Daily Majors: Nitin Arora, Harsh Karanpuria, Gagandeep Singh, Danish Shaikh, Amit Kaushik & Siddharth Pandey Top the Wednesday Charts

The MTT turnouts witnessed a noticeable uptick on Wednesday, with most of the day’s marquees surpassing their guarantees.

Rahul Lal was the star of the day for taking down Spartan Poker’s ₹23 Lakhs GTD Destiny for ₹6.24 Lakhs and a seat in the Destiny 18.0 SnG Finale.

Harsh Karanpuria, Gagandeep Singh, Danish Shaikh, Amit Kaushik & Siddharth Pandey featured among the day`s other top winners.

Here’s a complete recap of the Wednesday action!

Spartan Poker

Spartan Poker`s Destiny 18.0 series crowned its eighth winner last night. The ₹23 Lakhs GTD ₹5,500 entry buy-in tourney piled in a guarantee-crushing 471 entries. Rahul ‘Vasili Arkhipov’ Lal, who recently changed his moniker on the site, ended up taking down the tourney for ₹6.24 Lakhs. With the win, Lal booked himself a seat in the Destiny 18.0 SnG Finale set for March 21. He now has ₹42.68 Lakhs in recorded winnings on Spartan Poker (₹14.75 Lakhs in profits).

The four-time Destiny winner Nitin ‘Demogorgon’ Arora came close to taking down his fifth Destiny title last night, eventually placing runner-up for ₹3.89 Lakhs. His lifetime scorecard has crossed ₹2.37 Crores after last night`s haul.

Starting precisely 90 minutes after the Destiny, the ₹5.5 Lakhs GTD Wednesday Vibes registered 418 runners to collect ₹6.27 Lakhs in the prize pool. Amit ‘a.kihsuak’ Kaushik championed the tourney for ₹1.26 Lakhs, with former IOPC Main Event winner Anurag ‘TheDarkKnightReturns’ Srivastava placing runner-up for ₹83,579. This was the second tourney title of the day for Kaushik on Spartan Poker. Earlier in the day, he had won the ₹2.75 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack for ₹63,037, raking in ₹1.89 Lakhs overall. His lifetime tally has touched ₹90.74 Lakhs after the two title victories.

PokerStars India

PokerStars India’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Night on Stars registered 258 entries, overlaying ₹42,566. Upcoming talent Siddharth ‘siddonuts’ Pandey shipping the event for the second time encashed ₹87,724 following a heads-up deal with Chaitanya ‘crylighter’ Dhingra (runner-up for ₹78,361). Pandey had previously won this event in April 2020 for ₹1.55 Lakhs. He currently sits on ₹2.54 Crores in online MTT winnings.

All ITM finishers in the Night on Stars 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.

The ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD Big Bubble Rush collected a guarantee-smashing ₹2.251 Lakhs prize pool after 225 runners signed-up for ₹1,100. The 9:30 PM tourney ended at 2:36 AM, with online reg Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna walking away with the title and a ₹50,867 (₹20,742 in prize money, ₹30,125 in bounties) cash prize. Ram ‘TheLagLawyer’ Kakkar finished runner-up for ₹19,693 (₹15,037 in prize money, ₹4,656 in bounties).

This, for Bubna, is his second time championing the Big Bubble Rush. He had last won the event in May 2020 for ₹1.01 Lakhs. Bubna also FT-ed the Night on Stars, placing ninth for ₹8,370.

PokerBaazi

PokerBaazi’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Pride registered 264 entries, filling in ₹76,000 in overlays. It took six hours and thirty-two minutes of play for MTT pro Danish ‘pagla’ Shaikh to navigate his way to the top, and he added ₹2.21 Lakhs to his bankroll. Tournament leaderboard crusher Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPro’ Kumar placed runner-up for ₹1.55 Lakhs.

The ₹1.5 Lakh GTD Holdem BOOST saw Mayank ‘mayhem97’ Kajala racing past the 194-entry field to win ₹47,093. Dhaval ‘dhavhe’ Heda placed runner-up for ₹33,014.

Adda52

It was a busy Wednesday on Adda52, with the site running the third starting flight for its ₹2 Crores GTD ATOC Main Event. Day 1C registered 149 entries. Counting the two previous flights, the Main Event has already filled in 415 entries (Day 1A – 74, Day 1B – 192, and Day 1C – 149).

After the stipulated 29 ten-minute levels of play, only 11 survived through to Day 2. Leading them was ‘IMUNAGI’ (364,950) (anonymity requested), with PokerGuru Ambassadors Mithun ‘Themiths’ Mahesh (312,275) and Nadeem ‘nadeem0021’ Basha (259,205) rounding out the top three stacks of the fay.

The ATOC series awarded two ATOC trophies on Wednesday. The more prominent of the two, the ₹20 Lakhs GTD ATOC Deepstack, wrangled in 238 entries, filling in a glaring ₹3.76 Lakhs in overlays. The top 24 places got paid, with Aman ‘singhal07’ Singhal walking away with the lion`s share of the prize money worth ₹5.49 Lakhs. Harsh ‘harsh20’ Karanpuria finished runner-up for ₹3.2 Lakhs, courtesy of a heads-up deal. Singhal also finished fourth in the ATOC Kronus for ₹51,000, cashing almost ₹6 Lakhs last night. His recorded tally on Adda52 has practically doubled to ₹12.33 Lakhs (₹6.35 Lakhs in site-profits).

The ₹15 Lakhs GTD ATOC Wednesday Feature brought together a guarantee-busting 633 entries. The mystery user ‘Dgme’ was the last player standing and won a personal-best ₹4.04 Lakhs after defeating Gagandeep ‘gaganhyd’ Singh (runner-up for ₹2.29 Lakhs) in the heads-up play.

The other Wednesday winners were:

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

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 98

Re-entries – 51

Survivors – 11

The third starting flight of Adda52`s ₹2 Crores GTD ATOC Main Event clocked in 149 entrants, and only 11 challengers advanced through to Day 2.

‘IMUNAGI’ (364,950) and PokerGuru Ambassadors Mithun ‘Themiths’ Mahesh (312,275) and Nadeem ‘nadeem0021’ Basha (259,205) bagged the top-three stacks of the day.

The other notables who survived the day`s play included Tarun ‘aggtarun’ Goyal (254,564), Peyush ‘R9CKY’ Jain (241,068), Danish ‘king0fmerge’ Shaikh (183,158), Manoj ‘thatsmymoney’ Pentakota (180,149), PokerGuru Ambassador Kartik ‘Pegasus1505’ Ved (172,498), Rahul ‘Rahulpalawat’ Jain (123,135) and Shagun ‘sogani94’ Jain (93,875).

Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1C

1. IMUNAGI – 364,950
2. Mithun ‘Themiths’ Mahesh – 312,275
3. Nadeem ‘nadeem0021’ Basha – 259,205
4. Tarun ‘aggtarun’ Goyal – 254,564
5. Peyush ‘R9CKY’ Jain – 241,068
6. Danish ‘king0fmerge’ Shaikh – 183,158
7. Manoj ‘thatsmymoney’ Pentakota – 180,149
8. Kartik ‘Pegasus1505’ Ved – 172,498
9. Rahul ‘Rahulpalawat’ Jain – 123,135
10. Shagun ‘sogani94’ Jain – 93,875

Destiny ₹23 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 208

Re-entries – 83

Re-buys – 180

Prize Pool – ₹23,55,000

Places Paid – 40

Spartan Poker’s ₹23 Lakhs GTD Destiny registered 471 entries, culminating in a guarantee-smashing ₹23.55 Lakhs prize pool.

After almost eight hours of play, Rahul ‘Vasili Arkhipov’ Lal emerged as the champion, banking a hefty top prize of ₹6.24 Lakhs. Lal now has ₹42.68 Lakhs in site-cashes (₹14.75 Lakhs in profits).

Last Wednesday’s Destiny champion, Nitin ‘Demogorgon’ Arora, came close to equaling Siddhanth Kripalani‘s record of winning back-to-back Destiny titles but fell one spot short. Arora`s runner-up finish fetched him ₹3.89 Lakhs, improving his lifetime tally to ₹2.37 Crores.

The final table was a reg-heavy one with notables like Abhishek ‘Quant00’ Reddy Rachur (3rd for ₹2.36 Lakhs), Rachit ‘Ganja_babe’ Soni (4th for ₹1.48 Lakhs), Anurag ‘Sangahi’ Sangahi (5th for ₹1.06 Lakhs), Siddhanth ‘Liu Kang’ Kapoor (6th for ₹82,425), Sriharsha ‘Potato Player’ Doddapaneni (7th for ₹68,295), and Aditya ‘Loosecannon’ Bahl (8th for ₹56,520) in contention.

Final Table Results

1. Rahul ‘Vasili Arkhipov’ Lal – ₹6,24,075
2. Nitin ‘Demogorgon’ Arora – ₹3,88,575
3. Abhishek ‘Quant00’ Reddy Rachur – ₹2,35,500
4. Rachit ‘Ganja_babe’ Soni – ₹1,48,365
5. Anurag ‘Sangahi’ Sangahi – ₹1,05,975
6. Siddhanth ‘Liu Kang’ Kapoor – ₹82,425
7. Sriharsha ‘Potato Player’ Doddapaneni – ₹68,295
8. Aditya ‘Loosecannon’ Bahl – ₹56,520

ATOC Deepstack ₹20 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹7,500

Entries – 105

Re-entries – 133

Prize Pool – ₹20,00,000

Places Paid – 24

Adda52`s featured trophy event of the day, the ₹20 Lakhs GTD ATOC Deepstack, had to fill in a sizable ₹3.76 Lakhs in overlays after only 238 runners signed up to play the ₹7,500 entry buy-in tourney.

The 9:30 PM tourney went on until 5:37 AM, with Aman ‘singhal07’ Singhal eventually navigating his way to the top, netting a personal-best ₹5.49 Lakhs.

The former IOPC – The Elite champion, Harsh ‘harsh20’ Karanpuria, placed runner-up for ₹3.20 Lakhs.

Young Gun Anmol ‘anzzzzz’ Mehta (3^rd for ₹2.40 Lakhs) and Rishab ‘rish1994’ Malik (5^th for ₹1.20 Lakhs) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Aman ‘singhal07’ Singhal – ₹5,49,000
2. Harsh ‘harsh20’ Karanpuria – ₹3,20,000
3. Anmol ‘anzzzzz’ Mehta – ₹2,40,000
4. AkkiDan007 – ₹1,72,000
5. Rishab ‘rish1994’ Malik – ₹1,20,000
6. anantbansal – ₹85,000

ATOC Wednesday Feature ₹15 Lakhs GTD 8-Max – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 319

Re-entries – 314

Prize Pool – ₹15,82,509

Places Paid – 63

The ₹15 Lakhs GTD ATOC Wednesday Feature managed a better than break-even turnout of 633 entrants, and 63 places got a slice of the ₹15.82 Lakhs prize pool.

The mystery user ‘Dgme’ ultimately walked away with the title and ₹4.03 Lakhs – their best-recorded payday on the site. Gagandeep ‘gaganhyd’ Singh got a much-needed bankroll boost as well. He cashed ₹2.29 Lakhs.

Rishab ‘rish1994’ Malik (4^th for ₹1.14 Lakhs), Rohit ‘rohit22rm’ Mishra (5^th for ₹79,125), Manish ‘newkidpoker’ Lakhotia (7^th for ₹43,519), and Sumit ‘hammer_head’ Sapra (8^th for ₹31,650) were the other notables FT finishers.

Final Table Results

1. Dgme – ₹4,03,538
2. Gagandeep ‘gaganhyd’ Singh – ₹2,29,463
3. mannu425 – ₹1,57,459
4. Rishab ‘rish1994’ Malik – ₹1,14,731
5. Rohit ‘rohit22rm’ Mishra – ₹79,125
6. fylperus – ₹55,388
7. Manish ‘newkidpoker’ Lakhotia – ₹43,519
8. Sumit ‘hammer_head’ Sapra – ₹31,650

The Pride ₹10 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹3,850

Entries – 158

Re-entries – 106

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 36

A former PokerGuru team member and one of the most well-respected poker coaches in the country today, Danish ‘pagla’ Shaikh, put some of his taught lessons to work as he topped a 264-entry field in The Pride to win ₹2.21 Lakhs.

His heads-up opponent was the TLB crusher Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPro’ Kumar, who raked in ₹1.55 Lakhs for his runner-up finish.

The Pride is the second PokerBaazi flagship title for Shaikh in the last ten days. He had won the BSS#4 SuperStack on February 21 for ₹4.15 Lakhs. His PokerBaazi scorecard reflects ₹1.61 Crores in lifetime earnings.

The tourney registered an overlay of ₹76,000 overlay, and 36 players finished ITM.

Bharat ‘Thinkfloyd’ Vasan (4th for ₹73,800), Vivekk ‘Vivek25’ Dube (5th for ₹55,400), first ever Game Changer champion Prashanth ‘Iveyleague’ Sekar (6^th for ₹44,300), and PokerStars India’s “The Star of The Month – February” Armaan ‘Armaan007’ Kochhar (8^th for ₹29,500) FT-ed the event.

Final Table Results

1. Danish ‘pagla’ Shaikh – ₹2,20,900
2. Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPro’ Kumar – ₹1,55,000
3. chiragkhanduja – ₹99,700
4. Bharat ‘Thinkfloyd’ Vasan – ₹73,800
5. Vivekk ‘Vivek25’ Dube – ₹55,400
6. Prashanth ‘Iveyleague’ Sekar – ₹44,300
7. sidkid – ₹36,800
8. Armaan ‘Armaan007’ Kochhar – ₹29,500

Wednesday Vibes ₹5.50 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 218

Re-entries – 57

Re-buys – 143

Prize Pool – ₹6,27,000

Places Paid – 39

The Destiny sidekick -₹5.50 Lakhs GTD Wednesday Vibes – brought in an impressive 418 participants, and 39 runners got a piece of the ₹6.27 Lakhs prize pool.

The 9:30 PM tourney saw Amit ‘a.kihsuak’ Kaushik besting the former Millionaire Main Event winner Anurag ‘TheDarkKnightReturns’ Srivastava (runner-up for ₹83,579) heads-up for a ₹1.26 Lakhs payday. For Kaushik, this was his second Spartan Poker title of the day. He had earlier won the ₹2.75 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack on the site for ₹63,037.

Ronuk ‘Redbullwings’ Lekhraj (3rd for ₹61,133) and ATOC Deepstack third-place finisher Anmol ‘Anzzzzz’ Mehta (5th for ₹38,686) FT-ed the event.

Final Table Results

1. Amit ‘a.kihsuak’ Kaushik – ₹1,25,714
2. Anurag ‘TheDarkKnightReturns’ Srivastava – ₹83,579
3. Ronuk ‘Redbullwings’ Lekhraj – ₹61,133
4. bhim g – ₹49,345
5. Anmol ‘Anzzzzz’ Mehta – ₹38,686
6. Fishy27 – ₹29,281
7. Zonas222 – ₹21,506
8. stellate – ₹15,800

Night on Stars ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹1,950

Entries – 152

Re-entries – 106

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 44

PokerStars India’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Night on Stars logged in 258 entries, overlaying ₹42,556. Promising poker talent Siddharth ‘siddonuts’ Pandey was the last player standing and won ₹87,724. He struck a heads-up deal with Chaitanya ‘crylighter’ Dhingra (2^nd for ₹78,361).

PokerGuru Ambassador Rohit ‘PillowFight22’ Mishra (5^th for ₹28,286), and Big Bubble Rush champion Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna (9^th for ₹8,370) FT-ed the tourney.

All 44 in-the-money finishers won TLB points for the site`s “Star of the Month” leaderboard race.

Final Table Results

1. Siddharth ‘siddonuts’ Pandey – ₹87,724*
2. Chaitanya ‘crylighter’ Dhingra – ₹78,361*
3. finalgo93 – ₹51,997
4. shivam699 – ₹38,350
5. Rohit ‘PillowFight22’ Mishra – ₹28,286
6. sarvesh tawde – ₹20,862
7. SH4SHA – ₹15,387
8. garima14 – ₹11,349
9. Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna – ₹8,370

*denotes a heads-up deal

Big Bubble Rush ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 109

Re-entries – 116

Prize Pool – ₹2,25,000

Places Paid – 41

PokerStars India’s ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD Big Bubble Rush began proceedings at 9.30 PM. With 225 contenders joining the action, the event registered a prize pool worth ₹2.25 Lakhs.

Kolkata-based Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna fought his way to the top to collect ₹50,867 (₹20,742 in prize money, ₹30,125 in bounties), with Ram ‘TheLagLawyer’ Kakkar securing the runner-up payday of ₹19,943 (₹15,036 in prize money, ₹4,906 in bounties).

Bubna also placed ninth in the Night on Stars for ₹8,370, touching ₹1.27 Crores in lifetime earnings.

Holdem Boost ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 105

Re-entries – 90

Prize Pool – ₹1,95,000

Places Paid – 24

PokerBaazi`s weekday tourney, the ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD 6-Max Holdem BOOST, brought together 195 participants. The top 24 places took a bite out of the guarantee-breaching ₹1.95 Lakhs prize pool.

Mayank ‘mayhem97’ Kajala was the last player standing and won ₹47,093. Dhaval ‘dhavhe’ Heda finished runner-up for ₹33,014.

Wednesday PLO ₹1 Lakh GTD – PokerDangal

Buy-in – ₹660

Entries – 67

Re-entries – 40

Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000

Places Paid – 17

PokerDangal`s ₹1 Lakh GTD Wednesday PLO logged in 117 entries, having to fill in ₹28,800 in overlays. Site regular ‘Joonjoon’ shipped the tourney for ₹24,000, with ‘Queenofaces’ placing runner-up for ₹17,000.

6 Feet Under ₹25K GTD PLO – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹330

Entries – 25

Re-entries – 23

Prize Pool – ₹25,000

Places Paid – 5

Khelo365`s ₹25K GTD 6 Feet Under PLO was taken down by ‘prashanth16,’ who won ₹10,350. ‘Samaybk’ finished runner-up for ₹5,750.

Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹275

Entries – 38

Re-entries – 12

Prize Pool – ₹20,000

Places Paid – 6

‘Vinay2001’ ran past the 50-entry field in Khelo365’s ₹20K GTD Grinder 2.0 to win ₹8,000. ‘Kalajadugar’ secured a runner-up payday worth ₹4,200.

This report was updated at 7 PM on 4.3.2021.

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