Daily Majors: Bothra, Reddy, Narwal, Bagdwal & Varma Secure the Big Wednesday Scores

It was an eventful Wednesday with lots of action all around. Here`s the complete recap.

Spartan Poker

Lighting up the virtual felts on Day 7 of the IOPC series was the ₹50 Lakhs GTD IOPC #46 Destiny. Logging in 1259 entries, the ₹5,500 buy-in event accrued a guarantee-smashing ₹62.95 Lakhs prize pool, going 30% over and above the advertised guarantee. Racing past the fierce competition was online reg Deepak ‘chimpoo’ Bothra, who walked away with the title and his best-recorded score on the site worth ₹12.09 Lakhs. Bothra made a three-way deal with ‘5BetNinja’ (2nd for ₹10.63 Lakhs) & ‘Armitrage’ (3rd for ₹8.12 Lakhs) before winning his seat in the ₹10 Lakhs GTD SnG Finale. This is the second time that Bothra has won the Destiny title. He had earlier won the Destiny 10.0 in June last year for ₹5.46 Lakhs. Sitting with ₹2.31 Crores in recorded online winnings, the victory brought him his second-best score to date.

The other marquee tourney, the ₹10 Lakhs GTD IOPC #47, registered 1,005 entries to collect ₹15.07 Lakhs. ‘SidSparta21’ topped the field to win ₹2.87 Lakhs denying APL Ambassador Sumit ‘Sands Myth’ Sapra (runner-up for ₹1.80 Lakhs) what would have been his first-ever IOPC title!

The daily ₹10 Lakhs GTD Destiny IOPC edition has been crushing the guarantees every day, and yesterday was no different. The event logged in 621 entries to frame a prize pool worth ₹12.42 Lakhs. Anirudh ‘flash’ Reddy was the last player standing after defeating Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma (runner-up for ₹1.97 Lakhs) heads-up for ₹3.21 Lakhs. Reddy has won more than 39 titles, and his lifetime tally stands tall at ₹1.37 Crores.

The runner-up Varma posted two final tables scores yesterday. In addition to his runner-up finish in the Destiny, Varma placed 5^th in PokerBaazi’s The Pride for 55,400.

The ₹6 Lakhs GTD IOPC#43 was championed by the mystery crusher ‘FunkeyFox’ for ₹1.47 Lakhs. The player beat 464 entries that included the 3^rd place finisher in the Destiny, ‘Armitrage’ (runner-up for ₹99,110) heads-up. The top 31 places took a stab at the ₹6.96 Lakhs prize pool.

The ₹5 Lakhs GTD IOPC #44 Monster Stack pulled in 809 entries, collecting a profitable, ₹6.47 Lakhs prize pool. It was ‘LuckyLuciano’ who took the top honors and the ₹1.24 Lakhs up top.

PokerBaazi

The Indian Micro Poker Series (IMPS) has been the major attraction for tournament players on PokerBaazi. For the regs, the site hosted the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Pride on Wednesday. The event clocked in 316 entries to witness an overlay worth ₹52,000. It took Chirag ‘miyagi’ Sodha precisely six hours and twenty-two minutes to take down the tourney, and that too for the second consecutive week. He defeated Young Gun Ujjwal ‘Mr_Robot’ Narwal (runner-up for ₹1.55 Lakhs) heads up to win ₹2.21 Lakhs. Last week, he had won the PMVS #3 Pride for ₹2.43 Lakhs!

Sodha also final tabled the IMPS#26 Daily ₹2 Lakhs GTD, placing 4^th for ₹13,019. Ranked #11 on the yearly leaderboard, Sodha has accumulated almost ₹1.7 Crores in winnings this year.

Adda52

The primetime tourney on Adda52 was the ₹12.5 lakhs GTD Maverick that collected ₹14.76 Lakhs in the prize pool from 649 entries. In the end, Himanshu ‘bagdwalhimanshu’ Bagdwal decimated the competition to win a career-best ₹3.06 Lakhs, following a heads-up deal with ‘Misagh’ (runner-up ₹2.78 Lakhs). Bagdwal`s most recent victory before this dates back to June 29, where he had shipped the AOPS Afterparty PLO for ₹64,000.

PokerStars India

The Wednesday flagship on PokerStars India, the ₹11 Lakhs GTD Micro Millions-32, kept the trend of overlays on the site intact. The site had to fill in the ₹1 Lakh shortfall on the back of 400 entries. After five hours of play, ‘sheldon11cooper’ collected the winner’s paycheque worth ₹2.26 Lakhs beating Young Gun Ujjwal ‘CougarHunter69’ Narwal (runner-up for ₹1.65 Lakhs) heads-up. Narwal won a collective ₹3.2 Lakhs on Wednesday after taking into account the ₹1.55 Lakhs that he won for his runner-up finish in PokerBaazi’s The Pride.

The ₹5 Lakhs GTD Micro Millions-34 Big Bubble Rush played out amid 239 runners, registering an overlay of ₹22,000. It was Dhinesh ‘you3betl4bet’ Kumar who championed the event for ₹1.12 Lakhs after outlasting PokerGuru Ambassador

Shashank ‘GOAT-245’ Desai (runner-up for ₹50,791) in the heads-up.

Sanat Mehrotra, who is ranked #5 on the yearly leaderboard, FT-ed two tourneys last night. He finished 4^th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #48 Destiny IOPC Edition for ₹81,972 and took 9^th place in PokerBaazi’s The Pride for ₹22,100.

The other Wednesday winners were:

IOPC #46 Destiny ₹50 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 533

Re-entries – 307

Rebuys – 419

Prize Pool – ₹62,95,000

Places Paid – 100

The featured tournament on Day 7 of the IOPC was the ₹50 Lakhs GTD IOPC#46 Destiny. Starting at 8 PM, the tourney logged in 1,259 entries, collecting over 30% more than the listed guarantee.

It took over nine hours of play to find a winner, and striding past the fierce competition was Deepak ‘chimpoo’ Bothra. A well-known pro, Bothra boasts of ₹2.31 Crores in lifetime online winnings and was in the spotlight not too long ago for taking down the Adda52-hosted Full House Finale for a personal-best ₹20 Lakhs. The same month he also finished runner-up at Destiny for ₹5.60 Lakhs.

Last night,Bothra struck a three-way deal with ‘5BetNinja (runner-up for ₹10.62 Lakhs) and ‘Armitrage’ (3^rd for ₹8.12 Lakhs) before booking his seat for the Destiny SnG Finale, not to forget a seven-figure payday worth ₹12.09 Lakhs!

PokerGuru Ambassador Shashank ‘Jai Bajarangbali’ Desai (4^th for ₹3.77 Lakhs), Suraj ‘soorajtodi’ Todi (6^th for ₹1.88 Lakhs), and Tuesday`s IOPC #41 Destiny champion Pulkit ‘Championplayer’ Goyal (9^th for ₹78,687) rounded out the prominent FT finishers.

Final Table Results

1. Deepak ‘chimpoo’ Bothra – ₹12,09,433*
2. 5BetNinja – ₹10,62,824*
3. Armitrage – ₹8,12,292*
4. Shashank ‘Jai Bajarangbali’ Desai – ₹3,77,700
5. BANK$Y – ₹2,51,800
6. Suraj ‘soorajtodi’ Todi – ₹1,88,850
7. UltraInstinct – ₹1,22,752
8. mnac – ₹88,130
9. Pulkit ‘Championplayer’ Goyal – ₹78,687

*denotes three-way deal

Maverick ₹12.5 lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹2,500

Entries – 309

Re-entries – 340

Prize Pool – ₹14,76,474

Places Paid – 72

The ₹12.5 lakhs GTD Maverick stole most of the thunder on Adda52 on Wednesday. With 649 entries – each ponying up the ₹2,500 buy-in – the event generated a guarantee-smashing ₹14.76 Lakhs.

Up-and-coming player Himanshu ‘bagdwalhimanshu’ Bagdwal, who had shipped the AOPS Afterparty PLO for ₹64,000 on June 29, banked a new career-best ₹3.05 Lakhs in the Maverick.

He outlasted a stacked FT comprising of players like Aman ‘zontory’ Bhadu (3rd for ₹1.44 Lakhs), Guneet ‘guntz’ Kwatra (4th for ₹1.03 Lakhs), Anurag ‘NormanBates’ Srivastava (5th for ₹73,824), Deepak ‘orionn7’ Raina (6th for ₹51,677), and Surbhit ‘grovahova’ Grover (7th for ₹40,603).

In the end, Bagdwal agreed to a heads-up chop with ‘Misagh’ (runner-up for ₹2.77 Lakhs).

Final Table Results

1. Himanshu ‘bagdwalhimanshu’ Bagdwal – ₹3,05,598*
2. Misagh – ₹2,77,610*
3. Aman ‘zontory’ Bhadu – ₹1,44,695
4. Guneet ‘guntz’ Kwatra – ₹1,03,353
5. Anurag ‘NormanBates’ Srivastava – ₹73,824
6. Deepak ‘orionn7’ Raina – ₹51,677
7. Surbhit ‘grovahova’ Grover – ₹40,603
8. oled – ₹29,530
9. Archio – ₹22,147

*denotes heads-up deal

Micro Millions-32 Night on Stars ₹11 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 221

Re-entries – 179

Prize Pool – ₹11,00,000

Places Paid – 48

The 32nd event on PokerStars India’s Micro Millions schedule, the ₹11 Lakhs GTD Night on Stars, logged in 400 entries, falling ₹1 Lakh short of the listed guarantee.

Following five hours of grueling play, site regular ‘sheldon11cooper’ emerged as the victor, after besting Young Gun Ujjwal ‘CougarHunter69’ Narwal (runner-up for ₹1.65 Lakhs) heads-up. For Narwal, this was one of two FT appearances he made last night.

Shravan ‘lukBo$$13’ Chhabria (3rd for ₹1.23 Lakhs), Sanish ‘sneakysani’ Chhabra (6th for ₹41,250), Shardul ‘merci999’ Parthasarathi (7th for ₹25,300), Vikram ‘Prison M!ke’ Singh (8th for ₹25,300), and Ashwin ‘Ashwinvijay’ Vijay (9th for ₹25,300) FT-ed the tourney!

Final Table Results

1. sheldon11cooper – ₹2,25,500
2. Ujjwal ‘CougarHunter69’ Narwal – ₹1,65,000
3. Shravan ‘lukBo$$13’ Chhabria – ₹1,23,750
4. novice432 – ₹85,250
5. Ganesh8876 – ₹63,250
6. Sanish ‘sneakysani’ Chhabra – ₹41,250
7. Shardul ‘merci999’ Parthasarathi – ₹25,300
8. Vikram ‘Prison M!ke’ Singh – ₹25,300
9. Ashwin ‘Ashwinvijay’ Vijay – ₹25,300

IOPC#48 Destiny IOPC Edition ₹10 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 279

Re-entries – 95

Re-buys – 247

Prize Pool – ₹12,42,000

Places Paid – 50

The ₹10 Lakhs GTD IOPC#48 Destiny IOPC Edition registered 621 entries to garner a juicy ₹12.42 Lakhs prize pool. The tourney started at 9:30 PM and took nearly nine hours to play down to a winner.

Traversing the star-studded field was MTT reg Anirudh ‘flash’ Reddy, who prevailed over Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma (runner-up for ₹1.96 Lakhs) heads-up to win ₹3.20 Lakhs.

PokerGuru Ambassador`s Rohit ‘ShippingYard’ Mishra (7^th for ₹31,050), & Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja (9^th for ₹23,598) along with Sanat ‘avneed’ Mehrotra (4^th for ₹81,972), Utkarsh ‘kidpokerNJ’ Vaish (5^th for ₹52,164), and Vishnu ‘violator’ Khandelwal (8^th for ₹27,324) made FT finishes.

Final Table Results

1. Anirudh ‘flash’ Reddy – ₹3,20,949
2. Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma – ₹1,96,749
3. shar88 – ₹1,14,885
4. Sanat ‘avneed’ Mehrotra – ₹81,972
5. Utkarsh ‘kidpokerNJ’ Vaish – ₹52,164
6. ephemeral – ₹40,899
7. Rohit ‘ShippingYard’ Mishra – ₹31,050
8. Vishnu ‘violator’ Khandelwal – ₹27,324
9. Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja – ₹23,598

IOPC#47 ₹10 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 449

Re-entries – 145

Re-buys – 411

Prize Pool – ₹15,07,500

Places Paid – 87

The ₹10 Lakhs GTD IOPC#47 collected a vast field of 1,005 challengers. With a buy-in of ₹1,650, the tourney raised a guarantee-crushing ₹15.07 Lakhs prize pool.

Powering his way to the top was an unknown player going by the moniker ‘SidSparta21,’ who banked ₹2.87 Lakhs after defeating seasoned pro Sumit ‘Sands Myth’ Sapra (runner-up for ₹1.79 Lakhs) heads-up.

The champion got the much-needed breakout score on the site and covered 80% of his past losses with this win. The runner-up finisher Sapra, on the other hand, touched ₹4.18 Crores in recorded online earnings with this deep run!

Siddarth ‘PeterPunter’ Singhvi (5^th for ₹76,867, and Sanket ‘cowboy12’ Jain (6^th for ₹61,355) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. SidSparta21 – ₹2,87,163
2. Sumit ‘Sands Myth’ Sapra – ₹1,79,694
3. vazharmorghulis – ₹1,28,590
4. psyberlyon – ₹97,972
5. Siddarth ‘PeterPunter’ Singhvi- ₹76,867
6. Sanket ‘cowboy12’ Jain – ₹61,355
7. ladrag – ₹45,376
8. 1-855-925-7070 – ₹29,682
9. nachu_kya – ₹24,572

The Pride ₹10 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in –₹3,300

Entries – 175

Re-entries – 141

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 36

Bagging back-to-back Pride titles, Chirag ‘miyagi’ Sodha is clearly on a heater. The poker pro cum poker room operator championed ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Pride last night for ₹2.21 Lakhs. Sodha had won this same event last Wednesday.

Young Gun Ujjwal ‘Mr_Robot’ Narwal finished runner-up for ₹1.55 Lakhs.

The tourney registered 316 entries, resulting in a ₹52,000 shortfall.

Siddharth ‘Siddonuts’ Pandey (3rd for ₹99,700), Ritesh ‘magicianrk’ Khatwani (4th for ₹73,800), Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma (5th for ₹55,400), Debneil ‘ChhotaDon’ Mukherjee (6th for ₹44,300), and Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra (9th for ₹22,100) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Chirag ‘miyagi’ Sodha – ₹2,21,000
2. Ujjwal ‘Mr_Robot’ Narwal – ₹1,55,000
3. Siddharth ‘Siddonuts’ Pandey – ₹99,700
4. Ritesh ‘magicianrk’ Khatwani – ₹73,800
5. Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma – ₹55,400
6. Debneil ‘ChhotaDon’ Mukherjee – ₹44,300
7. kidd – ₹36,800
8. dilbaghsingh – ₹29,500
9. Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra – ₹22,100

IOPC#43 ₹6 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 187

Re-entries – 59

Re-buys – 218

Prize Pool – ₹6,96,000

Places Paid – 31

The ₹6 Lakhs GTD IOPC#43 gathered a crowd of 464 entrants, collecting a prize pool worth₹6.96 Lakhs. Topping them all was the mystery crusher ‘FunkeyFox’ who bested ‘Armitrage’ in the heads-up to win ₹99,110.

Banmanlang ‘bml2012’ Lyndem (3^rd for₹69,878) and Priyank ‘Piko’ Kothari (8^th for ₹18,166) FT-ed the tourney. Kothari notably took down the IOPC #45 – (3 Lakhs GTD) (RE) yesterday for ₹84,600.

Final Table Results

1. FunkeyFox – ₹1,47,204
2. Armitrage – ₹99,110
3. Banmanlang ‘bml2012’ Lyndem – ₹69,878
4. reddiered07 – ₹56,654
5. Redaces – ₹44,822
6. Nedstark_25 – ₹34,034
7. denb – ₹24,847
8. Priyank ‘Piko’ Kothari – ₹18,166
9. asg123 – ₹15,034

IOPC #44 Monster Stack ₹5 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹880

Entries – 356

Re-entries – 135

Rebuys – 318

Prize Pool –₹6,47,200

Places Paid – 71

The ₹5 Lakhs GTD IOPC #44 Monster Stack kicked off at 4 PM and logged in 809 entries to collect a profitable ₹6.47 Lakhs prize pool. With 71 finalists earning a payout, it was ‘LuckyLuciano’ who captured the title and ₹1.24 Lakhs.

Myron ‘mehhhhh’ Pereira finished 5^th for ₹34,884.

Final Table Results

1. LuckyLuciano – ₹1,24,910
2. monzzard910 – ₹78,700
3. anit_jain04@yahoo.com – ₹55,577
4. thepokerbrat – ₹44,398
5. Myron ‘mehhhhh’ Pereira – ₹34,884
6. Unpredictable1 – ₹27,247
7. MR BOMBastic – ₹20,516
8. Wardev – ₹14,303
9. BornKing – ₹10,531

Micro Millions-34 Big Bubble Rush ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 141

Re-entries – 98

Total Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Regular Prize Pool – ₹2,61,000

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹2,39,000

Places Paid – 41

Dhinesh ‘you3betl4bet’ Kumar championed over a field of 239 entries to win PokerStars India’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Micro Millions-34 Big Bubble Rush. He bested PokerGuru Ambassador Shashank ‘GOAT-245’ Desai heads-up to walk away with a winner’s payday of ₹1.11 Lakhs. Desai banked ₹50,791 in second-place prize money.

The event suffered an overlay of ₹22,000, and the top 41 places got paid.

Ayush ‘Kyanaamrakhu’ Garg (8th for ₹19,554) and Varun ‘wardev’ Devayya (9th for ₹10,397) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results (Includes Bounties)

1. Dhinesh ‘you3betl4bet’ Kumar – ₹1,11,512
2. Shashank ‘GOAT-245’ Desai – ₹50,791
3. 041195 – ₹33,758
4. Poker_Basilisk – ₹27,208
5. SaiDuece3894 – ₹14,915
6. viveknegi14 – ₹15,712
7. yash1805 – ₹12,658
8. Ayush ‘Kyanaamrakhu’ Garg – ₹19,554
9. Varun ‘wardev’ Devayya – ₹10,397

Gladiator ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹1,250

Entries – 124

Re-entries – 77

Prize Pool – ₹2,50,000

Places Paid – 36

The biggest guaranteed tourney on Pocket52 on Wednesday was the ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD Gladiator. The tourney fell ₹23,875 short of the break-even mark on the back of 201 runners.

Bringing the proceedings to a close was ‘kingthinosc,’ who bested site regular ‘msdhoni07’ (runner-up for ₹33,750) heads-up to win ₹56,250.

StackUp ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD – 9stacks

Buy-in – ₹1,800

Entries – 128

Rebuys – 25

Prize Pool – ₹2,52,450

Places Paid – 20

After a long hiatus, 9stacks ran its₹2.5 Lakhs GTD tourney, the StackUp.The site’s players welcomed the tourney’s return as 153 entries helped collect ₹2.52 Lakhs in the prize pool.The top 20 players boarded the money bus.

Topping them all was the site regular ‘Dhappa,’ who won a payday worth ₹52,500. ‘kingkong’ placed runner-up for ₹35,000.

Ganesh ‘Fedor_Holtz’ Kamat placed 3^rd for ₹26,250.

Pocket Lunch ₹2 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 106

Re-entries – 58

Prize Pool – ₹2,00,000

Places Paid – 27

‘Hell1King’ was the star in Pocket52’s ₹2 Lakhs GTD Pocket Lunch as he took down the title and the ₹46,000 cash prize that came with it.

A shortfall of ₹36,000 had to be filled in by the organizers since the tourney could only muster 164 entries.

Pocket Dinner ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 89

Re-entries – 30

Prize Pool – ₹1,50,000

Places Paid – 27

The ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD Pocket Dinner suffered an overlay of ₹31,000 from a 119-entry field.

‘MrShailesh’ took down the tourney for ₹34,500. ‘Srijon’ finished runner-up for ₹21,000.

Wow Wednesday ₹50K GTD – Poker Dangal

Buy-in –₹330

Entries – 71

Re-buys – 36

Add-ons – 33

Prize Pool – ₹50,000

Places Paid – 11

Poker Dangal’s ₹50K GTD Wow Wednesday fell ₹8,000 short of the listed guarantee from an entry-field of 140 players.

Mystery user ‘Chopra’ came out on top to win₹12,500.

Online regulars Ajit Singh ‘ace_bob’ Arora (3rd for ₹7,000) and Rohin ‘ws125’ Bhansali (6th for ₹3,000) posted FT scores.

6 Feet Under PLO Deepstack ₹25K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 20

Re-entries – 28

Prize Pool – ₹25,000

Places Paid – 5

Khelo365’s ₹25K GTD 6 Feet Under PLO Deepstack had 48 entries in the running – 2 short of the break-even mark. The winner emerged in ‘picnic123,’ who took away ₹10,750 in cash prize after defeating ‘Kinghigh’ (2^nd for ₹5,750) heads-up.

Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹275

Entries – 41

Re-entries – 38

Prize Pool – ₹20,000

Places Paid – 8

The daily ₹20K GTD Grinder 2.0 pulled in 79 entries, falling just one entry short of break-even. The top eight places boarded the money bus.

Walking away with the title was ‘nishantdreams’, who pocketed ₹6,800 after beating ‘Vicky7293’ (runner-up for ₹4,000) heads-up!

This report was updated at 3 PM on 16.07.2020.

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