Thursday Roundup: Aditya Kulkarni bags consecutive titles!

Thursday night was lit with attractive offers! Several prominent names in the industry picked up titles, and it was Aditya Kulkarni who bagged yet another Hexagram title! Coming to the events of last night, Adda52 hosted Godfather INR 25 Lakh GTD, Spartan Poker’s Ultron promised INR 20 Lakh, and PokerStars’ Thursday flagship came with INR 10L GTD. So, let’s take a quick tour of Thursday majors…

Ultron

Thursday’s main attraction on Spartan Poker is Ultron INR 20 Lakh GTD and last night garnered a field of 612 entries. Collecting a prize pool of INR 24.48 Lakh, the top 55 spots earned a slice of the same. After 7+ hours of grinding session, Abhishek Rathod aka ‘nbc345’ powered through the field to capture the title along with the prize money while his opponent ‘CH@MP’ secured the second place payout.

Total Entries – 612
Prize Pool – INR 24,48,000
Places Paid – 55
Min – Cash – INR 11,995

Knockout

Circuit popular Manish Lakhotia aka ‘thekid’ took down Spartan Poker’s Knockout INR 6 Lakh GTD. The event drew 261 runners, slightly surpassing the advertised guarantee to generate INR 6.45 Lakh in prize pool. Lakhotia banked the first-place prize money while Vaibhav Sharma aka ‘Nikka Zaildar’ settled in the second place.

Total Entries – 261
Prize Pool – INR 6,45,000
Places Paid – 23
Min – Cash – INR 7,482

Thursday MonsterStack

At 9 pm last night, PokerBaazi hosted Thursday MonsterStack INR 5 Lakh GTD which attracted a field of 208 entries, slightly crossing the guarantee to create INR 5.2 Lakh in prize pool. Claiming the day and the title was well-known circuit grinder Kunal Patni aka ‘VasooliChacha’ who defeated ‘Sarveshshahni’ in heads-up and added INR 1.26 Lakh to his bankroll. The latter banked INR 88.04K.

Total Entries – 208
Prize Pool – INR 5,20,000
Places Paid – 24
Min – Cash – INR 4,992

Godfather

The popular Thursday flagship tourney on Adda52, Godfather INR 25 Lakh GTD was triumphed by online grinder Kartik Ved aka ‘Pegasusu1505’! The top 63 players well-received a paycheck of INR 12K as min-cash. The champion knocked out ‘pofunder’ in heads-up and bagged an impressive INR 7.05 Lakh in prize money.

Prize Pool – INR 30,00,000
Places Paid – 63
Min – Cash – INR 12,750

Hexagram

Fate was in favour of Aditya Kulkarni aka ‘Adit11’ who pounced to grab another Hexagram INR 3 Lakh GTD title on Adda52 last night after already taking down Wednesday’s event! Defeating ‘DADDY5050’ in heads-up, Kulkarni boosted his bankroll by adding INR 84,750 for his victory while his opponent secured INR 55K and settled in the second place.

Prize Pool – INR 3,00,000
Places Paid – 15
Min – Cash – INR 4,500

Highroller

PokerStars’ hosted Highroller INR 15 Lakh GTD which pulled out 236 hopefuls for INR 7,700. This led to the collection of INR 16.52 Lakh prize pool which was distributed among the top 39 places. The tournament concluded with a heads-up deal between Raghav Bansal aka ‘OMGZ_ITS_RB’ and ‘NNomadas’. Eventually, Bansal topped the list and shipped the event for INR 2.77 Lakh while the latter walked out with INR 2.75 Lakh.