Daily Majors: Harsh Karanpuria, Ayush Garg, Kanav Parwal, Armaan Kochhar & Mohak Kapoor Reel in Massive Tuesday Scores

India’s grandest online MTT series, Spartan Poker’s ₹30 Crores GTD India Online Poker Championship, is just a day away! Even as players eagerly await the start of the mega fest, Tuesday delivered the usual tournament action with PokerStars India`s Winter Series after-party driving the action several notches higher!

Harsh Karanpuria emerged as the Tuesday chartbuster! The former IOPC #60 – The Elite champion converted a ₹385 satellite buy-in into an impressive ₹4.23 Lakhs payday after winning Adda52`s The Mint.

The former The Millionaire champion Ayush Garg shipped PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour for ₹3.58 Lakhs, beating Abhishek Paul (2nd for ₹2.51 Lakhs) heads-up.

Spartan Poker’s Mega Stack – Millionaire Bubble played down to a heads-up between Kanav Parwal (1st for ₹3.35 Lakhs) & Sanket Arora (2nd for ₹3.14 Lakhs).

PokerStars India`s “Star of the Month” – February 2021, Armaan Kochhar emerged as the biggest winner on the site. He came out on top in the Winter Series#49 Bounty Builder HR to win ₹2.66 Lakhs and made away with over ₹2.96 Lakhs across four ITM finishes. Nitin Arora came second for ₹1.44 Lakhs.

After four close misses (runner-up finishes), Siddharth Gangwar finally clinched his first title of the year as he crossed the finish line in Spartan Poker’s The Race for ₹1.29 Lakhs. He accumulated ₹1.87 Lakhs in total winnings. Gangwar chopped The Race title heads-up with Aurkodyuti Das (2nd for ₹1.15 Lakhs)!

Mohak Kapoor kept his title-winning spree going as he took down PokerBaazi’s SPRINT for ₹1.62 Lakhs, picking up his eighth title this month. ‘bungakat’ came second for ₹1.13 Lakhs.

Sunday’s Winter Series Main Event champion Daniel Rymbei carried the winning form to the after-party, winning the Winter Series#51 Uppercut Mini for ₹1.01 Lakhs. ‘The first women’ came second for ₹81,322.

Pawan Tez, Karan Sitlani, and Parth Shah were the other prominent winners of the day!

Here are the Tuesday highlights!

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Spartan Poker

The next 18 days promise to unleash electrifying action on Spartan Poker, with the site all geared up to host the massive ₹30 Crores GTD IOPC starting tomorrow! In the lead-up to the flagship series, the site ran the Mega Stack (Millionaire Bubble) yesterday that returned with an increased ₹18 Lakhs prize pool guarantee. The 8 PM event saw 688 players ponying up ₹3,300 to enter, generating a ₹20.64 Lakhs prize pool. Last week’s Wednesday Vibes winner Kanav ‘slickooo’ Parwal clinched his second title of the year and a ₹3.35 Lakhs payday after striking a heads-up deal with Sanket ‘BANK$Y’ Arora (2nd for ₹3.14 Lakhs).

The top 63 places got paid, and Ankit ‘ON_MY_MAC’ Bajaj money-bubbled the event in 64th place to win a free ticket to Day 1A of the upcoming The Millionaire.

The second Tuesday marquee, ₹6.50 Lakhs GTD The Race, also played down to a heads-up deal. The ₹1,650 buy-in event registered a 510-strong entry field, and only 47 among them took a bite out of the ₹7.65 Lakhs prize pool. After an impressive four runner-up finishes earlier this month, including a second-place in Monday’s ReCharge, Siddharth ‘cooking_nuts’ Gangwar finally got his hands on the elusive title in The Race for ₹1.29 Lakhs. Aurkodyuti ‘ad87’ Das collected ₹1.15 Lakhs in second place, courtesy of the heads-up deal.

Siddharth Gangwar ITM-ed another three events – collectively adding ₹1.87 Lakhs.

His ITM finishes include:

>1st in Spartan Poker`s The Race for ₹1.29 Lakhs

> 13th in PokerBaazi`s The Endeavour for ₹21,356

> 18th in Spartan Poker`s Mega Stack – Millionaire Bubble for ₹19,195

> 15th in Adda52`s The Mint for ₹17,640

‘aditya1986’ (Won Monster Stack ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹62,942), ‘giraffebanger’ (Won Night Rider – DeepStack ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD for ₹47,505), Parth ‘pshark’ Shah (Won The Centurion ₹50K GTD for ₹12,483) and, ‘Always_Nutz’ (Won Epic ₹30K GTD for ₹7,691) shipped the other Spartan Poker marquees.

PokerBaazi

PokerBaazi continues to ride high on the success of the inaugural PokerBaazi Classics, with its marquee tournaments consistently obliterating their guarantees. The ₹12 Lakhs GTD The Endeavour also blew the advertised guarantee out of the park – going over for more than 50% after 526 entrants bought in for ₹3,850 – and 63 of them got to share the ₹18.41 Lakhs prize pool. The former The Millionaire winner Ayush ‘proman502’ Garg is no stranger to winning flagships and took down The Endeavour for the third title last night for ₹3.58 Lakhs, bringing himself on the edge of the ₹5 Crore Club. Abhishek ‘Theheisenberg’ Paul placed runner-up for ₹2.51 Lakhs, posting his fourth-best career finish.

Aayush Garg’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.99 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.94 Crores

Abhishek Paul’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹36.15 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.17 Lakhs

The ₹5 Lakhs GTD SPRINT (7-Max) saw a congregation of 572 participants – each of them signing up for ₹1,650, and 72 places got paid. The former Game Changer runner-up finisher Mohak ‘tiltin’ Kapoor walked away with the lion’s share of the prize money worth ₹1.62 Lakhs after besting ‘bungakat’ (2nd for ₹1.13 Lakhs) in the heads-up play.

The six-time Daily Night SPRINT champion, Kapoor, came close to winning the late-night event for the seventh time. He collected ₹27,518 in third place, rounding up ₹1.89 Lakhs in Tuesday earnings. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.08 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹63.56 Lakhs

‘sheeshaking’ (Won Daily Night SPRINT ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹52,140), ‘kalakhata’ (Won Hyper SPRINT ₹2 Lakhs GTD for ₹50,350), ‘chandrajit2010’ (Won PLO5 Boost ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹41,030), ‘Sksushil’ (Won SPRINT ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹39,450), ‘HoldPlease’ (Won Daily Afternoon SPRINT ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹36,810) Karan ‘collingwood’ Sitlani (Won Evening SPRINT ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹32,750), and ‘Nasse’ (Won 5-max Daily ₹50K GTD for ₹16,210) took down the other PokerBaazi marquees!

PokerStars India

Given the overwhelming response to the Winter Series, PokerStars India rolled out the ₹1.40 Crores GTD Winter Series Afterparty yesterday! Day 1 of the six-day series had seven events handing out titles!

Last night, the top draw on the site was the Winter Series#49 Bounty Builder HR. The ₹12 Lakhs GTD event drew a reg-laden field of 183 contenders, collecting ₹12.81 Lakhs in the prize pool. After over seven hours of non-stop action, the “Star of the Month” – February 2021 Armaan ‘armaan007111’ Kochhar walked away with the title and ₹2.66 Lakhs in prize money (includes ₹1.52 Lakhs in bounties). Nitin ‘Checkshoveit’ Arora finished runner-up for ₹1.44 Lakhs (includes ₹60,675 in bounties).

The #18 ranked player of 2021, Armaan Kochhar, scored in three more events, working up ₹2.96 Lakhs in Tuesday earnings. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.94 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.12 Crores

Nitin Arora cashed in five events – FT-ing three of them – rounding up ₹2.07 Lakhs in total winnings.

His ITM finishes include:

> 2nd in PokerStars India’s Winter Series#49 Bounty Builder HR for ₹1,43,872

> 6th in Spartan Poker’s The Race for ₹34,578

> 5th in Adda52’s Voyager for ₹20,520

> 56th in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour for ₹6,812

> 37th in PokerStars India’s Winter Series#51 Uppercut Mini for ₹1,250

Nitin Arora’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.53 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.04 Crores

Kunal ‘kunnotaguero’ Yadav cashed in four events, including two FT finishes, banking ₹86,071.

His ITM finishes include:

> 5th in PokerStars India’s Winter Series#49 Bounty Builder HR for ₹55,364

> 3rd in Adda52’s Nighttide DST Adda for ₹18,408

> 44th in Adda52’s The Mint for ₹7,938

> 46th in Spartan Poker’s The Race for ₹4,361

Kunal Yadav’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.05 Crores | Lifetime Profit: ₹8.30 Lakhs

The ₹5 Lakhs GTD Winter Series#51 Uppercut Mini had 226 entrants signing up for ₹2,750, registering a ₹5.65 Lakhs prize pool. Sunday’s Winter Series Main Event champion Daniel ‘Dan0379’ Rymbei came out on top, clinching his second title this week for ₹1.01 Lakhs (includes ₹52,500 in bounties). The user ‘The first women’ placed runner-up for ₹81,322 (includes ₹32,969 in bounties).

Gopal ‘MrBigSlick139’ Bajaj made ITM finishes in four events (including a title win), earning ₹52,995.

His ITM finishes include:

> 6th in PokerStars India’s Winter Series#51 Uppercut Mini for ₹22,635

> 1st in PokerStars India’s Winter Series#50 Primetime Grind for ₹15,060

> 32nd in Spartan Poker’s Mega Stack for ₹10,939

> 45th in Spartan Poker’s The Race for ₹4,361

Gopal Bajaj’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.15 Crores | Lifetime Profit: ₹25.85 Lakhs

‘GrinderGoa’ (Won Winter Series#53 Ultrasonic ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD for ₹36,429), ‘PAAKTS’ (Won Winter Series#47 Deepstack ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹19,844), ‘j500pb’ (Won Winter Series#52 Omania 6-Max Turbo ₹40K GTD for ₹14,470), and ‘dinesh9999’ (Won Winter Series#48 Bounty Builder PKO ₹40K GTD for ₹8,331) won the other Winter Series marquees.

Adda52

Adda52’s Tuesday schedule was once again headlined by the ₹14 Lakhs GTD The Mint. The ₹3,850 buy-in event logged in 504 entries, making for a guarantee-crushing ₹17.64 Lakhs prize pool. Harsh ‘harsh20’ Karanpuria had a dream run last night as he converted a ₹385 buy-in into a whopping ₹4.23 Lakhs payday. The former IOPC #60 – The Elite winner, Karanpuria, bested ‘void191’ (2nd for ₹2.46 Lakhs) heads-up en-route to winning his first-ever The Mint title.

‘void191’ also final-tabled Voyager, finishing 8th for ₹9,500.

Kovid ‘KovidS’ Saraswat (5th for ₹88,200), Vishal ‘vishalmaharaj’ Maharaj (6th for ₹61,740), and Guruprasad ‘guruprasad_gupta’ Gupta (7th for ₹44,100) also FT-ed The Mint.

The ₹3 Lakhs GTD Voyager ran from 9:30 PM to 4:06 AM, with a 380 strong field collecting a ₹3.80 Lakhs prize pool. The user ‘Fletcher03’ fired three bullets but made away with a neat ROI, taking home a winner’s paycheque worth ₹95,000.

‘Fletcher03’s Adda52 stats: Site Winnings: ₹10.51 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹3.61 Lakhs

Sanish ‘sanish21’ Chhabra placed runner-up in Voyager for ₹57,570. The inaugural INCOOP Main Event champion also cashed in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour (19th for ₹16,017) and (7-Max) SPRINT (14th for ₹9,695), cumulatively banking ₹83,282.

Pawan ‘_luffy_1x1’ Tez (Won Afternoon Adda ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹32,760), ‘mohan1969’ (Won Nighttide DST Adda ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD for ₹29,226), ‘Reuben123’ (Won Dinner PLO Adda ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹26,123), ‘barney’ (Won Bounty Adda ₹60K GTD for ₹12,211), ‘Deathy’ (Won Evening Adda ₹50K GTD for ₹11,176), ‘Milenchik23’ (Won Holdem 250 ₹20K GTD for ₹7,133), ‘Morpheus0420’ (Won MidNight Bash ₹22K GTD for ₹5,355), and ‘vamseee450’ (Won Power Up ₹10K GTD for ₹3,321) shipped the other Tuesday marquees on Adda52.

MPL Poker

MPL user ‘acehole’ overcame a 196-player field to win the ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Tuesday Slam for ₹60,000.

Khelo365

Khelo365’s ₹20K GTD Under The Gun PLO generated a profitable ₹21,300 prize pool on the back of 71 entries. ‘Kalimaa’ walked away with the title and ₹10,650 in prize money after beating ‘Tajsoso’ (2nd for ₹6,390) heads-up.

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