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| On Updated : Aug 8, 2020 1:48 PM IST

Friday Updates: Rishabh Malik and Sajjan Barnwal continue their rampage on virtual felts

By Dheeraj Singh

With Spartan Poker’s GPS, Adda52’s AOPS and PokerBaazi’s PPL running concurrently, Friday witnessed an enormous response from poker enthusiasts. Here’s a quick recap of all the action that unfolded Friday night-

Spartan Poker

It was a happy Friday for Spartan as the ₹1 Crore GTD The Millionaire flagged off with the first of its four starting flights. Day 1A registered A total of 465 entries were registered on Day 1 out of which only 28 players advanced to Day 2.

‘Tonkaaa’ (435,761), ‘mannu2424’ (298,951) and ‘OrangeZuce’ (255,365) ended up as the chip leader on Day1.

The ₹40 Lakhs GTD GPS#25 The Elite was another marquee event on Friday. The tourney registered 429 entries creating a pool prize of ₹42.90 Lac. The tourney ended up after a three-way deal that saw ‘AthenaVolt’ bagging the title and ₹6.29 Lac prize money. ‘ICMplay’ finished runner-up with ₹6.13 Lac and ‘$ura13’ finished third with ₹6.07 Lac.

Apart from these two events, The ₹12 Lakhs GTD GPS#24 TGIF was won by Rishab ‘NoChanc3’ Malik, who scooped ₹2.75 Lac after a heads-up deal with ‘VSXXX’ who finished runner-up for ₹2 Lac. Malik also ended up as the chip leader on Day 1B of the AOPS Mini Main Event.

PokerBaazi

Friday was The PPL August Edition opening day. The ₹20 Lakhs GTD PPL#4 DST 7-Max registered 425 entries with ₹5,500 as buy-in. PokerGuru Ambassador Vishal ‘Vishzz’ Bajaj won the title and took home ₹4.27 Lac top prize money while Sumit ‘TheRussian06’ Bajaj finished runner-up for ₹2.99 Lac. The top 54 places got paid.

The PPL#6 ₹10 Lakhs GTD was championed by Akshat ‘takingcuntrol’ Sharma. Sharma took home ₹2.21 Lac after defeating online reg Pranay ‘setmeup’ Chawla (runner up for ₹1.55 Lac) in heads-up battle.

Adda52

The second starting flight of the ₹1 Crore GTD AOPS Mini Main Event saw a total of 275 entries.  Rishab ‘Rish1994’ Malik (304,474) finished as the chip leader at the end of the day, with the 2020 I PC winner Rubin ‘kornkif’ Labroo (261,073), and Paawan ‘fullflush24’ Bansal (248,126) finishing at second and third spot.

The ₹30 Lakhs GTD AOPS Mini High Roller registered 409 entries. Sajjan ‘haitohhai’ Barnwal picked up his third AOPS title in the ongoing tourney for ₹7.44 Lac after beating ‘vinaysk,’ who finished runner-up for ₹4.50 Lac in the heads-up battle.

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Dheeraj Singh

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