Daily Majors: Nitin Arora, Srihari Bang & Ashish Garg Banked the Big Bucks on Friday

Just a day away from the weekend extravaganza of big guaranteed tournaments, Friday saw a flurry of events that provided us railbirds with some exciting action.

Spartan Poker’s The Elite had the most lucrative guarantee on offer last night, but despite the mouth-watering ₹25 Lakhs GTD, the event could only muster 217 entries (97 unique, 55 re-entries and 65 rebuys) resulting in a substantial ₹3.30 Lakhs overlay. ‘ddege001’ topped the field for a ₹5.91 Lakhs payday.

The other prominent event on Spartan Poker last night was the TGIF ₹10 Lakhs GTD. Registering 634 entries (292 unique, 113 re-entries and 229 re-buys), this event too failed to meet the number of entries required to surpass its guarantee. ‘TheSharkIsBackk’ shipped the title for ₹1.52 Lakhs.

The other online site struggling with overlays, Adda52 finally found some respite when its Friday flagship event, Whale – 6 Max ₹15 Lakhs GTD, fell just whiskers short of the advertised guarantee. Manish ’manamish’ Yadav championed the field of 216 entries (161 unique and 55 re-entries) to claim a winner’s payday worth ₹4.11 Lakhs.

PokerBaazi’s FRI-YAY ₹10 Lakhs GTD gathered a field of 343 entries (148 unique and 195 re-entries) and Nitin ‘philhermouth’ Arora trounced the competitive player pool, netting ₹2.10 Lakhs in first-place prize money.

Meanwhile, ‘antypanty93’ won PokerBaazi’s Friday SuperStack ₹3 Lakhs GTD for ₹92,736.

PokerStars India’s Uppercut – Progressive KO ₹8 Lakhs GTD logged in 216 entries (107 unique and 109 re-entries) last night. Bengaluru-based player Srihari ‘bangbang99’ Bang who was recently in the spotlight for winning the IOPC Millionaire on Spartan Poker for a career-best ₹48.56 Lakhs, was the last player standing in the event and added a cool ₹1.59 Lakhs to his bankroll. The 20-year-old Bang defeated PokerGuru Ambassador Devvrat ‘bhasm@sur1’ Arya heads-up and the latter took home a second-place payout of ₹92,662. Notably, Arya had finished runner-up in PokerBaazi’s Wednesday flagship event – The Vegas – for ₹1.95 Lakhs, making this his second runner-up finish in a major online event this week.

‘i_am_who_knocks’ topped a 194-strong entry field (116 unique and 78 re-entries) in PokerStars India’s Micro Millions – 32: NLHE ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD to take home a top prize of ₹45,565 following a three-way deal.

Ashish ‘teshaTriple7’ Garg took down 9stacks’ signature Friday tournament, StackUp @ 8PM ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD, banking ₹74,880 in the process.

PokerGuru Ambassadors Ashutosh Balodhi, Vishal Bajaj, Nadeem Basha, Vivek Singh, Gokul Raj, and Shashank Desai, also posted deep runs.

The Elite ₹25 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Entries – 97

Re-entries – 55

Re-buys – 65

Prize Pool – ₹25,00,000

Places Paid – 20

‘ddege001’ ran past a field of 217 entries (97 unique, 55 re-entries and 65 rebuys) in Spartan Poker’s The Elite ₹25 Lakhs GTD, banking a whopping ₹5.91 Lakhs in first-place prize money.

Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall (5^th for ₹1.78 Lakhs), Nishant ‘FunkyouFTW1’ Sharma (7^th for ₹1.04 Lakhs) and Vineet ‘The Mentalist’ Kumar (9^th for ₹60,000) were some notables who final tabled the event.

Final Table Results

1. ddege001 – ₹5,91,299
2. masterbluff – ₹4,07,500
3. Kill Ivey – ₹2,60,049
4. Shakerchi – ₹2,14,299
5. Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall – ₹1,78,250
6. R4Rounder – ₹1,32,049
7. Nishant ‘FunkyouFTW1’ Sharma – ₹1,04,750
8. Netflixxed – ₹77,500
9. Vineet ‘The Mentalist’ Kumar – ₹60,000

Whale – 6 Max ₹15 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Entries – 161

Re-entries – 55

Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000

Places Paid – 24

The Whale on Adda52 last night almost met its advertised ₹15 Lakhs guarantee after attracting 216 entries (161 unique and 55 re-entries). In the end, Manish ’manamish’ Yadav ran past the competition and pocketed the ₹4.11 Lakhs top prize.

Final Table Results

1. Manish ‘manamish’ Yadav – ₹4,11,750
2. vishalkumar – ₹2,40,000
3. chuckberry – ₹1,80,000
4. fishwithnuts – ₹1,29,000
5. nickel0992 – ₹90,000
6. pokerfish87 – ₹63,750
7. Doravad – ₹48,750
8. spanktastic – ₹37,500
9. IsnapUcry – ₹30,000

FRI-YAY ₹10 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Entries – 148

Re-entries – 195

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 45

Nitin ‘philhermouth’ Arora came out on top of the 343-entry field (148 unique and 195 re-entries) in PokerBaazi’s FRI-YAY event after defeating Amit ‘Amit1Sur’ Sur in the heads-up battle. Arora banked ₹2.10 Lakhs first place purse while Sur collected ₹1.47 Lakhs for his efforts.

Final Table Results

1. Nitin ‘philhermouth’ Arora – ₹2,10,000
2. Amit ‘Amit1Sur’ Sur – ₹1,47,000
3. Vinayak ‘salmanbhai’ Bajaj – ₹94,500
4. Kingpk – ₹70,000
5. Rajat ‘raso009’ Sood – ₹52,500
6. Vaibhav ‘vaibsaarav’ Shah – ₹42,000
7. Chubbycho – ₹35,000
8. Manoj ‘killbill’ Pentakota – ₹28,000
9. Piko1432 – ₹21,000

Uppercut – Progressive KO [6-MAx] Magic Edition ₹4,400 NLHE ₹8 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Entries – 107

Re-entries – 109

Prize Pool – ₹8,64,000

Regular Prize Pool – ₹4,32,000

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹4,32,000

Places Paid – 41

Rising poker talent Srihari ‘bangbang1999’ Bang added yet another feather to his cap by taking down PokerStars India’s Uppercut – Progressive KO ₹8 Lakhs GTD, after defeating PokerGuru Ambassador Devvrat ‘bhasm@sur1’ Arya heads-up. Bang pocketed ₹1.59 Lakhs for his win, while Arya walked away with ₹92,662 for his runner-up finish.

Arya’s fellow Team Ambassadors Ashutosh ‘Msnugget’ Balodhi (19^th for ₹15,752), Vishal ‘Vishalb22’ Bajaj (20^th for ₹11,877), Nadeem ‘Downtownplaya’ Basha (34^th for ₹3,286), and Vivek ‘Mystic Peaks’ Singh (37^th for ₹6,286), also cashed in the event.

Final Table Results

1. Srihari ‘bangbang1999’ Bang – ₹1,59,290
2. Devvrat ‘bhasm@sur1’ Arya – ₹92,662
3. PranV – ₹72,076
4. Ashish ‘teshaTriple7’ Garg – ₹65,563
5. BURNNNNNY – ₹27,497
6. Sharad ‘sordykrd’ Rao – ₹37,509
7. nitdab – ₹25,964
8. Akshay ‘VaahBhaiVaah’ Gupta – ₹22,369
9. sumitvasisht – ₹17,744

TGIF ₹10 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Entries – 292

Re-entries – 113

Re-buys – 229

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 55

‘TheSharkIsBackk’ faced ‘akki ka baap’ (runner-up for ₹1.46 Lakhs) in the final showdown of Spartan Poker’s TGIF ₹10 Lakhs GTD, with the former taking down the title and the top prize worth ₹1.52 Lakhs.

PokerGuru Ambassador Gokul ‘Super Kings’ Raj, who had recently won Destiny 10.0 Finale for ₹5 Lakhs, finished eighth for ₹23,600.

Final Table Results

1. TheSharkIsBackk – ₹1,52,811
2. akki ka baap – ₹1,46,109
3. Vaibhav ‘BeBoT’ Sharma – ₹1,05,654
4. Ankush ‘Armitrage’ Aryan – ₹70,574
5. Farukh ‘EatME_imFISH’ Shaikh – ₹56,900
6. Sreeharsha ‘yUDdam’ Boneni – ₹43,800
7. Vikas ‘VKarm267’ Yadav – ₹32,600
8. Gokul ‘Super Kings’ Raj – ₹23,600
9. joyi2492 – ₹19,100

Friday SuperStack ₹3 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Entries – 104

Re-entries – 88

Prize Pool – ₹3,84,000

Places Paid – 24

The Friday SuperStack ₹3 Lakhs GTD on PokerBaazi attracted 192 entries (104 unique and 88 re-entries), easily surpassing the prize pool guarantee.

‘antypanty93’ defeated ‘matpoker’ heads-up and took home ₹92,736 for the victory. PokerGuru Ambassador Devvrat ‘flopCheck’ Arya (4^th for ₹30,950) final tabled the event.

Final Table Results

1. antypanty93 – ₹92,736
2. matpoker – ₹65,011
3. imtijamir – ₹41,779
4. Devvrat ‘flopCheck’ Arya – ₹30,950
5. Yash ‘hasy’ Shrivastava – ₹23,232
6. VIRJAIN – ₹18,586
7. Ram ‘mowgumotu’ Kakkar – ₹15,437
8. Piko1432 – ₹12,365
9. Thikana CK – ₹9,254

StackUp @ 8PM ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD – 9stacks

Entries – 132

Re-entries – 60

Prize Pool – ₹2,88,000

Places Paid – 20

Ashish ‘teshaTriple7’ Garg locked horns with Chandan ‘darkfish’ Arora heads-up in the StackUp @ 8PM ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD on 9stacks. Garg ultimately prevailed and won ₹74,880 while Arora collected ₹51,840 for his runner-up finish.

Final Table Results

1. Ashish ‘teshaTriple7’ Garg – ₹74,880
2. Chandan ‘darkfish’ Arora – ₹51,840
3. ColdstareIvey – ₹37,440
4. Suresh ‘insanium’ Koli – ₹28,800
5. Harshit ‘Harsh114’ Sanghi – ₹18,144
6. Antrose – ₹12,960
7. Sam ‘Lokimon’ Anand – ₹9,360
8. Karan ‘chickentikka’ Sawhney – ₹7,920
9. Anuj ‘Desijuari’ Manocha – ₹6,480

Micro Millions – 32: NLHE ₹1,650 NLHE ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Entries – 116

Re-entries – 78

Prize Pool – ₹2,91,000

Places Paid – 31

‘i_am_who_knocks’ shipped the Micro Millions – 32: NLHE ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD on PokerStars India for ₹45,565, following a three-way deal with ‘gangnam gangi’ (runner-up for ₹43,121) and ‘sky12343’ (3rd for ₹43,740).

PokerGuru Ambassador Shashank ‘GOAT-245’ Desai (17^th for ₹4,072) also scored in the event.

Final Table Results

1. i_am_who_knocks – ₹45,565*
2. gangnam gangi – ₹43,121*
3. sky12343 – ₹43,740*
4. trumpsqz – ₹23,505
5. abhi42798n – ₹17,410
6. Akshay ‘VaahBhaiVaah’ Gupta – ₹12,895
7. Nikhil_Krishna – ₹9,551
8. Sreeharsha ‘DonkeyCommitted’ Boneni – ₹7,074
9. Pokeriyaa – ₹5,240

*denotes three-way deal

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