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Shashank Mehrotra Ships PokerBaazi’s The Moneymaker For 19.75 Lakh

The first Sunday of 2021 was a poker feast on the virtual felts. Several high-value tournaments taking place, top players as well as amateurs battling it out and unmatched poker action is what defined last night. Let’s have a look at the results of the night.

Sunday Superstack – ₹25 Lakh GTD

Spartan Poker’s Sunday Superstack witnessed some action-packed scenes. The top 31 places out of the 357 entries finished in the money. The initial guarantee was crushed by over a million rupees as the final prize pool stood at ₹35,70,000. The min-cash stood at ₹31,416.

Ujjwal Narwal aka ‘Lord Hendrix’ had a fabulous start to the year as he shipped one of his biggest wins on Spartan Poker. Narwhal topped the table and added ₹7,55,055 to his bankroll. Mystery player ‘heimdall’ finished at the runner-up spot for ₹5,08,368.

• Total entries: 357
• Prize Pool: ₹35,70,000
• Buy-in: ₹11,000
• Places paid: 31
• Min-cash: ₹31,416

PBC #1 The Moneymaker – ₹1 crore GTD

The Moneymaker event on PokerBaazi was the biggest tourney of the night. The initial colossal guarantee of ₹1 crore was surpassed and the fina;l prize pool stood at ₹1,17,00,000. The event witnessed 1,174 entries out of which the top 135 places made in the money. The min-cash stood at ₹16,440.

PokerBaazi reg Shashank Mehrotra aka ‘shashank171992’ shipped the tourney to become the biggest winner of the night as he laughed his way to the bank with ₹19,75,000. Ranjeet Negi aka ‘rj47’ finished at the runner-up spot for ₹13,84,146.

Arjanveer Singh Chadha (13th, ₹1,20,000), Nitin Arora (27th, ₹70,440), FTS 2.0 main Event winner Siddharth Karia (42nd, ₹52,830), Vishal Bajaj (43rd, ₹52,830), Ashish Ahuja (47th,  ₹44,610), Ram Kakkar (50th, ₹44,610),

• Total entries: 1,174
• Prize pool: ₹1,17,00,000
• Buy-in: ₹11,000
• Places paid: 135
• Min-cash: ₹16,440

PBC #2 Monsterstack – ₹15 Lakh GTD

PokerBaazi’s PBC #2 Monsterstack was an action-packed tourney that crushed the advertised guarantee by close to a million rupees. The final prize pool stood at ₹24,65,000. The top 117 places out of the 986 entries finished in the money. The min-cash stood at ₹3,940.

Rohit Mishra aka ‘rohit22rm’ topped the table and pocketed ₹4,24,000 in prize winnings. At the runner-up spot, Online reg Bharat Vasan aka ‘Thinkfloyd’ cashed ₹2,97,000. 

• Total entries: 986
• Prize pool: ₹24,65,000
• Buy-in: ₹2,750
• Places paid: 117
• Min-cash: ₹3,940

Roller Coaster – ₹24 Lakh GTD

Adda52’s Roller Coaster was a power-packed tourney. Out of the 240 entities at this tourney, the top 24 places finished in the money. The min-cash at this tourney stood at ₹20,400.

WPT India Bounty Championship and Megasuits winner Anant Purohit aka ‘Pro_baba’ nailed the tourney for ₹5,36,139. Sahil Nair aka ‘you3bi4b’ finished second for ₹5,06,661. Sanish Chhabra (4th, ₹2,06,400), Tanmay Benara (9th, ₹48,000), Ritwik Khanna (15th, ₹30,000), and Shagun Jain (17th, ₹30,000) were some notable players who finished in the money.

• Total entries: 240
• Buy-in: ₹10,999
• Places paid: 24
• Min-cash: ₹20,400

Carousel – ₹20 Lakh GTD

Adda52’s Carousel witnessed 463 entries, out of which the top 49 places finished in the money. The prize pool stood at ₹21,04,338, while the min-cash stood at ₹11,574. 

WPT Vietnam 2018 Main Event winner and MPL ambassador Dhaval Mudgal aka ‘dirtzoso’ claimed the title and added ₹5,15,562 to his bankroll. RM aka ‘happyfish’ took home ₹3,05,129 for his second-place finish. 

• Total entries: 463
• Buy-in: ₹4,999
• Places paid: 49
• Min-cash: ₹11,574

Gravitron – ₹9,92,855

Adda52’s Gravitron witnessed some action-packed scenes.  The tourney received 437 entries out of which the top 44 places made it in the money. The min-cash at this tourney stood at ₹7,495.

Destiny winner Arjanveer Singh Chadha aka ‘arjan30’ and Rajneesh Thakur aka ‘rajneesh620’ ended the tourney in a deal as Chadha took home ₹1,66,927 and Thakur walked away with ₹1,62,871.

• Total entries: 437
• Buy-in: ₹2,499
• Places paid: 44
• Min-cash: ₹7,495

Sunday Special PKO – ₹15 Lakh GTD

Sunday Special on PokerStars was a progressive knockout tourney, which witnessed 297 entries battling it out. The top 34 places made it in the money and the min-cash stood at ₹6,340.

Akshay Gupta aka ‘Vaahbhaivaah’ and last week’s Sunday Superstanch winner  Nitin Arora aka ‘Checkshoveit’ ended this tourney in a two-way deal taking home ₹1,25,244 each. Additionally, Gupta bagged ₹1,18,886 and Arora bagged ₹53,710 in bounty money.

• Total entries: 297
• Buy-in: ₹5,500
• Places paid: 34
• Min-cash: ₹6,340

Sunday Highroller – ₹10 Lakh GTD

Sunday Highroller on PokerStars witnessed the initial guarantee being surpassed as the final prize pool stood at ₹12,30,000. The top 15 places out of the 123 entries finished in the money. The min-cash stood at ₹26,243.

PokerBaazi Summit winner Mithun Mahesh shipped the tourney for ₹2,69,598. WCS Highroller winner Deepesh Raka aka ‘deep12322’ was the runner-up who walked away with ₹2,07,494. Players like Dhaval Mudgal (8th, ₹43,126), Harsh Dembla (9th, ₹33,192), Manish Lakhotia (10th, ₹29,514) and Nitin Arora (14th, ₹26,243) also made it in the money at this tourney.

• Total entries: 123
• Prizepool: ₹12,30,000
• Buy-in: ₹11,000
• Places paid: 15
• Min-cash: ₹26,243

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