Daily Majors: Bansal, Kwatra, & Kakarania Headline the Wednesday Flagships

Barring Spartan Poker`s Destiny, all the other flagships got swept under the overlay avalanche that hit the major platforms on Wednesday.

The MTT action will soon move a few notches higher as Spartan Poker’s Grand Poker Series (GPS), and PokerStars India’s INCOOP hit the virtual felts today. Pocket52’s month-long Ship-it series is also gaining momentum.

Here`s a complete recap from yesterday.

Spartan Poker

Spartan Poker`s ₹25 Lakhs GTD Destiny had the biggest guarantee on offer across all the flagships. Logging in 592 entries, the ₹5,500 buy-in event accrued a guarantee-smashing ₹29.60 Lakhs. One of the top MTT pros in the country, Raghav ‘thatssosick’ Bansal, powered his way through the reg-infested field to become the fourth player to book a seat in the Destiny 16.0 SnG finale, winning a whopping ₹7.70 Lakhs in the process. This is the third time that Bansal has won the Destiny title, improving his online MTT record to ₹2.84 Crores. Spartan Poker regular Advait ‘Ronaldinho18’ Rajguru banked a career-best ₹4.68 Lakhs for finishing runner-up.

The ₹3 Lakhs GTD Mega Freeze mustered 90 entries to post an overlay worth ₹30,000. An unknown player ‘jaya_indian’ defeated Pranay ‘kabira speaking’ Chawla (runner-up for ₹55,200) heads-up to win the title and the ₹78,750 cash prize. This happens to be the winner’s best-recorded score on the site.

PokerBaazi

PokerBaazi’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Pride logged in 319 entries and had to fill in a deficit of ₹43,000. After almost seven hours of play, Guneet ‘guntz’ Kwatra came out on top after defeating PokerGuru Ambassador Jayjit ‘england’ Ray (runner-up for ₹1.55 Lakhs) heads-up to win ₹2.21 Lakhs. Kwatra’s lifetime tally has reached ₹3.49 Crores after this win.

The Wednesday SuperStack registered 143 entries, falling seven entries short of its ₹3 Lakhs prize pool guarantee. Young Gun Anmol ‘anzzzzz’ Mehta, who had championed the ₹25 Lakhs GTD Adda52 Millions on Sunday, took down the tourney to win ₹77,250. Vineesh ‘VanielNegranu’ Bhatia finished runner-up for ₹54,090.

Adda52

The featured tourney on Adda52 was the ₹15 Lakhs GTD Maverick. The ₹2,500 buy-in tourney clocked in 631 entries, experiencing an overlay of ₹64,475. After almost nine hours of grueling play, the mystery user ‘factory123’ powered their way through the field to win ₹3.83 Lakhs. This was the mystery player`s most significant score on Adda52, though they are still stuck with a ₹4.04 Lakhs loss on the site. Umang ‘umang94’ Kakarania finished runner-up for ₹2.18 Lakhs, crossing ₹37 Lakhs in recorded winnings.

The ₹7 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack didn`t fare much better as a turnout of 137 entries meant that the site had to contribute ₹1.52 Lakhs to cover the shortfall. Himanshu ‘himanshu_s’ Sehgal trumped the competition to win ₹1.89 Lakhs while ‘r9cky’ finished runner-up for ₹1.19 Lakhs. Sehgal’s recorded scores on Adda52 have reached ₹32.20 Lakhs after the win.

PokerStars India

PokerStars India’s Night on Stars ran with a ₹6 Lakhs prize pool guarantee last night. Again a below-par 229-entry field translated into a ₹27,000 overlay. ‘NerfmyOps™’ was the last player standing in the tourney and pocketed ₹1.16 Lakhs even as Ashwin ‘Ashwinvijay’ Vijay finished runner-up for ₹85,561.

The ₹5 Lakhs GTD Big Bubble Rush played out amid 184 runners to fall ₹45,000 short of the listed guarantee. After a little more than five hours of play, Vasu ‘Aggrolegend’ Ramanan clinched the title for ₹93,666 (₹51,390 in prize money and ₹42,276 in bounties). Anmolraj ‘modi chai wala’ Singh Chawla finished runner-up for ₹46,472 (₹37,878 in prize money and ₹8,594 in bounties). Ramanan has surpassed ₹35 Lakhs in winnings on PokerStars India after this score with a net profit of ₹11.52 Lakhs.

The other Wednesday winners were:

Destiny ₹25 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 260

Re-entries – 110

Rebuys – 222

Prize Pool – ₹29,60,000

Places Paid – 50

Spartan Poker’s ₹25 Lakhs GTD Destiny registered 592 entries on its latest run, collecting ₹29.60 Lakhs in prize money, almost 20% more than what was listed.

Starting at 8 PM, it took a good eight hours before MTT pro Raghav ‘thatssosick’ Bansal came out on top to win ₹7.70 Lakhs.

The Kolkata-born player`s last major score on Spartan Poker was ₹2.25 Lakhs that he had won for finishing seventh in the GPS #19 High Roller on August 6. Some of his other recent exploits include a sixth-place finish in PokerBaazi’s ₹1 Crore GTD PPL #69 The MoneyMaker for ₹4.23 Lakhs on August 16. With the Destiny win, Bansal has boosted his lifetime winnings to ₹4.52 Crore.

The event paid out 50 places, and Bansal’s final opponent, Advait ‘Ronaldinho18’ Rajguru picked up a runner-up finish worth ₹4.68 Lakhs.

Nitin ‘TheWitcher’ Arora (4^th for ₹1.95 Lakhs), JyotiRanjan ‘joey114114’ Nayak (5^th for ₹1.19 Lakhs), and IOPC Main Event champion Harshit ‘HeroCaller’ Sanghi (6^th for ₹1.03 Lakhs) FT-ed the tourney!

Final Table Results

1. Raghav ‘thatssosick’ Bansal – ₹7,69,600
2. Advait ‘Ronaldinho18’ Rajguru – ₹4,68,831
3. je91 – ₹2,73,800
4. Nitin ‘TheWitcher’ Arora – 1,95,360
5. JyotiRanjan ‘joey114114’ Nayak -₹1,19,051
6. Harshit ‘HeroCaller’ Sanghi – ₹1,03,600
7. Frank Lampard – ₹74,000
8. Redlady – ₹60,351
9. drpokerabc – ₹56,240

Maverick ₹15 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹2,500

Entries – 307

Re-entries – 324

Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000

Places Paid – 63

Adda52’s Wednesday flagship ₹15 Lakhs GTD Maverick started at 8 PM. The ₹2,500 buy-in tourney logged in 631 entries by the time late registration closed, experiencing an overlay of ₹64,475.

The tourney finally ended at 4:33 AM with anonymous user ‘factory123’ emerging as the victor for a top prize worth ₹3.83 Lakhs. Following this win, the winner sits with ₹6.25 Lakhs in recorded winnings on Adda52, but they are still in the red for ₹4.04 Lakhs.

Umang ‘umang94’ Kakarania finished runner-up for ₹2.18 Lakhs, taking his recorded online winnings to ₹34.89 Lakhs.

Anirudh ‘flash1303’ Reddy (3^rd for ₹1.49 Lakhs), Aman ‘karmapoker’ Parakh (4^th for ₹1.09 Lakhs), and Young Gun Shardul ‘vamos96’ Parthasarathi (7^th for ₹41,250) earned final table payouts.

Final Table Results

1. factory123 – ₹3,82,500
2. Umang ‘umang94’ Kakarania – ₹2,17,500
3. Anirudh ‘flash1303’ Reddy – ₹1,49,250
4. Aman ‘karmapoker’ Parakh – ₹1,08,750
5. SURGE – ₹75,000
6. rajanshul07 – ₹52,500
7. Shardul ‘vamos96’ Parthasarathi – ₹41,250
8. whodahellru – ₹30,000

The Pride ₹10 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹3,300

Entries – 192

Re-entries – 127

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 36

The Wednesday signature tourney on PokerBaazi, the ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Pride, pulled in 319 contenders, resulting in a shortfall of ₹43,000.

Former Millionaire champion Guneet ‘guntz’ Kwatra toppled the competition, besting PokerGuru Ambassador Jayjit ‘england’ Ray heads-up to win ₹2.21 Lakhs. Ray banked ₹1.55 Lakhs for his runner-up finish. Kwatra currently boasts of ₹3.49 Crores in recorded online winnings.

The 2020 India Poker Champion Rubin ‘kornkid’ Labroo (3^rd for ₹99,700), Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur (5^th for ₹55,400), PokerGuru Ambassador Tathagata ‘Tintin84’ Sengupta (6^th for ₹44,300), Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPro’ Kumar (8^th for ₹29,500), and Harsh ‘100crdream’ Dembla (9^th for ₹22,100) posted FT finishes.

Final Table Results

1. Guneet ‘guntz’ Kwatra – ₹2,21,000
2. Jayjit ‘england’ Ray – ₹1,55,000
3. Rubin ‘kornkid’ Labroo – ₹99,700
4. TheShowdown – ₹73,800
5. Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur – ₹55,400
6. Tathagata ‘Tintin84’ Sengupta – ₹44,300
7. anutanu – ₹36,800
8. Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPro’ Kumar – ₹29,500
9. Harsh ‘100crdream’ Dembla – ₹22,100

Monster Stack ₹7 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹4,400

Entries – 89

Re-entries – 48

Prize Pool – ₹7,00,000

Places Paid – 15

The other Wednesday marquee on Adda52, the ₹7 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack, drew 137 participants, falling ₹1.52 Lakhs short of its advertised guarantee. The ₹4,400 buy-in event commenced at 9:30 PM and came to close at 3:11 AM today.

Himanshu ‘himanshu_s’ Sehgal trail blazed his way to the top to win the ₹1.89 Lakhs first-place cash prize. ‘r9cky’ came in second for ₹1.19 Lakhs. With this win, Sehgal has accumulated ₹32.2 Lakhs in MTT winnings on PokerBaazi.

Prakash ‘pfeiffer’ Lalwani (4^th for ₹66,500), Bunty ‘ripphil’ Choudhary (5^th for ₹49,000), Harsh ‘BuddhaBhikari’ Dembla (6^th for ₹35,000), and Puneet ‘j4jolly’ Mishra (7^th for ₹28,000), posted FT finishes.

Sunday’s ₹15 Lakhs GTD Big Slick winner ‘whodahellru’ picked up their first final table score of the night in this event, finishing eighth for ₹22,750. They FT-ed the Maverick as well, again placing eighth for ₹30,000.

Final Table Results

1. Himanshu ‘himanshu_s’ Sehgal – ₹1,89,000
2. r9cky – ₹1,19,000
3. VM24 – ₹87,500
4. Prakash ‘pfeiffer’ Lalwani – ₹66,500
5. Bunty ‘ripphil’ Choudhary – ₹49,000
6. Harsh ‘BuddhaBhikari’ Dembla – ₹35,000
7. Puneet ‘j4jolly’ Mishra – ₹28,000
8. whodahellru – ₹22,750

Night on Stars ₹6 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 132

Re-entries – 97

Prize Pool – ₹6,00,000

Places Paid – 39

PokerStars India’s ₹6 Lakhs GTD Night on Stars had 229 entrants running, accounting for a ₹27,500 shortfall.

The mystery user ‘NerfmyOps™‘ emerged as the victor, after besting Ashwin ‘Ashwinvijay’ Vijay (runner-up for ₹85,561) heads-up. The winner walked away with a paycheque of ₹1.15 Lakhs.

Goonjan ‘gmtesting.ind’ Mall (6^th for ₹25,535), Shrey ‘pandeyshrey33’ Pandey (7^th for ₹18,874), and PokerGuru Ambassador Jayjit ‘unlucky2k’ Ray (9^th for ₹10,311) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. NerfmyOps™ – ₹1,15,760
2. Ashwin ‘Ashwinvijay’ Vijay – ₹85,561
3. Jaffery25 – ₹63,240
4. Cringing – ₹46,742
5. bananabarbar – ₹34,548
6. Goonjan ‘gmtesting.ind’ Mall – ₹25,535
7. Shrey ‘pandeyshrey33’ Pandey – ₹18,874
8. Aggrolegend – ₹13,950
9. Jayjit ‘unlucky2k’ Ray – ₹10,311

Big Bubble Rush ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 106

Re-entries – 76

Regular Prize Pool – 2,72,500

Bounty Prize Pool – 2,27,500

Total Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 35

Vasu ‘Aggrolegend’ Ramanan outlasted 182 entries in the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Big Bubble Rush to win ₹93,666 (₹51,390 in prize money and ₹42,275 in bounties).

Anmolraj ‘modi chai wala’ Singh Chawla finished runner-up for ₹46,472 (₹37,878 in prize money and ₹8,594 in bounties), crossing ₹30 Lakhs in recorded career earnings.

Like the Night on Stars, here too, the site had to fill in an overlay worth ₹45,000.

Final Table Results

1. Vasu ‘Aggrolegend’ Ramanan – ₹93,666
2. Anmolraj ‘modi chai wala’ Singh Chawla – ₹46,472
3. Bharat ‘hzgod’ Kumar – ₹47,226
4. flipper595 – ₹41,731
5. Jitendra ‘zxcvuiop’ Chordia – ₹22,160
6. VMRVIVIN – ₹25,789
7. lalita9999 – ₹14,862
8. Miss Mania – ₹7,250
9. noviceanari – ₹12,718

Mega Freeze ₹3 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹3,300

Entries – 90

Prize Pool – ₹3,00,000

Places Paid – 13

The Freezeout attraction ₹3 Lakhs GTD Mega Freeze garnered 90 entries, falling ₹30,000 short of its posted guarantee. Topping the reg-laden FT was ‘jaya_indian,’ who defeated Pranay ‘kabira speaking’ Chawla heads-up to win the title and ₹78,750.

Chawla added a runner-up score of ₹55,200 to his poker bankroll.

PokerGuru Ambassador Mithun ‘Intuitionnn’ Mahesh (3^rd for ₹36,450), Siddharth ‘bluffMyNuts’ Mehndiratta (5^th for ₹28,650), Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall (5^th for ₹23,100), Ajay ‘gabbarsingh’ Dhayal (7^th for ₹14,250), and Gautam ‘Nathandrake18’ Rohilla (9^th for ₹8,400) were the other notable finishers.

Wednesday SuperStack ₹3 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 86

Re-entries – 57

Prize Pool – ₹3,00,000

Places Paid – 18

The ₹3 Lakhs GTD Wednesday SuperStack took a hit of ₹14,000 from a field size of 143 entries. Young Gun Anmol‘anzzzzz’Mehta championed the tourney to win ₹77,250 just three days after taking down the Adda52 Millions last Sunday for ₹6.86 Lakhs.

Vineesh ‘VanielNegranu’ Bhatia finished runner-up for ₹54,090.

Vinay ‘Vinstill’ B (3^rd for ₹34,800) and Tuesday`s The Mint champion Guruprasad ‘fish_calling’ Gupta (4^th for ₹25,770) FT-ed the event.

Gladiator ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹1,250

Entries – 136

Re-entries – 72

Prize Pool – ₹2,50,000

Places Paid – 30

Pocket52`s ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD The Gladiator was taken down by ‘Afridi’, who won ₹50,000.

Rishabh ‘Amitayushi’ Pathak finished runner-up for ₹35,625.

The event registered an overlay of ₹42,000 from a starting field of 208 entries.

Shailesh ‘MrShailesh’ Patel (3^rd for ₹25,000), Manjeet Singh ‘10JKS’ Baghel (4^th for ₹17,500), and Shubham ‘JuniorJumper’ Mondal (5^th for₹13,125) posted FT scores.

Pocket Dinner ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 89

Re-entries – 36

Prize Pool – ₹1,50,000

Places Paid – 27

Pocket52’s ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD Pocket Dinner wrangled in 125 entries, falling ₹25,000 short of its listed guarantee.

Bhanu ‘WARNING’ Prakash came out on top to win the title and ₹34,500. ‘TryHard’ came in second for ₹21,000.

Rakesh ‘Langdatyagi’ Jangid placed 6^th for ₹6,750.

Final Table Results

1. Bhanu ‘WARNING’ Prakash – ₹34,500
2. TryHard – ₹21,000
3. Rajarshi – ₹15,750
4. gurpreet06 – ₹12,000
5. Mandybro – ₹9,000
6. Rakesh ‘Langdatyagi’ Jangid – ₹6,750

Pocket Lunch ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 93

Re-entries – 46

Prize Pool – ₹1,50,000

Places Paid – 27

‘loll’ bested ‘kingthinosc’ heads-up to win the ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD Pocket Lunch for ₹34,500. The latter banked ₹21,000 for their second-place finish.

The tourney registered an overlay of ₹11,000 from 139 registrations.

Wow Wednesday ₹50,000 GTD – Poker Dangal

Buy-in – ₹330

Entries – 73

Prize Pool – ₹50,000

Places Paid – 11

Poker Dangal’s Wednesday marquee ₹50,000 GTD Wow Wednesday kicked off at 8 PM, attracting a 73-player field. With each of them ponying up the ₹330 buy-in, there was a sizeable overlay of ₹28,100.

The six-max event paid out the final 11 spots, and grabbing the biggest share was ‘Royalcup38,’ who took it down for ₹12,500 after beating ‘Barney787’ (runner-up for ₹9,500) heads-up.

Ravi ‘DJBravo’ Yadav finished 3^rd for ₹7,000.

6 Feet Under ₹25K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 25

Re-entries – 9

Prize Pool – ₹25,000

Places Paid – 4

‘Ashu079’ took down Khelo365’s ₹25K GTD 6 Feet Under, outlasting 34 entries to win ₹11,500. ‘JonGregor‘ came in second for ₹6,500.

‘maklas’ (3rd for ₹4,000) and ‘Teesmar’ (4th for ₹3,000) FT-ed the tourney.

Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹275

Entries – 51

Re-entries – 37

Prize Pool – ₹22,000

Places Paid – 9

Khelo365’s ₹20K GTD Grinder 2.0 clocked in 88 entries, generating a prize pool worth ₹22,000.

‘Rajakjii’ took down the event to win ₹7,040. ‘Aauss’ finished runner-up for ₹4,400.

‘JonGregor’ making their second FT appearance of the day, placed third for ₹2,640. They had also finished runner-up in the ₹25K GTD 6 Feet Under for ₹6,500.

This report was updated at 5 PM on 3.9.2020.

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