Daily Majors: Sharma, Sapra, Raj, Yadav & Chadha Tame the Tuesday Marquees

It was an action-packed Tuesday on the virtual felts with the PokerBaazi Premier League (PPL) now nearing the home stretch. Slated to culminate on March 8, the PPL February edition hosted a myriad of big-ticket events last night. The showstopper tourney was the PPL#28 The Endeavour ₹50 Lakhs GTD which accumulated 1,004 entries (Day 1A – 266 unique and 193 re-entries; Day 1B – 347 unique and 198 re-entries) across two starting flights, generating a prize pool of ₹50.02 Lakhs with 96 runners making it to Day 2. The multi-flight event crowned a champion in Vaibhav ‘WakhraSwagNi’ Sharma, who banked a colossal ₹8.76 Lakhs, along with the title!

Sharma is one of the more consistent winners on the domestic circuit today with over ₹1.67 Crore in recorded online earnings, which includes 54 titles! In fact, Sharma also finished runner-up in PokerStars India’s Sixth Sense ₹6 Lakhs GTD last night for ₹85,456 playing under the moniker ‘GTO_LIFE_GG,’ which was ultimately won by ‘the_owl32’ for ₹1.18 Lakhs.

Joining Sharma on the podium was Sumit ‘boronyx’ Sapra. He trounced a field of 473 entries (243 unique and 230 re-entries) in the PPL#29 Mini High Roller ₹30 Lakhs GTD. The event posted a prize pool worth ₹35.47 Lakhs, and Sapra bagged the largest share of the prize pool kitty worth ₹7.13 Lakhs. Veteran pro Dhaval ‘Rehab77’ Mudgal finished runner-up for ₹4.99 Lakhs.

The PPL#27 6-Max DST ₹20 Lakhs GTD gathered a player pool of 479 hopefuls (231 unique and 248 re-entries) and suffered an overlay of ₹2.03 Lakhs. Making use of the value on offer, PokerGuru Ambassador Gokul ‘Nygma’ Raj championed the event, after besting Rohan ‘AnshAA’ Soman (runner-up for ₹2.81 Lakhs) heads-up and banked a winner’s payday of ₹4.02 Lakhs.

Our latest Young Gun Gaurav ‘gaug17’ Sood has been doing phenomenally well on the online felts and adding yet another title to his name, Sood shipped the PPL#25 SuperStack 8-Max ₹5 Lakhs GTD yesterday for ₹1.10 Lakhs. Sood also final tabled the PPL #30 6-Max ₹2 Lakhs GTD on Tuesday, finishing eighth for ₹9,145.

Headlining the Tuesday schedule on Spartan Poker was the Mega Stack ₹20 Lakhs GTD. Attracting 694 entries (320 unique, 145 re-entries, and 229 re-buys), the event collected a prize pool of ₹20.82 Lakhs. Anonymous user ‘Tokio999’ came out on top after agreeing to a heads-up deal with PokerGuru Ambassador Ankit ‘Shippament’ Wadhawan. The champion locked in ₹3.64 Lakhs in prize money, while Wadhwan collected ₹2.92 Lakhs for his second-place finish.

Continuing with the ‘Triple Features’ brigade, The Race ₹7.5 Lakhs GTD gathered a 633-strong entry field (278 unique, 108 re-entries, and 247 re-buys), creating a ₹9.49 Lakhs prize pool. PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer Singh ‘bazzingaa’ Chadha, who had won the PPL#22 The Bout 8-Max ₹25 Lakhs GTD on Monday for ₹5 Lakhs on Monday, was back to his winning ways yet again as he emerged victorious in The Race for ₹1.84 Lakhs, following a heads-up chop with ‘HighHopes’ (runner-up for ₹1.16 Lakhs).

The Dominator ₹6 Lakhs GTD pulled in 297 entries (158 unique, 21 re-entries, 118 re-buys), and had a marginal shortfall of ₹6,000. Sanchit ‘TheMadKing’ Pande topped the field and walked away with ₹1.39 Lakhs in the top prize.

Over at Adda52, Anuj ‘anuj25395’ Yadav ran past a field of 283 entries in the Hitman ₹7.50 Lakhs GTD and banked the ₹2.31 Lakhs up top from a prize pool of ₹9.05 Lakhs.

The other Tuesday winners were:

PPL #28 The Endeavour ₹50 Lakhs GTD Day 2 – PokerBaazi

Entries – 613

Re-entries – 319

Prize Pool – ₹50,02,000

Places Paid – 96

The PPL #28 The Endeavour Day 2 ₹50 Lakhs GTD on PokerBaazi was a multi-flight event that kicked off on March 1 with Flight 1A (266 unique and 193 re-entries) beginning at 5 PM and Flight 1B (347 unique and 198 re-entries) taking off at 9 PM. The total number of entries registered at the event stood tall at 1,004 that resulted in a prize pool collection of ₹50.02 Lakhs. All 96 runners (Flight 1A – 44; Flight 1B – 53) who returned for Day 2 were already in the money.

Rising star and MTT specialist Vaibhav ‘WakhraSwagNi’ Sharma was the last player standing when the dust eventually settled, and he netted an impressive paycheque of ₹8.76 Lakhs for his win.

It was a star-studded final table that saw the likes of Raghav ‘thatssosick’ Bansal (4th for ₹2,95,176), Anmol ‘anzzzzz’ Mehta (6th for ₹1,87,246), Pratibh ‘pratibhsaluja’ Saluja (7th for ₹1,55,118), and Chandan ‘darkfish’ Arora (8th for ₹1,23,492) pick up scores.

Other notables who finished ITM were Raghu ‘raghu2017’ Srinivas (10th for ₹68,272), Nishaanth ‘shanni’ Shanmughasundaram (11th for ₹68,272), Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra (12th for ₹68,272), PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘OMG_spew’ Munot (14th for ₹55,220), Jaydeep ‘JDBhaiya’ Jaswantlal Dawer (15th for ₹55,220), Ankit ‘akj290’ Jajodia (16th for ₹47,690), Romit ’tilt83′ Advani (17th for ₹47,690), PokerGuru Ambassador Laksh ‘boomtlt23’ Pal Singh (18th for ₹47,690), Nikhil ‘blastupinside’ Arora (21st for ₹41,666), Rafiq ‘Mrkhan’ Khan (22nd for ₹37,148), Sahil ‘ImHighIshove’ Mahboobani (23rd for ₹37,148), Kanav ‘sokopa’ Parwal (24th for ₹37,148), Armaan ‘Armaan007’ Kochhar (26th for ₹32,630), PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer ‘holdbaby’ Singh Chadha (28th for ₹28,614), Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall (29th for ₹28,614), PokerGuru Ambassador Ankit ‘d00mtr00p3r’ Wadhawan (30th for ₹28,614), Nishant ‘nishant177’ Sharma (31st for ₹28,614), Ujjwal ‘fullfront’ Rana (33rd for ₹28,614), Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia (34th for ₹28,614), Young Gun Gaurav ‘gaug17’ Sood (35th for ₹28,614), Aniket ‘Madanmohan’ Marathe (36th for ₹28,614), Arun ‘Yoda’ Poply (38th for ₹24,598), Guruprasad ‘fish_calling’ Gupta (39th for ₹24,598), Raman ‘ifryu’ Gujral (40th for ₹24,598), Priyank ‘Piko1432’ Kothari (41st for ₹24,598), Neelansh ‘TheBigShow’ Khurana (42nd for ₹24,598), Neel ‘Worm33’ Joshi (44th for ₹24,598), Sanket ‘blackcod’ Arora (45th for ₹24,598), Manmeet ‘manmeet07’ Oberai (46th for ₹21,084), Sanchit ‘sanchit1990’ Adukia (48th for ₹21,084), Jasven ‘JasvenSaigal’ Saigal (49th for ₹21,084), Guneet ‘guntz’ Kwatra (51st for ₹21,084), Abhishek ‘AbhishekRathod’ Rathod (52nd for ₹21,084), Siddhanth ‘Bullzeye’ Kapoor (53rd for ₹21,084), PokerGuru Ambassador Parikshit ‘zapdos1234’ Dhall (54th for ₹21,084), Hitesh ‘hiteshbhai’ Batra (56th for ₹17,570), Sriharsha ‘ivey2’ Doddapaneni (57th for ₹17,570), Rubin ‘kornkid’ Labroo (60th for ₹17,570), Rahul ‘Clearsky’ Gupta (61st for ₹17,570), Pranav ‘pranav.bang1’ Bang (62nd for ₹17,570), Ajay ‘Raakaa1’ Agrawal (63rd for ₹17,570), Ram ‘mowgumotu’ Kakkar (64th for ₹15,060), Ajitesh ‘bazzinga29’ Bhargava (65th for ₹15,060), PokerGuru Ambassador Rony ‘bisadip176’ Chowdhury (66th for ₹15,060), Prince ‘NaNki’ Singh (67th for ₹15,060), Aditya ‘adikumar2010’ Kumar (68th for ₹15,060), Pankaj ‘agentwinner’ Kothari (70th for ₹15,060), Prem ‘pokeradict13’ Kanakam (71st for ₹15,060), Puneet ‘neo1’ Dua (72nd for ₹15,060), Aniket ‘Anteman’ Waghmare (74th for ₹15,060), Dhaval ‘Rehab77’ Mudgal (75th for ₹15,060), Ryan ‘AceFromSpace’ Cardoso (76th for ₹15,060), Sandy ‘Ziigmund’ Lamba (78th for ₹12,550), Akshay ‘sherlock52’ Nasa (79th for ₹12,550), Sreekanth ‘n0thing’ Narayan (80th for ₹12,550), Zarvan ‘MomSaid5Bet’ Tumboli (81st for ₹12,550), Utsav ‘ranny006’ Taneja (82nd for ₹12,550), Vinayak ‘salmanbhai’ Bajaj (83rd for ₹12,550), Bharat ‘Thinkfloyd’ Vasan (86th for ₹12,550), Xavier ‘xaviervz’ Anthony Vas (88th for ₹12,550), Sunit ‘sunit’ Warraich (92nd for ₹12,550), Harsh ‘shiv22’ Goswami (93rd for ₹12,550), Anant ‘Pro_Pro’ Purohit (95th for ₹12,550), and Mukesh ‘Guruuu’ Surana (96th for ₹12,550).

Final Table Results

1. Vaibhav ‘WakhraSwagNi’ Sharma – ₹8,76,994

2. pagla – ₹5,64,248

3. fanifivey – ₹3,68,970

4. Raghav ‘thatssosick’ Bansal – ₹2,95,176

5. Lmtml – ₹2,31,924

6. Anmol ‘anzzzzz’ Mehta – ₹1,87,246

7. Pratibh ‘pratibhsaluja’ Saluja – ₹1,55,118

8. Chandan ‘darkfish’ Arora – ₹1,23,492

9. Bunny2017 – ₹92,870

PPL #29 Mini HighRoller ₹30 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Entries – 243

Re-entries – 230

Prize Pool – ₹35,47,500

Places Paid – 54

The second most prominent tourney on PokerBaazi yesterday was the PPL #29 Mini HighRoller ₹30 Lakhs GTD. With a massive 473 entries (243 unique, 230 re-entries), the event turned out to be a smashing hit and even marched past the advertised guarantee by ₹5.47 Lakhs, pooling in ₹35.47 Lakhs in total.

It was veteran pro Sumit ‘boronyx’ Sapra battling for the title with Dhaval ‘Rehab77’ Mudgal. While Mudgal finished runner-up for ₹4.99 Lakhs, Sapra took home the lion’s share of the prize pool worth ₹7.13 Lakhs!

Vinayak ‘salmanbhai’ Bajaj (3rd for ₹3.21 Lakhs), Abhinav ‘griezmann’ Iyer (4th for ₹2.37 Lakhs), Harsh ‘100crdream’ Kumar (5th for ₹1.78 Lakhs), and Rahul ‘Clearsky’ Gupta (6th for ₹1.42 Lakhs) were the other final table finishers.

Notables who joined the money bus were Ayush ‘Proman502’ Garg (11th for ₹52,148), Anant ‘Pro_Pro’ Purohit (13th for ₹42,570), Mukesh ‘Guruuu’ Surana (15th for ₹42,570), Neel ‘Worm33’ Joshi (17th for ₹36,539), Anurag ’13anurag’ Srivastava (20th for ₹31,928), Aditya ‘adit11’ Kulkarni (22nd ₹28,735), Siddarth ‘KingKongDingDong’ Singhvi (25th for ₹25,187), Shardul ‘duuurrrr’ Parthasarathi (27th for ₹25,187), Farhaad ‘kilpauk’ Khazvini (29th for ₹21,995), Anuj ‘brockLesnar95’ Yadav (30th for ₹21,995), Ujjwal ’Mr_Robot’ Narwal (31st for ₹21,995), Nishant ‘nishant177’ Sharma (35th for ₹21,995), Ameya ‘Encashed’ Gokhale (38th for ₹19,157), Chirag ‘miyagi’ Sodha (39th for ₹19,157), Vinod ‘figureitout’ Megalmani (40th for ₹19,157), Gokul ‘Nygma’ Raj (41st for ₹19,157), Rachit ‘deniaL’ Parihar (42nd for ₹19,157), Ashit ‘nexus010’ Sharma (43rd for ₹19,157), Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra (44th for ₹19,157), Anjali ‘Smoothie12’ Kochhar (47th for ₹16,319), Siddharth ‘Siddonuts’ Pandey (48th for ₹16,319), Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra (49th for ₹16,319), Sahil ‘CairyHunt’ Agarwal (50th for ₹16,319) and Deepak ‘3streakbluff’ Singh (53rd for ₹16,319).

PokerGuru Ambassadors Laksh ‘boomtlt23’ Pal Singh (28th for ₹21,995), Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved (33rd for ₹21,995), Rony ‘bisadip176’ Chowdhury (52nd for ₹16,319), and Devvrat ‘flopCheck’ Arya (54th for ₹16,319) also posted scores.

Final Table Results

1. Sumit ‘boronyx’ Sapra – ₹7,13,048

2. Dhaval ‘Rehab77’ Mudgal – ₹4,99,843

3. Vinayak ‘salmanbhai’ Bajaj – ₹3,21,404

4. Abhinav ‘griezmann’ Iyer – ₹2,37,683

5. Harsh ‘100crdream’ Kumar – ₹1,78,439

6. Rahul ‘Clearsky’ Gupta – ₹1,42,964

7. nagato23 – ₹119,196

8. raghavnith – ₹95,073

9. skillfox – ₹71,305

PPL #27 6-Max DST ₹20 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Entries – 231

Re-entries – 248

Prize Pool – ₹20,00,000

Places Paid – 54

PokerBaazi’s other marquee tournament on Tuesday, the PPL #27 6-Max DST ₹20 Lakhs GTD, suffered a shortfall of ₹2.03 Lakhs, as the event could muster only 479 entries (231 unique and 248 re-entries). PokerGuru Ambassador ‘Gokul ‘Nygma’ Raj’ came out on top to win ₹4.02 Lakhs after defeating Rohan ‘AnshAA’ Soman (runner-up for ₹2.81 Lakhs) in the heads-up play.

Online regulars like Srihari ‘bangbang999’ Bang (3rd for ₹1.81 Lakhs), Sandeep ‘effuno’ Varma RS (4th for ₹1.34 Lakhs), Kaleem ‘FishWithNuts’ Pasha (5th for ₹1. Lakh), Armaan ‘Armaan007’ Kochhar (6th for ₹80,600), PokerGuru Ambassador Nadeem ‘SpadeHunter’ Basha (7th for ₹67,200), Nishaanth ‘shanni’ Shanmughasundaram (8th for ₹53,600), and Rachit ‘rachubaba’ Arora (9th for ₹40,200) final tabled the event.

Other notables to post scores were Sahil ‘ImHighIshove’ Mahboobani (10th for ₹29,400), Vaibhav ‘WakhraSwagNi’ Sharma (12th for ₹29,400), Paawan ‘ukissmyace’ Bansal (13th for ₹24,000), Sanket ‘blackcod’ Arora (15th for ₹24,000), Kunal ‘VasooliChacha’ Patni (16th for ₹20,600), Sreekanth ‘n0thing’ Narayan (18th for ₹20,600), Raman ‘ifryu’ Gujral (21st for ₹18,000), Neel ‘Worm33’ Joshi (22nd for ₹16,200), Rajesh ‘intervntion’ Kumar Shukla (24th for ₹16,200), Prabhat ‘greatgatsby’ Paliya (25th for ₹14,200), Ajit ‘ace_bobby’ Singh Arora (26th for ₹14,200), Ragesh ‘ragesh91’ Mishra (27th for ₹14,200), Pratibh ‘pratibhsaluja’ Saluja (28th for ₹12,400), Md ‘007Bahubali’ Zeeshan (29th for ₹12,400), Karan ‘Paul7788’ Paul (30th for ₹12,400), Shagun ‘sogani22’ Jain (31st for ₹12,400), Vikram ‘Poker_lover’ Mishra (32nd for ₹12,400), Sam ‘thereallokimon’ Anand (34th for ₹12,400), Ranjeet ‘Rj147’ Negi (36th for ₹12,400), Vaibhav ‘durrrr1310’ Saigal (38th for ₹10,800), Jasven ‘JasvenSaigal’ Saigal (39th for ₹10,800), Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra (40th for ₹10,800), Samsher ‘santacruzsam’ Gandhi (43rd for ₹10,800), Ujjwal ‘Mr_Robot’ Narwal (44th for ₹10,800), Ayan ‘interalia_1’ Ray (45th for ₹10,800), Pranay ‘setmeup’ Chawla (47th for ₹9,200), Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna (51st for ₹9,200), Vidwath ‘Qweasdzxc’ Shetty (52nd for ₹9,200) and Mandar ‘Thewall233’ Darade (53rd for ₹9,200).

PokerGuru Ambassadors Arjanveer ‘holdbaby’ Singh Chadha (11th for ₹29,400), Parikshit ‘zapdos1234’ Dhall (20th for ₹18,000), Ankit ‘d00mtr00p3r’ Wadhawan (23rd for ₹16,200), Laksh ‘boomtlt23’ Pal Singh (37th for ₹10,800), Rony ‘bisadip176’ Chowdhury (48th for ₹9,200), and Ashish ‘OMG_spew’ Munot (54th for ₹9,200) also earned payouts.

Final Table Results

1. Gokul ‘Nygma’ Raj – ₹4,02,000

2. Rohan ‘AnshAA’ Soman – ₹2,81,800

3. Srihari ‘bangbang999’ Bang – ₹1,81,200

4. Sandeep ‘effuno’ Varma RS – ₹1,34,000

5. Kaleem ‘FishWithNuts’ Pasha – ₹1,00,600

6. Armaan ‘Armaan007’ Kochhar – ₹80,600

7. Nadeem ‘SpadeHunter’ Basha – ₹67,200

8. Nishaanth ‘shanni’ Shanmughasundaram – ₹53,600

9. Rachit ‘rachubaba’ Arora – ₹40,200

Mega Stack ₹20 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Entries – 320

Re-entries – 145

Re-buys – 229

Prize Pool – ₹20,82,000

Places Paid – 63

The biggest Tuesday tourney on Spartan Poker was the Mega Stack ₹20 Lakhs GTD where, with 694 entries (320 unique, 145 re-entries, and 229 re-buys), the event generated a ₹20.82 Lakhs prize pool. ‘Tokio999’ proved the last player standing and pocketed the winner’s cheque of ₹3.64 Lakhs after striking a heads-up deal with PokerGuru Ambassador Ankit ‘Shippament’ Wadhawan. Wadhawan pocketed a hefty ₹2.92 Lakhs for finishing runner-up.

Hitesh ‘Hitesh bhai’ Batra (7th for ₹66,832) also posted a deep run. Other notable ITM scorers were Devvrat ‘RickdickulouS’ Arya (11th for ₹31,438), Piko (12th for ₹27,274), Harshad ‘omglukbox’ Barve (13th for ₹27,272), Siddarth ‘PeterPunter’ Singhvi (14th for ₹23,943), Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra (16th for ₹21,444), Abhinav ‘Schumi91’ Iyer (26th for ₹15,198), Anant ‘Pro’ Purohit (28th for ₹13,116), Sriharsha ‘Fish2050’ Doddapaneni (35th for ₹11,034), Ravi ‘Rvjn91’ Jain (38th for ₹11,034), Kunal ‘kvohra’ Vohra (44th for ₹9,577), Paras ‘AAKKQQJJ’ Jain (45th for ₹9,577), Chirag ‘chilling’ Sodha (51st for ₹9,369), Gaurav ‘mozzie17’ Sood (54th for ₹9,369), Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall (55th for ₹9,369) and Rohit ‘sttoned’ Kumar (57th for ₹9,056).

PokerGuru Ambassadors Jayjit ‘David Blaine’ Ray (18th for ₹19,362), Ashutosh ‘stupefy’ Balodhi (19th for ₹19,362), Arjanveer Singh ‘bazzingaa’ Chadha (36th for ₹11,034), Naresh ‘FreeFlow’ Veeravalli (37th for ₹11,034), Gokul ‘Super King’s Raj (39th for ₹11,034), Ashish ‘Donkey 07’ Munot (40th for ₹9,577), Madhav ‘Madzoopa’ Gupta (41st for ₹9,577) and Nadeem ‘blindgame’ Basha (43rd for ₹9,577), also finished ITM.

Final Table Results

1.Tokio999 – ₹3,64,590*

2. Ankit ‘Shippament’ Wadhawan – ₹2,92,280*

3. Time Loop – ₹1,82,175

4. Variance – ₹1,44,699

5. Callmebabe – ₹1,13,469

6. Banjo – ₹88,901

7. Hitesh ‘Hitesh bhai’ Batra – ₹66,832

8. brianmay – ₹47,469

9. tullupump – ₹37,892

*denotes heads-up deal

Hitman ₹7.50 Lakhs GTD – Adda52\

Entries – 145

Re-entries – 138

Prize Pool – ₹9,05,600

Places Paid – 30

The Hitman ₹7.50 Lakhs GTD on Adda52 logged in 283 hopefuls (145 entries and 138 re-entries) generating ₹9.05 Lakhs in the prize pool and the top 30 places got paid.

MTT crusher Anuj ‘anuj25395’ Yadav rose to the top of the field and took down the title for ₹2.31 Lakhs after defeating the 2020 India Poker Champion Rubin ‘kornkif’ Labroo (runner up for ₹1.38 Lakhs) heads-up!

Big names like Sagar ‘alwaysnutz’ Choudhury (3rd for ₹1.04 Lakhs), Neel ‘neeljoshi23’ Joshi (6th for ₹36,224), Nishant ‘DoJingBULLETS’ Sharma (7th for ₹27,168), Bunty ‘ripphil’ Choudhary (9th for ₹18,112) were also present at the final table.

Other known names who crossed the money zone included Sahil ‘ImHighIshove’ Mahboobani (10th for ₹13,584), Jitendra ‘jeet0’ Gadhwal (14th for ₹10,867), Srihari ‘zombieballs’ Bang (20th for ₹8,150), Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra (23rd for ₹8,150), Devrat ‘vickypune’ Singh (24th for ₹8,150), Sumit ‘hammer_head’ Sapra (25th for ₹7,245), Anmol ‘anzzzzz’ Mehta (27th for ₹7,245), Siddarth ‘badtameez_donk’ Singhvi (29th for ₹7,245), and Akshat ‘viking1111’ Dwivedi (30th for ₹7,245).

PokerGuru Ambassadors Arjanveer ‘arjan30’ Singh Chadha (15th for ₹10,867), and Kartik ‘Pegasus1505’ Ved (17th for ₹9,509) also made it in the money.

Final Table Results

1. Anuj ‘anuj25395’ Yadav – ₹2,31,834

2. Rubin ‘kornkif’ Labroo- ₹1,38,104

3. Sagar ‘alwaysnutz’ Choudhury – ₹1,04,144

4. vibhuiit17 – ₹76,976

5. noelpais – ₹52,072

6. Neel ‘neeljoshi23’ Joshi – ₹36,224

7. Nishant ‘DoJingBULLETS’ Sharma – ₹27,168

8. wormhole – ₹22,640

9. Bunty ‘ripphil’ Choudhary – ₹18,112

The Race ₹7.5 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Entries – 278

Re-entries – 108

Re-buys – 247

Prize Pool – ₹9,49,500

Places Paid – 55

Spartan Poker’s The Race ₹7.5 Lakhs GTD attracted 633 runners (278 unique, 108 re-entries, and 247 re-buys) yesterday. The event smashed its guarantee to collect ₹9.49 Lakhs in prize money. In the end, PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer Singh ‘bazzingaa’ Chadha captured the title and the ₹1.84 Lakhs up top following a heads-up deal with ‘HighHopes’ who finished runner-up for ₹1.16 Lakhs.

Ragesh ‘ragesh91’ Mishra (6th for ₹41,588), Pranay ‘MajhiSatakli’ Chawla (11th for ₹15,002), Gaurav ‘mozzie17’ Sood (16th for ₹10,349), Abhinav ‘Schumi91’ Iyer (20th for ₹9,400), Shardul ‘F- Bomb’ Parthasarathi (25th for ₹7,501), Chirag ‘chilling’ Sodha (29th for ₹6,551), Anirudh ‘flash’ Reddy (31st for ₹6,551), Rubin ‘kornkid’ Labroo (35th for ₹5,602), Ravi ‘Rvjn91’ Jain (39th for ₹5,602), Sanket ‘GHOSTF@CE’ Arora (44th for ₹4,652), Kunal ‘cvc’ Vohra (50th for ₹4,652) and Anurag ‘Norman Bates’ Srivastava (53rd for ₹4,652) were the other prominent ITM finishers.

PokerGuru Ambassador Laksh Pal ‘LuckyBhai$’ Singh (26th for ₹7,501) and Vivek ‘KasolHieghts’ Singh (37th for ₹5,602) also posted scores.

Final Table Results

1. Arjanveer Singh ‘bazzingaa’ Chadha – ₹1,84,203

2. HighHopes – ₹1,16,788

3. Vaisak – ₹84,410

4. DONKAKING – ₹68,269

5. Sharkyshark – ₹54,026

6. Ragesh ‘ragesh91’ Mishra – ₹41,588

7. joy2492 – ₹30,953

8. Trapdoor – ₹22,408

9. tullupump – ₹18,135

Dominator ₹6 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Entries – 158

Re-entries – 21

Re-buys – 118

Prize Pool – ₹6,00,000

Places Paid – 23

Spartan Poker’s new daily major, the Dominator ₹6 Lakhs GTD, drew 297 entries (158 unique, 21 re-entries, 118 re-buys) yesterday, to suffer from a marginal overlay of ₹6,000. In the end, it was Sanchit ‘TheMadKing’ Pande who staked his name on the title and the winning amount of ₹1.39 Lakhs after defeating Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra heads-up. Chhabra pocketed ₹94,500 for his deep run.

The final table featured the likes of Vaibhav ‘pgp282’ Temani (3rd for ₹63,000), Neel ‘Worm33’ Joshi (4th for ₹51,600), and Paras ‘AAKKQQJJ’ Jain (8th for ₹17,460).

The other big scorers were Aditya ‘Yennefer’ Agarwal (12th for ₹10,200), PokerGuru Ambassador Ashutosh ‘stupefy’ Balodhi (13th for ₹10,200), Sahil ‘ImHighIshove’ Mahboobani (14th for ₹9,300), Amarjeet ‘superchor89’ Gandhi (18th for ₹7,560) and PokerGuru Ambassador Nadeem ‘blindgame’ Basha (20th for ₹7,560).

Final Table Results

1. Sanchit ‘TheMadKing’ Pande – ₹1,39,500

2. Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra – ₹94,500

3. Vaibhav ‘pgp282’ Temani – ₹63,000

4. Neel ‘Worm33’ Joshi – ₹51,600

5. riverismine – ₹41,400

6. ingloriousbasterds – ₹31,100

7. ONmyMAC – ₹23,760

8. Paras ‘AAKKQQJJ’ Jain – ₹17,460

9. lolEquityWTF – ₹13,920

Sixth Sense ₹6 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Entries – 133

Re-Entries – 127

Prize Pool – ₹6,50,000

Places Paid – 47

PokerStars India’s Sixth Sense ₹6 Lakhs GTD witnessed a 260-strong field (133 unique and 127 re-entries) yesterday, surpassing its ₹6 Lakhs guarantee marginally to frame a ₹6.50 Lakhs prize pool.

After using five bullets, anonymous user ‘the_owl32’ ran past the competition, including Vaibhav ‘GTO_LIFE_GG’ Sharma heads-up to pocket ₹1.18 Lakhs as first-place money. Sharma settled for ₹85,456 as second-place prize money.

The final table also included PokerGuru Ambassador Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved (3rd for ₹61,578), and Ragesh ‘ragesh91’ Mishra (4th for ₹44,372).

Other notables to score were Rajat ‘sharabikebabi’ Sharma (10th for ₹12,349), Pretit ‘robben1309’ Bais (12th for ₹10,031), Pranay ‘aankhdikhatahai’ Chawla (14th for ₹10,031), Chirag ‘WhyworrY_56’ Sodha (16th for ₹8,148), Anurag ‘GutshotHaiBro’ Srivastava (17th for ₹8,148), Abhinav ‘abhi58’ Iyer (19th for ₹6,619), Vinay ‘CharleSCorreA’ B (25th for ₹5,376), Ram ‘TheLagLawyer’ Kakkar (30th for ₹5,376), Sagar ‘sagarpupull’ Choudhury (32nd for ₹5,376), Honey ‘h09ey’ Bijlani (33rd for ₹5,376), Hitesh ‘hiteshbhai999’ Batra (35th for ₹5,376), Sandeep ‘effuno007’ Varma RS (36th for ₹4,367) and Neel ‘Worm236’ Joshi (43rd for ₹4,367), as well as, PokerGuru Ambassadors Nadeem ‘Downtownplaya’ Basha (13th for ₹10,031), Arjanveer ‘ballistik310’ Singh Chadha (15th for ₹8,148), and Parikshit ‘Zapdos123’ Dhall (21st for ₹6,619).

Final Table Results

1. the_owl32 – ₹1,18,592

2. Vaibhav ‘GTO_LIFE_GG’ Sharma – ₹85,456

3. Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved – ₹61,578

4. Ragesh ‘ragesh91’ Mishra – ₹44,372

5. pranay1245 – ₹31,974

6. kick_aasss014 – ₹23,040

7. bhavil777 – ₹18,715

8. pokerstarsjul – ₹15,202

9. Wabi-$abi ₹15,202

PPL#26 5-Max Turbo ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Entries – 112

Re-entries – 127

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 27

PokerBaazi’s PPL#26 5-Max Turbo ₹5 Lakhs GTD saw a field of 112 unique entrants, and 127 re-entries and the top 27 places shared the advertised prize pool. The event logged in an overlay of ₹22,000, and making the most of the value doled out was an anonymous user who goes by the moniker ‘Imperative’ who defeated Chirag ‘miyagi’ Sodha (runner-up for ₹82,550) heads-up for the title and banked ₹1.17 Lakhs in prize money.

Also making it to the final table were Deep ‘ChristopherCoke’ Patel (3rd for ₹53,100), Harsh ‘100crdream’ Kumar (4th for ₹39,300), Vinayak ‘salmanbhai’ Bajaj (5th for ₹29,500), and Anurag ’13anurag’ Srivastava (8th for ₹15,700).

Others who made it past the money line included Guruprasad ‘fish_calling’ Gupta (10th for ₹8,600), Sunil ‘don_31’ Meena (11th for ₹8,600), Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra (12th for ₹8,600), PokerGuru Ambassador Nadeem ‘SpadeHunter’ Basha (13th for ₹7,050), Vikram ‘Poker_lover’ Mishra (14th for ₹7,050), Kunal ‘VasooliChacha’ Patni (15th for ₹7,050), Armaan ‘Armaan007’ Kochhar (18th for ₹6,000), Ankit ‘akj290’ Jajodia (19th for ₹5,250), Vivekk ‘Vivek25’ Dube (20th for ₹5,250), Deepak ‘3streakbluff’ Singh (26th for ₹4,150), and Md ‘007Bahubali’ Zeeshan (27th for ₹4,150).

Final Table Results

1. Imperative – ₹1,17,650

2. Chirag ‘miyagi’ Sodha – ₹82,550

3. Deep ‘ChristopherCoke’ Patel – ₹53,100

4. Harsh ‘100crdream’ Kumar – ₹39,300

5. Vinayak ‘salmanbhai’ Bajaj – ₹29,500

6. sharktops – ₹23,600

7. C_U_LATER – ₹19,600

8. Anurag ’13anurag’ Srivastava – ₹15,700

9. Sarveshshahni – ₹11,750

PPL#25 SuperStack 8-Max ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Entries – 159

Re-entries – 169

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 36

Last night, the PPL#25 SuperStack 8-Max ₹5 Lakhs GTD on PokerBaazi logged in a field of 328 entries (including 159 entries and 169 re-entries) to leave a short overlay of ₹8,000 and the top 36 places made ITM finishes.

Young Gun Gaurav ‘gaug17’ Sood crushed the competition and banked the top prize worth ₹1.10 Lakhs after defeating ‘sagarsangtani19’ (runner-up for ₹77,500) heads-up!

The final table of the event consisted of familiar names like Sushant ‘Sush22’ Singh (3rd for ₹49,850), Vivekk ‘Vivek25’ Dube (5th for ₹27,700) and Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra (7th for ₹18,400).

Notables who earned a payday included Ajit ‘ace_bobby’ Singh Arora (10th for ₹8,050), Aniket ‘Anteman’ Waghmare (14th for ₹6,600), Jimmy ‘jeeven’ Arora (15th for ₹6,600), Vikas ‘nohomejerome’ Yadav (17th for ₹5,650), Sandeep ‘PoKcey’ Singh (19th for ₹4,950), Guruprasad ‘fish_calling’ Gupta (20th for ₹4,950), Chirag ‘fanofivey’ Khurrana (22nd for ₹4,400), Md ‘007Bahubali’ Zeeshan (24th for ₹4,400), Pankaj ‘Cyclone6524’ Joshi (26th for ₹3,900), Banmanlang ‘bml2012’ Warr Lyndem (28th for ₹3,400), Ajay ‘Raakaa1’ Agrawal (30th for ₹3,400), Ishant ‘Lynyrd.Skynyrd’ Verma (32nd for ₹3,400), Dinesh ‘htc170209’ Kukreja (33rd for ₹3,400), Aaryan ‘Aaryan99’ Agarwal (34th for ₹3,400), Ashit ‘nexus010’ Sharma (35th for ₹3,400), and Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPro’ Kumar (36th for ₹3,400).

PokerGuru Ambassadors who cashed the event were Nadeem ‘SpadeHunter’ Basha (21st for ₹4,950), and Rony ‘bisadip176’ Chowdhury (31st for ₹3,400).

Final Table Results

1. Gaurav ‘gaug17’ Sood – ₹1,10,450

2. sagarsangtani19 – ₹77,500

3. Sushant ‘Sush22’ Singh – ₹49,850

4. sagar3344 – ₹36,900

5. Vivekk ‘Vivek25’ Dube – ₹27,700

6. charsipro – ₹22,150

7. Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra – ₹18,400

8. dabang10 – ₹14,750

9. maddawg – ₹11,050

PPL #31 PLO ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Entries – 207

Re-entries – 226

Prize Pool – ₹5,41,250

Places Paid – 54

PokerBaazi’s PPL #31 PLO ₹5 Lakhs GTD attracted a 433-strong field (207 unique and 226 re-entries) yesterday, to accumulate a prize pool of ₹5.41 Lakhs. Tournament regular Prakash ‘PokerScientist’ Kumar Singh ran past the competition, including ‘babita’ heads-up to pocket ₹1.08 Lakhs in first-place prize money.

Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra (4th for ₹36,264), Siddharth ‘Siddonuts’ Pandey (5th for ₹27,225), and PokerGuru Ambassador Jayjit ‘england’ Ray (8th for ₹14,506) were the notable finalists.

Other noteworthy names to post scores were Young Gun Arsh ‘Button_Hai_Bro’ Grover (11th for ₹7,956), Deepak ‘3streakbluff’ Singh (14th for ₹6,495), Rajat ‘LungFakeer’ Sharma (15th for ₹6,495), Chirag ‘Olandir’ Bhardwaj (19th for ₹4,871), Md ‘007Bahubali’ Zeeshan (23rd for ₹4,384), Priyank ‘Piko1432’ Kothari (24th for ₹4,384), Divij ‘divij24’ Soni (32nd for ₹3,356), Vivekk ‘Vivek25’ Dube (37th for ₹2,923), Vidwath ‘Qweasdzxc’ Shetty (42nd for ₹2,923), Pulin ‘fishinpott’ Ashar (43rd for ₹2,923), Srihari ‘bangbang999’ Bang (46th for ₹2,490), Jimmy ‘jeeven’ Arora (48th for ₹2,490), Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPro’ Kumar (50th for ₹2,490), Anurag ’13anurag’ Srivastava (52nd for ₹2,490), Vikas ‘nohomejerome’ Yadav (53rd for ₹2,490), and Farhaad ‘kilpauk’ Khazvini (54th for ₹2,490).

PokerGuru Ambassadors Ratul ‘luna’ Steves (29th for ₹3,356), Arjanveer ‘holdbaby’ Singh Chadha (30th for ₹3,356), and Rony ‘bisadip176’ Chowdhury (51st for ₹2,490) also finished ITM.

Final Table Results

1. Prakash ‘PokerScientist’ Kumar Singh – ₹1,08,791

2. babita – ₹76,262

3. Chennaino1 – ₹49,037

4. Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra – ₹36,264

5. Siddharth ‘Siddonuts’ Pandey – ₹27,225

6. rohit004 – ₹21,812

7. Singhchamp – ₹18,186

8. Jayjit ‘england’ Ray – ₹14,506

9. Kj3939 – ₹10,879

Hexagram ₹3 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Entries – 86

Re-entries – 74

Prize Pool – ₹3,20,000

Places Paid – 17

Topping the field of 160 entrants (86 unique and 74 re-entries) in Adda52’s Hexagram ₹3 Lakhs GTD was a relatively lesser-known name Aman ‘karmapoker’ Parakh who earned the lion’s share from the ₹3.20 Lakhs prize pool worth ₹89,600 after defeating ‘lfc07’ (runner-up for ₹56,000) heads-up.

The event paid out the top 17 places, and the final tablists included Ayush ‘lazyman’ Garg (5th for ₹20,800), Himanshu ‘bagdwalhimanshu’ Bagdwal (6th for ₹14,400), Sandeep ‘effuno’ Varma RS (7th for ₹12,000), and Siddharth ‘gabandheer’ Pandey (9th for ₹7,200).

Final Table Results

1. Aman ‘karmapoker’ Parakh – ₹89,600

2. lfc07 – ₹56,000

3. ssssaguna – ₹41,600

4. vikram_poker – ₹29,600

5. Ayush ‘lazyman’ Garg – ₹20,800

6. Himanshu ‘bagdwalhimanshu’ Bagdwal – ₹14,400

7. Sandeep ‘effuno’ Varma – ₹12,000

8. imluckbox – ₹8,800

9. Siddharth ‘gabandheer’ Pandey – ₹7,200

Afternoon Hi-Fi ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Entries – 125

Re-entries – 40

Re-buys – 90

Prize Pool – ₹2,55,000

Places Paid – 24

Topping a field of 255 entries (125 unique, 40 re-entries and 90 re-buys), ‘DeadBeast’ took down the Afternoon Hi-Fi ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD for ₹49,560. The player seems to have struck a heads-up deal with Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra, who earned a runner-up payout worth ₹48,486.

The event generated ₹2.55 Lakhs in prize money and awarded payouts to the final 24 finishers. The list included names like Danny ‘LazyBrahmin’ Enfielder (4th for ₹21,037), Shreyas ‘Batman_07’ Chopra (5th for ₹15,555), Abhishek ‘allout1’ Jaiswal (8th for ₹8,032) and Piyush ‘BlackMamba’ Gaikwad (11th for ₹5,100).

Final Table Results

1. DeadBeast – ₹49,560*

2. Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra – ₹48,486*

3. Ronaldinho18 – ₹26,775

4. Danny ‘LazyBrahmin’ Enfielder – ₹21,037

5. Shreyas ‘Batman_07’ Chopra – ₹15,555

6. 44 is nuts – ₹12,750

7. Terrier – ₹10,200

8. Abhishek ‘allout1’ Jaiswal – ₹8,032

9. ONmyMAC – ₹6,375

*denotes heads-up deal

PPL #30 6-Max ₹2 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Entries – 151

Re-entries – 159

Prize Pool – ₹3,10,000

Places Paid – 36

PPL #30 6-Max ₹2 Lakhs GTD on PokerBaazi logged in 310 entries (151 unique, 159 re-entries) to generate a ₹3.10 Lakhs prize pool. User ‘Apocalypto’ defeated ‘Ashish ‘goodpoker68’ Garg’ heads-up to win the event for ₹68,479. Garg collected ₹48,050 for finishing second.

Other notable final table finishers were Rajesh ‘intervntion’ Kumar Shukla (4th for ₹22,878), Nihaar ‘Deathstrike’ Uchil (5th for ₹17,174), Gurpal ‘roothless’ Singh (6th for ₹13,733), Deepak ‘deepak32145’ Choudhary (7th for ₹11,408), and Young Gun Gaurav ‘gaug17’ Sood (8th for ₹9,145).

Srihari ‘bangbang999’ Bang (11th for ₹4,991), Armaan ‘Armaan007’ Kochhar (12th for ₹4,991), Anurag ’13anurag’ Srivastava (13th for ₹4,092), Mohak ‘Tiltin’ Kapoor (15th for ₹4,092), Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur (18th for ₹3,503), Harsh ‘shiv22’ Goswami (20th for ₹3,069), Vivekk ‘Vivek25’ Dube (22nd for ₹2,728), Pranav ‘pranavpoker’ Khandalkar (25th for ₹2,418), Pratibh ‘pratibhsaluja’ Saluja (27th for ₹2,418), Ritwik ‘Ritwikkhanna’ Khanna (29th for ₹2,108), Ankit ‘akj290’ Jajodia (30th for ₹2,108), Jimmy ‘jeeven’ Arora (31st for ₹2,108), Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna (32nd for ₹2,108), and Md ‘007Bahubali’ Zeeshan (35th for ₹2,108) also finished in the money.

Final Table Results

1. Apocalypto – ₹68,479

2. Ashish ‘goodpoker68’ Garg – ₹48,050

3. Deveshi999 – ₹30,907

4. Rajesh ‘intervntion’ Kumar Shukla – ₹22,878

5. Nihaar ‘Deathstrike’ Uchil – ₹17,174

6. Gurpal ‘roothless’ Singh – ₹13,733

7. Deepak ‘deepak32145’ Choudhary – ₹11,408

8. Gaurav ‘gaug17’ Sood – ₹9,145

9. Shankarnarayan – ₹6,851

Ultimate PLO ₹2 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Entries – 55

Re-entries – 16

Re-buys – 34

Prize Pool – ₹2,10,000

Places Paid – 9

Racing past a field of 105 entries that included 55 unique players, 16 re-entries, and 34 re-buys, ‘Ankit3001’ took down Spartan Poker’s Ultimate PLO ₹2 Lakhs GTD for ₹55,741. A heads-up deal with the player and ‘DesiKanye’ saw the latter finish runner-up for ₹49,573.

The event surpassed its guarantee to collect a ₹2.10 Lakhs prize pool. Only the top nine spots were paid, and the notable earners were Paras ‘AAKKQQJJ’ Jain (3rd for ₹28,665), Chirag ‘chilling’ Sodha (5th for ₹16,800), Anant ‘Pro’ Purohit (7th for ₹10,290) and Piyush ‘BlackMamba’ Gaikwad (9th for ₹6,300).

Final Table Results

1. Ankit3001 – ₹55,741

2. DesiKanye – ₹49,573

3. Paras ‘AAKKQQJJ’ Jain – ₹28,665

4. EndlessSky – ₹21,630

5. Chirag ‘chilling’ Sodha – ₹16,800

6. 44 is nuts – ₹13,020

7. Anant ‘Pro’ Purohit – ₹10,290

8. ivey2811 – ₹7,980

9. Piyush ‘BlackMamba’ Gaikwad – ₹6,300

Deepstack ₹2 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Entries – 83

Re-Entries – 53

Prize Pool – ₹2,00,000

Places Paid – 23

PokerStars India’s Deepstack ₹2 Lakhs GTD witnessed a negligible shortfall of ₹500 on the back of the 133-entry field that came from 83 unique players and an additional 53 re-entries. ‘hardyindin’ picked up ₹40,679 for the outright victory after defeating Ayush ‘Kyanaamrakhu’ Garg (runner-up for ₹30,977) heads up.

Rajat ‘Rsd1207’ Singh Dhingra (3rd for ₹23,589), Bharat ‘hzgod’ Kumar (4th for ₹17,963), and Apratim ‘HUSTLER.0081’ Chatterjee (8th for ₹6,040) were the notable final table finishers.

Other notables that finished in the money were Sreekanth ‘LaganaHiToHai’ Narayan (10th for ₹3,835), Varun ‘wardev’ Devayya (13th for ₹3,835), Ram ‘TheLagLawyer’ Kakkar (14th for ₹3,198), Umesh ‘dhondu.chilll’ Sharma (17th for ₹3,198), and Rishab ‘riverrshiverr’ Jain (19th for ₹2,666).

Final Table Results

1. hardyindin – ₹40,679

2. Ayush ‘Kyanaamrakhu’ Garg – ₹30,977

3. Rajat ‘Rsd1207’ Singh Dhingra – ₹23,589

4. Bharat ‘hzgod’ Kumar – ₹17,963

5. Sriko5 – ₹13,678

6. PepperChicken – ₹10,416

7. theghoti – ₹7,932

8. Apratim ‘HUSTLER.0081’ Chatterjee – ₹6,040

9. Flipper108 – ₹4,599

Battlefield Tuesday ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD – Poker Dangal

Entries – 100

Re-buys – 43

Prize Pool – ₹1,85,900

Places Paid – 23

Poker Dangal’s Warrior Arena ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD witnessed a field of 143 entries (100 unique, and 43 re-buys), to collect a prize pool of ₹1.86 Lakhs. Anonymous user ‘mithun’ bested the field, including ‘tilt_master’ heads-up to receive a winner’s payday worth ₹39,039.

Shubham ‘Jokermaniac’ Khandelwal (7th for ₹6,971), and Aastik ‘Goforkill’ Bhatia (9th for ₹4,183) posted FT scores.

Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna (14th for ₹2,789), Lalit ‘MsDhoni07’ Devpal (17th for ₹2,789), Shivam ‘iaafpg’ Khandelwal (19th for ₹2,789), and Rainik Swarup ‘Destroy’ Das (22nd for ₹2,789) were the other site regulars that crossed the money line.

Final Table Results

1. mithun – ₹39,039

2. tilt_master – ₹28,815

3. Mangesh18102 – ₹21,843

4. Shubham.aggarwal – ₹13,500

5. glitch – ₹12,548

6. britishraaj – ₹9,295

7. Shubham ‘Jokermaniac’ Khandelwal – ₹6,971

8. jugaad – ₹5,577

9. Aastik ‘Goforkill’ Bhatia- ₹4,183

This report was edited at 1:30 PM on 04.03.2020.

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