Thursday Roundup: Grover, Bagai, Yadav Secure Titles!

We are heading towards an action-packed weekend, and Thursday night was exceptionally busy. Finally, the 2020 INCOOP is underway on PokerStars India with INR 9.05 Crore in prize pool. So, let’s take a look at who won what across the major online platforms yesterday.

GPS – Grand Ultron

The biggest guarantee tourney to play out on Spartan Poker last night was the INR 25 Lakhs GTD Ultron, which logged in 701 entries. The heads-up clash for the title took place between mystery players ‘G.O.A.T.’ and Madhab Pal aka ‘madhabpal2017’. And Thursday’s champion was ‘G.O.A.T.’ who collected the top prize while the latter settled in the second place. The top 63 players finished ITM.

Total Entries – 701
Prize Pool – INR 28,04,000
Places Paid – 63
Min – Cash – INR 12,197

The Summit

PokerBaazi’s INR 20 Lakhs GTD The Summit collected INR 23.10 Lakhs in the prize pool from a starting field of 308 entries. Battling his way to the top was Arsh Grover aka ‘Button_Hai_Bro’ who captured INR 5.10 Lakhs in top prize after eliminating Arjunn Agrawal aka ‘MaalChaHee’ in heads-up. The latter banked INR 3.58 Lakhs for finishing second. Gaurav Sood aka ‘gaug17’ earned INR 2.30 Lakhs for finishing third.

Total Entries – 308
Prize Pool – INR 23,10,000
Places Paid – 36
Min – Cash – INR 15,710

Thursday MonsterStack

The INR 5 Lakhs GTD Thursday MonsterStack on PokerBaazi pulled in 190 runners. The top 24 places went out with INR 4,800 as min-cash. Settling in the second place was circuit grinder Sanish Chhabra aka ‘Sanish21’ who collected INR 84,650 for his efforts. The most significant chunk of the prize pool belonged to ‘sabur’. The winner pocketed INR 1.21 Lakhs in prize money.

Total Entries – 190
Prize Pool – INR 5,00,000
Places Paid – 24
Min – Cash – INR 4,800

Godfather

Mystery player ‘Aj_style19’ took down Godfather INR 30 Lakhs GTD on Adda52. The winner ran past a field of 575 runners and pocketed an impressive INR 7.05 Lakhs in prize money. The top 63 players finished ITM for INR 12,750 as min-cash. Taking home the second place payout of INR 4.11 Lakhs was Dhirendra Kumar aka ‘Dhiru006’.

Total Entries – 575
Prize Pool – INR 30,00,000
Places Paid – 63
Min – Cash – INR 12,750

Table for 6

Another massive event on Adda52 was Table for 6 INR 5 Lakhs GTD that attracted 197 runners. Each player chipped in INR 2,750 but only the top 21 could turn that into a min-cash. Coming out on top was Anshul Bagai aka ‘Anshbag’ who took home a paycheque of INR 1.39 Lakhs after defeating ‘MallaNi’ in heads-up. The latter finished second for INR 81,250.

Total Entries – 190
Prize Pool – INR 5,00,000
Places Paid – 21
Min – Cash – INR 2,750

INCOOP – 06 Highroller

PokerStars India hosted their Thursday flagship event last night. The popular INR 30 Lakhs GTD Highroller pulled in 216 runners, crowning a champion in Anuj Yadav aka ‘brockLesnar95’ who took home INR 5.89 Lakhs in prize money. Yadav knocked out Ashish Ahuja aka ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ in heads-up who clinched to the second place payout of INR 4.33 Lakhs.