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The Wednesday turnouts were notably better compared to Tuesday, as the lure of bigger guarantees brought more regs into the fold. The busy season for the micro to low-stakes players continues with PokerDangal’s DMVS, IndiaPlays’ IMPL, and Adda52’s NPS offering them plenty of options.
Divyanshu Agrawal made the mid-week headlines after his breakout win in Spartan Poker’s Wednesday High Roller (6-Max). Improving upon his runner-up finish in Tuesday High Roller the day before, Agrawal championed the 9 PM tournament for a career-best ₹4.95 Lakhs (won ₹5.60 Lakhs overall), busting an eight-month-long title drought. The in-form Advait Rajguru scored ₹3.52 Lakhs in second place.
Spartan Poker loyalist and former IOPC The Crown champion, Amit Gehani, chased down the Destiny 26.0 title in under eight hours to win ₹3.75 Lakhs (won ₹4.20 Lakhs overall), booking the sixth seat on the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Destiny 26.0 Finale. He chopped the 8 PM Wednesday headliner heads-up with Sandy Lamba (2nd for ₹3.31 Lakhs) (won ₹3.49 Lakhs overall).
The ten-time IOPC title winner Gopal Bajaj made a spectacular comeback to the champion`s club by winning Adda52’s Maverick for ₹3.16 Lakhs. He made a heads-up deal with Faiz Alam (2nd for ₹2.95 Lakhs) (won at least ₹3.19 Lakhs overall).
Sanjay Khanna shipped PokerBaazi`s The Pride for a site-best ₹2.97 Lakhs, posting his first title victory in over six weeks. Neelakantan Murali came second for ₹1.77 Lakhs (won ₹1.89 Lakhs overall).
Tuesday`s (7-Max) SPRINT winner, Pradip Ghosh, went on a back-to-back title spree, taking down PokerStars India ₹ Monster Stack [6-Max PKO] for ₹1.74 Lakhs (₹85,438 in bounties) (won ₹2.03 Lakhs overall), hitting the ₹4 Crore milestone in tracked online winnings.
The 2023 WPT Prime Cambodia Superstack Classic Freezeout third-place finisher, Harsh Bubna, returning to the online grind after a busy live outing raked in ₹1.57 Lakhs on the back of his runner-up finishes in PokerStars India’s Monster Stack [6-Max PKO] (₹97,789) and PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT (₹56,200).
The first PokerGuru Challenge winner, Shailesh Kumar Patel, broke a six-week-long dry spell by taking down Pocket52’s Pocket Jacks for ₹92,500. Lavesh Meena fell inches short of the finish line, collecting the runner-up payday of ₹65,000 (won ₹87,989 overall).
Siddharth Ojha, Arpan Majhi, Yudhishter Jaswal, Mohak Kapoor, Yash Jaiswal, Arjun Chadha, Naveen Sharma, Shashank Desai, Utkarsh Srivastava, and Partha Basak won the other Wednesday marquees.
Here are the Wednesday highlights!
Spartan Poker
Wednesday High Roller (6-Max) – ₹18 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹16,500
Entries – 61
Re-entries – 16
Rebuys – 34
Prize Pool – ₹18,00,000
Places Paid – 11
After finishing runner-up in the Tuesday High Roller the day before, Divyanshu ‘dev1995’ Agrawal finally scored the breakout win he had been chasing for eight months in Spartan Poker’s ₹18 Lakhs GTD Wednesday High Roller (6-Max). He won the 9 PM tournament for a career-best ₹4.95 Lakhs, banking the day’s single-largest score, with the Tuesday High Roller finalist Advait ‘Rattler$’ Rajguru scoring ₹3.52 Lakhs in second place.
Divyanshu Agrawal made another FT run in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT (6th for ₹65,089), hauling in the day’s best ₹5.60 Lakhs and crossing ₹50 Lakhs in tracked online winnings His online stats (Spartan Poker and PokerBaazi): Lifetime Winnings: ₹50.59 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1
Tarush ‘Tarush123’ Gupta (opted out of tracking) accumulated at least ₹2.78 Lakhs from three known finishes, which include:
> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s Wednesday High Roller (6-Max) for ₹2,30,400
> 8th in Adda52’s Maverick for ₹30,000
> 28th in Spartan Poker’s Destiny 26.0 for ₹17,556
The ₹16,500 entry buy-in tournament attracted 111 entrants (61 unique), registering ₹1.35 Lakhs in overlays. The top 11 finishers scored a payday.
Final Table Results
Destiny 26.0 – ₹18 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 191
Re-entries – 46
Rebuys – 162
Prize Pool – ₹19,95,000
Places Paid – 31
Amit ‘Kavipri 2.0’ Gehani, a Spartan Poker loyalist with splendid results in flagship events at IOPC and FTS, has a knack for winning big-ticket tournaments. Returning to the grind for the first time after FTS 6.0, the 42-year-old banker championed the ₹18 Lakhs GTD Destiny 26.0, overcoming a stacked 191-player field (399 total entries) in under eight hours to win ₹3.75 Lakhs and a seat on the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Destiny 26.0 Finale.
Gehani chopped the 8 PM Wednesday headliner heads-up with Sandy ‘Fifa21’ Lamba (2nd for ₹3.31 Lakhs).
Amit Gehani also cashed the Wednesday High Roller (10th for ₹45,000), collectively banking ₹4.20 Lakhs and crossing ₹50 Lakhs in annual earnings. His Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹3.96 Crores | Site Profits: ~₹43 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #2 | Annual Winnings: ₹50.19 Lakhs
Sandy Lamba notched up ₹3.49 Lakhs from two deep runs, which include:
> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s Destiny 26.0 for ₹3,31,342* (heads-up deal)
> 12th in Adda52’s Maverick for ₹17,250
Sandy Lamba’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.97 Crores| Lifetime Profits: ₹1.11 Crores | Annual Winnings: ₹39.16 Lakhs
Saurabh ‘darksider’ Rohila also FT-ed Destiny 26.0, scoring ₹52,070 in eighth place.
The ₹5,500 entry buy-in tournament dished out a profitable ₹19.95 Lakhs in prize money to the top 31 finishers.
Final Table Results
*denotes a heads-up deal
Daily Turbo (6-Max) – ₹4 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in- ₹1,650
Entries – 136
Re-entries – 43
Rebuys – 75
Prize Pool – ₹4,00,000
Places Paid – 23
The five-time IOPC title winner, Siddharth ‘SidSparta21’ Ojha, packed up the 254-strong field in Spartan Poker’s ₹4 Lakhs GTD Daily Turbo (6-Max) in just four hours to win ₹78,607, posting his fourth title victory of 2023. He struck a heads-up deal with the user ‘luck chance’ (2nd for ₹77,393).
Siddharth Ojha added ₹88,550 from four ITM scores last night, which include:
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s Daily Turbo (6-Max) for ₹78,607* (heads-up deal)
> 9th in Spartan Poker’s Night Rider for ₹3,900
> 112th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹3,325
> 17th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Morning SPRINT for ₹2,718
Siddharth Ojha’s online stats (Spartan Poker and PokerBaazi): Lifetime Winnings: ₹57.61 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹10.49 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #4
Deepak ‘Optimist’ Singh (4th for ₹34,400) and Shiven ‘Sammyy’ Meena (6th for ₹21,400) were others on the 9:30 PM marquee final table.
The ₹1,650 entry buy-in tournament filled in ₹19,000 in overlays, and 23 players got a share of the spoils.
Final Table Results
*denotes a heads-up deal
Yudhishter ‘McFly’ Jaswal (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Turbo for ₹58,300), ‘Jitu123aa’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack for ₹49,439), ‘aludra02’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Night Rider for ₹37,751), Shashank ‘reconnecting’ Desai (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Chip Up- Triple Chance for ₹29,180), ‘alokcs’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Hold’em PKO for ₹22,884), ‘SKyHill’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Sundowner Triple Chance for ₹22,067) and ‘AceBase23’ (Won ₹50K GTD The Centurion for ₹10,025) won the other Spartan Poker marquees.
PokerBaazi
The Pride – ₹15 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹3,850
Entries – 280
Re-entries – 255
Prize Pool – ₹18,73,000
Places Paid – 70
Making his best run on PokerBaazi yet, Sanjay ‘sanjaykotak’ Khanna championed over a reg-infested 535-entry field (280 unique) in the 8 PM flagship, ₹15 Lakhs GTD The Pride, to win a site-best ₹2.97 Lakhs, posting his first title victory in over six weeks.
Sanjay Khanna’s online stats (PokerBaazi and Spartan Poker): Lifetime Winnings: ₹42.39 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹12.76 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #3
Neelakantan ‘difsripp007’ Murali added ₹1.89 Lakhs from two deep runs, which include:
> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s The Pride for ₹1,77,326
> 11th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Afternoon Boost for ₹11,505
Neelakantan Murali’s online stats (PokerBaazi & Spartan Poker): Lifetime Winnings: ₹83.1 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹14.83 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #3
Online reg Ashit ‘nexus010’ Sharma posted ₹1.64 Lakhs on his Wednesday tally from three deep runs (and one bounty), which include:
> 5th in PokerBaazi’s The Pride for ₹85,948
> 4th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹60,596
> 14th in Adda52’s Maverick for ₹15,000
Ashit Sharma’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.64 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.45 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #6
Anilkumar ‘jat777’ Singh (3rd for ₹1.40 Lakhs), poker coach Mithun ‘thepokeraja’ Mahesh (6th for ₹65,538), and last night’s Daily Value Boost runner-up Kritagya ‘Kritagya_17’ Sharma (8th for ₹37,450) were other notables to reach The Pride final table.
The ₹3,850 entry buy-in Wednesday headliner collected a guarantee-smashing ₹18.73 Lakhs prize pool, and 70 players scored a payday.
Final Table Results
(7-Max) SPRINT – ₹12 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹3,850
Entries – 241
Re-entries – 153
Prize Pool – ₹13,79,000
Places Paid – 49
PokerBaazi user ‘Shutterisland’ sprinted through the 394-strong field in the 9 PM flagship, ₹12 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) SPRINT, bagging away a personal-best ₹2.35 Lakhs for their first win on the site. Neeraj ‘neeraj2828’ Bajaj picked up ₹1.56 Lakhs as the runner-up.
Shutterisland’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹8.64 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹1.09 Lakhs | Titles Won: #1
Varunn ‘Varunn’ Gaala (3rd for ₹1.21 Lakhs), yesterday’s top scorer Divyanshu ‘Divyansh1995’ Agrawal (6th for ₹65,089), and the #2 ranked player of 2022, Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja (7th for ₹51,575) were the other notables on the (7-Max) SPRINT final table.
The ₹3,850 entry buy-in tourney filled in a hefty ₹13.79 Lakhs in the prize pool, with the top 49 finishers crossing the money line.
Final Table Results
Daily Value Boost – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 404
Re-entries – 311
Prize Pool – ₹10,72,000
Places Paid – 119
PokerBaazi user ‘1levelup’ went into recovery mode yesterday. The mystery player reclaimed all site losses and then some by plowing their way through a guarantee-crushing 715-strong field (404 unique) in the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Daily Value Boost, winning their first PokerBaazi tournament for ₹1,31,550.
A three-way final table earned The Pride finalist Kritagya ‘Kritagya_17’ Sharma (2nd for ₹1.20 Lakhs) (opted out of tracking) and Yudhishthir ‘Rowdy6’ Singh Rathore (3rd for ₹1.05 Lakhs) six-figure payouts in the 7:30 PM tournament.
1levelup’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹8.30 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹72,263 | Titles Won in 2023: #1
Kritagya Sharma thrashed out at least two final table finishes on PokerBaazi last night, accumulating ₹1.69 Lakhs overall. His known Wednesday finishes include:
> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹1,19,951* (three-way deal)
> 8th in PokerBaazi’s The Pride for ₹37,450
The Pride fifth-place finisher, Ashit ‘nexus010’ Sharma (4th for ₹60,596), also FT-ed the Daily Value Boost.
The ₹1,650 entry buy-in tournament awarded a generous ₹10.72 Lakhs in prize money to the top 119 finishers.
Final Table Results
*denotes a three-way deal
(7-Max) Afternoon Boost – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 182
Re-entries – 143
Prize Pool – ₹6,50,000
Places Paid – 59
PokerBaazi`s 2 PM marquee ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) Afternoon Boost had 325 hopefuls vying for a share of the hefty ₹6.50 Lakhs prize pool. The site reg ‘amandeep11’ outplayed them all to win the daytime marquee for the second time this month, banking a site-best ₹92,281.
Puneet ‘arhanhit’ Jain raked in a profitable ₹86,859 in second place, courtesy of a heads-up deal.
The #BB3 MoneyMaker champion Mukesh ‘Guruuu’ Surana rounded out the Afternoon Boost podium (3rd for ₹59,930). He also FT-ed PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Midnight SPRINT (5th for ₹16,667), filling in ₹76,597 in Wednesday winnings.
Mukesh Surana’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.46 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹20.29 Lakhs
Yesterday’s ₹1 Lakh GTD (7-Max) SPRINT champion Naveen ‘Naveenbarkhageet’ Sharma ran red-hot on PokerBaazi yesterday, FT-ing three marquee tournaments for a Wednesday paycheque worth ₹92,459.
His Wednesday finishes include:
> 5th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Afternoon Boost for ₹31,330
> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s PLO5 BOOST for ₹30,663
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹30,466
Naveen Sharma’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹25.14 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #2
The ₹2,200 entry buy-in tournament paid the top 59 finishers a share of the ₹6.50 Lakhs collected in the prize pool.
Final Table Results
* denotes a heads-up deal
(7-Max) Daily SPRINT – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 142
Re-entries – 107
Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Places Paid – 47
Arpan ‘novus’ Majhi (opted out of tracking) booked his first breakout win of the year yesterday by pulling out a dominating run over a 142-player field (249 total entries) in PokerBaazi’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) Daily SPRINT, nailing the 7:15 PM marquee for ₹74,550.
Kolkata-based pro Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna, free after a busy outing at the 2023 WPT Prime Cambodia, came out all guns blazing last night. He raked in ₹1.57 Lakhs across three deep runs, thrashing out runner-up finishes in PokerStars India`s Monster Stack [6-Max PKO] and PokerBaazi`s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT.
Bubna`s Wednesday finishes include:
> 2nd in PokerStars India’s Monster Stack [6-Max PKO] for ₹97,789
> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹56,200
> 118th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹3,325
Harsh Bubna’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.90 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹95.56 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #4
The first-ever Game Changer champion, Prashanth ‘Iveyleague’ Sekar, made away with ₹37,268 from two ITM finishes, which include:
> 4th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹33,300
> 65th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹3,968
Prashanth Sekar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.34 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹95.89 Lakhs
Debashis ‘Alln’ Bal (5th for ₹24,750), Samsher ‘santacruzsam’ Gandhi (6th for ₹17,650), and Prashant ‘prashant031’ Pandagre (7th for ₹14,550) round out the (7-Max) Daily SPRINT final table.
The ₹2,200 entry buy-in (7-Max) Daily SPRINT fell one entry short of hitting its 250-player guarantee, and 47 players boarded the money bus.
Final Table Results
Mohak ‘Tiltin’ Kapoor (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Boost for ₹51,070), Yash ‘ShakeyAnimal’ Jaiswal (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD 7-Max Midnight SPRINT for ₹50,430), ‘vihansingh’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Night SPRINT for ₹43,940), ‘candycoffin’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD PLO-5 BOOST for ₹31,680), Naveen ‘Naveenbarkhageet’ Sharma (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD 7-Max SPRINT for ₹30,460), Utkarsh ‘Sam20542’ Srivastava (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Evening SPRINT for ₹27,320) and ‘CARBON786’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD PLO-6 BOSST for ₹23,190) shipped the other PokerBaazi marquees.
Pocket52
Pocket Jacks – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,800
Entries – 157
Re-entries – 89
Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Places Paid – 38
The first-ever PokerGuru Challenge winner, Shailesh ‘MrShailesh’ Kumar Patel, broke a six-week-long dry spell by ransacking a 246-player field in Pocket52’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Pocket Jacks, shipping the 8 PM marquee for ₹92,500.
Shailesh Kumar Patel’s online stats (excluding Pocket52): Lifetime Winnings: ₹23.77 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹6.40 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1
The Weekly HighRoller champion from earlier this month, Lavesh ‘lavesh7’ Meena, fell inches short of the finish line, collecting the runner-up payday of ₹65,000. Meena added ₹87,989 across his Wednesday grind from three deep runs, which include:
> 2nd in Pocket52’s Pocket Jacks for ₹65,000
> 12th in PokerStars India’s Monster Stack [6-Max PKO] for ₹13,089
> 10th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹9,900
Lavesh Meena’s online stats (excluding Pocket52): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.97 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹45.96 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1
Final Table Results
‘Stakeholder’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Pocket Brunch for ₹30,000), ‘classic_galvantula15_17742185’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Pocket Snacks for ₹20,750), and ‘762791_BIHgkvEDGa’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Pocket Soda for ₹21,000) won the other Pocket52 marquees.
MPL Poker
Wowsome Wednesday – ₹1 lakh GTD
Buy-in – ₹27
Entries – 353
Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000
MPL Poker user ‘guruguladkhatri’ bested a 353-player field in the ₹1 Lakh GTD Wowsome Wednesday, winning the title for ₹20,000. ‘mirajahmed11’ came second for ₹11,500.
PokerDangal
Booster Wednesday – ₹75K GTD
Buy-in – ₹550
Entries – 80
Rebuys – 28
Prize Pool – ₹75,000
Places Paid – 17
PokerDangal user ‘Pokerking123’ defeated ‘AdriannaAldo’ (2nd for ₹12,750) heads-up to win the ₹75K GTD Booster Wednesday for ₹18,000.
Final Table Results
IndiaPlays
IMPL – PLO6 – ₹50K GTD
Buy-in – ₹165
Entries – 93
Rebuys – 88
Prize Pool – ₹50,000
Places Paid – 56
Partha ‘Partha’ Basak has taken the IMPL by storm. After winning the IMPL PLO6 on March 16 and IMPL PLO5 Bounty on Monday, he hit the hattrick by taking down the ₹50K GTD IMPL PLO6 title on IndiaPlays last night, banking ₹10,000 in first-place prize money. ‘happyhunter’ finished runner-up for ₹7,500.
Final Table Results
The user ‘Spades’ won the other IMPL tournament, ₹10K GTD IMPL PLO5, for ₹2,550.
PokerStars India
Monster Stack [6-Max PKO] – ₹7.50 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹4,400
Entries – 80
Re-entries – 56
Regular Prize Pool – ₹4,78,000
Bounty Prize Pool – ₹2,72,000
Prize Pool – ₹7,50,000
Places Paid – 17
Pradip ‘Nit2Donk’ Ghosh has got his winning mojo back. After bagging his eighth SPRINT title on Tuesday, the online fiend went on a back-to-back title spree, taking down PokerStars India ₹7.50 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack [6-Max PKO] for ₹1.74 Lakhs (₹85,438 in bounties), becoming the latest entrant in the ‘₹4 Crore Club.’
Ghosh stormed past a 136-entry field in the Wednesday primetime marquee and defeated last night`s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT runner-up finisher Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna (2nd for ₹97,789) (₹9,063 in bounties) heads-up!
The Legend Poker Series Main Event runner-up finisher, Ghosh, locked in ₹2.03 Lakhs across four deep runs (including a title victory) yesterday, which include:
> 1st in PokerStars India’s Monster Stack [6-Max PKO] for ₹1,74,164
> 19th in PokerBaazi’s The Pride for ₹18,725
> 24th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹6,150
> 83rd in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹3,968
Pradip Ghosh’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.03 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.69 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #7 | Ranked #18 on the 2023 TLB (Points) Leaderboard
The 2023 WPT Prime Cambodia $600 Superstack Classic Freezeout third-place finisher, Harsh Bubna, returning to the online grind after a busy live outing, went on a scoring frenzy. He raked in ₹1.57 Lakhs from two runner-up finishes and an ITM score, which include:
> 2nd in PokerStars India’s Monster Stack [6-Max PKO] for ₹97,789
> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹56,200
> 118th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹3,325
Harsh Bubna’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.90 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹95.56 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #4
Sanchit ‘devilsanchit’ Anand (4th for ₹60,939) (₹15,375 in bounties), Varun ‘wardev’ Devayya (5th for ₹46,147) (₹11,125 in bounties), Sandeep ‘effuno007’ Varma RS (6th for ₹39,544) (₹12,625 in bounties) and Mrinal ‘-booy@h-’ Manna (7th for ₹27,063) (₹6,000 in bounties) were other known players on the Monster Stack final table.
The ₹4,400 entry buy-in tournament registered a glaring ₹2.06 Lakhs in overlays, and 17 players cashed in on the added value.
Final Table Results
Arjun ‘dramaontheriver’ Chadha (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Big Bubble Rush for ₹46,386), ‘Johnimsong’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Ultrasonic for ₹28,104), and ‘RIYANSH158’ (Won ₹50K GTD Bounty Adrenaline [6-Max] for ₹15,528) won the other PokerStars India marquees.
Adda52
Maverick – ₹15 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,750
Entries – 302
Re-entries – 247
Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000
Places Paid – 55
The ten-time IOPC title winner Gopal ‘TheAceCrown’ Bajaj practically fell off the radar this past six weeks, barring an odd deep run here or there. The upcoming pro made quite the comeback by hitting the mid-week headlines for his scintillating run in Adda52`s ₹15 Lakhs GTD Maverick. He fired three bullets in the 8 PM tournament before ransacking the 549-entry field to win ₹3.16 Lakhs and struck a heads-up deal with another accomplished reg Faiz ‘TheInternetKid’ Alam (2nd for ₹2.95 Lakhs).
Gopal Bajaj`s Wednesday finishes include:
> 1st in Adda52’s Maverick for ₹3,16,375
> 52nd in PokerStars India’s MonsterStack [6-Max PKO] for ₹4,000
Gopal Bajaj’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.58 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.07 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #6
This week`s Sunday Special [8-Max] champion Faiz Alam (opted out of tracking) packed in ₹3.19 Lakhs in total winnings from five known scores, which include:
> 2nd in Adda52’s Maverick for ₹2,94,875
> 59th in PokerBaazi’s The Pride for ₹11,230
> 10th in Spartan Poker’s Daily Turbo for ₹7,800
> 39th in PokerBaazi`s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹3,950
> 30th in PokerStars India’s MonsterStack [6-Max] for ₹1,000
Tarush ‘Tarush123’ Gupta (opted out of tracking) grossed a profitable ₹2.78 Lakhs from three known finishes yesterday, which include:
> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s Wednesday HighRoller (6-Max) for ₹2,30,400
> 8th in Adda52’s Maverick for ₹30,000
> 28th in Spartan Poker’s Destiny 26.0 for ₹17,556
Pranay ‘setmeup’ Chawla (4th for ₹1,12,500) and last Sunday`s Mega Suits winner Bhavyajeet Singh ‘brbhavya’ Rathore (7th for ₹41,250) were other known players on the Maverick final table.
The ₹2,750 entry buy-in tournament recorded an overlay shortfall of ₹1.28 Lakhs, and the top 55 finishers got paid.
Final Table Results
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Adda52 user ‘acedestroyer’ won two tournaments in the ongoing ₹1 Crore GTD Nano Poker Series on Wednesday, banking ₹28,207 overall.
Their Wednesday finishes include:
> 1st in Adda52’s ₹30K GTD Nano Battleship for ₹10,211
> 1st in Adda52’s ₹70K GTD Nano Crack Jack for ₹17,996
Acedestroyer’s Adda52 stats: Site Winnings: ₹89,226 | Site Profits: ₹25,267 | Titles Won: #8
‘Stungar1222’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Nano DST for ₹46,864), ‘Anelida’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Nano Daily Adda for ₹27,495), Rahul ‘zilelahi007’ Lillaney (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Nano Maverick for ₹21,977), and ‘FB-Sweetpain’ (Won ₹25K GTD Nano PLO for ₹8,064) won the other Nano Poker Series titles on Wednesday.
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