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The Indian contingent at the 2018 World Series of Poker (WSOP) have wreaked havoc on the international poker stage in Las Vegas. This past weekend was of immense historical importance to the Indian poker community as Nikita Luther won her career-first WSOP gold bracelet, and India’s third, in Event #55 – $1,000 Tag Team No-Limit Hold ‘em pocketing the top prize of $175,805 (₹1.20 Crores). She also had an exhilarating run in Event #54: Big Blind Antes $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em where she finished in 17th place for $18,495 (~₹12.65 Lakhs). India`s first WSOP bracelet winner Aditya Sushant was close to winning his second gold but finished 9th for $75,319 (~₹51.55 Lakhs) in Event #61: $1,000 WSOP.com ONLINE No-Limit Hold’em Championship.
While the members of Team India were making inspiring runs in Vegas, the online poker scene in the country was also booming! The virtual felts saw a lot of action this past Sunday, as numerous poker experts and enthusiasts alike scored enormous paydays. Headlining the list of winners this Sunday was Rohit ‘kudos0202’ Behal who played impressively well to win the PokerStars India’s Sunday Special ₹25 Lakhs GTD for ₹4.75 Lakhs.
PokerStars India had massive overlays all across the big guaranteed events this past Sunday, much to the liking of the poker players who turned up to take advantage of the huge value on offer. The poker site had to contribute over Rs 15 lakhsin Sunday Special ₹25 Lakhs GTD, ₹3.92 Lakhs in Sunday Storm ₹5 Lakhs GTD, ₹65,675 in Sunday Stars ₹2 Lakhs GTD, ₹36,912 in Sunday Warm-Up ₹1 Lakhs GTD and ₹35,000 in The Hot ₹1 Lakhs GTD to meet the guaranteed prize pool. The Sunday Storm ₹5 Lakhs GTD event awarded ₹86,513 to ‘GudThimma’ for the 1st place, as ‘youcantcallme’ topped Sunday Stars ₹2 Lakhs GTD for ₹52,406. The Hot ₹1 Lakhs GTD found a winner in ‘FLIPflops’ for ₹44,847 and the Sunday Warm-Up ₹1 Lakhs GTD was taken down by Sharath ‘jigglypuff420’ Tp for ₹22,647.
Not far behind was the winner of the Baazi Super Sunday (BSS) ₹15 Lakhs GTD on India’s most trusted poker site PokerBaazi, Pranav ‘Pranavpoker’ Khandalkar who shipped the event for ₹3.15 Lakhs. But the action on PokerBaazi did not stop with Khandalkar. ‘Satya222’ claimed the top prize of ₹1.19 Lakhs at the BSS ₹5 Lakhs GTD and ‘Aone1’ pocketed ₹35,000 for topping the BSS ₹1 Lakhs GTD Turbo FreezeOut.
The Sunday Blast Series on MadOverPoker comprised of 6 high-value tournaments which had a total prize pool of ₹9 Lakhs. Leading from the front was ‘Oliverqueen’ who bagged Hysteria for ₹1.14 Lakhs. Rudhra ‘honeysingh’ Kumare won Dynamite for ₹22,139, followed by Nikhil ‘Nikh007’ Nunia who took down Bounty Mafia PKO for ₹20,492. ‘King raj’ shipped Madhouse for ₹19,218. Sunday Crawler was taken down by Mahipalsinh ‘zti3978’ Vala for ₹16,732 and ‘SAAATH’ placed 1st in Boom for ₹14,507.
Over to 9stacks where all seven players who made it to the final table of the ‘Winner @ FT’ event pocketed ₹15,000 for their efforts.
Entries – 174
Re-entries – 118
Prize Pool – ₹25,00,000
Places Paid – 47
Rohit ‘kudos0202’ Behal won a handsome sum of ₹4.75 Lakhs at the Sunday Special ₹25 Lakhs GTD event on PokerStars India and Saurabh ‘brockLesnar95’ Khandelwal finished runner-up pocketing ₹3.48 Lakhs.
Final Table Results
1. Rohit ‘kudos0202’ Behal – ₹4,75,280
2. Saurabh ‘brockLesnar95’ Khandelwal – ₹3,48,379
3. FLIPflops – ₹2,55,360
4. aatmaan108 – ₹1,87,178
5. theoldestkid – ₹1,37,201
6. AceConsultant – ₹1,00,568
7. nikhag77 – ₹73,716
8. adikumar – ₹54,034
9. PillowFight22 – ₹39,606
10. sasikiranx – ₹30,336
Baazi Super Sunday ₹15 Lakhs GTD –PokerBaazi
Entries – 152
Re-entries – 107
Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000
Places Paid – 23
Pranav ‘Pranavpoker’ Khandalkar topped a field of 152 participants to win the Baazi Super Sunday (BSS) ₹15 Lakhs GTD on PokerBaazi for ₹3.15 Lakhs, with PokerBaazi Team pro Abhisek ‘AbhisekPanda’ Panda taking on the runner-up spot for ₹2.32 Lakhs.
Final Table Results
1. Pranav ‘Pranavpoker’ Khandalkar – ₹3,15,000
2. Abhisek ‘AbhisekPanda’ Panda – ₹2,32,500
3. Phanindra – ₹1,76,250
4. hiteshbhai – ₹1,35,000
5. boronyx – ₹1,01,250
6. AjaySK – ₹75,000
7. Checkmate – ₹56,250
8. Amorgue – ₹45,000
9. Ifryu – ₹33,750
Baazi Super Sunday – ₹5 Lakhs GTD –PokerBaazi
Entries – 126
Re-entries – 91
Prize Pool – ₹5,42,500
Places Paid – 20
‘Satya222’ won the BSS ₹5 Lakhs GTD on PokerBaazi for ₹1.19 Lakhs.
Final Table Results
1. Satya222 – ₹1,19,350
2. TheHungryKid – ₹89,512
3. Mr_Robot – ₹65,100
4. gamercore02 – ₹48,825
5. Notoriouskonvict – ₹36,618
6. AbhisekPanda – ₹27,125
7. md20 – ₹20,343
8. AjaySK – ₹16,275
9. AceRag – ₹13,562
Hysteria – MadOverPoker
Entries – 99
Re-entries – 12
Re-Buys – 16
Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Places Paid – 20
‘Oliverqueen’ topped Hysteria for a whopping ₹1.14 Lakhs while Rahul ‘mr.pickles’ Lal claimed the runner-up prize money worth ₹1.10 Lakhs.
Final Table Results
1. Oliverqueen – ₹1,14,983
2. Rahul ‘mr.pickles’ Lal – ₹1,10,016
3. Depesh Kumar ‘Depesh’ Singh – ₹55,000
4. Nikhil ‘rn275’ R – ₹45,000
5. Mahitosh ‘Madover’ Paik – ₹35,000
Sunday Storm – ₹300 NLHE (6-Max), ₹5 Lakhs GTD – Huge Guarantee Boost – PokerStars India
Entries – 359
Re-entries – 289
Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Places Paid – 107
‘GudThimma’ took home ₹86,513 at the Sunday Storm ₹5 Lakhs GTD on PokerStars India.
Final Table Results
1. GudThimma – ₹86,513
2. AKumarss – ₹60,280
3. jigglypuff420 – ₹42,001
4. Armageddon444 – ₹29,265
5. inisme – ₹20,391
6. Batman7796 – ₹14,208
7. Value Island – ₹10,347
8. bingo008 – ₹8,297
9. JackDanielsNo4 – ₹8,297
10. neverloss69 – ₹6,653
Sunday Stars – ₹2,500 NLHE, ₹2 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India
Entries – 62
Re-entries – 35
Prize Pool – ₹2,20,675
Places Paid – 15
‘youcantcallme’ shipped the Sunday Stars ₹2 Lakhs GTD on PokerStars India for ₹52,406.
Final Table Results
1. youcantcallme – ₹52,406
2. dev149 – ₹38,537
3. quadaces11111 – ₹28,338
4. gmtesting.ind – ₹20,838
5. vb247- ₹15,323
6. infinitesuns – ₹11,267
7. KingofQueens.MS – ₹8,285
8. Spewushhhiiiii – ₹7,259
9. TheGrinder333 – ₹6,360
10. effuno007 – ₹5,572
The Hot ₹2,500 (Turbo), ₹1 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India
Entries – 26
Re-entries – 10
Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000
Places Paid – 5
‘FLIPflops’ placed 1st in The Hot ₹1 Lakhs GTD on PokerStars India collecting ₹44,847 in prize money.
Final Table Results
1. FLIPflops – ₹44,847
2. hellmuth_kp – ₹24,644
3. DareDevil1989 – ₹15,244
4. SirRampagealot – ₹9,430
5. iliklikingbttns- ₹5,833
Baazi Super Sunday – ₹1 Lakhs GTD – Turbo FreezeOut – PokerBaazi
Entries – 45
Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000
Places Paid – 7
‘Aone1’ won the first-place prize money of ₹35,000 on PokerBaazi’s BSS ₹1 Lakhs GTD Turbo FreezeOut.
Final Table Results
1. Aone1 – ₹35,000
2. Macrotick – ₹21,000
3. winnerwinner – ₹15,000
4. Pratikp – ₹11,000
5. Vaibhavkashyap54 – ₹8,000
6. Matpoker – ₹6,000
7. sharmak1393 – ₹4,000
Sunday Warm-Up – ₹800 NLHE, ₹1 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India
Entries – 94
Re-entries – 60
Prize Pool – ₹1,12,112
Places Paid – 26
The Sunday Warm-Up ₹1 Lakhs GTD on PokerStars India was taken down by Sharath ‘jigglypuff420’ Tp for ₹22,647.
Final Table Results
1. Sharath ‘jigglypuff420’ Tp – ₹22,647
2. Yash9694 – ₹17,072
3. $$$OUL$$$UTRA – ₹12,869
4. Vishalb22 – ₹9,700
5. vinoSin- ₹7,312
6. realkidpoker92- ₹5,512
7. bekang – ₹4,155
8. the_ziro – ₹3,132
9. yugrockstar – ₹2,361
10. onlyont24/7/365 – ₹1,988
Dynamite – MadOverPoker
Entries – 71
Re-entries – 6
Re-Buys – 23
Prize Pool – ₹1,25,000
Places Paid – 8
MadOverPoker’s Dynamite found a winner in Rudhra ‘honeysingh’ Kumare who took home a payday of ₹22,139.
Final Table Results
1. Rudhra ‘honeysingh’ Kumare – ₹22,139
2. Prabhat ‘Prabhat2810’ Kumar – ₹20,325
3. Sandeep ‘sandynarang’ Narang – ₹18,788
4. Shirshendu ‘RunAway’ Acherjee – ₹16,405
5. Durga ‘pokerchess’ Deepak – ₹15,282
Bounty Mafia PKO – MadOverPoker
Entries – 51
Re-entries – 4
Re-Buys – 10
Prize Pool – ₹75,000
Places Paid – 6
Nikhil ‘Nikh007’ Nunia won the Bounty Mafia PKO on MadOverPoker for ₹20,492.
Final Table Results
1. Nikhil ‘Nikh007’ Nunia – ₹20,492
2. Deepika ‘iamdeepz’ Patil – ₹17,678
3. Hriday ‘Sigma’ Mondal – ₹16,578
4. Blind Monk – ₹8,250
5. Kicker – ₹6,750
Madhouse – MadOverPoker
Entries – 259
Re-entries – 38
Re-Buys – 205
Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000
Places Paid – 30
‘King raj’ outlasted 259 entrants to take down Madhouse on MadOverPoker for ₹19,218.
Final Table Results
1. King raj – ₹19,218
2. Bopulkar ‘Naamaikyahai’ Praful – ₹16,436
3. Ankan ‘Ankan’ Chowdhary – ₹15,345
4. Anand ‘Real_Fish’ Prakash – ₹8,000
5. Saksham ‘Razorfish’ Sharma – ₹6,000
Sunday Crawler – MadOverPoker
Entries – 31
Re-entries – 3
Re-Buys – 14
Prize Pool – ₹50,000
Places Paid – 4
Mahipalsinh ‘zti3978’ Vala placed 1st in the Sunday Crawler on MadOverPoker for ₹16,732.
Final Table Results
1. Mahipalsinh ‘zti3978’ Vala – ₹16,732
2. Bhupendra ‘Bhuppi’ Prajapati – ₹14,528
3. Rudhra ‘honeysingh’ Kumare – ₹12,739
4. Ryan ‘BinkSSS’ Cardoso – ₹6,000
Winner @ FT – 9Stacks
Entries – 44
Re-Buys – 19
Prize Pool – ₹1,05,000
Places Paid – 7
The seven players who reached the final table in the 9Stacks’ Winner @ FT’ event, all won ₹15,000.
Final Table Results
1. Shubham ‘Jokermaniac’ Khandelwal – ₹15,000
2. Harsh ‘Dembla’ Dembla – ₹15,000
3. Vishal ‘Juwadi’ Gajaria – ₹15,000
4. Wes Ryan ‘AnAAKKonda’ Cardoso – ₹15,000
5. Bilal ‘Bilal2bil’ Mohammed – ₹15,000
6. Dinesh ‘Fi$H’ Singh – ₹15,000
7. Richa ‘Chipleader’ Bansal – ₹15,000
Entries – 33
Re-entries – 2
Re-Buys – 18
Prize Pool – ₹50,000
Places Paid – 4
‘SAAATH’ shipped MadOverPoker Boom for ₹14,507.
Final Table Results
1. SAAATH – ₹14,507
2. Jeet ‘tanmay007’ Mondal – ₹13,431
3. Dennis ‘Dennis9229’ Michael – ₹12,346
4. Ankush ‘ankush004’ Jain – ₹9,713
That’s it for this week’s Sunday Online Railbird Report. We will be back next week with a roundup of all the major Sunday scores.