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Anish Arora, Ritwik Khanna, Shubham Agarwal Take Home Top Titles

High-value tournaments filled the online felts which attracted thousands of poker players. Platforms like Spartan Poker, PokerBaazi, PokerStars, and Adda52 saw high-octane action in their marquee tournaments. Let’s take a look at the Thursday night action.

FCS #3 High Thursday Celebration – ₹25 Lakh GTD

The High Thursday Celebration event on Spartan Poker welcomed a total of 500 entries. There were 244 unique entries, 88 re-entries, and 168 re-buys. The event had a ₹25 Lakh guarantee and a buy-in worth ₹5,500. The top 47 places were paid and the min-cash was ₹14,250. Anish Arora aka ‘TheProtagonist’ clinched the top title and pocketed ₹4,87,250 in prize money. The runner-up was Raghav Chauhan aka ‘sariyaa’ who went away with ₹3,09,500.

• Total Entries: 500
• Buy-In: ₹5,500
• Places Paid: 47
• Min-Cash: ₹14,250

Thursday High Roller – ₹25 Lakh GTD

Spartan Poker hosted its Thursday High Roller event with a ₹25 Lakh guarantee. The tournament had a ₹22,000 buy-in and there was a total of 135 entries. Out of this 67 were unique players, 27 were re-entries, and 41 were re-buys. The top 13 players made the money and took home at least a min-cash of ₹55,350. Ritwik Khanna aka ‘Fisherman1997’ shipped the high roller event and had a massive payday worth ₹7,08,750. The runner-up was Sreekanth Narayan aka ‘GL1DE’ who went home with ₹4,96,800 in prize money.

• Total Entries: 135
• Prize Pool: ₹27,00,000
• Buy-In: ₹22,000
• Places Paid: 13
• Min-Cash: ₹55,350

FCS #6 High – ₹8.5 Lakh GTD

The FCS #5 High event had a ₹8.5 Lakh guarantee and a buy-in worth ₹2,750. The event welcomed a total of 370 entries. From this 201 were unique players, 62 were re-entries, and 107 were re-buys. The event crushed the advertised guarantee and the final prize pool was ₹9,25,000. The top 39 places were paid and the min-cash was ₹6,382. Shubham Agarwal aka ‘ATCBakchod’ grabbed the title for a first place prize of ₹1,85,462. Ashish Ahuja aka ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ was the runner-up for ₹1,23,302.

• Total Entries: 370
• Prize Pool: ₹9,25,000
• Buy-In: ₹2,750
• Places Paid: 39
• Min-Cash: ₹6,382

PBC #10 The Summit – ₹40 Lakh GTD

PokerBaazi’s Classic series continued its run with the Summit event. The tournament had a buy-in worth ₹8,250 and a guarantee of ₹40 Lakh. The event welcomed 285 unique players, and 211 re-entries. Players who made it to the top 63 spots finished in the money and the min-cash was ₹14,800. Sarthak Aswal aka ‘sarthak2222’ grabbed the top spot for a lovely ₹7,77,000 in first place prize. The runner-up was poker veteran Goonjan Mall aka ‘gmtesting’ who walked away with ₹5,45,000.

• Total Entries: 496
• Buy-In: ₹8,250
• Places Paid: 63
• Min-Cash: ₹14,800

PBC #12 Holdem Boost – ₹10 Lakh GTD

The Holdem Boost was another PokerBaazi tournament and had a ₹10 Lakh guarantee. There were 618 unique players and 645 re-entries that participated in the tournament. The ₹1,100 buy-in event generated a guarantee crushing final prize pool of ₹12,63,000. Out of the 1,263 total entries the top 220 players were paid. The min-cash stood at ₹1,770. Mystery player ‘PocketacesAJ’ shipped the tournament and took home ₹1,56,000 in winnings. The runner-up was ‘goelrohan22’ who went away with ₹1,47,000 in prize money.

• Total Entries: 1,263
• Prize Pool: ₹12,63,000
• Buy-In: ₹1,100
• Places Paid: 220
• Min-Cash: ₹1,770

Godfather – ₹25 Lakh GTD

The Godfather on Adda52 had a guarantee worth ₹25 Lakh and a ₹5,500 buy-in. There were a total of 434 entries that participated in the event. Out of this 243 were unique players and 191 were re-entries. The top 43 places were paid, and the min-cash was ₹13,750. Ravindra Arikeri aka ‘wormhole’ clinched the top title for ₹6,20,000 in prize money. The runner-up was ‘Saiupp1987’ who went home with ₹3,75,000.

• Total Entries: 434
• Buy-In: ₹5,500
• Places Paid: 43
• Min-Cash: ₹13,750

Highroller – ₹10 Lakh GTD

PokerStars’ Highroller had a buy-in of ₹7,700 and a ₹10 Lakh guarantee. There were 66 unique players and 45 re-entries that participated in the event. Out of the 111 total entries, the top 13 places were paid. The min-cash was ₹21,320. Gurpal Singh aka ‘twizelll’ shipped the event and won ₹2,25,365 in prize money and one free ticket to the Galactic Series Main Event with a ₹1 Crore GTD. The runner-up was Sahil Nair aka ‘you3bi4b’ who also won a free ticket the Galactic Series Main Event and ₹1,73,162 in prize money.

• Total Entries: 111
• Buy-In: ₹7,700
• Places Paid: 13
• Min-Cash: ₹21,320

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