Daily Majors: Arjanveer Singh Chadha, Paras Jain, Harsh Bubna, Aman Parakh & Mayank Maruka Dominate the Wednesday Flagships

The festive spirit is in the air. But it was business as usual for poker players, with the online platforms hosting their respective weekly flagships.

The #5 ranked player of the year, PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer Singh Chadha, topped the Wednesday charts on the back of his victory run in Spartan Poker’s Destiny for ₹5.03 Lakhs. The former Destiny winner Paras Jain missed out on a second title, finishing runner-up for ₹3.13 Lakhs.

Adda52 user ‘rj147’ (anonymity requested) shipped the Maverick for the second time last night for ₹3.09 Lakhs. They chopped the title heads-up with Sunday`s SOL Patni Millionaire winner Harsh Bubna (2nd for ₹3.02 Lakhs).

Raghav Singh Chauhan won PokerBaazi’s The Pride for a site-best ₹2.43 Lakhs, with ‘kkthewarior‘ finishing runner-up for ₹1.70 Lakhs.

Aniket Jain came out on top in Spartan Poker’s Wednesday Vibes to collect a career-best ₹1.11 Lakhs. He struck a heads-up deal with Tuesday’s Uppercut Mini champion Pradip Ghosh (2^nd for ₹94,165)

Following through on his breakout Tuesday run, Rising Star Aman Parakh took down Adda52‘s La Luna for ₹1.09 Lakhs after beating Karan Radia (2nd for ₹64,821) in heads-up play.

Nikhil Kashyap, Anuj Laddhad, Raman Arora, Abhineet Singla, Karan Malhotra, and Sandeep Varma were the other prominent winners.

Here are the Wednesday highlights!

Spartan Poker

Spartan Poker’s ₹5,500 entry buy-in Destiny logged in 335 entries, falling ₹2.25 Lakhs short of its advertised ₹19 Lakhs guarantee. After seven hours of play, PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer ‘bazzingaa’ Singh Chadha came out on top to win ₹5.03 Lakhs, also becoming the third player to book a set in the Destiny 22.0 SnG Finale set for February 13, 2022 (9 PM). The former SSS Ultron winner Paras ‘AAKKQQJJ’ Jain stood second for ₹3.13 Lakhs.

Arjanveer Singh Chadha cashed two more events, adding ₹5.18 Lakhs to his Wednesday tally!

His ITM finishes include:

> 1^st in Spartan Poker’s Destiny for ₹5.03 Lakhs

> 16^th in PokerStars India’s Night on Stars for ₹7,690

> 36^th in Adda52’s Maverick for ₹6,750

Arjanveer Singh Chadha online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.97 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.18 Crores| Annual Winnings: ₹3.37 Crores | Ranked #5 in the Annual Leaderboard Standings | No. of Titles in 2021: #24

Spartan Poker’s second Wednesday marquee, ₹5 Lakhs GTD Wednesday Vibes, did relatively well as a 387-entry field made helped collect ₹5.80 Lakhs in the prize pool. After almost seven hours of gameplay, Aniket ‘breakingbread93’ Jain walked away with the title and a career-best ₹1.11 Lakhs. He chopped the top prize heads-up with Tuesday’s Uppercut Mini winner Pradip ‘Nit2Donk’ Ghosh (2nd for ₹94,165).

Aniket Jain’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.60 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.44 Lakhs

Nikhil ‘killerOP’ Kashyap (Won Monster Stack ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹59,389) and Anuj ‘Anuj16101’ Laddhad (Won Night Rider Deepstack ₹2 Lakhs GTD for ₹48,825) won the other Wednesday marquees on Spartan Poker.

PokerBaazi

PokerBaazi`s featured Wednesday event, ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Pride, registered a guarantee-crushing 314-player field, and the top 36 places got a share from the 10.99 Lakhs prize pool. Raghav ‘raghav14082‘ Singh Chauhan topped the ₹3,850 buy-in event for a personal-best (on PokerBaazi) ₹2.43 Lakhs payday. The user ‘kkthewarior‘ placed runner-up for ₹1.70 Lakhs.

Before last night, Raghav Chauhan was sitting on ₹84,341 in site losses, but his Wednesday score has pushed him in the green for ₹1.54 Lakhs.

The ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Holdem BOOST brought in 289 contenders who signed up for ₹1,100, and the top 36 places got a cut from the ₹2.89 Lakhs prize pool. PokerBaazi reg ‘TheTamizhDurr‘ won the title for ₹41,490 following a four-way deal with ‘dpatron‘ (2nd for ₹40,210), ‘tiltplay‘ (3^rd for ₹39,610), and Kanishka ‘Highness‘ Samant (4^th for ₹37,460).

Raman ‘Ranzoo9‘ Arora (Won Daily Night SPRINT ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹33,570), Abhineet ‘abbubro‘ Singla (Won Sprint ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹32,680), ‘vaibhi18‘ (Won Turbo ₹50K GTD for ₹11,560), and ‘vishu1966‘ (Won 5-Max Daily ₹50K GTD for ₹11,030) shipped the other PokerBaazi marquees.

PokerStars India

PokerStars India’s Wednesday headliner, ₹5 Lakhs GTD Night on Stars, had 205 hopefuls signing up for ₹2,750, and only the top 26 places got a share from the ₹5.12 Lakhs prize pool. After posting three top-three finishes in the Night on Stars earlier in the year (including a second-place finish on December 1), Mayank ‘riverrshiverr’ Maruka finally went the distance last night as he won the Wednesday marquee for ₹1 Lakhs. Abhishek ‘abhiaum’ Chhajer came second for ₹76,539.

Mayank Maruka also scored in Adda52’s La Luna (22nd for ₹3,764). His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹63.81 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹14.86 Lakhs.

Bharat ‘MojoJojo2193’ Vasan posted ITM finishes in an impressive five events last night, adding ₹1.55 Lakhs overall!

His ITM finishes include:

> 3rd in PokerStars India’s Night on Stars for ₹58,573

> 3rd in Adda52’s La Luna for ₹48,720

> 9th in Adda52’s Maverick for ₹22,500

> 17th in Spartan Poker’s Destiny for ₹17,100

> 27th in PokerBaazi’s The Pride for ₹8,572

Bharat Vasan’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.65 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹56.23 Lakhs.

The ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Big Bubble Rush recorded a 170-entry field, and 19 places got a share from the ₹1.70 Lakhs prize pool. The user ‘danish1985’ took down the event for ₹33,618 (includes ₹18,602 in bounties). ‘BLACKSHEEP300’ finished runner-up for ₹20,540 (includes ₹10,945 in bounties).

‘danish1985’ also FT-ed the ₹50K GTD Primetime Grind (5^th for ₹3,889).

Sandeep ‘effuno007’ Varma RS (Won Ultrasonic ₹1.25 Lakhs GTD for ₹30,189), ‘anuragpoker01’ (Won Afternoon on Stars ₹60K GTD for ₹16,760), ‘prasad_296’ (Won Deepstack ₹50K GTD for ₹11,371), and ‘Maniac1604’ (Won Primetime Grind ₹50K GTD for ₹11,240) shipped the Wednesday marquees on PokerStars India.

Adda52

Adda52`s Wednesday mainstay, ₹15 Lakhs GTD Maverick, roped in 552 runners last night, resulting in an overlay shortfall of ₹1.20 Lakhs. The top 55 places collected a payday but walking away with the lion`s share of the prize money was ‘rj147’ (anonymity requested), who won the Maverick for the second time yesterday for ₹3.09 Lakhs, ending an over five-month-long dry spell. He chopped the title heads-up with none other than Sunday`s SOL Patni Millionaire champion Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna (2nd for ₹3.02 Lakhs).

The ₹4 Lakhs GTD La Luna saw Rising Star Aman ‘karmapoker’ Parakh outlasting the 255-player field to collect the ₹1.09 Lakhs up-top. Young Gun Karan ‘Reg_Slayer’ Radia placed runner-up for ₹64,821.

Tuesday`s breakout winner, Aman Parakh, banked an impressive ₹1.25 Lakhs across five ITM finishes, boosting his lifetime tally to ₹3.55 Crores.

Karan ‘gogikaran’ Malhotra (Won Nighttide DST Adda ₹50K GTD for ₹30,301), ‘ratansanu’ (Won Bounty Adda ₹50K GTD for ₹13,762), ‘Divyesh756’ (Won Freeze Out Adda ₹50K GTD for ₹10,668), ‘Heisenberg0704’ (Won Sundown Adda ₹50K GTD for ₹12,389), and ’10quid’ (Won Evening Adda ₹50K GTD for ₹9,939) shipped the other Wednesday marquees on Adda52.

Khelo365

Khelo365 user ‘mehra9557’ outlasted a 48-player field in the ₹25K GTD 6 Feet Under Deepstack PLO last night to win ₹9,250. ‘MyKhelo’ came second for ₹6,250.

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