Ashutosh Balodhi WINS Millionaire Series Main Event

Leading online gaming brand Spartan Poker just wrapped up its Main Event for The Millionaire Series and they certainly saved the best for last! With a promised prize pool of INR 2 Crore GTD, the Millionaire Series Main Event was the icing on the cake that everyone wanted a bite of. Poker players from all over the country made their presence felt in the digital format but only one among them was hailed as the champion.

The Millionaire announced Ashutosh Balodhi aka ‘SpewMonkey’ as its ultimate Main Event winner, a spot that earned the player a whopping INR 34,24,000 in prize money. Ashutosh fought his way to the top, finally facing off against Aryan aka ‘bob_marley’ in the heads-up session.

The final hand saw ‘bob_marley’ holding just above 3 million in chips and deciding to go all-in on the 4 4 9 flop with QK. Balodhi held over 19 million in chips and there was no doubt about him calling it, showing J J. The final two cards opened up 2 and 8 and didn’t help the eventual runner-up as Balodhi won with two pairs – Jacks and Fours. The runner-up took home INR 19,08,000 for finishing second.

Final table results

Positions	Prize	Nick Name	Full Name
1st	INR 34,24,000	‘SpewMonkey’	Ashutosh Balodhi
2nd	INR 19,08,000	‘bob_marley’	NA
3rd	INR 13,32,000	‘buttonclicking’	Nitish Gupta
4th	INR 9,64,000	‘Dabidi_Dibide’	NA
5th	INR 7,73,000	‘Ganja_babe’	Rachit Soni
6th	INR 6,16,800	‘MrSweets06’	NA
7th	INR 4,71,400	‘Zeigler’	NA
8th	INR 3,32,600	‘mannu2424’	NA

The tournament also saw a total of 263 people making money with the minimum cash being INR 20,200. The Millionaire Series Main Event was the perfect way to end the year with a bang and for the winner, the celebrations will be extravagant. Ashutosh Balodhi is not a new face in the poker arena and with various wins under his belt you can be sure this is not the last we hear of him. Check out his other wins covered by Gutshot here.

Even though this is the end of The Millionaire Series, Spartan Poker has a lot more coming up for the players in the new year. You might want to hold on firmly to your seats and get those poker skills perfected to the tee because from now on it’s only going to get bigger and better. For more exciting updates on big tournaments, keep reading GutshotMagazine.com.

Donna Amo

Donna Amo is a writer at Gutshot Magazine. She is a graduate from Sophia College of Women, Mumbai with a degree in English Literature. When this October born foodie is not writing content or poetry, she spends her time laughing at memes or watching series. Based out of Mizoram, she is drawn to all things nature and has a soft spot for puppies.