Daily Majors: Sodha, Batra, Munot, Khanna & Mishra Take Down the Wednesday Marquees

Another action-packed Wednesday on the online felts saw Spartan Poker’s Destiny ₹30 Lakhs GTD register a field of 594 participants (267 unique, 120 re-entries and 204 re-buys), falling ₹45,000 short on the posted guarantee. Chirag ‘chilling’ Sodha, who had championed the SVS The Millionaire Lite on March 8 for ₹10 Lakhs, was back at it again, and last night, he joined the ranks of the other Destiny 13.0 winners, pocketing ₹6.73 Lakhs. Sodha bested Bharat ‘bharat29’ Suda (runner-up for ₹5.86 Lakhs) to claim the title and book his seat for the Destiny 13.0 SnG Finale that takes place on March 22.

On the heels of the conclusion of the online edition of the PokerBaazi Premier League (PPL), the tournament-centric brand saw the commencement of the PokerBaazi Monthly Value Series (PMVS) last night. The PMVS#2 The Pride ₹10 Lakhs GTD was the marquee event on the schedule, and it brought in 405 entries (216 unique and 189 re-entries), posting a massive ₹12.15 Lakhs prize pool. PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘OMG_spew’ Munot ran past the field and pocketed a winner’s payday of ₹2.55 Lakhs.

The other prominent event on PokerBaazi yesterday was the PMVS#3 ₹7 Lakhs GTD. The event drew in 260 entries (141 unique and 119 re-entries) and was championed by Ritwik ‘Ritwikkhanna’ Khanna after he outlasted Utsav ‘ranny006’ Taneja (runner-up for ₹1.15 Lakhs) in the heads-up finale. Khanna received ₹1.64 Lakhs for his win.

The Adda52 Online Poker Series (AOPS) is on the home stretch and is slated to culminate on March 15. Wednesday’s star attraction was the AOPS Maverick ₹15 Lakhs GTD that garnered 684 entrants (336 unique and 348 re-entries), leading to a prize pool collection of ₹15.56 Lakhs. Sumer ‘dickhead123’ Batra won the event for ₹2.58 Lakhs.

PokerStars India’s UFC KO Series continues unabated, and headlining the action last night was the UFC KO Series 20-Night on Stars ₹10 Lakhs GTD. Pulling in 389 entries (200 unique, 189 re-entries), the tourney suffered an overlay of ₹27,500. Vikram ‘GreenSTUFF79’ Mishra emerged victorious and locked in ₹1.62 Lakhs in first-place prize money after striking a three-way chop with Kavish ‘Narcos251’ Kukreja (runner-up for ₹87,444) and ‘iveynotivy’ (3rd for ₹84,314).

The other Wednesday winners were:

Destiny ₹30 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Entries – 267

Re-entries – 120

Re-buys – 204

Prize Pool – ₹30,00,000

Places Paid – 50

Spartan Poker’s flagship Wednesday tourney, Destiny ₹30 Lakhs GTD, drew 594 runners (267 unique, 120 re-entries and 204 re-buys) yesterday. The tournament fell ₹45,000 short of meeting its guarantee. Chirag ‘chilling’ Sodha, who had recently joined the Millionaire Club, proved the last player standing. Sodha struck a heads-up deal with Bharat ‘bharat29’ Suda to lock in the top prize of ₹6.73 Lakhs. Suda finished runner-up for ₹5.86 Lakhs.

Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra (3rd for ₹2.77 Lakhs), Anant ‘Pro’ Purohit (4th for ₹1.98 Lakhs), Sumit ‘Sands Myth’ Sapra (5th for ₹1.26 Lakhs), Mayank ‘desithug007’ Gupta (7th for ₹75,000) and PokerGuru Ambassador Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved (9th for ₹66,000) also ran deep in the event.

With 50 places paid, the other notable ITM finishers were Sahil ‘ImHighIshove’ Mahboobani (12th for ₹30,000), Raghav ‘thatssosick’ Bansal (13th for ₹30,000), Rubin ‘kornkid’ Labroo (17th for ₹25,500), Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall (22nd for ₹22,500), Arsh ‘BigggTymeR’ Grover (23rd for ₹22,500), Shardul ‘F – Bomb’ Parthasarathi (24th for ₹22,500), Bhanu ‘spectre’ Prakash (26th for ₹18,000), Zarvan ‘BolAuntyAuKya’ Tumboli (27th for ₹18,000), Abhinav ‘Schumi91’ Iyer (31st for ₹16,500), Siddarth ‘PeterPunter’ Singhvi (32nd for ₹16,500), Avijit ‘tyler2643’ Jaiswal (37th for ₹16,500), Rajat ‘Garammasala’ Sharma (42nd for ₹15,000), Manoj ‘MRBLUE’ Pentakota (43rd for ₹15,000), Kunal ‘kvohra’ Vohra (45th for ₹15,000), Jyoti Ranjan ‘joey114114’ Nayak (48th for ₹15,000) and Mayank ‘chipseaterpro’ Makhija (49th for ₹15,000).

Final Table Results

1. Chirag ‘chilling’ Sodha – ₹6,73,396*

2. Bharat ‘bharat29’ Suda – ₹5,86,603*

3. Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra – ₹2,77,500

4. Anant ‘Pro’ Purohit – ₹1,98,000

5. Sumit ‘Sands Myth’ Sapra – ₹1,26,000

6. J6off – ₹1,05,000

7. Mayank ‘desithug007’ Gupta – ₹75,000

8. Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved – ₹66,000

9. quick silver – ₹57,000

*denotes heads-up deal

AOPS Maverick ₹15 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Entries – 336

Re-entries – 348

Prize Pool – ₹15,56,093

Places Paid – 72

Adda52’s marquee event on Wednesday was the AOPS Maverick ₹15 Lakhs GTD, and it surpassed the advertised guarantee after registering 684 entries (336 unique and 348 re-entries). The ₹15.56 Lakhs prize pool was divided among 72 places.

Sumer ‘dickhead123’ Batra ran past the competition and defeated ‘allinbluff’ (runner-up for ₹2.41 Lakhs) heads-up to bank the top payday of ₹2.58 Lakhs.

The final table was packed with notables like Prashant ‘KittyGo’ Jain Bhutoria (4th for ₹1.08 Lakhs), Ayan ‘gutshotguru1’ Ray (5th for ₹77,805), and Vidwath ‘phoenix66990’ Shetty (8th for ₹31,122).

Others who posted scores were Kapil ‘pokerkingsachin’ Chaudhary (11th for ₹17,117), Suresh ‘insanium’ Kolli (12th for ₹14,005), Siddharth ‘CARDashian66’ Kadel (13th for ₹14,005), Aditya ‘adit11’ Kulkarni (14th for ₹14,005), Rubin ‘kornkif’ Labroo (19th for ₹10,893), Deepak ‘peacelover’ Singh (20th for ₹10,893), Ranjeet ‘rj147’ Negi (21st for ₹10,893), Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra (22nd for ₹9,337), Vishwanath ‘vish4u2’ Borhade (23rd for ₹9,337), Ragesh ‘ragesh91’ Mishra (25th for ₹9,337), Aniket ‘sandystorm’ Pradhan (29th for ₹8,559), Anuj ‘anuj25395’ Yadav (31st for ₹8,559), Danish ‘king0fmerge’ Shaikh (34th for ₹8,559), Mihir ‘gameofdeath’ Thakkar (45th for ₹6,613), Eka ‘squashgod’ Vedantham (47th for ₹6,613), Abhishek ‘messi010010’ Gubba (52nd for ₹6,613), Sandeep ‘homelite’ Rajora (54th for ₹6,613), Sanket ‘blackcod’ Arora (155th for ₹6,613), Rishab ‘rish1994’ Malik (56th for ₹5,446), Ritesh ‘ritesh5812’ Tripathi (57th for ₹5,446), Rahul ‘lucky_bastered’ Mech (63rd for ₹5,446), Chiraag ‘vipervenom’ Patel (66th for ₹5,446), and Bhola ‘bhola’ Sharma (69th for ₹5,446).

PokerGuru Ambassadors Vivek ‘vivek94540’ Singh (17th for ₹12,449), Ankit ‘d00mtr00p3r’ Wadhawan (38th for ₹7,391), and Kartik ‘Pegasus1505’ Ved (71st for ₹5,446) also made ITM finishes.

Final Table Results

1. Sumer ‘dickhead123’ Batra – ₹2,58,360

2. allinbluff – ₹2,41,892

3. vv22 – ₹2,04,272

4. Prashant ‘KittyGo’ Jain Bhutoria – ₹1,08,927

5. Ayan ‘gutshotguru1’ Ray – ₹77,805

6. pokergod56 – ₹54,464

7. AkkiDan007 – ₹42,793

8. Vidwath ‘phoenix66990’ Shetty – ₹31,122

9. thakurain – ₹23,342

PMVS#2 The Pride ₹10 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Entries – 216

Re-entries – 189

Prize Pool – ₹12,15,000

Places Paid – 45

PokerBaazi’s PMVS#2 The Pride ₹10 Lakhs GTD drew 405 entries (216 unique and 189 re-entries), making for a guarantee-smashing ₹12.15 Lakhs prize pool. PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘OMG_spew’ Munot proved the last player standing and walked away with ₹2.55 Lakhs.

The final table was a stacked affair. While ‘Psycorp’ finished runner-up for ₹1.78 Lakhs, other final-table finishers, PokerGuru Ambassador Rohit ‘rohit22rm’ Mishra (3rd for ₹1.14 Lakhs), Raghav ‘thatssosick’ Bansal (4th for ₹85,050), Vaibhav ‘vane_shado’ Temani (7th for ₹42,525) and Siddharth ‘si151190’ Mehndiratta (9th for ₹25,515), also booked a healthy profit.

Also picking scores were Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma (10th for ₹18,589), Rachit ‘rachubaba’ Arora (14th for ₹15,187), Sandy ‘Ziigmund’ Lamba (15th for ₹15,187), Anuj ‘brockLesnar95’ Yadav (16th for ₹13,000), Sreekanth ‘n0thing’ Narayan (26th for ₹8,991), Neel ‘Worm33’ Joshi (28th for ₹7,897), Rajat ‘LungFakeer’ Sharma (31st for ₹7,897), Shardul ‘duuurrrr’ Parthasarathi (33rd for ₹7,897), Guru ‘fish_calling’ Gupta (34th for ₹7,897), Vivekk ‘Vivek25’ Dube (36th for ₹7,897), Aniket ‘Anteman’ Waghmare (38th for ₹6,804) and Dhaval ‘Rehab77’ Mudgal (42nd for ₹6,804), PokerGuru Ambassadors Faiz ‘AilaGaya’ Alam (19th for ₹11,421), Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved (20th for ₹11,421), Ankit ‘d00mtr00p3r’ Wadhawan (24th for ₹10,206) and Rony ‘bisadip176’ Chowdhury (32nd for ₹7,897) were the other prominent scorers.

Final Table Results

1. Ashish ‘OMG_spew’ Munot – ₹2,55,150

2. Psycorp – ₹1,78,605

3. Rohit ‘rohit22rm’ Mishra – ₹1,14,817

4. Raghav ‘thatssosick’ Bansal – ₹85,050

5. deuceseven27 – ₹63,787

6. Darkside2dot0 – ₹51,030

7. Vaibhav ‘vane_shado’ Temani – ₹42,525

8. goacartel – ₹34,020

9. Siddharth ‘si151190’ Mehndiratta – ₹25,515

UFC KO Series 20-Night on Stars ₹10 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Entries – 200

Re-entries – 189

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Regular Prize Pool – ₹5,13,750

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹4,86,250

Places Paid – 63

The UFC KO Series 20-Night on Stars ₹10 Lakhs GTD on PokerStars India attracted 389 entries (200 unique, 189 re-entries) last night. The tournament eventually crowned a champion in Vikram ‘GreenSTUFF79’ Mishra, who pocketed a ₹1.62 Lakhs payday following a three-way deal with Kavish ‘Narcos251’ Kukreja (runner-up for ₹87,444) and ‘iveynotivy’ (3rd for ₹84,314).

Other notables who cashed in the event were Abhinav ‘abhi58’ Iyer (10th for ₹16,732), Amit ‘the_ziro’ J (13th for ₹13,216), Anant ‘Dr4gonW4rrior’ Purohit (17th for ₹12,305), Akshay ‘VaahBhaiVaah’ Gupta (18th for ₹8,800), Sagar ‘sagarpupull’ Choudhury (23rd for ₹4,581), PokerGuru Ambassadors Rony ‘GoGetters1’ Chowdhury (25th for ₹7,550), and Devvrat ‘bhasm@sur1’ Arya (26th for ₹8,800), Rajesh ‘MCallingStation’ Kumar Shukla (27th for ₹11,173), Kaushik ‘breadbutterjam’ Tibrewal (31st for ₹4,923), Prithu ‘fna1tics’ Gaur (33rd for ₹8,829), Sahil ‘inaboobham’ Mahboobani (35th for ₹3,204), Vikas ‘ACPcalling’ Chaudhary (41st for ₹5,704), Dinesh ‘P$_FI$H’ Singh (42nd for ₹4,767), Arpan ‘Vasusenaa’ Majhi (43rd for ₹9,767), Pranav ‘pkpok13’ Khandalkar (46th for ₹3,846), Raghav ‘OMGZ_ITS_RB’ Bansal (50th for ₹2,596), Ayush ‘(Giz^zY)91’ Khandelwal (52nd for ₹3,533), Amit ‘FeedMeUrStack’ Sinha (53rd for ₹3,221), Harsh ‘kakori kabab’ Dembla (55th for ₹3,221), Shivam ‘shivitzz’ Khanna (56th for ₹4,471), Rajat ‘sharabikebabi’ Sharma (59th for ₹4,471), Vishal ‘Vishalb22’ Bajaj (60th for ₹5,408), and Vidwath ‘RoronoA_1111’ Shetty (61st for ₹3,221).

Final Table Results

1. Vikram ‘GreenSTUFF79’ Mishra – ₹1,62,063*

2. Kavish ‘Narcos251’ Kukreja – ₹87,444*

3. iveynotivy – ₹84,314*

4. Vinod ‘superchor89’ Saini – ₹52,811

5. Abhijeet ‘sexylady7766’ Kumar – ₹38,604

6. vinaash – ₹24,082

7. Yuvraj J. ‘yuvrajlo9097’ Lohakpure – ₹20,851

8. Ankit ‘B00MTilt23’ Wadhawan – ₹38,010

9. Neel ‘Worm236’ Joshi – ₹20,027

*denotes 3-way deal

PMVS#3 ₹7 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) – PokerBaazi

Entries – 141

Re-entries – 119

Prize Pool – ₹7,00,000

Places Paid – 27

Battling a field of 260 entries (141 unique and 119 re-entries), Ritwik ‘Ritwikkhanna’ Khanna took down PokerBaazi’s PMVS#3 ₹7 Lakhs GTD for ₹1.64 Lakhs. Khanna defeated Utsav ‘ranny006’ Taneja (runner-up for ₹1.15 Lakhs) heads-up.

The tournament had a shortfall of ₹50,000 in meeting its guarantee. Nonetheless, apart from Khanna and Taneja, 25 more players benefited from the value on offer.

The final table featured the likes of PokerGuru Ambassador Rohit ‘rohit22rm’ Mishra (3rd for ₹74,340), Muthukumar ‘hero1965’ Rajagopalan (4th for ₹55,020), Shardul ‘duuurrr’ Parthasarathi (8th for ₹21,980) and Anirudh ‘flash1’ Reddy (9th for ₹16,450).

Rajat ‘LungFakeer’ Sharma (10th for ₹12,040), Abhinav ‘griezmann’ Iyer (11th for ₹12,0400), Divij ‘divij24’ Soni (12th for ₹12,040), PokerGuru Ambassador Ankit ‘d00mtr00p3r’ Wadhawan (18th for ₹8,400), Kuldeep ‘Bacchapro’ Jorwal (23rd for ₹6,580), and Devvrat ‘flopCheck’ Arya (27th for ₹5,810) were among the other notable scorers.

Final Table Results

1. Ritwik ‘Ritwikkhanna’ Khanna – ₹1,64,710

2. Utsav ‘ranny006’ Taneja – ₹1,15,570

3. Rohit ‘rohit22rm’ Mishra – ₹74,340

4. Muthukumar ‘hero1965’ Rajagopalan – ₹55,020

5. nutscracker – ₹41,300

6. Thinkfloyd – ₹33,040

7. vr055 – ₹27,440

8. Shardul ‘duuurrr’ Parthasarathi – ₹21,980

9. Anirudh ‘flash1’ Reddy – ₹16,450

Mega Freeze ₹4 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Entries – 149

Prize Pool – ₹4,47,000

Places Paid – 20

Topping a field of 149 entries, ‘Langer’ took down the Mega Freeze ₹4 Lakhs GTD on Spartan Poker for ₹1.07 Lakhs. The event generated a profitable ₹4.47 Lakhs in prize money.

Ishaan ‘ip007’ Pandya (3rd for ₹48,052), Sahil ‘ImHighIshove’ Mahboobani (4th for ₹39,693), Ram ‘TheLagLawyer’ Kakkar (5th for ₹31,871), Abhinav ‘Schumi91’ Iyer (8th for ₹13,857) and Dharambir ‘Baba1981’ Yadav (9th for ₹10,728) were the familiar names on the final table.

Sam ‘Lokimon’ Anand (11th for ₹8,950), Rajat ‘BloatedBelly’ Mahajan (14th for ₹7,152), cateyes (15th for ₹7,152) and Ragesh ‘ragesh91’ Mishra (20th for ₹5,989) were the other notable ITM finishers.

Final Table Results

1. Langer – ₹1,07,280

2. rejamkid – ₹72,861

3. Ishaan ‘ip007’ Pandya – ₹48,052

4. Sahil ‘ImHighIshove’ Mahboobani – ₹39,693

5. Ram ‘TheLagLawyer’ Kakkar – ₹31,871

6. Hurricane-chan – ₹24,987

7. Aarnav – ₹18,729

8. Abhinav ‘Schumi91’ Iyer – ₹13,857

9. Dharambir ‘Baba1981’ Yadav – ₹10,728

UFC KO Series 22-Deepstack Ultra KO ₹3 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Entries – 155

Re-entries – 84

Total Prize Pool – ₹3,58,500

Regular Prize Pool – ₹35,850

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹3,22,650

Places Paid – 9

Topping a field of 239 entries (155 unique and 84 re-entries), ‘hargun98’ struck a three-way deal with Amit ‘FeedmeUrStack’ Sinha (runner-up for ₹26,084) and ‘uthanpathak’ (3rd for ₹17,815) before taking down PokerStars India’s UFC KO Series 22-Deepstack Ultra KO ₹3 Lakhs GTD for ₹1.10 Lakhs.

The event had an unbeaten run and generated a ₹3.58 Lakhs prize pool.

Final Table Results

1. hargun98 – ₹1,10,332*

2. Amit ‘FeedMeUrStack’ Sinha – ₹26,084*

3. uthanpatak – ₹17,815*

4. Samu ‘Akumarss’ Rai – ₹13,119

5. Anuj ‘brockLesnar95’ Yadav – ₹12,476

6. Amar ‘AceConsultant’ Mehta – ₹15,219

7. Ayush ‘(Giz^zY)91’ Khandelwal – ₹5,463

8. Shivam ‘shivitzz’ Khanna – ₹7,256

9. kgjadoo – ₹2,067

*denotes three-way deal

Ultimate PLO ₹2 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Entries – 64

Re-entries – 18

Re-buys – 61

Prize Pool – ₹2,86,000

Places Paid – 11

Topping a field of 113 entries (64 unique, 18 re-entries and 61 re-uys), ‘yogijogi’ took down Spartan Poker’s Ultimate PLO ₹2 Lakhs GTD for ₹72,067. The event smashed its guarantee to collect ₹2.86 Lakhs in prize money.

Final Table Results

1. yogijogi – ₹72,067

2. theswordfish – ₹62,495

3. DesiKanye – ₹36,608

4. Pokerface63 – ₹28,171

5. StillDrawing – ₹22,308

6. Killingmachine – ₹17,446

7. KaalaPatthar – ₹13,728

8. OMNAMO786 – ₹10,725

9. ONmyMAC – ₹8,151

PMVS#1 ₹2 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Entries – 137

Re-entries – 88

Prize Pool – ₹2,25,000

Places Paid – 27

With 225 entries coming in, PokerBaazi’s PMVS#1 ₹2 Lakhs GTD accrued a ₹2.25 Lakhs prize pool. Dominating the field, Dhaval ‘dhavhe’ Heda came out on top to win ₹52,942 after defeating ‘kc30’ (runner-up for ₹37,147) to the finish line.

Arpan ‘Novus’ Majhi (4th for ₹17,685) and Sagar ‘sag245’ Harwani (5th for ₹13,275) were the other prominent final table finishers.

Harsh ‘100crdream’ Kumar (11th for ₹3,870), Vaibhav ‘vane_shado’ Temani 12th for ₹3,870), Mohak ‘Tiltin’ Kapoor (13th for ₹3,172), Dinesh ‘Daddu26’ Singh (18th for ₹2,700), Pranav ‘GarviGujarat’ Desai (19th for ₹2,362), Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna (21st for ₹2,362), Aniket ‘Anteman’ Waghmare (24th for ₹2,115) and Suraj ‘SurajRathi’ Rathi (27th for ₹1,867) also posted scores.

Final Table Results

1. Dhaval ‘dhavhe’ Heda – ₹52,942

2. kc30 – ₹37,147

3. Dstar – ₹23,895

4. Arpan ‘Novus’ Majhi – ₹17,685

5. Sagar ‘sag245’ Harwani – ₹13,275

6. Dragonglass – ₹10,620

7. srinivas301284 – ₹8,820

8. namsbohra – ₹7,065

9. sabur – ₹5,287

Wow Wednesday ₹50K GTD – Poker Dangal

Entries – 96

Re-buys – 97

Add-ons – 39

Prize Pool – ₹69,600

Places Paid – 15

Poker Dangal’s Wow Wednesday ₹50K GTD saw ‘m0ney’ outlasting a field of 232 entries (96 unique, 97 re-buys and 39 add-ons) to walk away with the most significant portion of the ₹69,600 prize pool worth ₹16,704.

Pankaj ‘Cyclonekabro’ Joshi (4th for ₹6,612), Sadanala ‘daredevils’ Swami (6th for ₹3,480), Somenn ‘Prokiller’ Singh (11th for ₹1,740) and Ajit ‘ace_bob’ Singh Arora (12th for ₹1,740), were the other notables who cashed the event.

Final Table Results

1. m0ney – ₹16,704

2. mjmani1522 – ₹12,180

3. pokerdaddy1 – ₹8,874

4. Pankaj ‘Cyclonekabro’ Joshi – ₹6,612

5. Ragssy – ₹4,872

6. Sadanala ‘daredevils’ Swami – ₹3,480

7. smokeup – ₹2,610

8. THE_MOUTH – ₹2,262

9. StarJan – ₹1,914

This report was edited at 1:00 PM on 12.03.2020.

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