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It turned out to be a fantastic Wednesday for Nitin Gupta, the top winner of the day, as he took down the Destiny title on Spartan Poker – his third time winning the tourney.
PokerGuru Ambassador Vivek Singh earned his second “Super Achiever” badge for crossing the ₹5 Crore-mark in online earnings last night after winning the Maverick. Mohit Mehta crushed the Adda52 marquees. He shipped the La Luna, also placing runner-up in the Maverick.
Utsav Taneja championed The Pride on PokerBaazi while Armaan Kochhar won the February Finale on PokerStars India to become the “Star of the Month” – February.
Here is the complete recap of all the Wednesday marquees.
Spartan Poker
Spartan Poker`s Wednesday signature Destiny clocked in 533 entries last night, overlaying ₹1.70 Lakhs on its ₹23 Lakhs guarantee. After over eight hours of play, MTT reg Nitin ‘Demogorgon’ Arora came out on top to win ₹6.10 Lakhs and his third Destiny title. ‘DKDS84’ secured a runner-up payday of ₹3.80 Lakhs.
Arora, whose career-best score is the ₹6.89 Lakhs he won in the Destiny last year in October, is closing on the ₹2 Crore-milestone with lifetime winnings worth ₹1.97 Crores. He also booked his seat for the Destiny 18.0 SnG Finale scheduled for March 21.
The ₹5.50 Lakhs GTD Wednesday Vibes logged in 405 runners, generating ₹6.08 Lakhs in the prize pool. Daulat ‘rahulh1’ Gupta was the last player standing and cashed ₹1.01 Lakhs after striking a heads-up deal with Utkarsh ‘Utkriish’ Somaiya (runner-up for ₹1.01 Lakhs).
PokerStars India
It was a special Wednesday on PokerStars India with the 100 qualifiers for the “Star of the Month” February Finale converging to play down to a winner. Making his way to the top after almost four hours of non-stop play was Armaan ‘armaan007111’ Kochhar.
The online reg won the “Star of the Month” – February title; MTT tickets worth ₹1.15 Lakhs and a PokerStars goodie bag! Kochhar is a regular on PokerStars India and boasts of ₹15.32 Lakhs in recorded earnings on the site with ₹10.15 Lakhs in net profits.
Amar B ‘PsykoEko’ Iyer stood second in the February Finale to win MTT tickets worth ₹35,000.
Firing up the Wednesday night action on the site was the ₹3 Lakhs GTD Night on Stars, where a starting field of 208 entries resulted in an overlay of ₹40,000. The anonymous player ‘nuclear_bis’ championed the tourney to win ₹56,576, with Tuesday`s Sixth Sense champion Karan ‘999AykA999’ Jain finishing runner-up for ₹41,701.
All 35 ITM finishers in the Night on Stars earned TLB points towards the “Star of the Month” – March leaderboard race. For more details on the promotion and the latest leaderboard standings, visit the promotions page.
In the ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD Big Bubble Rush, an entry field of 214 runners generated a profitable ₹2.14 Lakhs prize pool. Swapnil ‘pokpom1’ Patil was the last player standing and won ₹41,238 (12,874 in prize money, ₹28,363 in bounties), after cutting a four-way deal with Ashok ‘Ashok1098’ Choudhary (2nd for ₹18,021) (13,333 in prize money, ₹4,688 in bounties), ‘dev149’ (3rd for ₹22,578), and ‘garima14′ (4th for ₹13,443).
PokerBaazi
PokerBaazi`s Wednesday flagship, the ₹10 Lakhs The Pride, logged in 251 entries, filling in ₹1.21 Lakhs in overlays. Online reg Utsav ‘ranny006’ Taneja outlasted the competition to collect the first-place purse of ₹2.35 Lakhs. Guruprasad ‘fish_calling’ Gupta picked a runner-up score of ₹1.65 Lakhs, with the most-recent Millionaire champion Alok ‘TheProfessional’ Birewar rounding out the top three places for a ₹1.06 Lakhs payday.
Taneja had championed The Summit last Thursday for ₹3.86 Lakhs. Clinching his second title win in under a week, he currently sits on over ₹1.66 Crores in tracked lifetime winnings.
The ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD 6-Max Holdem Boost drew 172 entries. ‘Newsolidcash’ raced past them all to win ₹42,776, with ‘Pokemoon’ finishing runner-up for ₹29,980.
Rahul ‘GhatakTheGreat’ Sengar won the ₹1 Lakh GTD PLO Boost Monster for ₹30,000.
Adda52
Adda52’s ₹15 Lakhs GTD Maverick registered 526 entries, falling a glaring ₹3.03 Lakhs short of breaking even. PokerGuru Ambassador Vivek ‘vivek94540’ Singh navigated his way to the top to collect the ₹3.90 Lakhs first-place cash prize. The La Luna champion Mohit ‘thejokerrrr’ Mehta missed out on his second title victory of the day, placing runner-up for ₹2.21 Lakhs.
Last night`s score has catapulted Vivek Singh into the “₹5 Crore Club” earning him his second Super Achiever badge in 28 weeks. This is the second six-figure score of the week for the PokerGuru Staking member. On Monday, he placed runner-up in The Mint for ₹2.25 Lakhs.
The Maverick runner-up, Mohit Mehta, had a breakout run on Wednesday. He toppled 216 entrants in the ₹4 Lakhs GTD La Luna to collect ₹99,303 after striking a heads-up deal with ‘Hell12’ (runner-up for ₹74,497). In all, Mehta cashed over ₹3.20 Lakhs yesterday, improving his lifetime tally to ₹1.22 Crores.
The other Wednesday winners were:
Player | Prize Amount | Event | Poker Site |
---|---|---|---|
Mohit ‘thejokerrrr’ Mehta | ₹99,303 | La Luna ₹4 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
sswapnil1904 | ₹46,030 | Turbo ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
Newsolidcash | ₹42,776 | 6-Max Holdem Boost ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
Swapnil 'pokpom1' Patil | ₹41,238 | Big Bubble Rush ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD | PokerStars India |
Gurukumarswami ‘SSMG6617’ Gaddigimath | ₹35,158 | Mega Freeze ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
Rahul ‘GhatakTheGreat’ Sengar | ₹30,000 | PLO Boost Monster ₹1 Lakh GTD | PokerBaazi |
jahbl4ze | ₹24,825 | Ultrasonic ₹1 Lakh GTD | PokerStars India |
Shutterbug57 | ₹24,000 | Wednesday PLO ₹1 Lakh GTD | PokerDangal |
Santoshi | ₹11,500 | 6 Feet Under PLO Deepstack ₹25K GTD | Khelo365 |
Rajiya99 | ₹7,200 | Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD | Khelo365 |
Destiny ₹23 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 210
Re-entries – 72
Rebuys – 144
Prize Pool – ₹23,00,000
Places Paid – 40
Spartan Poker’s ₹5,500 entry buy-in Wednesday major Destiny ran with a prize pool guarantee of ₹23 Lakhs last night. A total of 533 entries (232 unique, 109 re-entries, and 192 rebuys) signed up for the 8 PM event, resulting in an overlay deficit worth ₹1.70 Lakhs.
Nitin ‘Demogorgon’ Arora was the last player standing and padded his bankroll for an impressive ₹6.10 Lakhs. The unknown user ‘DKDS84’ placed runner-up for ₹3.80 Lakhs.
Last night`s win was the third time Arora shipped the Destiny title. His career-best online score of ₹6.89 Lakhs also came in this same event in October last year.
Arora also booked himself a seat in the Destiny 18.0 SnG Finale slated for March 21 at 9 PM. His lifetime winnings have crossed ₹1.97 Crores.
Sahil ‘ImHighIshove’ Mahboobani (3rd for ₹2.30 Lakhs), Anant ‘Prometheius’ Purohit (4th for ₹1.52 Lakhs), Anirudh ‘flash’ Reddy (4th for ₹1.04 Lakhs), Dhinesh ‘kendralust’ Kumar (7th for ₹64,400), and Yohan ‘PAPITO’ Patel (8th for ₹57,500) also final tabled the event.
Last Sunday`s Millionaire champion, Alok ‘Mazacar’ Birewar, bubbled the FT in ninth-place for ₹48,300.
Final Table Results
Maverick ₹15 Lakhs GTD – Adda52
Buy-in – ₹2,500
Entries – 246
Re-entries – 280
Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000
Places Paid – 55
PokerGuru Ambassador Vivek ‘vivek94540’ Singh announced his entry in the prestigious “₹5 Crore-Club” after taking down the ₹15 Lakhs GTD Maverick for ₹3.90 Lakhs!
Mohit ‘thejokerrrr’ Mehta, eyeing his second tourney title of the day, finished runner-up for ₹2.21 Lakhs. He cashed over ₹3.20 Lakhs on Adda52 last night as he also won the La Luna for ₹99,303.
The tourney ended up registering the most-massive overlay deficit of the day worth ₹3.03 Lakhs from 526 entrants.
Young Gun Kanchan ‘thandicoke’ Sharma (4th for ₹1.12 Lakhs), Rajat ‘happyfish’ Mahajan (7th for ₹41,250), and Shivam ‘cyflopse’ Jain (8th for ₹30,000) FT-ed the tourney!
Final Table Results
The Pride ₹10 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi
Buy-in – ₹3,850
Entries – 132
Re-entries – 119
Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000
Places Paid – 27
PokerBaazi’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Pride drew 251 entries, overlaying ₹1.21 Lakhs. It took a little less than six and a half hours for online reg Utsav ‘ranny006’ Taneja to came out on top for ₹2.35 Lakhs. MTT reg Guruprasad ‘fish_calling’ Gupta finished runner-up for ₹1.65 Lakhs.
This is the second flagship title for Taneja in under a week. On February 18, he had championed The Summit for ₹3.86 Lakhs. Taneja`s lifetime scorecards now reflect ₹1.66 Crores in online earnings.
Sunday’s The Millionaire champion Alok ‘TheProfessional’ Birewar (3rd for ₹1.06 Lakhs), Rishab ‘ryuk’ Malik (4th for ₹78,600), Sankalp ‘Wobbegong’ Marwah (6th for ₹47,200), Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur (7th for ₹39,200), and Debneil ‘ChhotaDon’ Mukherjee (8th for ₹31,400) were amongst the other notable FT finishers.
Final Table Results
Wednesday Vibes ₹5.5 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 200
Re-entries – 74
Re-buys – 131
Prize Pool – ₹6,07,500
Places Paid – 39
Spartan Poker’s ₹5.5 Lakhs GTD Wednesday Vibes generated a profitable ₹6.08 Lakhs prize pool on the back of 405 runners. Besting them all was Daulat ‘rahulh1’ Gupta, who took away a personal-best ₹1,01,434 cash prize following a heads-up deal with Utkarsh ‘Utkriish’ Somaiya (runner-up for ₹1,01,350).
Daulat Gupta now has ₹5.11 Lakhs in recorded winnings on Spartan Poker, with ₹1.79 Lakhs in site-profits.
Amit ‘dhallamit’ Dhall (3rd for ₹59,231), Bharath ‘hzgod’ Kumar (5th for ₹37,483), PokerGuru Ambassador Nadeem ‘blindgame’ Basha (6th for ₹28,370), and Banmanlang ‘bml2012’ Lyndem (8th for ₹15,309) FT-ed the event.
Final Table Results
*denotes a heads-up deal
La Luna ₹4 Lakhs GTD – Adda52
Buy-in – 1,800
Entries – 114
Re-entries – 102
Prize Pool – ₹4,00,000
Places Paid – 24
The ₹4 Lakhs GTD La Luna ended up filling in ₹45,760 in overlays after 216 entrants signed up to play.
It took almost five hours before the Maverick runner-up finisher Mohit ‘thejokerrrr’ Mehta redeemed himself by shipping the La Lune for ₹99,303. He struck a heads-up deal with the mystery user ‘Hell12’ (runner-up for ₹74,497).
Manish ‘newkidpoker’ Lakhotia (3rd for ₹48,000), Raghav ‘Raghavv’ Siddalinga (4th for ₹34,400), Attman ‘att1992’ Pradipbhai Velani (6th for ₹17,000), and Abhishek ‘patrick2312’ Pathak (7th for ₹13,000) FT-ed the tourney!
Final Table Results
*denotes heads-up deal
Night on Stars ₹3 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India
Buy-in – ₹1,375
Entries – 115
Re-entries – 93
Prize Pool – ₹3,00,000
Places Paid – 35
PokerStars India’s ₹3 Lakhs GTD Night on Stars brought in 208 entries, resulting in an overlay shortfall of ₹40,000.
The mystery user ‘nuclear_bis’ was the last player standing and walked away with the ₹56,576 up-top. Tuesday’s Sixth Sense champion Karan ‘999AykA999’ Jain finished runner-up for ₹41,701.
Siddharth ‘siddonuts’ Pandey (4th for ₹22,655), Ashit ‘Cringing’ Sharma (7th for ₹9,911) and Pranav ‘pkpok13’ Khandalkar (8th for ₹7,981) FT-ed the tourney.
Final Table Results
Big Bubble Rush ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 108
Re-entries – 106
Total Prize Pool – ₹2,14,000
Regular Prize Pool – ₹1,07,000
Bounty Prize Pool – ₹1,07,000
Places Paid – 42
The 9:30 PM tourney on PokerStars India, the ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD Big Bubble Rush, registered 214 entries, collecting a generous ₹2.14 Lakhs in the prize pool.
After a little over five hours of play, Monday’s Bigstack Turbo runner-up finisher Swapnil ‘pokpom1’ Patil took down the event for ₹41,238 (12,874 in prize money, ₹28,363 in bounties). He struck a four-way deal with Ashok ‘Ashok1098’ Choudhary (2nd for ₹18,021) (13,333 in prize money, ₹4,688 in bounties), ‘dev149’ (3rd for ₹22,578) (14,011 in prize money, ₹8,566 in bounties) and ‘garima14’ (4th for ₹13,443) (11,692 in prize money, ₹1,750 in bounties).
Akash ‘AroraSahab’ Arora (6th for ₹11,520) also earned final table payout.
Final Table Results (Includes Bounties)
*denotes four-way deal.
6-Max Holdem Boost ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 99
Re-entries – 73
Prize Pool – ₹1,72,000
Places Paid – 21
PokerBaazi`s 9 PM Special ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD 6-Max Holdem Boost posted a guarantee-smashing ₹1.72 Lakhs prize pool after bringing in 172 entries.
The mystery player ‘Newsolidcash’ came out trumps to win the title and the ₹42,776 first-place cash prize. ‘Pokemoon’ placed second for ₹29,980. Rishabh ‘rishabhjuneja’ Juneja finished fourth for ₹14,276.
Mega Freeze ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 70
Prize Pool – ₹1,50,000
Places Paid – 9
Gurukumarswami ‘SSMG6617’ Gaddigimath outlasted 70 runners in Spartan Poker`s ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD Mega Freeze to win ₹35,158. He chopped the top prize three ways with Aditya ‘ELASTICITY’ Kulkarni (runner-up for ₹34,102) and Anurag ‘TheDarkKnightReturns’ Srivastava (3rd for ₹26,440).
The tourney fell five entries short of meeting its guarantee, and the top nine places got paid.
Abhishek ‘abhiaum’ Chhajer (4th for ₹15,450), Alok ‘ALOK.’ Pawar (5th for ₹12,000) and Himanshu ‘venomaster’ Aggrawal (7th for ₹7,350) also FT-ed the tourney.
Wednesday PLO ₹1 Lakh GTD – PokerDangal
Buy-in – ₹660
Entries – 85
Re-buys – 27
Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000
Places Paid – 17
PokerDangal`s ₹1 Lakh GTD Wednesday PLO gathered 112 entries, overlaying ₹32,800. ‘Shutterbug57’ walked away with the title and the ₹24,000 first-place prize after eliminating ‘fightertoads’ (runner-up for ₹17,000) in second place.
6 Feet Under PLO Deepstack ₹25K GTD – Khelo365
Buy-in – ₹550
Entries – 25
Re-entries – 12
Prize Pool – ₹25,000
Places Paid – 4
Khelo365`s ₹25K GTD 6 Feet Under PLO Deepstack found a winner in ‘Santoshi,’ who cashed ₹11,500 after besting ‘Chancetaker’ (runner-up for ₹6,500) in heads-up play.
Alexcy ‘JonGregor’ Newmai FT-ed the event, placing fourth for ₹3,000.
Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD – Khelo365
Buy-in – ₹275
Entries – 39
Re-entries – 26
Prize Pool – ₹20,000
Places Paid – 7
‘Rajiya99’ championed the ₹20K GTD Grinder 2.0 on Khelo365 last night for ₹7,200. ‘nbcpia’ finished runner-up for ₹4,000.
Alexcy ‘JonGregor’ Newmai (5th for ₹1,800) and Taemin ‘taemin007’ Panu (7th for ₹1,000) also FT-ed the tourney.
This report was updated at 4 PM on 25.02.2020.
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