The online action picked up the pace on Friday with the APT 2021 Online Series India making its debut on PokerBaazi and the ongoing IOPC January 2021 edition setting the virtual felts on fire. Headlining the Friday primetime action on India’s largest poker site, Adda52, was the 22.5 Lac GTD The Ballers. The 7,500 buy-in tourney pulled in 308 entries by the time late registration closed. In the end, it was a relatively lesser-known player, Kunal ‘Kunotaguero’ Yadav, who came out on top to win INR 5.62 Lac. Delhi-based MTT reg Shashank ‘felter’ Jain finished runner-up for INR 3.40 Lac.
Total Entries – 308
Prizepool – 22.5 Lac
Places Paid – 34
Min Cash – 15,750
Devrat “vickypune” Singh (3rd for 2,47,500), Dhaval “dirtyzoso” Mudgal (4th for INR 1,87,875),Surbhit “grovahova” Grover (5th for INR 1,29,375) and Ranjeet “rj147” Negi (6th for INR 84,375) were the notable names who ended their run on the final table of the marquee online tourney.
5.5 Lac GTD Running Hot
The other major tourney on Adda52, the 5.5 Lac GTD Running Hot, fared much better, generating a guarantee-crushing INR 6.02 Lac prize pool on the back of 301 entries. Navin ‘kutkut69A’ Bohania
was the last player standing in the INR 2200 buy-in tourney and won INR 1.54 Lac in top prize after outlasting online reg Guruprasad ‘guruprasad_gupta’ Gupta (runner-up for INR 91,805) in the HU.
Total Entries – 301
Prizepool – 6.02 Lac
Places Paid – 30
Min Cash – 4816