The August edition of the flagship Adda52 Online Poker Series (AOPS) concluded last night. The final day saw seven tournaments reaching their conclusion, ending the series that had INR 9 Crores in guarantees and 15 Lac in leaderboard prizes. The day saw an impressive 3840 entries and INR 3.14 Crores paid out in prizes. Walking away with the biggest title was the DPT Kickoff champion Vishal Tulsyan who outlasted a massive field of 2063 entries in the 2.5 Crore GTD AOPS Main Event to walk away with a mouth-watering INR 43.79 Lac, his best score to date. Let us have a look at the top results!
2.5 Crore GTD AOPS Main Event Finale
The star attraction of the series, the AOPS Main Event, pulled in 2063 entries across its nine flights. A total of 232 players returned for the epic finale to battle it out for the coveted Main Event title and the massive first-place prize, with 231 of them finishing ITM. While there were several top pros in contention for the title, it was Vishal Tulsyan aka ‘amarkhatri999’ who shipped it for INR 43.79 Lac after outlasting online MTT reg Srihari Bang aka ‘zombieballs’ (runner-up for INR 27.50 Lac) in the heads-up. The final podium spot went to Rony Chowdhury aka ‘fish4life’ (3rd for INR 20 Lac).
- Total Entries – 2063
- Prize Pool – INR 2.5 Crores
- Places Paid – 231
- Min – Cash – INR 33,000
Each of the final tablists locked up more than INR 3 Lac prize.‘Punter27’ (4th for INR 14.30 Lac). ‘thandicoke’ (10.03 Lac) and Vikranth Varma (6th for INR 7.40 Lac) were other notable FT finishers.
Top 10 Payouts (INR):
40 Lac GTD Mega Suits
The second biggest tournament on the AOPS final day schedule – the 40 Lac GTD AOPS Mega Suits drew 804 entries (413 unique and 391 re-entries) to crush its specified guarantee and create INR 40.20 Lac prizepool that was eventually shared by the top 82 players with a min-cash of INR 8,844.
- Total Entries – 804
- Prize Pool – INR 40,20,000
- Places Paid – 82
- Min – Cash – INR 8,844
After over 10 hours of play, it was online MTT reg Vikas Yadav ‘vikas267’ who emerged victorious and banked a hefty INR 10.05 Lac for the win. Yadav came out on top of the star-studded final table that had the likes of Sirharsha Doddapaneni (runner-up for INR 5.40 Lac), Ashish Munot (3rd for INR 3.69 Lac), Rajat Sharma (4th for 2.65 Lac) and young talent Akshay Nasa (7th for INR 1,00,500).
Top 10 Payouts (INR):
10 Lac GTD AOPS Monster Turbo
Another major tourney on the final day of the series, the 10 Lac GTD AOPS Monster Turbo featuring a buy-in of INR 2500, logged in a total of 457 entries to easily crush its guarantee and create INR 10.39 Lac in prizepool. The top 49 players finished ITM with a min-cash starting at INR 3,639 .
- Total Entries – 457
- Prize Pool – INR 10,39,681
- Places Paid – 49
- Min – Cash – INR 3,639
The winner was a notable reg in Sagar Patnaik aka ‘passivity’ who defeated Siddharth Mehndiratta aka ‘si151190″ (runner-up for INR 1.53 Lac) in heads-up to bank INR 2.70 Lac. Also at the FT was Ayan Ray (5th for INR 57,182) who also final-tabled last night’s Mega Suits, finishing 6th for INR 1.28 Lac).
Top 10 Payouts (INR):
Other Winners From Final Day
Other winners on the final day of the AOPS included online reg in Kamal Naruka aka ‘ksn123’ (won the 2 Lac GTD AOPS Wake-Up Call for INR 51,200),Puneet “j4jolly” Mishra (won the 5 Lac GTD AOPS Brunch for INR 1.24 Lac), Shekhar “brat_poker” Singh (won the 5 Lac GTD AOPS Sunday Punch for INR 74,518) and ‘cricpoker’ (won the 2 Lac GTD AOPS Afterparty PKO for INR 52,000 prize).