The 22 Crore GTD Adda52 Online Poker Series (AOPS) has already crossed its half-way mark. Day 16 saw a ton of exciting stuff with a total of 2932 entries enrolled and a whopping INR 43.7 Lac paid out across 9 events. The biggest score of the day went to Rahul Jain aka ‘rahulpalawat’ who shipped the 20 Lac GTD AOPS Superstack for INR 5.18 Lac in top prizemoney. Let us dive into the top results!
20 Lac GTD AOPS Superstack With 3850 Buy-in
The biggest attraction last night was the 20 Lac GTD AOPS Superstack that wrapped up with a grand success, pulling in a total of 630 entries and creating 22.05 Lac prizepool shared by top 63 players.
Banking the largest share of the prizepool was Rahul Jain aka ‘rahulpalawat’ who defeated Eshan Kapoor aka ‘eshankapoor’ (runner-up for INR 3.02 Lac) to bank an impressive INR 5.18 Lac.
Also at the FT were some prominent players in Kamal Naruka (4th for INR 154350), Manish Lakhotia (6th for INR 77175), and AOPS Mini Main Event winner Arjanveer Singh Chadha (7th for INR 60638).
Top 10 Payouts (INR):
| 1 | rahulpalawat | 518175 |
| 2 | eshankapoor | 302085 |
| 3 | GRG9 | 200655 |
| 4 | ksn123 | 154350 |
| 5 | mahikalra | 110250 |
| 6 | newkidpoker | 77175 |
| 7 | arjan30 | 60638 |
| 8 | ikkatikka | 44100 |
| 9 | nadeem0021 | 33075 |
| 10 | Tfue7 | 24255 |
5 Lac GTD AOPS Win The Button PKO With 4000 Buy-in
A regular at AOPS, Ashish Ahuja aka ‘rocky3705 is in tremendous touch as he won a third title at the ongoing series last night. The Chandigarh-based pro had kicked off the series in style by winning the AOPS Big Stack Turbo. He then won the AOPS Inception on Monday and added a third title to his impressive resume last night by winning the AOPS Win The Button PKO for 1.66 Lac after outlasting 181 entries. It was a hattrick for Ahuja as he won three flagship tournaments on consecutive days.
On his way to the victory last night, Ahuja made his way to the top through a very competitive FT that featured players like Nishaanth Shanmughasundaram (2nd for INR 98,313), Srihari Bang (3rd for INR 72,688), Sagar Patnaik (4th for INR 52,531), and Guneet Kwatra who finished 5th for INR 42,860.
Top 19 players were paid out in the tourney with a min-cash starting at INR 5000. Other notables to finish deep were Anmol Mehta (10th), Anish Suri (13th), Ujjwal Narwal (14th), Goonjan Mall (18th), etc.
Top 10 Payouts (INR):
| 1 | rocky3705 | 140000 |
| 2 | superdeluxe | 84000 |
| 3 | zombieballs | 63500 |
| 4 | passivity | 45000 |
| 5 | guntz | 31250 |
| 6 | Hkhurana | 22500 |
| 7 | SrinivasMangalore | 18750 |
| 8 | udaymoola | 13750 |
| 9 | bml2012 | 11250 |
| 10 | anzzzzz | 9250 |
NOTE: the above payouts do not include bounty prizes
4 Lac GTD AOPS Brunch With 1250 Buy-in
Another major tournament on the AOPS schedule yesterday was the AOPS Brunch that found a winner in Aaryan Agarwal who outlasted a field of 330 entries including ‘Ddarsh’ in heads-up. Agarwal earned INR 84,391 for his win, while the latter banked INR 76,209 for his runner-up finish.
The tournament paid out top 34 players with a min-cash of INR 2800. Dinesh Singh (11th), Devrat Singh (15th), ‘KA21’ (25th), & Jitendra Chordia (27th) were notable players who made ITM finishes.
Top 10 Payouts (INR):
| 1 | Aaryan_99 | 84391 |
| 2 | Ddarsh | 76209 |
| 3 | pratyushguglani | 44000 |
| 4 | hunterchikoo | 33400 |
| 5 | shocker1010 | 23000 |
| 6 | thejokerrrr | 15000 |
| 7 | echayan | 12000 |
| 8 | WinMan4 | 10000 |
| 9 | Manojk786 | 8000 |
| 10 | vikram_poker | 6000 |
3 Lac GTD AOPS Siesta With 1100 Buy-in
The AOPS Siesta was taken down by Pratibh Salaju aka ‘MrGTO’ who came out on top of a 259-entry field to ship it for INR 62,959. Saluja has been phenomenal at the series and this win is by far his 7th AOPS title. Eventually, he agreed to a heads-up deal with ‘Badpandat’ (runner-up for INR 61,541).
Top 27 places were paid out with a min-cash of INR 2700. Jairam Prab (17th for INR 3750), Kunal Sharma (18th for INR 3150), latest Full House runner-up Abhishek Tibrewala (21st for INR 3150) ITMed it.
Top 10 Payouts (INR):
| 1 | MrGTO | 62959 |
| 2 | Badpandat | 61541 |
| 3 | Gameon7777 | 34950 |
| 4 | subu231987 | 25500 |
| 5 | Mr_ATP | 17250 |
| 6 | Ddarsh | 12750 |
| 7 | funck | 9750 |
| 8 | sarva3081 | 7500 |
| 9 | pokerpain | 6000 |
| 10 | Amankmr20 | 4500 |
3 Lac GTD AOPS AfterParty PKO With 1100 Buy-in
The final tourney on the AOPS schedule yesterday, the 3 Lac GTD AOPS AfterParty PKO did well, drawing in a total of 392 entries and generating a guarantee-crushing prizepool of INR 3.13 Lac that eventually got distributed among the top 43 players with a min-cash starting at INR 1,725.
Coming out on top of the field was ‘Akprata0’ who eventually defeated ‘Nazgul’ in the heads-up. The eventual winner walked away with INR 77,773, while the runner-up ‘Nazgul’ banked INR 47,040.
Top 10 Payouts (INR):
| 1 | Akprata0 | 77773 |
| 2 | Nazgul | 47040 |
| 3 | barbarik12 | 32928 |
| 4 | Monzzard | 25088 |
| 5 | anzzzzz | 16307 |
| 6 | aj10kq | 10976 |
| 7 | ravenclaw410 | 8624 |
| 8 | pumb | 7056 |
| 9 | poking | 5018 |
| 10 | undiscoverdcolors | 3920 |
Results from other AOPS Events hosted yesterday
There were several other players who walked away with the AOPS titles yesterday, including Pratibh Saluja who shipped two tournaments. Here is a quick look at the top results from Day 16:
2.5 Lac GTD AOPS Dusk With 1100 Buy-in
- Total Entries – 242
- Total Prizepool – 250000
- Winner – Jairam Parab aka ‘Keyser_Soze’ (won INR 68625)
- Runner-up – ShadyBluffer (won INR 40000)
- Also at FT was Devrat Singh aka ‘Vickypune’ (3rd for INR 30000)
1.5 Lac GTD AOPS Wake-Up Call With 660 Buy-in
- Total Entries – 274
- Total Prizepool – 164402
- Winner – Pratibh Saluja ‘MrGTO’ (won INR 38189_
- Runner-up – ‘knkrajput’ (won INR 30037)
- Salaja won two tournaments last night. The other tourney he shipped was AOPS Siesta.
1 Lac GTD AOPS Byte With 350 Buy-in
- Total Entries – 371
- Total Prizepool – 116864
- Winner – ‘gauravgoru’ (won INR 31554)
- Runner-up – ‘anaconda79 (won INR 19867).
1 Lac GTD AOPS Punch With 550 Buy-in
- Total Entries – 253
- Total Prizepool – 126504
- Winner – ‘Ashadcrkm’ (won INR 27333).
- Runner-up – ‘Munmesh’ (won INR 20590)
- Also at FT was Goonjan Mall (5th for INR 7274)
