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Daily Majors: Harshit Sanghi Champions “The Big Deal” Again, Sanat Mehrotra, Siddhanth Kripalani, Yash Chitre & Sahil Chutani Crush the Other Thursday Flagships
October is one of the few months this year when tournament regs are getting a bit of a respite from grinding out a massive guaranteed series. Nevertheless, the weekly flagships have kept them busy, especially Spartan Poker’s Daily Poker Marathon – Champion’s Week and The Millionaire that commenced another edition last night.
Grabbing the Thursday headlines for the second consecutive time was none other than the first-ever IOPC- The Crown champion Harshit Sanghi, who went back-to-back by defending the title in Spartan Poker’s The Big Deal. He’d won this tournament for ₹7.55 Lakhs last week and lapped up an even better ₹10 Lakhs for repeating the feat. Mitesh Kumar Gupta placed runner-up for ₹5.80 Lakhs, posting his third big score of the week.
The Young Guns dominated most of the day`s other headline events. The most prominent of them was Sanat Mehrotra, who won Adda52`s Godfather for the third time last night for ₹6.20 Lakhs. Vinayak Bajaj was in the reckoning in both the Adda52 marquees and posted runner-up finishes in the Godfather and the Monster Turbo 5L, adding ₹5.04 Lakhs to his tally.
Yash Chitre came out on top in the second Spartan Poker marquee, Trending Thursday, to win ₹3.96 Lakhs. Vinay B placed runner-up for ₹2.63 Lakhs.
Young Gun Siddhanth Kripalani delivered a smashing performance in PokerBaazi’s The Summit and took down the event for the second time for ₹3.84 Lakhs. He added ₹4.22 Lakhs cumulatively across his Thursday night run. Md Zeeshan secured a runner-up finish worth ₹2.69 Lakhs.
Young Gun Sahil Chutani was the biggest winner on PokerStars India. The recent INCOOP Highroller KO champion took down the Highroller title for ₹2.52 Lakhs, while Harsh Dembla finished runner-up for ₹1.96 Lakhs.
Adda52’s Monster Turbo 5L was taken down by the first-ever Game Changer champion Prashanth Sekar for ₹1.35 Lakhs. He made away with ₹2.12 Lakhs last night.
Avid poker streamer Shobhit Bhargava scored a site-best ₹60,707 in PokerBaazi’s Hold’em Boost shortly after streaming a ₹10/₹25 cash game session on the site.
Kunal Yadav, Mohak Kapoor, and Rohan Soman bagged the other marquee titles!
Here are the Thursday highlights!
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Spartan Poker
The featured event at Spartan Poker’s Champions Week was the ₹30 Lakhs GTD The Big Deal. The ₹22,000 buy-in six-max event clocked in 184 entries (35 entries more than last week), generating a hefty ₹36.80 Lakhs prize pool. The first-ever IOPC – The Crown champion, Harshit ‘PokerinOlympics’ Sanghi took down the event for the second time in a row to walk away with the ₹10 Lakhs guaranteed up-top (the site filled a nominal ₹6,400 deficit). Wednesday`s Destiny runner-up finisher, Mitesh Kumar ‘mikefrbike’ Gupta, placed runner-up again, banking ₹5.79 Lakhs.
Harshit Sanghi`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.71 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹91 Lakhs
The ₹19 Lakhs GTD Trending Thursday reigned in a guarantee-crushing 395-entry field, and 39 places got paid from the ₹19.75 Lakhs prize pool. Taking home the title was this week’s The Endeavour runner-up finisher Yash ‘BabyShark10’ Chitre, who won ₹3.95 Lakhs. Vinay ‘ConCrete’ Bk came second for ₹2.63 Lakhs.
Another edition of The Millionaire (₹20 Lakhs GTD to 1st Place) took flight last night. The first of five scheduled flights registered 229 participants, and 31 made the cut for Day 2. Anand ‘OrangeZuce’ Babu Pallikona (233,131), Ashit ‘D. Carwin1’ Sharma (200,824), Pranav ‘pranavpoker’ Khandalkar (156,360), ‘Imtiaz786’ (152,501), and Harshad ‘Omglukbox’ Barve (151,605) topped the day-end chip counts.
Pravin ‘iShowNutz’ Garle (Won Night Rider – DeepStack Turbo ₹2 Lakhs GTD for ₹39,573), Samay ‘Sweetheartpoker’ Singh Meena (Won Ultimate 4 Card PLO – ₹1.25 Lakhs GTD for ₹36,438), ‘X—factor’ (Won Epic – ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹22,220), and ‘singh1209’ (Won The Centurion – ₹1 Lakhs GTD for ₹19,743) shipped the other Spartan Poker marquees.
PokerBaazi
PokerBaazi`s The Summit wrangled in 212 entrants to collect a profitable ₹15.90 Lakhs prize pool. Sunday’s BSS SuperStack champion, Young Gun Siddhanth ‘ender’ Kripalani, was the last player standing and won the Thursday flagship for the second time last night for ₹3.84 Lakhs. The recent The Big Show champion Md ‘007Bahubali’ Zeeshan finished runner-up for ₹2.69 Lakhs. He cashed another two events for ₹4.22 Lakhs in Thursday winnings.
Md. Zeeshan`s ITM finishes include:
> 1st in The Summit for ₹3.84 Lakhs
> 10th in the Godfather for ₹31,250
> 14th in the Monster Turbo for ₹6,650
Siddhanth Kripalani’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.71 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.18 Crores
569Poker’s Shobhit ‘AlreadyTaken’ Bhargava shipped the ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Holdem Boost for ₹60,707. Ajay ‘Raakaa1’ Agrawal placed runner-up for ₹42,596. Bhargava was streaming a ₹10/₹25 cash game session on PokerBaazi when he registered for the event and ended up posting his best-recorded finish on the site.
Mohak ‘Titltin’ Kapoor (Won Daily Night SPRINT ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹53,090), ‘mamaji111’ (Won PLO Boost Monster ₹50K GTD for ₹13,700) and ‘chiranjit1999’ (Won ₹50K GTD 5-Max Daily for ₹9,552) won the other PokerBaazi marquees.
PokerStars India
Last month`s INCOOP Highroller KO Championship winner Young Gun Sahil ‘allezjuju’ Chutani toppled a 145-entry field in PokerStars India’s ₹12 Lakhs GTD Highroller to win the title for ₹2.52 Lakhs. This was his 14th title victory of the year and boosted his annual tally to ₹1.60 Crores. Tuesday’s The Race winner Harsh ‘kakori kabab’ Dembla (2nd for ₹1.96 Lakhs) and Shravan ‘lukBo$$13’ Chhabria (3rd for ₹1.52 Lakhs) secured podium finishes.
Sahil Chutani`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.45 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.69 Crores
The 2020 India Poker Champion Rubin ‘kornkid4’ Labroo FT-ed two events, lapping up ₹2.11 Lakhs overall.
His FT scores were:
> 4th in Spartan Poker’s Trending Thursday for ₹1.55 Lakhs
> 7th in PokerStars India’s Highroller for ₹55,334
The WPT India Bounty Championship champion Rohan ‘RSmincer’ Soman beat out the competition in the ₹2 Lakhs GTD The Classic to win ₹43,837. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.28 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹18.32 Lakhs
Akhand ‘akhand188’ Shukla cashed four events, adding a cumulative ₹35,443.
His top finishes include:
> 3rd in PokerStars India’s The Classic for ₹25,967
> 6th in PokerStars India’s Ultrasonic for ₹7,767
‘SayyMyyName’ (Won Ultrasonic ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹27,508), ‘kidwithim’ (Won Ultra KO 90% ₹50K GTD for ₹20,957), Jayaraj ‘ijaydc’ DC (Won Afternoon on Stars ₹60K GTD for ₹17,012), Amit ‘Nitin&AMIT9999’ Ayare (Won Primetime Grind ₹50K GTD for ₹15,744), and ‘subha549’ (Won Deepstack ₹50K GTD for ₹13,024) shipped the other PokerStars India marquees.
Adda52
Adda52`s overlay woes continue with the site filling in almost ₹4 Lakhs to meet the ₹25 Lakhs guarantee in the Godfather. Young Gun Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra benefitted the most from this added value as he took down the event for the third time last night (his second time this year) for a ₹6.20 Lakhs top prize. The IIT and IIM alumni also ran deep in Spartan Poker’s Trending Thursday (30th for ₹15,405), netting ₹6.35 Lakhs cumulatively.
Sanat Mehrotra’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.50 Crores | Lifetime Profit: ₹2.34 Crores
Vinayak ‘bhai_on_mary_jane’ Bajaj posted runner-up finishes in both the Adda52 marquees, ending the day with ₹5.04 Lakh in total winnings.
His ITM finishes include:
> 2nd in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹3,75,000
> 2nd in Adda52’s Monster Turbo for ₹1,12,176
> 20th in PokerBaazi’s The Summit for ₹17,172
The inaugural Game Changer champion Prashanth ‘ekthatalli’ Sekar outlasted the 257-entry field in the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Monster Turbo to win ₹1.35 Lakhs. Sekar placed sixth in PokerBaazi’s The Summit for another ₹76,956, netting ₹2.11 Lakhs overall.
Prashanth Sekar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.69 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹83 Lakhs
Kunal ‘Kunotaguero’ Yadav (Won Nano DST ₹2 Lakhs GTD for ₹57,549), ‘Maddy000001’ (Won Nano Battleship ₹30K GTD for ₹9,772), ‘Bombaystar’ (Won Win The Button 330 ₹10K GTD for ₹6,727), and ‘pokernomad’ (Won Classic 200 ₹20K GTD for ₹5,800) were the other prominent winners on Adda52.
The other Thursday winners were:
| Player | Prize Amount | Event | Poker Site |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kunal 'Kunotaguero' Yadav | ₹57,549 | Nano DST ₹2 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
| Mohak ‘Titltin’ Kapoor | ₹53,090 | Daily Night SPRINT ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
| Rohan 'RSmincer' Soman | ₹43,837 | The Classic ₹2 Lakhs GTD | PokerStars India |
| Pravin ‘iShowNutz’ Garle | ₹39,573 | Night Rider – DeepStack Turbo ₹2 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
| Samay ‘Sweetheartpoker’ Singh Meena | ₹36,438 | Ultimate 4 Card PLO - ₹1.25 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
| SayyMyyName | ₹27,508 | Ultrasonic ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD | PokerStars India |
| X--factor | ₹22,220 | Epic - ₹1 Lakh GTD | Spartan Poker |
| kidwithim | ₹20,957 | Ultra KO 90% ₹50K GTD | PokerStars India |
| singh1209 | ₹19,743 | The Centurion - ₹1 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
| Jayaraj 'jaydc' DC | ₹17,012 | Afternoon on Stars ₹60K GTD | PokerStars India |
| Amit 'NitinAMIT9999' Ayare | ₹15,744 | Primetime Grind ₹50K GTD | PokerStars India |
| mamaji111 | ₹13,700 | PLO Boost Monster ₹50K GTD | PokerBaazi |
| subha549 | ₹13,024 | Deepstack ₹50K GTD | PokerStars India |
| FULLMOONZZZ | ₹12,900 | Hitman PLO ₹30K GTD | Khelo365 |
| Maddy000001 | ₹9,772 | Nano Battleship ₹30K GTD | Adda52 |
| chiranjit1999 | ₹9,552 | 5-Max Daily ₹50K GTD | PokerBaazi |
| Bombaystar | ₹6,727 | Win The Button 330 ₹10K GTD | Adda52 |
| pokernomad | ₹5,800 | Classic 200 ₹20K GTD | Adda52 |
The Millionaire ₹20 Lakhs GTD to 1st Place Day 1A – Spartan Poker
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 142
Re-entries – 25
Rebuys – 62
Survivors – 31
Thursday marked the start of a brand-new edition of Spartan Poker’s The Millionaire, guaranteeing a whopping ₹20 Lakhs to the winner. Day 1A logged in 229 challengers, and only 31 survived through to Day 2.
Anand ‘OrangeZuce’ Babu Pallikona (233,131), Ashit ‘D. Carwin1’ Sharma (200,824), Pranav ‘pranavpoker’ Khandalkar (156,360), ‘Imtiaz786’ (152,501), and Harshad ‘Omglukbox’ Barve (151,605) round out the top five names on the day-end chip counts.
Ratan ‘NewUzer’ Singh (140,258), Arjun ‘lol this guy’ Pasricha (123,698), Shashank ‘Goldfish097’ Shekhar (117,161), and the #2 ranked player of the year, Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia (111,071), were among the other notables on the top 10 chip counts list.
Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1A
- Anand ‘OrangeZuce’ Babu Pallikona – 233,131
- Ashit ‘D. Carwin1’ Sharma – 200,824
- Pranav ‘pranavpoker’ Khandalkar – 156,360
- Imtiaz786 – 152,501
- Harshad ‘Omglukbox’ Barve – 151,605
- Ratan ‘NewUzer’ Singh – 140,258
- Arjun ‘lol this guy’ Pasricha – 123,698
- Shashank ‘Goldfish097’ Shekhar – 117,161
- Taking Souls – 111,160
- Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia – 111,071
The Big Deal ₹30 Lakhs GTD (Top place ₹10 Lakhs GTD) (6-Max) – Spartan Poker
Buy-in – ₹22,000
Entries – 91
Re-entries – 42
Rebuys – 51
Prize Pool – ₹36,80,000
Places Paid – 20
The first-ever IOPC – The Crown champion, Harshit ‘PokerinOlympics’ Sanghi took down Spartan Poker’s ₹30 Lakhs GTD The Big Deal title for the second week in a row, netting the ₹10 Lakhs guaranteed up-top.
Wednesday`s Destiny runner-up finisher Miteshkumar ‘mikefrbike’ Gupta once again placed runner-up, collecting ₹5.79 Lakhs in prize money.
The FT had three PokerGuru Ambassadors in contention, including Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja (3rd for ₹4.14 Lakhs), Mithun ‘Zima Blue’ Mahesh (4th for ₹3.12 Lakhs), and Ashish ‘Donkey 07’ Munot (5th for ₹2.11 Lakhs). Nitin ‘Demogorgon’ Arora also FT-ed the event in sixth place for ₹1.72 Lakhs.
The ₹22,000 buy-in event logged in a 184-entry field, and the top 20 places got a share from the ₹36.80 Lakhs prize pool.
Final Table Results
- Harshit ‘PokerinOlympics’ Sanghi – ₹10,00,000
- Miteshkumar ‘mikefrbike’ Gupta – ₹5,79,600
- Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja – ₹4,14,000
- Mithun ‘Zima Blue’ Mahesh – ₹3,12,800
- Ashish ‘Donkey 07’ Munot – ₹2,11,600
- Nitin ‘Demogorgon’ Arora – ₹1,72,960
Godfather ₹25 Lakhs GTD – Adda52
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 212
Re-entries – 209
Prize Pool – ₹25,00,000
Places Paid – 43
Young Gun Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra powered his way to his third Godfather title on Adda52, scoring a ₹6.20 Lakhs payday. The former Full House Finale winner’s yearly earnings have touched ₹2.33 Crores, with ₹51.73 Lakhs in corresponding profits. He is presently ranked #15 on the annual leaderboard standings.
The former SSS The Millionaire X5 winner, Vinayak ‘bhai_on_mary_jane’ Bajaj, was in spectacular form last night. The 28-year-old poker reg from Ranchi not only secured a runner-up finish in the Godfather for ₹3.75 Lakhs but also placed second in the Monster Turbo 5L for ₹1.12 Lakhs.
Vinayak Bajaj’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.20 Crores | Lifetime Profit: ₹1.73 Crores
Manesh ‘TEAMfromHELL’ Rathod (3rd for ₹2.62 Lakhs), PokerGuru Ambassador Mithun ‘themiths’ Mahesh (4th for ₹2 Lakhs), Sahil ‘imhighishove’ Mahboobani (5th for ₹1.30 Lakhs), and Ronuk ‘ronuklekhraj’ Lekhraj (6th for ₹87,000), also earned final table payouts.
The ₹5,500 buy-in event logged in a 421-entry field, filling in almost ₹4 Lakhs in overlays.
Final Table Results
- Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra – ₹6,20,000
- Vinayak ‘bhai_on_mary_jane’ Bajaj – ₹3,75,000
- Manesh ‘TEAMfromHELL’ Rathod – ₹2,62,500
- Mithun ‘themiths’ Mahesh – ₹2,00,000
- Sahil ‘imhighishove’ Mahboobani – ₹1,30,000
- Ronuk ‘ronuklekhraj’ Lekhraj – ₹87,000
- Padma37 – ₹68,750
- n4nishant – ₹56,250
Trending Thursday ₹19 Lakhs GTD (8-Max) – Spartan Poker
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 209
Re-entries – 67
Rebuys – 119
Prize Pool – ₹19,75,000
Places Paid – 39
Spartan Poker’s ₹19 Lakhs GTD Trending Thursday was taken down by Yash ‘BabyShark10’ Chitre, who took away the up top cash prize worth ₹3.95 Lakhs after beating Vinay ‘ConCrete’ Bk (runner-up for ₹2.63 Lakhs) in the heads-up clash.
Ram ‘JohnnieRunner-Runner’ Kakkar (3rd for ₹1.92 Lakhs), Rubin ‘imightwin’ Labroo (4th for ₹1.55 Lakhs), Bhushan ‘funchampion’ Sohani (6th for ₹92,233), PokerGuru Ambassador Vivek ‘KasolHieghts’ Singh (7th for ₹67,743), and Anurag ‘CultOfPersonality’ Srivastava (8th for ₹49,770) also posted FT scores!
The ₹5,500 buy-in MTT clocked in 396 contenders to crush its posted guarantee by ₹75,000, and the top 39 places walked past the money line.
Final Table Results
- Yash ‘BabyShark10’ Chitre – ₹3,95,988
- Vinay ‘ConCrete’ B – ₹2,63,268
- Ram ‘JohnnieRunner-Runner’ Kakkar – ₹1,92,563
- Rubin ‘imightwin’ Labroo – ₹1,55,433
- anilsharma – ₹1,21,858
- Bhushan ‘funchampion’ Sohani – ₹92,233
- Vivek ‘KasolHieghts’ Singh – ₹67,743
- Anurag ‘CultOfPersonality’ Srivastava – ₹49,770
The Summit ₹15 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi
Buy-in – ₹8,250
Entries – 124
Re-entries – 88
Prize Pool – ₹15,90,000
Places Paid – 24
Continuing his hot run, last Sunday’s BSS SuperStack champion, Young Gun Siddhanth ‘ender’ Kripalani, came out on top in PokerBaazi`s ₹15 Lakhs GTD The Summit to win ₹3.84 Lakhs. Md ‘007Bahubali’ Zeeshan, who had championed The Big Show on October 4, placed runner-up for ₹2.69 Lakhs.
Siddhanth Kripalani had previously won this event on December 10, 2020. He is currently ranked #12 player on the annual leaderboard with ₹2.36 Crores in yearly earnings and boasts an equally impressive ₹4.71 Crores in lifetime winnings (₹2.18 Crores in lifetime profits).
The high-octane FT featured the likes of PokerGuru Ambassadors Arjanveer ‘holdbaby’ Singh Chadha (3rd for ₹1.73 Lakhs) and Vivek ‘Nutpeddling729’ Singh (5th for ₹96,195), former APL ambassador Sumit ‘boronyx’ Sapra (4th for ₹1.28 Lakhs), last night`s Monster Turbo 5L champion Prashanth ‘Iveyleague’ Sekar (6th for ₹76,956), and Shrvan ‘SSAScorpion’ Amlekar (7th for ₹63,918).
The event logged in a starting field of 212 participants, collecting a ₹15.90 Lakhs prize pool.
Final Table Results
- Siddhanth ‘ender’ Kripalani – ₹3,83,985
- Md ‘007Bahubali’ Zeeshan – ₹2,69,187
- Arjanveer ‘holdbaby’ Singh Chadha – ₹1,72,992
- Sumit ‘boronyx’ Sapra – ₹1,28,154
- Vivek ‘Nutpeddling729’ Singh – ₹96,195
- Prashanth ‘Iveyleague’ Sekar – ₹76,956
- Shrvan ‘SSAScorpion’ Amlekar – ₹63,918
Highroller ₹12 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India
Buy-in – ₹7,700
Entries – 82
Re-entries – 63
Prize Pool – ₹12,00,000
Places Paid – 17
The Thursday primetime attraction on PokerStars India, the ₹12 Lakhs GTD Highroller, registered 145 entries, falling ₹1.85 Lakhs short of the advertised guarantee.
After a little over six hours of gameplay, last month`s INCOOP Highroller KO Championship winner Young Gun Sahil ‘allezjuju’ Chutani came out on top to win ₹2.52 Lakhs. The site`s “Star of the Month” – March, Harsh ‘kakori kabab’ Dembla finished runner-up for ₹1.96 Lakhs.
Shravan ‘lukBo$$13’ Chhabria (3rd for ₹1.52 Lakhs), Wednesday`s standout winner, Young Gun Shardul ‘merci999’ Parthasarathi (4th for ₹1.18 Lakhs), Vinay ‘VlNAY09’ Rajpal (6th for ₹71,235), Trending Thursday fourth-place finisher Rubin ‘kornkid4’ Labroo (7th for ₹55,334), and Ram ‘TheLagLawyer’ Kakkar (8th for ₹42,982) were notables who FT-ed the event.
Final Table Results
- Sahil ‘allezjuju’ Chutani – ₹2,51,883
- Harsh ‘kakori kabab’ Dembla – ₹1,95,657
- Shravan ‘lukBo$$13’ Chhabria – ₹1,51,983
- Shardul ‘merci999’ Parthasarathi – ₹1,18,058
- dsoff72 – ₹91,705
- Vinay ‘VlNAY09’ Rajpal – ₹71,235
- Rubin ‘kornkid4’ Labroo – ₹55,334
- Ram ‘TheLagLawyer’ Kakkar – ₹42,982
- potshots77 – ₹35,419
Monster Turbo ₹5 Lakhs GTD – Adda52
Buy-in – ₹2,500
Entries – 160
Re-entries – 97
Prize Pool – ₹5,78,252
Places Paid – 27
Unlike the Godfather, Adda52`s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Monster Turbo avoided an overlay loss with 257 participants signing up for ₹2,500, posting a ₹5.78 Lakhs prize pool.
After nearly five hours of intense play, Prashanth ‘ekthatalli’ Sekar took down the title, collecting a winner’s paycheque worth ₹1.35 Lakhs. Vinayak ‘bhai_on_mary_jane’ Bajaj came second for ₹1.12 Lakhs.
Vishal ‘Mitsen’ Singh (3rd for ₹69,390), Rishabh ‘rishlangda’ Baj (5th for ₹34,695), Dhaval ‘faizal1506’ Doshi (6th for ₹24,576), Vinay ‘ContemporisT’ Bk (7th for ₹18,793) and this week’s Sunday Highroller champion Myron ‘zzzzz369’ Pereira (9th for ₹11,565) also FT-ed the event.
Final Table Results
- Prashanth ‘ekthatalli’ Sekar – ₹1,35,026
- Vinayak ‘bhai_on_mary_jane’ Bajaj – ₹1,12,176
- Vishal ‘Mitsen’ Singh – ₹69,390
- Murti8 – ₹50,597
- Rishabh ‘rishlangda’ Baj – ₹34,695
- Dhaval ‘faizal1506’ Doshi – ₹24,576
- Vinay ‘ContemporisT’ Bk – ₹18,793
- Lsdouthere – ₹14,456
- Myron ‘zzzzz369’ Pereira – ₹11,565
The Classic ₹2 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 78
Re-entries – 42
Prize Pool – ₹2,00,000
Places Paid – 15
The WPT India Bounty Championship winner Rohan ‘RSmincer’ Soman overcame the 120-entry field in PokerStars India’s ₹2 Lakhs GTD The Classic to win ₹43,837. The user ‘j0ker_8008’ finished runner-up for ₹33,739.
Ultrasonic sixth-place finisher Akhand ‘akhand188’ Shukla (3rd for ₹25,967), Yuvraj ‘yuvrajlo9097’ J Lohakpure (5th for ₹15,382), Rising Star Aman ‘KarmaPoker77’ Parakh (7th for ₹9,111), and Partho ‘SpidermanIndia’ Datta (9th for ₹5,397) also FT-ed the event.
The event overlaid ₹20,000.
Holdem Boost ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 145
Re-entries – 113
Prize Pool – ₹2,58,000
Places Paid – 27
Poker streamer Shobhit ‘AlreadyTaken’ Bhargava outlasted the 258-entry field to win PokerBaazi’s ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD, Holdem Boost for a site-best ₹60,707. Ajay ‘Raakaa1’ Agrawal finished runner-up for ₹42,596.
Notably, a few hours before winning the title, Bhargava was streaming his ₹10/₹25 cash game session on PokerBaazi. Check out the stream below.
Wednesday Vibes runner-up finisher, Anish ‘PapaNegreanu’ Arora (3rd for ₹27,400), TLB crusher Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPro’ Kumar (4th for ₹20,279), Ankit ‘Asymptote05’ Khattar (6th for ₹12,178), Utkarsh ‘Sam20542’ Srivastava (7th for ₹10,114), and Jerry ‘nongtuh’ Bareh (8th for ₹8,101) were other notable FT finishers.
Hitman PLO ₹30K GTD – Khelo365
Buy-in – ₹550
Entries – 26
Re-entries – 14
Prize Pool – ₹30,000
Places Paid – 5
Khelo365 user ‘FULLMOONZZZ’ fired three bullets in the ₹30K GTD Hitman PLO before taking down the title for ₹12,900. ‘trickett’ was in for five bullets and still turned a tidy profit as they placed runner-up for ₹6,900.
This report was updated at 5.30 PM on 08.10.2021
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This Week in Poker: July 24 – 30
In the PokerGuru feature ‘This Week in Poker’ we bring you the weekly roundup of the biggest online scores by Indian MTT players along with the top stories from both the live and online poker circuit.
Here are this week’s top stories
The last few days have brought with them announcements that promise to revive the “Golden Era” of live poker in Goa. While the writing was on the wall when the top three online brands took over live poker rooms onboard the offshore casinos in Goa, it was only last week that we saw the plans pan out. Both BPT (Casino Pride 2) and IPC (Big Daddy Casino) announced stops as a result of which Indian poker players now have a major live series to play in Goa every month till October. The cards are already in the air at the Deltin Royale poker room with the last DPT of 2019 officially underway. The four-event series will run all through August 5, and we will be posting tournament updates daily.
While we’re still talking about Goa, the state Chief Minister, Pramod Sawant made a significant announcement on Monday concerning the casino industry. Sawant confirmed that the upcoming international airport in Mopa will house casinos as part of integrated resorts, putting to rest (at least partially) speculations around the relocation of offshore casino presently moored on the Mandovi River. But while the relocation news itself was a cause of celebration for the industry, Sawant`s added caveat that only airline passengers would have access to casinos, spoiled the party.
If live tournament action has been enthusing, the online felts back home haven’t lacked at belting out big winners. Last weekend belonged to a 20-year-old Bengaluru poker player Srihari Bang who enjoyed the run of a lifetime in the weekend-majors. He rose to the top of a massive 2,842-entry field in the IOPC Millionaire to win a career-best ₹48.56 Lakhs. That was not all; as in his Sunday grind that lasted almost 14 hours, he took down another major, this time the Sunday Special PKO on PokerStars India for ₹2.85 Lakhs. Bang`s Saturday scores included winning the Upper Cut on PokerStars India and another final-table finish in an IOPC event. In total, Bang took home a life-changing ₹54.35 Lakhs last weekend! No points for guessing that he is our “PokerGuru Star of the Week.”
Upcoming poker site Uma Poker had a busy weekend as well as its flagship USOP series closed out another smashing run. US-based Anchit ‘allin’ Agarwal was the biggest Sunday winner on the site as he bested the 358- player field (268 unique entries and 90 re-entries) in the USOP Main Event to win ₹8.40 Lakhs.
Moving back to live tournament action, we have a good number of Indians in the mix at the ongoing Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) Manila and the team has done well so far. After a career shaping run last year, Sahil Agarwal is back at a stop he knows well and has found early success already. He finished runner-up in the PHP 55K Deepstack NLHE for PHP 530,100 (~₹7.15 Lakhs), the best score for the team yet. Worth pointing out that bracelet winners Iyer and Sushant are both present at the stop having flown in after attending the WPT Gardens Poker Festival $5,000 Main Event.
As July comes to an end, the richest poker tournament in history, the Triton Poker Super High Roller Series London is set to take the Hilton hotel in London by storm. Just two days back, billionaire poker player Bill Perkins is reported to have confirmed his attendance in the £1 Million buy-in event, bringing the list of confirmed attendees at this historical event to 50 runners!
If Triton promises high-stakes action, also on the international poker map for August are the partypoker MILLIONS Europe (Aug 5-8) at Rozvadov and 888poker LIVE Sochi (Aug 8-15).
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The weekend turned out to be smashing for 20-year old Srihari ‘bangbang1999’ Bang who came out on the top of a massive 2,842-entry field in the IOPC Millionaire, winning a career-best ₹48.56 Lakhs. He took home two more titles and made a final table finish netting a colossal ₹54.35 Lakhs last weekend. For his inspiring run, Srihari Bang is our “PokerGuru Star of the Week!”
Other notable scores of the week include –
Vinay ‘Vinstill’ BK won ₹5.30 Lakhs for 1st place in the PokerBaazi ‘BSS SuperStack ₹25 Lakhs GTD’
Sanket ‘blackcod’ Arora won ₹2.20 Lakhs for 1st place in the PokerBaazi ‘Fri-YAY ₹10 Lakhs GTD (RE)’
‘ballerscholar’ won ₹1.32 Lakhs for 1st place in the PokerBaazi ‘The Monster 6- Max ₹5 Lakhs GTD (RE)’
Abhishek ‘ketchup’ Kumar won ₹1.24 Lakhs for 1st place in the PokerBaazi ‘BSS Megastack ₹5 Lakhs GTD (RE)’
‘ASHWINKUMAR’ won ₹80,000 for 1st place in the Khelo365 ‘Twister ₹2 Lakhs GTD Deepstack NLHE’
Himanshu ‘ISquirtBullets’ Dewan won ₹56,135 for 1st place in the PokerBaazi ‘BSS PLO ₹2 Lakh GTD (Half RE)’
Abhishek ‘TheGrinder333’ Garg won ₹47,497 for 1st place in the PokerStars India ‘Sunday Stars ₹2 Lakhs GTD’
‘Vanadev’ won ₹46,000 for 1st place in the Khelo365 ‘Mega Splash ₹1 Lakh GTD NLHE’
‘Rughani’ won ₹40,800 for 1st place in the Khelo365 ‘Big Bang ₹1 Lakh GTD NLHE’
Shagun ‘Sogani22’ Jain won ₹38,595 for 1st place in the PokerStars India ‘The Classic ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD’
‘ParaDroid42’ won ₹31,249 for 1st place in the PokerStars India ‘Sunday Warm-Up ₹1,100 NLHE ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD’
‘vivekkurmee’ won ₹24,269 for 1st place in the PokerStars India ‘Sunday Supersonic ₹1,100 NLHE’
‘subhampa’ won ₹17,500 for 1st place in the PokerBaazi ‘Sunday ₹1 Lakh GTD (RE)’
‘Talaketu’ won ₹17,200 for 1st place in the Khelo365 ‘Deep Stack ₹40K GTD NLHE’
Ajay ‘raakaa1’ Agarwal won ₹15,214 for 1st place in the PokerStars India ‘Sunday Storm ₹1 Lakh GTD’
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USOP ₹3 Crores GTD on Uma Poker Turns Out to be a Smashing Success
One of the incumbents in the online industry, Uma Poker has stood out for the massive guarantee tournaments that the site hosts. It’s recent offering – UMA Series of Poker (USOP) – turned out to be a smashing success.
Pros and recreational players alike were seen winning titles. While known names like Arjun ‘Banana’ Pasricha (₹9,900 buy-in Mini Main Event for ₹5.70 Lakhs) and Shravan ‘acesup44’ Chhabria (USOP Crazy 8 Freezeout for ₹2.57 Lakhs) featured among the early winners at the series, relatively lesser-known Anchit ‘allin’ Agarwal (USOP Main Event ₹40 Lakhs GTD for ₹8.40 Lakhs) and Abhay ‘Baba123’ Randhawa (USOP Closer ₹15 Lakhs GTD for ₹3.23 Lakhs) headlined the winners towards the end.
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Baazi Poker Tour is Coming Back From October 9-14 at Casino Pride 2
PokerBaazi has announced the second edition of its flagship Baazi Poker Tour (BPT) live poker series, that will be held at the soon-to-be-launched PokerBaazi LIVE poker room onboard Casino Pride 2 in Goa from October 9-14.
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Goa CM Pramod Sawant Says New Mopa International Airport Casinos Will Allow Only Airline Passengers
In a written response to a question by BJP legislator Wilfred D’Sa, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant assured everyone present that all offshore casinos would be relocated to the upcoming airport in Mopa soon. The announcement came with a strong caveat that only airline passengers would be permitted in these casinos.
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APPT Manila
The 10-day long 25-event PokerStars sponsored Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) Manila kicked off at the iconic Okada Casino in Manila on July 26 with a sizeable Indian contingent in attendance. Action at the series has been intense right from the get-go, with the series-opener PHP 16,000 APPT Kickoff registering a record 924 entries. Vishal Tajpuria was the only Indian who managed to post a score (41st for PHP 48,000 – ₹64,747) in the event.
While Tajpuria was busy in the Kickoff, Sahil Agarwal was chasing the title in the PHP 55K Deepstack. He came close, falling whiskers short in second place to win PHP 530,100 (~₹7.15 Lakhs).
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The series’ second featured tournament, the PHP 33,000 APPT National also saw a big battalion of Indians in contention and three Indians headlined by Abhinav Iyer (32nd for PHP 93,000 – ₹1.25 Lakhs) finished in-the-money.
Team India Cashes at APPT Manila
| Event | Player | Finish | Prize Money |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHP 55,000 Deepstack NLHE | Sahil Agarwal | 2nd | PHP 530,100 - ₹7.15 Lakhs |
| PHP 33,000 APPT National | Abhinav Iyer | 32nd | PHP 93,000 - ₹1.25 Lakhs |
| PHP 33,000 APPT National | Jaideep Sajwan | 57th | PHP 70,000 - ₹94,820 |
| PHP 33,000 APPT National | Mani Singh | 63rd | PHP 70,000 - ₹94,820 |
| PHP 16,000 Kickoff | Vishal Tajpuria | 41st | PHP 48,000 - ₹64,747 |
The action has since shifted to the PHP 25,000 Megastack NLHE Shot Clock Freezeout where India`s first bracelet winner Aditya Sushant has advanced to Day 2 with a stack of 200,000. Both Iyer and Sushant are also expected to play the PHP 500,000 (~₹6.77 Lakhs) buy-in APPT Super High Roller –Re-Entry that kicks off at 3 PM (PHT) today.
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The biggest winner of the week remains Jinlong Hu who took down the APPT Kickoff for PHP 2,675,000.
Winners at APPT Manila
| Event | Player | Prize Money |
|---|---|---|
| PHP 16,000 APPT Kickoff | Jinlong Hu | PHP 2,675,000 |
| PHP 100K NLHE Shot Clock | Bobby Zhang | PHP 1,563,600 |
| PHP 100K NLHE Shot Clock Freezeout | Wayne Zhang | PHP 1,066,000 |
| PHP 55,000 NLHE Deepstack | Nobuhito Ogo | PHP 829,700 |
| PHP 10,000 NLHE Deepstack | Michael de Leon | PHP 337,400 |
| PHP 10,000 NLHE Freezeout | Chunsan Fan | PHP 271,400 |
| PHP 8,000 NLHE Knockout Freezeout | Gang Tao | PHP 242,300 |
| PHP 8,000 NLHE Turbo Freezeout | Charalampos Lappas | PHP 127,000 |
WPT Announces Inaugural Cambodia Stop
World Poker Tour (WPT), this past week announced that the first-ever WPT Cambodia will take place from November 16-25 at the stunning NagaWorld Integrated Resort in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The series will be headlined by the $1,100 (~₹75,594) Main Event that promises a juicy $250,000 (~₹1.71 Crore) prize pool guarantee.
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Borgata Chasing Phil Ivey’s 2019 WSOP Winnings
Borgata has come chasing the $10.1 Million owed to it by 10-time bracelet winner Phil Ivey and his gaming partner Kelly Sun. As per reports, the Atlantic City-based Borgata Hotel and Casino obtained a formal writ of execution against Ivey and Sun from the Nevada District Court and followed Ivey`s progress all summer. As soon as Ivey reached Day 3 of the $50K Poker Players Championship (PPC) on June 27, the casino served a notice to the WSOP claiming that it had the authority to seize Ivey’s winnings in the event.
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Josh Prager Takes Down $1,650 Ante Up World Championship Main Event
The $1,650 Ante Up World Championship hosted at Thunder Valley Casino Resort drew 469 hopefuls across two starting flights. Josh Prager struck a heads-up deal with Wood Bailey to win the title and $114,434 in prize money.
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Mathias Siljander Wins the Tallinn Summer Showdown Main Event
Besting 194 other rivals, Mathias Siljander took down the 2019 Tallinn Summer Showdown €1,100 Main Event for €46,700.
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Jason Gray Wins 2019 The Star Sydney Championships $5K Challenge for $118,830
The highly anticipated 2019 edition of Sydney Championships kicked off at The Star Sydney on July 11, and among the latest list of champions was U.K’s Jason Gray who won the series’ second most expensive event, the A$5K Challenge, for A$171,572 (~$118,552).
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Hollis Holcomb Wins WSOPC Choctaw Main Event
Besting a field of 975 entries, Hollis Holcomb took down the $1,700 Main Event at the year’s first World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit stop, WSOPC Choctaw Durant, for $255,535. Holcomb denied seven-time gold ring winner Vincent Moscati the eighth ring by running past him heads-up to capture his own first live title.
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Roger Teska Wins WPT Gardens Poker Festival, Nipun Java Finishes 11th
The first stop of World Poker Tour (WPT) Season XVIII, i.e., WPT Gardens Poker Festival $5,000 Main Event attracted 373 entries that included a trio of former Indian bracelet winners namely, Nipun Java, Aditya Sushant, and Abhinav Iyer. Though all three advanced to Day 2, only Java could return with cash, finishing 11th for $28,445 (~ ₹19.59 Lakhs). The tournament was eventually taken down by Roger Teska for $368,475.
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And with this, we conclude this week’s roundup of the latest news updates and developments from the world of poker. We will return again next week with our weekly report, stay tuned.
