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Nitya Jain
Posted on 30 May, 2020
By Nitya Jain
On 30 May, 2020
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By Nitya Jain
On 30 May, 2020
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Thursday Roundup: Bansal, Munot, Thakur, Shardul, Mall, Soman win big


A fabulous Friday night across the online poker room in the country saw several prominent names in the industry shipping Friday fever! Big events included The Elite on Spartan Poker, The Ridge on PokerBaazi, Adda52 hosted The Ballers and PokerStars came up with Uppercut. The star performer of the night was circuit popular Raghav Bansal who claimed consecutive titles. And now, let’s take you out on a quick tour of last night.

The Elite

With 437 runners joining the field, the guarantee was smashed to generate INR 43.70 Lakh in last night’s The Elite INR 30 Lakh GTD on Spartan Poker. Just as the name suggest, the event had a buy-in of INR 11K and the top 39 spots received a paycheck of INR 30K minimum. At 6:18 am, after 9+ hours of grinding session a well-known player Ashish Munot aka ‘Donkey 07’ emerged victorious, taking home a hefty prize money after his opponent Nishant Sharma aka ‘FunkyouFTW1’ settled in the runner-up position.

  • Total Entries – 437
  • Prize Pool – INR 43,70,000
  • Places Paid – 39
  • Min – Cash – INR 30,153

TGIF

Another major attraction of the night on Spartan Poker was TGIF INR 10 Lakh GTD which drew 952 entries for a buy-in of INR 1,650. Once again, the displayed guarantee was surpassed creating INR 14.28 Lakh prize pool and the 87 players walked out with a share. Riding past the field to take down the event was Raghav Bansal aka ‘thatssosick’ who bagged consecutive titles after winning Thursday feature on PokerStars. The champion defeated ‘levelupJC91’ in heads-up.

  • Total Entries – 952
  • Prize Pool – INR 14,28,000
  • Places Paid – 87
  • Min – Cash – INR 4,426

The Ridge

Friday flagship tourney of PokerBaazi The Ridge INR 10 Lakh GTD garnered a field of 342 runners taking their seat to hunt for the cash prize. The final prize pool of INR 10.26 Lakh was drawn and well-received by the top 45 places. Coming out top was Animesh Thakur aka ‘animeshth20’ who knocked out Srihari Bang aka ‘bangbang99’ in heads-up and claimed INR 2.15 Lakh in prize money while Bang secured the second place payout of INR 1.51 Lakh for his efforts.

  • Total Entries – 342
  • Prize Pool – INR 10,26,000
  • Places Paid – 45
  • Min – Cash – INR 5,745

The Ballers

Online grinder Shardul Parthasarathi aka ‘Vamos96’ rode past the field of The Ballers INR 17 Lakh GTD on Adda52 and seized the largest share of the INR 28.08 Lakh prize pool! The event attracted 410 entries and 43 top players earned a paycheck. Defeating ‘villain1122’ in heads-up Parthasarathi walked home with INR 6.96 Lakh in prize money while his opponent earned INR 4.21 Lakh.

  • Total Entries – 410
  • Prize Pool – INR 28,08,501
  • Places Paid – 43
  • Min – Cash – INR 15,447

Hexagram

Another attraction on Adda52 was Hexagram INR 3 Lakh GTD which pulled out 178 entries, surpassing the guarantee. At 3:37 am, online reg Goonjan Mall aka ‘gmtesting’ emerged victorious after eliminating ‘Sickboy210’ in heads-up for INR 98,790 in prize money. However, the runner-up earned INR 59K.

  • Total Entries – 178
  • Prize Pool – INR 3,56,000
  • Places Paid – 19
  • Min – Cash – INR 3,560

Uppercut Magic Edition

With a buy-in of INR 4,400 a total of 308 hopefuls joined PokerStars’ Friday headlining tourney Uppercut Magic Edition INR 10 Lakh GTD. Generating INR 12.32 Lakh in prize pool, the top 59 places strolled out with a minimum cash of INR 3K. After intense grinding session, the last man standing was Rohan Soman aka ‘RSmincer’ who defeated Shrey Pandey aka ‘pandeyshrey33’ in heads-up and both players earned INR 94,032.

  • Total Entries – 308
  • Prize Pool – INR 12,32,000
  • Places Paid – 59
  • Min – Cash – INR 3,311

For more updates on online poker tournaments, keep reading GutshotMagazine.com and stay tuned!



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