Daily Majors: Kochhar, Bansal, Parthasarathi, & Mahesh Headline the Wednesday Marquees

PokerBaazi’s ₹2 Crores GTD Game Changer 4.0 was hands down, the star attraction on Wednesday. There was enough action all around with Spartan Poker`s Destiny and UVS tourneys, PokerStars India`s INCOOP, and Adda52`s Maverick offering plenty of options to players.

Here`s a quick recap of the biggest winners.

Spartan Poker

Offering the most massive prize pool guarantee across all the Wednesday flagships playing down to a champion was Spartan Poker`s ₹25 Lakhs GTD Destiny. A turnout of 578 entries helped generate a guarantee-smashing ₹28.90 Lakhs. The former Millionaire X5 champion Arjun ‘Don Julio’ Singh Kochhar powered his way through the reg-infested field to become the sixth player to book a Destiny 16.0 SnG finale seat, as he pocketed a whopping ₹7.51 Lakhs. The title victory brought Kochhar his second-best score on Spartan Poker, improving his recorded earnings on the site to over ₹60 Lakhs. MTT pro Raghav ‘thatssosick’ Bansal came close to winning the Destiny for the second time in September as he placed runner-up for ₹4.62 Lakhs.

The ₹5.25 Lakhs GTD UVS #12 DeepStack mustered 368 entries to collect ₹5.52 Lakhs. After a heads-up deal, Tuesday’s The Race winner ‘FunkeyFox’ defeated ‘77TYPHOON77’ (runner-up for ₹87,418) heads-up to win ₹96,838.

PokerGuru Ambassadors shipped two tourneys last night, and one of them was the ₹3 Lakhs GTD Mega Freeze. The young poker talent Gokul ‘Super Kings’ Raj came out on top to win ₹71,025 following a heads-up deal with ‘gogobhai’ (runner-up for ₹62,925).

PokerBaazi

Wednesday marked the return of one of PokerBaazi’s signature tourneys, the Game Changer – the only tourney in the country to offer a ₹2 Crores prize pool guarantee at an entry buy-in of ₹5,500. The last edition of the Game Changer was won by Siddhanth ‘ender’ Kripalani, who outlasted a ginormous field of 4,486 entries to win the biggest slice of the ₹2.24 Crores prize pool worth ₹40.02 Lakhs!

The fourth edition of the Game Changer ran the first of its four starting flights last night. By the time late registrations got over, 855 entries (608 unique and 247 re-entries) had joined the action. Day 1A got over at 1:01 AM, with 97 survivors carrying forward a stack to Day 2. ‘Sunpro’ (406,000), ‘Bigfishtake’ (314,000), and PokerGuru Ambassador Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved (313,000) bagged the top three stacks of the day.

Day 1B starts at 8 PM today.

Adda52

The day`s featured tourney on Adda52 was the ₹15 Lakhs GTD Maverick. The ₹2,500 buy-in event clocked in a guarantee-busting 670 entries, and after eight hours of grueling play, the mystery user ‘saurabh21’ powered through to win ₹3.81 Lakhs. This happens to be the mystery player`s most significant score on Adda52, though he is still stuck with a ₹1.46 Lakhs loss on the site even after the win. ‘anishispsychic’ finished runner-up for ₹2.21 Lakhs.

The ₹4 Lakhs GTD Moonlight suffered a marginal shortfall from a turnout of 238 entries. ‘0yorsanam9′ was the last player standing and won ₹89,954 after striking a three-way deal with Dhirendra ‘Dhiru006’ Kumar (runner-up for ₹67,722) and Suraj ‘Bugsbunny08’ Rathi (3^rd for ₹64,124).

PokerStars India

PokerStars India’s ongoing INCOOP series has awarded fantastic value to MTT players thus far, and the trend was uninterrupted on Wednesday. The INCOOP-146 Night on Stars ran with a ₹15 Lakhs prize pool guarantee, and a 348-entry field translated into a ₹2.82 Lakhs overlay. Amar ‘PsykoEko’ B Iyer was the last player standing in the tourney and pocketed ₹3.06 Lakhs even as Young Gun Shardul ‘merci999’ Parthasarathi finished runner-up for ₹1.49 Lakhs.

The ₹5 Lakhs GTD INCOOP-148 Deepstack attracted 209 runners that helped collect ₹5.23 Lakhs in the prize pool. Ending an almost two-month-long title drought, PokerGuru Ambassador Mithun ‘ThePokeRajaIN’ Mahesh championed the tourney to win ₹96,669. Mahesh has won more than ₹57.84 Lakhs this year while his overall MTT scores stand tall at over ₹1.10 Crores. Anonymous user ‘pranay1245’ finished runner-up for ₹72,951.

The other Wednesday winners were:

Game Changer ₹2 Crores GTD Day 1A – PokerBaazi

Entries – 608

Re-entries – 247

Survivors – 97

The fourth edition of PokerBaazi’s signature ₹2 Crores GTD Game Changer is finally underway. The previous edition, Game Changer 3.0, concluded on July 5 with rising talent Siddhanth ‘ender’ Kripalani claiming the title for a personal-best ₹40.02 Lakhs besting a ginormous field of 4,486 entries.

The race to find the next Game Changer took flight at 8 PM. Day 1A ran for five hours till 1:01 AM in the wee hours of Thursday morning, with only 97 runners from a starting field of 855 entries surviving through.

Bagging the most massive stack of the day was ‘Sunpro’ (406,000), with ‘Bigfishtake’ (314,000) and PokerGuru Ambassador Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved (313,000) rounding out the top three stacks.

Shubham ‘Aurangzeb_9’ Mahapatra (300,000), Bharat ‘Thinkfloyd’ Vasan (266,000), and Nishaanth’shanni’ Shanmughasundaram (249,000) bagged the top 10 stacks on Day 1A.

Day 1B starts at 8 PM today.

Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1A

1. Sunpro – 406,000
2. Bigfishtake – 314,000
3. Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved – 313,000
4. Iamfish – 310,000
5. Shubham ‘Aurangzeb_9’ Mahapatra – 300,000
6. Pkiller28 – 293,000
7. maskedtitan – 283,000
8. prokiller – 271,000
9. Bharat ‘Thinkfloyd’ Vasan – 266,000
10. Nishaanth ‘shanni’ Shanmughasundaram – 249,000

Destiny ₹25 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 272

Re-entries – 118

Re-buys – 188

Prize Pool – ₹28,90,000

Places Paid – 50

Spartan Poker ran the sixth edition of its Destiny 16.0 series last night. The ₹25 Lakhs GTD flagship piled in 578 challengers who signed-up for ₹5,500 to generate a guarantee-crushing ₹28.90 Lakhs prize pool. After more than eight hours of non-stop action, Arjun ‘Don Julio’ Singh Kochhar captured the title and ₹7.51 Lakhs. MTT pro Raghav ‘thatssosick’ Bansal fell one place short of winning the title a second time this month. Still, a runner-up finish fetched him ₹4.62 Lakhs.

With this score, Kochhar has crossed ₹60 Lakhs in recorded earnings on Spartan Poker.

Ashwin ‘A116’ Vijay (8^th for ₹63,580) and PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘Donkey 07’ Munot (9^th for ₹54,910) also FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Arjun ‘Don Julio’ Singh Kochhar – ₹7,51,400
2. Raghav ‘thatssosick’ Bansal – ₹4,62,400
3. poker_shark – ₹2,67,325
4. DesiKanye – ₹1,90,740
5. ephemeral – ₹1,21,380
6. magicmountain – ₹1,01,150
7. Midge Maisel – ₹72,250
8. Ashwin ‘A116’ Vijay – ₹63,580
9. Ashish ‘Donkey 07’ Munot – ₹54,910

Maverick ₹15 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹2,500

Entries – 313

Re-entries – 357

Prize Pool – ₹15,24,262

Places Paid – 72

The ₹15 Lakhs GTD Maverick logged in 670 entries to collect ₹15.24 Lakhs. The top 72 places got paid with ‘saurabh21’ walking away with the lion`s share of the prize money worth ₹3.81 Lakhs. ‘anishispsychic’ finished runner-up for ₹2.21 Lakhs.

Seasoned pros Guneet ‘guntz’ Kwatra (5^th for ₹76,213) and Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall (6^th for ₹53,349) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. saurabh21 – ₹3,81,063
2. anishispsychic – ₹2,21,016
3. Smokijoe – ₹1,49,377
4. prasad1983 – ₹1,06,698
5. Guneet ‘guntz’ Kwatra – ₹76,213
6. Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall – ₹53,349
7. bhanuhansuu – ₹41,917
8. roysubho85 – ₹30,485

INCOOP-146 Night on Stars ₹15 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹3,850

Entries – 198

Re-entries – 150

Total Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000

Regular Prize Pool – ₹8,91,000

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹6,09,000

Places Paid – 55

The INCOOP special of the day, the ₹15 Lakhs GTD INCOOP-146 Night on Stars, drew 348 entries, resulting in a ₹2.82 Lakhs shortfall.

The top 55 contenders could earn a payout, and walking away with the biggest prize of ₹3.06 Lakhs was Amar ‘PsykoEko’ B Iyer.

Iyer had only last Friday shipped the ₹5 Lakhs GTD INCOOP- 94 Battle Royale Mini for ₹1.20 Lakhs. Last night, he defeated Young Gun Shardul ‘merci999’ Parthasarathi (runner-up for ₹1.49 Lakhs) heads-up to win himself a second INCOOP title.

The recent GPS Main Event runner-up, PokerGuru Ambassador Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved finished 3^rd for ₹1.10 Lakhs.

Other notables on the FT were Bharat ‘hzgod’ Kumar (4^th for ₹84,035), Bharat ‘MojoJojo2193’ Vasan (5^th for ₹63,149), Sanat ‘durrsanta’ Mehrotra (7^th for ₹38,331), and PokerGuru Ambassador Vivek ‘Mystic Peaks’ Singh (8^th for ₹28,968).

Final Table Results

1. Amar ‘PsykoEko’ B Iyer – ₹3,06,294
2. Shardul ‘merci999’ Parthasarathi – ₹1,49,329
3. Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved – ₹1,10,760
4. Bharat ‘hzgod’ Kumar – ₹84,035
5. Bharat ‘MojoJojo2193’ Vasan – ₹63,149
6. Hushpoke – ₹58,233
7. Sanat ‘durrsanta’ Mehrotra – ₹38,331
8. Vivek ‘Mystic Peaks’ Singh – ₹28,968
9. Infic11 – ₹23,621

UVS #12 DeepStack ₹5.25 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 213

Re-entries – 56

Re-buys – 99

Prize Pool – ₹5,52,000

Places Paid – 39

The ₹5.25 Lakhs GTD UVS #12 DeepStack counted 368 runners to form a prize pool of ₹5.52 Lakhs.

The winner emerged in ‘FunkeyFox’ who cut a heads-up deal with ‘77TYPHOON77’ (runner-up for ₹87,418) to win ₹96,838.

Notables who featured on the FT included Sandeep ‘effuno’ Varma (3^rd for ₹53,820), Sathish ‘Jaqkten’ Ananth (5^th for ₹34,058), Vishnu ‘violator’ Khandelwal (6^th for ₹25,778), Vivek ‘acchemicals’ Karwa (7^th for ₹18,934), and Ravinder ‘Jason’ Singh (8^th for ₹13,910).

Final Table Results

1. FunkeyFox – ₹96,838*
2. 77TYPHOON77 – ₹87,418*
3. Sandeep ‘effuno’ Varma – ₹53,820
4. hpmaya – ₹43,442
5. Sathish ‘Jaqkten’ Ananth – ₹34,058
6. Vishnu ‘violator’ Khandelwal – ₹25,778
7. Vivek ‘acchemicals’ Karwa – ₹18,934
8. Ravinder ‘Jason’ Singh – ₹13,910
9. ZaRosh – ₹11,537

*denotes heads-up deal

INCOOP-148 Deepstack ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 128

Re-entries – 81

Prize Pool – ₹5,22,500

Places Paid – 39

Topping a field of 209 entries. PokerGuru Ambassador Mithun ‘ThePokeRajaIN’ Mahesh championed the ₹5 Lakhs GTD INCOOP-148 Deepstack on PokerStars India last night, ending an almost two-month-long dry run.

Mahesh beat his heads-up rival ‘pranay1245’ (2^nd for ₹72,951) to win the title and the ₹96,669 cash prize that came with it.

Final Table Results

1. Mithun ‘ThePokeRajaIN’ Mahesh – ₹96,669
2. pranay1245 – ₹72,951
3. Srihari ‘bangbang1999’ Bang – ₹55,052
4. UnFuckWithable – ₹41,545
5. Anmol ‘Kaanchacheena’ Mehta – ₹31,352
6. Bharat ‘hzgod’ Kumar – ₹23,660
7. Ranjeet ‘Bedevilforyou’ Negi – ₹17,855
8. varunkandaswami – ₹13,474
9. Harsh ‘kakori kabab’ Dembla – ₹10,168

Moonlight ₹4 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹1,800

Entries – 127

Re-entries – 111

Prize Pool – ₹4,00,000

Places Paid – 24

The ₹4 Lakhs GTD Moonlight fell a marginal ₹9,680 short of its guarantee after rake. An anonymous player ‘0yorsanam9’ topped the 238-entry field to win ₹89,954, just as online regular Dhirendra ‘Dhiru006’ Kumar came in second for ₹67,722.

Suraj ‘Bugsbunny08’ Rathi placed third for ₹64,124.

Gladiator ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹1,250

Entries – 145

Re-entries – 70

Prize Pool – ₹2,50,000

Places Paid – 34

Pocket52’s ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD Gladiator pulled in 215 participants on Wednesday night, overlaying ₹35,000.

The mystery user ‘TimeLoop’ championed the tourney to win ₹47,750. Anmolraj ‘sonnyronaldo’ Singh Chawla, who had won the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Bracelet on September 6 for ₹1.02 Lakhs, added a runner-up finish to his tally worth ₹35,000.

Site regular Uday ‘Darinda’ Mondal was the only other notable on the final table, and he finished seventh for ₹7,500.

Pocket Lunch ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 92

Re-entries – 37

Prize Pool – ₹1,50,000

Places Paid – 27

The ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD Pocket Lunch logged in 129 entries, registering a ₹21,000 overlay. Racing ahead of the field was ‘reallife’, who won ₹34,500.

Rahul ‘Osho’ Senger finished 5^th for ₹9,000.

Pocket Dinner ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 94

Re-entries – 40

Prize Pool – ₹1,50,000

Places Paid – 27

The ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD Pocket Dinner had 134 runners in the fray, translating into a ₹16,000 shortfall.

Anonymous user ‘Graphes’ topped the competition to win ₹34,500, with Karan ‘karannthakker’ Thakker finishing runner-up for ₹21,000.

Lalit ‘msdhoni07’ Devpal finished sixth for ₹6,750.

Wow Wednesday ₹50,000 GTD – Poker Dangal

Buy-in – ₹330

Entries – 71

Re-buys – 47

Add-ons -30

Prize Pool – ₹50,000

Places Paid – 11

Poker Dangal`s ₹50,000 GTD Wow Wednesday drew 148 entries who ponied up the ₹330 entry buy-in to leave an overlay of ₹5,600.

The mystery player ‘Kassouf’ took down the tourney for ₹12,500 after defeating ‘Libra710’ (runner-up for ₹9,500) heads-up!

6 Feet Under PLO ₹25K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 28

Re-entries – 23

Prize Pool – ₹25,500

Places Paid – 6

Surpassing the showcased guarantee, Khelo365’s ₹25K GTD 6 Feet Under had ‘apalece’ championing the tourney to win ₹10,200.

Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD –Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹275

Entries – 27

Re-entries – 23

Prize Pool – ₹20,000

Places Paid – 6

The ₹20K GTD Grinder 2.0 was taken down by ‘RobinHood,’ who added ₹8,000 to his bankroll.

This report was updated at 3:30 PM on 17.9.2020.

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