Daily Majors: Ashit Sharma, Vaibhav Sharma, Areyann Gurbaxani & Arpit Jain Champion the Wednesday Flagships

Daily Majors: Ashit Sharma, Vaibhav Sharma, Areyann Gurbaxani & Arpit Jain
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  • RUPAM THAKUR July 28, 2022
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The Wednesday MTTs packed quite the punch, and two players clearly stood out from the rest!

Ashit Sharma was the day`s standout winner and topped the Wednesday charts with over 6.75 Lakhs in total winnings. He won two tournaments: Spartan Poker’s Wednesday High Roller (5.67 Lakhs) and PokerBaazi’s Daily Boost (45,674), and cashed another four, crossing 1 Crore in tracked online profits! Last week’s Wednesday High Roller runner-up finisher Vishal Ojha (2nd for 3.91 Lakhs) again came up one place short of the finish line.

The upcoming poker star Areyann Gurbaxani was another Wednesday trailblazer who won two tournaments and chopped another with none other than Ashit Sharma, collectively banking 3.92 Lakhs. The former NPS#4: Sunday Marathon champion, Gurbaxani, won PokerBaazi’s The Pride (2.86 Lakhs) and Spartan Poker’s Sundowner (55,818). Ganesh Durgade pocketed a career-best 2 Lakhs for his runner-up finish in The Pride.

The former SSS – The Millionaire runner-up finisher Vaibhav Sharma championed Spartan Poker’s Destiny for 4.41 Lakhs, becoming the sixth player to lock in a seat in the 10 Lakhs GTD Destiny 24.0 SnG Finale. The former IOPC – Destiny champion, Young Gun Sanat Mehrotra, collected 2.93 Lakhs in second place.

Sakshi Pandey made the victory march in Adda52’s Maverick, picking up a site-best 3.90 Lakhs. Tuesday’s (7-Max) SPRINT winner, Ashish Nailwal, kept his July scorecard ticking with a second place finish in Maverick for 2.21 Lakhs and cumulatively pocketed ₹2.42 Lakhs across two FT finishes.

The IOPC JAN 2021 – Value Mine champion Shakti Soni shipped Spartan Poker’s Wed Poker Nite #1 for 1.09 Lakhs, beating Aditya Kesharwani (2nd for 73,692) heads-up.

Nitesh Baliyan stormed his way to the top in Adda52’s La Luna to collect his maiden title of the year and 1.11 Lakhs in prize money.

Our very own ‘Chota Machhi’ AKA Arpit Jain, won PokerStars India’s Night on Stars for the second time this month for 1.01 lakhs. The #8 ranked player of the year, Siddharth Gangwar, finished runner-up for 77,611.

Tuesday’s Monster Stack champion, poker streamer Parth Jain, clinched back-to-back titles on the site as he won MPL Poker’s Wednesday Bonanza last night for 58,750 – and that too on stream! Pramod Choudhary came second for 37,375.

Vishal Kumar, Mohak Kapoor, Siddhanth Kapoor, Baiju Ray, Satyam Surendra, Clinton Tavares, Ashish Mudgil, Dharambir Yadav, Adithya N G, and Karan Thakker won the other Wednesday marquees.

Here are the Wednesday highlights!

 

Spartan Poker

Destiny – 22 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – 5,500

Entries – 210

Re-entries – 77

Rebuys – 142

Prize Pool – 22,00,000

Places Paid – 39

The former SSS – The Millionaire runner-up finisher Vaibhav ‘Nikka Zaildar’ Sharma outran a stacked 429-entry field in Wednesday`s biggest guaranteed tournament, Spartan Poker’s 22 Lakhs GTD Destiny, winning 4.41 Lakhs and a seat in the 10 Lakhs GTD Destiny 24.0 SnG Finale. Young Gun Sanat ‘orhem3001’ Mehrotra fell one place short of winning his second Destiny title and collected 2.93 Lakhs in second place.

Vaibhav Sharma
Vaibhav Sharma

 

Vaibhav Sharma’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: 7.88 Crores | Lifetime Profits: 3.06 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #10 | Annual Winnings: ~1.21 Crores | Sixth Player to Win a Seat in the 10 Lakhs GTD Destiny 24.0 SnG Finale

The #2 ranked player in the annual TLB (points) standings, Mohak ‘Tiltin’ Kapoor, raked in more TLB points last night. He made away with 1.07 Lakhs in Wednesday winnings across seven ITM finishes, including PokerBaazi`s PLO Boost Monster title.

Mohak Kapoor
Mohak Kapoor

 

His top Wednesday finishes include:

> 8th in Spartan Poker’s Destiny for 55,440

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s PLO Boost Monster for 23,341 (won the title for the fifth time this year and 11th time overall)

> 8th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for 18,290

Mohak Kapoor’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: 3.89 Crores | Lifetime Profits: 61.48 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #26 | Ranked #2 in the Annual TLB (Points) Standings

Final Table Results

  1. Vaibhav ‘Nikka Zaildar’ Sharma – 4,41,100
  2. Sanat ‘orhem3001’ Mehrotra – 2,93,260
  3. Atishay ‘momstacos’ Samuel – 2,14,500
  4. Utkarsh ‘kidpokerNJ’ Vaish – 1,73,140
  5. hariya1058 – 1,35,740
  6. Yohan ‘PAPITO’ Patel – 1,02,740
  7. Vivek ‘KasolHieghts’ Singh – 75,460
  8. Mohak ‘Tiltin’ Kapoor – 55,440

 

Wednesday High Roller – 20 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – 16,500

Entries – 80

Re-entries – 30

Rebuys – 38

Prize Pool – 22,20,000

Places Paid – 15

Ashit ‘D. Carwin1’ Sharma went on a tear last night. The former The Millionaire runner-up finisher won two tournaments and cashed another four, making away with the day`s best 6.75 Lakhs (overall). Sharma’s smashing run has pushed him past 1 Crore in lifetime online profits.

Ashit Sharma
Ashit Sharma

 

Sharma`s biggest break of the day was taking down Spartan Poker’s 20 Lakhs GTD Wednesday High Roller for a hefty 5.67 Lakhs. Last week’s Wednesday High Roller runner-up finisher Vishal ‘Darky012’ Ojha once again missed out on the top honors, netting 3.91 Lakhs in second place.

Vishal Ojha
Vishal Ojha

 

Ashit Sharma`s Wednesday finishes include:

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s Wednesday High Roller for 5,67,210

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s Daily Boost for 45,674 (heads-up deal with Areyann Gurbuxani)

> 9th in Spartan Poker’s Destiny for 45,980

> 7th in Spartan Poker`s Sundowner for 9,425

> 26th in PokerBaazi`s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for 4,836

> 21st in PokerBaazi`s Hyper Sprint for 2,310

Ashit Sharma’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: 3.86 Crores | Lifetime Profits: 1.02 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #14 | Annual Winnings: 1.12 Crores

Prabhat ‘R5R5R5R5R5’ Saini (4th for 2.08 Lakhs), the #4 ranked player of the month Vikranth Varma (5th for ₹1,67,610), and Mohit ‘TurnYourAce’ Kankariya (6th for 1.31 Lakhs) also FT-ed the Wednesday High Roller.

Rajat ‘NoPrisoners’ Sharma (9th for 57,720), Chirag ‘chilling’ Sodha (10th for 46,620), PokerGuru Ambassador Ankit ‘d00mtr00per’ Wadhawan (11th for 46,620), Rahul ‘JacK`spArrow’ Kumar Jain (12th for 43,290), and PokerGuru Ambassador Faiz ‘SoJaoBhaiya’ Alam (13th for 43,290) were other notables who sneaked into the money.

Final Table Results

  1. Ashit ‘D. Carwin1’ Sharma – 5,67,210
  2. Vishal ‘Darky012’ Ojha – 3,90,720
  3. bluechipp – 256,410
  4. Prabhat ‘R5R5R5R5R5’ Saini – 2,07,570
  5. borntrouble – 1,67,610
  6. Mohit ‘TurnYourAce’ Kankariya – 1,30,980

 

Wed Poker Nite #1 – 4.50 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – 1,650

Entries – 184

Re-entries – 35

Rebuys – 126

Prize Pool – 5,17,500

Places Paid – 31

The former IOPC – Value Mine champion Shakti ‘Allineveryone’ Soni clinched his fifth title of the year on Spartan Poker after winning the late-night 4.50 Lakhs GTD Wed Poker Nite #1 for 1.09 Lakhs. Aditya ‘Aara_rara_ra’ Kesharwani secured a runner-up payday worth 73,692.

Aditya Kesharwani
Aditya Kesharwani

 

Shakti Soni’s online stats (Spartan Poker and PokerBaazi): Lifetime Winnings: 36.48 Lakhs| Lifetime Profits: 13.68 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #5

Final Table Results

  1. Shakti ‘Allineveryone’ Soni – 1,09,451
  2. Aditya ‘Aara_rara_ra’ Kesharwani – 73,692
  3. Abhijeet ‘TheSupremeOne’ Kumar – 51,957
  4. Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra – 42,125
  5. Jason ‘Jasonroyce’ Fernandes – 33,327
  6. sangsss – 25,306
  7. Siddharth ‘cooking_nuts’ Gangwar – 18,475
  8. en el vacio – 13,507

 

Siddhanth ‘ChintuDeddha’ Kapoor (Won 2 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack for 57,058), ‘LaCatedral’ (Won 1.50 Lakhs GTD Wed Poker Nite #4 for 35,033), ‘jits12’ (Won 1 Lakh GTD Chip Up for 20,050), and ‘Khiladiya’ (Won 50K GTD The Centurion for 10,575) won the other Spartan Poker marquees.

 

PokerBaazi

The Pride – 10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – 3,850

Entries – 207

Re-entries – 182

Prize Pool – 13,62,000

Places Paid – 45

Like Ashit Sharma, Areyann ‘kreishhAA’ Gurbaxani was another Wednesday trailblazer. The former NPS#4: Sunday Marathon champion reeled in two titles, a runner-up finish and another deep run, encashing 3.92 Lakhs across his smashing mid-week run and just about crossing ₹1 Crore in annual winnings.

Areyann Gurbaxani
Areyann Gurbaxani

 

The 22-year-old Gurbaxani’s most prominent finish last night was taking down PokerBaazi’s 10 Lakhs GTD The Pride, where he bested a 389-player field to collect 2.86 Lakhs. Ganesh ‘Ganesh24’ Durgade posted a career-best 2 Lakhs in second place.

Areyann Gurbaxani`s Wednesday finishes include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s The Pride for 2,85,915 (second-best score on the site)

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s Sundowner for 55,818 (had finished runner-up in this event on Monday)

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s Daily Boost for 45,057

> 7th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Night SPRINT for 6,798

Areyann Gurbaxani`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: 1.50 Crores | Lifetime Profits: 42.48 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #19 | Annual Winnings: 1 Crore

Final Table Results

  1. Areyann ‘kreishhAA’ Gurbaxani – 2,85,915
  2. Ganesh ‘Ganesh24’ Durgade – 2,00,141
  3. Shriram ‘MasterBet10’ Varma – 1,28,662
  4. Raldon – 95,305
  5. Mayank ‘Newsolidcash’ Maruka – 71,479
  6. Rony ‘bisadip176’ Chowdhury – 57,183
  7. Neeraj ‘nbara’ Bara – 47,653
  8. Sanchit ‘devilsanchit’ Anand – 38,122

 

(7-Max) SPRINT – 5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – 1,650

Entries – 286

Re-entries – 224

Prize Pool – 7,65,000

Places Paid – 63

‘Avyzara’ proved the last player standing in PokerBaazi’s 5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) SPRINT, where they overcame a guarantee-crushing 510-entry field to win the title and a site-best 1.49 Lakhs. Sabur ‘sabur’ Ali finished runner-up for 1.04 Lakhs.

Avyzara’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: 2.07 Lakhs| Site Profits: 1.11 Lakhs

Final Table Results

  1. Avyzara – 1,48,640
  2. Sabur ‘sabur’ Ali – 1,04,193
  3. baroozgar – 67,014
  4. Pradip ‘Nit2Donk’ Ghosh – 49,572
  5. nitinmakkar – 37,179
  6. Arpan ‘Novus’ Majhi – 29,835
  7. Allen ‘romeo333’ Romeo – 24,863

 

(7-Max) Daily SPRINT – 5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – 2,200

Entries – 172

Re-entries – 138

Prize Pool – 6,20,000

Places Paid – 36

PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT brought in 310 challengers, generating a profitable 6.20 Lakhs prize pool. The event lasted almost six hours, and Vishal ‘karan23’ Kumar was the last player standing and collected a winner’s payout of 1.21 Lakhs. He struck a heads-up deal with Puneet ‘puneetdurr111’ Sachan (2nd for 1.12 Lakhs), who missed out on winning the 7:30 PM marquee for the second time.

Puneet Sachan
Puneet Sachan

 

Puneet Sachan’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: 30.12 Lakhs| Lifetime Profits: 3.79 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #5

Final Table Results

  1. Vishal ‘karan23’ Kumar – 1,21,053*
  2. Puneet ‘puneetdurr111’ Sachan – 1,12,005*
  3. Debneil ‘ChhotaDon’ Mukherjee – 61,814
  4. Procastinator – 45,756
  5. Aman ‘KarmaPoker’ Parakh – 34,348
  6. shobhit3373 – 27,466
  7. Rubin ‘kornkid’ Labroo – 22,816

*denotes a heads-up deal

 

Baiju ‘Nayandi’ Ray (Won 2 Lakhs GTD Hyper Sprint for 51,770), Satyam ‘queenilicious’ Surendra (Won 3 Lakhs GTD Holdem BOOST for 41,629), ‘zoravarr’ (Won 1 Lakh GTD SPRINT for 34,792), Ashish ‘Krazy8’ Mudgil (Won 1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Night SPRINT for 33,740), Dharambir ‘Baba1981Yadav (Won 75K GTD PLO-6 SPRINT for 13,890), and ‘acestinger‘ (Won 1 Lakh GTD Baazi Super Value for 13,000) won the other PokerBaazi marquees.

 

MPL Poker

Wednesday Bonanza – 2.50 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – 1,100

Total Entries – 228

Prize Pool – 2,50,000

Places Paid – 37

Tuesday’s 75K GTD Monster Stack winner, Parth ‘yourpokerguy’ Jain, went back-to-back by taking down a second marquee title on MPL Poker on consecutive days. The poker streamer outlasted a 228-entry field in the 2.50 Lakhs GTD Wednesday Bonanza last night to win 58,750. Pramod ‘rudraksh0010’ Choudhary pocketed 37,375 in second place.

Parth Jain
Parth Jain

 

On both occasions, Jain shipped the tournament while streaming! You can watch his Wednesday Bonanza stream below.

Final Table Results

  1. Parth ‘yourpokerguy’ Jain – 58,750
  2. Pramod ‘rudraksh0010’ Choudhary – 37,375
  3. Md ‘samridhi0123’ Saleem – 25,375
  4. Manish ‘any1willdo’ Barman – 20,125
  5. Swapan ‘swapan737’ Mirja – 13,250
  6. Muntiyaz ‘fireplay111’ – 9,375
  7. Nikil ‘gambler0093’ Sah – 7,500
  8. Bhanu ‘yashasvi0020’ Pratap Singh – 6,000

 

Pocket52

Pocket Jacks – ₹2 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 115

Re-entries – 85

Prize Pool – ₹2,00,000

Places Paid – 30

Pocket52 network user ‘Santu1234’ stood strong at the end of the ₹2 Lakhs GTD Pocket Jacks, surpassing the 200-player field to win ₹40,000. ‘Bholebaba’ had to settle for a runner-up payday worth ₹28,500.

Final Table Results

  1. Santu1234 – ₹40,000
  2. Bholebaba – ₹28,500
  3. allinle – ₹20,000
  4. vitamin_P2aLal3SXP – ₹14,000
  5. Reeraizer – ₹10,500
  6. Daniyal – ₹8,000

 

‘Charizard’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Gladiator for ₹27,324), ‘sayonara’ (Won ₹75K GTD Unravel for ₹16,901), ‘Bholebaba’ (Won ₹60K GTD Snacks for ₹ 12,600) and ‘RONALDO_7’ (Won ₹50K GTD Dessert for ₹12,500), won the other Pocket52 marquees.

 

PokerDangal

Booster Wednesday – 75K GTD

Buy-in – 550

Entries – 58

Rebuys – 25

Prize Pool – 75,000

Places Paid – 13

PokerDangal user ‘dragonite’ championed the 75K GTD Wednesday Booster for 18,375. ‘shibsambhu’ came second for 13,375.

Final Table Results

  1. dragonite – 18,375
  2. shibsambhu – 13,375
  3. Vishu85 – 10,125
  4. metalGear – 7,875
  5. ManishXXX – 5,625
  6. 88bluff – 4,125

 

PokerStars India

Night on Stars – 5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – 2,750

Entries – 108

Re-entries – 68

Prize Pool – 5,00,000

Places Paid – 20

The stars seem to have changed for PokerGuru’s very own ‘Chota Machhi’ AKA Arpit Jain, who took down PokerStars India`s 5 Lakhs GTD Night on Stars for the second time this month for 1.01 Lakhs.

Arpit Jain
Arpit Jain

 

The #8 ranked player of the year, Siddharth ‘gangnam gangi’ Gangwar, collected 77,611 in second place.

Final Table Results

  1. Arpit ‘bilbo_baggins1’ Jain – 1,00,803
  2. Siddharth ‘gangnam gangi’ Gangwar – 77,611
  3. Amit ‘Stu Ungar 7694’ Kaushik – 59,755
  4. Abhijeet ‘sexylady7766’ Kumar – 46,007
  5. Tarush ‘busssster’ Gupta – 35,422
  6. gs1289 – 27,273
  7. ChuChu0405 – 20,998
  8. thisisme16 – 16,167
  9. juw@ri – 12,447

 

Clinton ‘Clinton Tavares’ Tavares (Won 1.50 Lakhs GTD Big Bubble Rush for 39,024), ‘destinygrinder’ (Won 1 Lakh GTD Ultrasonic for 24,290), ‘mohana23’ (Won 50K GTD Afternoon on Stars for 11,078), ‘DR5868’ (Won 50K GTD Primetime Grind for 10,959), and ‘kush0078’ (Won 50K GTD Deepstack for 10,349) won the other PokerStars India marquees.

 

Adda52

Maverick – 15 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – 2,750

Entries – 296

Re-entries – 239

Prize Pool – 15,00,000

Places Paid – 55

Sakshi ‘sakshipandey’ Pandey came out on top of a reg-infested 535-entry field in Adda52`s Wednesday headliner, 15 Lakhs GTD Maverick, adding a site-best 3.90 Lakhs to her tally. The former APT Online India July 2022 PLO Highroller champion and Tuesday’s (7-Max) SPRINT winner, Ashish ‘xznny112’ Nailwal, kept his heater going by raking in 2.21 Lakhs in second place.

Ashish Nailwal
Ashish Nailwal

 

Sakshi Pandey’s Adda52 stats: Site Winnings: 6.38 Lakhs| Site Profits: 20,975

One of the most prolific winners of the month, Ashish Nailwal, managed another FT run in PokerBaazi’s Daily Boost, collectively pocketing 2.42 Lakh. His Wednesday finishes include:

> 2nd in Adda52’s Maverick for 2.21 Lakhs

> 4th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Boost for 20,760

Ashish Nailwal’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: 1.84 Crores | Lifetime Profits: 51.06 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #8 | Monthly Winnings: 26.79 Lakhs

The 2,750 buy-in Maverick suffered a significant 1.62 Lakhs overlay shortfall, and the top 55 finalists benefitted from the added value.

Final Table Results

  1. Sakshi ‘sakshipandey’ Pandey – 3,90,000
  2. Ashish ‘ xznny112’ Nailwal – 2,21,250
  3. Akshat ‘akshat03’ Sharma – 1,53,750
  4. Dwiti ‘dstar’ Rahule – 1,12,500
  5. Deep ‘ChristopherCoke’ Patel – 79,500
  6. ashu2659 – 52,500
  7. Chirag ‘cs56’ Sodha – 41,250
  8. Vishwanath ‘vish4u2’ Borhade – 30,000

 

La Luna – 4 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – 1,800

Entries – 116

Re-entries – 90

Prize Pool – 4,00,000

Places Paid – 21

Nitesh ‘hopster99’ Baliyan stormed his way to the top of the 206-player field in Adda52’s La Luna, picking up his maiden title of the year and a 1.11 Lakhs payday. Site user ‘ClawB4246’ collected 65,000 in second place.

Nitesh Baliyan
Nitesh Baliyan

 

Nitesh Baliyan’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: 55.77 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: 15.58 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #1

The NPS 2.0 Main Event champion Chirag Sodha collectively added ₹3.98 Lakhs across his Wednesday run.

Chirag Sodha
Chirag Sodha

 

> 10th in Spartan Poker’s Wednesday High Roller for 39,495

> 11th in Spartan Poker’s Destiny for 38,500

> 4th in Adda52’s La Luna for 36,000

Chirag Sodha’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: 7.46 Crores | Lifetime Profits: 2.29 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #3 | Ranked #3 in the Monthly Leaderboard Standings

Final Table Results

  1. Nitesh ‘hopster99’ Baliyan – 1,11,200
  2. ClawB4246 – 65,000
  3. Lavesh ‘UPay4MyWeed98’ Meena – 49,400
  4. Chirag ‘cs56’ Sodha – 36,000
  5. amg26 – 25,000
  6. sammy19 – 17,200

 

‘Arhanhit’ (Won 1.20 Lakhs GTD Afternoon Adda for 32,940), ‘QAJK’ (Won 1.50 Lakhs GTD Dinesh Karthik Pinch Hitter for 28,644), Adithya ‘RLoX1’ N G (Won 60K GTD Bounty Adda for 12,216), Karan ‘karanthakker’ Thakker (Won 40K GTD Freeze Out Adda for 11,817), and ‘jank27’ (Won 50K GTD Dinesh Karthik Half Century for 9,939) won the other Adda52 marquees.

 

Khelo365

Khelo365 user ‘Babaraj420’ defeated ‘Blackwood’(2nd for ₹6,250) heads-up in the ₹25K GTD 6 Feet Under PLO Deepstack to win ₹9,250.

 

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