Daily Majors: Dhaval Mudgal, Akshay Kadam & Naresh Veeravalli Crush the Wednesday Flagships

As we gradually head towards the weekend, the action on the virtual felts predictably witnessed an uptick. All of the Wednesday flagships comfortably surpassed their listed guarantees, with veteran pro Dhaval Mudgal taking down Spartan Poker’s Destiny for ₹6.78 Lakhs to emerge as the day’s biggest winner.

Akshay Kadam (Won Adda52’s Maverick for ₹3.87 Lakhs), PokerGuru Ambassador Naresh Veeravalli (Won PokerBaazi’s The Pride for ₹2.45 Lakhs), and Pradip Ghosh (Won PokerStars India’s Night on Stars for ₹99,898) took down the other flagship titles.

PokerBaazi’s ₹50 Lakhs GTD Value Bomb Extreme got off to a flying start last night. Sporting an ₹1,100 entry buy-in, Flight 1A logged in 1,217 entries, of which only 134 runners made it through to Day 2. The two-time Destiny champion Siddhanth Kripalani (490,000) bagged the end-of-the-day chip lead. Flight 1B starts at 8:30 PM today.

Here are the Wednesday highlights!

Spartan Poker

Headlining Spartan Poker’s Wednesday roster was the ₹23 Lakhs GTD Destiny. The ₹5,500 entry buy-in tourney engaged 522 participants, generating a lofty ₹26.10 Lakhs prize pool. The 2018 WPT Vietnam Main Event winner Dhaval ‘ElegantlyWasted’ Mudgal shipped the tourney for ₹6.78 Lakhs, after besting the ATOC Mini Main Event champion Surbhit ‘grovahova’ Grover (runner-up for ₹4.17 Lakhs) in heads-up play. Grover had won The Mint on Tuesday for a comparable ₹4.18 Lakhs.

Dhaval Mudgal presently boasts over ₹2.90 Crores in tracked online winnings.

The ₹5.50 Lakhs GTD Wednesday Vibes was championed by the mystery user ‘statistician’ for ₹1.23 Lakhs. A heads-up chop saw Vishva Karma ‘Rakhi21’ Rakesh walk away with ₹1.13 Lakhs in second-place prize money. The event registered 518 entries, posting a ₹7.77 Lakhs prize pool.

PokerStars India

PokerStars India’s Wednesday headliner, the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Night on Stars, clocked in 308 entrants, generating a ₹5.46 Lakhs prize pool. Pradip ‘Nit2Donk’ Ghosh was the last player standing after nearly eight hours of play, and he took home a top prize worth ₹99,898 (₹54,897 in bounties). PokerStars India’s “Star of the Month” – February Armaan ‘armaan007111’ Kochhar came second for ₹66,469 (includes ₹21,468 in bounties).

Pradip Ghosh now has ₹74.45 Lakhs in lifetime earnings.

The ₹1.75 Lakhs Big Bubble Rush was taken down by ‘sanjbat’ for ₹41,874 (₹26,062 in bounties). Piyush ‘noname3006’ Nanda placed runner-up for ₹23,265 (₹7,453 in bounties).

PokerBaazi

PokerBaazi`s popular Value Bomb is back for its third running and this time as the ₹50 Lakhs GTD “Value Bomb Extreme.” The opening flight 1A locked in 1,217 entries, and 134 runners advanced through to Day 2. The IOPC Millionaire United winner Siddhanth ‘ender’ Kripalani (490,000) bagged the end of the Flight 1A chip lead with ‘roshan2’ (443,000) and Atif ‘at9176’ Khan (420,000) rounding out the top three stacks of the day. The tourney will play out five starting flights, with Flight 1B commencing at 8:30 PM today.

The site`s Wednesday flagship ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Pride ran from 8 PM to 2:42 AM, with a starting field of 318 entries filling in ₹11.13 Lakhs in the prize pool. PokerGuru Ambassador Naresh ‘Emperor457’ Veeravalli decimated the competition to claim the top prize of ₹2.45 Lakhs. Amar ‘PsykoEko’ B Iyer secured the runner-up spot for ₹1.72 Lakhs. Veeravalli, a former Millionaire champion, won this tournament for the first time last night, crossing ₹3.60 Crores in lifetime winnings.

The ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD 6-Max Holdem Boost was shipped by Sankalp ‘Wobbegong’ Marwah for ₹51,766. Marwah had previously won this event in August last year, and he bagged his 20^th title of the year with this win. The 9 PM tourney recorded 220 entries, collecting ₹2.20 Lakhs in the prize pool.

Adda52

Promising poker talent Akshay ‘jacks24’ Kadam was once again in the thick of the action as he traversed a field of 682 entries in Adda52’s ₹15 Lakhs GTD Maverick. He defeated Tanmay ‘PlusEv’ Benara (runner-up for ₹2.24 Lakhs) in the heads-up showdown to pocket the lion’s share of the ₹15.51 Lakhs prize pool worth ₹3.87 Lakhs. Kadam’s recent hot run on the virtual felts has helped propel his online earnings to ₹50.24 Lakhs.

The ₹4 Lakhs GTD La Luna logged in 276 entries, leading to a prize pool collection of ₹4.52 Lakhs. Online reg Devrat ‘vickypune’ Singh and Rising Star Ritwik ‘ritwik27’ Khanna locked horns for the title. The duo eventually agreed to a heads-up deal, with Singh taking away the title and the ₹94,287 up-top while Khanna received a runner-up payout worth ₹90,617.

The former Full House champion, Devrat Singh, currently has ₹1.56 Crores in lifetime winnings.

The other Wednesday winners were:

Value Bomb Extreme ₹50 Lakhs GTD Flight 1A – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 871

Re-entries – 346

Survivors – 134

The third edition of PokerBaazi`s high-value event, the Value Bomb, got off to a rousing start on Wednesday with 1,217 Flight 1A entrants buying in for the ₹1,100 entry buy-in tourney. Only 134 runners made it across to Day 2.

The Game Changer 3.0 champion Siddhanth ‘ender’ Kripalani (490,000) bagged the end-of-Day 1A chip lead.

‘roshan2’ (443,000), Atif ‘at9176’ Khan (420,000), Mohammad ‘chandlerbing’ Azhar (389,000), Niharika ‘nutcracker33’ Bindra (348,000), Gaurav ‘Zillastar’ Bhandari (334,000), Akshat ‘takingcuntrol’ Sharma (328,000), Shivkesh ‘Fishseller’ Meena (314,000) and Vikram ‘Poker_lover’ Mishra (301,000) featured on the top 10 chip counts list.

There are another four starting flights still to go before the final day`s play on Sunday. Flight 1B starts at 8:30 PM tonight.

Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Flight 1A

1. Siddhanth ‘ender’ Kripalani – 490,000
2. roshan2 – 443,000
3. Atif ‘at9176’ Khan – 420,000
4. RageAce – 409,000
5. Mohammad ‘chandlerbing’ Azhar – 389,000
6. Niharika ‘nutcracker33’ Bindra – 348,000
7. Gaurav ‘Zillastar’ Bhandari – 334,000
8. Akshat ‘takingcuntrol’ Sharma- 328,000
9. Shivkesh ‘Fishseller’ Meena – 314,000
10. Vikram ‘Poker_lover’ Mishra – 301,000

Destiny ₹23 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 255

Re-entries – 87

Re-buys – 180

Prize Pool – ₹26,10,000

Places Paid – 50

Spartan Poker’s Wednesday flagship, the ₹23 Lakhs GTD Destiny, kept its unbeaten track record intact, with a starting field of 522 entries filling in a generous ₹26.10 Lakhs in the prize pool.

After close to eight hours of play, storming his way to the finish line was the 2018 WPT Vietnam Main Event winner Dhaval ‘ElegantlyWasted’ Mudgal. The over decade-long MTT pro bagged his first Destiny title last night, netting a hefty ₹6.79 Lakhs paycheque. The ATOC Mini Main Event champion Surbhit ‘grovahova’ Grover finished runner-up for ₹4.18 Lakhs.

One of the more experienced players in the country, Dhaval Mudgal, has become the fifth player to book a seat in the Destiny 19.0 SnG Finale set for June 13 (9 PM). He currently sits on ₹2.90+ Crores in lifetime winnings, with ₹83.47 Lakhs in net profits.

Tuesday’s The Mint champion, Surbhit Grover, pushed his lifetime stats to ₹1.11 Crores.

Abhijeet ‘TheSupremeOne’ Kumar (4^th for ₹1.72 Lakhs), Rahul ‘LEd-ZEppELiN’ Kumar M Jain (5^th for ₹1.10 Lakhs), Abhishek ‘PirateMihawk’ Jain (6^th for ₹91,350), PokerGuru Ambassador Ashutosh ‘SpewMonkey’ Balodhi (7^th for ₹65,250), and Kushagra ‘Nkush’ Mehta (8^th for ₹57,420) were the other known players on the FT.

Sagar ‘Strangeplay’ Choudhury bubbled the FT in ninth place for ₹49,590.

Final Table Results

1. Dhaval ‘ElegantlyWasted’ Mudgal – ₹6,78,600
2. Surbhit ‘grovahova’ Grover – ₹4,17,600
3. mahajansaab – ₹2,41,425
4. Abhijeet ‘TheSupremeOne’ Kumar – ₹1,72,260
5. Rahul ‘LEd-ZEppELiN’ Kumar M Jain – ₹1,09,620
6. Abhishek ‘PirateMihawk’ Jain – ₹91,350
7. Ashutosh ‘SpewMonkey’ Balodhi – ₹65,250
8. Kushagra ‘Nkush’ Mehta – ₹57,420

Maverick ₹15 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹2,500

Entries – 318

Re-entries – 364

Prize Pool – ₹15,51,550

Places Paid – 72

Last night’s marquee offering on Adda52, the ₹15 Lakhs GTD Maverick, brought in a massive field of 682 hopefuls, and the top 43 places took a bite out of the ₹15.51 Lakhs prize pool.

Topping them all was the in-form Akshay ‘jacks24’ Kadam, who defeated Tanmay ‘PlusEv’ Benara heads-up to win ₹3.88 Lakhs in first-place prize money. Tanmay Benara settled for a ₹2.25 Lakhs payday for his runner-up finish.

Kadam’s consistency has already helped him cross ₹50 Lakhs (₹50.24 Lakhs) in lifetime recorded online earnings, and last night`s win brought him his sixth tourney title of the year.

Bhanu ‘Chennaino1’ Prakash KC (3r for ₹1.52 Lakhs), and Rohit ‘kudos0505’ Behal (5^th for ₹77,578) were two known names on the FT lineup.

Final Table Results

1. Akshay ‘jacks24’ Kadam – ₹3,87,888
2. Tanmay ‘PlusEv’ Benara – ₹2,24,975
3. Bhanu ‘Chennaino1’ Prakash KC – ₹1,52,052
4. Ash5593 – ₹1,08,609
5. Rohit ‘kudos0505’ Behal – ₹77,578
6. TheProDino – ₹54,304
7. arushiagarwal – ₹42,668
8. SELBY – ₹31,031

The Pride ₹10 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹3,850

Entries – 166

Re-entries – 152

Prize Pool – ₹11,13,000

Places Paid – 36

PokerBaazi‘s Wednesday major, the ₹10 Lakhs GTD, the Pride, recorded 318 entries, collecting a guarantee-crushing ₹11.13 Lakhs in the prize pool.

PokerGuru Ambassador Naresh ‘Emperor457’ Veeravalli championed the tourney, banking the top prize of ₹2.46 Lakhs after an almost seven-hour-long battle. This happens to be the former Millionaire champions fifth tourney title of the year.

Tuesday’s Mega Stack – Millionaire Bubble champion, Amar ‘PsykoEko’ B Iyer, pocketed a runner-up payday of ₹1.76 Lakhs.

Palash ‘nutshainbro’ Nandwani (3^rd for ₹1.11 Lakhs), Sagar ‘sagarpupul’ Choudhury (4^th for ₹82,139), Rohit ‘Kudos0505’ Behal (5^th for ₹61,660), Ankit ‘Ankitmodi’ Modi (6^th for ₹49,306), Vivek ‘lazyguru’ Singh (7^th for ₹40,958), and four-time Destiny champion Nitin ‘philhermouth’ Arora (8^th for ₹32,834) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Naresh ‘Emperor457’ Veeravalli – ₹2,45,862
2. Amar ‘PsykoEko’ B Iyer – ₹1,72,515
3. Palash ‘nutshainbro’ Nandwani – ₹1,10,966
4. Sagar ‘sagarpupul’ Choudhury – ₹82,139
5. Rohit ‘Kudos0505’ Behal – ₹61,660
6. Ankit ‘Ankitmodi’ Modi – ₹49,306
7. Vivek ‘lazyguru’ Singh – ₹40,958
8. Nitin ‘philhermouth’ Arora – ₹32,834

Wednesday Vibes ₹5.50 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 263

Re-entries – 73

Re-buys – 182

Prize Pool – ₹7,77,000

Places Paid – 47

The other Wednesday marquee on Spartan Poker, the ₹5.50 Lakhs GTD Wednesday Vibes, wrangled in 518 entries to collect a profitable ₹7.77 Lakhs prize pool.

After eight hours of gameplay, mystery player ‘stAtisticiAn’ navigated their way to the top to collect a site-best ₹1.23 Lakhs following a heads-up deal with Vishva Karma ‘Rakhi21’ Rakesh (runner-up for ₹1.13 Lakhs).

Deepak ‘FireDart’ J Ralliaram (3^rd for ₹82,929), Shobhit ‘StuUngar 0002’ Gupta (4^th for ₹58,353), Manish ‘diamond101’ Ranjan (5^th for ₹45,998), Rahul ‘LEd-ZEppELiN’ Kumar M Jain (7^th for ₹25,796), and Rising Star Ritwik ‘Fisherman1997’ Khanna (8^th for ₹18,959) FT-ed the event.

Nitin ‘Demogorgon’ Arora bubbled the FT in ninth place for ₹15,540.

Final Table Results

1. stAtisticiAn – ₹1,23,399*
2. Vishva Karma ‘Rakhi21’ Rakesh – ₹1,13,407*
3. Deepak ‘FireDart’ J Ralliaram – ₹82,929
4. Shobhit ‘StuUngar 0002’ Gupta – ₹58,353
5. Manish ‘diamond101’ Ranjan – ₹45,998
6. JehD – ₹35,120
7. Rahul ‘LEd-ZEppELiN’ Kumar M Jain – ₹25,796
8. Ritwik ‘Fisherman1997’ Khanna – ₹18,959

*denotes a heads-up deal

Night on Stars ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹1,950

Entries – 171

Re-entries – 137

Total Prize Pool – ₹5,46,392

Regular Prize Pool – ₹2,73,196

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹2,73,196

Places Paid – 35

The day`s biggest guaranteed tourney on PokerStars India, the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Night on Stars, logged in a guarantee-smashing 308 challengers, and 35 places got paid a share from the ₹5.46 Lakhs prize pool.

Pradip ‘Nit2Donk’ Ghosh was the last player standing in the tourney and earned a payday of ₹99,898 (₹54,897 in bounties) after prevailing over PokerStars India’s “Star of the Month” – February Armaan ‘armaan007111’ Kochhar (runner-up for ₹66,469) (₹21,468 in bounties) in the heads-up play.

Vineet ‘TheMentalistNo1’ Kumar (3^rd for ₹38,769), Mridul ‘healingp’ Kharkwal (4^th for ₹39,560), and Sanish ‘sneakysani’ Chhabra (7^th for ₹15,510) FT-ed the tourney!

Final Table Results (Including Bounties)

1. Pradip ‘Nit2Donk’ Ghosh – ₹99,898
2. Armaan ‘armaan007111’ Kochhar – ₹66,469
3. Vineet ‘TheMentalistNo1’ Kumar – ₹38,769
4. Mridul ‘healingp’ Kharkwal – ₹39,560
5. xqwxqw – ₹20,938
6. nikpokernoob – ₹14,533
7. Sanish ‘sneakysani’ Chhabra – ₹15,510
8. kingpoker2121 – ₹11,868
9. sarvesh tawde – ₹10,626

La Luna ₹4 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹1,800

Entries – 137

Re-entries – 139

Prize Pool – ₹4,52,640

Places Paid – 30

Monday’s Iron Man runner-up finisher, Devrat ‘vickypune’ Singh, took the top honors in Adda52`s ₹4 Lakhs GTD La Luna to win ₹94,287. The former Full House Finale champion bested the 276 entry-field, including his heads-up opponent Rising Star Ritwik ‘ritwik27’ Khanna, who bagged ₹90,617 for finishing second.

Khanna posted four deep runs last night, netting almost ₹1.60 Lakhs in total winnings.

Others who jumped on the money bus included Sagar ‘sagar28389’ Gulati (3^rd for ₹52,054), Haider ‘donktown22’ Madraswala (4^th for ₹38,474), and Saumil ‘indianavatar’ Krishnani (5^th for ₹26,027).

Big Bubble Rush ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD 7-Max – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 103

Re-entries – 76

Total Prize Pool – ₹1,79,000

Regular Prize Pool – ₹89,500

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹89,500

Places Paid – 19

The ₹1.75 Lakhs Big Bubble Rush clocked in 179 challengers to generate a prize pool worth ₹1.79 Lakhs. The anonymous user ‘sanjbat’ was the last player standing and won ₹41,874 (₹26,062 in bounties). Piyush ‘noname3006’ Nanda placed runner-up for ₹23,265 (₹7,453 in bounties).

Pranav ‘PranV’ Agrawal was the only known player in the final table, placing seventh for ₹5,120.

6-Max Holdem Boost ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 120

Re-entries – 100

Total Prize Pool – ₹2,20,000

Places Paid – 27

The ever-consistent Sankalp ‘Wobbegong’ Marwah outplayed a field of 220 runners in PokerBaazi’s ₹1.5 Lakhs 6-Max Holdem Boost last night to collect the lion`s share of the ₹2.20 Lakhs prize pool worth ₹51,766. Mystery reg ‘bleedforthis’ netted ₹36,322 for their second-place finish.

Sankalp Marwah has been on a title-winning spree in 2021, and the Holdem Boost title brought him his 20^th tourney victory of the year.

Akash ‘winnerwinner’ Punshi (3^rd for ₹23,364) and MTT reg Akshay ‘CallmeAK’ Kapoor (5^th for ₹12,980) FT-ed the tourney!

Wednesday PLO ₹1 Lakh GTD – PokerDangal

Buy-in – ₹660

Entries – 79

Re-entries – 40

Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000

Places Paid – 20

‘Rohitsharma66’ was the last player standing in PokerDangal`s ₹1 Lakh GTD Wednesday PLO to win ₹22,000 in first-place prize money, while ‘gauti1908’ came second for ₹16,500.

6 Feet Under PLO Deepstack ₹25K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 22

Re-entries – 10

Prize Pool – ₹25,000

Places Paid – 4

‘AKHILJACOB’ took down Khelo365`s ₹25K GTD 6 Feet Under PLO Deepstack for ₹11,500. ‘zravasya’ placed runner-up for ₹6,500, playing on his fourth bullet.

Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹275

Entries – 44

Re-entries – 18

Prize Pool – ₹20,000

Places Paid – 7

‘rockon2002’ shipped Khelo365’s ₹20K GTD Grinder 2.0 for ₹7,200, with ‘lifeless’ placing runner-up for ₹4,000.

This report was updated at 5 PM on 22.04.2021.

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