Daily Majors: Kartik Ved, Aniket Waghmare, Aayush Arya, Akshay Gupta & Pratibh Saluja Champion the Tuesday Flagships

PokerGuru Ambassador Kartik Ved had a fantastic Tuesday outing as he banked the day`s single-biggest score worth ₹3.83 Lakhs and an ATOC trophy. Aniket Waghmare, Aayush Arya, Akshay Gupta, Abhishek Sonu & Pratibh Saluja championed the other flagship tourneys.

Here is a full recap of the day`s highlights.

Spartan Poker

Spartan Poker’s “FABruay” promotions might be over, but the weekday flagships introduced last month seemed to have carried over to March. The Tuesday special ₹16 Lakhs GTD Mega Stack – Millionaire Bubble logged in 579 entries, generating an impressive ₹17.37 Lakhs prize pool. The site`s first-ever IOPC Masters Table champion, “Mastermind” Aniket ‘Ntwadumela’ Waghmare, shipped the tourney for a ₹3.39 Lakhs payday. Nikhil ‘louis02’ Yadav finished runner-up for ₹2.15 Lakhs.

Waghmare`s online stats: Lifetime earnings: ₹2.28 Crores, Annual earnings: ₹59.89 Lakhs.

The Mega Stack – Millionaire Bubble awards a free Millionaire Day 1A ticket to the player eliminated on the money bubble. Avinash ‘avi098x’ Kumar won the free ticket last night after falling out in 48^th place.

The ₹6.5 Lakhs GTD The Race wrangled in a guarantee-smashing 438 entries. Nabin Kumar ‘Nkb77’ Bhakat outlasted them all to win ₹1.32 Lakhs, crossing ₹5 Lakhs in recorded winnings on the site (₹66,433 in net profits). The former SVS Millionaire Lite champion Dhinesh ‘kendralust’ Kumar came second for ₹87,578.

PokerStars India

PokerStars India ₹5 Lakhs GTD Sixth Sense logged in 228 entries, overlaying ₹44,000. The tourney played down to an even heads-up chop with Abhishek ‘Addysonu’ Sonu walking away with the title and a ₹79,508 cash prize. Pratibh ‘Pratibh Saluja’ Saluja banked the same ₹79,508 for his runner-up finish.

Saluja was really in his element last night. Along with chopping the Sixth Sense, he also championed Adda52’s ATOC Icarus for ₹67,263, raking in over ₹1.60 Lakhs through the day. His lifetime tally has crossed ₹1.19 Crores.

All ITM finishers in the Sixth Sense collected TLB points for PokerStars India’s “Star of the Month” – March Week #2 leaderboard race. For more details and the latest leaderboard standings, visit the promotions page.

Starting two hours after the Sixth Sense, the ₹1,375 entry buy-in Uppercut Mini registered 201 runners, collecting a ₹2.51 Lakhs prize pool. ‘rdx1111’ ran past the competition to win ₹56,123 (₹23,691 in prize money, ₹32,432 in bounties), eliminating ‘The Annihilator’ as the runner-up for ₹25,822 (₹17,462 in prize money, ₹8,359 in bounties). The mystery reg ‘rdx1111’ now has ₹59.17 Lakhs in recorded winnings on PokerStars India and ₹93,046 in net profits.

PokerBaazi

PokerBaazi’s Tuesday flagship ₹12 Lakhs GTD The Endeavour pulled in 341 entries, and the top 45 places got paid. Walking away with the lion`s share of the prize money was Aayush ‘Learnnwin’ Arya, who won ₹2.52 Lakhs. ‘LOVIS87’ placed runner-up for ₹1.76 Lakhs. This happens to be Arya’s career-best finish to date, and his lifetime tally has touched ₹34.17 Lakhs after the win.

The 9 PM Special ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD Holdem Boost generated a ₹1.88 Lakhs prize pool from 188 entrants. Rahul ‘YOUAGAIN’ Pruthi came out on top to win the ₹45,402 first-place cash prize after eliminating Amarjeet ‘ninjakar’ Singh (runner-up for ₹31,828) in second place.

Adda52

Adda52’s ₹2 Crores GTD ATOC Main Event ran its second starting flight on Tuesday. Day 1B recorded 192 entries, a vast improvement over the 74 entries on Day 1A. Only 18 players bagged Day 2 stacks, with the anonymous user ‘firsttime’ (455,844) emerging as the end of the day chip leader. Aditya ‘Adit11’ Kulkarni (286,165) and Siddhanth ‘SidStack’ Kripalani (262,021) carried forward the next top stacks.

The day`s trophy event, the ₹15 Lakhs GTD ATOC Tuesday Feature, pulled in 447 entrants to collect a generous ₹15.65 Lakhs prize pool. It took a little over seven hours of play for PokerGuru Ambassador Kartik ‘Pegasus1505’ Ved to take down the tourney for ₹3.83 Lakhs – the single-biggest score on Tuesday – and the ATOC trophy. Vishal ‘vishalmaharaj’ Maharaj placed runner-up for ₹2.27 Lakhs. He also placed fourth in the ATOC Maximus for ₹25,800.

Kartik Ved`s stats: Lifetime earnings: ₹5.07 Crores, Annual earnings: ₹51.67 Lakhs.

The ₹8 Lakhs GTD ATOC Armani pulled in 412 participants, making for a prize pool worth ₹8.24 Lakhs. Akshay ‘darulerofall’ Gupta was the last player standing and won a personal-best ₹2.04 Lakhs. The anonymous user ‘rithuant’ took second place for ₹1.24 Lakhs. Gupta also placed fourth in PokerStars India’s Sixth Sense for ₹35,120, crossing ₹1.09 Crores in lifetime earnings.

The other Tuesday winners were:

ATOC Main Event Day 1B ₹2 Crores GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 126

Re-entries – 66

Survivors – 18

Day 1B of the ₹2 Crores GTD ATOC Main Event drew 192 entrants, and only 18 players advanced through to Day 2.

The mystery user ‘firsttime’ (455,844), Aditya ‘Adit11’ Kulkarni (286,165), and Siddhanth ‘SidStack’ Kripalani (262,021) bagged the top three stacks of the day.

PokerGuru Ambassador Vivek ‘Vivek94540’ Singh (236,448), Pankaj ‘Pok3rking’ Nanda (224,799), Paawan ‘fullflush24’ Bansal (220,273), Young Gun Anmol ‘anzzzzz’ Mehta (159,667), Abhijeet ‘2abhisingh’ Kumar (146,045) and Chirag ‘cs56’ Sodha (137,472) also made the top 10 chip counts list.

Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1B

1. firsttime – 455,844
2. Aditya ‘Adit11’ Kulkarni – 286,165
3. Siddhanth ‘SidStack’ Kripalani – 262,021
4. Vivek ‘Vivek94540’ Singh – 236,448
5. Pankaj ‘Pok3rking’ Nanda – 224,799
6. Paawan ‘fullflush24’ Bansal – 220,273
7. Anmol ‘anzzzzz’ Mehta – 159,667
8. Abhijeet ‘2abhisingh’ Kumar – 146,045
9. PsychG0D – 137,801
10. Chirag ‘cs56’ Sodha – 137,472

Mega Stack ₹16 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹3,300

Entries – 276

Re-entries – 89

Re-buys – 214

Prize Pool – ₹17,37,000

Places Paid – 47

Spartan Poker`s Tuesday night extravaganza, the ₹3,300 entry buy-in Mega Stack obliterated its ₹16 Lakhs guarantee, collecting a hefty ₹17.37 Lakhs prize pool.

Starting at 8 PM, the action went on until 3:56 AM before the IOPC Masters Table champion, Aniket ‘Ntwadumela’ Waghmare, came out on top to win ₹3.38 Lakhs.

Waghmare, who also happens to be an IOPC Millionaire Legends champion, defeated Nikhil ‘louis02’ Yadav (runner-up for ₹2.15 Lakhs) heads-up last night. He currently sits on ₹2.28 Crores in lifetime online earnings.

Anuj ‘chocha’ Manocha (4th for ₹1.30 Lakhs), Vatsal ‘Frank Lampard’ Kumar (5th for ₹1.02 Lakhs), Rajeshwar ‘Yashi9696’ Singh (6th for ₹78,512), and Sandeep ‘hawes’ Bhatnagar (7th for ₹57,668) FT-ed the event.

Final Table Results

1. Aniket ‘Ntwadumela’ Waghmare – ₹3,38,541
2. Nikhil ‘louis02’ Yadav – ₹2,15,040
3. denoi – ₹1,61,193
4. Anuj ‘chocha’ Manocha – ₹1,30,449
5. Vatsal ‘Frank Lampard’ Kumar – ₹1,02,830
6. Rajeshwar ‘Yashi9696’ Singh – ₹78,512
7. Sandeep ‘hawes’ Bhatnagar – ₹57,668
8. KAANHAA – ₹42,383

ATOC Tuesday Feature ₹15 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹3,850

Entries – 246

Re-entries – 201

Prize Pool – ₹15,64,503

Places Paid – 49

The trophy event of the day, the ₹15 Lakhs GTD ATOC Tuesday Feature, clocked in 447 contenders, and the top 49 places took a bite out of the ₹15.64 Lakhs prize pool.

PokerGuru Ambassador Kartik ‘Pegasus1505’ Ved was the last player standing and won ₹3.83 Lakhs, crossing ₹5.07* Crores in lifetime earnings. Vishal ‘vishalmaharaj’ Maharaj finished runner-up for ₹2.26 Lakhs.

Amit ‘newcomer’ J (3^rd for ₹1.56 Lakhs), Shivam ‘shivam699’ Khandelwal (4^th for ₹1.17 Lakhs), and Sandeep ‘40chor’ Bhatnagar (7^th for ₹43,024) posted FT scores.

Final Table Results

1. Kartik ‘Pegasus1505’ Ved – ₹3,83,303
2. Vishal ‘vishalmaharaj’ Maharaj – ₹2,26,853
3. Amit ‘newcomer’ J – ₹156,450
4. Shivam ‘shivam699’ Khandelwal – ₹117,338
5. JackCrow – ₹78,225
6. joy_pn80 – ₹54,758
7. Sandeep ‘40chor’ Bhatnagar – ₹43,024
8. PlusEv – ₹35,201

The Endeavour ₹12 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹3,850

Entries – 195

Re-entries – 146

Prize Pool – ₹12,00,000

Places Paid – 45

PokerBaazi`s Tuesday marquee The Endeavour recorded a negligible ₹6,500 shortfall on its ₹12 Lakhs prize pool guarantee.

After almost seven hours of tournament action, Aayush ‘Learnnwin’ Arya took down the tourney to collect ₹2.52 Lakhs. ‘LOVIS87’ finished runner-up for ₹1.76 Lakhs. The Tuesday night score boosted Arya`s lifetime tally to ₹34.17 Lakhs.

The other notable FT finishers included Mohit ‘thejoker’ Mehta (3rd for ₹1.13 Lakhs), Prithviraj ‘PokerPrithvi’ Ganganna (4^th for ₹84,000), former IOPC 2020 ME champion Anurag ’13anurag’ Srivastava (5th for ₹63,000), PokerGuru Ambassador Vivek ‘Nutpeddling729’ Singh (6^th for ₹50,400), Aditya ‘konstantin’ Singh (7^th for ₹42,000), and Guddu ‘gudduhero20’ Chaudhary (8^th for ₹33,600).

Final Table Results

1. Aayush ‘Learnnwin’ Arya – ₹2,52,000
2. LOVIS87 – ₹1,76,400
3. Mohit ‘thejoker’ Mehta – ₹1,13,400
4. Prithviraj ‘PokerPrithvi’ Ganganna – ₹84,000
5. Anurag ’13anurag’ Srivastava – ₹63,000
6. Vivek ‘Nutpeddling729’ Singh – ₹50,400
7. Aditya ‘konstantin’ Singh – ₹42,000
8. Guddu ‘gudduhero20’ Chaudhary – ₹33,600

ATOC Armani ₹8 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 195

Re-entries – 217

Prize Pool – ₹8,24,000

Places Paid – 43

Adda52`s ₹8 Lakhs GTD ATOC Armani blew its prize pool guarantee away after 412 runners signed-up for ₹2,200, and the top 43 places finished ITM.

Racing past the competition was Akshay ‘darulerofall’ Gupta, who walked away with ₹2.04 Lakhs, his second-best finish to date. ‘rithuant’ placed runner-up for ₹1.23 Lakhs.

Monday’s ATOC Helios champion Anmol ‘anmol39’ Agarwal (3^rd for ₹86,520), The Endeavour fifth-place finisher Anurag ‘NormanBates’ Srivastava (4^th for ₹65,920), and Tanmay ‘tsb2127’ Sanjay Bhalerao (5^th for ₹42,848) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Akshay ‘darulerofall’ Gupta – ₹2,04,352
2. rithuant – ₹1,23,600
3. Anmol ‘anmol39’ Agarwal – ₹86,520
4. Anurag ‘NormanBates’ Srivastava – ₹65,920
5. Tanmay ‘tsb2127’ Sanjay Bhalerao – ₹42,848
6. akash061989 – ₹28,840

The Race ₹6.50 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 234

Re-entries – 62

Re-buys – 142

Prize Pool – ₹6,57,000

Places Paid – 39

Spartan Poker’s ₹6.50 Lakhs GTD The Race signed up a guarantee-surpassing 438 participants. Nabin Kumar ‘Nkb77’ Bhakat overcame the competition to win ₹1.31 Lakhs, with the former SVS Millionaire Lite champion Dhinesh ‘kendralust’ Kumar placing runner-up for ₹87,578.

In an interesting bit of trivia, this is the fourth time the former Full House champion Dhinesh Kumar placed runner-up in a marquee tourney in 2021 (including yesterday’s The Race). The other three runner-up finishes include:

• Spartan Poker’s ₹7 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack on February 11
• Spartan Poker’s ₹50 Lakhs GTD Wednesday Vibes on February 17
• PokerBaazi’s ₹12 Lakhs GTD The Weekly HighRoller on February 26

Sahil ‘ImHighIshove’ Mahboobani (4th for ₹51,706) and Aditya ‘Loosecannon’ Bahl (6th for ₹30,682) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Nabin Kumar ‘Nkb77’ Bhakat – ₹1,31,729
2. Dhinesh ‘kendralust’ Kumar – ₹87,578
3. 1Legend91 – ₹64,058
4. Sahil ‘ImHighIshove’ Mahboobani – ₹51,706
5. saumiansh – ₹40,537
6. Aditya ‘Loosecannon’ Bahl – ₹30,682
7. bhim g – ₹22,535
8. mike12345 – ₹16,556

Sixth Sense ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 120

Re-entries – 108

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 41

PokerStars India`s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Sixth Sense kicked off at 7.30 PM and recorded a starting field of 228 entries, overlaying ₹44,000. The top 41 finishers benefitted from the added value while also collecting TLB points towards the “Star of the Month” – March Week #2 race.

It was 2.30 AM on the tournament clock by the time the event played down to an even heads-up chop that awarded the title and ₹79,508 to Abhishek ‘Addysonu’ Sonu. Last night’s ATOC Icarus champion, Pratibh ‘Pratibh Saluja’ Saluja, secured the same ₹79,508 and the runner-up title.

Last night`s score has boosted Sonu’s overall earnings on PokerStars India to ₹31.13 Lakhs.

The #3 ranked player on the annual leaderboard, Manish ‘theoldestkid’ Lakhotia (3^rd for ₹48,446), Akshay ‘VaahBhaiVaah’ Gupta (4^th for ₹35,120), and Ram ‘TheLagLawyer’ Kakkar (5^th for ₹25,460) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Abhishek ‘Addysonu’ Sonu – ₹79,508*
2. Pratibh ‘Pratibh Saluja’ Saluja – ₹79,508*
3. Manish ‘theoldestkid’ Lakhotia – ₹48,446
4. Akshay ‘VaahBhaiVaah’ Gupta – ₹35,120
5. Ram ‘TheLagLawyer’ Kakkar – ₹25,460
6. InTooDeep41 – ₹18,457

*denotes a heads-up deal

Uppercut Mini ₹2 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹1,375

Entries – 118

Re-entries – 83

Prize Pool – ₹2,51,250

Places Paid – 35

Starting two hours after the Sixth Sense on PokerStars India, the ₹2 Lakhs GTD Uppercut Mini filled in a profitable ₹2.51 Lakhs. The anonymous ‘rdx1111’ topped the 201-entry field to win ₹56,123 (₹23,691 in prize money, ₹32,432 in bounties), just as ‘The Annihilator’ placed runner-up for ₹25,822 (₹17,462 in prize money, ₹8,359 in bounties).

Holdem Boost 6-Max ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 112

Re-entries – 76

Prize Pool – ₹1,88,000

Places Paid – 24

PokerBaazi`s weekday 9 PM tourney, the ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD 6-Max Holdem Boost, brought in 188 entries.

Rahul ‘YOUAGAIN’ Pruthi bested the guarantee-crushing field to win ₹45,402. Amarjeet ‘ninjakar’ Singh placed runner-up for ₹31,828. Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna placed sixth for ₹9,099.

Battlefield Tuesday ₹1 Lakh GTD – PokerDangal

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 64

Re-entries – 18

Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000

Places Paid – 13

PokerDangal’s ₹1 Lakh GTD Battlefield Tuesday logged in 82 entries, overlaying 18,000. The anonymous user ‘flashsurya’ shipped the event for ₹24,500, just as Ravi ‘DJBravo’ Yadav placed second for ₹18,500.

Under The Gun ₹20K GTD PLO – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹330

Entries – 23

Re-entries – 1

Re-buys – 28

Add-ons – 17

Prize Pool – ₹20,700

Places Paid – 3

Khelo365`s Under The Gun 20K GTD PLO was taken down by ‘dnk150810,’ who won ₹10,350. ‘acedealer’ finished runner-up for ₹6,210.

Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹275

Entries – 45

Re-entries – 30

Prize Pool – ₹20,000

Places Paid – 8

‘Ashu079’ topped the 75-entry field in Khelo365’s ₹20K GTD Grinder 2.0 to win ₹6,800. ‘RFD21’ placed second for ₹4,000.

This report was updated at 5 PM on 03.003.2020.

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