It was a value-driven Wednesday for poker players, with most of the day’s marquees recording significant overlays.

The star of the day was Uttam Kumar Sinha, who championed Spartan Poker’s Destiny for ₹6.31 Lakhs and a seat in the Destiny 18.0 SnG Finale. It is his second time winning the Wednesday flagship tourney.

Here’s a complete recap of the Wednesday action!

Spartan Poker

Spartan Poker`s Destiny 18.0 series found its sixth winner yesterday. The ₹23 Lakhs GTD ₹5,500 entry buy-in tourney pulled in 476 participants, crushing its advertised guarantee by ₹80,000. Uttam ‘chinunew’ Kumar Sinha shipped the tourney to win ₹6.31 Lakhs. Sinha had previously won the Destiny title in May 2020 for a career-best ₹9.89 Lakhs. The anonymous user ‘TIGERCLAW’ placed runner-up for ₹3.93 Lakhs, while the two-time Millionaire champion Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia placed third for ₹2.38 Lakhs.

With the win, Sinha booked himself a seat in the Destiny 18.0 SnG Finale set for March 21. His lifetime winnings have crossed ₹1.14 Crores.

Starting 90 minutes after the Destiny was the brand-new ₹5.5 Lakhs GTD Wednesday Vibes. The ₹1,650 buy-in event made a guarantee-smashing debut, registering 426 runners to collect ₹6.39 Lakhs in the prize pool. The Game Changer 3.0 & Millionaire United champion Siddhanth ‘PluRibu$’ Kripalani came out on top to collect ₹1.28 Lakhs, while Dhinesh ‘kendralust’ Kumar finished runner-up for ₹85,179. Kripalani’s lifetime tally has touched ₹2.84 Crores after the Wednesday night score.

PokerStars India

PokerStars India’s Wednesday marquee, the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Night on Stars, pulled in 258 challengers, overlaying 42,566. After seven hours and twenty-eight minutes of intense action, Akshay ‘VaahBhaiVaah’ Gupta shipped the tourney for ₹88,723 following a heads-up chop with mystery crusher ‘muttonmm’ (runner-up for ₹77,362).

All ITM finishers in the Night on Stars collected TLB points for PokerStars India`s “Star of the Month” – February Week #4 leaderboard race. For more details and the latest leaderboard standings, visit the promotions page.

The ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD Big Bubble Rush collected a guarantee-smashing ₹2.21 Lakhs after 221 runners signed-up for ₹1,100. The 9:30 PM tourney ended at 3:35 AM, with online reg Anish ‘sheldon11cooper’ Garg walking away with the title and a ₹49,194 (₹20,373 in prize money and ₹28,820 in bounties) cash prize. The former INCOOP Hercules champion, Anish Garg, boosted his lifetime earnings to ₹81.31 Lakhs. Tuesday’s Uppercut Mini champion Raghavendra ‘Pokeriyaa’ Hada finished runner-up for ₹18,988 (₹14,769 in prize money and ₹4,219 in bounties).

PokerBaazi

PokerBaazi’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Pride registered 266 entries, filling in ₹69,000 in overlays. It took six hours and thirty-six minutes of play for Ashish ‘Imgabru’ Kumar to navigate his way to the top, and he was rewarded with a personal-best ₹2.21 Lakhs. Ajoy ‘ajoy94’ Bala placed runner-up for ₹1.55 Lakhs.

Kumar also FT-ed the late-night Turbo event, placing eighth for ₹5,963. With ₹2.27 Lakhs in earnings for the day, he boosted his lifetime cashes to ₹30.87 Lakhs.

Headlining Day 4 of the Grinders Series was the ₹1.5 Lakh GTD Grinders #16 Holdem BOOST. The ₹1,100 entry buy-in event saw Arun ‘vazharmorghulis’ Sriram racing past 216 entries to win ₹50,825. Dhaval ‘dhavhe’ Heda placed runner-up for ₹35,662.

Adda52

Adda52`s weekend special ₹1 Crore GTD Full House played out Day 1C yesterday. With a turnout of 173 entries, the Full House has already filled in 516 entries (Day 1A – 138, Day 1B – 205, and Day 1C – 173). After the stipulated 29 ten-minute levels of play, 22 survivors made the cut for Day 2. Leading them was ‘PokerPunter01’ (262,512), with Siddhanth ‘bullzeyepower’ Kapoor (219,794) and Young Gun Ujjwal ‘fourteenk’ Narwal (219,345) rounding out the top three stacks of the day.

The ₹15 Lakhs GTD Maverick wrangled in 558 entries, having to fill in a glaring ₹2.31 Lakhs in overlays. The top 63 places got paid, with Abhishek ‘thegrinder’ Garg walking away with the lion`s share worth ₹3.12 Lakhs. Naman ‘Optimus_NK’ Khettry finished runner-up for ₹2.88 Lakhs, courtesy of a heads-up deal. The former Ballers champion, Abhishek Garg, now has ₹2.63 Crores in recorded MTT scores.

The ₹4 Lakhs GTD La Luna surpassed its listed guarantee by ₹10,000 after registering 250 entries. The mystery user ‘thatshowubluff27’ was the last player standing and won ₹82,940 after cutting a heads-up deal with Aditya ‘konstantin’ Singh (runner-up for ₹76,098).

The other Wednesday winners were:

Full House ₹1 Crore GTD Day 1C – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 109

Re-entries – 64

Survivors – 22

Day 1C of the ₹1 Crore GTD Full House registered 173 entrants and only 22 players advanced to Day 2.

Bagging the top stack of 262,512 was mystery player ‘PokerPunter01’, with Siddhanth ‘bullzeyepower’ Kapoor (219,794) and Young Gun Ujjwal ‘fourteenk’ Narwal (219,345) not too far behind.

The top 10 chip counts list was littered with known faces like streamer Shivam ‘cyflopse’ Jain (218,381), Anirban ‘AjGar5’ D Das (213,796), Rishab ‘Rish1994’ Malik (157,524), PokerGuru Ambassador Nadeem ‘nadeem0021’ Basha (157,180), MTT beast Manish ‘newkidpoker’ Lakhotia (140,982), Guruprasad ‘guruprasad_gupta’ Gupta (130,984), and Gagandeep ‘gaganhyd’ Singh (125,895).

Counting the 343 entries from the first two flights, the Full House has already logged in 516 entries across three starting flights, with five flights still to go.

Top 10 Chips Counts at the End of Day 1C

1. PokerPunter01 – 262,512
2. Siddhanth ‘bullzeyepower’ Kapoor – 219,794
3. Ujjwal ‘fourteenk’ Narwal – 219,345
4. Shivam ‘cyflopse’ Jain – 218,381
5. Anirban ‘AjGar5’ D Das – 213,796
6. Rishab ‘Rish1994’ Malik – 157,524
7. Nadeem ‘nadeem0021’ Basha – 157,180
8. Manish ‘newkidpoker’ Lakhotia – 140,982
9. Guruprasad ‘guruprasad_gupta’ Gupta – 130,984
10. Gagandeep ‘gaganhyd’ Singh – 125,895

Destiny ₹23 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 216

Re-entries – 90

Re-buys – 170

Prize Pool – ₹23,80,000

Places Paid – 40

Spartan Poker`s ₹23 Lakhs GTD Destiny generated a smashing ₹23.80 Lakhs prize pool on the back of 476 entrants.

After over eight hours of non-stop action, Uttam ‘chinunew’ Kumar Sinha championed the Destiny title for the second time in his career to win ₹6.30 Lakhs. ‘TIGERCLAW’ finished runner-up for ₹3.92 Lakhs. This was a much-needed score for Sinha, who was down almost ₹42 Lakhs on the site before the win.

Vinay ‘ConCrete’ Bk (5^th for ₹1.07 Lakhs), PokerGuru Ambassador Devvrat ‘deranzzdd’ Arya (6^th for ₹83,300), and Myron ‘Zzzzz369’ Pereira (7^th for ₹69,020) FT-ed the tourney!

Final Table Results

1. Uttam ‘chinunew’ Kumar Sinha – ₹6,30,700
2. TIGERCLAW – ₹3,92,700
3. thekid – ₹2,38,000
4. KAANHAA – ₹1,49,940
5. Vinay ‘ConCrete’ Bk – ₹1,07,100
6. Devvrat ‘deranzzdd’ Arya – ₹83,300
7. Myron ‘Zzzzz369’ Pereira – ₹69,020
8. Redlady – ₹57,120

Maverick ₹15 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹2,500

Entries – 288

Re-entries – 270

Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000

Places Paid – 63

Running along the sidelines of the Full House on Adda52 was the ₹2,500 entry buy-in Maverick. Unfortunately, a turnout of 558 runners led to the site having to fill in ₹2.31 Lakhs in overlays.

Commencing at 7:30 PM, it took almost eight hours for the event to play down to a winner. In the end, it was Abhishek ‘thegrinder’ Garg who bagged the title – his first in 2021 – and ₹3.12 Lakhs in prize money.

Naman ‘Optimus_NK’ Khettry netted ₹2.88 Lakhs for finishing second after a heads-up deal was confirmed.

Saahib ‘saahib’ Bawa (3^rd for ₹1.49 Lakhs), Vishnu ‘violator’ Khandelwal (4^th for ₹1.09 Lakhs), Tuesday’s The Mint runner-up Devrat ‘vickypune’ Singh (5^th for ₹75,000), Hitesh ‘buntai’ Batra (6^th for ₹52,500), and Basant ‘Rush99’ Kumar Singh (8^th for ₹30,000) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Abhishek ‘thegrinder’ Garg – ₹3,11,629*
2. Naman ‘Optimus_NK’ Khettry – ₹2,88,371*
3. Saahib ‘saahib’ Bawa – ₹1,49,250
4. Vishnu ‘violator’ Khandelwal – ₹1,08,750
5. Devrat ‘vickypune’ Singh – ₹75,000
6. Hitesh ‘buntai’ Batra – ₹52,500
7. omniknight – ₹41,250
8. Basant ‘Rush99’ Kumar Singh – ₹30,000

*denotes a heads-up deal

The Pride ₹10 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹3,850

Entries – 158

Re-entries – 108

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 36

PokerBaazi`s ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Pride mustered 266 entries, overlaying ₹69,000.

Making his way to the top after six-and-half hours of play was Ashish ‘Imgabru’ Kumar. He won ₹2.21 Lakhs after defeating Ajoy ‘ajoy94’ Bola (runner-up for ₹1.55 Lakhs) in heads-up play.

Ashish Kumar also placed eighth in the ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD Turbo for ₹5,963. All in all, Kumar boosted his MTT scorecard to over ₹30.87 Lakhs last night.

This is the second major score for Kumar in under a week. He had finished third in the ₹5 Lakhs GTD BSS MegaStack for ₹1.48 Lakhs on Sunday.

Young Gun Kanchan ‘Kanchansharma’ Sharma (3^rd for ₹99,700), Rahul ‘YOUAGAIN’ Pruthi (6^th for ₹44,300), and Dhinesh ‘dhineshrocky007’ Kumar (7^th for ₹36,800) were the other FT finishers.

Final Table Results

1. Ashish ‘Imgabru’ Kumar – ₹2,21,000
2. Ajoy ‘ajoy94’ Bola – ₹1,55,000
3. Kanchan ‘Kanchansharma’ Sharma – ₹99,700
4. TheShowdown – ₹73,800
5. Angel999 – ₹55,400
6. Rahul ‘YOUAGAIN’ Pruthi – ₹44,300
7. Dhinesh ‘dhineshrocky007’ Kumar – ₹36,800
8. yamaying – ₹29,500

Wednesday Vibes ₹5.5 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 230

Re-entries – 79

Re-buys – 117

Prize Pool – ₹6,39,000

Places Paid – 39

Spartan Poker`s brand-new Wednesday marquee, the ₹5.5 Lakhs GTD Wednesday Vibes, pulled in an impressive 426 runners on its debut run.

The 9:30 PM tourney ended at 4:21 AM with the former Millionaire United & Game Changer champion, Siddhanth ‘PluRibu$’ Kripalani, walking away with the 1.28 Lakhs up-top. Dhinesh ‘kendralust’ Kumar placed runner-up for ₹85,179.

PokerGuru Ambassador Devvrat ‘deranzzdd’ Arya (5^th for ₹38,513) and Deepak ‘ddtheking’ Dekshinamurthy (7^th for ₹21,918) FT-ed the tourney!

Final Table Results

1. Siddhanth ‘PluRibu$’ Kripalani – ₹1,28,120
2. Dhinesh ‘kendralust’ Kumar – ₹85,179
3. enigma77 – ₹62,303
4. ucallucry – ₹50,289
5. Devvrat ‘deranzzdd’ Arya – ₹38,513
6. Jassogurjar – ₹29,841
7. Deepak ‘ddtheking’ Dekshinamurthy – ₹21,918
8. HatodaTyagi – ₹16,103

Night on Stars ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹1,950

Entries – 139

Re-Entries – 119

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 44

PokerStars India’s Wednesday primetime special, ₹5 Lakhs GTD Night on Stars, gathered 258 entries by the time late registrations closed.

The tournament wrapped up at 2:58 AM, with Akshay ‘VaahBhaiVaah’ Gupta clinching the₹88,723 top prize following a heads-up chop with ‘muttonmm’ (runner-up for ₹77,362). Gupta now has ₹1.02 Crore in lifetime earnings.

The final table featured several familiar names like Manish ‘theoldestkid’ Lakhotia (5th for ₹28,286), Rakesh ‘noviceanari’ Sharma (6th for ₹20,862), Faiz ‘LFGgggg’ Alam (7th for ₹15,387), and Young Gun Anmol ‘Kaanchacheena’ Mehta (9th for ₹8,370).

Final Table Results

1. Akshay ‘VaahBhaiVaah’ Gupta – ₹88,723*
2. muttonmm – ₹77,362*
3. mafakaralte7 – ₹51,997
4. HonkaTonk8 – ₹38,350
5. Manish ‘theoldestkid’ Lakhotia – ₹28,286
6. Rakesh ‘noviceanari’ Sharma – ₹20,862
7. Faiz ‘LFGgggg’ Alam – ₹15,387
8. Jolly4566 – ₹11,349
9. Anmol ‘Kaanchacheena’ Mehta – ₹8,370

*denotes a heads-up deal

La Luna ₹4 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹1,800

Entries – 135

Re-entries – 115

Prize Pool – ₹4,10,000

Places Paid – 27

Adda52’s 9:30 PM ₹4 Lakhs GTD La Luna got ahead of its listed guarantee after registering 281 entrants.

Banking the lion`s share of the prize money was ‘thatshowubluff27’, who pocketed ₹82,940 for the win, following a heads-up deal with online reg Aditya ‘konstantin’ Singh. The latter walked away with ₹76,098 for his runner-up finish.

Amit ‘amitn0349’ Shrimali (4^th for ₹34,850), Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna (5^th for ₹23,575), and Anurag ‘NormanBates’ Srivastava (6^th for ₹17,425) FT-ed the tourney.

Big Bubble Rush ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 118

Re-Entries – 103

Total Prize Pool – ₹2,21,000

Regular Prize Pool – ₹1,10,500

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹1,10,500

Places Paid – 41

Starting precisely two hours after the Night on Stars, the ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD Big Bubble Rush locked in 221 entries, collecting ₹2.21 Lakhs in the prize pool.

After about six hours of intense play, online reg Anish ‘sheldon11cooper’ Garg championed the tourney, besting Tuesday’s Uppercut Mini champion Raghavendra ‘Pokeriyaa’ Hada heads-up to win ₹49,194 (₹20,373 in prize money and ₹28,820 in bounties). Hada walked away with a ₹18,988 (₹14,769 in prize money and ₹4,219 in bounties) cash prize.

Garg, who won a personal-best ₹6.87 Lakhs in the ₹50 Lakhs GTD INCOOP-28 Hercules last year, currently has ₹81.31 Lakhs in lifetime earnings.

Anmol ‘freak_weird0’ Agarwal (3rd for ₹13,269), Anirban ‘nocluewho’ D Das (4th for ₹10,605), Piyush ‘noname3006’ Nanda (5th for ₹8,228), and Ajit ‘ace_bob_here’ Singh Arora (6th for ₹5,641) FT-ed the tourney.

Grinders #16 Holdem BOOST ₹1.5 Lakh GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 130

Re-entries – 86

Prize Pool – ₹2,16,000

Places Paid – 27

Arun ‘vazharmorghulis’ Sriram ran past 216 entries in PokerBaazi’s ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD Grinders #16 Holden BOOST to win ₹50,825. Dhaval ‘dhavhe’ Heda finished runner-up for ₹35,662.

The win ended a three-month title drought for Sriram, who currently sits on over ₹49.2 Lakhs in recorded cashes. His career-best score remains his third-place finish in Adda52’s ₹1 Crore GTD Full House Finale on August 23, 2020, worth ₹7.50 Lakhs.

Ajoy ‘ajoy94’ Bala (4t for ₹16,978), Nishant ‘stockfull’ Pandey (5^th for ₹12,744), Rohit ‘mrblue1205’ Malhotra (6^th for ₹10,195), and Md. ‘007Bahubali’ Zeeshan (7^th for ₹8,467) FT-ed the tourney.

Wednesday PLO ₹1 Lakh GTD – PokerDangal

Buy-in – ₹660

Entries – 80

Rebuys – 28

Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000

Places Paid – 17

PokerDangal’s ₹1 Lakh GTD Wednesday PLO clocked in 108 entries, overlaying ₹35,200. ‘kissmyJJ’ was the last player standing and won ₹24,000 after beating ‘Queenofaces’ (2^nd for ₹17,000) to the finish line.

Pocket Jacks ₹75K GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 64

Re-entries – 39

Prize Pool – ₹75,000

Places Paid – 15

Pocket52’s ₹75K GTD Pocket Jacks logged in 103 entries, falling ₹23,500 short of its advertised guarantee. Pocket52 regular ‘khichdi’ fended off ‘Sorryboy’ (runner-up for ₹12,750) heads-up to win ₹17,250.

Unravel ₹50K GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹440

Entries – 68

Re-entries – 42

Prize Pool – ₹50,000

Places Paid – 17

The ₹50K GTD Unravel on Pocket52 had ‘TryHard’ topping the competition to win ₹11,500. Mimi ‘Kyarke’ Chakraborty came in second for ₹8,250.

Insomnia ₹30K GTD – PokerDangal

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 39

Rebuys – 24

Prize Pool – ₹31,500

Places Paid – 11

PokerDangal`s midnight tourney, the ₹30K GTD Insomnia, signed up 63 runners. ‘ridingbadluck’ rode their momentum to the top and won ₹7,875, with ‘sonofagun’ placing runner-up for ₹5,985.

6 Feet Under ₹25K GTD PLO Deepstack – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 23

Re-entries – 19

Prize Pool – ₹25,000

Places Paid – 5

The ₹25K GTD 6 Feet Under PLO Deepstack found a winner in ‘yutah999,’ who took away ₹10,750 in cash prize after defeating ‘Kaushal33’ (runner-up for ₹5,750) in the heads-up play. Both players booked a second deep run in the Grinder 2.0. The winner placed runner-up in the ₹20K GTD Grinder 2.0, while the runner-up finisher ‘Kaushal33’ ended up shipping the tourney.

Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹275

Entries – 44

Re-entries – 24

Prize Pool – ₹20,000

Places Paid – 7

There was a swap in the top two finishers in the ₹20K GTD Grinder 2.0 as compared to the 6 Feet Under. The runner-up finisher ‘Kaushal33’ took down the title for ₹7,200 after prevailing over the 6 Feet Under PLO winner ‘yutah999’ (runner-up for ₹4,000).

This report was updated at 5 PM on 18.2.2021.

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