Daily Majors: Raj, Bhardwaj, Singh, Kumar & Mishra Headline the Wednesday Flagships

The majority of the Wednesday flagships registered massive overlays; still, PokerBaazi’s Grinders Series and Poker Dangal’s Dangal Value Series (DVS) saved the day. PokerGuru Ambassadors were a dominant force and took down two flagship tourneys last night, making it to the featured winner’s list.

More action is coming up ahead with the second edition of Spartan Poker’s Freezeout Master Series (FMS) starting today, so keep an eye out.

Here is a complete recap from yesterday.

Spartan Poker

Spartan Poker hosted the biggest guaranteed tourney on Wednesday, the ₹30 Lakhs GTD Destiny. Logging in 559 entries, the ₹5,500 buy-in event experienced a deficit of ₹2.05 Lakhs. PokerGuru Ambassador Gokul ‘Super Kings’ Raj powered his way through the reg-laden field to win the second running of the tourney in the Destiny 16.0 series for ₹7.8 Lakhs. An anonymous user ‘crockroax021’ finished runner-up for ₹4.8 Lakhs. The win incidentally came exactly a year after Raj last won this tourney as part of the Destiny 10.0 series, and his lifetime online score has soared to ₹3.46 Crores after this win.

The new multi-flight ₹10 Lakhs GTD Velocity ran its second starting flight on Wednesday. Day 1B of the ₹550 buy-in tourney added 240 entries to the existing 264 entries from Day 1A, expanding the field to 504 entries. By the time the scheduled levels of play were over, only 32 contenders were left standing. Counting the advancing players from Day 1A, 59 players have booked a seat for Day 2 on Saturday. Vaibhav ‘AllinPavBhaji’ Temani (116,343), Vishal ‘Juwadi’ Gajaria (107,828), and ‘kingboy’ (106,828) bagged the top stacks of the flight. The Day 1A chip leader, ‘RiverG,’ retains the overall chip lead after the two starting flights with their stack of 165,459. There are two more starting flights yet to play out.

The ₹4 Lakhs GTD Mega Freeze registered 119 entries to post an overlay of ₹43,000. An unknown player ‘jethalaal’ defeated the former Millionaire champion Anujkumar ‘aatmaan108’ Kodam (runner-up for ₹68,000) heads-up to win the title and ₹1.01 Lakh in prize money. Kodam banked another ₹1.98 Lakhs for his fourth-place finish in the Destiny.

PokerBaazi

PokerBaazi’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Pride logged in 264 entries and was forced to fill in a sizable ₹2.08 Lakhs shortfall. After six hours of play, PokerGuru Ambassador Rohit ‘rohit22rm’ Mishra came out on top after defeating Abhishek ‘ketchup’ Kumar heads-up to win ₹2.21 Lakhs. Kumar had shipped The Race on Tuesday for ₹1.46 Lakhs and narrowly missed out on winning back-to-back titles, finishing runner-up for ₹1.55 Lakhs.

The ₹3 Lakhs GTD Grinders#14 Wednesday SuperStack generated ₹3.22 Lakhs in the prize pool on the back of 161 registrations. aatishbaaz’ took down the event for a personal-best ₹82,920. Millind ‘ulimpiraise’ Satam finished runner-up for ₹58,060.

Adda52

The featured tourney that ran on Adda52 was the ₹15 Lakhs GTD Maverick. The ₹2,500 buy-in tourney clocked in 658 entries to almost break even on the guarantee. Chirag ‘mahikk’ Bhardwaj plowed his way through the competition to win the title and ₹3.30 Lakhs. This win has taken Bhardwaj`s lifetime tally to ₹1.39 Crores. The runner-up Nishant ‘stockfull’ Pandey added ₹2.63 Lakhs to his bankroll – courtesy a heads-up deal.

The ₹10 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack did not garner the same interest as the Maverick. A below-par turnout of 152 entries resulted in a landslide overlay worth ₹2.40 Lakhs. Devrat ‘vickypune’ Singh got the best deal on the value on offer as he won the tourney for ₹2.70 Lakhs. ‘Reg_Slayer’ finished runner-up for ₹1.70 Lakhs. Singh clinched his second-biggest score with this win, improving his online record to ₹70.59 Lakhs.

PokerStars India

PokerStars India’s ₹7 Lakhs GTD Night on Stars had to fill in a ₹1.03 Lakhs overlay on the back of a below-par 239-entry field. Aman ‘KarmaPoker77’ Parakh was the last player standing and pocketed ₹1.19 Lakhs after a heads-up deal with Bharat ‘MojoJojo2193’ Vasan (runner-up for ₹1.16 Lakhs).

For Parakh, who has been on a breakout run in recent months, this was just one of two tourney titles he won last night. He further supplemented his winnings by ₹46,851 after taking down PokerBaazi’s Holdem Boost DST. Parakh has already won three titles in two days. He had championed the Sixth Sense on Tuesday for ₹1.32 Lakhs. His lifetime tally reflects ₹1.55 Crores in earnings.

The ₹5 Lakhs GTD Big Bubble Rush played out amid 174 runners to fall ₹65,000 short of the listed guarantee. Following up on a heads-up deal, Abhijeet ‘sexylady7766’ Kumar clinched the title for ₹90,847 (₹46,530 in prize money and ₹43,067 in bounties).

Kumar had a very productive day as he also finished third in Adda52’s Maverick for ₹1.47 Lakhs. His cumulative winnings for the day touched ₹2.37 Lakhs, taking his online record soaring to ₹53.71 Lakhs. ‘Poker_Basilisk’ finished runner-up for ₹83,368 (₹49,052 in prize money and ₹34,316 in bounties).

The other Wednesday winners were:

Destiny ₹30 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 268

Re-entries – 118

Re-buys – 173

Prize Pool – ₹30,00,000

Places Paid – 50

Spartan Poker`s ₹30 Lakhs GTD Destiny played out the second round of its 16^th edition last night. Young Gun Gaurav Sood had won the first round last Wednesday.

The Destiny registered 359 entries on its latest run – 264 entries short from last week’s turnout. Predictably, the event suffered a sizeable overlay of ₹2.05 Lakhs.

PokerGuru Ambassador Gokul ‘Super Kings’ Raj championed the tourney for an impressive ₹7.80 Lakhs, after besting ‘crockroax021’ heads-up, who banked a runner-up payout worth ₹4.80 Lakhs.

This was Raj’s second time winning the Destiny title. The former Millionaire champion had won the ₹20 Lakhs GTD Destiny 10.0 in August last year for ₹7.09 Lakhs. And even better – he went on to ship the Destiny Finale SnG as well! Now that he has made his way into the Destiny 16.0 SnG finale that starts at 9 PM on October 18, he will be looking to repeat this feat again.

Another former Millionaire champion, Anujkumar ‘aatmaan108’ Kodam (4^th for ₹1.98 Lakhs), Young Gun Anmol ‘Anzzzzz’ Mehta (5^th for ₹1.26 Lakhs), Deepak ‘chimpoo’ Bothra (6^th for ₹1.05 Lakhs), Alok ‘Mazacar’ Birewar (7^th for ₹75,000), PokerGuru Ambassador Vivek ‘KasolHieghts’ Singh (8^th for ₹66,000), and Guruprasad ‘DONKAKING’ Gupta (9^th for ₹57,000) rounded out the stacked FT.

Final Table Results

1. Gokul ‘Super Kings’ Raj – ₹7,80,000
2. crockroax021 – ₹4,80,000
3. BANK$Y – ₹2,77,500
4. Anujkumar ‘aatmaan108’ Kodam – ₹1,98,000
5. Anmol ‘Anzzzzz’ Mehta – ₹1,26,000
6. Deepak ‘chimpoo’ Bothra – ₹1,05,000
7. Alok ‘Mazacar’ Birewar – ₹75,000
8. Vivek ‘KasolHieghts’ Singh – ₹66,000
9. Guruprasad ‘DONKAKING’ Gupta – ₹57,000

Maverick ₹15 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹2,500

Entries – 316

Re-entries – 342

Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000

Places Paid – 72

Adda52’s ₹15 Lakhs GTD Maverick brought in 658 entries, missing the break-even mark by a little over one entry. The top 72 places boarded the money bus.

MTT reg Chirag ‘mahikk’ Bhardwaj championed the tourney to win ₹3.29 Lakhs following a heads-up deal with Nishant ‘stockfull’ Pandey (runner-up for ₹2.62 Lakhs).

Kshitij ‘kshban31’ Bansal (5^th for ₹75,000), Nitin ‘bigbluffs’ Arora (6^th for ₹52,500), and Young Gun Arsh ‘bigggtymer’ Grover (9^th for ₹22,500) posted FT scores.

Final Table Results

1. Chirag ‘mahikk’ Bhardwaj – ₹3,29,893*
2. Nishant ‘stockfull’ Pandey – ₹2,62,607*
3. 2abhisingh – ₹1,47,000
4. ladypoker20 – ₹1,05,000
5. Kshitij‘kshban31’ Bansal – ₹75,000
6. Nitin ‘bigbluffs’ Arora – ₹52,500
7. vivloc – ₹41,250
8. annanya_agarwal92 – ₹30,000
9. Arsh‘bigggtymer’ Grover – ₹22,500
   *denotes heads-up deal

Monster Stack ₹10 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 95

Re-entries – 57

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 15

The ₹5,500 buy-in Monster Stack suffered a significant ₹2.40 Lakhs shortfall on its 10 Lakhs prize pool GTD (24% overlay on posted GTD). The top 15 finishers from a starting field of 152 entries finished ITM.

It took over eight hours to play down to a champion. In the end, MTT reg Devrat ‘vickypune’ Singh came out trumps and won ₹2.70 Lakhs. ‘Reg_Slayer’ finished runner-up for ₹1.70 Lakhs.

Smita ‘coconik’ Agarwalla (3^rd for ₹1.25 Lakhs), Sajjan ‘haitohhai’ Barnwal (4^th for ₹95,000), Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall (5^th for ₹70,000), and PokerGuru Ambassador Naresh ‘emperor457’ Veeravalli (7^th for ₹40,000) posted FT finishes.

Final Table Results

1. Devrat‘vickypune’ Singh – ₹2,70,000
2. Reg_Slayer – ₹1,70,000
3. Smita‘coconik’ Agarwalla -₹1,25,000
4. Sajjan ‘haitohhai’ Barnwal – ₹95,000
5. Goonjan‘gmtesting’ Mall – ₹70,000
6. MRvBEAST – ₹50,000
7. Naresh ‘emperor457’ Veeravalli – ₹40,000
8. Pokerwhale99 – ₹32,500
9. jimmyadams -₹27,500

The Pride ₹10 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹3,300

Entries – 149

Re-entries – 115

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 36

PokerBaazi’s Wednesday flagship tourney, The Pride, got walloped for a whopping ₹2.08 Lakhs shortfall on its ₹10 Lakhs listed guarantee.

PokerGuru Ambassador Rohit ‘rohit22rm’ Mishra toppled a field of 264 contenders in the tourney to win a handsome ₹2.21 Lakhs cash prize. He denied Tuesday’s The Race winner Abhishek ‘ketchup’ Kumar a second consecutive title. The latter pocketed ₹1.55 Lakhs for his runner-up finish.

The notable players on FT included Tuesday’s The Mint winner Sajjan ‘TheTeacher’ Barnwal (3^rd for ₹99,700), Guruprasad ‘fish_calling’ Gupta (4^th for ₹73,800), Vishal ‘FlopturnRiver’ Madan (5^th for ₹55,400), Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra (6^th for ₹44,300), Young Gun Shardul ‘duuurrrr’ Parthasarathi (8^th for ₹29,500), and Srihari ‘bangbang999’ Bang (9^th for ₹22,100)

Final Table Results

1. Rohit ‘rohit22rm’ Mishra – ₹2,21,000
2. Abhishek ‘ketchup’ Kumar – ₹1,55,000
3. Sajjan ‘TheTeacher’ Barnwal – ₹99,700
4. Guruprasad ‘fish_calling’ Gupta – ₹73,800
5. Vishal ‘FlopturnRiver’ Madan – ₹55,400
6. Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra – ₹44,300
7. bosspoker – ₹36,800
8. Shardul ‘duuurrrr’ Parthasarathi – ₹29,500
9. Srihari ‘bangbang999’ Bang – ₹22,100

Velocity ₹10 Lakhs GTD – Day 1B – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 133

Re-entries – 16

Re-buys – 91

Survivors – 32

Day 1B of Spartan Poker’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Velocity registered 240 entries. After the stipulated number of levels was played, only 32 players made it through to Day 2.

Vaibhav ‘AllinPavBhaji’ Temani grabbed the pole position with a stack of 116,343, with Vishal ‘Juwadi’ Gajaria (107,828) and ‘kingboy’ (106,828) rounding out the top three stacks.

Kavish ‘Dietchips’ Kukreja (102,602), Aakash ‘shipsuperior’ Kedia (89,569), Mohit ‘thejoker’ Mehta (86,994), and Dheeraj ‘sarkar’ Bisht (81,898) were among the top 10 stacks at the end of Day 1B.

Day 1C starts at 7 PM today.

Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1B

1. Vaibhav ‘AllinPavBhaji’ Temani – 116,343
2. Vishal ‘Juwadi’ Gajaria – 107,828
3. kingboy – 106,828
4. Kavish ‘Dietchips’ Kukreja – 102,602
5. NutsOrBust90 – 98,126
6. Bowler – 96,444
7. Aakash ‘shipsuperior’ Kedia – 89,569
8. Mohit ‘thejoker’ Mehta – 86,994
9. Dheeraj ‘sarkar’ Bisht – 81,898
10. mrchool – 70,578

Night on Stars ₹7 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 145

Re-entries – 94

Prize Pool – ₹7,00,000

Places Paid – 39

PokerStars’ India’s ₹7 Lakhs GTD Night on Stars mustered 239 entries, and the site had to pitch in ₹1.02 Lakhs to make good the posted guarantee.

Exactly a day after he shipped the Sixth Sense, Aman ‘KarmaPoker77’ Parakh was back on the podium. He chopped the top prize with Bharat ‘MojoJojo2193’ Vasan, to win ₹1.18 Lakhs, with Vasan taking away a near-equal ₹1.15 Lakhs.

Parakh, in fact, won two tourney titles last night. His other win came in PokerBaazi’s Holdem Boost DST for ₹46,851, improving his online tally to ₹1.55 Crores.

Prashanth ‘nemesis996’ Sekar (3^rd for ₹73,780), Young Gun Anmol ‘Kaanchacheena’ Mehta (4^th for ₹54,533), and Ram ‘TheLagLawyer’ Kakkar (6^th for ₹29,791) FT-ed the tourney!

Final Table Results

1. Aman ‘KarmaPoker77’ Parakh- ₹1,18,928*
2. Bharat ‘MojoJojo2193’ Vasan – ₹1,15,947*
3. Prashanth ‘nemesis996’ Sekar – ₹73,780
4. Anmol ‘Kaanchacheena’ Mehta – ₹54,533
5. aabha- ₹40,306
6. Ram ‘TheLagLawyer’ Kakkar – ₹29,791
7. deep12322 – ₹22,019
8. Naru96 – ₹16,275
9. yash1805 – ₹12,029

*denotes heads-up deal

Big Bubble Rush ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 100

Re-entries – 71

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 29

The ₹5 Lakhs GTD Big Bubble Rush, like its elder sibling the Night on Stars, faltered on the listed guarantee. The tourney witnessed 171 entrants, falling ₹72,500 short of the guarantee.

One of the standout winners of the day, Abhijeet ‘sexylady7766’ Kumar, came out on top to win ₹90,847 after striking a heads-up deal with ‘Poker_Basilisk’ (runner-up for ₹83,368).

This is Kumar’s second big score of the night. He also finished third in Adda52’s Maverick for ₹1.47 Lakhs, adding a career-best ₹2.38 Lakhs to his tally.

Nishant ‘Balaark’ Pandey (5^th for₹21,063) and Sanish ‘sneakysani’ Chhabra (6^th for ₹27,762) were the other known players on the final table.

Final Table Results

1. Abhijeet ‘sexylady7766’ Kumar – ₹90,847*
2. Poker_Basilisk- ₹83,368*
3. robert_ford9 – ₹40,862
4. ssmg6617 – ₹32,322
5. Nishant ‘Balaark’ Pandey – ₹21,063
6. Sanish ‘sneakysani’ Chhabra – ₹27,762
7. yash1805 – ₹17,508
8. The AnnihiIator – ₹11,901
9. Bhai99 – ₹8,776

*denotes heads-up deal

Mega Freeze ₹4 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹3,300

Entries – 119

Prize Pool – ₹4,00,000

Places Paid – 17

Overlay – ₹43,000

The overlay train did not spare the ₹4 Lakhs GTD Mega Freeze. The tourney wrangled in 119 runners, falling ₹43,000 short on the guarantee.

Mystery user ‘jethalaal’ championed the tourney to win the ₹1 Lakh up-top cash prize after defeating former Millionaire winner Anujkumar ‘aatmaan108’ Kodam heads-up. The latter took home ₹68,000 in second-place prize money.

The champion currents boasts of ₹4.23 Lakhs in winnings on Spartan Poker and a profit of ₹29,847.

Kodam kept busy as he final tabled the Destiny as well, placing fourth for ₹1.98 Lakhs. In all, he added ₹2.66 Lakhs to his bankroll.

Rajat ‘BloatedBelly’ Mahajan (3^rd for ₹44,200), Sagar ‘$tuTheKidUngar’ Patnaik (6^th for ₹23,280), and Young Gun Arsh ‘BigggTymeR’ Grover (9^th for ₹10,000) earned final table payouts.

Grinders#14 Wednesday SuperStack 6-Max ₹3 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 92

Re-entries – 69

Prize Pool – ₹3,22,000

Places Paid – 18

Surpassing its advertised guarantee, the Grinders#14 Wednesday SuperStack 6-Max collected a prize pool worth ₹3.22 Lakhs, on the back of 161 registrations.

Mystery user ‘aatishbaaz’ took down the event for ₹82,920 after defeating Millind ‘ulimpiraise’ Satam (runner-up for ₹58,060) heads-up.

Abhishek ‘ketchup’ Kumar (4^th for ₹27,660), and Sameer ‘Killersam’ Tavanandi (6^th for ₹16,580) posted FT scores.

DVS Day 1 Main ₹3 Lakhs GTD – Poker Dangal

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 159

Re-entries – 170

Prize Pool – ₹3,29,000

Places Paid – 36

The Day 1 Main of the Dangal Value Series logged in 329 entrants, to accrue ₹3.29 Lakhs in the prize pool.

The winner emerged in ‘Royalcup38,’ who collected a cash prize of ₹72,676 after defeating ‘Poornima’ (runner-up for₹50,995) in the heads-up play.

Gaurav ‘BIT00Poker’ Verma (3^rd for ₹32,801), Bidya ‘Ankit420’ Shankar (5^th for ₹18,226), Aastik ‘Goforkill’ Bhatia (6^th for ₹14,574), and Rahul ‘Mrrahul777’ Kumar (8^th for ₹9,705) FT-ed the tourney!

The Gladiator ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹1,250

Entries – 118

Re-entries – 87

Prize Pool – ₹2,50,000

Places Paid – 36

Pocket52’s ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD The Gladiator attracted 205 entries, falling ₹45,000 short of the guarantee.

Site regular Rajarshi ‘rajsuk365’ Saha championed the event to win ₹56,250, while ‘gurujii’ came in second for ₹33,750.

Pocket Lunch ₹2 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 114

Re-entries – 66

Prize Pool – ₹2,00,000

Places Paid – 36

Tuesday’s Pocket Dinner champion Amit Kumar ‘SachinTendulkar’ Sahu, took down the ₹2 Lakhs GTD Pocket Lunch for ₹45,000, winning back-to-back titles on the site.

The site had to fill in a prize pool shortfall of ₹20,000.

Another site regular, Uday ‘Darinda’ Mondal, placed third for ₹20,600.

Pocket Dinner ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 100

Re-entries – 63

Prize Pool – ₹1,63,000

Places Paid – 27

Collecting ₹1.63 Lakhs in the prize pool, the ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD Pocket Dinner smashed its guarantee.

Unknown user ‘Tilting’ outlasted the 163 player-field to win the cash prize of ₹37,490. ‘Zaaraa’ placed runner-up for ₹22,820.

Tanmoy ‘Tanmo’ Chatterjee (4^th for ₹13,040), Hriday ‘MARRII’ Mondal (5^th for ₹9,780), and Riyaz ‘Sahil1008’ Khan (6^th for ₹7,335) posted FT finishes.

DVS #1 ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD – Poker Dangal

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 158

Re-entries – 177

Prize Pool – ₹1,67,500

Places Paid – 36

The ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD DVS #1 registered 335 entries to create a prize pool of ₹1.67 Lakhs, and the top 36 places got paid. A mystery user ‘LALLORONA’ triumphed the tourney for ₹37,000.

‘Prakash7639’ finished runner-up for ₹25,962.

Grinder 2.0 ₹20,000 GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹275

Entries – 33

Re-entries – 18

Prize Pool – ₹20,000

Places Paid – 6

The 8 PM tourney on Khelo365, the Grinder 2.0 ₹20K NLHE, registered 51 entries and took less than 90 minutes to wrap up.

‘kumaraniket’ captured the title for ₹8,000 after eliminating ‘Unlocking’ (2^nd for ₹4,200) in the heads-up play.

This report was updated at 4 PM on 20.8.2020.

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