Daily Majors: Bang, Desai, Singh, Veeravalli & Narwal Slay the Wednesday Marquees

The Wednesday turnouts across the domestic sites were still short of what the operators had put up in guarantees. Still, the traffic has undoubtedly picked up after the 2020 WSOP Online Series. PokerGuru Ambassadors had another smashing day with the team members finishing 1-2 in two marquee tourneys alongside several other deep runs.

Here’s the complete recap.

Spartan Poker

The ₹50 Lakhs GTD Battlefield played out its third starting flight yesterday. 501 runners registered for the ₹2,750 buy-in tourney on Day 1C, adding to the existing 709 entry pool (Day 1A – 360 and Day 1B – 349). Only 75 players survived the day`s play with Dhirendra ‘dhiru91’ Kumar bagging the most massive stack of 281,066. Vaibhav ‘Nikka Zaildar’ Sharma (277,038) and PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja (260,361) carried forward the next top stacks.

The Day 1A chip leader ‘Sunita W 2’ (468,494) continues to hold on to the overall chip lead after the three starting flights.

Wednesday also brought the ₹35 Lakhs GTD GPS Grand Destiny on Spartan Poker. The ₹5,500 buy-in event logged in 643 entries to overlay ₹2.85 Lakhs and played down to a heads-up between two former Millionaire champions. In the end, the 2019 IOPC July Millionaire champion Srihari ‘bangbang99’ Bang walked away with the ₹8.22 Lakhs up-top, defeating the 2020 UVS April Millionaire LITE winner Danny ‘Danny132’Desai (runner-up for ₹6.48 Lakhs). With this win, Bang has become the fifth player to book a seat in the Destiny 16.0 SnG Finale.

Bang also placed eighth in the INCOOP-70 Night on Stars for ₹31,157. He is currently ranked #3 on the annual leaderboard with over ₹2.67 Crores in earnings this year and has officially crossed ₹4 Crores in recorded winnings after his latest victory.

The ₹5.25 Lakhs GTD GPS#35 Monster Stack was championed by ‘enigma77’, who won ₹55,058 following a seven-way deal with Dhirendra ‘dhiru91’ Kumar (runner-up for ₹54,603), ‘dhaval07’ (3rd for ₹53,115), ‘bluemonster’ (4th for ₹52,804), ‘Luckywinner’ (5th for ₹48,005), ‘chotunitkat’ (6th for ₹44,614), and ‘sumi6606’ (7th for ₹33,405).

The ₹4.5 Lakhs GTD GPS#34 Mega Freeze was taken down by ‘borntrouble’ for ₹83,096, following a three-way deal with Sanat ‘avneed’ Mehrotra (2nd for ₹79,421) and Sanchit ‘tullupump’ Adukia (3rd for ₹76,928).

PokerBaazi

Gracing the Wednesday schedule on PokerBaazi was the ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Pride. Sporting a ₹3,300 buy-in, the event pulled in a guarantee-crushing 339 entries. An anonymous player ‘devi1234’ topped them all to win ₹2.14 Lakhs, defeating ‘supernuts’ (runner-up for ₹1.49 Lakhs) heads-up. This happens to be the winner’s biggest recorded score on PokerBaazi, pushing their total earnings on the site to ₹7.74 Lakhs.

The ₹3 Lakhs GTD Wednesday SuperStack logged in 149 entries, falling one entry short of the advertised guarantee. After five-and-half hours of play, PokerGuru Ambassador Jayjit ‘england’ Ray defeated fellow teammate Tathagata ‘Tintin84’ Sengupta (runner-up for ₹54,090) heads-up to win ₹77,250. With this score, Ray’s recorded MTT tally has climbed up to ₹3.57 Crores.

Adda52

The featured tourney on Adda52 was the ₹15 Lakhs GTD Maverick. The ₹2,500 buy-in tourney clocked in 662 entries to accrue a prize pool worth ₹15,06,041. After just a little over eight hours of play, PokerGuru Ambassador Laksh ‘boomtilt23’ Pal Singh came out on top to win ₹3.20 Lakhs after a heads-up deal with fellow Team Ambassador Naresh ’emperor457′ Veeravalli (runner-up for ₹2.75 Lakhs).

Singh posted a second FT finish as well, finishing ninth in Pokerbaazi’s Wednesday SuperStack. His online record has soared to ₹4.20 Crores.

Like the Maverick, even the ₹4 Lakhs GTD Moonlight registered 264 entries to post a profitable ₹4.33 Lakhs prize pool. The tourney commenced at 9:30 PM and came to a close at 2:53 PM with Pranav ‘ijustgamb0l’ Desai grabbing the title and the ₹1.13 Lakhs cash prize. Online reg Aman ‘karmapoker’ Parakh finished runner-up for ₹67,109. Desai currently boasts ₹88.54 Lakhs in lifetime MTT earnings.

PokerStars India

PokerStars India’s Wednesday flagship, ₹15 Lakhs GTD INCOOP-70 Night on Stars, had to fill in an overlay of ₹2.09 Lakhs because of its below-par turnout of 369 entries. Young Gun Ujjwal ‘CougarHunter69’ Narwal was the last player standing and won ₹2.74 Lakhs. ‘masteroffelts’ finished runner-up for ₹2.01 Lakhs.

The ₹5 Lakhs GTD INCOOP-72 Deepstack played out amid 192 runners, to post an overlay of ₹20,000. Anonymous user ‘muttonmm’ championed the tourney to win ₹57,565 following a five-way deal with ‘Naru96’ (2nd for ₹63,436), Harsh ‘kakori kabab’Dembla (3rd for ₹57,196), Anmol ‘freak_weird0’ Agarwal (4th for ₹55,723), and ‘Rebellion30’ (5th for ₹54,953).

Anmol ‘freak_weird0’ Agarwal made two FT`s on PokerStars India yesterday. Besides his fourth-place finish in the INCOOP-72 Deepstack, he also took sixth place in the INCOOP-70 Night on Stars for ₹57,990, collecting ₹1.13 Lakhs through the day.

The other Wednesday winners were:

GPS Battlefield ₹50 Lakhs GTD Day 1C – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 296

Re-entries –50

Re-buys – 155

Survivors –75

Spartan Poker`s GPS Battlefield has picked up its pace as 501 entries joined the tourney on Day 1C last night. Only 75 among them made the cut for Day 2.

The tourney has logged in 1,240 entrants across the three starting flights combined and need 760 entries on Day 1D today to break-even on its ₹50 Lakhs prize pool guarantee.

Topping the Day 1C survivors was Dhirendra ‘dhiru91’ Kumar (281,066) with Delhi-based MTT pro Vaibhav ‘Nikka Zaildar’ Sharma (277,038) and PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja (260,361) carrying forward the next top stacks.

Ayush ‘HighHopes’ Garg (234,319) and Aman ‘KarmaPoker’ Parakh (206,749) featured among the other top stacks.

Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1C

1. Dhirendra ‘dhiru91’ Kumar – 2,81,066
2. Vaibhav ‘Nikka Zaildar’ Sharma – 277,038
3. Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja – 260,361
4. RedLady – 234,447
5. Ayush‘HighHopes’ Garg – 234,319
6. gogobhai – 223,735
7. Aman ‘KarmaPoker’ Parakh – 206,749
8. asg123 – 204,314
9. Mr.Bean – 201,949
10. mylife12 –199,899

GPS Grand Destiny ₹35 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 280

Re-entries –158

Re-buys – 205

Prize Pool – ₹35,00,000

Places Paid – 60

Wednesday brought another edition of Spartan Poker`s Destiny series, and this time, the flagship tourney ran with a ₹35 Lakhs prize pool guarantee under the GPS branding.

A turnout of 643 participants – each ponying up ₹5,500 – left an overlay of ₹2.85 Lakhs. The top 60 places got paid.

Piercing his way through the field was none other than MTT pro Srihari ‘bangbang99’ Bang, who got past the UVS Millionaire Lite champion Danny ‘Danny132’ Desai (runner-up for ₹6.48 Lakhs) heads-up to win ₹8.22 Lakhs and a seat in the Destiny 16.0 SnG finale.

With this score, Bang’s lifetime online earnings have breached the ₹4 Crore-mark, and he is ranked a close #3 behind Young Gun Arsh Grover on the annual leaderboard!

Banmanlang ‘bml2012’ Lyndem (3^rd for ₹3.15 Lakhs), PokerGuru Ambassador Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved (4^th for ₹2.28 Lakhs), Mohit ‘TheGhostArmy’ Kankaria (5^th for ₹1.44 Lakhs), Ankur ‘Crimemastergogo’ Sehgal (6^th for ₹1.05 Lakhs), and Rajat ‘BloatedBelly’ Mahajan (8^th for ₹70,000) also featured on the FT.

Final Table Results

1. Srihari ‘bangbang99’ Bang – ₹8,21,847
2. Danny ‘Danny132’ Desai – ₹6,48,153
3. Banmanlang‘bml2012’ Lyndem – ₹3,15,000
4. Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved – ₹2,27,500
5. Mohit ‘TheGhostArmy’ Kankaria – ₹1,43,500
6. Ankur ‘Crimemastergogo’ Sehgal – ₹1,05,000
7. Bahubali2002 – ₹87,500
8. Rajat ‘BloatedBelly’ Mahajan- ₹70,000
9. McFly – ₹61,250

Maverick ₹15 Lakhs GTD– Adda52

Buy-in – ₹2,500

Entries – 320

Re-entries – 342

Prize Pool – ₹15,06,041

Places Paid – 72

The Wednesday run of tournaments on Adda52 was headlined by the ₹15 Lakhs GTD Maverick. The event began at 8 PM, and by the time registrations closed, the event managed to collect a prize pool of ₹15.06 Lakhs with 662 entries (320 unique and 342 re-entries) signing up.

The tourney played down to a heads-up between PokerGuru Ambassador’s Laksh Pal ‘boomtilt23’ Singh and Naresh ‘emperor457’ Veeravalli. Singh proved the last player standing and pocketed the winner’s cheque of ₹3.19 Lakhs. Our former Young Gun, Singh,is currently sitting on ₹4.2 Crores in recorded online earnings.

Veeravalli finished runner-up for ₹2.75 Lakhs.

Other known players who made it to the final table were Harsh ‘BuddhaBhikari’ Dembla (5^th for ₹75,303) and Himanshu ‘pirateking7’ Arora (7^th for ₹41,416).

Final Table Results

1. Laksh Pal ‘boomtilt23’ Singh – ₹3,19,876
2. Naresh ‘emperor457’ Veeravalli – ₹2,75,014
3. pirate_king – ₹1,47,593
4. Kviscool – ₹1,05,424
5. Harsh ‘BuddhaBhikari’ Dembla – ₹75,303
6. MallaNi – ₹52,712
7. Himanshu ‘pirateking7’ Arora – ₹41,416
8. pokerunited – ₹30,121

INCOOP-70 Night on Stars ₹15 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹3,850

Entries – 201

Re-entries – 168

Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000

Places Paid – 62

The INCOOP-70 Night on Stars attracted 369 contenders on PokerStars India last night, falling ₹2.09 Lakhs short of its ₹15 Lakhs prize pool guarantee.

Young Gun Ujjwal ‘CougarHunter69’ Narwal championed the tourney to win ₹2.74 Lakhs, even as ‘masteroffelts’ finished runner-up for ₹2.01 Lakhs.

Anmol ‘freak_weird0’ Agarwal (6^th for ₹57,990), the GPS Destiny champion Srihari ‘bangbang1999’ Bang (8^th for ₹31,157), and Jyoti ‘joey260186’ Ranjan Nayak (9^th for ₹22,838) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Ujjwal ‘CougarHunter69’ Narwal – ₹2,74,060
2. masteroffelts – ₹2,00,885
3. bananabarbar – ₹1,47,248
4. cardshark6191 – ₹1,07,932
5. sheldon11cooper – ₹79,114
6. Anmol ‘freak_weird0’ Agarwal – ₹57,990
7. PsykoEko – ₹42,507
8. Srihari ‘bangbang1999’ Bang – ₹31,157
9. Jyoti ‘joey260186’ Ranjan Nayak – ₹22,838

The Pride ₹10 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹3,300

Entries – 207

Re-entries – 132

Prize Pool – ₹10,17,000

Places Paid – 45

With 339 entries ponying up the ₹3,300 entry buy-in, PokerBaazi’s The Pride crushed its listed guarantee with a prize pool collection of ₹10.17 Lakh.

The anonymous ‘devi1234’ was the last player standing and bagged the top prize of ₹2.14 Lakhs after defeating ‘supernuts’ heads-up. The latter padded their bankroll by ₹1.49 Lakhs for finishing runner-up.

While the top 45 finishers hopping onto the money bus, notables who posted FT scores were Sameer ‘Killersam’ Tavanandi (3^rd for ₹96,110), Young Gun Gaurav ‘gaug17’ Sood (4^th for ₹71,190), Tuesday’s The Endeavour winner Ashit ‘nexus010’ Sharma (5^th for ₹53,390), Siddhanth ‘ender’ Kripalani (7^th for ₹35,600), Ritwik ‘Ritwikkhanna’ Khanna (8^th for ₹28,480), and Anshul ‘Bags05’ Bagai (9^th for ₹21,360).

Final Table Results

1. devi1234 – ₹2,14,000
2. supernuts – ₹1,49,000
3. Sameer ‘Killersam’ Tavanandi – ₹96,110
4. Gaurav ‘gaug17’ Sood – ₹71,190
5. Ashit ‘nexus010’ Sharma – ₹53,390
6. raghavnith – ₹42,710
7. Siddhanth ‘ender’ Kripalani – ₹35,600
8. Ritwik ‘Ritwikkhanna’ Khanna – ₹28,480
9. Anshul ‘Bags05’ Bagai – ₹21,360

GPS #35 Monster Stack ₹5.25 Lakhs GTD– Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 293

Re-entries – 98

Re-buys – 168

Prize Pool – ₹5,59,000

Places Paid – 55

The ₹5.25 Lakhs GTD GPS #35 Monster Stack drew 559 entries to create a prize pool of ₹5.59 Lakhs, and the top 55 places got paid.

The winner emerged in ‘enigma77,’ who banked ₹55,058 following a seven-way deal with Dhirendra ‘dhiru91’ Kumar (runner-up for ₹54,603), ‘dhaval07’ (3^rd for ₹53,115), ‘Bluemonster’ (4^th for ₹52,804), ‘Luckywinner’ (5^th for ₹48,005), ‘Chotunitkat’ (6^th for ₹44,614), and ‘sumi6606’ (7^th for ₹33,405).

Final Table Results

1. enigma77 – ₹55,058*
2. Dhirendra ‘dhiru91’ Kumar – ₹54,603*
3. dhaval07 – ₹53,115*
4. bluemonster – ₹52,804*
5. Luckywinner – ₹48,005*
6. chotunitkat – ₹44,614*
7. sumi6606 – ₹33,405*
8. Cruel1 – ₹12,219
9. hawes – ₹10,677

*denotes a seven-way deal

INCOOP-72 Deepstack ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 121

Re-entries – 71

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 35

PokerStars India’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD INCOOP-72 Deepstack garnered 192 entries, registering a deficit of ₹20,000.

The mystery user ‘muttonmm’ shipped the event for ₹57,565, after striking a five-way deal with ‘Naru96’ (runner-up for ₹63,436), Harsh ‘kakori kabab’ Dembla (3^rd for ₹57,196), Anmol ‘freak_weird0’ Agarwal (4^th for ₹55,723), and ‘Rebellion30’ (5^th for ₹54,953).

This was Agarwal’s second final table score of the night, as he also placed sixth in the INCOOP-70 Night on Stars for ₹57,990.

Gurpal ‘twizelll’ Singh (6^th for ₹22,928) and PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja (7^th for ₹17,294) earned final table payouts.

Final Table Results

1. muttonmm – ₹57,565*
2. Naru96 – ₹63,436*
3. Harsh ‘kakori kabab’ Dembla – ₹57,196*
4. Anmol ‘freak_weird0’ Agarwal – ₹55,723*
5. Rebellion30 – ₹54,953*
6. Gurpal ‘twizelll’ Singh – ₹22,928
7. Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja – ₹17,294
8. cutymannu89 – ₹13,045
9. ax2172 – ₹9,839

*denotes a five-way deal

Moonlight ₹4 Lakhs GTD– Adda52

Buy-in – ₹1,800

Entries – 128

Re-entries – 136

Prize Pool – ₹4,32,961

Places Paid – 27

Starting off at 9.30 PM, the ₹4 Lakhs GTD Moonlight, like the Maverick, smashed its advertised guarantee after collecting ₹4.33 Lakhs from 264 entrants.

It took more than five hours for the dust to settle, and Pranav ‘ijustgamb0l’ Desai was the last player standing in the tourney. He added ₹1.13 Lakhs to his bankroll. Aman ‘karmapoker’ Parakh finished runner-up for ₹67,109.

Aman ‘zontory’ Bhadu (5^th for ₹24,895) and Aarchit ‘Aarchit’ Dhadwal (7^th for ₹14,071) posted FT scores.

Wednesday SuperStack 6-Max ₹3 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 87

Re-entries – 62

Prize Pool – ₹3,00,000

Places Paid – 18

The ₹3 Lakhs GTD Wednesday SuperStack 6–Max attracted 149 entries, falling one entry short of meeting its advertised prize pool.

Here again, like the Maverick, the fight for the title took place between two PokerGuru Ambassadors.In the end, Jayjit ‘england’ Rayclaimed the top honors along with ₹77,250 in cash prize. His fellow teammate and good friend Tathagata ‘Tintin84’ Sengupta added ₹54,090 to his bankroll for finishing second.

Prashanth ‘Iveyleague’ Sekar (4th for ₹25,770) and Tuesday’s INCOOP-61 Big Stack Turbo winner Sreekanth ‘n0thing’ Narayan placed (6th for ₹15,450) posted FT finishes.

Gladiator ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹1,250

Entries – 154

Re-entries – 81

Prize Pool – ₹2,67,900

Places Paid – 34

Wednesday’s star attraction on Pocket52, the ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD Gladiator accumulated ₹2.67 Lakhs in the prize pool from 253 hopefuls.

The user ‘vineeth’ bested MTT reg Anmolraj Singh ‘sonnyronaldo’ Chawla (runner-up for ₹37,506) heads-up to win ₹51,169.

Pocket Dinner ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 145

Re-entries – 98

Prize Pool – ₹1,50,000

Places Paid – 27

The ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD Pocket Dinner was championed by ‘kingthinosc’ for a payday worth ₹34,500. ‘KOHINOOR’ placed second for ₹21,000.

The event logged in 243 players, falling seven entries short on the posted guarantee.

Pocket Lunch ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 89

Re-entries – 50

Prize Pool – ₹1,50,000

Places Paid – 27

The ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD regular afternoon tourney, Pocket Lunch, missed the benchmark just by one entry, engaging 149 players.

‘kk786’ took down the event for ₹34,500, besting site regular ‘loll’ (runner-up for ₹21,000) heads-up.

WoW Wednesday ₹50K GTD – Poker Dangal

Buy-in – ₹330

Entries – 68

Re-buys – 49

Add-ons – 32

Prize Pool – ₹50,000

Places Paid – 11

Poker Dangal’s ₹50K GTD WoW Wednesday registered 149 entries and suffered a marginal shortfall.

‘godhand‘ won the event for ₹12,500, just as ‘mister’ came in second for 9,500.

Site regulars Bishu ‘Taiger32’ Basak (3rd for ₹7,000) and Bidya ‘Ankit420’ Shankar (4th for ₹5,500) FT-ed the tourney.

6 Feet Under ₹25K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 19

Re-entries – 11

Prize Pool – ₹25,000

Places Paid – 4

Khelo365`s ₹25K GTD 6 Feet Under attracted 30 entries to experience an overlay of ₹10,000. Only the final four finishers earned a share of the prize pool.

Coming out on top was ‘Rakhi123,’ who defeated ‘nishantdreams’ (2^nd for ₹6,500) heads-up to win ₹11,500.

Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹275

Entries – 44

Re-entries 32

Prize Pool – ₹20,000

Places Paid – 8

The ₹20K GTD Grinder 2.0 logged in 76 entries, falling ₹1,000 short of breaking even. ‘JonGregor’ fired six bullets before they could make it to the finish line and collect the winner’s prize of ₹6,800.

This report was updated at 4 PM on 10.9.2020.

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