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Daily Majors: Vishal Tulsyan, Ankit Saurabh, Gokul Raj, Dhinesh Kumar & Faiz Alam Top the Wednesday Charts

Most of the Wednesday flagships got hit by the overlay express, and once again, the IOPC July Edition headlined the day’s action!

The two-time Millionaire winner Vishal Tulsyan emerged as the day’s biggest winner as he took down IOPC#110 Wednesday Prime for ₹9.57 Lakhs and his career-first IOPC title. The IOPC #92 – Destiny winner, Pranay Chawla, came second for ₹5.96 Lakhs.

PokerGuru Ambassador Gokul Raj shipped Adda52’s Maverick for ₹3.11 Lakhs, chopping the top prize heads-up with PokerBaazi’s Holdem Boost DST winner Ankit Saurabh.

The former Full House Finale champion Dhinesh Kumar bagged his first title of the month in PokerBaazi’s The Pride for ₹2.29 Lakhs.

Faiz Alam kept to his winning ways by coming out on top in PokerStars India’s Night on Stars for ₹90,774.

Ujjwal Vishnani, Vikram Mishra, Anurag Rawat, Harsh Bubna, Ginish Vadera, Abhishek Sonu, Sankalp Marwah, Armaan Kochhar, Pranav Agrawal, and Sagar Gulati championed the other Wednesday flagships.

Here are the Wednesday highlights!

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Spartan Poker

The 11th edition of the IOPC is four days away from powering down, and the business end of the series comes laden with value.

The featured event on Day 18 of the IOPC, the ₹50 Lakhs GTD IOPC#110 Wednesday Prime, wrangled in 938 entries, experiencing an overlay shortfall worth ₹3.10 Lakhs. The two-time The Millionaire winner Vishal ‘Tokio999’ Tulsyan walked away with the title and the day`s top score worth ₹9.57 Lakhs.

Vishal Tulsyan
Vishal Tulsyan

 

The Wednesday Prime title fetched Vishal Tulsyan, his first career IOPC title. He cashed in two other IOPC events on Wednesday, cumulatively earning ₹9.69 Lakhs.

The former IOPC #92 – Destiny winner, Pranay ‘CurbYour3bets’ Chawla, missed out on winning his career-fourth IOPC title after placing runner-up to Tulsyan for ₹5.96 Lakhs.

Runner-up Pranay Chawla
Runner-up Pranay Chawla

 

Pranay Chawla`s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.79 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹91.19 Lakhs

The Millionaire – March 2021 champion PokerGuru Ambassador Vishal ‘CrownUpJr’ Bajaj kept his scorecard ticking by posting two FT scores for ₹4.09 Lakhs in total winnings.

Vishal Bajaj
Vishal Bajaj

 

> 4th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #110 – Wednesday Prime for ₹3.30 Lakhs

> 5th in Adda52’s Maverick for ₹79,500

Vishal Bajaj’s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.43 Crores|Lifetime Profits: ₹1.27 Crores | Annual Winnings: ₹1.43 Crores|Lifetime Profits: ₹73.11 Lakhs

In the ₹11 Lakhs GTD IOPC#111 Wednesday Spotlight, an entry-field of 815 runners collected a profitable ₹12.22 Lakhs prize pool. Ujjwal ‘Mr vishnani’ Vishnani was the last player standing and won ₹1.69 Lakhs after striking a three-way deal with Narendra ‘khudde’ Singh (runner-up for ₹1.64 Lakhs) and Ronuk ‘Redbullwings’ Lekhraj (3rd for ₹1.59 Lakhs). Vishnani boasts ₹18.77 Lakhs in recorded earnings on Spartan Poker after the win.

Ujjwal Vishnani
Ujjwal Vishnani

 

A starting field of 502 participants in the ₹10 Lakhs GTD IOPC #112 All Rounder PKO collected a prize pool worth ₹10.04 Lakhs. Spartan Poker user ‘calyx420’ was the last player standing and won ₹1.99 Lakhs (includes ₹17,858 in bounties). The IOPC #54 – Monday Prime fourth-place finisher Dhaval ‘Ace of hearts’ Doshi secured the second-place payout of ₹1.25 Lakhs (includes ₹4,522 in bounties).

Runner-up Dhaval Doshi
Runner-up Dhaval Doshi

 

This win happens to be the only recorded victory on Spartan Poker for the user ‘calyx420’ (under this screen name), and they now boast ₹2 Lakhs in recorded winnings on the site (₹1.95 Lakhs in profits).

The former INCOOP Hercules champion Vikram ‘MentalScience’ Mishra bagged his second IOPC title at the ongoing series after taking down the ₹5.25 Lakhs GTD IOPC #108 PKO for ₹1.13 Lakhs (includes ₹13,188 in bounties). He ran over a 543-strong entry field and bested Kritika ‘bobdebuilder’ Sharma (runner-up for ₹69,557) (includes ₹3,148) heads-up to win the title.

Vikram Mishra
Vikram Mishra

 

Vikram Mishra had won his first IOPC title on July 20 in IOPC #59 – PLO for ₹66,574. He made another three ITM finishes yesterday, collectively earning ₹1.28 Lakhs. His stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.65 Crores|Lifetime Profits: ₹40.95 Lakhs

Poker streamer Ginish ‘ginishvadera1’ Vadera (Won IOPC #107 ₹3.5 Lakhs GTD for ₹76,475) and mystery user ‘R.K.K’ (Won IOPC #109 PLO ₹3.5 Lakhs GTD for ₹54,842) won the other IOPC titles on Wednesday.

Ginish Vadera
Ginish Vadera

 

The IOPC showstopper, the ₹3.50 Crores GTD IOPC – The Crown, added 388 entrants on Day 1C, and 53 runners made it through to Day 2. Ghanshyam ‘Tiger10’ Tripathi (266,886), Avneesh ‘IamAM’ Munjal (224,414), and Nishaanth ‘ephemeral’ Shanmughasundaram (218,928) topped the day-end chip counts.

Avneesh Munjal
Avneesh Munjal

 

The ₹40 Lakhs GTD IOPC Value Mine filled in 683 entries on Day 1C. After the stipulated 27 levels of play, only 64 runners were left standing. Four-time Destiny winner Nitin ‘Demogorgon’ Arora (302,369), Manoj ‘cutymannu’ Sharma (287,823), and ‘Bhavandar’ (224,886) carried forward the top stacks of the day.

Nitin Arora
Nitin Arora

 

The IOPC leaderboard standings have seen a few changes, but the top-order shows the same three names dominating the charts. Young Gun Anuj ‘tittooTauji’ Yadav is still the frontrunner with 15,271 points, while Bhanu ‘spectre’ Prakash KC (14,388 points) and Abhijeet ‘TheSupremeOne’ Kumar (12,254 points) occupy the #2 and #3 positions, respectively.

IOPC Leaderboard Standings After Day 18

RankPlayerPoints
1Anuj 'tittooTauji' Yadav15,721
2Bhanu 'spectre' Prakash KC14,388
3Abhijeet 'TheSupremeone' Kumar12,254
4Tanmay 'PlusEv' Benara11,561
5Aman 'KarmaPoker' Parakh10,619
6Anirban 'pokernoob' D Das10,554
7Suraj 'MR.BEAST' N Yadav10,541
8Abhishek 'MambaMentality' Goindi10,385
9Vikram 'MentalScience' Mishra10,149
10Neeraj 'Jannat52' Kumar9,763

 

PokerBaazi

PokerBaazi’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Pride had 296 participants competing for a share of the ₹10.36 Lakhs prize pool. The event ran from 8 PM to 2.49 AM, and Dhinesh ‘dhineshrocky007’ Kumar, improving upon his runner-up finish in this event last November, shipped the title for ₹2.30 Lakhs. Nishaanth ’shanni’ Shanmughasundaram came second for ₹1.62 Lakhs.

Dhinesh Kumar
Dhinesh Kumar

 

Dhinesh Kumar also placed 14th in the IOPC #110 Wednesday Prime for ₹49,000. His stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.76 Crores|Lifetime Profits: ₹1.08 Crore|Titles Won in 2021: #6

The ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD 6-Max Holdem Boost DST brought in 232 challengers, collecting a guarantee-crushing ₹2.32 Lakhs prize pool. Ankit ‘starnaruto’ Saurabh went the distance to take down the title for ₹54,590. He bagged an even better ₹3.01 Lakhs from his runner-up finish in the Adda52-hosted Maverick, adding over ₹3.55 Lakhs through the day.

Ankit Saurabh
Ankit Saurabh

 

Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna took down the ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Turbo for ₹42,225, just one of the six events he cashed on Wednesday.

Harsh Bubna
Harsh Bubna

 

His top finishes include:

> 1st in Turbo ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹42,225

> 38th in IOPC #110 Wednesday Prime for ₹18,401

> 7th in La Luna for ₹13,858

Sankalp ‘Wobbegong’ Marwah (Won PLO Boost Monster ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹30,970), and ‘cal123’ (Won Afternoon DST ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹28,990) won the other PokerBaazi marquees.

 

PokerStars India

PokerStars India`s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Night on Stars registered 251 entries, overlaying ₹54,726. The ₹1,950 entry buy-in event came to a close at 3.11 AM, with Faiz ‘LFGgggg’ Alam coming out on top to win his third title in five days and a ₹90,774 first-place cash prize. Rishab ‘riverrshiverr’ Jain secured a runner-up payday of ₹68,598.

Faiz Alam
Faiz Alam

 

Faiz Alam ITM-ed, six more events on Wednesday, rounding up over ₹1.75 Lakhs in cumulative winnings. His top finishes include:

> 1st in the Night on Stars ₹5 Lakhs GTD for ₹90,774

> 7th in the Maverick ₹15 Lakhs GTD for ₹41,250

> 61st in the IOPC #110 Wednesday Prime ₹50 Lakhs GTD For ₹17,500

> 11th in The Pride ₹10 Lakhs GTD for ₹16,680

Faiz Alam`s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.64 Crores|Lifetime Profits: ₹85.95 Lakhs

PokerStars India regular Abhishek ‘Addysonu’ Sonu outran the 174-player field in the ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD Big Bubble Rush to clinch his 30th title on the site this year and ₹40,688 in first-place prize money. ‘rkcravi’ came second for ₹18,297. Last night`s win helped Abhishek Sonu cross ₹50 Lakhs in recorded winnings on PokerStars India.

Abhishek Sonu
Abhishek Sonu

 

Armaan ‘armaan007111’ Kochhar (Won Ultrasonic ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹24,423), Pranav ‘PranV’ Agrawal (Won Afternoon on Stars ₹60K GTD for ₹15,045), ‘kimi_nj’ (Won Bigstack Turbo ₹70K GTD for ₹12,024), ‘RKGRKG’ (Won Deepstack ₹50K GTD for ₹9,881), and ‘nikj33l’ (Won Primetime Grind 40K GTD for ₹7,083) also grabbed titles on PokerStars India.

 

Adda52

Adda52`s ₹15 Lakhs GTD Maverick made an over eight-hour-long run with 540 hopefuls paying ₹2,500 to enter, resulting in an overlay shortfall worth ₹2.72 Lakhs. PokerGuru Ambassador Gokul ‘Niruha’ Raj cut his way across the competition to win the title for ₹3.11 Lakhs following a heads-up deal with the 6-Max Holdem Boost DST winner Ankit ‘starnaruto’ Saurabh (2nd for ₹3.01 Lakhs).

Gokul Raj
Gokul Raj

 

The PokerGuru Staking team member posted another three ITM finishes last night, netting ₹3.30 Lakhs overall. His Wednesday night run pushed him across the ₹5.50 Crores mark in lifetime online winnings.

Gokul Raj`s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.52 Crores|Lifetime Profits: ₹2.43 Crores

The ₹4 Lakhs GTD La Luna registered a starting field of 260 entries, and the top 55 places took a bite from the ₹4.26 Lakhs prize pool. Anurag ‘Krifard’ Rawat was the last player standings and won ₹1.02 Lakhs, beating ‘specter47’ (2nd for ₹75,406) to the finish line.

‘ThikanaCK’ (Won Nighttide DST Adda ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD for ₹35,069), Zangam (Won Punch for ₹80K GTD for ₹25,760) and Sagar ‘sagar28389’ Gulati (Won Sundown Adda ₹50K GTD for ₹11,494) took down the other Wednesday titles.

The other Wednesday winners were:

PlayerPrize AmountEventPoker Site
Anurag 'Krifard' Rawat₹1.01 LakhsLa Luna ₹4 Lakhs GTDAdda52
starnaruto
₹54,5906-Max Holdem BOOST DST ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD
PokerBaazi
Harsh 'harsh1327' Bubna
₹42,225Turbo ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD
PokerBaazi
Abhishek ‘Addysonu’ Sonu₹40,688Big Bubble Rush ₹1.75 Lakhs GTDPokerStars India
ThikanaCK₹35,069Nighttide DST Adda ₹1.75 Lakhs GTDAdda52
Sankalp 'Wobbegong' Marwah
₹30,970PLO Boost Monster ₹1 Lakh GTD
PokerBaazi
Akash 'winnerwinner' Punshi
₹30,918Night DST ₹1 Lakh GTDPokerBaazi
cal123
₹28,990Afternoon DST ₹1 Lakh GTD
PokerBaazi
Zangam₹25,760Punch for ₹80K GTDAdda52
Armaan ‘armaan007111’ Kochhar₹24,423Ultrasonic ₹1 Lakh GTDPokerStars India
88bluff₹22,000Wednesday PLO ₹1 Lakh GTDPokerDangal
Pranav ‘PranV’ Agrawal₹15,045Afternoon on Stars ₹60K GTDPokerStars India
kimi_nj₹12,024Bigstack Turbo ₹70K GTDPokerStars India
Sagar ‘sagar28389’ Gulati₹11,494Sundown Adda ₹50K GTDAdda52
maaya420₹10,7506 Feet Under ₹25K GTD PLO DeepstackKhelo365
RKGRKG₹9,881Deepstack ₹50K GTDPokerStars India
nikj33l₹7,083Primetime Grind 40K GTDPokerStars India

 

The Crown 3.5 Crores GTD Day 1C Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 204

Re-entries – 63

Re-buys – 121

Survivors – 53

A total of 388 entries registered on Day 1C of the ₹3.50 Crores GTD IOPC – The Crown, taking the overall player pool to 1,104 entries.

Spartan Poker reg Ghanshyam ‘Tiger10’ Tripathi (266,886) bagged the end-of-Day 1C chip lead, with Avneesh ‘IamAM’ Munjal (224,414) and Nishaanth ‘ephemeral’ Shanmughasundaram (218,928) securing the next two big stacks.

The defending IOPC Crown champion PokerGuru Ambassador Laksh ‘LuckyBhai$’ Pal Singh (213,018) featured prominently among the top 10 stacks of the day, along with Avadh ‘cateyes’ Shah (206,331), Karan ‘Junior-KK’ Kapur (201,747), Muskan ‘RoyalBlush’ Sethi (201,125), and Young Gun’s Siddharth ‘Ari Tribbiani’ Karia (191,176), and Ujjwal ‘Lord Hendrix’ Narwal (176,140).

Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1C

  1. Ghanshyam ‘Tiger10’ Tripathi – 266,886
  2. Avneesh ‘IamAM’ Munjal – 224,414
  3. Nishaanth ‘ephemeral’ Shanmughasundaram – 218,928
  4. Laksh ‘LuckyBhai$’ Pal Singh – 213,018
  5. Avadh ‘cateyes’ Shah – 206,331
  6. Karan ‘Junior-KK’ Kapur – 201,747
  7. Muskan ‘RoyalBlush’ Sethi – 201,125
  8. Siddharth ‘Ari Tribbiani’ Karia – 191,176
  9. Ujjwal ‘Lord Hendrix’ Narwal – 176,140
  10. Caribbean Flex – 174,916

 

IOPC#110 Wednesday Prime ₹50 Lakhs GTD Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 394

Re-entries – 221

Re-buys – 323

Prize Pool – ₹50,00,000

Places Paid – 87

A pro, an MTT phenom with two The Millionaire titles, and an AOPS ME Finale winner for a massive ₹43.79 Lakhs. Yes, none other than Vishal ‘Tokio999’ Tulsyan conquered the ₹50 Lakhs GTD IOPC Wednesday Prime for a mammoth ₹9.57 Lakhs in first-place prize money. His heads-up opponent, well-known Pranay ‘CurbYour3bets’ Chawla, netted ₹5.96 Lakhs for his runner-up finish.

The tourney, however, took a ₹3.10 Lakhs overlay hit since the 938 entrants were not enough to hit the benchmark.

The star-studded FT featured the likes of NPS#65 Sprint DST champion Young Gun Kanchan ‘Midge Maisel’ Sharma (3rd for ₹4.26 Lakhs), IOPC #99 – Monday Spotlight winner PokerGuru Ambassador Vishal ‘CrownUpJr’ Bajaj (4th for ₹3.30 Lakhs), Sahil ‘Captain Falcon’ Mahboobani (5th for ₹2.60 Lakhs), Vishal ‘vishalkumar1’ Kumar (6th for ₹2.03 Lakhs), and IOPC #72 – Thursday Prime runner-up finisher Young Gun Neel ‘Worm33’ Joshi (8th for ₹1.03 Lakhs).

Final Table Results

  1. Vishal ‘Tokio999’ Tulsyan – ₹9,57,500
  2. Pranay ‘CurbYour3bets’ Chawla – ₹5,96,000
  3. Kanchan ‘Midge Maisel’ Sharma – ₹4,26,500
  4. Vishal ‘CrownUpJr’ Bajaj – ₹3,30,000
  5. Sahil ‘Captain Falcon’ Mahboobani – ₹2,60,000
  6. Vishal ‘vishalkumar1’ Kumar – ₹2,03,500
  7. TheMeisTeR – ₹1,50,500
  8. Neel ‘Worm33’ Joshi – ₹1,03,500

 

IOPC Value Mine ₹40 Lakhs GTD Day 1C Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹660

Entries – 316

Re-entries – 51

Rebuys – 316

Survivors – 64

Day 1C of the ₹40 Lakhs GTD IOPC Value Mine logged in 683 entries, and only 64 runners made it through Day 2.

The four-time Destiny champion Nitin ‘Demogorgon’ Arora (302,269), Manoj ‘cutymannu’ Sharma (287,823), ‘Bhavandar’ (224,886), Vignesh ‘LORDE’ Kumar (199,448), Game Changer 3.0 champion Young Gun Siddhanth ‘PluRibu$’ Kripalani (177,264), Tanmay ‘PlusEv’ Benara (173,490), and IOPC#98 Monday Prime champion, Debayan ‘MonsterD’ Das (157,998) were amongst the top 10 stack holders

Five more flights are yet to run, with Day 1D starting tonight at 9 PM.

Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1B

  1. Nitin ‘Demogorgon’ Arora – 302,369
  2. Manoj ‘cutymannu’ Sharma – 287,823
  3. Bhavandar – 224,886
  4. Gary13 – 204,927
  5. Super Saiyan – 204,378
  6. Vignesh ‘LORDE’ Kumar – 199,448
  7. Chen_Khulli_Ki_Maiin – 187,801
  8. Siddhanth ‘PluRibu$’ Kripalani – 177,264
  9. Tanmay ‘PlusEv’ Benara – 173,490
  10. Debayan ‘MonsterD’ Das – 157,998

 

Maverick 15 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹2,500

Entries – 289

Re-entries – 251

Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000

Places Paid – 55

Total Entries – 540

The ₹15 Lakhs GTD Maverick on Adda52 was made to fill in a significant ₹2.72 Lakhs overlay shortfall after only 540 contenders signed up to play. The former Millionaire champion PokerGuru Ambassador Gokul ‘Niruha’ Raj shipped the tourney for ₹3.11 Lakhs after agreeing to a heads-up deal with last night`s 6-Max Holdem Boost DST champion Ankit’ starnaruto’ Saurabh (runner-up for ₹3.01 Lakhs).

Gokul Raj ITM-ed three more events yesterday, cashing ₹3.30 Lakh overall. His Wednesday run helped him cross ₹5.50 Crores in lifetime winnings.

Gokul Raj`s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.52 Crores|Lifetime Profits: ₹2.43 Crores

Kritagya ‘kritagya_17’ Sharma (3rd for ₹1.54 Lakhs), Anirban ‘ajgar5’ D Das (4th for ₹1.12 Lakhs), former Millionaire March champion PokerGuru Ambassador Vishal ‘GigaaBet’ Omprakash Bajaj (5th for ₹79,500), the Night on Stars champion, Faiz ‘theinternetkid’ Alam (7th for ₹41,250), and Sanchit ‘TheRedWaste’ Pande (8th for ₹30,000) also FT-ed the event.

Final Table Results

  1. Gokul ‘Niruha’ Raj – ₹3,10,638
  2. Ankit ‘starnaruto’ Saurabh – ₹3,00,612
  3. Kritagya ‘kritagya_17’ Sharma – ₹1,53,750
  4. Anirban ‘ajgar5’ D Das – ₹1,12,500
  5. Vishal ‘GigaaBet’ Omprakash Bajaj – ₹79,500
  6. mmahi90 – ₹52,500
  7. Faiz ‘theinternetkid’ Alam – ₹41,250
  8. Sanchit ‘TheRedWaste’ Pande – ₹30,000

 

IOPC#111 Wednesday Spotlight ₹11 Lakhs GTD Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 380

Re-entries – 112

Re-buys – 323

Prize Pool – ₹12,22,500

Places Paid – 71

The ₹11 Lakhs GTD IOPC#111 Wednesday Spotlight played down to a three-way deal with Ujjwal ‘Mr vishnani’ Vishnani coming out on top to win his first IOPC title and a payday worth ₹1.69 Lakhs. IOPC #88 Deepstack third-place finisher Narendra ‘khudde’ Singh (2nd for ₹1.64 Lakhs) & Ronuk ‘Redbullwings’ Lekhraj (3rd for ₹1.59 Lakhs) secured podium finishes.

The event logged in 815 hopefuls, generating a hefty ₹12.22 Lakhs prize pool. It was an almost nine-hour-long battle with 71 players finishing ITM.

IOPC #49 – IOPC United finalist Usman ‘Witty.White’ Alam (3rd for ₹83,863), Parth ‘ucallucry’ Budhraja (4th for ₹65,893), Anirban ‘pokernoob’ D Das (6th for 51,467), PokerGuru Ambassador Nadeem ‘blindgame’ Basha (7th for 38,753), and Himanshu ‘baagdi’ Bagdwal (8th for ₹27,017) also earned final table payouts.

Final Table Results

  1. Ujjwal ‘Mr vishnani’ Vishnani – ₹1,68,651*
  2. Narendra ‘khudde’ Singh – ₹1,63,712*
  3. Ronuk ‘Redbullwings’ Lekhraj – ₹1,58,716*
  4. Usman ‘Witty.White’ Alam – ₹83,863
  5. Parth ‘ucallucry’ Budhraja – ₹65,893
  6. Anirban ‘pokernoob’ D Das – ₹51,467
  7. Nadeem ‘blindgame’ Basha – ₹38,753

. Himanshu ‘baagdi’ Bagdwal – ₹27,017

*denotes a three-way deal

 

The Pride 10 Lakhs GTD PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹3,850

Entries – 160

Re-entries – 136

Prize Pool – ₹10,36,000

Places Paid – 36

Dhinesh ‘dhineshrocky007’ Kumar had entered July on a winning note by taking down PokerStars India’s Night on Stars on July 1. With the month now on its last legs, the former Full House champion picked up his second title of the month in PokerBaazi’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Pride. Kumar received a handsome ₹2.30 Lakhs for his win after besting Nishaanth ‘shanni’ Shanmughasundaram (runner-up for ₹1.62 Lakhs) heads-up.

Dhinesh Kumar`s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.76 Crores|Lifetime Profit: ₹1.08 Crores

The ₹3,850 entry buy-in event clocked in 296 entries, surpassing the advertised guarantee by ₹36,000.

Karan ‘collingwood’ Sitlani (3rd for ₹1.03 Lakhs), Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur (5th for ₹57,394), Chirag ‘chiragkhanduja’ Khanduja (7th for ₹38,125), PokerGuru Ambassador Ankit ‘d00mtr00p3r’ Wadhawan (8th for ₹30,562) also FT-ed the event.

Runner-up Nishaanth Shanmughasundaram
Runner-up Nishaanth Shanmughasundaram

 

Final Table Results

  1. Dhinesh ‘dhineshrocky007’ Kumar – ₹2,29,852
  2. Nishaanth ‘shanni’ Shanmughasundaram – ₹1,61,580
  3. Karan ‘collingwood’ Sitlani – ₹1,03,289
  4. tiltplay – ₹76,460
  5. Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur – ₹57,394
  6. rohitmalik777 – ₹45,895
  7. Chirag ‘chiragkhanduja’ Khanduja – ₹38,125
  8. Ankit ‘d00mtr00p3r’ Wadhawan – ₹30,562

 

IOPC #112 All Rounder PKO 10 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 246

Re-entries – 66

Re-buys – 190

Prize Pool – ₹10,04,000

Places Paid – 39

The ₹10 Lakhs GTD IOPC #112 All Rounder PKO recorded a starting field of 502 entrants who bought in for ₹2,200.

After more than seven hours of intense action, the user ‘calyx420’ walked away with the winner’s paycheck worth ₹1.99 Lakhs (includes ₹17,858 in bounties). Dhaval ‘Ace of hearts’ Doshi placed runner-up for ₹1.25 Lakhs) (includes ₹4,522 in bounties).

Since the victory came for the champion in just their second tracked event on the site, they are suspected to be a known reg who recently changed their screen name on Spartan Poker.

Myanbemo ‘ShootingStar2507’ Ovung (4th for ₹72,263), Devinder ‘Greko’ Bahia (5th for ₹58,315), and Abhishek ‘MambaMentality’ Goindi (6th for ₹45,936) also FT-ed the tourney!

Final Table Results (Including Bounties)

  1. calyx420 – ₹1,99,030
  2. Dhaval ‘Ace of hearts’ Doshi – ₹1,24,972
  3. Hell12 – ₹94,312
  4. Myanbemo ‘ShootingStar2507’ Ovung – ₹72,263
  5. Devinder ‘Greko’ Bahia – ₹58,315
  6. Abhishek ‘MambaMentality’ Goindi – ₹45,936
  7. trimmerbrother – ₹31,443
  8. Nijesh Patel – ₹ 23,671

 

IOPC#108 PKO 5.25 Lakhs GTD Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 148

Re-entries – 78

Re-buys – 117

Total Prize Pool – ₹5,25,000

Prize Pool – ₹4,73,550

Knockout Pool – ₹51,452

Places Paid – 31

The former INCOOP Hercules winner Vikram ‘MentalScience’ Mishra towered above the 343 participants in the ₹5.25 Lakhs GTD IOPC#108 PKO to win his second IOPC title at the series and ₹1.13 Lakhs in prize money. Kritika ‘bobdebuilder’ Sharma came second for ₹69,557.

Vikram Mishra had previously won IOPC #59 – PLO on July 20. His stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.65 Crores|Lifetime Profit: ₹40.92 Lakhs

The event experienced an overlay of ₹61,950, and the top 31 places received payouts

Tanmay ‘PlusEv’ Benara (3rd for ₹49,651), Shrey ‘Kingsb30’ Baj (4th for ₹39,134), IOPC Leaderboard topper Young Gun Anuj ‘tittooTauji’ Yadav (5th for ₹32,171), Saransh ‘iammrmeeseeks’ Garg (6th for ₹24,399) and Aniket ‘Ntwadumela’ Waghmare (8th for ₹13,689) posted FT finishes.

Final Table Results (Includes Bounties)

  1. Vikram ‘MentalScience’ Mishra – ₹1,13,408
  2. Kritika ‘bobdebuilder’ Sharma – ₹69,557
  3. Tanmay ‘PlusEv’ Benara – ₹49,651
  4. Shrey ‘Kingsb30’ Baj – ₹39,134
  5. Anuj ‘tittooTauji’ Yadav – ₹32,171
  6. Saransh ‘iammrmeeseeks’ Garg – ₹24,399
  7. kartik90 – ₹18,605
  8. Aniket ‘Ntwadumela’ Waghmare – ₹13,689

 

Night on Stars 5 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹1,950

Entries – 148

Re-entries – 103

Regular Prize Pool – ₹2,77,363

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹2,22,637

Total Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 27

Faiz ‘LFGgggg’ Alam’s blistering online run continues, and he took down a third MTT title in just five days! Alam shipped the PokerStars India flagship, the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Night on Stars, and earned a paycheck of ₹90,774 after besting Rishab ‘riverrshiverr’ Jain (2nd for ₹68,598) heads-up.

The 7:30 PM event overlaid ₹54,726 after registering 251 entrants and got in the books at 3:11 AM.

Deepesh ‘deep12322’ Raka (6th for ₹17,633), Shubham ‘theViperArena’ Chaudhary (8th for ₹12,889), and Tanay ‘tanayp’ Parekh (9th for ₹9,777) also FT-ed the tourney!

Final Table Results (Including Bounties)

  1. Faiz ‘LFGgggg’ Alam – ₹90,774
  2. Rishab ‘riverrshiverr’ Jain – ₹68,598
  3. p11muditg – ₹46,046
  4. D1D1D – ₹26,401
  5. MAMA4000 – ₹29,751
  6. Deepesh ‘deep12322’ Raka – ₹17,633
  7. MrBigSlick139 – ₹18,416
  8. Shubham ‘theViperArena’ Chaudhary – ₹12,889
  9. Tanay ‘tanayp’ Parekh – ₹9,777

 

La Luna 4 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹1,800

Entries – 147

Re-entries – 113

Prize Pool – ₹4,26,400

Places Paid – 55

The ₹4 Lakhs GTD La Luna brought in 260 players, generating ₹4.26 Lakhs in the prize money. It was nearly 3 AM by the time Anurag’ Krifard’ Rawat walked away with the title and the ₹1.02 Lakhs up-top. ‘specter47’ finished runner-up for ₹75,406.

PokerGuru Ambassador Akshay ‘iamyourdad01’ Kapoor (4th for ₹36,244) and Young Gun Anmol ‘anzzzzz’ Mehta (5th for ₹24,518) also FT-ed the tourney.

 

Big Bubble Rush 1.75 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 96

Re-entries – 19

Regular Prize Pool – ₹88,000

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹87,000

Total Prize Pool – ₹1,75,000

Places Paid – 19

PokerStars India patron Abhishek ‘Addysonu’ Sonu claimed his 30th title of the year last night, winning the ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD Big Bubble Rush for ₹40,688. He also breached the ₹50 Lakh mark in site scores. Site regular ‘rkcravi’ placed runner-up for ₹18,297.

The ₹1,100 buy-in event registered 174 participants, falling just one entry short of breaking even. The 9:30 PM event got in the books at 2:22 AM and paid out the top 19 places.

Clinton ‘Clinton Tavares’ Tavares (3rd for ₹14,853) and Shawn ‘Shakthiman’ Jose (5th for ₹7,737) also FT-ed the event.

 

Wednesday PLO 1 Lakh GTD – PokerDangal

Buy-in – ₹660

Entries – 91

Re-buys – 33

Places Paid – 20

PokerDangal user ‘88bluff’ took down the ₹1 Lakh GTD Wednesday PLO for ₹22,000 after defeating ‘Mkumar’ (runner-up for ₹16,500) in heads-up play.

 

6 Feet Under 25K GTD PLO Deepstack Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 25

Re-entries – 14

Prize Pool – ₹23,000

Places Paid – 5

The user ‘maaya420’ shipped Khelo365’s ₹25K GTD 6 Feet Under for ₹10,750. Jatin ‘Jitu59405’ Sharma came second for ₹5,750.

 

This report was updated at 7 PM on 29.7.2021.

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Laksh Pal Singh, Vishal Bajaj, Ashish Munot, Bhanu Prakash KC & Ashwin Vijay Champion the Sunday Marquees

The first week of the ongoing IOPC July Edition is now in the books, and the series had eight events running on Sunday, and seven of them played down to a champion.

PokerGuru Ambassadors were a dominating force, with three of them winning Sunday flagship titles.

This weekend’s biggest draw was the second of the six IOPC marquee tourneys, the ₹1.50 Crore GTD IOPC United. The flagship event played down to the eight-handed final table last night, with PokerGuru Ambassador Vishal Bajaj (7,409,680) grabbing the final table chip lead. The FT commences at 5 PM today.

The biggest guaranteed event to play down to a champion last night was the IOPC#46 Sunday Prime. PokerGuru Ambassador Laksh Pal Singh walked away with the title and a ₹8.55 Lakhs payday after chopping the title heads-up with Mohit Bhati (runner-up for ₹8.21 Lakhs). Singh added ₹11.08 Lakhs in Sunday winnings on the back of seven ITM finishes.

Coming back to Vishak Bajaj, the PokerGuru Staking team member was in spectacular form last night. He not only bagged the chip lead on the IOPC United final table but also took down Adda52’s Deepstack Madness and placed fourth in PokerBaazi’s BSS#4 SuperStack, pocketing ₹6.70 Lakhs overall. He will be the player to watch out for on the IOPC United FT today.

Sachin Hurkat championed the Adda52 Millions for ₹5.45 Lakhs, following a heads-up deal with Anish Garg (runner-up for ₹5.41 Lakhs).

The third PokerGuru Staking member to make it to the Sunday winner’s list was Ashish Munot, who took down PokerBaazi’s BSS#4 SuperStack for ₹4.42 Lakhs.

The former IOPC leaderboard topper Bhanu Prakash KC made his way back at the top of the leaderboard standings after winning the IOPC D’Lite for ₹4.06 Lakhs.

Ashwin Vijay, Vikram Mishra, Abhiroop Gupta, Avinash Kumar, Anirudh Reddy, Sacheen Ramchandani, Sandeep Varma, Lavesh Meena, and Adarsh Subha were the other big Sunday winners!

Here are the Sunday highlights!

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Spartan Poker

The second marquee event of the ongoing IOPC July edition, the ₹1.50 Crore GTD IOPC United, played down to its eight-handed final table on Sunday night. The 5,500 entry buy-in tourney registered 3,067 entries, collecting a whopping ₹1.53 Crores prize pool. Day 2 began with 389 survivors (273 unique), and only the top 382 were to get paid. Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall bubbled the final table, finishing ninth for ₹1.91 Lakhs.

Goonjan Mall
Goonjan Mall

 

The Deepstack Madness champion, PokerGuru Ambassador Vishal ‘CrownUpJr’ Bajaj (7,409,680) bagged the end-of-Day 2 chip lead, with Young Gun Gaurav ‘mozzie17’ Sood (7,250,367), Suraj ‘GotNoChange31’ Todi (4,038,192), Piyush ‘jacks_apart’ Jain (3,340,244), Amit ‘DoctorGTO’ Ajwani (3,154,608), Sreekanth ‘GL1DE’ Narayan (2,544,162), Usman ‘Witty.White’ Alam (1,961,793), and IOPC#45 Omaha 6 Cards winner Neeraj ‘Jannat52’ Kumar (970,954), the other finalists in contention.

Vishal Bajaj
Vishal Bajaj

 

All eight players will return at 5 PM today to play down to a champion. The IOPC United final table will be live-streamed across several social media platforms, including PokerGuru’s Facebook page

The day’s biggest winner emerged in the ₹50 Lakhs GTD IOPC#46 Sunday Prime. The former IOPC The Crown champion PokerGuru Ambassador Laksh ‘LuckyBhai$’ Pal Singh trounced a 1,098-entry field to clinch the lion’s share of the ₹54.90 Lakhs prize pool worth ₹8.55 Lakhs following a heads-up chop with the mystery user ‘jacktheripper’ (runner-up for ₹8.21 Lakhs).

Laksh Pal Singh
Laksh Pal Singh

 

This was Laksh Pal Singh’s first title victory in over a month, with his previous win coming in PokerStars India’s Summer Series – 126 The Big Crunch on June 13. Singh picked up a total of seven ITM finishes last night, raking in ₹11.08 Lakhs. His Sunday run catapulted him to #2 on the annual rankings above Young Gun Gaurav Sood. However, with Sood on the IOPC United FT, a deep run by the latter could get him back on top.

Laksh Pal Singh`s ITM finishes include:

> 1st in IOPC#46 Sunday Prime for ₹8.55 Lakhs

> 13th in IOPC United for ~₹1,50,000 (2 ITM finishes)

> 11th in Adda52 Millions for ₹43,750

> 9th in Sunday Highroller for ₹33,476

> 29th in IOPC #47 – Sunday Spotlight for ₹13,869

> 19th in Sunday Showdown for ₹10,185

> 75th in PokerStars India’s Sunday Special PKO for ₹2,500

Laksh Pal Singh’s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.41 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.60 Crores | Annual Winnings: ₹2.41 Crores | Annual Profits: ₹1.37 Crores | Ranked #2 in the Annual Leaderboard Standings | Ranked #1 in Annual Profits

TLB crusher Bhanu ‘spectre’ Prakash KC outlasted the 4,896-entry field (registered across five starting flights) in Spartan Poker’s ₹25 Lakhs GTD IOPC#48 D’Lite to collect ₹4.06 Lakhs (cumulatively). The former IOPC Leaderboard topper defeated the former IOPC – The Elite winner Bheem ‘MaiMeel’ Singh Meena (runner-up for ₹2.20 Lakhs) heads-up, moving back on top of the IOPC leaderboard standings. Bhanu Prakash KC also FT-ed IOPC#50, placing sixth for ₹35,701.

Bhanu Prakash KC
Bhanu Prakash KC

 

The ₹17.50 Lakhs GTD IOPC#47 Sunday Spotlight ran from 9:30 PM to 5:50 AM and logged in 670 participants, posting a guarantee-smashing ₹20.10 Lakhs prize pool. M. ‘LACHANCE’ Balakrishnan was the last player standing and won ₹3.90 Lakhs. He also placed eighth in the IOPC #44 for ₹18,048 and boasts ₹12.77 Lakhs in site-cashes (₹5.12 Lakhs in net profits).

Harsh ‘Chiraunjilal Khosla’ Bubna posted four ITM scores, netting ₹3.06 Lakhs overall. His FT runs include:

Harsh Bubna
Harsh Bubna

 

> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC#47 Sunday Spotlight for ₹2.47 Lakhs

> 2nd in PokerStars India’s Sunday Warm-Up for ₹29,489

> 3rd in PokerStars India’s Big Bubble Rush for ₹28,253

Young Gun Anuj ‘tittooTauji’ Yadav is one of the IOPC leaderboard toppers, and he added almost ₹3.46 Lakhs at the series last night, moving up to #2 in the standings. His deep runs included:

Anuj Yadav
Anuj Yadav

 

> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC#47 Sunday Spotlight for ₹1.79 Lakhs

> 11th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC United for ₹1.67 Lakhs

Anirudh ‘flash’ Reddy (Won ₹6.85 Lakhs GTD IOPC#50 for ₹1.64 Lakhs), IOPC#9 champion Sacheen ‘Chiefisback’ Ramchandani (Won ₹5.50 Lakhs GTD IOPC#44 for ₹1.46 Lakhs), Harpreet ‘Reet23’ Saluja (Won IOPC #43 ₹4.25 Lakhs GTD for ₹75,905), and IOPC United finalist Neeraj ‘Jannat52’ Kumar (Won 2.50 Lakhs GTD IOPC#45 Omaha 6 Cards for ₹56,548), captured the other IOPC titles on Sunday.

Anirudh Reddy
Anirudh Reddy

 

‘Ronnienav1’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Sunday Night Rider for ₹43,200), Parth ‘pshark’ Shah (Won ₹90K GTD The Centurion for ₹17,037), ‘Giraldik’ (Won ₹55K GTD Last Chance for ₹16,032) and ‘Rohitjain201’ (Won ₹45K GTD Striker for ₹8,251) won the other Sunday marquees on Spartan Poker.

With Day 8 of the IOPC now in the books, the leaderboard standings underwent some changes. Bhanu ‘spectre’ Prakash KC`s IOPC#48 D’Lite victory has pushed him to the top of the standings with 7,601 points. Young Gun Anuj ‘tittoo Tauji’ Yadav sits at #2 with 7,035 points, while Abhijeet ‘TheSupremeone’ Kumar rounds out the top three ranks with 5,740 points.

IOPC July Edition Leaderboard Standings After Day 8

RankPlayerPoints
1Bhanu 'spectre' Prakash KC7,601
2Anuj 'tittoo Tauji' Yadav7,035
3Abhijeet 'TheSupremeone' Kumar5,740
4Suraj 'MR.BEAST' N Yadav5,652
5Abhishek 'MambaMentality' Goindi5,624
6Tanmay 'PlusEv' Benara5,583
7Aman 'KarmaPoker' Parakh5,084
8Anirban 'pokenoob' D Das4,838
9Siddharth 'cooking_nuts' Gangwar4,576
10Neeraj 'Jannat52' Kumar4,490

 

PokerBaazi

PokerBaazi ran another guarantee-crushing edition of the Baazi Super Sunday series. Headlining the six-event schedule was the ₹20 Lakhs GTD BSS#4 SuperStack that wrangled in 440 participants, posting a ₹22 Lakhs prize pool. PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘OMG_spew’ Munot championed the event to win ₹4.42 Lakhs after besting Ankit ‘Ankitmodi’ Modi (runner-up for ₹3.10 Lakhs) heads-up.

Ashish Munot
Ashish Munot

 

Romit ’tilt83′ Advani earned almost 3.86 Lakhs on Sunday. His ITM finishes included:

> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s BSS SuperStack for ₹1.99 Lakhs

> 10th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC United for ₹1.67 Lakhs

> 16th in Adda52’s Deepstack Madness for ₹20,000

The Baazi Grinders Series closed out its run last night with the series showstopper, the ₹8 Lakhs GTD Grinders#39 Main Event, playing down to a winner. The ₹1,375 entry buy-in Main Event generated a ₹9.26 Lakhs prize pool on the back of 741 entries. Avinash ‘i_fart_you_faint’ Kumar was the last player standing and won ₹1.68 Lakhs, just as ‘royalking7424’ placed second for ₹1.18 Lakhs.

Avinash Kumar
Avinash Kumar

 

The ₹5 Lakhs GTD BSS#3 MonsterStack 6-Max ran from 5 PM to 9:38 PM, gathering 200 entries, just about hitting the break-even mark. Dinesh ‘Daddu26’ Singh championed the event for ₹1.05 Lakhs, while PokerGuru Ambassador Tathagata Tintin84′ Sengupta placed runner-up for ₹99,986. Dinesh Singh also placed 10th in the BSS#4 SuperStack for ₹32,340, collecting ₹1.38 Lakhs in Sunday winnings.

Dinesh Singh
Dinesh Singh

 

Adarsh ‘lazygamer007’ Subham delivered a power-packed Sunday night run. The mid-stakes crusher scored in nine events, lapping up ₹1.05 Lakhs in cumulative earnings. This included winning two titles. His top finishes included:

Adarsh Subham
Adarsh Subham

 

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s BSS#2 Afternoon for ₹52,940

> 1st in PokerStars India’s Ultrasonic for ₹31,019

> 6th in PokerStars India’s Sunday Storm for ₹7,85

‘nixxyralte’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD BSS#6 After Party for ₹50,720), ‘Nishachar’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD BSS#1 Kickoff for ₹35,230), ‘Sidash21’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Grinders#38 6-Max for ₹29,380), ‘arunkumar012’ (Won ₹80K GTD Grinders#40 for ₹16,020), ‘miim90’ (Won ₹75K GTD Grinders#37 for ₹14,450), and Janish ‘janish1998’ Jain (Won ₹50K GTD Grinders#41 Turbo for ₹10,140) bagged the other PokerBaazi marquees on Sunday.

 

PokerStars India

PokerStars India once again hosted both its Sunday Special PKO and Sunday Highroller, and both events ended up registering overlays.

The ₹15 Lakhs GTD Sunday Special – Progressive KO attracted 257 entries, overlaying ₹2.15 Lakhs. Vikram ‘GreenSTUFF79’ Mishra raced past the competition and toppled PokerStars India’s “Star of the Month” – February, Armaan ‘armaan007111’ Kochhar heads-up to collect a winner’s paycheque worth ₹2.73 Lakhs (includes ₹1.27 Lakhs in bounties).

Vikram Mishra
Vikram Mishra

 

This was the second time the former INCOOP Hercules champion, Vikram Mishra, shipped the Sunday Special. Following this win, Mishra’s lifetime tally of online winnings have touched ₹1.58 Crores (₹37.45 Lakhs in net profits).

MTT pro Armaan Kochhar cashed in 5 events yesterday. These include two FT scores, earning a cumulative ₹3.99 Lakhs. His big scores were:

> 2nd in PokerStars India’s Sunday Special PKO for ₹2.06 Lakhs (includes ₹59,919 in bounties)

> 5th in Adda52 Millions for ₹1.5 lakhs

Armaan Kochhar
Armaan Kochhar

 

Armaan Kochhar’s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.22 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.07 Crores | Annual Winnings: ₹1.85 Crores| Annual Profits: ₹41.82 Lakhs | Ranked #8 in the Annual Leaderboard Standings

The ₹12 Lakhs GTD Sunday Highroller experienced an overlay deficit worth ₹70,000 from an entry field of 113 participants. The IOPC Blaze of Glory runner-up finisher Ashwin ‘Ashwinvijay’ Vijay was the last player standing and won his second title of the month and a ₹2.77 Lakhs top prize.

Ashwin Vijay
Ashwin Vijay

 

Ashwin Vijay added ₹4.34 Lakhs in Sunday winnings on the back of six ITM finishes, boosting his tracked online earnings to ₹1.09 Crores. His deep runs include:

> 1st in PokerStars India’s Sunday Highroller for ₹2,76,522

> 4th in Adda52’s Sunday Showdown for ₹1,17,060

> 62nd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #46 – Sunday Prime for ₹17,568

> 23rd in PokerStars India’s Sunday Special – PKO for ₹16,436

> 68th in Adda52’s NPS Mini Main Event Finale for ₹3,752

> 97th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #48 – D’Lite for ₹3,125

Goonjan ‘gmtesting.ind’ Mall finished runner-up in the Sunday Highroller for ₹2.12 Lakhs. He also ran deep in Spartan Poker’s IOPC United, falling out on the final table bubble in ninth place for ₹1.92 Lakhs. He finished ITM in three more events, adding ₹4.16 Lakhs in cumulative winnings on Sunday.

Goonjan Mall
Goonjan Mall

 

Vishnu ‘violator2018’ Khandelwal also posted two FT scores yesterday, netting ₹2.69 Lakhs.

Runner-up Vishnu Khandelwal
Runner-up Vishnu Khandelwal

 

> 3rd in PokerStars India’s Sunday Highroller for ₹1.63 Lakhs

> 6th in Adda52 Millions for ₹1.06 Lakhs

Sreeharsha ‘DonkeyCommitted’ Boneni took down the ₹3 Lakhs GTD Big Bubble Rush for ₹64,228 (includes ₹28,867 in bounties), while ‘DUMMPPY29’ came second for ₹34,637 (includes ₹8,574 in bounties).

Sreeharsha Boneni
Sreeharsha Boneni

 

Adarsh ‘Subham007’ Subham (Won ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD Ultrasonic for ₹31,019), ‘getsetgo666’ (Won ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD Sunday Storm for ₹29,434), Sehdev ‘Sahdev6’ Rawat (Won ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD Sunday Warm-Up for ₹23,913), and Ankit ‘bawa737’ Bawa (Won ₹50K GTD Deepstack for ₹12,442) were the other title winners on PokerStars India.

 

Adda52

The featured Sunday event on Adda52, the ₹25 Lakhs GTD Adda52 Millions, locked in 233 entries, falling ₹1.70 Lakhs short of the advertised guarantee. Sachin ‘o049242’ Hurkat came out on top to win ₹5.45 Lakhs in prize money. The DOPT Main Event fourth-place finisher Anish ‘TheBigBangV2’ Garg received ₹5.41 Lakhs in second-place prize money after agreeing to a heads-up deal. The Sunday score has pushed Sachin Hurkat’s recorded winnings on Adda52 to ₹11.95 Lakhs.

Runner-up Anish Garg
Runner-up Anish Garg

 

The former Millionaire champion, PokerGuru Ambassador Vishal ‘GigaaBet’ Bajaj, was in unbeatable form last night. Shortly after bagging the final table chip lead in the biggest event of the weekend, the IOPC United, he took down Adda52’s ₹20 Lakhs GTD Deepstack Madness for an impressive ₹4.96 Lakhs. The former Maverick champion Debapriya ‘debapriya_12345’ Manna finished runner-up for ₹3 Lakhs. The 4,400 entry buy-in event recorded 429 entries, overlaying ₹2.84 Lakhs.

Vishal Bajaj
Vishal Bajaj

 

Vishal Bajaj also finished fourth in PokerBaazi’s BSS#4 SuperStack for ₹1.47 Lakhs, adding over ₹6.70 Lakhs in Sunday winnings. His stat’s: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.24 Crores | Lifetime Profit: ₹1.14 Crores

Abhiroop ‘Daniel90’ Gupta took down the ₹12.50 Lakhs GTD NPS Mini Main Event for ₹2.12 Lakhs, with the user ‘boosterx’ placing runner-up for ₹1.54 Lakhs. Gupta crossed the money line in five more events yesterday; this included 2 FT scores, cumulatively earning ₹2.88 Lakhs. Abhiroop Gupta now has ₹74.82 Lakhs in online earnings (₹22.56 Lakhs in net profits). His other FT scores were:

Abhiroop Gupta
Abhiroop Gupta

 

> 7th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC – D’Lite for ₹50,175

> 6th in PokerBaazi’s BSS After Party for ₹10,164

The NPS Mini Main Event had commenced on July 15 and logged in 1,143 entries across six starting flights (Day 1A – 169, Day 1B – 171, Day 1C – 197, Day 1D Turbo – 152, Day 1E – 170, and Day 1F – 284), experiencing an overlay worth ₹2.21 Lakhs. Day 2 began with 175 unique survivors, with only the top 125 runners assured payouts.

The ₹10 Lakhs GTD Sunday Showdown pulled in 361 entries, just about surpassing its listed guarantee. Sandeep ‘effuno’ Varma was the last player standing after over seven hours of play and won ₹1.43 Lakhs. Sahil ‘you3bi4b’ Nair placed runner-up for ₹1.35 Lakhs.

Sandeep Varma RS
Sandeep Varma RS

 

Sandeep Varma ran deep in five more Sunday events, adding ₹1.63 Lakhs in total winnings.

Poker coach Anirban D Das finished ITM in ten events yesterday, including two FT finishes, collectively earning ₹1.05 Lakhs. His FT scores were:

Anirban D Das
Anirban D Das

 

> 7th in Adda52’s Sunday Showdown for ₹31,456

> 6th in PokerBaazi’s BSS MonsterStack for ₹24,200

Lavesh ‘lavesh7’ Meena (Won ₹4 Lakhs GTD Tornado for ₹1.11 Lakhs), Juli ‘Lily8’ Kumari (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Nano DST for ₹55,952), Jitesh ‘shooter19’ Kumar (Won ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD Nano Monster Turbo for ₹45,007), Shawn ‘echayan’ Jose (Won ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD Nano Fantastic Four for ₹38,214), Sanjay ‘smr1g10’ Mohan (Won ₹1.25 Lakhs GTD Nano Sunday Blast for ₹32,500), ‘jasvir88’ (Won ₹35K GTD Nano PLO for ₹7,771), and Pankaj ‘Pok3rking’ Nanda (Won ₹30K GTD Nano Battleship for ₹7,444) were the other Sunday winners on Adda52.

The other Sunday winners were:

PlayerPrize AmountEventPoker Site
Lavesh 'lavesh7' Meena₹1.11 LakhsTornado ₹4 Lakhs GTDAdda52
Harpeet ‘Reet23’ Saluja₹75,906IOPC#43 ₹4.25 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
Sreeharsha ‘DonkeyCommitted’ Boneni₹64,228Big Bubble Rush ₹3 Lakhs GTDPokerStars India
Neeraj ‘Jannat52’ Kumar₹56,548IOPC#45 Omaha 6 Card ₹2.50 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
Juli 'Lily8' Kumari₹55,952Nano DST ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD Adda52
Adarsh ‘lazygamer007’ Subham₹52,740BSS#2 Afternoon ₹2 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
mixxyralte₹50,720BSS#6 Afterparty ₹2 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
nishantdreams₹46,000Big Bang ₹1 Lakh GTD Khelo365
Jitesh 'shooter19' Kumar₹45,007Nano Monster Turbo ₹2.5 Lakhs GTDAdda52
Ronnienav1₹43,200Sunday Night Rider ₹1.50 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
Shawn 'echayan; Jose₹38,214Nano Fantastic Four ₹2.5 Lakhs GTDAdda52
Nishachar ₹35,230BSS#1 Kick-off ₹1 Lakh GTDPokerBaazi
Sanjay 'smr1g10' Mohan₹32,500Nano Sunday Blast ₹1.25 Lakhs GTDAdda52
Adarsh ‘Subham007’ Subham₹31,019Ultrasonic ₹1.5 Lakhs GTDPokerStars India
getsetgo666₹29,434Sunday Storm ₹1.5 Lakhs GTDPokerStars India
Sidash21₹29,380Grinders#38 6-Max ₹1 Lakh GTDPokerBaazi
Sehdev ‘Sahdev6’ Rawat₹23,913Sunday Warm-Up ₹1.5 Lakhs GTDPokerStars India
Sarjeetsing₹20,000Dominator ₹50K GTDKhelo365
Parth ‘pshark’ Shah₹17,038The Centurion ₹90K GTDSpartan Poker
Giraldik₹16,033Last Chance ₹55K GTDSpartan Poker
arunkumar012₹16,020Grinders#40 ₹80K GTDPokerBaazi
miim90₹14,450Grinders#37 ₹75K GTDPokerBaazi
Ankit ‘bawa737’ Bawa₹12,442Deepstack ₹50K GTDPokerStars India
cbs786₹12,000Daily 5PLO ₹50K GTDPokerDangal
Janish ‘jani1998’ Jain₹10,140Grinders#41 Turbo ₹50K GTDPokerBaazi
Rohitjain201₹8,252Striker ₹45K GTDSpartan Poker
jasvir88₹7,771Nano PLO ₹35K GTDAdda52
Pankaj 'Pok3rking' Nanda₹7,444Nano Battleship ₹30K GTDAdda52

 

IOPC United Day 1.50 Crores GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 3,067

Prize Pool – ₹1,53,35,00

Places Paid – 383

This week’s featured IOPC attraction, the ₹1.50 Crore GTD IOPC United drew a crowd of 3,067 entrants across five starting flights. Day 2 began at 10 PM on Sunday, with 389 qualifiers (includes 273 unique entries) and played down to the eight-handed final table.

PokerGuru Ambassador Vishal ‘CrownUpJr’ Bajaj (7,409,680) landed the biggest stack on the table, with Young Gun Gaurav ‘mozzie17’ Sood (7,250,367), Suraj ’GotNoChange31’ Todi (4,038,192), Piyush ‘jacks_apart’ Jain (3,340,192), Amit ‘DoctorGTO’ Ajwani (3,154,608), Sreekanth ‘GL1DE’ Narayan (2,544,162), Usman ‘Witty.White’ Alam (1,961,793) and Neeraj ‘Jannat52’ Kumar (970,954) rounding up the other finalists in contention for the top prize and team in the IOPC Masters Table.

The FT chip leader Vishal Bajaj also took down the Deepstack Madness for ₹4.96 Lakhs while placing fourth in PokerBaazi’s BSS #4 SuperStack for ₹1.47 Lakhs, netting over ₹6.70 Lakhs through the day.

The final table started at 5 PM today and was live-streamed across various media platforms, including PokerGuru, from 6 PM onwards. All the eight finalists are already assured of a ₹2.34 Lakhs payday and will be eyeing the IOPC Gold Badge and the ₹24.36 Lakhs up-top.

Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall (9th for ₹1.92 Lakhs) bubbled the final table.

Other known players to post deep runs included Romit ‘tilt_83’ Advani (10th for ₹1.67 Lakhs), Young Gun Anuj ‘tittooTauji’ Yadav (11th for ₹1.67 Lakhs), IOPC #46 Sunday Prime champion PokerGuru Ambassador Laksh Pal ‘LuckyBhai$’ Singh (13th for ₹1.47 Lakhs), Young Gun Shardul ‘Faucet Failure’ Parthasarathi (14th for ₹1.29 Lakhs), and Amit ‘Deshominisation’ Kaushik (16th for ₹1.10 Lakhs).

2nd in Chips Gaurav Sood
2nd in Chips Gaurav Sood

 

Final Table Chip Counts

  1. Vishal ‘CrownUpJr’ Bajaj – 7,409,680
  2. Gaurav ‘mozzie17’ Sood – 7,250,367
  3. Suraj ‘’GotNoChange31’ Todi – 4,038,192
  4. Piyush ‘jacks_apart’ Jain – 3,340,192
  5. Amit ‘DoctorGTO’ Ajwani – 3,154,608
  6. Sreekanth ‘GL1DE’ Narayan – 2,544,162
  7. Usman ‘Witty.White’ Alam – 1,961,793
  8. Neeraj ‘Jannat52’ Kumar – 970,954

 

IOPC#46 Sunday Prime 50 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 495

Re-entries – 212

Rebuys – 391

Prize Pool – ₹54,90,000

Places Paid – 103

The ₹50 Lakh GTD IOPC #46 Sunday Prime ran from 8 PM to 5.33 AM, with 1,098 players competing for a share of the guarantee-smashing ₹54.90 Lakhs prize pool.

PokerGuru Ambassador Laksh ‘LuckyBhai$’ Singh ended an over month-long title drought as he shipped the event for ₹8.55 Lakhs after striking a heads-up deal with Mohit ‘jacktheripper’ Bhati (runner-up for ₹8.21 Lakhs).

Laksh Pal Singh ITM-ed six more events yesterday, for a cumulative ₹11.08 Lakhs, climbing up to #2 on the annual leaderboard standings.

His ITM finishes include:

> 1st in IOPC#46 Sunday Prime for ₹8.55 Lakhs

> 13th in IOPC United for ~₹1,50,000 (2 ITM finishes)

> 11th n Adda52 Millions for ₹43,750

> 9th in Sunday Highroller for ₹33,476

> 29th in IOPC #47 – Sunday Spotlight for ₹13,869

> 19th in Sunday Showdown for ₹10,185

> 75th in PokerStars India’s Sunday Special PKO for ₹2,500

Akshay ‘SickRun’ Gupta (3rd for ₹4.55 Lakhs), Myanbemo ‘ShootingStar2507’ Ovung (4th for ₹3.44 Lakhs), and Debayan ‘Thomas Tuchel’ Das (8th for ₹1.04 Lakhs) were the other FT scorers.

Final Table Results

  1. Laksh Pal ‘LuckyBhai$’ Singh – ₹8,54,639*
  2. Mohit ‘jacktheripper’ Bhati – ₹8,21,458*
  3. Akshay ‘SickRun’ Gupta – ₹4,54,572
  4. Myanbemo ‘ShootingStar2507’ Ovung – ₹3,44,223
  5. feeslop – ₹2,73,951
  6. Zync – ₹2,10,267
  7. MonsterD – ₹1,52,073
  8. Debayan ‘Thomas Tuchel’ Das – ₹1,03,761

*denotes a heads-up deal

 

Adda52 Millions 25 Lakhs GTD Adda52

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 126

Re-entries – 107

Prize Pool – ₹25,00,000

Places Paid – 24

Headlining Adda52’s Sunday schedule, the ₹25 Lakhs GTD Adda52 Millions clocked in 233 entries, falling 17 entries (or ₹1.70 Lakhs) short of its 250-player guarantee.

Sachin ‘o049242’ Hurkat was the last player standing and banked a personal-best (on Adda52) ₹5.45 Lakhs. He now has ₹11.95 Lakhs in recorded winnings on Adda52, with ₹1.54 Lakhs in net profits.

The DOPT Main Event fourth-place finisher Anish ‘TheBigBangV2’ Garg secured an equally impressive ₹5.41 Lakhs for his second-place finish, courtesy of a heads-up deal. His stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.17 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹41.63 Lakhs.

The star-studded FT featured the likes of Shashank ‘felter’ Jain (3rd for ₹3 Lakhs), PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer ‘arjan30’ Singh Chadha (4th for ₹2.15 Lakhs), Sunday Special PKO runner-up finisher Armaan ‘tandavam’ Kochhar (5th for ₹1.50 Lakhs) & Vishnu ‘violator’ Khandelwal (6th for ₹1.06 Lakhs).

Raghav ‘balugawhale’ Bansal bubbled the FT in seventh place for ₹81,250.

Final Table Results

  1. Sachin ‘o049242’ Hurkat – ₹5,45,409*
  2. Anish ‘TheBigBangV2’ Garg – ₹5,40,841*
  3. Shashank ‘felter’ Jain – ₹3,00,000
  4. Arjanveer ‘arjan30’ Singh Chadha – ₹2,15,000
  5. Armaan ‘tandavam’ Kochhar – ₹1,50,000
  6. Vishnu ‘violator’ Khandelwal – ₹1,06,250

*denotes a heads-up deal

 

IOPC #48 D’Lite 25 Lakhs GTD Day 2 – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 2,381

Re-entries – 522

Rebuys – 1,993

Prize Pool – ₹25,00,000

Places Paid – 423

Spartan Poker’s ₹550 entry buy-in and ₹25 Lakhs GTD IOPC #48 D’Lite registered a whopping 4,896 entries across five starting flights (Day 1A – 1,013, Day 1B – 857, Day 1C – 773, Day 1D – 825, and Day 1E – 1,428), filling in a marginal ₹52,000 in overlays.

Day 2 began at 10 PM last night with 428 qualifying stacks (Day 1A – 82, Day 1B – 73, Day 1C – 64, Day 1D – 73, and Day 1E – 136), including 326 unique players. The top 423 places were assured a min-cash of ₹1,700.

Bhanu ‘spectre’ Prakash KC, best-known for his uncanny ability to top leaderboard races, championed the multi-flight IOPC D’Lite to collect ₹4.02 Lakhs. He cashed thrice in the event earning a cumulative ₹4.06 Lakhs. He also placed sixth in IOPC#50 for ₹35,701. These deep runs – his D’Lite victory mainly – propelled him to the top of the ₹1 Crore IOPC series leaderboard race with 7,601 points.

The former IOPC – The Elite winner Bheem ‘MaiMeel’ Singh Meena finished runner-up for ₹2.20 Lakhs. Saransh ‘iammrmeeseeks’ Garg (3rd for ₹1.52 Lakhs) and last night`s NPS Mini Main Event winner Abhiroop ‘Ron007’ Gupta (7th for ₹50,175) also FT-ed the event.

Karan ‘Junior-KK’ Kapur fell out in ninth place for ₹29,425, setting up the eight-handed FT.

Runner-up Bheem Singh Meena
Runner-up Bheem Singh Meena

 

Final Table Results

  1. Bhanu ‘spectre’ Prakash KC – ₹4,02,400
  2. Bheem ‘MaiMeel’ Singh Meena – ₹2,20,075
  3. Saransh ‘iammrmeeseeks’ Garg – ₹1,52,300
  4. GotNoChange31 – ₹1,11,650
  5. Rahul4444s – ₹86,925
  6. Ataraxia – ₹67,425
  7. Abhiroop ‘Ron007’ Gupta – ₹50,175
  8. Shyamzs – ₹39,675

 

Deepstack Madness 20 Lakhs GTD Adda52

Buy-in – ₹4,400

Entries – 256

Re-entries – 173

Prize Pool – ₹20,00,000

Places Paid – 43

One of the March The Millionaire champions and touted to be one of the brightest players of PokerGuru Staking, Vishal ‘GigaaBet’ Bajaj, shipped the ₹20 Lakhs GTD Deepstack Madness, as he topped a 429-entry field to win ₹4.96 Lakhs. Bajaj also FT-ed PokerBaazi’s BSS SuperStack, placing fourth for ₹1.47 Lakhs, and will be starting the IOPC United FT in the chip lead today.

The ₹4,400 buy-in event fell ₹2.84 Lakhs short of its listed guarantee.

Debapriya ‘debapriya_12345’ Manna (2nd for ₹3 Lakhs), Siddhanth ‘Sidstack’ Kripalani (3rd for ₹2.10 Lakhs), Anmolraj ‘anmolrajy’ Singh Chawla (4th for ₹1.60 Lakhs), PokerGuru Ambassador Vivek ‘vivek94540’ Singh (6th for ₹70,000), Shalabh ‘shalabhpoker’ Bansal (7th for ₹55,000), and Adda52 Game Ambassador Kunal ‘FloatToMyBoat’ Patni (8th for ₹45,000) posted FT scores.

Sumit ‘runrabbitrun’ Advani bubbled the FT in ninth-place for ₹32,000.

Final Table Results

  1. Vishal ‘GigaaBet’ Bajaj – ₹4,96,000
  2. Debapriya ‘debapriya_12345’ Manna – ₹3,00,000
  3. Siddhanth ‘Sidstack’ Kripalani – ₹2,10,000
  4. Anmolraj ‘anmolrajy’ Singh Chawla – ₹1,60,000
  5. NotLikeThis – ₹1,04,000
  6. Vivek ‘vivek94540’ Singh – ₹70,000
  7. Shalabh ‘shalabhpoker’ Bansal – ₹55,000
  8. Kunal ‘FloatToMyBoat’ Patni – ₹45,000

 

BSS#4 SuperStack ₹20 Lakhs GTD PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 211

Re-entries – 229

Prize Pool – ₹22,00,000

Places Paid – 54

Sunday saw yet another guarantee-crushing edition of the ₹20 Lakhs GTD, BSS#4 SuperStack. Four hundred and forty contestants registered for the event, posting a ₹22 Lakhs prize pool.

The recently elevated coach at PokerGuru Staking, Ashish ‘OMG_spew’ Munot, clinched the title for ₹4.42 Lakhs. Munot bested Ankit’ Ankitmodi’ Modi (runner-up for ₹3.10 Lakhs) heads-up.

The PPL MoneyMaker champion Romit ’tilt83′ Advani (3rd for ₹1.99 Lakhs), former The Millionaire champion and last night`s Deepstack Madness winner, PokerGuru Ambassador Vishal ‘Vishzz’ Bajaj (4th for ₹1.47 Lakhs), the annual leaderboard topper Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia (5th for ₹1.11 Lakhs), former The Millionaire champion, PokerGuru Ambassador Naresh ‘Emperor457’ Veeravalli (6th for ₹88,660), Ankit ‘Psycorp’ Bajaj (7th for ₹73,920), and Kapil’ Spady’ Arora (8th for ₹58,960) were the other notable FT finishers.

Final Table Results

  1. Ashish ‘OMG_spew’ Munot – ₹4,42,200
  2. Ankit ‘Ankitmodi’ Modi – ₹3,09,980
  3. Romit ’tilt83′ Advani – ₹1,99,320
  4. Vishal ‘Vishzz’ Bajaj – ₹1,47,400
  5. Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia – ₹1,10,660
  6. Naresh ‘Emperor457’ Veeravalli – ₹88,660
  7. Ankit ‘Psycorp’ Omprakash Bajaj – ₹73,920
  8. Kapil ‘Spady’ Arora – ₹58,960

 

IOPC#47 Sunday Spotlight 17.5 Lakhs GTD– Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹3,300

Entries – 333

Re-entries – 80

Rebuys – 257

Prize Pool – ₹20,10,000

Places Paid – 55

The 9:30 PM IOPC marquee, the ₹17.50 Lakhs GTD IOPC #47 Sunday Spotlight, registered 670 entries to collect a healthy ₹20.10 Lakhs prize pool. M LACHANCE’ Balakrishnan proved the last player standing and walked away with the title and the ₹3.90 Lakhs first-place cash prize. Balakrishnan also placed eighth in the ₹5.50 Lakhs GTD IOPC #44 for ₹18,048.

Harsh ‘Chiraunjilal Khosla’ Bubna finished runner-up for ₹2.47 Lakhs. He posted four ITM scores, accumulating ₹3.06 Lakhs in total winnings.

Young Gun Anuj ‘tittoTauji’ Yadav (3rd for ₹1.79 Lakhs), Arjun ‘lol this guy’ Pasricha (5th for ₹1.14 Lakhs), IOPC The Millionaire champion Anurag ‘TheDarkKnightReturns’ Srivastava (6th for ₹88,038), Young Gun Karan ‘Majestic’ Radia (7th for ₹65,526), and Dhirendra ‘dhiru91’ Kumar (8th for ₹47,436) were the other known players to make FT runs.

Final Table Results

  1. M. ‘LACHANCE’ Balakrishnan – ₹3,89,940
  2. Harsh ‘Chiraunjilal Khosla’ Bubna – ₹2,47,230
  3. Anuj ‘tittoTauji’ Yadav – ₹1,78,689
  4. ranksster – ₹1,44,519
  5. Arjun ‘lol this guy’ Pasricha – ₹1,14,369
  6. Anurag ‘TheDarkKnightReturns’ Srivastava – ₹88,038
  7. Karan ‘Majestic’ Radia – ₹65,526
  8. Dhirendra ‘dhiru91’ Kumar – ₹47,436

 

Sunday Special Progressive KO 15 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 142

Re-entries – 115

Regular Prize Pool – ₹8,57,500

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹6,42,500

Total Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000

Places Paid – 27

The former INSCOOP Hercules winner, Vikram ‘GreenSTUFF79’ Mishra, raced past the competition in the ₹15 Lakhs GTD Sunday Special Progressive KO to win the event for the second time last night for ₹2.73 Lakhs. Online reg and the #8 ranked player of the year, Armaan ‘armaan007111’ Kochhar, placed runner-up for ₹2.06 Lakhs.

The Sunday flagship experienced an overlay shortfall of ₹2.15 Lakhs after clocking in 257 entries. The 5 PM event got in the books at 1:40 AM, and the top 27 places finished ITM.

Vinayak ‘koi.toh.rok.lo’ Bajaj (3rd for ₹1.19 Lakhs), Young Gun Gaurav ‘3betPanda’ Sood (5th for ₹97,145), and Rishab ‘NoChan(3’ Malik (8th for ₹36,703) were among the notables who FT-ed the tourney!

Final Table Results (Including Bounties)

  1. Vikram ‘GreenSTUFF79’ Mishra – ₹2,72,919
  2. Armaan ‘armaan007111’ Kochhar – ₹2,05,575
  3. Vinayak ‘koi.toh.rok.lo’ Bajaj – ₹1,19,420
  4. Rootahua Macchi – ₹99,615
  5. Gaurav ‘3betPanda’ Sood – ₹97,145
  6. Investor9999 – ₹49,880
  7. JUNIOR1-KK – ₹47,098
  8. Rishab ‘NoChan(3’ Malik – ₹36,703
  9. kidwithim – ₹28,630

 

NPS Mini Main Event Finale ₹12.50 Lakhs GTD Adda52

Buy-in – ₹990

Total Entries – 720

Total Re-entries – 423

Prize Pool – ₹12,50,013

Places Paid – 125

The ₹12.50 Lakhs GTD NPS Mini Main Event Finale recorded 1,143 entries over six starting flights to register an overlay shortfall of ₹2.21 Lakhs.

The NPS Mini Main Event Finale started at 9 PM last night, with 175 unique survivors, and only the top 125 places were assured a min-cash of ₹3,384.

Abhiroop ‘Daniel90’ Gupta outlasted the competition to win ₹2.12 Lakhs, beating ‘booster’ (runner-up for ₹1.54 Lakhs) heads-up. Gupta crossed the money line in five more events yesterday, cumulatively earning ₹2.88 Lakhs. His other FT scores were:

> 7th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC – D’Lite for ₹50,175

> 6th in PokerBaazi’s BSS After Party for ₹10,164

Poker streamer Shivam ‘cyflopse’ Jain (6th for ₹42,745) and Nano Sunday Blast champion Sanjay ‘smr1g10’ Mohan (7th for ₹31,020) also FT-ed the event.

Final Table Results

  1. Abhiroop ‘Daniel90’ Gupta – ₹2,12,373
  2. booster – ₹1,54,119
  3. ankitbawa – ₹1,11,844
  4. zaratetei2009 – ₹81,165
  5. ThikanaCK – ₹58,902
  6. Shivam ‘cyflopse’ Jain – ₹42,745
  7. Sanjay ‘smr1g10’ Mohan – ₹31,020
  8. peecee0330 – ₹22,511

 

Sunday Highroller 12 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 70

Re-entries – 43

Prize Pool – ₹12,00,000

Places Paid – 13

Ashwin ‘Ashwinvijay’ Vijay shipped the ₹12 Lakhs GTD Sunday Highroller title for ₹2.77 Lakhs after a grueling seven-hour grind. The former FTS Big Game finalist, Vijay, also placed fourth in the Sunday Showdown for ₹1.170 Lakhs, breaching the ₹1.09 Crore mark in tracked online earnings!

The ₹11,000 entry buy-in event registered an overlay shortfall of ₹70,000 after logged in 113 entrants, and the top 13 places landed in the money zone.

Vishnu ‘violator2018’ Khandelwal (3rd for ₹1.63 Lakhs), the NPS Main Event champion Mohammad ‘Bund_Blaster’ Azhar (5th for ₹96,212), Sahil ‘inaboobham’ Mahboobani (6th for ₹73,893) and PokerGuru Ambassadors Ankit ‘b00mtr00p3r’ Wadhawan (7th for ₹56,752) and Laksh ‘B00MTilt23’ Pal Singh (9th for ₹33,476) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

  1. Ashwin ‘Ashwinvijay’ Vijay – ₹2,76,522
  2. Goonjan ‘gmtesting.ind’ Mall – ₹2,12,376
  3. Vishnu ‘violator2018’ Khandelwal – ₹1,63,110
  4. tabahi2k18 – ₹1,25,272
  5. Mohammad ‘Bund_Blaster’ Azhar – ₹96,212
  6. Sahil ‘inaboobham’ Mahboobani – ₹73,893
  7. Ankit ‘b00mtr00p3r’ Wadhawan – ₹56,752
  8. dejavutilt – ₹43,587
  9. Laksh ‘B00MTilt23’ Pal Singh – ₹33,476

 

Sunday Showdown 10 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹2,500

Entries – 201

Re-entries – 160

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 39

The former Sunday Special champion Sandeep ‘effuno’ Varma RS outlasted the 361-entry field in Adda52`s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Sunday Showdown to win ₹1.43 Lakhs following a four-way deal with Sahil ‘you3bi4b’ Nair (runner-up for ₹1.35 Lakhs), ‘alienwarelove’ (3rd for ₹1.24 Lakhs), and PokerStars India’s Sunday Highroller champion Ashwin ‘Ashwinvijay1399’ Vijay (4th for ₹1.17 Lakhs).

Vinay ‘vinay0902’ Rajpal (5th for ₹57,580), Yash ‘Babyshark21‘ Chitre (6th for ₹42,559), and Anirban ‘ajgar5’ D Das (7th for ₹31,456) also FT-ed the tourney!

Final Table Results

  1. Sandeep ‘effuno’ Varma RS – ₹1,42,793*
  2. Sahil ‘you3bi4b’ Nair – ₹1,34,996*
  3. alienwarelove – ₹1,23,991*
  4. Ashwin ‘Ashwinvijay1399’ Vijay – ₹1,17,060*
  5. Vinay ‘vinay0902’ Rajpal – ₹57,580
  6. Yash ‘Babyshark21‘ Chitre – ₹42,559
  7. Anirban ‘ajgar5’ D Das – ₹31,456
  8. SpiNNaker – ₹23,250

*denotes a four-way deal

 

Grinders#39 Main Event ₹8 Lakhs GTD PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹1,375

Entries – 405

Re-entries – 336

Prize Pool – ₹9,36,000

Places Paid – 90

PokerBaazi`s Baazi Grinders Series came to a thundering close last night with the ₹8 Lakhs GTD Grinders#39 Main Event playing down to a champion. Avinash ‘I_fart_u_faint’ Kumar topped a huge 741-entry field to collect ₹1.68 Lakhs for the win after defeating ‘royalking7424’ (runner-up for ₹1.18 Lakhs) in the heads-up play.

The Game Changer 4.0 runner-up finisher Mohak ‘Tiltin’ Kapoor (4th for ₹56,038), PokerGuru Ambassador Vivek ‘Nutpeddling729’ Singh (5th for ₹41,959), Randeep ‘randysingh’ Lather (6th for ₹33,901), and Harsh ‘100crdream’ Dembla (8th for ₹22,323) FT-ed the event.

Final Table Results

  1. Avinash ‘I_fart_u_faint’ Kumar – ₹1,67,651
  2. royalking7424 – ₹1,17,541
  3. blackjag13 – ₹75,767
  4. Mohak ‘Tiltin’ Kapoor – ₹56,038
  5. Vivek ‘Nutpeddling729’ Singh – ₹41,959
  6. randysingh – ₹33,901
  7. skulleredge – ₹28,065
  8. Harsh ‘100crdream’ Dembla – ₹22,323

 

IOPC#50 6.85 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – 1,100

Entries – 385

Re-entries – 119

Rebuys – 344

Prize Pool – ₹8,48,000

Places Paid – 71

Another IOPC tourney to hand out a Gold Badge on Sunday was the IOPC #50. The 11 PM event featured a ₹6.85 Lakhs prize pool but collected ₹8.48 Lakhs on the back of a starting field of 848 entrants.

The IOPC #29 Thursday Spotlight runner-up finisher Anirudh ‘flash’ Reddy bagged his third IOPC title and a ₹1.64 Lakhs payday, with ‘CashMeIfYouCan’ placing runner-up for ₹1.03 Lakhs.

Kiran ‘D Badshaa’ Pawar (3rd for ₹73,861), Srijan ‘TheDawnFacere’ Batra (4th for ₹58,173), the IOPC #48 D’ Lite champion Bhanu ‘spectre’ Prakash (6th for ₹35,701), and Siddharth ‘cooking_nuts’ Gangwar (8th for ₹18,741) also posted FT scores.

Final Table Results

  1. Anirudh ‘flash’ Reddy – ₹1,63,664
  2. CashMeIfYouCan – ₹1,03,117
  3. Kiran ‘D Badshaa’ Pawar – ₹73,861
  4. Srijan ‘TheDawnFacere’ Batra – ₹58,173
  5. Mangubansal – ₹45,707
  6. Bhanu ‘spectre’ Prakash – ₹35,701
  7. CheckArm – ₹26,882
  8. Siddharth ‘cooking_nuts’ Gangwar – ₹18,741

 

IOPC#44 5.50 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 199

Re-entries – 59

Rebuys – 203

Prize Pool – ₹6,91,500

Places Paid – 31

The IOPC #9 champion Sacheen ‘chiefisback’ Ramchandani overcame the 461-entry field in the ₹5.50 Lakhs GTD IOPC #44 to win his second IOPC title at the ongoing series and a top prize of ₹1.46 Lakhs. Akshat ‘doubledown’ Sharma finished second for ₹98,470.

Ramchandani made it in the money in two more IOPC events, collectively earning ₹1.77 Lakhs on Sunday. He has already cashed 19 events at the 11th edition of the IOPC and boasts ₹73.57 Lakhs in lifetime online winnings.

Rahul ‘Klopp’ Sharma (3rd for ₹67,896), Devinder ‘Greko’ Bahia (5th for ₹44,533), Aviral ‘neverfoldlaundry’ Jain (6th for ₹33,814) and the Sunday Spotlight champion, M. ‘LACHANCE’ Balakrishnan (8th for ₹18,048) also FT-ed the event.

Sacheen Ramchandani
Sacheen Ramchandani

 

Final Table Results

  1. Sacheen ‘chiefisback’ Ramchandani – ₹1,46,252
  2. Akshat ‘doubledown’ Sharma – ₹98,470
  3. Rahul ‘Klopp’ Sharma – ₹67,896
  4. raftar_21 – ₹56,288
  5. Devinder ‘Greko’ Bahia – ₹44,533
  6. Aviral ‘neverfoldlaundry’ Jain – ₹33,814
  7. mpurecha – ₹23,156
  8. M. ‘LACHANCE’ Balakrishnan – ₹18,048

 

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

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 115

Re-entries – 85

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 24

The 5 PM event, the 6-Max BSS#3 MonsterStack, saw the former The Endeavour champion Dinesh ‘Daddu26’ Singh outlasting the 200-player field to win ₹1.05 Lakhs. PokerGuru Ambassador Tathagata ‘Tintin84’ Sengupta placed runner-up for ₹99,986.

The tourney logged in the exact 200 runners it needed to break even.

Saturday’s IOPC#42 champion Mohit ‘thejoker’ Mehta (3rd for ₹54,400), last week`s The Pride runner-up finisher Kaushik ‘kaushik1989’ Tibrewal (4th for ₹40,300) and online crusher Anirban ‘pottysingh’ D Das (6th for ₹24,200) FT-ed the tourney.

Runner-up Tathagata Sengupta
Runner-up Tathagata Sengupta

 

Final Table Results

  1. Dinesh ‘Daddu26’ Singh – ₹1,05,414
  2. Tathagata ‘Tintin84’ Sengupta – ₹99,986
  3. Mohit ‘thejoker’ Mehta – ₹54,400
  4. Kaushik ‘kaushik1989’ Tibrewal – ₹40,300
  5. sanchit1990 – ₹30,250
  6. Anirban ‘pottysingh’ D Das – ₹24,200

 

Big Bubble Rush 3 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹1,375

Entries – 113

Re-entries – 67

Regular Prize Pool – ₹1,87,500

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹1,12,500

Total Prize Pool – ₹3,00,000

Places Paid – 35

Sreeharsha ‘DonkeyCommitted’ Boneni came out on top in the ₹3 Lakhs GTD Big Bubble Rush to win ₹64,228. The user ‘DUMMPPY29’ placed runner-up for ₹34,637.

The 9:30 PM event registered 180 participants, overlaying ₹75,000, and the top 35 places boarded the money bus.

Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna (3rd for ₹28,253) and Tanay ‘tanayp’ Parekh (5th for ₹19,109) also FT-ed the tourney!

 

The Big One 3 Lakhs GTD – GoodPoker

Buy-in – ₹1,250

Entries – 120

Re-entries – 108

Prize Pool – ₹3,00,000

Places Paid – 34

The biggest Sunday event on GoodPoker, the ₹3 Lakh GTD The Big One, saw the user ‘Born_to_win’ taking down the title for ₹57,300. The user ‘King789’ finished runner-up for ₹42,000.

 

Big Bang ₹1 Lakh GTD NLHE Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 26

Re-entries – 6

Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000

Places Paid – 4

Khelo365 user ‘nishantdreams’ took down the Sunday headliner, the ₹1 Lakhs GTD Big Bang, for ₹46,000. ‘Shubham20’ came second for ₹26,000.

 

Dominator ₹50K GTD NLHE Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 34

Re-entries – 20

Prize Pool – ₹50,000

Places Paid – 8

Khelo365’s ₹50K Dominator logged in 54 sign-ups, and the anonymous player ‘Sarjeetsing’ bested ‘jungle123’ (runner-up for ₹10,500) heads-up to clinch the title for ₹20,000.

 

Daily 50K GTD 5PLO – PokerDangal

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 64

Re-buys – 35

Prize Pool – ₹50,000

Places Paid – 17

PokerDangal`s ₹50K GTD Daily PLO was taken down by ‘cbs786,’ who earned a paycheck of ₹12,000. The user ‘Ankit1305’ finished runner-up for ₹8,500.

 

This report was updated at 11 PM on 19.7.2021.

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Daily Majors: Arjun Singh Kochhar, Siddhanth Kapoor, Kanchan Sharma & Aniket Waghmare Champion the Wednesday Flagships

It was a blockbuster Wednesday on all counts, with Spartan Poker’s The Millionaire Series 2.0 finding its second Millionaire last night. Arjun Singh Kochhar was without a doubt the standout winner of the day. The former Destiny champion ended an almost eight-month-long title drought by taking down the ₹35 Lakhs GTD Millionaire Series #5 – Monster Stack for ₹11.65 Lakhs!

The other big winners included actor/DJ Siddhanth Kapoor, Young Gun Kanchan Sharma, and the IOPC Mastermind title holder Aniket Waghmare.

Here`s a look at the Wednesday highlights.

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Spartan Poker

The featured tourney on Day 2 of Spartan Poker`s The Millionaire Series 2.0, the ₹35 Lakhs GTD Millionaire Series #5 – Monster Stack, logged in a whopping 777 entries to collect a massive ₹46.62 Lakhs prize pool. The top 70 places got paid, and after precisely eight hours of playing, Arjun ‘Don Julio’ Singh Kochhar bulldozed his way to the top to bank a mouth-watering ₹11.65 Lakhs cash prize. The mystery player ‘DoctorGTO’ placed runner-up for ₹6.99 Lakhs. The former SSS – The Millionaire X5 finalist now boasts ₹79.92 Lakhs in recorded winnings on Spartan Poker.

Arjun Singh Kochhar
Arjun Singh Kochhar

 

The IOPC Millionaire United champion Aniket ‘Ntwadumela’ Waghmare took down the ₹7 Lakhs GTD Millionaire Series #6 for ₹1.76 Lakhs following a heads-up deal with ‘slickooo’ (runner-up for ₹1.48 Lakhs).

Aniket Waghmare
Aniket Waghmare

 

Three Millionaire-branded tourneys were hosted by Spartan Poker on Wednesday. The details of the ₹4 Lakhs GTD Millionaire Series #4 are not available with us currently.

With Day 2 of The Millionaire Series now in the books, here are the updated leaderboard standings:

RankPlayerPoints1
1Pranav 'I'mThePlayboi' Bang1,560
2Aniket 'Ntwadumela' Waghmare1,546
3Arjun 'lol this guy' Pasricha1,486
4'BloatedBelly'1,319
5Jaya 'denb' Bharathkumar Prajapati1,284
6Arjun Singh 'Don Julio' Kochhar1,115
7slickooo1,039
8Avinash 'Seiborg09' Anand1,027
9Sumit 'DistantTide' Advani979
10Devvrat 'deranzzdd' Arya947

 

PokerStars India

PokerStars India`s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Night on Stars had to fill in a marginal ₹1,787 in overlays after signing up 281 entrants, and the top 35 places boarded the money bus. The mystery-reg ‘PabloDEscobar’ navigated his way to the top to collect a winner`s payday worth ₹95,203. Online reg Pranav ‘pkpok13’ Khandalkar placed runner-up for ₹71,287.

Runner-up Pranav Khandalkar
Runner-up Pranav Khandalkar

 

The ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD Big Bubble Rush dragged in 204 participants, and 23 places got paid a share from the ₹2.04 Lakhs prize pool. Shekhar ‘shekhar_singh’ Singh was the last player standing and won ₹39,837 (includes ₹22,187 in bounties), touching ₹83.57 Lakhs in lifetime online earnings. The user ‘Deepak006’ finished runner-up for ₹24,626.

Shekhar Singh
Shekhar Singh

 

 

PokerBaazi

PokerBaazi`s ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Pride returned for another eventful run last night, with 334 hopefuls accumulating a ₹11.69 Lakhs prize pool and 54 places placed ITM. The action began at 8 PM and continued till 2:52 AM, with Young Gun

Kanchan ‘Kanchansharma’ Sharma outlasting the competition to win the title and ₹2.58 Lakhs in prize money. Sunday’s Mega Suits Finale winner ‘happyfish’ (anonymity requested) came second for ₹1.81 Lakhs.

Kanchan Sharma
Kanchan Sharma

 

The Pride victory brought Kanchan Sharma her first flagship title of the year, getting her across the ₹75 Lakh mark in annual winnings.

The former EndBoss FT finisher Aditya ‘KesarDa’ Kesharwani shipped the ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD 6-Max Holdem Boost DST for ₹65,828 after besting Akshay ‘CallmeAK’ Kapoor (runner-up for ₹46,190) in heads-up play.

Aditya Kesharwani
Aditya Kesharwani

 

Vikram ‘Poker_lover’ Mishra (won Turbo ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD for ₹54,670) and Vinod ‘Strokerzzzz’ Malviya (won PLO Boost Monster ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹40,690) took down the other late-night marquees on PokerBaazi.

Vikram Mishra
Vikram Mishra

 

 

Adda52

Adda52’s Wednesday headliner, the ₹15 Lakhs GTD Maverick, collected a hefty ₹17.47 Lakhs prize pool as 768 challengers bought in for ₹2,500. The 8 PM MTT ended at 4:44 AM today and paid out 82 places. The versatile actor, DJ, and passionate poker player, Siddhanth ‘bullzeyepower’ Kapoor, was the last player standing and scored a personal-best ₹3.55 Lakhs for the win. He struck a heads-up deal with PokerGuru Ambassador Vivek ‘vivek94540’ Singh (runner-up for ₹3.16 Lakhs).

Siddhanth Kapoor
Siddhanth Kapoor

 

The ₹4 Lakhs GTD La Luna wrangled in 324 entries, and the top 34 finishers took a bite out of the ₹5.31 Lakhs prize pool. After more than six hours of action, the user ‘Oshuri’ took down the title for ₹1.32 Lakhs, with Rishabh ‘rishlangda’ Baj placing runner-up for ₹80,501.

Runner-up Rishabh Baj
Runner-up Rishabh Baj

 

The other Wednesday winners were:

PlayerPrize AmountEventPoker Site
Oshuri₹1.32 LakhsLa Luna ₹4 Lakhs GTDAdda52
Roshan ‘roshanthefish’ Gurbuxani₹1.03 LakhsMonster Stack ₹3.5 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
Aditya 'KesarDa' Kesharwani₹65,8286-Max Holdem Boost DST ₹1. 5 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
Vikram ‘Poker_lover’ Mishra₹54,670Turbo ₹1.5 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
manish_jangid
₹41,483Ultrasonic ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD
PokerStars India
Vinod ‘Strokerzzzz’ Malviya₹40,690PLO Boost Monster ₹1 Lakh GTDPokerBaazi
Shekhar 'shekhar_singh' Singh₹39,837Big Bubble Rush ₹1.75 Lakhs GTDPokerStars India
Melwin3652₹39,508Night Rider - Monster Stack ₹2.75 Lakhs GTD
Spartan Poker
Chinta₹16,704The Centurian ₹90K GTDSpartan Poker
Mackyboy7777
₹16,628Bigstack Turbo ₹70K GTD
PokerStars India
acedealer₹11,5006 Feet Under Deepstack PLO ₹25K GTDKhelo365
Hardik24₹7,200Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTDKhelo365

 

Millionaire Series #5 – Monster Stack 35 Lakhs GTD (₹10 Lakhs for 1st Place) – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹6,600

Entries – 366

Re-entries – 179

Rebuys – 232

Prize Pool – ₹46,62,000

Places Paid – 70

The week-long The Millionaire Series played out its Day 2 schedule on Wednesday. The day`s headline tourney, the ₹35 Lakhs GTD Millionaire Series #5 – Monster Stack, assured at least ₹10 Lakhs in prize money to the winner.

The ₹10 Lakhs guaranteed to first was easily exceeded as 777 runners signed up for ₹6,600, collecting an awesome ₹46.62 Lakhs prize pool. The top 70 players boarded the money bus.

The 9:30 PM tourney went on until 5:30 AM, with Arjun ‘Don Julio’ Singh Kochhar capturing the title and ₹11.65 Lakhs in first-place prize money. The anonymous user ‘DoctorGTO’ placed second for ₹6.99 Lakhs.

Ending an over seven-month-long dry spell, the former Destiny champion and one of The Millionaire X5 toppers, Kochhar bounced back with a bang last night, collecting his career-best finish to date.

Tuesday’s The Endeavour champion Myron ‘Zzzzz369’ Pereira (3rd for ₹3.92 Lakhs), The Pride sixth-place finisher Siddharth ‘champ-ak’ Pandey (5th for ₹1.86 Lakhs), and Varun ‘Bachekijaanelegakya’ Vohra (7th for ₹87,637) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

  1. Arjun ‘Don Julio’ Singh Kochhar – ₹11,65,500
  2. DoctorGTO – ₹6,99,300
  3. Myron ‘Zzzzz369’ Pereira – ₹3,91,867
  4. Folsom – ₹2,79,720
  5. Siddharth ‘champ-ak’ Pandey – ₹1,86,480
  6. Fill-Ivey18 – ₹1,39,460
  7. Varun ‘Bachekijaanelegakya’ Vohra – ₹87,637
  8. Pokerispain – ₹69,930

 

Maverick 15 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹2,500

Entries – 370

Re-entries – 398

Prize Pool – ₹17,47,195

Places Paid – 82

Adda52`s ₹15 Lakhs GTD Maverick recorded 768 entries, and 82 places got a piece of the ₹17.47 Lakhs prize pool.

Prominent Bollywood actor, DJ, and passionate poker player Siddhanth ‘bullzeyepower’ Kapoor juggernaut his way to the top of the field to win ₹3.55 Lakhs. Before taking down the title, Kapoor agreed to a heads-up chop with PokerGuru Ambassador Vivek ‘vivek94540’ Singh, who took home ₹3.17 Lakhs for his efforts.

This was Kapoor’s career-best score, boosting his lifetime earnings (tracked) to ₹1.84 Crores.

Sushant ‘Tryndamere’ Singh (3rd for ₹1.61 Lakhs), Abhishek ‘abhisekchem86’ Mandal (6th for ₹55,910), Yash ‘gambler11’ Jaiswal (7th for ₹43,680), and Aritra ‘flushnace’ Sengupta (8th for ₹33,197) FT-ed the tourney.

Runner-up Vivek Singh
Runner-up Vivek Singh

 

Final Table Results

  1. Siddhanth ‘bullzeyepower’ Kapoor – ₹3,55,091*
  2. Vivek ‘vivek94540’ Singh – ₹3,16,707*
  3. Sushant ‘Tryndamere’ Singh – ₹1,60,742
  4. dstar – ₹1,15,315
  5. emerald_golum – ₹77,750
  6. Abhishek ‘abhisekchem86’ Mandal – ₹55,910
  7. Yash ‘gambler11’ Jaiswal – ₹43,680
  8. Aritra ‘flushnace’ Sengupta – ₹33,197

*denotes a heads-up deal

 

The Pride 10 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹3,850

Entries – 191

Re-entries – 143

Prize Pool – ₹11,69,000

Places Paid – 54

With the online action heating up, PokerBaazi stayed on course by hosting its regular Wednesday flagship, the ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Pride. Sporting a ₹3,850 entry buy-in, the event registered 334 entries to post a guarantee-crushing ₹11.69 Lakhs prize pool.

After close to seven hours of play, last Sunday`s The Millionaire sixth-place finisher, Young Gun Kanchan ‘Kanchansharma’ Sharma, emerged as the champion and added ₹2.58 Lakhs in prize money. MTT pro ‘happyfish’ (anonymity requested) finished runner-up for ₹1.81 Lakhs.

Kanchan Sharma sits among the top 30 winners of 2021, and that too with just last night`s The Pride title to her name. The Agra resident has been on a scorching run this year with a litany of FT finishes – she has FT-ed The Millionaire an incredible three times already this year. Her lifetime scorecard now stands at ₹2.69 Crores.

The power-packed FT included Sanket ‘blackcod’ Arora (3rd for ₹1.17 Lakhs), FTS 2.0 champion, Young Gun Siddharth ‘schemer’ Karia (5th for ₹64,763), Millionaire Series #5 – Monster Stack fifth-place finisher Siddharth ‘Siddonuts’ Pandey (6th for ₹51,787), and Sunday’s BSS#4 SuperStack champion, Rising Star Pratibh ‘pratibhsaluja’ Saluja (7th for ₹43,019).

Final Table Results

  1. Kanchan ‘Kanchansharma’ Sharma – ₹2,58,232
  2. happyfish – ₹1,81,195
  3. Sanket ‘blackcod’ Arora – ₹1,16,549
  4. adira – ₹86,272
  5. Siddharth ‘schemer’ Karia – ₹64,763
  6. Siddharth ‘Siddonuts’ Pandey – ₹51,787
  7. Pratibh ‘pratibhsaluja’ Saluja – ₹43,019
  8. bungakat – ₹34,486

 

Millionaire Series #6 7 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 455

Re-entries – 161

Places Paid – 87

Running alongside the ₹35 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack were two other Millionaire Series tourneys. The bigger of the two, the ₹7 Lakhs GTD Millionaire Series #6, was taken down by the IOPC – Millionaire Legends champion (IOPC Mastermind) and Tuesday’s The Endeavour runner-up Aniket ‘Ntwadumela’ Waghmare, who added ₹1.77 Lakhs to his bankroll. The user ‘slickooo’ finished runner-up for ₹1.49 Lakhs, courtesy of a heads-up deal.

Srijan ‘TheDawnFacere’ Batra (5th for ₹53,347), Anshul ‘bluefloyd’ Garg (6th for ₹41,504), Piyush ‘Piyush303’ Lalchandani (7th for ₹30,395), and Yohan ‘PAPITO’ Patel (8th for ₹21,694) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

  1. Aniket ‘Ntwadumela’ Waghmare – ₹1,76,957*
  2. slickooo – ₹1,48,657*
  3. Technokingtesla – ₹89,394
  4. jasonchan – ₹69,168
  5. Srijan ‘TheDawnFacere’ Batra – ₹53,347
  6. Anshul ‘bluefloyd’ Garg – ₹41,504
  7. Piyush ‘Piyush303’ Lalchandani – ₹30,395
  8. Yohan ‘PAPITO’ Patel – ₹21,694

*denotes a heads-up deal

 

Night on Stars 5 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹1,950

Entries – 162

Re-entries – 119

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 35

PokerStars India’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Night on Stars gathered 281 entries, overlaying a meager ₹1,787.

PokerStars India regular ‘PabloDEscobar’ was the last player standing and won ₹95,203, touching ₹24.59 Lakhs in recorded earnings on the site. Pranav ‘pkpok13’ Khandalkar finished runner-up for ₹71,287.

Rohit ‘PillowFight22’ Mishra (5th for ₹29,928), Atishay ‘momstacos’ Samuel (6th for ₹22,410), Tanu ‘tanukohli96’ Kohli (7th for ₹16,780), Tapan ‘tweedu_taps’ Mansotra (8th for ₹12,565) and Bharath ‘hzgod’ Kumar (9th for ₹9,408) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

  1. PabloDEscobar – ₹95,203
  2. Pranav ‘pkpok13’ Khandalkar – ₹71,287
  3. Yash ‘hasyY@$#116’ Shrivastava – ₹53,378
  4. k1369 – ₹39,969
  5. Rohit ‘PillowFight22’ Mishra – ₹29,928
  6. Atishay ‘momstacos’ Samuel – ₹22,410
  7. Tanu ‘tanukohli96’ Kohli – ₹16,780
  8. Tapan ‘tweedu_taps’ Mansotra – ₹12,565
  9. Bharath ‘hzgod’ Kumar – ₹9,408

 

La Luna 4 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹1,800

Entries – 161

Re-entries – 163

Prize Pool – ₹5,31,365

Places Paid – 34

The user ‘Oshuri’ came out on top in Adda52’s ₹4 Lakhs GTD La Luna to win a site-best ₹1.33 Lakhs. Rishabh ‘rishlangda’ Baj came second for ₹80,501.

The champion ‘Oshuri’ now has ₹4.97 Lakhs in recorded winnings on Adda52 (₹2.54 Lakhs in net profits).

Aamir ‘flipper1’ Husain (3rd for ₹58,450), Basant ‘Rush99’ Kumar Singh (4th for ₹44,369), Sandeep ‘homelite’ Rajora (5th for ₹30,553), and Sharad ‘zimbawe’ Haridasan (6th for ₹19,926) earned FT payouts.

 

Big Bubble Rush 1.75 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 118

Re-entries – 86

Total Prize Pool – ₹2,04,000

Regular Prize Pool – ₹1,02,000

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹1,02,000

Places Paid – 23

The ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD Big Bubble Rush attracted 204 entries, posting ₹2.04 Lakhs in the prize pool. Shekhar ‘shekhar_singh’ Singh walked away with the lion`s share of the prize money worth ₹39,837 (includes ₹22,187 in bounties) while ‘Deepak006’ placed second for ₹24,626 (includes ₹6,977 in bounties).

Shekhar Singh now has ₹83.57 Lakhs in lifetime online winnings.

Swapnil ‘pokpom1’ Patil (4th for ₹10,690) and Abhishek ‘abhiaum’ Chhajer (6th for ₹9,667) also earned FT payouts.

 

6-Max Holdem Boost DST 1. 5 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 167

Re-entries – 131

Prize Pool – ₹2,67,000

Places Paid – 36

PokerBaazi`s 9 PM fixture, the ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD 6-Max Holdem Boost, registered 267 entries. Aditya ‘KesarDa’ Kesharwani outlasted them all to collect ₹65,828, while Akshay ‘CallmeAK’ Kapoor placed runner-up for ₹46,190.

Runner-up Akshay Kapoor
Runner-up Akshay Kapoor

 

Last night’s PLO Boost Monster runner-up finisher Priyank ‘Piko1432’ Kothari (3rd for ₹21,992), Nishant ‘stockfull’ Pandey (5th for ₹16,509), and Aayush ‘Goyal0279’ Goyal (6th for ₹13,201) FT-ed the tourney.

 

6 Feet Under Deepstack PLO 25K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 24

Re-entries – 14

Prize Pool – ₹25,000

Places Paid – 4

Khelo365’s ₹25K GTD 6 Feet Under Deepstack paid out four places, and site regular ‘acedealer’ clinched the title and the top prize of ₹11,500. ‘Siliguri’ placed second for ₹6,500.

 

Grinder 2.0 20K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹275

Entries – 52

Re-entries – 15

Prize Pool – ₹20,000

Places Paid – 7

The mystery user ‘Hardik24’ added another Khelo365 title to his tally after taking down the ₹20K GTD Grinder 2.0 for ₹7,200.

 

This report was updated at 5:30 PM on 06.05.2021.

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Daily Majors: Pranav Bagai, Nitin Arora, Sriharsha Doddapaneni, Ashish Ahuja & Gaurav Sood Shine in the Friday Marquees

The online action has reached a feverish pitch, with The Millionaire and Value Bomb Extreme setting the stage for a blockbuster Sunday ahead.

Like last week, most of the Friday flagships crushed their listed guarantees, and the PSL co-founder and CEO Pranav Bagai emerged as the day`s top scorer. The long-time industry veteran championed Spartan Poker’s The Elite to win 7.95 Lakhs, with the four-time Destiny champion Nitin Arora placing runner-up for 5.35 Lakhs.

The two-time Millionaire champion Sriharsha Doddapaneni made the Friday headlines after shipping PokerBaazi’s Weekly HighRoller for 4.15 Lakhs. Young Gun Gaurav Sood placed second for 2.91 Lakhs, his six-figure haul pushing him ahead of PokerGuru Ambassador Laksh Pal Singh to the top of the 2021 leaderboard standings.

The #4 ranked player on the annual rankings, PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish Ahuja, collected 4.01 Lakhs from his runner-up finish in Adda52’s The Ballers. The mystery crusher ‘pokraj’ championed the event for the second time last night for 6.62 Lakhs.

Vikram Mishra, Ankita Ajay, Sankalp Marwah, Aditya Kulkarni, and Shivam Shukla shipped the other marquee tourneys of the day.

Here are the Friday highlights.

 

Spartan Poker

Spartan Poker`s 1 Crore GTD The Millionaire continues to pull in the crowds for its last edition of April. Day 1B of the 5,500 entry buy-in tourney recorded 337 participants, and only 48 players advanced through to Day 2. Trending Thursday champion ‘Flahoolick’ (anonymity requested) (220,150), Rajiv ‘BHAI HO THO AISA’ Srivastava (215,783), and birthday boy Vatsalya ‘TooEasy’ Rao (180,243) bagged the top three stacks of the day.

The event has filled in 632 entries (Day 1A – 295 and Day 1B – 337) so far, with three flights to go before Day 2 on Sunday.

MTT players had two other headline tourneys to choose from on Spartan Poker last night. The day`s featured offering, the 30 Lakhs GTD The Elite, had 376 contenders signing for 11,000, creating a juicy 37.60 Lakhs prize pool (going 25% over its listed guarantee). The 9:30 PM tourney ended at 6:06 AM today, with PSL co-founder and CEO Pranav ‘Boller’ Bagai coming out on top to win 7.95 Lakhs. The four-time Destiny winner Nitin ‘Demogorgon’ Arora finished runner-up for 5.35 Lakhs. The Elite score made Bagai the day`s top scorer, boosting his lifetime tally to 1.05 Crores.

Pranav Bagai
Pranav Bagai

 

The site`s Friday night value offering, the 10 Lakhs GTD Futuristic, broke even yet again after 1,363 participants bought in for 880. It took nine hours and thirty-four minutes of non-stop play before Vikram ‘MentalScience’ Mishra shipped the tourney for 2.05 Lakhs. Pranav ‘pranav40973’ Agrawal finished runner-up for 1.25 Lakhs. Mishra now has 1.20 Crores in lifetime online winnings, with 27.20 Lakhs in net profits.

Vikram Mishra
Vikram Mishra

 

 

PokerStars India

PokerStars India’s 3,850 entry buy-in Friday headliner, the 7 Lakhs GTD Uppercut MAGIC Edition, logged in 213 entries, and 23 places got paid a share of the 7.21 Lakhs prize pool. ‘Raag-bhav’ shipped the tourney, netting a site-best 1.51 Lakhs (includes 88,730 in bounties), with ‘ForeverTJ’ placing runner-up for 95,764 (includes 33,387 in bounties). With this win, ‘Raag-bhav’s recorded winnings on PokerStars India have touched 11.15 Lakhs, bringing him in the green.

The 2 Lakhs GTD The Classic PKO saw ‘Prison M!ke’ (anonymity requested) outlasting the 118-entry field to win 45,734 (includes 25,875 in bounties). PokerStars India-reg Swapnil ‘pokpom1’ Patil (runner-up for 27,142) (includes 6,938 in bounties) and ‘hulk01234’ (3rd for 26,089) (includes 7,125 in bounties) cashed the other top payouts, courtesy of a three-way deal.

Runner-up Swapnil Patil
Runner-up Swapnil Patil

 

 

PokerBaazi

The biggest draw on PokerBaazi was Flight 1C of the “Value Bomb Extreme.” The 1,100 entry buy-in 50 Lakhs GTD tourney piled in another 865 entries (539 unique and 326 re-entries) on Friday, and 103 players bagged Day 2 stacks after the stipulated 27 levels of play. An anonymous user ‘sab55’ (591,000) bagged the end-of-day chip lead, also taking over the overall chip lead across the first three flights. ‘heartbroker’ (534,000) and Rakesh ‘spiboy314’ Gopal (413,000) rounded out the top three stacks of the day.

Running alongside the Value Bomb Extreme was the 12 Lakhs GTD The Weekly HighRoller. The 11,000 entry buy-in tourney clocked in 167 entrants, generating a guarantee-smashing 16.70 Lakhs prize pool. The IOPC Highroller and Super High Roller champion Sriharsha ‘ivey2’ Doddapaneni was the last player standing and won a site-best 4.15 Lakhs, denying two-time Weekly HighRoller champion, Young Gun Gaurav ‘gaug17’ Sood (runner-up for 2.91 Lakhs), the title.

Sriharsha Doddapaneni
Sriharsha Doddapaneni

 

The two-time Millionaire champion Sriharsha Doddapaneni now has 97.48 Lakhs in annual winnings, with over 66 Lakhs in annual profits. He currently ranked #4 among the most profitable players of 2021.

The Weekly HighRoller deep run happens to be the 2020 leaderboard topper Gaurav Sood`s second consecutive day placing runner-up in a flagship tourney. On Thursday, he took second place in Adda52’s Godfather for 3.82 Lakhs.

The Weekly HighRoller runner-up score and three other ITM finishes helped Sood jump two places to the #1 position on the 2021 leaderboard standings with ~1.46 Crores in recorded winnings. This is the second time this year Sood sits at the top of the yearly leaderboard. On April 2, Sood had landed himself the ‘numero uno’ position on the annual charts for a day.

Sankalp ‘Wobbegong’ Marwah (Won 1.5 Lakhs GTD Holdem Boost for 56,710), Aditya ‘adit11’ Kulkarni (Won 1.5 Lakhs GTD Turbo for 47,030), and Shivam ‘broosky’ Shukla (Won 1 Lakh GTD PLO Boost for 34,300) took down the other marquee tourneys on PokerBaazi.

Sankalp Marwah
Sankalp Marwah

 

 

Adda52

Adda52`s Friday headliner, the 22.5 Lakhs GTD The Ballers, logged in 390 challengers to form a prize pool worth 26.72 Lakhs. The mystery crusher ‘pokraj’ came out trumps, winning the title for the second time for 6.63 Lakhs. The player had championed the event for the first time on January 1 for 5.63 Lakhs. ‘pokraj’ now has 96.67 Lakhs in recorded winnings on Adda52 (42.16 Lakhs in net profits).

PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja placed runner-up in The Ballers for 4.01 Lakhs. Ahuja is currently ranked #4 on the annual charts with 1.30 Crores in annual winnings (49.30 Lakhs in net profits). His lifetime tally reflects 7.74 Crores (2.82 Crores in net profits) in winnings across domestic sites.

Runner-up Ashish Ahuja
Runner-up Ashish Ahuja

 

Ankita ‘ankumalik’ Ajay topped a field of 322 entries in the 5 Lakhs GTD Running Hot to win 1.33 Lakhs following a heads-up deal with Navin ‘kutkut69A’ Bohania (runner-up for 1.25 Lakhs).

For Ajay, this was his fourth time championing the Running Hot, pushing his total winnings on the site to 32.31 Lakhs (10.23 Lakhs in site-profits).

The other Friday winners were:

PlayerPrize AmountEventPoker Site
Sankalp 'Wobbegong' Marwah₹56,7106-Max Holdem Boost ₹1.5 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
Srujan ‘prasujji’ Gudelly ₹54,104Afternoon Adda ₹1.5 Lakh GTDAdda52
Sachin ‘Úllumanati’ Sharma ₹53,774Night Rider- Monster Stack ₹2.75 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
Aditya ‘adit11’ Kulkarni₹47,030Turbo ₹1.5 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
Prison M!ke₹45,734The Classic PKO ₹2 Lakhs GTDPokerStars India
Shivam ‘broosky’ Shukla₹34,300PLO Boost Monster ₹1 Lakh GTDPokerBaazi
utkarsh1996₹26,400Dangal Friday ₹1.2 Lakhs GTDPokerDangal
aayushdok
₹21,805Ultrasonic ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD
PokerStars India
zravasya₹13,800Prime Time PLO ₹30K GTDKhelo365
Alexcy ‘JonGregor’ Newmai₹8,600Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTDKhelo365

 

The Millionaire 1 Crore GTD Day 1B – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – 5,500

Entries – 194

Re-entries – 40

Re-buys – 103

Survivors – 48

Running from 7 PM to 11:38 PM, the second starting flight of Spartan Poker’s 1 Crore GTD The Millionaire, Day 1B, pulled in 337 entries, with only 48 runners advancing to Day 2.

The latest Trending Thursday champion ‘Flahoolick’ (220,150), Rajiv ‘BHAI HO THO AISA’ Srivastava (215,783), and birthday boy Vatsalya ‘TooEasy’ Rao (180,243) bagged the top stacks of the day.

PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja (174,654), Young Gun Anuj ‘tittooTauji’ Yadav (157,329), Palash ‘palash777’ Nandwani (155,648), Deepak ‘chimpoo’ Bothra (155,083), Young Gun Shardul ‘Faucet Failure’ Parthasarathi (141,078), Pranav ‘I’mThePlayboi’ Bang (108,272), and Abhijeet ‘TheSupremeOne’ Kumar (106,566) were others topping the survivor’s list.

Day 1C starts at 7 PM today.

Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1B

  1. Flahoolick – 220,150
  2. Rajiv ‘BHAI HO THO AISA’ Srivastava – 215,783
  3. Vatsalya ‘TooEasy’ Rao – 180,243
  4. Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja – 174,654
  5. Anuj ‘tittooTauji’ Yadav – 157,329
  6. Palash ‘palash777’ Nandwani – 155,648
  7. Deepak ‘chimpoo’ Bothra – 155,083
  8. Shardul ‘Faucet Failure’ Parthasarathi – 141,078
  9. Pranav ‘I’mThePlayboi’ Bang – 108,272
  10. Abhijeet ‘TheSupremeOne’ Kumar – 106,566

 

Value Bomb Extreme 50 Lakhs GTD Flight 1C – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – 1,100

Entries – 539

Re-entries – 326

Survivors – 103

Flight 1C of PokerBaazi’s 50 Lakhs GTD Value Bomb Extreme saw 103 runners from a starting field of 865 entries, making it across to Day 2.

The mystery user ‘sab55’ (591,000) bagged the end-of-the-day chip lead after almost five hours of play. The player has overtaken the Flight 1A chip leader Siddhanth Kripalani (490,000) as the overall chip leader after the three starting flights.

Rakesh ‘spiboy314’ Gopal (413,000), Rachit ‘captan’ Pathak (309,000), Pranav ‘pranavpoker’ Khandalkar (290,000), Abhijeet ‘ERROR404’ Kumar (257,000), Aditya ‘adit11’ Kulkarni (257,000), and Pranav ‘pranav40973’ Agrawal (254,000) made the top 10 chip counts list.

Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Flight 1C

  1. sab55 – 591,000
  2. heartbroker – 534,000
  3. Rakesh ‘spiboy314’ Gopal – 413,000
  4. Rachit ‘captan’ Pathak – 309,000
  5. apexpredator26 – 303,000
  6. Pranav ‘pranavpoker’ Khandalkar – 290,000
  7. Nirvana20 – 266,000
  8. Abhijeet ‘ERROR404’ Kumar – 257,000
  9. Aditya ‘adit11’ Kulkarni – 257,000
  10. Pranav ‘pranav40973’ Agrawal – 254,000

 

The Elite 30 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – 11,000

Entries – 161

Re-entries – 80

Rebuys – 135

Prize Pool – 37,60,000

Places Paid – 31

Spartan Poker`s featured Friday tourney, the 30 Lakhs GTD The Elite, ran on-course starting at 9.30 PM last night. The 11,000 entry buy-in event locked in 376 entries to collect a generous 37.60 Lakhs prize pool, and 31 places got paid.

Poker Sports League co-founder and CEO Pranav ‘Boller’ Bagai claimed the podium after a long grind that lasted over eight hours, claiming the day`s single-largest score worth 7.95 Lakhs. The four-time Destiny winner Nitin ‘Demogorgon’ Arora finished runner-up for 5.35 Lakhs.

Pranav Bagai has cashed this tourney several times in the past, and his previous best score in The Elite was a runner-finish worth 5.38 Lakhs on July 4, 2020. With The Elite title under his belt, the long-time industry veteran has crossed the 1 Crore-mark in lifetime winnings (1.05 Crores).

Meet ‘gogobhai’ Jariwala (3rd for 3.78 Lakhs), former MoneyMaker champion Sandeep ‘PS_Sunshine’ Singh (4th for 3.06 Lakhs), Siddarth ‘PeterPunter’ Singhvi (5th for 2.42 Lakhs), and Pranav ‘I’mThePlayboi’ Bang (6th for 1.843 Lakhs) FT-ed the six-max FT.

Runner-up Nitin Arora
Runner-up Nitin Arora

 

Final Table Results

  1. Pranav ‘Boller’ Bagai – 7,95,240
  2. Nitin ‘Demogorgon’ Arora – 5,35,424
  3. Meet ‘gogobhai’ Jariwala – 3,77,504
  4. Sandeep ‘PS_Sunshine’ Singh – 3,06,064
  5. Siddarth ‘PeterPunter’ Singhvi – 2,42,144
  6. Pranav ‘I’mThePlayboi’ Bang – 1,83,864

 

The Ballers 22.5 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – 7,500

Entries – 184

Re-entries – 206

Prize Pool – 26,71,500

Places Paid – 43

Adda52`s 22.5 Lakhs GTD The Ballers brought 390 hopefuls, and 43 places got paid a share from the 26.72 Lakhs prize pool.

Adda52 regular ‘pokraj’ added a second The Ballers title to his tally as he bested PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja heads-up to win 6.63 Lakhs. Ahuja, the #4 ranked player in the annual standings, collected 4.01 Lakhs for his runner-up finish.

Well-known pro Srihari ‘zombieballs’ Bang (4th for 2.14 Lakhs) and Ayush ‘lazyman’ Garg (5th for 1.39 Lakhs) also FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

  1. pokraj – 6,62,532
  2. Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja – 4,00,725
  3. Pups – 2,80,508
  4. Srihari ‘zombieballs’ Bang – 2,13,720
  5. Ayush ‘lazyman’ Garg – 1,38,918
  6. Iskander – 93,503

 

The Weekly HighRoller 12 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – 11,000

Entries – 86

Re-entries – 81

Prize Pool – 16,70,000

Places Paid – 21

PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller was another one of Friday’s big attractions. The ₹11,000 entry buy-in event drew 167 entries generating a 16.70 Lakhs prize pool.

The two-time Millionaire champion Sriharsha ‘ivey2’ Doddapaneni was the last player standing and won a 4.15 Lakhs winner`s paycheque, with Young Gun Gaurav ‘gaug17’ Sood securing a runner-up finish worth 2.91 Lakhs.

Arguably one of the best MTT pros in the country, Sriharsha Doddapaneni featured among the top winners last year. He is already off to a strong start in 2021 by claiming the IOPC High Roller and the Super High Roller in January. He is currently ranked #13 on the annual rankings with 97.47 Lakhs in annual winnings.

Believe it or not, the 2020 annual leaderboard topper Gaurav Sood has once again taken over the #1 spot on the annual leaderboard standings. The online phenom is almost impossible to stop, having worked up 8.14 Crores in lifetime winnings, which includes 4.13 Crores in net profits. The Gurgaon-based pro sits on 1.46 Crores in annual winnings (71.24 Lakhs in net profits).

The former IOPC – The Millionaire champion Anurag ’13anurag’ Srivastava (3rd for 1.87 Lakhs), Shaan ‘kaamkaro’ Thadani (5th for 1.39 Lakhs), and Harshad ‘omglukbox’ Barve (6th for 83,166) FT-ed the tourney.

Gautam ‘M8a7’ Rohilla bubbled the FT in seventh place for 69,138.

Runner-up Gaurav Sood
Runner-up Gaurav Sood

 

Final Table Results

  1. Sriharsha ‘ivey2’ Doddapaneni – 4,15,329
  2. Gaurav ‘gaug17’ Sood – 2,91,081
  3. Anurag ’13anurag’ Srivastava – 1,87,207
  4. Shaan ‘kaamkaro’ Thadani – 1,38,610
  5. rambarose – 1,04,041
  6. Harshad ‘omglukbox’ Barve – 83,166

 

Futuristic 10 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – 880

Entries – 485

Re-entries – 356

Rebuys – 522

Prize Pool – 10,90,400

Places Paid – 119

Spartan Poker’s multi-entry tourney, the 10 Lakhs GTD Futuristic, logged in a massive 1,363-player field last night, collecting a generous 10.90 Lakhs in the prize pool.

Vikram ‘MentalScience’ Mishra proved the last player standing and pocketed the 2.05 Lakhs up-top. Pranav ‘pranav40973’ Agrawal placed runner-up for 1.24 Lakhs.

Sandeep ‘TheUnicorn’ Malik (3rd for 88,322), Bhushan ‘funchampion’ Sohani (4th for 66,514), Nabin Kumar ‘Nkb77’ Bhakat (5th for 52,448), Ajay ‘maybe59’ Agrawal (6th for 39,363), Yash ‘Babyshark10’ Chitre (7th for 28,023), and Ankit ‘starnaruto’ Saurabh (8th for 19,409) booked FT payouts.

Runner-up Pranav Agrawal
Runner-up Pranav Agrawal

 

Final Table Results

  1. Vikram ‘MentalScience’ Mishra – 2,05,431
  2. Pranav ‘pranav40973’ Agrawal – 1,24,960
  3. Sandeep ‘TheUnicorn’ Malik – 88,322
  4. Bhushan ‘funchampion’ Sohani – 66,514
  5. Nabin Kumar ‘Nkb77’ Bhakat – 52,448
  6. Ajay ‘maybe59’ Agrawal – 39,363
  7. Yash ‘Babyshark10’ Chitre – 28,023
  8. Ankit ‘starnaruto’ Saurabh – 19,409

 

Uppercut MAGIC Edition 7 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – 3,850

Entries – 116

Re-entries – 90

Total Prize Pool – 7,21,000

Regular Prize Pool – 3,60,500

Bounty Prize Pool – 3,60,500

Places Paid – 23

PokerStars India’s Friday headliner, 7 Lakhs GTD Uppercut MAGIC Edition, registered 206 entrants, making for a prize pool collection of 7.21 Lakhs.

It took seven hours and 17 minutes of play for the anonymous user ‘Raag-bhav’ to come out on top and collect a winner’s paycheque worth 1.51 Lakhs (includes 88,730 in bounties). ‘ForeverTJ’ came in second for 95,764 (includes 33,387 in bounties).

PokerGuru Ambassador Ankit ‘b00mtr00p3r’ Wadhawan (3rd for 50,390), Sreekanth ‘LaganaHiToHai’ Narayan (4th for 55,846), and Amit ‘Stu Ungar 7694’ Kaushik (5th for 30,447), also earned final table payouts.

Final Table Results (Includes Bounties)

  1. Raag-bhav – 1,51,108
  2. ForeverTJ – 95,764
  3. Ankit ‘b00mtr00p3r’ Wadhawan – 50,390
  4. Sreekanth ‘LaganaHiToHai’ Narayan – 55,846
  5. Amit ‘Stu Ungar 7694’ Kaushik – 30,447
  6. iveynotivy – 29,143
  7. Dhaval ‘BithBecool’ Mudgal – 33,301

 

Running Hot 5 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – 2,200

Entries – 176

Re-entries – 146

Total Prize Pool – 6,44,000

Places Paid – 34

Adda52`s 9.30 PM tourney, 4 Lakhs GTD Running Hot, registered 322 entries, and 34 places took a bite out of the profitable 6.44 Lakhs prize pool kitty.

Site regular Ankita ‘ankumalik’ Ajay raced past the competition to champion the tourney for an impressive fourth time, banking 1.33 Lakhs. The winner struck a heads-up deal with Navin ‘kutkut69A’ Bohania, who banked an equally handsome 1.25 Lakhs.

Pranav ‘pkpok’ Khandalkar (3rd for 70,840), Amrit ‘amrit1111’ Mishra (4th for 53,774), PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer ‘arjan30’ Singh Chadha (6th for 24,150), and last night’s The Elite runner-up finisher Nitin ‘bigbluffs’ Arora (8th for 16,100) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

  1. Ankita ‘ankumalik’ Ajay – 1,33,383*
  2. Navin ‘kutkut69A’ Bohania – 1,25,183*
  3. Pranav ‘pkpok’ Khandalkar – 70,840
  4. Amrit ‘amrit1111’ Mishra – 53,774
  5. PunYaLan – 37,030
  6. Arjanveer ‘arjan30’ Singh Chadha – 24,150
  7. nandanischay – 19,320
  8. Nitin ‘bigbluffs’ Arora – 16,100

*denotes a heads-up deal

 

The Classic PKO 2 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – 1,650

Entries – 80

Re-entries – 38

Total Prize Pool – 2,00,000

Regular Prize Pool – 1,11,500

Bounty Prize Pool – 88,500

Places Paid – 13

PokerStars India’s 2 Lakhs GTD The Classic PKO logged in 118 entries, overlaying 23,000.

The user ‘Prison M!ke’ (anonymity requested) shipped the event for 45,734 (includes 25,875 in bounties), following a three-way deal with Swapnil ‘pokpom1’ Patil (runner-up for 27,142) (includes 6,938 in bounties) and ‘hulk01234’ (3rd for 26,089) (includes 7,125 in bounties).

PokerStars India regular Swapnil Patil had a smashing Monday, shipping both the Deepstack and Ultrasonic. He presently boasts 45.61 Lakhs in lifetime winnings.

Anish ‘sheldon11cooper’ Garg (4th for 14,730), Piyush ‘noname3006’ Nanda (5th for 9,953), Kapil ‘racemonk’ Arora (7th for 8,527), Siddharth ‘gangnam gangi’ Gangwar (8th for 10,440), and Sreeharsha ‘DonkeyCommitted’ Boneni (9th for 4,745) FT-ed the tourney.

 

Holdem Boost 6-Max 1.5 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – 1,100

Entries – 129

Re-entries – 112

Prize Pool – 2,41,000

Places Paid – 27

PokerBaazi`s 9 PM tourney, the 1.5 Lakhs Holdem Boost, posted a 2.41 Lakhs prize pool on the back of 241 entries.

Wednesday’s 6-Max Holdem Boost champion Sankalp ‘Wobbegong’ Marwah shipped the tourney for the third time last night for 56,710 – the second time in the last three days he has won the tourney. He defeated Karan ‘karangogi’ Malhotra (runner-up for 39,790) in the heads-up play.

Kovid ‘fzzzyyy’ Saraswat (3rd for 25,594), The Weekly HighRoller seventh-place finisher Gautam ‘M8a7’ Rohilla (4th for 18,943) and Rising Star Aman ‘KarmaPoker’ Parakh (5th for 14,220) FT-ed the tourney.

 

Dangal Friday 1.2 Lakhs GTD – PokerDangal

Buy-in – 990

Entries – 83

Re-entries – 34

Prize Pool – 1,20,000

Places Paid – 20

The user ‘utkarsh1996’ shipped PokerDangal’s 1.2 Lakhs GTD Dangal Friday to win 26,400. ‘spewgod’ finished runner-up for 19,800.

 

Prime Time PLO 30K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – 550

Entries – 23

Re-entries – 8

Prize Pool – 30,000

Places Paid – 4

‘zravasya’ took down Khelo365`s 30K GTD Prime Time PLO for 13,800 after firing three bullets. ‘Santoshi’ placed runner-up for 7,800.

 

Grinder 2.0 20K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – 275

Entries – 38

Re-entries – 11

Prize Pool – 20,000

Places Paid – 5

Khelo365 regular Alexcy ‘JonGregor’ Newmai shipped the 20K GTD Grinder 2.0 for 8,600.

 

This report was updated at 5 PM on 24.04.2021.

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