Daily Majors: Guneet Kwatra, Naresh Veeravalli, Laksh Pal Singh & Gaurav Mittal Secure the Big Wednesday Scores

Wednesday saw a similar response to Tuesday, with the vast majority of the day’s flagships falling prey to overlays. The day clearly belonged to the PokerGuru Ambassadors, with the team shipping the frontline tourneys across Spartan Poker, Adda52, and PokerBaazi.

PokerGuru Ambassador Devvrat Arya was the day’s biggest winner as he took down Spartan Poker`s ₹25 Lakhs GTD Destiny for ₹6.63 Lakhs. His fellow Team Ambassador’s Naresh Veeravalli (won Maverick for ₹3.90 Lakhs) and Laksh Pal Singh (won The Pride for ₹2.21 Lakhs) dominated the other featured tourneys.

The remainder of the month promises to be full to the brim with action. Today marks the start of one of the most awaited online stops of 2021, the 10th IOPC edition on Spartan Poker. The inaugural APT 2021 Online Series India will be commencing its run on PokerBaazi tomorrow. Even Adda52 has launched its biggest-ever leaderboard race, the Adda52 Champions Leaderboard (ACL). The 11-month-long race kicks off tomorrow with a whopping ₹2 Crores in cash prizes! Was there ever a better time to be a poker player in India?

Here’s a complete recap of the Wednesday action!

Spartan Poker

It`s no surprise again that Spartan Poker hosted the most massive guaranteed tourney of the day. Destiny, the site`s Wednesday flagship, ran with a ₹25 Lakhs prize pool guarantee last night and registered 436 entries, overlaying ₹3.20 Lakhs. Winning his second tourney title of the year, PokerGuru Ambassador Devvrat ‘deranzzdd’ Arya navigated his way to the top to score a personal-best ₹6.63 Lakhs along with booking a berth in the Destiny 18.0 SnG Finale. Last night’s score has boosted Arya`s online scorecard to ₹4.41 Crores. The IOPC Contender champion, Guneet ‘GeeKay’ Kwatra, finished runner-up for ₹4.13 Lakhs. He also ran deep in Adda52’s Maverick, placing ninth for ₹22,500.

The ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD Mega Freeze logged in 79 entries to collect ₹2.79 Lakhs in the prize pool. Starting at 9:30 PM, it took almost six hours before the former IOPC Main Event champion Anurag ‘TheDarkKnightReturns’ Srivastava came out on top to win ₹56,380 following a three-way deal with Siddhanth ‘Liu Kang’ Kapoor (runner-up for ₹54,055) and Akshay ‘ONCE’ Pathak (3rd for ₹48,035). Srivastava’s lifetime scores have crossed ₹4.73 Crores after last night`s win.

PokerStars India

PokerStars India, as always, ran its two ₹5 Lakhs GTD tourneys on Wednesday. The Night on Stars, the featured tourney of the day, logged in 232 entrants to overlay ₹1.31 Lakhs. The mystery user ‘LalaSaab’ shipped the tourney, recording their best finish on the site worth ₹1.13 Lakhs (₹60,882 in prize money, ₹52,122 in bounties). Shubham ‘theViperArena’ Chaudhary finished runner-up for ₹55,036 (₹44,999 in prize money, ₹10,037 in bounties).

The Big Bubble Rush played out amid 153 runners, overlaying ₹1.18 Lakhs. It was 2:14 AM on Thursday morning by the time site regular ‘Poker_Basilisk’ took down the tourney for ₹1.15 Lakhs (₹59,291 in prize money, ₹55,469 in bounties). Tuesday’s Uppercut Mini champion Arpan ‘Vasusenaa’ Majhi placed runner-up for ₹51,616 (₹43,803 in prize money, ₹7,813 in bounties).

The 10:30 PM ₹1 Lakh GTD Bigstack Turbo was championed by ‘RAV1619’ for ₹23,893 (₹15,345 in prize money, ₹8,547 in bounties). The Big Bubble Rush champion ‘Poker_Basilisk’ was eyeing a second-title yesterday and came close with a runner-up for ₹18,382 (₹11,335 in prize money, ₹7,047 in bounties). The tourney signed up 78 entries – overlaying ₹22,000.

All the ITM finishers in the Night on Stars and the Bigstack Turbo collected TLB points towards Week#3 of PokerStars India`s – “Star of the Month” – January leaderboard race. For complete details on the “Star of the Month” promotion and the latest leaderboard standings, visit the promotions page.

Adda52

Adda52’s signature Wednesday tourney, the ₹15 Lakhs GTD Maverick, clocked in 513 entries, filling in ₹3.32 Lakhs in overlays. PokerGuru Ambassador Naresh ‘emperor457’ Veeravalli was the last player standing in the tourney and walked away ₹3.90 Lakhs richer. This is the second time the cash game reg has won the Maverick. A former AOPS Godfather champion, Veeravalli, now has ₹2.96 Crores in recorded lifetime earnings. The anonymous user ‘clinton_fern’ finished runner-up for ₹2.21 Lakhs.

The ₹4 Lakhs GTD La Luna overlaid ₹24,440 after registering 229 entries. ‘vikas121187’ won the title for ₹1.10 Lakhs, with Vishal ‘vishalmaharaj’ Maharaj placing runner-up for ₹64,000. This happens to be ‘vikas121187’s best-recorded score on Adda52.

PokerBaazi

The featured tourney on PokerBaazi, the ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Pride, registered 278 entries, overlaying ₹27,000. Outlasting them all was PokerGuru Ambassador Laksh ‘boomtlt23’ Pal Singh, who won ₹2.21 Lakhs for the victory with Gaurav ‘DragGEReR’ Mittal placing runner-up for ₹1.55 Lakhs. The former PPL#29 The Endeavour champion, Singh, boasts of a whopping ₹5.30 Crores in lifetime online earnings.

The ₹1 Lakh GTD Holdem BOOST 6-Max saw ‘espanoza’ topping the 126-entry field to win ₹33,768. ‘asaRishi’ placed runner-up for ₹23,650.

The other Wednesday winners were:

Destiny ₹25 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 203

Re-entries – 85

Re-buys – 148

Prize Pool – ₹25,00,000

Places Paid – 40

Offering the most-massive prize pool guarantee on Wednesday was Spartan Poker’s ₹25 Lakhs GTD Destiny. The Wednesday signature tourney logged in 436 entries, overlaying a mammoth ₹3.20 Lakhs.

PokerGuru Ambassador Devvrat ‘deranzzdd’ Arya navigated his way to the top to win a hefty ₹6.63 Lakhs for the win. Arya’s heads-up opponent, former Millionaire champion, and Sunday’s IOPC Contender winner, Guneet ‘GeeKay’ Kwatra, collected ₹4.13 Lakhs for his runner-up finish.

Arya`s lifetime tally stands at ₹4.41 Crores, while Kwatra`s total earnings have crossed ₹4.4 Crores after last night’s scores.

Nitin ‘TheWitcher’ Arora (3^rd for ₹2.50 Lakhs), Arvind ‘NothngElseMatters’ Halaharvi (4^th for ₹1.65 Lakhs), Advait ‘Ronaldinho18’ Rajguru (5^th for ₹1.13 Lakhs), Abhishek ‘TheMagician’ Paul (6^th for ₹87,500), Chirag ‘chilling’ Sodha (7^th for ₹70,000), and Destiny 17.0 Finale winner Arjunn ‘Arjunn Ag’ Agrawal (8^th for ₹62,500) rounded out the FT.

Final Table Results

1. Devvrat ‘deranzzdd’ Arya – ₹6,62,500
2. Guneet ‘GeeKay’ Kwatra – ₹4,12,500
3. Nitin ‘TheWitcher’ Arora – ₹2,50,000
4. Arvind ‘NothngElseMatters’ Halaharvi – ₹1,65,000
5. Advait ‘Ronaldinho18’ Rajguru – ₹1,12,500
6. Abhishek ‘TheMagician’ Paul – ₹87,500
7. Chirag ‘chilling’ Sodha – ₹70,000
8. Arjunn ‘Arjunn Ag’ Agrawal – ₹62,500

Maverick ₹15 Lakhs GTD 8-Max – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹2,500

Entries – 243

Re-entries – 270

Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000

Places Paid – 55

Adda52`s ₹15 Lakhs GTD Maverick signed up 513 entries last night, overlaying ₹3.32 Lakhs.

It took a little over eight hours for PokerGuru Ambassador Naresh ‘emperor457’ Veeravalli to trounce the competition and pick up the ₹3.90 Lakhs first-place paycheque. The mystery user ‘clinton_fern’ placed runner-up for ₹2.21 Lakhs.

This is the second six-figure score for Veeravalli in under a week. Last Friday, he placed runner-up in the ₹22.5 Lakhs GTD The Ballers for ₹3.43 Lakhs. The cash game reg currently sits on over ₹2.96 Crorse in recorded MTT winnings.

Young Gun Anmol ‘anzzzzz’ Mehta finished 5^th for ₹79,500.

Final Table Results

1. Naresh ‘emperor457’ Veeravalli – ₹3,90,000
2. clinton_fern – ₹2,21,250
3. Axe101 – ₹1,53,750
4. vroy219 – ₹1,12,500
5. Anmol ‘anzzzzz’ Mehta – ₹79,500
6. poker_king52 – ₹52,500
7. mowgumotu – ₹41,250
8. abhinaos – ₹30,000

The Pride ₹10 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹3,850

Entries – 157

Re-entries – 121

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 36

PokerBaazi’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Pride clocked in 278 participants who signed-up for ₹3,850, resulting in a marginal overlay worth ₹27,000.

PokerGuru Ambassador Laksh ‘boomtlt23’ Pal Singh raced paced the competition to win ₹2.21 Lakhs, with Gaurav ‘DragGEReR’ Mittal placing runner-up for ₹1.55 Lakhs.

Dhirendra ‘dhiru91’ Kumar (3^rd for ₹99,700), Puneet ‘neo1’ Dua (4^th for ₹73,800), Siddharth ‘Siddonuts’ Pandey (5^th for ₹55,400), Chirag ‘miyagi’ Sodha (6^th for ₹44,300), and PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja (8^th for ₹29,500) also FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Laksh ‘boomtlt23’ Pal Singh – ₹2,20,900
2. Gaurav ‘DragGEReR’ Mittal – ₹1,55,000
3. Dhirendra ‘dhiru91’ Kumar – ₹99,700
4. Puneet ‘neo1’ Dua – ₹73,800
5. Siddharth ‘Siddonuts’ Pandey – ₹55,400
6. Chirag ‘miyagi’ Sodha – ₹44,300
7. Monster948 – ₹36,800
8. Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja – ₹29,500

Night on Stars ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹1,750

Entries – 138

Re-entries – 94

Total Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Regular Prize Pool – ₹3,15,560

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹1,84,440

Places Paid – 39

With a starting field of 232 entries, PokerStars India’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Night on Stars ended up filing in an overlay shortfall of ₹1.31 Lakhs.

The 7:30 PM tourney went on till 2:31 AM on Thursday with the anonymous user ‘LalaSaab’ championing the competition to win ₹1.13 Lakhs (₹60,882 in prize money, ₹52,122 in bounties).

Shubham ‘theViperArena’ Chaudhary finished runner-up for ₹55,036 (₹44,999 in prize money, ₹10,037 in bounties).

Rishabh ‘riverrshiverr’ Jain (3rd for ₹35,744), Partho ‘SpidermanIndia’ Datta (4th for ₹30,496), Sanish ‘sneakysani’ Chhabra (5th for ₹30,517), and Jaideep ‘NNomadas’ Sajwan (8th for ₹9,498) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results (Includes Bounties)

1. LalaSaab – ₹1,13,004
2. Shubham ‘theViperArena’ Chaudhary – ₹55,036
3. Rishabh ‘riverrshiverr’ Jain – ₹35,744
4. Partho ‘SpidermanIndia’ Datta – ₹30,496
5. Sanish ‘sneakysani’ Chhabra – ₹30,517
6. Chandra1991 – ₹18,448
7. dp8218 – ₹13,802
8. Jaideep ‘NNomadas’ Sajwan – ₹9,498
9. Mr.Blackeh – ₹9,398

Big Bubble Rush ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 88

Re-entries – 65

Total Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Regular Prize Pool – ₹3,08,750

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹1,91,250

Places Paid – 29

PokerStars India`s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Big Bubble Rush wrangled in 153 entries, overlaying ₹1.17 Lakhs.

Site regular ‘Poker_Basilisk’ had quite the run on PokerStars India last night. While they finished runner-up in the Bigstack Turbo, the player went the distance in the Big Bubble Rush, taking down the title for ₹1.15 Lakhs (₹59,291 in prize money, ₹55,469 in bounties). The champion added over ₹1.33 Lakhs to his bankroll.

Another PokerStars India reg, Arpan ‘Vasusenaa’ Majhi, placed runner-up for ₹51,616 (₹43,803 in prize money, ₹7,813 in bounties).

Deepesh ‘deep12322’ Raka (3rd for ₹33,299), Pranay ‘aankhdikhatahai’ Chawla (4th for ₹37,033), and PokerGuru Ambassador Mithun ‘ThePokeRajaIN’ Mahesh (5th for ₹27,350) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results (Includes Bounties)

1. Poker_Basilisk – ₹1,14,760
2. Arpan ‘Vasusenaa’ Majhi – ₹51,616
3. Deepesh ‘deep12322’ Raka – ₹33,299
4. Pranay ‘aankhdikhatahai’ Chawla – ₹37,033
5. Mithun ‘ThePokeRajaIN’ Mahesh – ₹27,350
6. wolfbacki45 – ₹18,049
7. jinedo – ₹17,742

La Luna ₹4 Lakhs GTD 6-Max – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹1,800

Entries – 127

Re-entries – 102

Prize Pool – ₹4,00,000

Places Paid – 24

The 9.30 PM attraction on Adda52, the ₹4 Lakhs GTD La Luna, pulled in 229 entries, recording an overlay shortfall of ₹24,440. The mystery user ‘vikas121187’ shipped the tourney for ₹1.10 Lakhs after defeating Vishal ‘vishalmaharaj’ Maharaj (runner-up for ₹64,000) in heads-up play.

Pratibh ‘MrGTO’ Saluja finished 4^th for ₹34,400.

Mega Freeze ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹3,300

Entries – 93

Prize Pool – ₹2,79,000

Places Paid – 13

The ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD Mega Freeze logged in 93 hopefuls, collecting a guarantee-smashing ₹2.79 Lakhs prize pool.

Starting out at 9.30 PM, it took almost six hours of play before former IOPC Millionaire ME champion Anurag ‘TheDarkKnightReturns’ Srivastava came out on top to win ₹56,380. He struck a three-way deal with Siddhanth ‘Liu Kang’ Kapoor (2^nd for ₹54,055) and Akshay ‘ONCE’ Pathak (3^rr for ₹48,035).

Piyush ‘Piyush.Genie’ Gahlot (4^th for ₹26,644), Arvind ‘NothngElseMatters’ Halaharvi (5^th for ₹21,483), and Vishnu ‘violator’ Khandelwal (6^th for ₹16,740) FT-ed the tourney.

Holdem BOOST ₹1 Lakh GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 70

Re-entries – 56

Prize Pool – ₹1,26,000

Places Paid – 15

PokerBaazi`s ₹1 Lakh GTD Holdem BOOST brought together 126 participants, and the top 15 places took a bite out of the ₹1.26 Lakhs prize pool.

The mystery user ‘espanoza’ was the last player standing and won ₹33,768 after defeating ‘asaRishi’ (runner-up for ₹23,650) in heads-up play.

Faiz ‘AilaGaya’ Alam (3^rd for ₹15,208), Niraj ‘ooltus’ Yadav (4^th for ₹11,264), Anav ‘Pokerdudes15’ Bhayan (5^th for ₹8,442), and Deepak ‘3streakbluff’ Singh (6^th for ₹6,754) FT-ed the tourney.

Bigstack Turbo ₹1 Lakh GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 57

Re-entries – 21

Total Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000

Regular Prize Pool – ₹61,000

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹39,000

Places Paid – 13

The 10:30 PM fixture on PokerStars India, the ₹1 Lakh GTD Bigstack Turbo, drew 78 entries on Wednesday, overlaying ₹22,000.

It took a fast three-hour-run for mystery user ‘RAV1619’ to win the tourney for ₹23,893 (₹15,345 in prize money, ₹8,547 in bounties). The Big Bubble Rush champion ‘Poker_Basilisk’ finished runner-up for ₹18,382 (₹11,335 in prize money, ₹7,047 in bounties).

Yash ‘Yash9694’ Jain (3rd for ₹12,029), Sreeharsha ‘DonkeyCommitted’ Boneni (5th for ₹7,490), and Kunal ‘charsilaladka’ Chaudhary (6th for ₹5,265) FT-ed the tourney.

Wednesday PLO ₹1 Lakh GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹660

Entries – 95

Re-entries – 50

Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000

Places Paid – 23

PokerDangal`s ₹1 Lakh GTD Wednesday PLO gathered 145 entrants, recording an overlay of ₹13,000. ‘spewgod’ shipped the tourney for ₹21,000, with site regular ‘flashsurya’ placing runner-up for ₹15,550.

Pocket Jacks ₹75K GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 71

Re-entries – 43

Prize Pool – ₹75,000

Places Paid – 17

Pocket52’s ₹75K GTD Pocket Jacks got hit by an overlay deficit of ₹18,000 after bringing together 114 entrants, and the top 17 places finished ITM.

Kaptan ‘KaptanAli’ Ali won the tourney for ₹17,250, with ‘mithun123’ placing runner-up for ₹12,375.

Unravel ₹50K GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹440

Entries – 60

Re-entries – 44

Prize Pool – ₹50,000

Places Paid – 15

The ₹50K GTD Unravel registered 104 entries, and the top 15 places earned a payday. ‘BISCUITS11’ championed the tourney to win ₹11,500 after defeating ‘Mantalman’ (runner-up for ₹8,500) in the heads-up match.

6 Feet Under ₹25K GTD PLO Deepstack PLO – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 20

Re-entries – 13

Prize Pool – ₹25,000

Places Paid – 4

‘Reverse88’ topped Khelo365’s ₹25K GTD 6 Feet Under PLO to win ₹11,500, with ‘Santoshi’ securing a runner-up payday worth ₹6,500.

Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD NLHE – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹275

Entries – 43

Re-entries – 14

Prize Pool – ₹20,000

Places Paid – 6

‘NINJAAXAN’ shipped the ₹20K GTD Grinder 2.0 NLHE on Khelo365 for ₹8,000.

Who R U? ₹15K GTD NLHE – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹220

Entries – 29

Re-entries – 30

Rebuys – 32

Add-ons – 17

Prize Pool – ₹21,600

Places Paid – 6

Khelo365’s ₹15K GTD Who R U? was taken down by ‘Kinghigh’ for ₹8,640.

This report was updated at 5 PM on 14.01.2021.

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