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Daily Majors: Sacheen Ramchandani, Mithun Mahesh & Manish Lakhotia Close Out 2021 With Big Scores!

Happy New Year!! The last day of 2021 was predictably a slow day on the virtual felts since most of the crowd was presumably busy with celebrations. Nevertheless, the sites ran their regular fare and there were a few standout performers.

Sacheen Ramchandani emerged as the single-biggest scorer of the day, riding past the field of 139 entries to win Adda52’s Ferris Wheel for ₹3.24 Lakhs. ‘mj333’ finished runner-up for ₹2.04 Lakhs.

Claiming this week’s Futuristic on Spartan Poker was the ‘NanuPOW’ who pocketed the ₹1.16 Lakhs up top after beating ‘hypn0tiser’ (runner-up for ₹73,200) heads-up.

PokerBaazi’s New Year Bonanza went down the wire with a three-way deal that awarded the bragging rights to ‘apexpredator26’ who pocketed ₹1.12 Lakhs, with TLB crusher Neeraj Kumar (2nd for ₹72,658) and ‘akasharda’ (3rd for ₹71,098) being the other two finalists.

The #2 ranked player of the year Manish Lakhotia was busy grinding on New Year’s Eve. The Siliguri-based pro overcame the 109-strong entry field in PokerStars India’s Sixth Sense to win the top prize of ₹1.12 Lakhs, adding to ₹1.57 Lakhs in Friday winnings.

PokerGuru Ambassador Mithun Mahesh finished runner-up in the Sixth Sense for ₹86,209. He also FTed the Ferris Wheel and the SPRINT to rake in over ₹1.90 Lakhs in Friday cashes.

Sanjay Chauudhury championed PokerBaazi’s SPRINT for ₹99,480, with ‘nnavin3386’ placing second for ₹69,720.

Aditya Parashar, Umesh Sharma, Kripansh Khosla, Tanmay Bhalerao and Rahul Thakur also won titles on New Year’s Eve.

Here are the Friday highlights!

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Spartan Poker

Spartan Poker’s ₹6 Lakhs GTD Futuristic (IOPC FT) logged in 717 players to register a negligible overlay of ₹26,400. The top 63 places received a min-cash of ₹2,610. After eight hours and fourteen minutes of play, ‘NanuPOW’ was the last player standing and banked ₹1.16 Lakhs. ‘hypn0tiser’ (runner-up for ₹73,200) and ‘Shadoow’ (3rd for ₹52,500) rounded out the podium place scorers. The top three finishers also received a free ticket to the ₹550 buy-in ₹12 Lakhs GTD IOPC #1 Launch Party scheduled on January 20 at 1 PM.

The champion also FT-ed the Night Rider Monster Stack, placing 6th for ₹8,066. They boosted their lifetime winnings on Spartan Poker to ₹18.22 Lakhs with ₹44,471 in site profits.

‘Shakuni mama’ (Won Night Rider Monster Stack ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹36,084), ‘Brijesh7‘ (Won The Centurion ₹35K GTD for ₹4,786), ‘Playlikeyou‘ (Won Striker ₹18K GTD for ₹4,599), and ‘pokerbroker‘ (Won 6 Cards PLO Epic ₹12K GTD for ₹3,111) were among the other Friday winners on Spartan Poker.

 

PokerBaazi

PokerBaazi’s New Year’s Eve attraction, the ₹5 Lakhs GTD New Year Bonanza witnessed participation of 629 players, each ponying up the ₹1,100 buy-in. The event rode well past the advertised guarantee to collect ₹6.29 Lakhs in the prize pool. ‘apexpredator26’ claimed the winner’s cheque for ₹1.12 Lakhs following a three-way deal with Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPro’ Kumar (2nd for ₹72,658) and ‘akasharda’ (3rd for ₹71,098).

Runner-up Neeraj Kumar
Runner-up Neeraj Kumar

 

The 6-Max SPRINT fell ₹32,000 short of meeting its listed guarantee of ₹4 Lakhs. The action wound down to a heads-up battle with two of Thursday’s standout scorers, the SPRINT runner-up Sanjay ‘raskolnikov’ Chauudhury and Holdem BOOST champion ‘nnavin3386’. Chauudhury did one better to eventually take it down for ₹99,480, while ‘nnavin3386’ had to concede to a second-place payout of ₹69,720.

‘sceneyahaii’ (Won SPRINT ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹33,840), ‘vikas705’ (Won PLO Boost Monster ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹22,000) and ‘baaziraiders’ (Won 5-Max Daily ₹50K GTD for ₹8,088) also bagged titles.

 

PokerStars India

PokerStars India’s Friday flagship, the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Sixth Sense was back for another of its weekly runs at 8 PM. The event drew 109 runners, filling in a substantial ₹2.27 Lakhs overlay. Earning his final title of the year was the #2 ranked player of the year, Manish ‘theoldestkid’ Lakhotia who earned the top prize of ₹1.12 Lakhs, after defeating PokerGuru Ambassador Mithun ‘ThePokeRajaIN’ Mahesh (runner-up for ₹86,209) in the heads-up showdown.

Manish Lakhotia
Manish Lakhotia

 

Both Lakhotia and Mahesh posted multiple scores yesterday. Lakhotia cashed out in another three events to collectively earn ₹1.57 Lakhs.

Manish Lakhotia’s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹9.79 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.22 Crores | Annual Winnings – ₹4.24 Crores | Ranked #2 in our Annual Winnings Standings

Mahesh also FTed the Adda52-hosted Ferris Wheel and the SPRINT on PokerBaazi, all in all cashing out over ₹1.90 Lakhs yesterday.

Mithun Mahesh
Mithun Mahesh

 

His top finishes include:

>2nd in the Sixth Sense ₹5 Lakhs GTD for ₹86,209

> 6th in the Ferris Wheel for ₹60,000

4th in the SPRINT ₹4 Lakhs GTD for ₹33,200

Mithun mahesh’s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.89 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.04 Crores | Annual Winnings – ₹3.13 Crores | Ranked #6 in our Annual Winnings Standings

The ₹1,375 buy-in ₹2 Lakhs GTD Uppercut Mini was claimed by Umesh ‘dhondu.chilll’ Sharma who overcame the 100-strong field to pocket the top prize of ₹48,066 (Bounties: ₹19,580). Mayank HarryIsTheHeroSharma finished runner-up for ₹32,480 (Bounties: ₹3,994).

Umesh Sharma
Runner-up Umesh Sharma

 

The event witnessed an overlay of ₹75,000.

‘kutkut3’ (Won Ultrasonic ₹1.25 Lakhs GTD for ₹33,405), Kripansh ‘$nowBloKid’ Khosla (Won Afternoon on Stars ₹60K GTD for ₹17,043), ‘PAAKTS’ (Won Deepstack ₹50K GTD for ₹11,776), and ‘Allin27J’ (Won Primetime Grind ₹50K GTD for ₹11,948).

 

Adda52

The Friday feature attraction of Adda52’s ongoing “New Year Carnival” was the ₹12 Lakhs GTD Ferris Wheel. The ₹6,999 buy-in event took off at the scheduled 8 PM slot, and wrangled in 139 entries, filling in a glaring overlay of ₹3.16 Lakhs. The play culminated at 4 AM with Sacheen ‘chiefisback’ Ramchandani driving his stack to the finish line. Ramchandani added a hefty ₹3.24 Lakhs to his poker bankroll, boosting his lifetime winnings to ₹89.64 Lakhs.

Sacheen Ramchandani
Sacheen Ramchandani

 

axeweilders’ was the other big winner on the site. They bested the 172-player field to ship the ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Bumper Car for ₹60,491. ‘mayanu11’ finished runner-up for ₹49,509.

‘GrGambler’ (Won Nighttide DST Adda ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹34,671), ‘zimbawe’ (Won Dinner PLO Adda ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹27,469), ‘glycen’ (Won Afternoon Adda ₹1.20 Lakhs GTD for ₹27,104), ‘SpiritFish’ (Won Bounty Adda ₹50K GTD for ₹15,442), ‘dreamanil9’ (Won Freeze Out Adda ₹50K GTD for ₹13,642), ‘sathish96’ (Won Sundown Adda ₹50K GTD for ₹10,693), ‘Danbill0001’ (Won Evening Adda ₹50K GTD for ₹8,906), and ‘hiccup_03’ (Won Classic 200 ₹20K GTD for ₹4,890) were among the other winners on Adda52.

 

Keep following PokerGuru for daily updates on the biggest winners across the major domestic networks!

Daily Majors: Dishani Vijay, Abhijeet Kumar, Ashish Nailwal & Jaideep Sajwan Champion the Friday Flagships

After a brief dull, MTT action seems to be kicking into top gear. Spartan Poker’s Final Table Series (FTS) 3.0 got underway yesterday, and there is much more to look forward to. PokerBaazi’s Indian Micro Poker Series (IMPS) Gold starts tomorrow, not to forget PokerStars India’s INCOOP that takes flight on September 14, promising an electrifying few weeks of high octane action.

The FTS 3.0 had Abhijeet Kumar and Ashish Nailwal winning Silver Medallions on Day 1 of the series. The featured event of the day, the ₹50 Lakhs GTD FTS #2 Friday Special, got down to its final table, and Haider Madraswala leads the charge and is the only player with over 2 Million in chips. The live-streamed FT commences at 5 PM today.

Sandeep Thakral was the biggest winner of Friday as he took down Adda52`s ₹22.50 Lakhs GTD The Ballers for ₹5.62 Lakhs.

Dishani Vijay was another standout winner. The former The Pride champion shipped the ₹12 Lakhs GTD The Weekly HighRoller for a site-best ₹4.17 Lakhs.

Suresh Kolli, Sooraj Todi, Jaideep Sajwan, Vijay Singh, Adarsh Jha, Dhinesh Kumar, Nikhil Mannan, Anurag Srivastava, Jimmy Arora, Sanat Kaikini, Arun Thakur, Sankalp Marwah, Clinton Tavares, Harsh Sharma, Nakul Sharma, Raman Arora, Umesh Sharma, Sreeharsha Boneni, and Ashish Kumar Yadav crushed the other marquee events.

Here are the Friday highlights!

 

Spartan Poker

It`s finally here! Spartan Poker`s Final Table Series (FTS) 3.0 got off to a rousing start yesterday, with four events running as part of the Day 1 schedule. The featured event of the day, the ₹50 Lakhs GTD FTS #2 Friday Special, clocked 460 entries, overlaying ₹4 Lakhs, and the gameplay was paused once the eight-handed final table was formed. Returning on the live-streamed FT as the chip leader will be Haider ‘Callmebabe’ Madraswala (2,073,709), with Sathyandevyoda23 Yadav (13,62,004) and Guneet ‘GeeKay’ Kwatra (1,272,014) rounding out the top three stacks.

PokerGuru Ambassador Akshay ‘AustralianAccountant’ Kapoor (982,941), Ram ‘JohnnieRunner-Runner’ Kakkar (574,934), Naresh ‘money_bomb’ M (241,436), Mohit ‘thejoker’ Mehta (205,932), and Arunkumar ‘denoi’ Singh (187,030) are the other known players in contention to win the first Gold Medallion at the series.

Haider Madraswala
Haider Madraswala

 

Like in past FTS editions, the final table of the Friday Special resumed at 5 PM today and will be live-streamed from 6 PM. An accomplished panel of commentators comprising two-time bracelet winner Kevin Macphee, UK-based poker pro Sam Razavi, Mahima Das Walia, and IPC Director Peter Abraham will be calling the action, so don’t forget to tune for the live stream on the PokerGuru Facebook page.

Even with the Friday Special stealing most of the thunder, two events handed out Silver Medallions on Friday.

The ₹12 Lakhs GTD FTS #12 ran from 6 PM to 1:08 AM and saw 721 players in contention. A prize pool of ₹14.42 Lakhs was generated, and walking away with the lion`s share of the prize money was Abhijeet ‘TheSupremeOne’ Kumar, who pocketed ₹2.36 Lakhs, following a heads-up deal with Sooraj ‘GotNoChange31’ Todi (2nd for ₹2.18 Lakhs).

Abhijeet Kumar
Abhijeet Kumar

 

Abhijeet Kumar`s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.64 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹54.84 Lakhs

In the ₹10 Lakhs GTD FTS #3, Ashish ‘notoriouskonvict1’ Nailwal topped the 902-entry field to win ₹2.21 Lakhs after striking a heads-up deal with Vinay ‘ConCrete’ BK (2nd for ₹2 Lakhs).

Ashish Nailwal
Ashish Nailwal

 

Ashish Nailwal`s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.37 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹29.86 Lakhs

The first of 11 FTS marquee events, the ₹1 Crore GTD FTS – The Feast, played out Day 1A on Friday. The first of its 10 starting flights registered 300 entries, and by the end of the play, only 33 could make the cut for Day 2. Sacheen ‘chiefisback’ Ramchandani (194,608), PokerGuru Ambassador Mithun ‘Zima Blue’ Mahesh (179,602), and ‘PocketTiTs (162,519) bagged the top stacks. Day 2 is scheduled for September 19 (10 PM).

Sacheen Ramchandani
Sacheen Ramchandani

 

‘sdb1401’ (Won Monster Stack – ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹56,188), ‘Aiden boy’ (Won Night Rider – Monster Stack ₹2.10 Lakhs GTD for ₹34,291) and ‘target locked’ Won Epic – 4 Card PLO ₹30K GTD for ₹7,817) won the other titles.

 

PokerBaazi

PokerBaazi’s ₹12 Lakhs GTD The Weekly HighRoller had a good run as 162 entrants made for ₹16.20 Lakhs in the prize pool (35% more than the advertised guarantee). The former The Pride winner Dishani ‘Dishvish’ Vijay fired three bullets in the event before taking down the title for a personal-best (on PokerBaazi) 4.17 Lakhs. Suresh ‘oil_trader’ Kolli secured a runner-up payday worth ₹2.92 Lakhs.

Dishani Vijay
Dishani Vijay

 

Dishani`s fourth title victory of the year boosted her total winnings on PokerBaazi to ₹36.67 Lakhs with ₹10.94 Lakhs in site-profits.

The current Grinders Main Event champion, Vijay ‘VIJAYAIR01’ Singh, cut his way across the 233-entry field in PokerBaazi’s ₹4 Lakhs GTD Daily SPRINT 5-Max to collect ₹1.10 Lakhs. For his runner-up finish, the two-time Big Bubble Rush champion Adarsh ‘lazygamer007’ Subham banked a personal-best ₹76,937.

Vijay Singh
Vijay Singh

 

Vijay Singh`s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹14.51 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.61 Lakhs

Rising Star Aman ‘KarmaPoker’ Parakh posted four ITM scores, banking a cumulative ₹1.39 Lakhs on Friday.

Aman Parakh
Aman Parakh

 

His ITM finishes include:

> 5th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #1 for ₹77,724

> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s Daily SPRINT 5-Max for ₹49,489

> 9th in PokerBaazi’s Holdem BOOST for ₹6,144

> 16th in Adda52’s Running Hot for ₹5,964

Aman Parakh’s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.1 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹99.06 Lakhs

Anurag ’13anurag’ Srivastava (Won Holdem BOOST ₹2 Lakhs GTD for ₹61,410), Jimmy ‘jeeven’ Arora (Won Daily Night SPRINT ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹51,602), ‘rajesh1010’ (Won Daily Afternoon SPRINT ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹37,007), Arun ‘Devillll27’ Thakur (Won PLO5 BOOST ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹34,036), Sankalp ‘Wobbegong’ Marwah (Won PLO Boost Monster ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹28,150), Raman ‘Ranzoo9’ Arora (Won Turbo 75K GTD for ₹16,710), and Ashish Kumar ‘Notoriousladka’ Yadav (Won 5-Max Daily ₹50K GTD for ₹10,111) won the other Friday PokerBaazi marquees.

 

PokerStars India

PokerStars India’s Friday staple, the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Uppercut [6-Max] Magic Edition, fared significantly better this time as the ₹4,400 entry buy-in event registered 244 entries (58 entries more than last week). Despite the increased participation, the site had to fill in ₹24,000 in overlays. Jaideep ‘NNOmadas’ Sajwan (opted out of our tracked database) was the last player standing and won ₹1.97 Lakhs. The user ‘dev149’ placed runner-up for ₹1.22 Lakhs.

Jaideep Sajwan
Jaideep Sajwan

 

Sanat Kaikini’s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹50.21 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹8.69 Lakhs

Umesh ‘dhondu.chill’ Sharma (Won Ultrasonic ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹32,539), ‘AKumarss’ (Won Afternoon on Stars ₹60K GTD for ₹18,409), ‘lilholdem143’ (Won Ultra KO 75% ₹50K GTD for ₹14,945), and Sreeharsha ‘DonkeyCommitted’ Boneni (Won Deepstack ₹50K GTD for ₹12,269) shipped the other Friday marquees.

 

Adda52

Adda52`s ₹22.50 Lakhs GTD The Ballers had 310 participants signing up for ₹7,500, resulting in an overlay shortfall of ₹1.26 Lakhs. After almost eight hours of action,Sandeep ‘thak’ Thakral navigated his way to the top to collect a site-best ₹5.62 Lakhs. A player that’s consistently been hitting the big scores, ‘arushiagarwal,’ placed runner-up for ₹3.40 Lakhs.

Sandeep Thakral’s Adda52 stats: Site Winnings: ₹18.93 Lakhs| Site Profits: ₹3.42 Lakhs

Adda52`s 9:30 PM event, the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Running Hot, accumulated a ₹5.68 Lakhs prize pool from a turnout of 284 participants. It was 3:13 AM on the tournament clock by the time Dhinesh ‘dinzy009’ Kumar took down the event for ₹1.45 Lakhs. Nikhil ‘MaverickMannan’ Mannan came second for ₹86,620.

Dhinesh Kumar
Dhinesh Kumar

 

The ₹25 Lakhs GTD Nano Poker Series Main Event played out its second starting flight on Friday. Day 1B of the Main Event registered 231 entries, and after 29 eight-minute levels of play, 29 players bagged Day 2 stacks. PokerGuru Ambassador Ashutosh ‘senojwod’ Balodhi (333,616), Niteen ‘niteenplus’ Raj (222,201), and ‘Rongon4’ (205,015) topped the day-end chip counts.

Ashutosh Balodhi
Ashutosh Balodhi

 

The ₹1,650 buy-in event has registered 361 entries from two starting flights (Day 1A – 130 and Day 1B – 231). It needs at least 1,305 runners from the remaining three flights if it has to meet its ₹25 Lakhs guarantee.

‘messironaldo007’ (Won Nano DST ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD for ₹52,575), Harsh ‘bbbvicky’ Sharma (Won Nano Ballers ₹2.75 Lakhs GTD for ₹48,342), ‘messironaldo007’ (Won Nano Siesta ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹23,845), ‘Sethdevis’ (Won Nano Friday Adda ₹90K GTD for ₹23,625), Nakul ‘NakulSharma11’ Sharma (Won Nano Crack Jack ₹70K GTD for ₹17,739), ‘Rishan01’ (Won Nano Battleship ₹30K GTD for ₹9,018), and ‘Killshot0510’ (Won Nano PLO ₹25K GTD for ₹7,749) took down the other marquees.

The other Friday winners were:

PlayerPrize AmountEventPoker Site
Anurag '13anurag' Srivastava₹61,410Holdem BOOST ₹2 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
sdb1401₹56,188Monster Stack - ₹2.50 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
messironaldo007₹52,575Nano DST ₹1.75 Lakhs GTDAdda52
Jimmy 'jeeven' Arora₹51,602Daily Night SPRINT ₹1.5 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
Harsh ‘bbbvicky’ Sharma₹48,342Nano Ballers ₹2.75 Lakhs GTDAdda52
rajesh1010₹37,007Daily Afternoon SPRINT ₹1 Lakh GTDPokerBaazi
Aiden boy₹34,291Night Rider – Monster Stack ₹2.10 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
Arun 'Devillll27' Thakur₹34,036PLO5 BOOST ₹1 Lakh GTDPokerBaazi
Umesh ‘dhondu.chill’ Sharma₹32,539Ultrasonic ₹1.5 Lakhs GTDPokerStars India
Sankalp 'Wobbegong' Marwah₹28,150PLO Boost Monster ₹1 Lakh GTDPokerBaazi
messironaldo007₹23,845Nano Siesta ₹1 Lakh GTDAdda52
Sethdevis₹23,625Nano Friday Adda ₹90K GTDAdda52
AKumarss₹18,409Afternoon on Stars ₹60K GTDPokerStars India
Nakul ‘NakulSharma11’ Sharma₹17,739Nano Crack Jack ₹70K GTDAdda52
Raman 'Ranzoo9' Arora₹16,710Turbo 75K GTDPokerBaazi
lilholdem143₹14,945Ultra KO 75% ₹50K GTDPokerStars India
Sreeharsha ‘DonkeyCommitted’ Boneni₹12,269Deepstack ₹50K GTDPokerStars India
Ashish 'Notoriousladka' Kumar Yadav₹10,1115-Max Daily ₹50K GTDPokerBaazi
Rishan01₹9,018Nano Battleship ₹30K GTDAdda52
target locked₹7,817Epic – 4 Card PLO ₹30K GTDSpartan Poker
Killshot0510₹7,749Nano PLO ₹25K GTDAdda52

 

FTS – The Feast ₹1 Crore GTD – Day 1A – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 175

Re-entries – 41

Rebuys – 84

Survivors – 33

Spartan Poker`s FTS 3.0 is already on its second day now, and Day 1 provided just the start we have come to expect from a series like the FTS.

The first multi-flight event of FTS 3.0, the ₹1 Crore GTD FTS – The Feast has 10 starting flights to run, and the first of them played out from 4 PM to 8:15 PM yesterday. The ₹2,200 entry buy-in event logged in 300 participants (including re-entries and rebuys), and only 33 players progressed to Day 2.

Sacheen ‘chiefisback’ Ramchandani (194,608), PokerGuru Ambassador Mithun ‘Zima Blue’ Mahesh (179,602), ‘PocketTiTs (162,519), Deepesh ‘prince1993’ Raka (148,838), Vishal ‘uttu0501’ Singh (139,867), Vinay ‘BeepBeepImaJeep’ Rajpal (112,300), Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra (103,211), and Mayank ‘TheBoogeyMan’ Jaggi (97,096) headlined the surviving field.

The tournament has nine more starting flights to go before all qualifying stacks converge for Day 2 on September 29 (10 PM).

2nd in Chips Mithun Mahesh
2nd in Chips Mithun Mahesh

 

Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1A

  1. Sacheen ‘chiefisback’ Ramchandani – 194,608
  2. Mithun ‘Zima Blue’ Mahesh – 179,602
  3. PocketTiTs – 162,519
  4. Deepesh ‘prince1993’ Raka – 148,838
  5. Vishal ‘uttu0501’ Singh – 139,867
  6. Vinay ‘BeepBeepImaJeep’ Rajpal – 112,300
  7. Thodi Mariada Rakhiye – 111,741
  8. Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra – 103,211
  9. Blue Ace – 101,204
  10. Mayank ‘TheBoogeyMan’ Jaggi – 97,096

 

FTS#2 – Friday Special ₹50 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 230

Re-entries – 107

Rebuys – 123

Prize Pool – ₹50,00,000

Places Paid – 47

Spartan Poker had four FTS events running on Friday and the featured event of the day was the ₹50 Lakhs GTD FTS #2 – Friday Special. The ₹11,000 entry buy-in tournament wrangled in 460 entries, overlaying ₹4 Lakhs.

The event was paused with the formation of the eight-handed final table, and the action commenced at 5 PM today. One of the biggest USPs of the FTS is the high-quality live streams, so don’t forget to tune in for the FT stream starting at 6 PM on various platforms, including PokerGuru`s Facebook page.

The FT is crowded with online regulars like Haider ‘Callmebabe’ Madraswala (20,73,709), who holds a considerable chip lead over the other top stacks Sathyandev ‘yoda23’ Yadav (13,62,004) and Guneet ‘GeeKay’ Kwatra (12,72,014).

PokerGuru Ambassador Akshay ‘AustralianAccountant’ Kapoor (982,941), Ram ‘JohnnieRunner-Runner’ Kakkar (574,934), Naresh ‘money_bomb’ M (241,436), Mohit ‘thejoker’ Mehta (205,932), and Arunkumar ‘denoi’ Singh (187,030) are the other known players on the final table.

Final Table Chip Counts

  1. Haider ‘Callmebabe’ Madraswala – 20,73,709
  2. Sathyandev ‘yoda23’ Yadav – 13,62,004
  3. Guneet ‘GeeKay’ Kwatra – 12,72,014
  4. Akshay ‘AustralianAccountant’ Kapoor – 982,941
  5. Ram ‘JohnnieRunner-Runner’ Kakkar – 574,934
  6. Naresh ‘money_bomb’ M – 241,436
  7. Mohit ‘thejoker’ Mehta – 205,932
  8. Arunkumar ‘denoi’ Singh – 187,030

 

Nano Main Event 25 Lakhs GTD Day 1B– Adda52

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 141

Re-entries – 90

Survivors – 29

The ₹25 Lakhs GTD Nano Poker Series Main Event played out Day 1B yesterday. Another 231 entrants expanded the Main Event field, and 29 among them bagged Day 2 stacks.

PokerGuru Ambassador Ashutosh ‘senojwod’ Balodhi (333,616), Niteen ‘niteenplus’ Raj (222,201), Raghav ‘mrbean98’ Ananth (184,130), Shrey ‘kingsb30’ Baj (182,647), Siddharth ‘skaria1’ Karia (179,220), Neeraj ‘Ns12pathak’ Sharma (150,157), and Hitesh ‘buntai’ Batra (131,956) headlined the advancing field.

The ₹1,650 entry buy-in Main Event has logged in 361 entries over two starting flights (Day 1A – 130 and Day 1B – 231), with another three flights to run before Day 2 on Sunday.

2nd in Chips Niteen Raj
2nd in Chips Niteen Raj

 

Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1B

  1. Ashutosh ‘senojwod’ Balodhi – 333,616
  2. Niteen ‘niteenplus’ Raj – 222,201
  3. Rongon4 – 205,015
  4. Raghav ‘mrbean98’ Ananth – 184,130
  5. Shrey ‘kingsb30’ Baj – 182,647
  6. Siddharth ‘skaria1’ Karia – 179,220
  7. straightKs – 175,795
  8. alienwarelove – 174,618
  9. Neeraj ‘Ns12pathak’ Sharma – 150,157
  10. Hitesh ‘buntai’ Batra – 131,956

 

The Ballers ₹22.50 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹7,500

Entries – 174

Rebuys – 136

Prize Pool – ₹22,50,000

Places Paid – 34

Firing up the MTT engines on Adda52 was the ₹22.50 Lakhs GTD The Ballers. The Friday flagship registered 310 entries, falling ₹1.26 Lakhs short of the listed guarantee.

Sandeep ‘thak’ Thakral shipped the event for ₹5.62 Lakhs. Thursday’s Godfather fourth-place finisher, the mystery crusher ‘arushiagarwal’, scored ₹3.41 Lakhs for their runner-up finish.

The victor boasts ₹18.93 Lakhs in recorded winnings on the site.

Young Gun Devang ‘spark123’ Yadav (4th for ₹1.88 Lakhs), and this week’s Destiny runner-up finisher, Haider ‘donktown22’ Madraswala (5th for ₹1.29 Lakhs), also FT-ed the event.

Final Table Results

  1. Sandeep ‘thak’ Thakral – ₹5,62,500
  2. arushiagarwal – ₹3,40,875
  3. chunu79 – ₹2,47,500
  4. Devang ‘spark123’ Yadav – ₹1,87,875
  5. Haider ‘donktown22’ Madraswala – ₹1,29,375
  6. Kaushik1288 – ₹84,375

 

The Weekly HighRoller ₹12 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 94

Re-entries – 68

Prize Pool – ₹16,20,000

Places Paid – 18

PokerBaazi’s Friday attraction, the ₹12 Lakhs GTD The Weekly HighRoller, logged in a 162-entry field, and 185 places got a share of the ₹16.20 Lakhs prize pool.

After eight hours and nineteen minutes of play, the former The Pride winner Dishani ‘Dishvish’ Vijay was the last player standing and collected a personal-best (on PokerBaazi) ₹4.17 Lakhs. The former FTS #15 champion Suresh ‘oil_trader’ Kolli placed runner-up for ₹2.92 Lakhs.

Shashank ‘Iverson003’ Shekhar (3rd for ₹1.88 Lakhs), Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia (4th for ₹1.39 Lakhs), and Gaurav ‘Buzzgaurav’ Sharma (5th for ₹1.04 Lakhs) also FT-ed the tourney!

Anmol ‘freakweird0’ Agarwal was eliminated in seventh place for ₹69,336, setting up the final table.

Runner-up Suresh Kolli
Runner-up Suresh Kolli

 

Final Table Results

  1. Dishani ‘Dishvish’ Vijay – ₹4,17,150
  2. Suresh ‘oil_trader’ Kolli – ₹2,92,086
  3. Shashank ‘Iverson003’ Shekhar – ₹1,87,920
  4. Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia – ₹1,39,158
  5. Gaurav ‘Buzzgaurav’ Sharma – ₹1,04,328
  6. luckbox9 – ₹83,430

 

FTS #1 ₹12 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 343

Re-entries – 132

Rebuys – 246

Prize Pool – ₹14,42,000

Places Paid – 71

Abhijeet ‘TheSupremeOne’ Kumar won his career-first FTS title and the first Silver Medallion on Friday after taking down the ₹12 Lakhs GTD FTS #1 for ₹2.36 Lakhs. He chopped the title heads-up with Sooraj ‘GotNoChange31’ Todi (2nd for ₹2.18 Lakhs).

The event collected a guarantee-crushing ₹14.42 Lakhs prize pool.

The win has boosted Abhijeet Kumar’s lifetime earnings to ₹1.64 Crores with ₹54.84 Lakhs in corresponding profits.

Prabhas ‘Baba_Tufaani’ Sharma (3rd for ₹1.26 Lakhs), Rising Star Aman ‘Karmapoker’ Parakh (5th for ₹77,724), Bhanu ‘spectre’ Prakash (6th for ₹60,708), Utkarsh ‘kidpokerNJ’ Vaish (7th for ₹45,711) and PokerGuru Ambassador Mithun ‘Zima Blue’ Mahesh (8th for ₹31,868) also FT-ed the event.

Runner-up Sooraj Todi
Runner-up Sooraj Todi

 

Final Table Results

  1. Abhijeet ‘TheSupremeOne’ Kumar – ₹2,35,982*
  2. Sooraj ‘GotNoChange31’ Todi – ₹2,17,671*
  3. Prabhas ‘Baba_Tufaani’ Sharma – ₹1,25,598
  4. Giraldik – ₹98,921
  5. Aman ‘Karmapoker’ Parakh – ₹77,724
  6. Bhanu ‘spectre’ Prakash – ₹60,708
  7. Utkarsh ‘kidpokerNJ’ Vaish – ₹45,711
  8. Mithun ‘Zima Blue’ Mahesh – ₹31,868

*denotes heads-up deal

 

FTS #3 ₹10 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 432

Re-entries – 173

Rebuys – 297

Prize Pool – ₹13,53,000

Places Paid – 87

One of the four events on Day 1 of the FTS 3.0 series, ₹10 Lakhs GTD FTS #3, registered 902 entries, making for a guarantee-smashing ₹13.53 Lakhs prize pool (30% more than the advertised guarantee).

Former Godfather champion Ashish ‘notoriouskonvict1’ Nailwal shipped the event, winning his first FTS title for ₹2.21 Lakhs. He chopped the top prize heads-up with Vinay ‘ConCrete’ BK (2nd for ₹2 Lakhs)

Ashish Nailwal currently boasts ₹1.37 Lakhs in lifetime winnings (₹29.86 Lakhs in net profits).

Sabyasachi ‘ClkMouseLsHouse’ Chakraborty (3rd for ₹1.15 Lakhs), PokerGuru Ambassador Ankit ‘Shippament’ Wadhawan (6th for ₹55,067) and Ankit ‘ON_MY_MAC’ Bajaj (8th for ₹28,007) also FT-ed the event.

Runner-up Vinay B
Runner-up Vinay B

 

Final Table Results

  1. Ashish ‘notoriouskonvict1’ Nailwal – ₹2,20,698*
  2. Vinay ‘ConCrete’ BK – ₹1,99,680*
  3. Sabyasachi ‘ClkMouseLsHouse’ Chakraborty – ₹1,15,411
  4. Rowdypoker – ₹89,298
  5. PradhanLi – ₹70,356
  6. Ankit ‘Shippament’ Wadhawan – ₹55,067
  7. Insanely_lucky- ₹39,694
  8. Ankit ‘ON_MY_MAC’ Bajaj – ₹28,007

*denotes heads-up deal

 

Uppercut [6-Max] Magic Edition 10 Lakhs GTD PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹4,400

Entries – 130

Rebuys – 114

Regular Prize Pool – ₹5,12,000

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹4,88,000

Total Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 24

PokerStars India’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Uppercut [6-Max] Magic Edition found a champion in Jaideep ‘NNOmadas’ Sajwan (opted out of our tracked database), who won ₹1.97 Lakhs for his efforts.

The IOPC July Edition leaderboard topper Anuj ‘brockLesnar95’ Yadav (3rd for ₹95,406), Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna (4th for ₹54,908), and Young Gun Ujjwal ‘CougarHunter69’ Narwal (5th for ₹55,534) also FT-ed the event.

The ₹4,400 entry buy-in event registered a starting field of 244 runners, overlaying ₹24,000. The 7:30 PM tourney ended at 2:45 AM, and the top 24 places boarded the money bus.

Final Table Results (Including Bounties)

  1. Jaideep ‘NNOmadas’ Sajwan – ₹1,97,667
  2. dev149 – ₹122,792 (Bounties: ₹35,156)
  3. Anuj ‘brockLesnar95’ Yadav – ₹95,406
  4. Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna – ₹54,908
  5. Ujjwal ‘CougarHunter69’ Narwal – ₹55,534
  6. GudThimma – ₹45,398

 

Running Hot ₹5 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 167

Rebuys – 117

Prize Pool – ₹5,68,000

Places Paid – 30

Last Sunday’s BSS SuperStack champion Dhinesh ‘dinzy009’ Kumar was the last player standing in Adda52`s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Running Hot and won ₹1.45 Lakhs.

The event clocked a 284-strong field, and Nikhil ‘MaverickMannan’ Mannan finished runner-up for ₹86,620.

The reg-studded FT featured the likes of Ankit ‘imluckbox’ Omprakash Bajaj (3rd for ₹65,320), WPTOI Mega Leaderboard topper Raghav ‘FuckedUpLife’ Siddalinga (4th for ₹48,280), Wednesday’s break-out performer, Young Gun Karan ‘Reg_Slayer’ Radia (5th for ₹32,660), and Kunal ‘cvc’ Sharma (6th for ₹22,720).

Runner-up Nikhil Mannan
Runner-up Nikhil Mannan

 

Final Table Results

  1. Dhinesh ‘dinzy009’ Kumar – ₹1,45,408
  2. Nikhil ‘MaverickMannan’ Mannan – ₹86,620
  3. Ankit ‘imluckbox’ Omprakash Bajaj – ₹65,320
  4. Raghav ‘FuckedUpLife’ Siddalinga – ₹48,280
  5. Karan ‘Reg_Slayer’ Radia – ₹32,660
  6. Kunal ‘cvc’ Sharma – ₹22,720
  7. MallaNi – ₹17,040
  8. gurupokeraj – ₹14,200

 

(5-Max) Daily SPRINT ₹4 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 123

Re-entries – 110

Prize Pool – ₹4,66,000

Places Paid – 27

The recent Grinders Main Event champion Vijay ‘VIJAYAIR01’ Singh overcame the 233-entry field in the ₹4 Lakhs GTD Daily SPRINT (5-Max) to win the lion`s share of the ₹4.66 Lakhs prize pool worth ₹1.10 Lakhs. The two-time Big Bubble Rush champion Adarsh ‘lazygamer007’ Jha placed runner-up for ₹76,937.

FTS #1 fifth-place finisher Rising Star Aman ‘KarmaPoker’ Parakh (3rd for ₹49,489), Faiz ‘AilaGaya’ Alam (4th for ₹36,628), and Raghav ‘Ragtag24’ Wahi (5th for ₹27,494) also FT-ed the 5-max event.

Tanmay ‘truman’ Benara bubbled the FT in sixth place for ₹21,995.

Adarsh Jha
Adarsh Jha

 

Final Table Results

  1. Vijay ‘VIJAYAIR01’ Singh – ₹1,09,650
  2. Adarsh ‘lazygamer007’ Jha – ₹76,937
  3. Aman ‘KarmaPoker’ Parakh – ₹49,489
  4. Faiz ‘AilaGaya’ Alam – ₹36,628
  5. Raghav ‘Ragtag24’ Wahi – ₹27,494

 

The Classic [Progressive KO] 2 Lakhs GTD PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 90

Rebuys – 72

Regular Prize Pool – ₹1,21,500

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹1,21,500

Total Prize Pool – ₹2,43,000

Places Paid – 17

Sanat ‘tuffcookie777’ Kaikini took down the ₹2 Lakhs GTD The Classic [Progressive KO] for ₹54,932, beating site-regular Clinton ‘Clinton Tavares’ Tavares (2nd for ₹27,768) heads-up.

Piyush ‘noname3006’ Nanda (4th for ₹13,467), Ravinder ‘DRUMLORD88’ Singh (5th for ₹16,438), and Anirban ‘nocluewho’ D Das (6th for ₹10,046) also FT-ed the event.

The ₹1,650 entry buy-in event registered 162 runners, collecting ₹2.43 Lakhs in the prize pool. The 9:30 PM tourney ended at 1:53 AM, and the top 17 places got paid.

Clinton Tavares
Clinton Tavares

 

Final Table Results (Including Bounties)

  1. Sanat ‘tuffcookie777’ Kaikini – ₹54,932
  2. Clinton ‘Clinton Tavares’ Tavares – ₹27,768
  3. CURR¥300 – ₹20,951
  4. Piyush ‘noname3006’ Nanda – ₹13,467
  5. Ravinder ‘DRUMLORD88’ Singh – ₹16,438
  6. Anirban ‘nocluewho’ D Das – ₹10,046
  7. tossup99 – ₹9,572
  8. rajmachhole – ₹7,587
  9. kidwithim – ₹8,258

 

Dangal Friday ₹1 Lakh GTD – PokerDangal

Buy-in – ₹440

Entries – 83

Rebuys – 68

Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000

Places Paid – 23

PokerDangal`s ₹1 Lakh GTD Dangal Friday brought in 151 participants. Site regular ‘pavbhaji’ took down the title for ₹21,000, and ‘Jasonxxx’ finished runner-up for ₹15,500.

 

Hitman PLO ₹30K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 20

Re-entries – 15

Prize Pool – ₹30,000

Places Paid – 4

Khelo365 user ‘Kaushal33‘ fired two bullets in the ₹30K GTD Prime Time PLO before taking down the title for ₹12,900. Thursday’s Hitman PLO runner-up finisherKapildev77′ missed out on the title yet again and collected ₹6,900 in second place.

 

This report was updated at 8:30 PM on 11.09.2021

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Daily Majors: Anuj Yadav, Vishal Bajaj, Amar Mehta, Vaibhav Sharma & Sanat Mehrotra Crush the Friday Flagships

The first weekend of September is upon us, and things are relatively mellow on the virtual felts for a change. With no flagship series currently underway, the online poker sites have returned to hosting their regular weekly events.

Friday was a high roller fiesta, and some of the biggest winners from August made impressive runs. However, the day’s top scorer tag goes to Young Gun Anuj Yadav! The 25-year-old poker talent conquered Spartan Poker’s The Elite for a hefty ₹6.97 Lakhs payday. And this came only a few hours after his runner-up finish in PokerStars India’s Uppercut PKO MAGIC Edition for ₹1.42 Lakhs, taking his overall Friday winnings to ₹8.39 Lakhs.

Akhilesh Gautam ended up securing the Uppercut PKO MAGIC Edition title for ₹1.89 Lakhs.

PokerGuru Ambassador Vishal Bajaj has been unstoppable over the past few weeks. Just four days into September and the engineer-turned-poker pro has already picked up two titles in Spartan Poker’s Mega Stack (Millionaire Bubble) and PokerBaazi’s The Pride. He almost grabbed a third title in last night’s The Elite but lost the heads-up match to Anuj Yadav. Bajaj took home a runner-up payout worth ₹4.72 Lakhs.

Last week’s leaderboard topper Vaibhav Sharma was another standout winner. The Bounty Builder HR winner was chasing his second title of the month in Adda52’s The Ballers. The event played down to a three-way deal with Amar Mehta coming out on top to win ₹4 Lakhs. Vaibhav Sharma banked ₹3.92 Lakhs for his runner-up finish, and ‘arushiagarwal’ placed third for ₹3.84 Lakhs.

Young Gun Sanat Mehrotra emerged victorious in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller, pocketing ₹3.51 Lakhs.

Young Gun Arsh Grover, Ayush Garg, Harsh Bubna, Biplob Rana, Pranav Khandalkar, Ronuk Lekhraj, Amrit Mishra, Karan Thakker, Sumit K Dogra, Umesh Sharma, Nawneet Thakur, and Sachin Gupta claimed the other Friday marquee titles!

Here are the Friday highlights!

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Spartan Poker

Spartan Poker`s staple Friday event, the ₹30 Lakhs GTD The Elite, registered a slight dip in attendance compared to last week and ended up filling in ₹50,000 in overlays on the back of a 250-entry field. 25-year-old poker phenom and the IOPC leaderboard topper Anuj ‘tittooTauji’ Yadav (opted out of our tracked database) decimated the competition to take home a winner’s payday worth ₹6.97 Lakhs. Yadav lapped up over ₹8.39 Lakhs in Friday cashes as he also placed runner-up in PokerStars India’s Uppercut for 1.42 Lakhs.

Anuj Yadav
Anuj Yadav

 

PokerGuru Ambassador Vishal ‘CrownUpJr’ Bajaj finished runner-up and padded his burgeoning poker bankroll by ₹4.72 Lakhs.

Runner-up Vishal Bajaj
Runner-up Vishal Bajaj

 

Vishal Bajaj’s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.20 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.77 Crores

The other marquee, the ₹9.50 Lakhs GTD Futuristic, managed to break even as 1,197 entrants signed up for ₹880, and the top 119 places walked past the money line. The user ‘sagarvasan’ raced past the competition to collect a site-best ₹1.36 Lakhs following a heads-up chop with ‘TIMBOOR’ (2nd for ₹1.34 Lakhs).

The other featured attraction was the ₹1 Crore The Millionaire. The second starting flight of the weekend flagship clocked in 235 entrants who bought in for ₹5,500, and only 32 hopefuls advanced through to Day 2. Utkarsh ’kidpokerNJ’ Vaish (331,518), Abhishek ‘PirateMihawk’ Jain (234,875), ‘TheMeisTeR’ (196,573), PokerGuru Ambassador Ashutosh ‘SpewMonkey’ Balodhi (170,677), and Bharat ‘bhkh100’ Kanaiyalal Chhunchha (158,420) topped the day-end chip counts.

Utkarsh Vaish
Utkarsh Vaish

 

Biplob ‘hellhell’ Rana (Won Monster Stack ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹68,864), Ronuk ‘Redbullwings’ Lekhraj (Won Night Rider – Monster Stack 2.10 Lakhs GTD for ₹50,083), and Sumit ‘Newsharkintown’ K Dogra (Won Ultimate 6 Card PLO for ₹32,345) took down the other Spartan Poker marquees.

 

PokerBaazi

PokerBaazi’s Friday star attraction, the ₹12 Lakhs GTD The Weekly HighRoller, obliterated its posted guarantee by ₹1.10 Lakhs after 131 entrants bought in for ₹11,000. After firing five bullets, Young Gun Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra took down the title, winning the high roller for the second time for ₹3.51 Lakhs.

Sanat Mehrotra
Sanat Mehrotra

 

The IIT-IIM alumni, Mehrotra had won the event for the first time on November 20 last year for ₹4.02 Lakhs. This was his 17th title win for the year, boosting his lifetime earnings to ₹6.19 Crores (₹2.20 Crores in net profits). He also climbed to #15 in the annual leaderboard standings and sits on ₹2.09 Crores in recorded winnings this year (₹46.23 Lakhs in annual profits).

The former The Millionaire champion Ayush ‘Proman502’ Garg came out on top in PokerBaazi’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Daily SPRINT 7-Max to collect ₹1.20 Lakhs, ending a twenty-week title draught. Garg overcame a 254-entry field, including the former SSS – The Millionaire Legends champion Young Gun Devang ‘laila’ Yadav (2nd for ₹83,871) heads-up. The ₹2,200 entry buy-in event collected a ₹5.08 Lakhs prize pool that was distributed among the top 27 finishers.

Ayush Garg
Ayush Garg

 

Ayush Garg’s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.23 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.61 Crores

The former Adda52 Grand Mega Suits champion Chandan ‘darkfish’ Arora collected a cumulative ₹67,448 from three ITM finishes.

Chandan Arora
Chandan Arora

 

His scores were:

> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s Daily SPRINT 7-Max for ₹53,950

> 5th in PokerStars India’s Ultrasonic for ₹7,498

> 43rd in PokerStars India’s Uppercut PKO for ₹6,000

The Kolkata-based Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna decimated the 262-entry field in the ₹3 Lakhs GTD Holdem BOOST, picking up his sixth title of the year for ₹77,061. He collected a cumulative ₹1.44 Lakhs from three ITM scores.

Harsh Bubna
Harsh Bubna

 

His top finishes include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s Holdem BOOST for ₹77,061

> 3rd in Adda52’s Running Hot for ₹66,700

‘King19’ (Won Daily Night SPRINT ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD for ₹55,137), ‘branthebroken’ (Won PLO Boost Monster ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹29,839), Nawneet ‘nawchunu2089’ Thakur (Won Daily Afternoon Sprint ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹29,252), and Sachin ‘noxi’ Gupta (Won 5-Max Daily ₹50K GTD for ₹9,864) took down the other Friday marquees.

 

Adda52

Adda52’s Friday headliner, the ₹22.5 Lakhs GTD The Ballers, saw Tuesday’s Bounty Builder HR champion, Vaibhav ‘alienrobot’ Sharma make a serious bid to win a second flagship title in under a week. A three-way deal awarded Amar ‘Thespecialone’ Mehta the title and top prize of ₹4 Lakhs, while Vaibhav Sharma settled for a runner-up finish worth ₹3.92 Lakhs. ‘arushiagarwal’ placed third for ₹3.84 Lakhs.

Amar Mehta
Amar Mehta

 

The former NPS #50 Sprint winner, Amar Mehta, scored in two more events, netting ₹4.17 Lakhs in Friday winnings.

His deep runs include:

> 1st in Adda52’s The Ballers for ₹4,00,266

> 9th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹11,938

> 23rd in PokerStars India’s Uppercut – Progressive KO [6-Max] MAGIC Edition for ₹4,875

Young Gun Arsh ‘bigggtymer’ Grover only recently stormed his way into the ₹9 Crore Club, and there seems to be no slowing him down now. The poker phenom ran past the competition in the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Running Hot to collect ₹1.48 Lakhs. The Adda52 user ‘Jilebii’ placed runner-up for ₹88,450.

Arsh Grover
Arsh Grover

 

Arsh Grover ran deep in two other events yesterday, locking in ₹1.86 Lakhs overall.

His ITM finishes include:

> 1st in Adda52’s Running Hot for ₹1,48,480

> 19th in Adda52’s The Ballers for ₹23,625

> 17th in PokerStars India’s for ₹14,159

Arsh Grover’s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.03 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹4.50 Crores | Annual Winnings: ₹2.58 Crores | Ranked #4 in the Annual Leaderboard Standings | Ranked #3 in Annual Profits

Amrit ‘amrit1111’ Mishra (Won Nighttide DST ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD for ₹41,982), Karan ‘karannthakker’ Thakker (Won Afternoon Adda ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD for ₹39,842), ‘charuz’ (Won Punch ₹80K GTD for ₹27,522), Satbir ‘satbir222’ Singh (Won Sundown Adda ₹50K GTD for ₹14,460) and ‘Friction21’ (Won Evening Adda ₹50K GTD for ₹14,328) shipped the other Friday titles.

 

PokerStars India

PokerStars India’s Uppercut PKO MAGIC Edition played out amid 186 runners last night, filling in a substantial ₹2.56 Lakhs in overlays. The former Endeavour champion Akhilesh ‘GM2318’ Gautam claimed the bragging rights for ₹1.89 Lakhs (includes ₹77,641 in bounties), beating the IOPC – July Leaderboard topper Anuj ‘brockLesnar’ Yadav to the finish line. Young Gun Anuj Yadav banked the runner-up score of ₹1.45 Lakhs (includes ₹34,141 in bounties). Gautam now boasts of ₹64.32 Lakhs in recorded online winnings.

Akhilesh Gautam
Akhilesh Gautam

 

The other Friday attraction, the ₹2 Lakhs GTD The Classic, was taken down by the former Millionaire champion Pranav ‘pkpok13’ Khandalkar, who bested the 142-player field to win ₹65,245 (includes ₹45,281 in bounties). ‘Rjnshpl’ finished runner-up for ₹21,089 (includes ₹1,125 in bounties).

Pranav Khandalkar
Pranav Khandalkar

 

Khandalkar cashed in five more events yesterday – three of them FT finishes. He collectively earned ₹96,368, improving his online scorecard to ₹3.45 Crores.

Umesh ‘dhondu.chilll’ Sharma (Won Ultrasonic ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD for ₹37,083), ‘MeraDeshMahaan’ (Won Deepstack ₹50K GTD for ₹13,029), ‘gauravboi’ (Won Ultra KO 75% ₹50K GTD for ₹16,031), ‘MynameAK47’ (Won Afternoon on Stars ₹60K GTD for ₹15,446) and ‘AZRI007’ (Won Time Tourney ₹45K GTD for ₹16,706) were the other title winners.

Umesh Sharma
Umesh Sharma

 

The other Friday winners were:

PlayerPrize AmountEventPoker Site
King19₹55,137Daily Night SPRINT ₹1.5 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
Amrit ‘amrit1111’ Mishra₹41,982Nighttide DST ₹1.5 Lakhs GTDAdda52
Karan ‘karannthakker’ Thakker₹39,842Afternoon Adda ₹1.5 Lakhs GTDAdda52
Umesh ‘dhondu.chilll’ Sharma₹37,083Ultrasonic ₹1.5 Lakhs GTDPokerStars India
branthebroken₹29,839PLO Boost Monster ₹1 Lakh GTDPokerBaazi
Nawneet 'nawchunu2089' Thakur₹29,252Daily Afternoon Sprint ₹1 Lakh GTDPokerBaazi
charuz₹27,522Punch ₹80K GTDAdda52
AZRI007₹16,706Time Tourney ₹45K GTDPokerStars India
gauravboi₹16,031Ultra KO 75% ₹50K GTDPokerStars India
MynameAK47₹15,446Afternoon on Stars ₹60K GTDPokerStars India
Satbir ‘satbir222’ Singh₹14,460Sundown Adda ₹50K GTDAdda52
Friction21₹14,328Evening Adda ₹50K GTDAdda52
MeraDeshMahaan₹13,029Deepstack ₹50K GTDPokerStars India
dhamlabish₹12,900Prime Time PLO ₹30K GTDKhelo365
Sachin 'noxi' Gupta₹9,8645-Max Daily ₹50K GTDPokerBaazi

 

The Millionaire 1 Crore GTD Day 1B – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 134

Re-entries – 30

Re-buys – 71

Survivors – 32

The Day 1B of the ₹1 Crore GTD The Millionaire featuring a ₹5,500 buy-in recorded a starting field of 235 entrants, and after the stipulated 25 levels of play, only 32 hopefuls advanced through to Day 2.

Utkarsh ’kidpokerNJ’ Vaish (331,518), Abhishek ‘PirateMihawk’ Jain (234,875), ‘TheMeisTeR’ (196,573), PokerGuru Ambassador Ashutosh ‘SpewMonkey’ Balodhi (170,677), and Bharat ‘bhkh100’ Kanaiyalal Chhunchha (158,420). Sagar ‘maniacmachi’ Choudhury (117,446) and last night`s The Elite champion (also a two-time The Millionaire winner) Anuj ‘tittooTauji’ Yadav (112,464) bagged the top stacks last night.

With an entry field of 2,000 runners required to meet its guarantee, the first The Millionaire edition of September has already signed up 524 participants across the first two flights. There are three flights still to go before the finale on Sunday.

Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1B

  1. Utkarsh ’kidpokerNJ’ Vaish – 331,518
  2. Abhishek ‘PirateMihawk’ Jain – 234,875
  3. TheMeisTeR – 196,573
  4. Ashutosh ‘SpewMonkey’ Balodhi – 170,677
  5. Bharat ‘bhkh100’ Kanaiyalal Chhunchha – 158,420
  6. Sagar ‘maniacmachi’ Choudhury – 117,446
  7. Anuj ‘tittooTauji’ Yadav – 112,464
  8. Flow Like Water – 110,360
  9. _ap00rv – 105,342
  10. epiphany7 – 102,665

 

The Elite 30 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 127

Re-entries – 45

Re-buys – 78

Prize Pool – ₹30,00,000

Places Paid – 23

Spartan Poker`s Friday mainstay, the ₹30 Lakhs GTD The Elite, couldn’t ellicit the same interest as last week with the site filling in an overlay deficit of ₹50,000 on the back of a 250-player entry field.

The Friday night extravaganza is known to attract the top regs, and it played down to an epic heads-up showdown with none other than Anuj ‘tittooTauji’ Yadav coming out on top to win ₹6.97 Lakhs. His heads-up opponent, PokerGuru Ambassador Vishal ‘CrownUpJr’ Bajaj collected ₹4.72 Lakhs for his runner-up finish.

Anuj Yadav was the day`s top scorer and made away with over ₹8.42 Lakhs last night, including a runner-up finish in PokerStars India’s Uppercut for ₹1.42 Lakhs.

Archit ‘rocketarchie’ Khandelwal (3rd for ₹3.15 Lakhs), Adda52 Game Ambassador Kunal ‘NutsTodayBluffTomo’ Patni (4th for ₹2.58 Lakhs), Dhinesh ‘kendralust’ Kumar (5th for ₹2.07 Lakhs), and Meet ‘gogobhai’ Jariwala (6th for ₹1.60 Lakhs) also FT-ed the tourney!

Final Table Results

  1. Anuj ‘tittooTauji’ Yadav – ₹6,97,500
  2. Vishal ‘CrownUpJr’ Bajaj – ₹4,72,500
  3. Archit ‘rocketarchie’ Khandelwal – ₹3,15,000
  4. Kunal ‘NutsTodayBluffTomo’ Patni – ₹2,58,000
  5. Dhinesh ‘kendralust’ Kumar – ₹2,07,000
  6. Meet ‘gogobhai’ Jariwala – ₹1,60,500

 

The Ballers ₹22.5 Lakhs GTD Adda52

Buy-in – ₹7,500

Entries – 145

Re-entries – 149

Prize Pool – ₹22,50,000

Places Paid – 30

Adda52’s The Ballers ran almost eight hours, with 294 entrants (including re-entries) jostling for a share of the ₹22.50 Lakhs prize pool. Like The Elite, here too, the event was unable to break past the guarantee barrier resulting in a gaping ₹2.36 Lakhs overlay shortfall.

The final three players shook hands on a deal, and the FTS #14 Monster Stack finalist Amar ‘Thespecialone’ Mehta walked away with the title and ₹4 Lakhs in prize money. Tuesday’s Bounty Builder champion Vaibhav ‘alienrobot’ Sharma (2nd for ₹3.92 Lakhs) & ‘arushiagarwal’ (3rd for ₹3.85 Lakhs) were the other benefactors of the deal.

The Ballers is Amar Mehta’s fourth title victory of the year and ended his over two-month-long title drought. Last night, Mehta scored in two other events, including a ninth-place finish in the Daily Sprint for ₹11,938 – in all earning ₹4.17 Lakhs.

Ashok ‘justmissed’ Kumar Kailash finished fourth for ₹1.91 Lakhs.

Runner-up Vaibhav Sharma
Runner-up Vaibhav Sharma

 

Final Table Results

  1. Amar ‘Thespecialone’ Mehta – ₹4,00,266*
  2. Vaibhav ‘alienrobot’ Sharma – ₹3,92,801*
  3. arushiagarwal – ₹3,84,808*
  4. Ashok ‘justmissed’ Kumar Kailash – ₹1,91,250
  5. hopster99 – ₹1,29,375
  6. Oshuri – ₹90,000

*denotes a three-way deal

 

The Weekly HighRoller 12 Lakhs GTD PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 70

Re-entries – 61

Prize Pool – ₹13,10,000

Places Paid – 15

PokerBaazi’s Friday attraction, the ₹12 Lakhs GTD The Weekly HighRoller, logged in a 131-entry field, and 15 places got a share of the ₹13.10 Lakhs prize pool. Young Gun Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra was the last player standing and won the title for the second time last night for ₹3.51 Lakhs. PokerBaazi user ‘luckbox99’ placed runner-up for ₹2.46 Lakhs.

The IIT-IIM alumni, Mehrotra, had previously won The Weekly HighRoller on November 20 last year for ₹4.02 Lakhs.

JaiKiran ‘testify’ Kumar (3rd for ₹1.58 Lakhs), Thursday’s The Summit winner Young Gun Sahil ‘bluffme19’ Chutani (4th for ₹1,17 Lakhs), Young Gun Kanchan ‘Kanchansharma’ Sharma (5th for ₹87,770), and PokerGuru Ambassador Ankit ‘d00mtr00p3r’ Wadhawan (6th for ₹70,216) also FT-ed the tourney!

Debashis ‘Alln’ Bal bubbled the FT in seventh place for ₹58,426.

Final Table Results

  1. Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra – ₹3,51,080
  2. luckbox99 – ₹2,45,887
  3. JaiKiran ‘testify’ Kumar – ₹1,58,117
  4. Sahil ‘bluffme19’ Chutani – ₹1,17,114
  5. Kanchan ‘Kanchansharma’ Sharma – ₹87,770
  6. Ankit ‘d00mtr00p3r’ Wadhawan – ₹70,216

 

Uppercut Progressive KO MAGIC Edition ₹10 Lakhs GTD PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹4,400

Entries – 103

Re-entries – 83

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 19

Spearheading the Friday primetime proceedings on PokerStars India, the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Uppercut PKO MAGIC Edition clocked in a 186-entry field, experiencing a glaring ₹2.56 Lakhs overlay shortfall.

The event ran from 7.30 PM to 2.48 AM, and Akhilesh ‘GM2318’ Gautam came out trumps, winning ₹1.89 Lakhs (includes ₹77,641 in bounties) – his second-best recorded finish. Last night`s The Elite champion, Young Gun Anuj ‘brockLesnar’ Yadav secured a runner-up payday of ₹1.452 Lakhs (includes ₹34,141 in bounties).

Online reg sClinton ‘Clinton Tavares’ Tavares (4th for ₹94,921) and Sagar ‘sagarpupull’ C (5th for ₹55,170) also FT-ed the event.

Final Table Results (Includes Bounties)

  1. Akhilesh ‘GM2318’ Gautam – ₹1,88,588 (includes ₹77,641 in bounties)
  2. Anuj ‘brockLesnar’ Yadav – ₹1,42,088 (includes ₹34,141 in bounties)
  3. DeuceSeven09 – ₹86,659
  4. Clinton ‘Clinton Tavares’ Tavares – ₹94,921
  5. Sagar ‘sagarpupull’ C – ₹55,170
  6. khelosab – ₹47,049
  7. getsetgo666 – ₹26,716

 

Futuristic 9.50 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹880

Entries – 832 (438)

Re-buys – 365

Prize Pool – ₹9,57,600

Places Paid – 119

Spartan Poker`s Futuristic has always been a crowd-puller and last night was no different. The ₹880 entry buy-in event pulled in a whopping 1,197-entry field, blowing away its ₹9.50 Lakhs prize pool guarantee.

The mystery user ‘sagarvasan’ outlasted the massive field to win the title for ₹1.36 Lakhs. They struck a heads-up deal with ‘TIMBOOR’ (2nd for ₹1.34 Lakhs).

Shrikant ‘baphomate’ Sanjay Pradhan (3rd for ₹96,542), PokerGuru Ambassador Naresh ‘FreeFlow’ Veeravalli (4th for ₹58,414), Samay ‘sweetheartpoker’ Singh Meena (5th for ₹46,060), and Kunal ‘UnityPro’ Sharma (7th for ₹24,610) posted FT scores.

Final Table Results

  1. sagarvasan – ₹1,36,358*
  2. TIMBOOR – ₹1,34,818*
  3. Shrikant ‘baphomate’ Sanjay Pradhan – ₹96,542
  4. Naresh ‘FreeFlow’ Veeravalli – ₹58,414
  5. Samay ‘sweetheartpoker’ Singh Meena – ₹46,060
  6. rajatrm1 – ₹34,569
  7. Kunal ‘UnityPro’ Sharma – ₹24,610
  8. Chen_Khulli_Ki_Maiin – ₹17,045

*denotes heads-up deal

 

Running Hot ₹5 Lakhs GTD Adda52

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 159

Re-entries – 131

Prize Pool – ₹5,80,000

Places Paid – 30

The two-time Godfather champion Young Gun Arsh ‘bigggtymer’ Grover is running hot, and some of that run good carried into Adda52’s Friday night attraction by the same name. The recent “₹9 Crore Club” took down the ₹5 Lakhs GTD event for a ₹1.48 Lakhs payday. The user ‘Jilebii’ finished runner-up for ₹88,450.

Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna (3rd for ₹66,700), Vinay ‘ContemporisT’ B (4th for ₹49,300), Jagat ‘jk307’ Bhandari (5th for ₹33,350), and Thursday’s Sundown Adda winner, Karan ‘gogikaran’ Malhotra (7th for ₹17,400) also FT-ed the event.

Final Table Results

  1. Arsh ‘bigggtymer’ Grover – ₹1,48,480
  2. Jilebii – ₹88,450
  3. Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna – ₹66,700
  4. Vinay ‘ContemporisT’ B – ₹49,300
  5. Jagat ‘jk307’ Bhandari – ₹33,350
  6. Machine541 – ₹23,200
  7. Karan ‘gogikaran’ Malhotra – ₹17,400
  8. axeweilders – ₹14,500

 

(7-Max) Daily SPRINT 5 Lakhs GTD PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 151

Re-entries – 103

Prize Pool – ₹5,08,000

Places Paid – 27

The former The Millionaire champion Ayush ‘Proman502’ Garg came out trumps in PokerBaazi`s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Daily SPRINT to make away with ₹1.20 Lakhs, ending a prolonged twenty-week title draught. The former SSS – The Millionaire Legends champion Young Gun Devang ‘laila’ Yadav secured a runner-up payday worth ₹83,871.

The former Adda52 Grand Mega Suits champion Chandan ‘darkfish’ Arora (3rd for ₹53,950) and Shubham ‘backchod’ Agarwal (7th for ₹19,914) also FT-ed the 7-max event.

Final Table Results

  1. Ayush ‘Proman502’ Garg – ₹1,19,532
  2. Devang ‘laila’ Yadav – ₹83,871
  3. Chandan ‘darkfish’ Arora – ₹53,950
  4. omniknight – ₹39,929
  5. laaalaa – ₹29,972
  6. stonedurr – ₹23,978
  7. Shubham ‘backchod’ Agarwal – ₹19,914

 

Holdem BOOST 3 Lakhs GTD PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹1,375

Entries – 157

Re-entries – 105

Prize Pool – ₹3,27,500

Places Paid – 27

Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna made quite a splash last night, winning PokerBaazi`s ₹3 Lakhs GTD Holdem BOOST for ₹77,061 and placing third in Adda52`s Running Hot for another ₹66,700, rounding up ₹1.44 Lakhs overall.

Aditya ‘konstantin’ Singh came second in Holdem Boost for ₹54,070.

Sankalp ‘Wobbegong’ Marwah (5th for ₹19,323) and Utkarsh ‘Sam20542’ Srivastava (6th for ₹15,458) also FT-ed the event.

 

The Classic PKO ₹2 Lakhs GTD PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 82

Re-entries – 60

Prize Pool – ₹2,13,000

Places Paid – 15

Pranav ‘pkpok13’ Khandalkar overcame a 142-entry field in PokerStars India`s ₹2 Lakhs GTD The Classic PKO to win ₹65,245 (includes ₹45,281 in bounties), with ‘Rjnshpl’ finishing second for ₹21,089 (includes ₹1,125 in bounties).

Khandalkar also ITM-ed the Futuristic and the Monster Stack on Spartan Poker and scored another three FT finishes, earning ₹96,368 cumulatively. He currently sits on over ₹3.45 Crores in recorded online earnings.

His top finishes include:

> 1st in The Classic PKO ₹2 Lakhs GTD for ₹65,245

> 3rd in the Daily Afternoon Sprint ₹1 Lakhs GTD for ₹13,178

> 7th in the Afternoon Adda ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD for ₹6,548

Ankit ‘magnum736’ Saurabh (8th for ₹8,308) was the other known player on the FT.

 

Hitman PLO ₹30K GTD Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 23

Re-entries – 18

Prize Pool – ₹30,000

Places Paid – 5

Khelo365`s ₹30K GTD Hitman PLO saw ‘madhabalaji’ talking down the title for ₹12,900. ‘nishant24k’ came second for ₹6,900.

 

This report was updated at 7 PM on 04.09.2021.

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Daily Majors: Mohit Mehta, Sagar Choudhury, Vivekk Dube, Karan Sitlani & Umesh Sharma Crush the Friday Flagships

With just a day left for the 11th edition of the India Online Poker Championship (IOPC) to kick-off, Friday seemed like the calm before the storm

Locking in the day’s biggest score was Mohit Mehta, who championed Adda52’s The Ballers for ₹5.76 Lakhs. Shalabh Bansal finished runner-up for ₹3.43 Lakhs.

Sagar Choudhury picked up his third The Elite title on Spartan Poker for ₹4.75 Lakhs after striking a three-way deal with Akshat Sharma (runner-up for ₹4.48 Lakhs) and Meet Jariwala (3rd for ₹4.39 Lakhs).

Vivekk Dube was the breakout performer on Friday as he took down Spartan Poker’s Futuristic while also booking FT finishes in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller and The Elite netting ₹3.78 Lakhs overall.

Karan Sitlani picked up a career-best ₹3.40 Lakhs in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller, and Umesh Sharma took down PokerStars India’s Uppercut MAGIC Edition for ₹1.91 Lakhs.

Arun Sriram, Sankalp Marwah, Arish Taraporewala, Saahib Bawa, Yash Chitre, Praveen KR, and Nitin Rawat won the other Friday flagships!

Here are the Friday highlights!

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Spartan Poker

With the IOPC all set to kick off on July 11, Spartan Poker skipped this week’s The Millionaire, leaving The Elite to headline its Friday roster. Sporting a ₹11,000 entry buy-in, The Elite garnered a 269-player pool, but it wasn’t enough to meet its ₹30 Lakhs guarantee, leaving a ₹3.10 Lakhs overlay deficit.

We keep referring to Sagar ‘maniacmachi’ Choudhury as an online beast, and he keeps proving exactly why that nomenclature is apt for him. Since the start of July, Choudhury has already final-tabled seven events, and last night, he took down The Elite, booking his first title win for the month. Sagar Choudhury cut a three-way deal with Akshat ‘doubledown’ Sharma (runner-up for ₹4.48 Lakhs) and Meet ‘gogobhai’ Jariwala (3rd for ₹4.39 Lakhs) before taking down the title and a ₹4.75 Lakhs top prize.

Sagar Choudhury
Sagar Choudhury

 

Ranked #12 on the annual leaderboard, this was Sagar Choudhury’s third time winning The Elite. His stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.66 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.12 Crores

Another player who has been on a rampage lately is Vivekk ‘MI7’ Dube. The man from Mumbai started off the week in style by taking down PokerBaazi’s BSS#4 SuperStack on Sunday. Sticking to his winning form, he came out on top in the ₹9.50 Lakhs GTD Futuristic last night for ₹1.86 Lakhs. A three-way deal saw Siddharth ‘champ-ak’ Pandey (runner-up for ₹1.31 Lakhs) and ‘Mokhembo69’ (3rd for ₹1.17 Lakhs) also secure podium finishes.

Vivekk Dube
Vivekk Dube

 

Vivekk Dube scored in two more flagships, pocketing ₹3.78 Lakhs in cumulative earnings. His ITM finishes include:

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s Futuristic for ₹1,86,946

> 4th in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly Highroller for ₹1,13,538

> 8th in Spartan Poker’s The Elite for ₹78,300

 

PokerBaazi

PokerBaazi’s ₹12 Lakhs GTD The Weekly HighRoller was taken down by Thursday`s ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Turbo winner Karan ‘collingwood’ Sitlani for a cool ₹3.40 Lakhs. Sitlani had won two tickets to the ₹11,000 entry buy-in event through ₹550 online satellites and used them both (and a third) to win the title. The user ‘Jack77777’ finished runner-up for ₹2.38 Lakhs. The event gathered 127 entries and collected a profitable ₹12.70 Lakhs prize pool.

Karan Sitlani
Karan Sitlani

 

Arish ‘YKNjonsnow’ Taraporewala struck a heads-up deal with ‘cerealkiller’ (runner-up for ₹53,306) before taking down PokerBaazi’s ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Holdem Boost DST for ₹61,344.

PokerBaazi regular Sankalp ‘Wobbegong’ Marwah has been crushing the late-night marquees on the site, and he posted four ITM finishes last night for ₹90,442 in cumulative earnings. His scores included:

Sankalp Marwah
Sankalp Marwah

 

> 1st in PLO Boost Monster for ₹33,232

> 2nd in Turbo for ₹30,452

> 3rd in Night DST for ₹22,732

> 15th in Holdem Boost DST for ₹4,026

Yash ‘Riraizer’ Chitre (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Night DST for ₹50,365), ‘underdawgg’ (Won ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD Turbo for ₹43,492) and ‘divid92’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Afternoon DST for ₹37,094) captured the other titles on PokerBaazi yesterday.

 

PokerStars India

The ₹10 Lakhs GTD Uppercut MAGIC Edition had PokerStars India reg Umesh ‘dhondu.chilll’ Sharma and PokerStars India’s “Star of the Month” – February Armaan ‘armaan007111’ Kochhar fighting it out for the top honors. In the end, Umesh Sharma emerged victorious as he walked away with a winner’s paycheque worth ₹1.91 Lakhs (includes ₹90,711 in bounties), while Armaan Kochhar had to contend with a second-place payout worth ₹1.15 Lakhs (includes ₹15,000 in bounties).

Umesh Sharma
Umesh Sharma

 

Armaan Kochhar moved up to #10 on the annual leaderboard standings after his deep run last night. His stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.05 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹99.60 Lakhs | Annual Winnings: ₹1.71 Crores

Runner-up Armaan Kochhar
Runner-up Armaan Kochhar

 

The ₹2 Lakhs GTD The Classic PKO was won by site regular ‘YKARKI2147’ for ₹54,871 (includes ₹34,406 in bounties). ‘deadpan16’ came second for ₹25,480 (includes ₹5,016 in bounties).

Nitin ‘NRIPOKER’ Rawat championed two back-to-back events on PokerStars India yesterday, namely the ₹50K GTD Ultra KO 75% for ₹19,567 and the ₹60K GTD Primetime Grind for ₹10,723.

Nitin Rawat
Nitin Rawat

 

Praveen ‘pinawxd’ KR (Won ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD Ultrasonic for ₹34,691), ‘mritunjay’ (Won ₹60K GTD Afternoon on Stars for ₹14,100) and ‘AN11328’ (Won ₹50K GTD Deepstack for ₹12,949) were the other marquee winners on PokerStars India.

 

Adda52

Adda52’s Friday night extravaganza, the ₹22.5 Lakhs GTD The Ballers, was taken down by Mohit ‘thejokerrrr’ Mehta, who added a hefty ₹5.76 Lakhs to their bankroll. The former Mega Suit champion locked horns with Shalabh ‘shalabhpoker’ Bansal (runner-up for ₹3.43 Lakhs) in the heads-up finale and overcame the latter to claim his first-ever The Ballers title.

Mohit Mehta
Mohit Mehta

 

With this win, Mohit Mehta has entered the 2 Crores Club’ in lifetime online earnings (₹58.39 Lakhs in net profits).

The ₹7,500 entry buy-in tourney experienced a ₹2.49 Lakhs overlay on the back of 292 entries.

Adda52’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Running Hot fared much better than The Ballers, with 312 participants collecting a ₹6.24 Lakhs prize pool. The in-form Arun ‘runyrules’ Sriram posting his third deep run of the week, championed the tourney for ₹1.56 Lakhs. He posted two more deep runs last night to rake in ₹1.86 Lakhs in cumulative winnings. ‘Jaddubhai’ (runner-up for ₹94,536) and PokerGuru Ambassador Nadeem ‘nadeem0021’ Basha (3rd for ₹68,640) rounded out the top three payouts.

Arun Sriram
Arun Sriram

 

The former Iron Man champion Saahib ‘saahib’ Bawa took down both the ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD Nighttide DST Adda (for ₹44,199) and the ₹50K GTD Sundown Adda (for ₹15,444), posting ₹59,643 in Friday earnings.

The other Friday winners were:

PlayerPrize AmountEventPoker Site
Arish 'YKNjonsnow' Taraporewala₹61,344Holdem Boost DST ₹1.5 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
YKARKI2147₹54,871The Classic PKO ₹2 Lakhs GTDPokerStars India
Yash 'Riraizer' Chitre₹50,365Night DST ₹1 Lakh GTDPokerBaazi
Karan ‘karan880’ Lochab₹49,039Afternoon Adda ₹1.75 Lakhs GTDAdda52
Saahib ‘saahib’ Bawa₹44,199Nighttide DST Adda ₹1.75 Lakhs GTDAdda52
underdawgg₹43,492Turbo ₹1.5 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
divid92₹37,094Afternoon DST ₹1 Lakh GTDPokerBaazi
Praveen 'pinawxd' KR₹34,691Ultrasonic ₹1.5 Lakhs GTDPokerStars India
Sankalp 'Wobbegong' Marwah₹33,232PLO Boost Monster ₹1 Lakh GTDPokerBaazi
Gabbar1510₹29,190Punch ₹80K GTDAdda52
BIT00Poker₹24,000Dangal Friday ₹1 Lakh GTDPokerDangal
Nitin 'NRIPOKER' Rawat ₹19,567Ultra KO 75% ₹50K GTDPokerStars India
Saahib ‘saahib’ Bawa₹15,444Sundown Adda ₹50K GTDAdda52
mritunjay₹14,100Afternoon on Stars ₹60K GTDPokerStars India
AN11328₹12,949Deepstack ₹50K GTDPokerStars India
Sourabh ‘babu7275’ Singh₹11,113Evening Adda ₹50K GTDAdda52
Nitin 'NRIPOKER' Rawat₹10,723Primetime Grind ₹60K GTDPokerStars India

 

The Elite 30 Lakhs GTD Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 127

Re-entries – 83

Re-buys – 59

Prize Pool – ₹30,00,000

Places Paid – 31

The #12 ranked player on the annual leaderboard, Sagar ‘maniacmachi’ Choudhury, powered his way through the 269-entry field in Spartan Poker`s ₹30 Lakhs GTD The Elite to win the Friday flagship title for the third time, adding ₹4.75 Lakhs to his bankroll. The event played down to a three-way chop, with Akshat ‘doubledown’ Sharma (runner-up for ₹4.48 Lakhs) and Meet ‘gogobhai’ Jariwala (3rd for ₹4.39 Lakhs) banking the other top payouts.

The 8 PM event with a price point of ₹11,000, went on until the wee hours on Saturday morning and had to fill in over 10% in overlays. The top 31 places boarded the money bus.

Young Gun Anuj ‘tittoo Tauji’ Yadav (4th for ₹2.44 Lakhs), PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘Donkey 07’ Munot (5th for ₹1.93 Lakhs), and Rising Star Aman ‘Karmapoker’ Parakh (6th for ₹1.46 Lakhs) were the other notables who FT-ed the tourney!

Runner-up Akshat Sharma
Akshat Sharma

 

Final Table Results

  1. Sagar ‘maniacmachi’ Choudhury – ₹4,75,053*
  2. Akshat ‘doubledown’ Sharma – ₹4,48,539*
  3. Meet ‘gogobhai’ Jariwala – ₹4,39,308*
  4. Anuj ‘tittoo Tauji’ Yadav – ₹2,44,200
  5. Ashish ‘Donkey 07’ Munot – ₹1,93,200
  6. Aman ‘Karmapoker’ Parakh – ₹1,46,700

*denotes a three-way deal

 

The Ballers ₹22.5 Lakhs GTD Adda52

Buy-in – ₹7,500

Entries – 150

Re-entries – 142

Prize Pool – ₹22,50,000

Places Paid – 30

The Tornado champion from July 4, Mohit ‘thejokerrrr’ Mehta, was the last player standing in Adda52’s Friday night bonanza, the ₹22.5 Lakhs GTD The Ballers. Mehta won ₹5.76 Lakhs for the win, with Shalabh ‘shalabhpoker’ Bansal taking second place for ₹3.43 Lakhs.

The Ballers registered a hefty ₹2.49 Lakhs overlay deficit after only 292 entries signed up for the ₹7,500 entry buy-in event. The top 30 places got paid.

Surbhit ‘grovahova’ Grover (3rd for ₹2.59 Lakhs) and Adda52 regular Priya ‘priyaranjan2k12’ Ranjan Das (6th for ₹90,000) also FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

  1. Mohit ‘thejokerrrr’ Mehta – ₹5,76,000
  2. Shalabh ‘shalabhpoker’ Bansal – ₹3,43,125
  3. Surbhit ‘grovahova’ Grover – ₹2,58,750
  4. Mitsen – ₹1,91,250
  5. himansh007 – ₹1,29,375
  6. Priya ‘priyaranjan2k12’ Ranjan Das – ₹90,000

 

The Weekly HighRoller 12 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries –75

Re-entries – 52

Prize Pool – ₹12,70,000

Places Paid – 15

Karan ‘collingwood’ Sitlani navigated his way to the top of the 127-entry field in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller to win a personal-best (on PokerBaazi) ₹3.40 Lakhs. The user ‘Jack77777’ came second for ₹2.38 Lakhs.

Sitlani had won two ₹550 buy-in online satellites that gave him two tickets to the event. He used them both and fired a third bullet before clinching the title. He now has ₹38.65 in recorded winnings on PokerBaazi.

Sitlani had won the Turbo 1.50 Lakhs GTD on Thursday, and the Weekly HighRoller title gave him his second PokerBaazi title on consecutive days.

PokerGuru Ambassador Vishal ‘Vishzz’ Bajaj (3rd for ₹1.53 Lakhs), Futuristic champion Vivekk ‘Vivek25’ Dube (4th for ₹1.14 Lakhs), and Shubham ‘ShUbh1995’ Nirbam (5th for ₹85,090) also FT-ed the event.

Final Table Results

  1. Karan ‘collingwood’ Sitlani – ₹3,40,360
  2. Jack77777 – ₹2,38,379
  3. Vishal ‘Vishzz’ Bajaj – ₹1,53,289
  4. Vivekk ‘Vivek25’ Dube – ₹1,13,538
  5. Shubham ‘ShUbh1995’ Nirbam – ₹85,090
  6. ADEV22 – ₹68,072

 

Uppercut MAGIC Edition 10 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹4,400

Entries – 108

Re-entries – 102

Total Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Regular Prize Pool – ₹5,80,000

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹4,20,000

Places Paid – 23

The signature Friday MTT on PokerStars India, the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Uppercut MAGIC Edition, dragged in 210 contenders, resulting in an overlay worth ₹1.60 Lakhs.

PokerStars India regular Umesh ‘dhondu.chilll’ Sharma fired two bullets in the event before taking down the title for ₹1.91 Lakhs (includes ₹90,711 in bounties). On June 24, Sharma had won Battle Royale for ₹65,152.

PokerStars India’s “Star of the Month” – February Armaan ‘armaan007111’ Kochhar secured a runner-up payday worth ₹1.15 Lakhs (includes ₹15,000 in bounties). He finished ITM in three more events, adding ₹1.74 Lakhs overall. His run last night pushed him back into the top 10 of the annual leaderboard standings.

Armaan Kochhar’s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.08 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.01 Crores | Annual Winnings: ₹1.71 Crores | Annual Profits: ₹36.83 Lakhs | Ranked #10 in the Annual Leaderboard Standings

The 7:30 PM tourney got in the books at 2:46 AM and paid out 23 places.

“Star of the Month” – December Siddharth ‘gangnam gangi’ Gangwar (3rd for ₹95,237), Sreeharsha ‘DonkeyCommitted’ Boneni (4th for ₹82,756), and “Star of the Month” – March Harsh ‘kakori kabab’ Dembla (6th for ₹38,615) also FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results (including bounties)

  1. Umesh ‘dhondu.chilll’ Sharma – ₹1,91,068
  2. Armaan ‘armaan007111’ Kochhar – ₹1,15,357
  3. Siddharth ‘gangnam gangi’ Gangwar – ₹95,237
  4. Sreeharsha ‘DonkeyCommitted’ Boneni – ₹82,756
  5. dev149 – ₹70,049
  6. Harsh ‘kakori kabab’ Dembla – ₹38,615
  7. thisisme16 – ₹33,606

 

Futuristic 9.50 Lakhs GTD Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹880

Entries – 422

Re-entries – 493

Re-buys – 531

Prize Pool – ₹11,56,800

Places Paid – 135

This week`s BSS SuperStack champion Vivekk ‘MI7’ Dube went on a tear last night with three deep runs and ₹3.78 Lakhs in total winnings. His standout performance of the day was taking down Spartan Poker`s ₹9.50 Lakhs GTD Futuristic for 1.86 Lakhs. Before taking down the title, Dube struck a three-way deal with Siddharth ‘champ-ak’ Pandey (2nd for ₹1.31 Lakhs) and ‘Mokhembo69’ (3rd for ₹1.17 Lakhs).

The ₹880 entry buy-in event recorded a starting field of 1,446 participants, which helped crush the posted guarantee by over ₹2 Lakhs. The 8 PM event got in the books after over nine hours of action, and 135 places finished ITM.

Atishay ‘momstacos’ Samuel (4th for ₹68,714) and Kunal ‘Charsilaladka’ Chaudhary (5th for ₹53,444) also FT-ed the tourney.

Runner-up Siddharth Pandey
Runner-up Siddharth Pandey

 

Final Table Results

  1. Vivekk ‘MI7’ Dube – ₹1,86,946*
  2. Siddharth ‘champ-ak’ Pandey – ₹1,31,866*
  3. Mokhembo69 – ₹1,17,186*
  4. Atishay ‘momstacos’ Samuel – ₹68,714
  5. Kunal ‘Charsilaladka’ Chaudhary – ₹53,444
  6. s@kuni_m@m@ – ₹39,563
  7. sristi – ₹28,330
  8. RektKing – ₹20,186

*denotes a three-way deal

 

Running Hot ₹5 Lakhs GTD Adda52

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 179

Re-entries – 133

Prize Pool – ₹6,24,000

Places Paid – 34

One of the unstoppable names’ on the felts presently, Thursday’s Highroller champion Arun ‘runyrules’ Sriram conquered Adda52`s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Running Hot, adding another ₹1.56 Lakhs to his poker bankroll. ‘Jaddubhai’ came second for ₹94,536.

PokerGuru Ambassador Nadeem ‘nadeem0021′ Basha (3rd for ₹68,640), Tanmay ‘PlusEv’ Benara (5th for ₹35,880), Buhr ‘riokid’ Advirkar (6th for ₹23,400), and the Futuristic runner-up finisher Siddharth ‘gabandheer’ Pandey (8th for ₹15,600), also FT-ed the event.

Final table Results

  1. Arun ‘runyrules’ Sriram – ₹1,56,000
  2. Jaddubhai – ₹94,536
  3. Nadeem ‘nadeem0021’ Basha – ₹68,640
  4. strpkr95 – ₹52,104
  5. Tanmay ‘PlusEv’ Benara – ₹35,880
  6. Buhr ‘riokid’ Advirkar – ₹23,400
  7. caden – ₹18,720
  8. Siddharth ‘gabandheer’ Pandey – ₹15,600

 

The Classic PKO 2 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 94

Re-entries – 57

Total Prize Pool – ₹2,26,500

Regular Prize Pool – ₹1,13,250

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹1,13,250

Places Paid – 17

The ₹2 Lakhs GTD The Classic on PokerStars India pulled in 151 contestants who signed up for ₹1,650. The top 17 places shared the ₹2.26 Lakhs prize pool.

After close five hours of action, the last man standing at the event was ‘YKARKI2147’, who took away ₹54,871 (includes ₹34,406 in bounties) in cash prize after beating ‘deadpan16’ (runner-up for ₹25,480) (includes ₹5,016 in bounties) in the heads-up quarrel.

Himanshu ‘himkat@stars’ Kataria (3rd for ₹19,314), Varun ‘wardev’ Devayya (5th for ₹11,774), and Ultrasonic champion Praveen ‘pinawxd’ KR (8th for ₹5,688) FT-ed the tourney.

 

Holdem Boost DST 1.50 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 156

Re-entries – 149

Prize Pool – ₹3,05,000

Places Paid – 36

PokerBaazi’s 9 PM marquee, the 6-Max Holdem Boost DST, logged in 305 runners to collect ₹3.05 Lakhs in prize money, over 2X the listed guarantee.

Arish ‘YKNjonsnow’ Taraporewala bested the competition to win the Holdem Boost DST title for the second time last night for ₹61,344. He had previously won the event in October last year for ₹28,150. The user ‘cerealkiller’ placed runner-up for ₹53,306, courtesy of a heads-up deal.

Taraporewala now boasts ₹12.07 Lakhs in recorded earnings on PokerBaazi (₹2.03 Lakhs in net profits).

Devashish ‘Deadmansong’ Jain finished fifth for ₹16,897.

 

Dangal Friday ₹1 Lakh GTD PokerDangal

Buy-in – ₹990

Entries – 66

Rebuys – 36

Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000

Places Paid – 17

PokerDangal’s ₹1 Lakh GTD Dangal Friday logged in 102entrants, falling a marginal ₹8,200 short of its advertised guarantee. Site regular ‘BIT00Poker’ took down the event for ₹24,000, with ‘Nutties’ placing runner-up for ₹17,000.

 

This report was updated at 5:30 PM on 10.7.2021.

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