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FTS Day 1: Vaibhav Sharma And Gurpal Singh Score Big Paydays!

Spartan Poker’s Final Table Series (FTS) 5.0 has finally hit the felts and poker players were ecstatic. The day witnessed flocks of players flood the platforms of Spartan Poker, BLITZPOKER, and PokerHigh where the series is being hosted. The day also saw other online platforms like Adda52, PokerBaazi, and PokerStars welcoming players into their fold. Almost all guarantees across platforms were crushed which indicates a successful Thursday night. Let’s take a look at who are the top winners from last night’s high-octane action.  

Spartan Poker

FTS #1 Big Bang – ₹20 Lakh GTD

The FTS Big Bang started the event with its ₹20 Lakh guarantee and ₹1,100 buy-in. The event had a whopping total of 2,138 entries. It also crushed the guarantee and the final prize pool was ₹21,38,000. The top 207 places were paid, and the min-cash was ₹2,736. It was mystery player ‘papatumhare’ who shipped the event for ₹3,77,784. The runner-up was Ashish Pareek aka ‘X—factor’ who walked home with ₹2,16,151 in prize money.

• Total Entries: 2,138 (986 unique entries, 405 re-entries, 747 rebuys)
• Prize Pool: ₹21,38,000
• Buy-In: ₹1,100
• Places Paid: 207
• Min-Cash: ₹2,736

FTS #2 – ₹10 Lakh GTD

The second FTS event had a ₹10 Lakh guarantee and was shipped by Gurpal Singh aka ‘ToTheMoon’ who took home a paycheque of ₹1,96,935. The runner-up was BLITZPOKER player ‘Babakibarfi’ who pocketed ₹1,73,028 in prize money. There were 782 entries in total out of which 63 places were paid. The min-cash stood at ₹5,102. This tournament also crushed its initial guarantee and the final prize pool was ₹11,73,000.

• Total Entries: 3782 (88 unique entries, 83 re-entries, 311 rebuys)
• Prize Pool: ₹11,73,000
• Buy-In: ₹1,650
• Places Paid: 63
• Min-Cash: ₹5,102

FTS #3 Thursday Special – ₹35 Lakh GTD

The Thursday Special had a ₹35 Lakh guarantee which was crushed as well. The final prize pool generated was ₹37,68,000. The top 63 places out of a total of 628 entries were paid. The min-cash stood at ₹16,390. It was poker pro Vaibhav Sharma aka ‘Nikka Zalidar’ who shipped the title for a lovely ₹7,29,108 in prize money. Player ‘ChhotaDon’ was the runner-up for ₹4,59,696.

• Total Entries: 628 (297 unique entries, 129 re-entries, 202 rebuys)
• Prize Pool: ₹37,68,000
• Buy-In: ₹6,600
• Places Paid: 63
• Min-Cash: ₹16,390

FTS #4 – ₹8 Lakh GTD

The ₹8 Lakh guarantee event drew in 659 total entries out of which 55 were paid. The min-cash was ₹4,843. The event crushed the original guarantee and the final prize pool was ₹9,88,500. It was Jeetu Surana aka ‘G21982’ who emerged victorious with ₹1,64,899 added to his bankroll. Player ‘Herro Prease’ was the runner-up for ₹1,48,455.

• Total Entries: 659 (309 unique entries, 74 re-entries, 276 rebuys)
• Prize Pool: ₹9,88,500
• Buy-In: ₹1,650
• Places Paid: 55
• Min-Cash: ₹4,843

FTS #5 Thursday Big – ₹25 Lakh GTD

The final FTS event of the day was the Thursday Big which attracted 185 entries which mostly consisted of top poker pros. The highroller event had a ₹22,000 buy-in and eventually crushed its advertised guarantee. The final prize was ₹37,00,000. The top 17 players finished in the money, and the min-cash was ₹58,090. Player ‘vysh4987’ shipped the event for ₹8,00,548 in prize money. Poker pro Neel Joshi aka ‘Worm33’ was the runner-up for ₹7,59,371.

• Total Entries: 185 (88 unique entries, 37 re-entries, 60 rebuys)
• Prize Pool: ₹37,00,000
• Buy-In: ₹22,000
• Places Paid: 17
• Min-Cash: ₹58,090

Adda52

Godfather – ₹25 Lakh GTD

The Adda52 Godfather ended in a deal between Harsh Karanpuria aka ‘harsh20’ and Advait Rajguru aka ‘ronaldinho018.’ Karanpuria took the title for ₹5,24,398 in prize money. While Rajguru went home with ₹5,01,602 in his pockets. The event also crushed the guarantee and generated a final prize pool worth ₹27,00,000.

• Total Entries: 540 (251 unique entries, 289 re-entries)
• Prize Pool: ₹27,00,000
• Buy-In: ₹5,500
• Places Paid: 55
• Min-Cash: ₹12,150

PokerBaazi

Daily Value Boost – ₹10 Lakh GTD

The daily occurring event saw 892 total entries last night. The event was eventually shipped by online reg Arun Sriram aka ‘vazharmorghulis’ who had a payday of ₹1,64,000. The runner-up position was taken by Samay Modi aka ‘Sammybigstac’ for ₹1,53,000. The ₹10 Lakh guarantee event was crushed and ₹11,15,000 was the final prize pool.

• Total Entries: 892 (470 unique entries, 422 re-entries)
• Prize Pool: ₹11,15,000
• Buy-In: ₹1,380
• Places Paid: 137
• Min-Cash: ₹2,340

The Summit – ₹15 Lakh GTD

PokerBaazi’s feature tournament saw 298 entries participate. Out of which 36 finished in the money and the min-cash was ₹15,200. The final prize pool was ₹22,35,000 which crushed the original guarantee. It was Aditya Singh aka ‘konstantin’ who shipped the event and walked home with ₹4,94,000. Satyam Verma aka ‘satyamverma25’ was the runner-up for ₹3,46,000.

• Total Entries: 298 (148 unique entries, 150 re-entries)
• Prize Pool: ₹22,35,000
• Buy-In: ₹8,250
• Places Paid: 36
• Min-Cash: ₹15,200

PokerStars

Highroller – ₹10 Lakh GTD

The highroller event saw Neel Joshi aka ‘Worm236’ take the title for a prize money worth ₹2,27,743. Gaurav Sood aka ‘3betPanda’ was the runner-up for ₹1,76,906. The event had 155 total entries and event surpassed its guarantee. The final prize pool was ₹10,85,000. The top 17 places were paid, and the min-cash was ₹17,918.  

• Total Entries: 155 (85 unique entries, 70 re-entries)
• Prize Pool: ₹10,85,000
• Buy-In: ₹7,700
• Places Paid: 17
• Min-Cash: ₹17,918 

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