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The much awaited IOPC on Spartan Poker is back! Packed with an incredible 25 Crores worth of guarantees in 113 events, the IOPC lives up to its name and attracts the best in the country. The winner of the main event, The Crown, will receive, not a medal, but an actual physical Crown!
Daily Majors is headlined by wins by Arsh Grover, Raghav Bansal, Siddhanth Kripalani & Gaurav Sood. Raghav Bansal poker results, stats, photos, videos, news, magazine columns, blogs, Twitter, and more.
The players get a chance to fight for the huge Leaderboard worth 1 Crore as well throughout the entirety of the event. During the two weeks of IOPC 2020, a total of 113 events are scheduled with buy-ins ranging from ₹550 to ₹1.10 Lakhs!
Let’s See How it Went Down on Day Number 8 of This Massive Series!
4L GTD IOPC #49(RE)
The first tournament of Day 8 was the 4L GTD IOPC #49. The ₹550 buy-in event received a total of 867 entries(including reentries and rebuys), crushing the guarantee and creating a total prize pool of ₹4.33 Lakhs with 71 places paid and a minimum cash of ₹1,647. ‘FollowTheProcess’ shipped the event and earned himself a payout of ₹83,666 after beating ‘Gofokill’ in the final heads-up who earned ₹52,714 for the second place.
6L GTD IOPC #50(RE)
The ₹1,650 buy-in event received a total of 448 entries(including reentries and rebuys) and created a prize pool of ₹6,72,000. With a total of 39 places paid and a min. cash of ₹4,637, the tournament was won by ‘ConMan’ for a payout of ₹1,34,736 after beating ‘jiggy1991’ in the final heads-up who earned ₹89,578 for second place.
5L GTD IOPC #51 Monster Stack(RE)
The ₹5 Lakhs GTD IOPC#44 Monster Stack received a total of 790 entries(including rebuys). Bhanu‘spectre’ Prakash shipped the event for a payout of ₹1,15,949 while ‘Sherlock2505’ received the runner-up payout of ₹82,978!
3L GTD IOPC #52
The ₹3 Lakhs GTD IOPC #52 had a buy-in of ₹1,100 and received a total of 373 entries(including reentries and rebuys). Online reg, Deepak‘chimpoo’ Bothra continued his hot streak at the IOPC as he shipped the event for a payout of ₹68,611 while ‘Mr.Bojangles’ received the runner-up payout of ₹63,384!
40L GTD IOPC #53 Ultron
The 40L GTD IOPC #53 Ultron was the second biggest prize on offer for the day. It had a buy-in of ₹4,400 and received a total of 1,153 entries (including reentries and rebuys). It was online reg Kunal‘TiltAtma’ Patni who shipped the event for a payout of ₹8.71 lakhs after beating ‘Tiger10’ who earned a payout of ₹5.30 lakhs! The new Spartan Pro, Nikita Luther finished this tournament in third place and earned a payout of ₹3.76 lakhs.
IOPC #54 Highroller 1 Crore GTD
The 1 Crore GTD IOPC #54 had buy-in of ₹55,000 and received a total of 223 entries (including reentries and rebuys) which was enough to crush the massive guarantee. It was another online reg, Raghav ‘Thatssosick’ Bansal who shipped the event for a payout of ₹24.69 lakhs after beating ‘Boller’ who earned a payout of ₹16,66,925. Raghav was able to pull off a great call in the final hand with his A-2 as ‘Boller’ tried to bluff him off the hand with Q-J off suit. He shoved all-in on the river and paid the price as Raghav was able to make a fine call with his A pair and bad kicker!
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15L GTD IOPC #55
The ₹15 Lakhs GTD IOPC #55 had a buy-in of ₹3,300 and received a total of 601 entries(including reentries and rebuys) creating a prize pool of ₹18,03,000. With a total of 55 places paid, the tournament was won by Shardul‘Faucet Failure’ Parthasarathi for a payout of ₹3,28,770 after beating Sanat ‘avneed’ Mehrotra in the final heads-up who earned ₹2,42,781 for second place.
IOPC #56 10L GTD The Destiny
The ₹10 Lakhs GTD IOPC #56 The Destiny had a buy-in of ₹2,200 and received a total of 604 entries(including reentries and rebuys). Mayank‘666617’ Makhija shipped the event for a payout of ₹3,14,080 while ‘McFly’ received the runner-up payout of ₹1,93,280!
We move on to Day 9 of the IOPC on Spartan Poker today! Best of luck to all the participants!
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Three weeks into the 2019 World Series and we’re here to report what is our best chance at a bracelet so far this year. After top 30 finishes for Shravan Chhabria and Kartik Ved in BIG 50, a 13th place finish for Aditya Sushant in Event #28 and a 15th place finish for Ashish Ahuja in Event #34, we have two Indians among the final 8 players in another tournament, hunting for another piece of gold in Vegas.
Event #42: $600 Mixed No-Limit Hold’em / Pot-Limit Omaha Deepstack is the tournament underway at the moment and a massive field of 2,403 entries registered on the opening day, with several Indians participating but only 4 moved on to Day 2 among the 195 Day 1 survivors.
Indian players who cashed on Day 1 itself included Romit Advani (223rd for $1,198) and Nishant Sharma (299th for $961). Early on Day 2, those who busted from the 4 to progress were Yudhister Jaiswal (132nd for $1,357) and Kartik Ved (164th for $1,357). This left only two Indians in contention – Raghav Bansal and Ashish Ahuja.
Over the years, Bansal has widely been regarded as one of India’s best poker pros, with several titles and cashes across the globe and nearly a million dollars in live cashes. He was the largest stack on Day 1 among Indian players, and he rode the advantage to position himself as chip leader of the tournament in the late stages of Day 2. However, he had to give up that lead a few minutes before play halted having lost a 3+ million PLO pot to Rainer Kempe.
Bansal accumulated 723k chips at the end of Day 1 but has now bettered himself to 9,300,000 chips at the end of Day 2, while Ahuja is also in the mix with 6,975,000 chips. The Final Table of 8 players was formed and play halted on Day 2 when Simon Samokovski was eliminated in 9th place for $16,603, by Day 1 chip leader Adam Lamphere.
India is in a strong position to bring home its third WSOP bracelet when these players return on Day 3. Given the size of his chip stack, Bansal is most likely to do so, having also executed a few eliminations towards the end of the day, knocking out Brandon Lamora in 14th place and UK’s Samad Razavi in 10th place.
However, let’s not rule out Ahuja’s chances either. On his first trip to the poker capital of the world, Ahuja has already managed 4 cashes in WSOP 2019 and this 5th one could very well become the best of his career till date. When players return on Day 3, the minimum prize ensured is $21,469 (~INR 14.94 Lakh) for 8th place. However, everyone will have eyes for the top prize of $194,759, which of course comes with an elusive WSOP gold bracelet.
Current chip counts:
- Adam Lamphere – 17,200,000
- Dan Matsuzuki – 14,000,000
- Raghav Bansal – 9,300,000
- Rainer Kempe – 8,000,000
- Aristeidis Moschonas – 7,325,000
- Ashish Ahuja – 6,975,000
- Stephen Ma – 6,325,000
- Daniel Moravec – 2,950,000
GutshotMagazine.com will be following the progress of our two Indian players in Event #42 and you can keep checking back here to find all the latest updates from this tournament. Remember, the Final Table will also be live streamed, so stay tuned!
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