Daily Majors: Sahil Chutani, Gaurav Sood, Aayush Arya & Faiz Alam Headline The Wednesday Flagships

Wednesday witnessed another electrifying day of virtual action, with Spartan Poker’s first-ever India Turbo Masters dominating the action.

Last month`s IOPC#127 – Sunday Prime runner-up finisher ‘grinderunision’ banked the day`s single-largest score worth ₹5.25 Lakhs in Spartan Poker’s Wednesday High Roller. Last week’s Wednesday High Roller champion (and also the most profitable player of the year), Young Gun Sahil Chutani, finished runner-up for ₹3.62 Lakhs, climbing to #2 in the annual rankings.

The IOPC January 2022 – Friday Spotlight winner Amit More championed the India Turbo Masters headliner of the day, Spartan Poker’s ITM #22 Wednesday Supersonic, for ₹4.79 Lakhs. The two-time POY Young Gun Gaurav Sood locked in ₹3.18 Lakhs in second place.

Aayush Arya kept his heater going by winning PokerBaazi’s The Pride for ₹2.65 Lakhs. ‘Smikijoejr’ came in second for ₹1.85 Lakhs. The Tuesday High Roller runner-up finisher, Arya, lapped up over ₹3.10 Lakhs yesterday, laddering to #8 in the annual leaderboard rankings.

PokerGuru Ambassador Faiz Alam went on a scorching run across the ITM tournaments on Spartan Poker yesterday. He FT-ed three events, including winning the ITM #24 DST (₹1.88 Lakhs), collectively adding ₹3.10 Lakhs. He chopped the ITM #24 DST title heads-up with Archit Agarwal (2nd for ₹1.85 Lakhs).

Archit Saraogi (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD ITM #25 PLO 4 Bounty for ₹70,968), Vaibhav Arora (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD ITM #20 5-Max for ₹65,650), ‘Maxi27’ (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD ITM #21 Multi-Entry Turbo for ₹55,254), and Saransh Garg (Won ₹2.25 Lakhs GTD ITM #23 Hyper for ₹50,872) won the other ITM titles on Day 4 of the India Turbo Masters.

Sagar Gulati was the last player standing in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT and won ₹1.43 Lakhs, with Monday`s The Big Show champion Roshan Gurbuxani collecting ₹1.01 Lakhs in second place.

Online phenom Young Gun Karan Radia championed PokerStars India’s Night on Stars, winning the Wednesday headliner for at least the fourth time last night for ₹1.01 Lakhs. ‘ankit2107’ finished runner-up for ₹77,611.

Akshay Singh took down MPL Poker’s Wednesday Bonanza for ₹72,000, while Babita Kumari collected ₹48,000 in second place.

Ajay Dhayal, Sanjay Khanna, Himanshu Kataria, Yuvraj Bhardwaj, Ravi Gohil, Ayush Goyal, Sundar Surya, Naman Puri, and Piyush Kumar won the other Wednesday marquees.

Here are the Wednesday highlights!

Spartan Poker

The inaugural India Turbo Masters had a cracking Wednesday lineup with six events on the tap, with the signature Wednesday High Roller running alongside.

Wednesday High Roller (6-Max) – ₹20 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹16,500

Entries – 80

Re-entries – 28

Rebuys – 29

Prize Pool – ₹20,55,000

Places Paid – 15

The IOPC June 2022 – Sunday Prime runner-up finisher ‘grinderunision’ scored a thumping victory in Spartan Poker’s Wednesday headliner, ₹20 Lakhs GTD Wednesday High Roller (6-Max), netting ₹5.25 Lakhs.

grinderunision’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹29.66 Lakhs| Site Profits: ₹17.43 Lakhs | Titles Won: #3

Last week’s Wednesday High Roller champion (also the most profitable player of the year), Young Gun Sahil ‘$lim$hady19’ Chutani, came excruciatingly close to taking down the High Roller title in back-to-back weeks, and collected ₹3.62 Lakhs in second place, jumping to #2 in the annual leaderboard rankings.

Sahil Chutani’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.93 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.29 Crores | Annual Winnings: ₹2.36 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #14 | Ranked #2 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes) | Ranked #1 in Annual Profits

PokerGuru Ambassador Deepankur ‘AngryPitbull’ Gupta (4th for ₹1.92 Lakhs), Harshad ‘Epic Whale’ Barve (5th for ₹1.55 Lakhs), and two-time The Millionaire champion Phanindra ’16kjap28′ Akkina (6th for ₹1.21 Lakhs) also FT-ed the Wednesday High Roller.

PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer ‘bazzingaa’ Singh Chadha (7th for ₹95,558), Vinayak ‘firehaimai’ Bajaj (9th for ₹53,430), PokerGuru Ambassador Vivek ‘KasolHieghts’ Singh (10th for ₹43,155), Sandeep ‘PS_Sunshine’ Singh (11th for ₹43,155), last night`s The Pride champion Aayush ‘Eureka226’ Arya (12th for ₹40,073), and Dhaval ‘ElegantlyWasted’ Mudgal (13th for ₹40,073) were the other notables who finished in the money.

Final Table Results

1. grinderunision – ₹5,25,053
2. Sahil ‘$lim$hady19’ Chutani – ₹3,61,680
3. Samiel – ₹2,37,353
4. Deepankur ‘AngryPitbull’ Gupta – ₹1,92,143
5. Harshad ‘Epic Whale’ Barve – ₹1,55,153
6. Phanindra ’16kjap28′ Akkina – ₹1,21,245

ITM #22 Wednesday Supersonic – ₹20 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹6,600

Entries – 199

Re-entries – 65

Rebuys – 134

Prize Pool – ₹23,88,000

Places Paid – 39

The IOPC January 2022 – Friday Spotlight champion Amit ‘Timaerom’ More scored his toppled a reg-laden 398-entry field in Spartan Poker’s ₹20 Lakhs GTD ITM #22 Wednesday Supersonic, adding ₹4.79 Lakhs to his online bankroll. The two-time POY Young Gun Gaurav ‘mozzie17’ Sood locked in a runner-up payday worth ₹3.18 Lakhs.

Last night’s win marked Amit More’s first recorded title victory in almost six months. His online stats (Spartan Poker & Adda52): Lifetime Winnings: ₹50.68 Lakhs| Titles Won in 2022: #2

The freshly-hitched Gaurav Sood is getting back to his old ways and fast. He added over ₹3.42 Lakhs across his Wednesday run.

His Wednesday finishes include:

> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s ITM #22 Wednesday Supersonic for ₹3,18,320

> 18th in Spartan Poker’s ITM #24 DST for ₹12,069

> 20th in PokerBaazi’s The Pride for ₹11,844

Gaurav Sood’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹12.87 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹6.50 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #6 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.73 Crores | Ranked #13 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)

Final Table Results

1. Amit ‘Timaerom’ More – ₹4,78,794
2. Gaurav ‘mozzie17’ Sood – ₹3,18,320
3. thereisnospoon – ₹2,32,830
4. Shakti ‘Allineveryone’ Soni – ₹1,87,936
5. Rohit ‘fishbait’ Barve – ₹1,47,340
6. Ashit ‘D. Carwin1’ Sharma – ₹1,11,520
7. Faiz ‘soJaoBhaiya’ Alam – ₹81,908

ITM #24 DST – ₹9 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 234

Re-entries – 70

Rebuys – 143

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 39

PokerGuru Ambassador Faiz ‘SoJaoBhaiya’ Alam took down Spartan Poker’s ₹9 Lakhs GTD ITM #24 DST for ₹1.88 Lakhs after striking a heads-up deal with Archit ‘Archit810’ Agarwal (2nd for ₹1.85 Lakhs).

The MTT pro made another two FT runs across other ITM marquees, raking in a cool ₹3.10 Lakhs. His Wednesday finishes include:

> 1st in Spartan Poker`s ITM #24 for 1,87,958

> 7th in Spartan Poker’s ITM #22 Wednesday Supersonic for ₹81,908

> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s ITM #25 PLO 4 Bounty for 40,993.

The former IOPC – The Millionaire Main Event champion Anurag ‘CultOfPersonality’ Srivastava locked in ₹1.03 Lakhs in total winnings through three deep runs, which include:

> 6th in Spartan Poker’s ITM #24 DST for ₹52,187

> 10th in Spartan Poker’s ITM #22 Wednesday Supersonic for ₹41,790

> 13th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹8,561

Anurag Srivastava’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.26 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.59 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #17

Final Table Results

1. Faiz ‘SoJaoBhaiya’ Alam – ₹1,87,958*
2. Archit ‘Archit810’ Agarwal – ₹1,85,063*
3. sangsss- ₹1,08,956
4. FamousFish – ₹87,947
5. Dhaval ‘mahakal07’ Solanki – ₹68,950
6. Anurag ‘CultOfPersonality’ Srivastava – ₹52,187
7. Unknownmind – ₹38,330
8. Uttam ‘chinunew’ Kumar Sinha – ₹26,633

*denotes a heads-up deal

Archit ‘Archit789’ Saraogi (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD ITM #25 PLO 4 Bounty for ₹70,968), Vaibhav ‘Vakeel.sahab’ Arora (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD ITM #20 5-Max for ₹65,650), ‘Maxi27’ (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD ITM #21 Multi-Entry Turbo for ₹55,254), Saransh ‘TerrorGandhi$’ Garg (Won ₹2.25 Lakhs GTD ITM #23 Hyper for ₹50,872), ‘RecoveryChalu’ (Won ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD PN Night Rider for ₹43,896), and Ayush ‘AyushGoyal’ Goyal (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Chip Up for ₹23,579) won the other Spartan Poker marquees.

After four days of non-stop action at the ITM, the series’ leaderboard found a new topper. Saransh ‘TerrorGandhi$’ Garg (3,189 TLB points) has dethroned the four-time IOPC leaderboard crusher Bhanu ‘spectre’ Prakash KC (2,440 TLB points) from the #1 position in the ₹10 Lakhs added leaderboard standings after pulling out a stunning mid-week run. He cashed five ITM events last, including winning the ITM #23 Hyper. Snehil ‘gaurav_arsh’ Aggarwal (2,232 TLB points) has climbed to the #3 position.

ITM Series Leaderboard Standings After Day 4

PokerBaazi

The Pride – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹3,850

Entries – 196

Re-entries – 164

Prize Pool – ₹12,60,000

Places Paid – 45

The Tuesday High Roller runner-up finisher Aayush ‘Learnnwin’ Arya has been an unstoppable force who`s been crushing the High Rollers for over three months now! He kept the heater going by winning PokerBaazi`s Wednesday headliner, ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Pride, last night for ₹2.65 Lakhs! Rugal ‘Smikijoejr’ Advani pocketed ₹1.85 Lakhs in second place.

Aayush Arya lapped up over ₹3.10 Lakhs yesterday, laddering up to #8 in the annual leaderboard rankings. He is also closing in on Vikranth Varma for the #1 position in the July standings.

His Wednesday finishes include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi`s The Pride for ₹2,64,600

> 12th in Spartan Poker`s Wednesday HighRoller for ₹40,073

> 22nd in PokerBaazi`s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹5,756

Aayush Arya`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.56 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.11 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #13 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.89 Crores | Ranked #2 in the July Leaderboard Standings | Moves to #8 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)

Final Table Results

1. Aayush ‘Learnnwin’ Arya – ₹2,64,600
2. Smikijoejr – ₹1,85,220
3. Deep ‘ChristopherCoke’ Patel – ₹1,19,070
4. Vaibhav ‘vaibhi18’ Arora – ₹88,200
5. Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra – ₹66,150
6. jamru – ₹52,920
7. Abhishek ‘AbhishekRathod’ Rathod – ₹44,100
8. Dgme – ₹35,280

(7-Max) SPRINT – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 280

Re-entries – 212

Prize Pool – ₹7,38,000

Places Paid – 63

Sagar ‘sagargulati’ Gulati was the last player standing in PokerBaazi`s ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) SPRINT and won the 9 PM marquee for ₹1.43 Lakhs. Monday`s The Big Show champion and three-time SPRINT winner, Roshan ‘roshang60’ Gurbuxani, finished runner-up for a little over ₹1 Lakh.

Roshan Gurbuxani’s online stats: (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹26.03 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #6

Final Table Results

1. Sagar ‘sagargulati’ Gulati – ₹1,43,393
2. Roshan ‘roshang60’ Gurbuxani – ₹1,00,516
3. pindapanda1 – ₹64,649
4. Surya ‘Surya12’ Lohia – ₹47,822
5. Pradip ‘Nit2Donk’ Ghosh – ₹35,867
6. Sarveshshahni – ₹28,782
7. Bibhu ‘Daniel_Ivey’ Agarwal – ₹23,985

Ajay ‘messironaldo’ Dhayal (Won ₹3 Lakhs GTD Holdem BOOST for ₹69,580), Sanjay ‘sanjaykotak’ Khanna (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Boost for ₹65,170), Himanshu ‘himkat’ Kataria (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Hyper Sprint for ₹57,410), Yuvraj ‘Yuvi0069’ Bhardwaj (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Night SPRINT for ₹41,230), Sundar ‘Immeasurable’ Surya (Won ₹1 Lakhs GTD Daily Afternoon SPRINT for ₹20,850), ‘ancientkj’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD SPRINT for ₹33,350), Ravi ‘Ravee007’ Gohil (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD PLO Boost Monster for ₹28,070), and ‘watermelon’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Baazi Super Value for ₹12,650) won the other PokerBaazi marquees.

MPL Poker

Wednesday Bonanza – ₹3 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Total Entries – 281

Prize Pool – ₹3,00,000

Places Paid – 45

Akshay ‘hitler_9’ Singh made a victory run in MPL Poker’s ₹3 Lakhs GTD Wednesday Bonanza and won the title for a personal-best ₹72,000. Babita ‘pailot979884540’ Kumari took home ₹48,000 in second place.

Final Table Results

1. Akshay ‘hitler_9’ Singh – ₹72,000
2. Babita ‘pailot979884540’ Kumari – ₹48,000
3. Laxmipati ‘pokerplayer’ Pandey – ₹30,900
4. Pediredla ‘jackal2637901’ Tarun – ₹24,000
5. Karan ‘Hoopspro983633’ Jain – ₹16,500
6. Shakti ‘poolactor522346’ Chouhan – ₹11,250
7. Saumil ‘indianavatar’ Krishnani – ₹9,300
8. Ramanuj ‘sinbanram’ Singh – ₹7,200

Pocket52

Jacks – ₹2 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,250

Entries – 83

Re-entries – 56

Prize Pool – ₹2,00,000

Places Paid – 21

Pocket52 network user ‘Clantio’ triumphed over the 139-player field in the primetime ₹2 Lakhs GTD Jacks, banking ₹44,000. ‘TryHard’ pocketed ₹32,000 in second place.

Final Table Results

1. Clantio – ₹44,000
2. TryHard – ₹32,000
3. Charizard – ₹24,000
4. pice – ₹18,000
5. Daynamobom – ₹13,200
6. Razorfish – ₹9,000
7. UNKNOWN – ₹6,000
8. KOHINOOR – ₹6,000

‘GotNoChange’ (Won ₹1 Lakhs GTD Gladiator for ₹23000), ‘ADHEERA333’ (Won ₹75K GTD Unravel for ₹16,500), ‘Khatri28_XfYo3C85cf’ (Won ₹60K GTD Snacks for ₹13,800) and ‘Pan8145’ (Won ₹50K Dessert for ₹11,500) won the other Pocket52 marquees.

PokerStars India

Night on Stars – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries –100

Re-entries – 71

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 20

MTT beast Young Gun Karan ‘The Annihilator’ Radia (opted out of our tracking) shipped PokerStars India’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Night on Stars, winning the Wednesday marquee for at least the fourth time last night for ₹1 Lakh – his third title of the month. ‘ankit2107’ finished runner-up for ₹77,611.

Young Gun Anmol ‘Kaanchacheena’ Mehta pocketed ₹78,900 on the back of three deep runs, which include:

> 3rd in PokerStars India’s Night on Stars for ₹59,755

> 24th in PokerBaazi’s The Pride for ₹10,584

> 14th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹8,561

PokerStars India reg Clinton ‘Clinton Tavares’ Tavares picked up cashes and bounties in three events, collectively banking ₹36,437. His top Wednesday finishes include:

> 7th in PokerStars India’s Night on Stars for ₹20,998

> 2nd in PokerStars India’s Ultrasonic for ₹15,189

Final Table Results

1. Karan ‘The Annihilator’ Radia – ₹1,00,803
2. ankit2107 – ₹77,611
3. Anmol ‘Kaanchacheena’ Mehta – ₹59,755
4. Abhijeet ‘sexylady7766’ Kumar – ₹46,007
5. RAV1619 – ₹35,422
6. kabir2298 – ₹27,273
7. Clinton ‘Clinton Tavares’ Tavares – ₹20,998
8. Advait ‘ronaldinh18’ Rajguru ₹16,167
9. ps pro vegas – ₹12,447

‘ketananand’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Ultrasonic for ₹25,448), ‘tumharabaap77’ (Won ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD Big Bubble Rush for ₹24,402), Naman ‘CairyHunt09’ Puri (Won ₹50K GTD Afternoon on Stars for ₹13,998), ‘Prat920830’ (Won ₹50K GTD Deepstack for ₹11,577), and Piyush ‘Zeta Sagittarii’ Kumar (Won ₹50K GTD Primetime Grind for ₹9,858) won the other PokerStars India marquees.

Adda52

Due to server issues, all the evening tournaments on Adda52 were canceled.

Khelo365

Khelo365 user ‘Midfish’ came out on top in the site`s ₹25K GTD 6 Feet Under PLO Deepstack to win ₹8,750.

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