‘Deepakpret’ (runner-up for ₹87,916) in second-place to win the title and the ₹1.25 Lakhs cash prize that came with it.

Last Sunday’s The Millionaire runner-up, PokerGuru Ambassador Rony ‘bisadip176’ Chowdhury (3rd for ₹56,552), Game Changer 4.0 runner-up Mohak ‘Tiltin’ Kapoor (5th for ₹31,418), Akshay ‘CallmeAK’ Kapoor (7th for ₹20,874) and Ashit ‘nexus010’ Sharma (8th for ₹16,721) were the other FT scorers.

Final Table Results

  1. Pranav ‘pranavpoker’ Khandalkar – ₹1,25,297
  2. Deepakpret – ₹87,916
  3. Rony ‘bisadip176’ Chowdhury – ₹56,552
  4. bencb789 – ₹41,855
  5. Mohak ‘Tiltin’ Kapoor – ₹31,418
  6. Walia1996 – ₹25,134
  7. Akshay ‘CallmeAK’ Kapoor – ₹20,874
  8. Ashit ‘nexus010’ Sharma – ₹16,721

 

BSS#3 MonsterStack 6-Max 5 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 119

Re-entries – 84

Prize Pool – ₹5,08,000

Places Paid – 24

PokerBaazi’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD BSS#3 MonsterStack wrangled in 203 challengers, comfortably breaching the posted guarantee.

The 5 PM tourney concluded at 9:33 PM, with MTT reg Bharat ‘Thinkfloyd’ Vasan walking away with the title and ₹1.22 Lakhs in prize money. ‘Amev05’ finished runner-up for ₹85,920.

The latest Trending Thursday champion Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra (4th for ₹40,905), and Anirban ‘pottysingh’ D Das (5th for ₹30,704) FT-ed the event.

Final Table Results

  1. Bharat ‘Thinkfloyd’ Vasan – ₹1,22,561
  2. Amev05 – ₹85,920
  3. Pokemoon – ₹55,216
  4. Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra – ₹40,905
  5. Anirban ‘pottysingh’ D Das – ₹30,704
  6. shakes1989 – ₹24,563

 

MicroMillions – 02 Sunday Special (L) 5 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 177

Re-entries – 115

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 47

The headline event on the opening day of the MicroMillions series, the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Sunday Special (L), garnered 292 entrants to leave an overlay of ₹62,000, and the top 47 places boarded the money bus.

After seven hours of intense action, Tapan ‘tweedu_taps’ Mansotra walked away as the champion and ₹87,366 richer after striking a heads-up deal with ‘vjTILTing’ (runner-up for ₹77,366). With this win, the winner has taken an early lead on the Millions leaderboard that offers ₹3 Lakhs in cash prizes to the top 50 finishers on the series’ leaderboard.

Ajit ‘ace_bob_here’ Singh Arora (3rd for ₹51,072), Akhilesh ‘GM2318’ Gautam (4th for ₹37,436), Siddharth ‘siddonuts’ Pandey (5th for ₹27,440), Navaneesha ‘np406’ P (6th for ₹20,114), Shivam ‘cyflopse’ Jain (8th for ₹10,807), and Sandy ‘Ziigmunddd’ Lamba (9th for ₹7,921) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

  1. Tapan ‘tweedu_taps’ Mansotra – ₹87,366*
  2. vjTILTing – ₹77,366*
  3. Ajit ‘ace_bob_here’ Singh Arora – ₹51,072
  4. Akhilesh ‘GM2318’ Gautam – ₹37,436
  5. Siddharth ‘siddonuts’ Pandey – ₹27,440
  6. Navaneesha ‘np406’ P – ₹20,114
  7. JC1870 – ₹14,743
  8. Shivam ‘cyflopse’ Jain – ₹10,807
  9. Sandy ‘Ziigmunddd’ Lamba – ₹7,921

*denotes heads-up deal

 

MicroMillions – 03 Sunday Storm 3 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 268

Re-entries – 211

Prize Pool – ₹3,00,000

Places Paid – 83

The ₹3 Lakhs GTD MicroMillions – 03 Sunday Storm registered 479 entrants who ponied up the ₹550 entry buy-in, and the site had to fill ₹60,500 in overlays.

The winner emerged in ‘beginner1258,’ who took away the up-top cash prize worth ₹53,316. Kshitij ‘kmk1127’ Kucheria placed runner-up for ₹37,149.

Runner-up Kshitij Kucheria
Runner-up Kshitij Kucheria

 

Shubham ‘backchod launda’ Agarwal (5th for ₹12,567), Tanay ‘tanayp’ Parekh (6th for ₹8,756), and Sonakshi ‘Sonakshi81’ Arora (7th for ₹6,656) posted FT scores.

 

MicroMillions – 01 Warm-up 3 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 149

Re-entries – 97

Prize Pool – ₹3,00,000

Places Paid – 27

Shubham ‘backchod launda’ Agarwal championed the ₹3 Lakhs GTD MicroMillions – 01 Warm-up to collect a winner’s paycheck worth ₹64,909. Abhiroop ‘durrlagtahain’ Gupta placed runner-up for ₹48,675. The champion also secured a fifth-place finish in the MicroMillions – 03 Sunday Storm for ₹12,567, adding ₹77,476 to his tally overall.

Runner-up Abhiroop Gupta
Runner-up Abhiroop Gupta

 

The 4 PM tourney ended at 11:01 PM and filled in ₹54,000 in overlays after registering 246 entries.

Amar ‘PsykoEko’ B Iyer (3rd for ₹36,501), Shivam ‘barbarik12’ Kumar Singh (8th for ₹8,656), and Ajay ‘raakaa1’ Agrawal (9th for ₹6,491) FT-ed the tourney.

 

MicroMillions – 04 Ultrasonic 2 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹990

Entries – 136

Re-entries – 120

Prize Pool – ₹2,30,400

Places Paid – 44

The ₹2 Lakhs GTD MicroMillions – 04 Ultrasonic gathered 256 entrants to generate a guarantee-smashing ₹2.30 Lakhs prize pool.

Racing past the competition was Nikunj ‘livelynik2’ Doshi, who netted a cash prize worth ₹57,153 after defeating Xavier ‘xaviervz’ Anthony Vas (runner-up for ₹22,170) in heads-up play.

 

Big Bang 1 Lakh GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 39

Re-entries – 11

Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000

Places Paid – 6

‘StanlyeT94’ took down the Khelo365’s ₹1 Lakh GTD Big Bang to win ₹40,000 after prevailing over ‘Santoshi’ (runner-up for ₹21,000) in the heads-up play.

The event pulled in 50 entrants who bought in for ₹1,650, and the top six places benefitted from the ₹25,000 overlay value filled in by the site.

 

Dominator 50K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 38

Re-entries – 17

Prize Pool – ₹50,000

Places Paid – 6

Khelo365’s ₹50K GTD Dominator clocked in 55 entrants, resulting in an overlay of ₹22,500. Topping them all was ‘Samaybk,’ who collected ₹20,000 in cash prize after defeating ‘Azhar777’ (runner-up for ₹10,500) in the heads-up showdown.

 

Insomnia 30K GTD – PokerDangal

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 48

Rebuys – 15

Prize Pool – ₹31,500

Places Paid – 11

PokerDangal’s ₹30K GTD Insomnia attracted 63 runners last night, forming a profitable ₹31,500 prize pool. The top 11 spots got paid, and banking the lion`s share of the prize money was ‘m0ney,’ who earned the top prize of ₹7,875.

 

Depositors Freeroll 25K GTD – PokerDangal

Entries – 130

Rebuys – 116

Prize Pool – ₹25,000

Places Paid – 39

The ₹25K GTD Depositors Freeroll on PokerDangal started at 9 PM with 246 runners. ‘Sanjeet69’ shipped the tourney for ₹4,812, with ‘Chandan000’ taking home a runner-up payday of ₹3,563.

 

Grinder 2.0 20K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹275

Entries – 40

Re-entries – 21

Prize Pool – ₹20,000

Places Paid – 7

Khelo365’s ₹20K GTD Grinder 2.0 recorded 61 entries. ‘inderenggi’ was the last player standing and won ₹7,200.

 

This report was updated at 5:30 PM on 8.03.2021.

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