Daily Majors: Chirag Sodha, Sumit Sapra, & Vikranth Varma Dominate the Wednesday Marquees

It`s the start of a new month, and with the 2020 Indian Premier League (IPL) now well underway, it has led to a bit of distraction from the virtual felts. This, in turn, has led to most of the marquees registering overlays off-late, a trend that was visible yesterday as well!

Here’s a quick recap of the day`s biggest winners.

Spartan Poker

Offering the most massive prize pool guarantee across all the Wednesday flagships was Spartan Poker’s ₹25 Lakhs GTD Destiny. A turnout of 577 entries helped generate a guarantee-smashing ₹28.85 Lakhs prize pool. The former Millionaire Lite champion Chirag ‘chilling’ Sodha decimated the competition to become the eighth player to book a Destiny 16.0 SnG finale seat, as he pocketed a whopping ₹6.10 Lakhs. This is the third time Sodha has won the Destiny, and the big payday helped him climb up 2 places to #11 on the annual leaderboard. Sodha now has over ₹2.25 Crores in yearly scores, while his lifetime record stands tall at ₹4.64 Crores. Before taking down the title, Sodha shook hands with ‘AdrenALLNeRush’ (runner-up for ₹6.01 Lakhs), agreeing to a heads-up deal.

The ₹2.75 Lakhs GTD Mega Freeze was won by ‘IbuHateLa’ for ₹71,432, following a three-way deal with ‘Igot2flush’ (runner-up for ₹52,240) and ‘Stalin_spartan’ (3rd for ₹48,633).

PokerStars India

PokerStars India, once again, played host to two ₹5 Lakhs GTD flagships yesterday. The more expensive of the two tourneys, the ₹2,750 entry buy-in Big Bubble Rush logged-in 213 entries translating to a ₹5.32 Lakhs prize pool. Spartan Poker regular ‘sheldon11cooper’ was the last player standing in the tourney and pocketed ₹1.24 Lakhs. The runner-up prize went to Amar B ‘PsykoEko’ Iyer, who banked ₹54,336.

The ₹1,750 entry buy-in Night On Stars also enjoyed a profitable run. The event attracted 317 entries that helped collect ₹5.04 Lakhs in the prize pool. The curtains fell when mystery user ‘TheAnnihilator’ took down the tourney, pocketing ₹94,737 after outlasting Hitesh ‘hiteshbhai999’ Batra (runner-up for ₹69,442) heads-up.

PokerBaazi

Wednesday’s are reserved for PokerBaazi’s signature tourney, the ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Pride. The ₹3,300 entry buy-in tourney witnessed a 303-strong entry field to post an overlay of ₹91,000. PokerGuru Ambassador Devvrat ‘flopCheck’ Arya ran past the competition, including his heads-up opponent, the online phenom Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma (runner-up for ₹1.55 Lakhs) to bank the winner’s paycheque worth ₹2.21 Lakhs. Arya has accumulated over ₹1.57 Crores in MTT winnings in 2020 already, while his recorded scores have touched ₹3.15 Crores.

The runner-up Varma has been in sublime form recently. His numerous deep runs and flagship victories have made him one of the biggest winners of September. He currently has lifetime online earnings worth ₹3.27 Crores.

Vinay ‘Vinstill’ Bk took down the ₹3 Lakhs GTD Wednesday SuperStack on PokerBaazi, besting 147 entries to bank ₹77,250. ‘Apocalypto’ finished runner-up for ₹54,090.

Adda52

The day’s marquee tourney on Adda52 was the ₹15 Lakhs GTD Maverick. The ₹2,500 entry buy-in event clocked in 647 entries to overlay ₹44,250. After nearly nine hours of grueling play, the APL Ambassador Sumit ‘hammer_head’ Sapra navigated his way through the field to win ₹3.75 Lakhs in the first-place prize. Akshay ‘nofuchsgiven’ Dhingra settled for a runner-up prize of ₹2.18 Lakhs.

Sapra has catapulted to the #7 spot in the annual rankings after this win, with more than ₹2.53 Crores in recorded earnings. This must be a much welcome victory for Sapra, who had last won Spartan Poker’s FMS Main Event in August. His recorded lifetime earnings have touched a staggering ₹5.71 Crores.

Running alongside the Maverick was the ₹4 Lakhs GTD Moonlight that pulled in 238 entries to collect a prize pool worth ₹4.25 Lakhs. After 5 hours of play, ‘gogikaran’ was the last player standing. The champion won ₹85,311 after striking a heads-up deal with MTT crusher Srihari ‘zombieballs’ Bang (runner-up for ₹80,965).

The other Wednesday winners were:

Destiny ₹25 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 250

Re-entries – 129

Re-buys – 198

Prize Pool – ₹28,85,000

Places Paid – 50

The ₹25 Lakhs GTD Destiny was the Wednesday night showstopper at Spartan Poker. Featuring a ₹5,500 entry buy-in, the tourney smashed its guarantee to collect a colossal ₹28.85 Lakhs prize pool on the back of 577 entries.

The primetime tourney kicked off at 8 PM. By the early hours of Thursday morning, at 4:09 AM to be precise, the former SVS Millionaire Lite champion Chirag ‘chilling’ Sodha claimed his second Destiny title of 2020 for ₹6.10 Lakhs. A heads-up chop with ‘AdrenALLNeRush’ saw the latter walk away with ₹6.01 Lakhs. With this win, Sodha now has ₹4.64 Crores in lifetime online winnings.

Vishnu ‘violator’ Khandelwal (6th for ₹1 Lakh), Young Gun Shardul ‘Faucet Failure’ Parthasarathi (8th for ₹63,470), and Siddarth ‘PeterPunter’ Singhvi (9th for ₹54,815), also cashed the final table.

Final Table Results

1. Chirag ‘chilling’ Sodha – ₹6,10,450*
2. AdrenALLNeRush – ₹6,01,250*
3. kowikyvyfa – ₹2,66,862
4. Tiger 10 – ₹1,90,410
5. Ekapoor – ₹1,21,170
6. Vishnu ‘violator’ Khandelwal – ₹1,00,975
7. kasablanka – ₹72,125
8. Shardul ‘Faucet Failure’ Parthasarathi – ₹63,470
9. Siddarth ‘PeterPunter’ Singhvi – ₹54,815

*denotes a heads-up deal

Maverick ₹15 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹2,500

Entries – 310

Re-entries – 337

Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000

Places Paid – 72

The marquee tourney on Adda52’s Wednesday roster, the ₹15 Lakhs GTD Maverick logged in 647 participants to register a shortfall of ₹44,250.

APL Ambassador Sumit ‘Hammer_Head’ Sapra raced past the field to win the title and the top prize of ₹3.75 Lakhs, after besting Akshay ‘NoFuchsGiven’ Dhingra in the heads-up finale. Dhingra pocketed ₹2.17 Lakhs for his runner-up finish.

Sapra has been in fantastic form of late. He became the first-ever FMS Main Event champion on August 23 on Spartan Poker and finished runner-up in the Adda52 Million on September 13. He currently boasts of a ginormous ₹5.71 Crores in recorded online winnings.

Young Gun Siddharth ‘skaria1’ Karia (3rd for ₹1.47 Lakhs), Sam ‘lokimon’ Anand (4th for ₹1.05 Lakhs), Young Gun Shardul ‘vamos96’ Parthasarathi (5th for ₹75,000), and Mohit ‘thejokerrrr’ Mehta (7th for ₹41,250), also FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Sumit ‘Hammer_Head’ Sapra – ₹3,75,000
2. Akshay ‘NoFuchsGiven’ Dhingra – ₹2,17,500
3. Siddharth ‘skaria1’ Karia – ₹1,47,000
4. Sam ‘lokimon’ Anand – ₹1,05,000
5. Shardul ‘vamos96’ Parthasarathi – ₹75,000
6. rtuteja – ₹52,500
7. Mohit ‘thejokerrrr’ Mehta – ₹41,250
8. vijaypidds – ₹30,000

The Pride ₹10 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹3,300

Entries – 185

Re-entries – 118

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 36

PokerBaazi`s featured Wednesday tourney, the ₹3,300 entry buy-in The Pride, recorded 303 entries, falling ₹91,000 short on its ₹10 Lakhs prize pool guarantee.

It eventually played down to a much-awaited win for PokerGuru Ambassador Devvrat ‘flopCheck’ Arya, who came out on top to win ₹2.21 Lakhs. Arya outdueled online beast Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma in the heads-up play, the latter walking away with a cool ₹1.55 Lakhs for placing second.

Varma happens to be one of the most consistent FT scorers in September. Some of his recent online exploits include finishing third in Spartan Poker’s Mega Stack on Tuesday, and a second-place finish in Adda52’s Inception ₹10 Lakhs GTD, this past Monday.

Mohit ‘thejoker’ Mehta (3rd for ₹99,700), Young Gun Devang ‘laila’ Yadav (4th for ₹73,800), Nikhil ‘Silentkiller743’ Mishra (5th for ₹55,400), Young Gun Kanchan ‘Kanchansharma’ Sharma (6th for ₹44,300), Monday’s The Bout winner and Tuesday’s trailblazer Armaan ‘Armaan007’ Kochhar (7th for ₹36,800), Alok ‘TheProfessional’ Birewar (8th for ₹29,500), and Romit ‘tilt83’ Advani (9th for ₹22,100) posted FT scores.

Final Table Results

1. Devvrat ‘flopCheck’ Arya – ₹2,20,900
2. Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma – ₹1,55,000
3. Mohit ‘thejoker’ Mehta – ₹99,700
4. Devang ‘laila’ Yadav – ₹73,800
5. Nikhil ‘Silentkiller743’ Mishra – ₹55,400
6. Kanchan ‘Kanchansharma’ Sharma – ₹44,300
7. Armaan ‘Armaan007’ Kochhar – ₹36,800
8. Alok ‘TheProfessional’ Birewar – ₹29,500
9. Romit ’tilt83′ Advani – ₹22,100

Big Bubble Rush ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 114

Re-entries – 99

Prize Pool – ₹5,32,000

Places Paid – 41

PokerStars India’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Big Bubble Rush returned for another weekly run at 9.30 PM last night. The tournament gathered 213 entries to collect a generous ₹5.32 Lakhs.

Taking it down eventually to bag the title was ‘sheldon11cooper,’ who pocketed the top prize of ₹1.23 Lakhs after beating Amar B ‘PsykoEko’ Iyer (runner-up for ₹54,336) heads-up.

On September 21, Iyer won ₹1.65 Lakhs for finishing eighth in the ₹1 Crore GTD INCOOP-187 Main Event. With ₹91.99 Lakhs in recorded online winnings, Iyer is fast approaching the ₹1 Crore-mark.

Myron ‘khAAbib’ Pereira (5^th for ₹25,432) and Armaan ‘armaan007111’ Kochhar (6^th for ₹17,719) were the other prominent players who featured on the FT.

Final Table Results

1. sheldon11cooper ₹1,23,777
2. Amar B ‘PsykoEko’ Iyer – ₹54,336
3. OMGSlenderman – ₹36,345
4. mansh55 – ₹26,045
5. Myron ‘khAAbib’ Pereira – ₹25,432
6. Armaan ‘armaan007111’ Kochhar – ₹17,719

Night On Stars ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹1,750

Entries – 183

Re-entries – 134

Prize Pool – ₹5,04,347

Places Paid – 53

PokerStars India’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Night on Stars also surpassed its guarantee to collect a ₹5.04 Lakhs prize pool last night after 317 entries signed up to play.

Starting at 7.30 PM, the tourney took more than seven-and-half hours to eventually crown a champion with ‘TheAnnihilator’ pocketing the top prize of ₹94,737.

Hitesh ‘hiteshbhai999’ Batra finished runner-up for ₹69,442.

Rajat ‘sharabikebabi’ Sharma (3^rd for ₹50,901) made a close run to the title, while Myron ‘khAAbib’ Pereira (8^th for ₹10,770), who had final tabled the Big Bubble Rush, scored another FT finish.

Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPro’ Kumar (9^th for ₹7,895) was another online reg to final table the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. TheAnnihilator – ₹94,737
2. Hitesh ‘hiteshbhai999’ Batra – ₹69,442
3. Rajat ‘sharabikebabi’ Sharma – ₹50,901
4. bhavitarora97- ₹37,310
5. kaushik010288 – ₹27,348
6. deadpan16 – ₹20,046
7. J500PC – ₹14,694
8. Myron ‘khAAbib’ Pereira – ₹10,770
9. Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPro’ Kumar – ₹7,895

Moonlight ₹4 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹1,800

Entries – 137

Re-entries – 122

Prize Pool – ₹4,24,763

Places Paid – 27

Starting off at 9.30 PM, the ₹4 Lakhs GTD Moonlight logged in 259 entries to generate a prize pool worth ₹4.24 Lakhs.

‘gogikaran’ proved the last player standing and won ₹85,311 following a heads-up deal with former Millionaire champion Srihari ‘zombieballs’ Bang. Bang pocketed a runner-up payout worth ₹89,965.

Sandeep Varma ‘effuno’ RS (3^rd for ₹49,485) and Young Gun Siddharth ‘skaria1’ Karia (5^th for ₹24,424) were the other notable regs on the FT.

Wednesday SuperStack ₹3 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 87

Re-entries – 60

Total Prize Pool – ₹3,00,000

Places Paid – 18

The ₹3 Lakhs GTD Wednesday SuperStack crowned Vinay ‘Vinstill’ B the champion. The long-time online reg ran past a 137-player field to clinch the title, along with the winner’s paycheque for ₹77,250. Online regular ‘Apocalypto’ finished runner-up for ₹54,090.

Anirudh ‘flash1’ Reddy (3rd for ₹34,800), Sameer ‘Killersam’ Tavanandi (4th for ₹25,770), and Banmanlang ‘bml2012’ Lyndem (5th for ₹19,320) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Vinay ‘Vinstill’ Bk – ₹77,250
2. Apocalypto – ₹54,090
3. Anirudh ‘flash1’ Reddy – ₹34,800
4. Sameer ‘Killersam’ Tavanandi – ₹25,770
5. Banmanlang ‘bml2012’ Lyndem – ₹19,320
6. Sarveshshahni – ₹15,450

Mega Freeze ₹2.75 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹3,300

Entries – 105

Prize Pool – ₹3,15,000

Places Paid – 15

A total of 105 runners ponied up the ₹3,300 entry fee to enter Spartan Poker’s ₹2.75 Lakhs GTD Mega Freeze, generating a guarantee-busting ₹3.15 Lakhs prize pool.

Mystery user ‘IbuHateLa’ championed the event for ₹71,432, after striking a three-way deal with ‘Igot2flush‘ (runner-up for ₹52,240) and ‘Stalin_spartan’ (3rd for ₹48,633). The champion presently has ₹2.38 Lakhs in recorded earnings on Spartan Poker but is still in the red for ₹12.02 Lakhs.

PokerGuru Ambassador Shashank ‘Jai Bajarangbali’ Desai (4th for ₹29,453) and the former IOPC Main Event champion Harshit ‘HeroCaller’ Sanghi (6th for ₹18,585) picked up FT scores.

Gladiator ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹1,250

Entries – 143

Re-entries – 52

Prize Pool – ₹2,50,000

Places Paid – 21

Pocket52`s ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD Gladiator was conquered by ‘Monu12121’ for a payday worth ₹50,000.

Saurabh ‘Romosa’ Ramola placed fourth for ₹25,000.

Paying the top 21 finishers, the tourney experienced an overlay of ₹55,000.

Pocket Lunch ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 80

Re-entries – 45

Prize Pool – ₹1,50,000

Places Paid – 27

The ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD Pocket Lunch booked a shortfall of ₹25,000 after attracting 125 runners last afternoon.

‘ghachak’ claimed the top honors at the tourney, winning ₹34,500. Pocket52 regular ‘tiltmenot’ finished runner-up for ₹21,000.

Pocket Dinner ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 86

Re-entries – 38

Prize Pool – ₹1,50,000

Places Paid – 27

Pocket52’s ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD Pocket Dinner pulled in 124 entries, falling ₹26,000 short of its advertised guarantee.

Karan ‘karannthakker’ Thakker championed the tourney to win ₹34,500 after defeating ‘Pocketkings006’ (runner-up for ₹21,000) in the heads-up play.

Tanvir ‘jungliaunty’ Gulia finished fifth for ₹9,000.

Wow Wednesday ₹50K GTD – PokerDangal

Buy-in – ₹330

Entries – 67

Re-buys – 54

Add-ons – 21

Prize Pool – ₹50,000

Places Paid – 11

PokerDangal’s ₹50K GTD Wow Wednesday gathered 142 entries to register a marginal overlay.

The anonymous user ‘Sat567’ came out on top to win ₹12,500, with ‘bendly’ finishing runner-up for ₹9,500.

6 Feet Under ₹25K GTD PLO Deepstack – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 24

Re-entries – 26

Prize Pool – ₹25,000

Places Paid – 6

Khelo365’s ₹25K GTD 6-Feet Under just about squeaked past its guarantee as 50 players joined the action. ‘apalece’ raced ahead of the field to win the title and the 10,000 up-top cash prize.

This report was updated at 3:30 PM on 1.10.2020.

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