6 Minutes Read
As expected, the Wednesday turnouts were lackluster, with most flagship tournaments registering glaring overlays! However, with PokerStars India’s Diwali Rush Series starting today, the Diwali weekend will be anything but dull.
Speaking of the Wednesday chartbusters, old-timer Siddarth Singhvi topped the mid-week charts on the back of his trailblazing run in the Spartan Poker headliners, netting ₹5.25 Lakhs overall. Chasing his first title in over seven months, Singhvi placed runner-up in Spartan Poker’s Wednesday High Roller (₹3.68 Lakhs) and came fourth in Destiny (₹1.57 Lakhs).
The user ‘jackaal59’ championed the Wednesday High Roller for a career-best ₹5.25 Lakhs, banking the day`s single largest score!
The IPC MegaStacks Main Event champion, Young Gun Siddhanth Kripalani, was another top reg firing up a prolific run on Spartan Poker last night, crossing ₹7 Crores in tracked online winnings. Last week’s The Summit winner, Kripalani, packed up almost ₹4.48 Lakhs in total winnings, most notably taking down the Destiny title for the third time for ₹3.74 Lakhs.
Avneesh Munjal‘s Tuesday run was just a teaser of things to come, for he took down two marquee tournaments yesterday – Adda52’s Maverick (₹2.71 Lakhs) and PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT (₹1.21 Lakhs) – raking in an impressive ₹4.07 Lakhs across five deep runs.
The #1 ranked player of the week, Gopal Bajaj, pulled further ahead in the charts by posting three FT finishes worth a collective ₹3.99 Lakhs. He finished runner-up in Spartan Poker’s Destiny (₹2.94 Lakhs) (heads-up deal) and PokerStars India’s Night on Stars (₹81,190) and placed sixth in Spartan Poker’s Wednesday Vibes (₹23,839).
Sunday`s BSS High Roller champion Tanmay Benara notched up ₹3.13 Lakhs overall from two top finishes. He won PokerStars India’s Night on Stars (₹1.05 Lakhs) and placed fourth in Spartan Poker’s Wednesday High Roller (₹1.91 Lakhs).
Monday’s top scorer Vishal Ojha kept his heater going for a third consecutive day by raking in ₹2.44 Lakhs last night. He most notably took down PokerBaazi’s The Pride for ₹1.96 Lakhs, striking a heads-up deal with Raghav Siddalinga (2nd for ₹1.88 Lakhs)!
Sushant Sirohi, Prateek Parakh, Neeraj Bara, Samyak Sethi, Kashish Sachdev, Dhaval Doshi, Kapil Sethi, Surya Lohia, and Clinton Tavares won the other Wednesday marquees.
Here are the Wednesday highlights!
View this post on Instagram
Spartan Poker
Destiny 25.0 – ₹20 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 180
Re-entries – 80
Rebuys – 93
Prize Pool – ₹20,00,000
Places Paid – 39
The IPC MegaStacks Main Event champion Young Gun Siddhanth ‘PluRibu$’ Kripalani warmed up nicely for the Diwali weekend ahead by pulling out a prolific run last night, crossing ₹7 Crores in tracked online winnings.
Last week’s The Summit winner, Kripalani, packed up almost ₹4.48 Lakhs in Wednesday winnings. The 27-year-old Mumbaikar, who holds the distinction of being the first player to have won the Destiny title back-to-back, overcame a 353-player field in the Wednesday headliner, winning his third Destiny title for ₹3.74 Lakhs and locking in a seat in the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Destiny 25.0 SnG scheduled for January 8, 2023 (9 PM).
Kripalani posted another deep run in the Wednesday High Roller (8th for ₹74,000), lapping up almost ₹4.48 Lakhs. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.01 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.05 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #12 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.94 Crores
The Wednesday headliner, Destiny, played down to a heads-up deal between Kripalani & Gopal ‘Mamacita’ Bajaj. Bajaj, already the #1 ranked player of the week, pulled further ahead in the charts by posting three FT finishes for a nifty ₹3.99 Lakhs.
His Wednesday finishes include:
> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s Destiny 25.0 for ₹2,93,965
> 2nd in PokerStars India’s Night on Stars for ₹81,190
> 6th in Spartan Poker’s Wednesday Vibes for ₹23,839
Gopal Bajaj’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.84 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹98.49 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #31 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.73 Crores | Ranked #1 on the Weekly Leaderboard | Moves Into the Top 3 of the October Leaderboard
Following through on her Tuesday run, Young Gun Kanchan ‘Midge Maisel’ Sharma banked ₹1.36 Lakhs through three deep runs (including two FT finishes), which include:
> 7th in Spartan Poker’s Destiny 25.0 for ₹68,600
> 2nd in PokerStars India’s Night on Stars for ₹62,809
> 14th in Adda52’s La Luna for ₹5,000
Kanchan Sharma’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.09 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.25 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #9 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.90 Crores
Final Table Results
*denotes a heads-up deal
Wednesday High Roller (6-Max) – ₹20 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹16,500
Entries – 70
Re-entries – 26
Rebuys – 36
Prize Pool – ₹20,00,000
Places Paid – 13
The user ‘jackaal59’ outplayed the 132-player field full of regs in Spartan Poker’s ₹20 Lakhs GTD Wednesday High Roller (6-Max), banking the day`s single-largest score worth a career-best ₹5.25 Lakhs, also their first title on the site.
‘jackaal59’s SpartanPoker stats: Site Winnings: ₹6.19 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹3.92 Lakhs |Titles Won in 2022: #1
The old-timer Siddarth ‘PeterPunter’ Singhvi, chasing his first title in over seven months, drove up the mid-week action with his trailblazing run in the Spartan Poker headliners. He fired up top finishes in both flagships last night, making away with the day’s best ₹5.25 Lakhs.
His Wednesday finishes include:
> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s Wednesday High Roller for ₹3,68,000
> 4th in Spartan Poker’s Destiny for ₹1,57,400
Siddarth Singhvi’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.44 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.32 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #2 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.24 Crores
The #5 ranked player of the year, Young Gun Arsh ‘BigggTymeR’ Grover, is back to the online grind with gusto and ITM-ed three events (including two FT finishes), netting ₹1.80 Lakhs altogether.
His Wednesday finishes include:
> 6th in Spartan Poker’s Wednesday High Roller for ₹1,20,000
> 5th in PokerBaazi’s The Pride for ₹56,619
> 85th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹2,900
Arsh Grover’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹12.14 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹5.80 Crores Titles Won in 2022: #20 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.93 Crores |Ranked #5 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes) | Ranked #5 in Annual Profits
The Tuesday High Roller champion, PokerGuru Ambassador Vishal ‘SimSlave’ Bajaj (7th for ₹95,000), last night’s Destiny winner, Young Gun Siddhanth ‘PluRibu$’ Kripalani (8th for ₹74,000), Parag ‘Persie’ Shah (10th for ₹46,000), Mitesh ‘mikefrbike’ Gupta (11th for ₹46,000), Rahul ‘Rahul2646’ Kabade (12th for ₹41,000), and Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia (13th for ₹40,000) were the other notables who cashed the Wednesday High Roller.
Final Table Results
Wednesday Vibes – ₹4.50 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 155
Re-entries – 69
Rebuys – 101
Prize Pool – ₹4,87,500
Places Paid – 31
Tuesday’s Midnight SPRINT winner Kashish ‘Charmender’ Sachdev, kept his heater going by shipping a tournament for a second consecutive day. He won Spartan Poker`s ₹4.50 Lakhs GTD Wednesday Vibes for ₹1.03 Lakhs (his biggest score of 2022) even as Sushant ‘kalkiyug’ Sirohi finished runner-up for ₹69,420.
Kashish Sachdev’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹41.64 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹10.58 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #14
The THC#18 Superstack winner Sushant Sirohi was one of the standout winners of Tuesday. He fired up seven ITM finishes – winning a title and bagging three runner-up scores – collecting a personal-best ₹2.52 Lakhs in the process.
His Wednesday finishes include:
> 5th in Spartan Poker’s Wednesday High Roller for ₹1,54,000 (won his seat through a ₹1,650 satellite)
> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s Wednesday Vibes for ₹69,420
> 1st in PokerStars India’s Primetime Grind for ₹10,679
> 2nd in PokerStars India’s Afternoon on Stars for ₹10,259
> 2nd in PokerStars India’s The Hot Turbo for ₹3,610
> 17th in PokerBaazi’s 7-Max SPRINT for ₹2,020
> 25th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Morning SPRINT for ₹1,512
Sushant Sirohi’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹59.71 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹15.90 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #12 | Annual Winnings: ₹30.24 Lakhs
Final Table Results
‘bhagwanmaalik’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack for ₹48,000), ‘Ramkanaam’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Night Rider for ₹37,740), ‘radhe gurjar’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Sundowner – Multi Entry for ₹36,340), ‘luck chance’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Chip Up for ₹20,889), and ‘Deepaknegi98681’ (Won ₹50K GTD The Centurion for ₹7,547) won the other Spartan Poker marquees.
PokerBaazi
The Pride – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹3,850
Entries – 155
Re-entries – 137
Prize Pool – ₹10,22,000
Places Paid – 36
Monday’s top scorer Vishal ‘Darky’ Ojha, has been on a breakout run since the start of the week, and he kept the heater going for a third consecutive day by raking in ₹2.44 Lakhs last night. The former Destiny winner most notably took down PokerBaazi`s 10 Lakhs GTD The Pride for ₹1.96 Lakhs, following a heads-up deal with Raghav ‘pokerwolf’ Siddalinga (2nd for ₹1.88 Lakhs).
Vishal Ojha’s Wednesday scores include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s The Pride for ₹1,96,353* (HU deal)
> 8th in Adda52’s Maverick for ₹33,750
> 14th in PokerBaazi`s (7-Max) #DailySPRINT for ₹7,250
Vishal Ojha`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.23 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹59.28 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #10
Final Table Results
*denotes a heads-up deal
Daily Value Boost – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,375
Entries – 377
Re-entries – 283
Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000
Places Paid – 41
The #BB8 Endboss finalist, Prateek ‘Parakhprateek’ Parakh, clinched his maiden title of the year last night on PokerBaazi, overcoming a 660–player field in the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Daily Value Boost to win ₹1.54 Lakhs* (HU deal) – his third-best score on the site.
Prateek Parakh`s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹27.08 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹7.11 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #1
A heads-up deal ensured the (7-Max) BSS SPRINT champion from October 9, Nathaniel ‘ante2410’ Fancon, an equally handsome ₹1.40 Lakhs in second place. Fancon also cashed the (7-Max) SPRINT (42nd for ₹3,540).
Nathaniel Fancon`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹23.59 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #1
Final Table Results
*denotes a heads-up deal
(7-Max) SPRINT – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 253
Re-entries – 184
Prize Pool – ₹6,55,000
Places Paid – 54
Neeraj ‘nbara’ Bara parlayed a ₹165 satellite buy-in into a personal-best (on PokerBaazi) ₹1.32 Lakhs payday after taking down the ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) SPRINT. Bara stomped past a guarantee-crushing 437-entry field in the 9 PM marquee last night, defeating last week`s DCS #12 Monday Celebration runner-up finisher, PokerGuru Ambassador Tarush ‘Busterr’ Gupta (opted out of our tracking) (2nd for ₹92,360) in the heads-up play.
Nitin Bara`s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹9.75 Lakhs
Tarush Gupta also FT-ed Spartan Poker’s Wednesday Vibes, rounding up at least ₹1.24 Lakhs overall. His known Wednesday finishes include:
> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹92,360
> 5th in Spartan Poker’s Wednesday Vibes for ₹31,395
Final Table Results
(7-Max) Daily SPRINT – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 108
Re-entries – 92
Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Places Paid – 24
Avneesh ‘iamam’ Munjal followed up the impressive Tuesday run with a breakout Wednesday grind, scoring two title victories in one night and a nifty ₹4.07 Lakhs across five deep runs!
Not only did the former AOPS Main Event runner-up finisher, Munjal, take down the 200-player field in Adda52’s Maverick to win ₹2.71 Lakhs (three-way deal), but he also nailed PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT, collecting the first-place paycheque of ₹1.21 Lakhs (his second consecutive day winning a SPRINT title).
Puneet ‘puneetdurr111’ Sachan finished runner-up in the 7:30 PM Daily SPRINT for ₹84,650.
Avneesh Munjal’s top Wednesday finishes include:
> 1st in Adda52`s Maverick for ₹2,70,933* (3-way deal)
> 1st in PokerBaazi`s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹1,20,750 (his second consecutive day winning a SPRINT title)
Avneesh Munjal`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.31 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹70.31 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #3
The 200-strong entry field in the (7-Max) Daily SPRINT results in an overlay deficit of ₹1 Lakhs, with the top 24 places banking a payday.
Final Table Results
(7-Max) Afternoon Boost – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 110
Re-entries – 88
Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Places Paid – 41
NPS gold medalist Dhaval ‘Faizal1506’ Doshi fired thrice in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) 5 Lakhs GTD AfternoonBoost before ransacking the 198-entry field in the 2 PM marquee, taking home ₹74,243 in first-place prize money.
Kunal ‘symbolicchamp’ Agrawal made his way into the 2 PM tournament through a ₹220 satellite. However, he went on to fire four more bullets before locking in ₹68,707 in second place, courtesy of a heads-up deal.
Doshi collectively added ₹81,707 through three ITM finishes, which include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi`s (7-Max) Afternoon Boost for ₹74,243
> 6th in Adda52`s Afternoon Adda for ₹5,700
> 16th in PokerBaazi`s Daily Afternoon SPRINT for ₹1,764
Dhaval Doshi`s online stats (including heads-up & SnGs): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.31 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹30.44 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #15
Final Table Results
*denotes a heads-up deal
‘anuzrana888’ (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Midnight SPRINT for ₹51,080), Kapil ‘PoketRockets’ Sethi (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Boost for ₹46,840), Surya ‘Surya12’ Lohia (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Night SPRINT for ₹32,841), ‘rd147’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD PLO-6 Boost Monster for ₹27,630), ‘nimbupani’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹23,300), ‘Ritu.79’ (Won ₹40K GTD PLO Daily for ₹9,900), and ‘Kratagya32’ (Won 5-Max Daily for ₹6,100) won the other PokerBaazi marquees.
Pocket52
Pocket Jacks – ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,450
Entries – 99
Re-entries – 72
Prize Pool – ₹2,50,000
Places Paid – 24
Pocket52 network user ‘Rista’ out-skilled a 171-player field in the ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Pocket Jacks, collecting the winner’s due worth ₹52,500.
Yesterday’s Pocket Snacks champion ‘user1645726039’ fell inches short of grabbing their second title on the site, netting ₹38,750 in second place.
Final Table Results
‘Bolenath’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Pocket Brunch for ₹23,282), ‘chester’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Pocket Tanks for ₹23,000), ‘user1645726039’ (Won ₹65K GTD Pocket Snacks for ₹14,300) and ‘KOHINOOR’ (Won ₹50K GTD Pocket Squares for ₹11,500) won the other Pocket52 marquees.
PokerDangal
Booster Wednesday – ₹75K GTD
Buy-in – ₹550
Entries – 74
Rebuys – 43
Prize Pool – ₹75,000
Places Paid – 20
PokerDangal user ‘bigbang’ raced past the 117-entry field in the site’s Wednesday attraction, ₹75K GTD Booster Wednesday, cashing out ₹16,500 in first-place prize money. ‘Moneyboy’ stood second for ₹12,375.
Final Table Results
PokerStars India
Night on Stars – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,750
Entries – 85
Re-entries – 59
Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Places Paid – 17
October has been a bountiful month for the BSS High Roller champion Tanmay ‘tanmay1909’ Benara, who notched up a title victory after a three-day break. He totaled a 144-entry field in PokerStars India’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Night on Stars last night, banking ₹1.05 Lakhs in first-place prize money.
Benara pocketed a cool ₹3.13 Lakhs overall across five ITM finishes, which include:
> 4th in Spartan Poker’s Wednesday High Roller for ₹1,91,000
> 1st in PokerStars India’s Night on Stars for ₹1,04,951
> 28th in Adda52’s Maverick for ₹7,500
> 34th in PokerBaazi’s The Pride for ₹6,950
> 99th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹2,800
Tanmay Benara`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.51 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.23 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #21 | October Winnings: ₹39.35 Lakhs | Annual Winnings: ₹2.11 Crores
The #1 ranked player of the week, Gopal ‘MrBigSlick139’ Bajaj, pocketed ₹81,190 for his runner-up finish in the Night on Stars and filled in ₹3.96 Lakhs overall across two more FT finishes in Spartan Poker’s Destiny 25.0 (2nd for ₹2,91,381) and Wednesday Vibes (6th for ₹23,839).
Gopal Bajaj’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.84 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹98.49 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #31 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.73 Crores | Ranked #1 on the Weekly Leaderboard
Yesterday`s Afternoon Adda champion Clinton ‘Clinton Tavares’ Tavares raked in ₹1.21 Lakhs across four deep runs, which include:
> 5th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹40,700
> 5th in PokerStars India’s Night on Stars for ₹37,588
> 1st in Adda52’s Afternoon Adda for ₹32,400
> 8th in Adda52’s La Luna for ₹10,000
Clinton Tavares’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.07 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹24.25 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #35
Final Table Results
Adda52
Maverick – ₹15 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,750
Entries – 235
Re-entries – 199
Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000
Places Paid – 43
Avneesh ‘IamAM’ Munjal`s Tuesday run was just a teaser of things to come, for he took down two marquees yesterday, including Adda52`s ₹15 Lakhs GTD Maverick, raking in an impressive ₹4.07 Lakhs across five deep runs.
Munjal chopped the Maverick title three-way with ‘Malone69’ (2nd for ₹2.69 Lakhs) and Pranay ‘setmeup’ Chawla (3rd for ₹2.37 Lakhs).
Avneesh Munjal`s Wednesday finishes include:
> 1st in Adda52`s Maverick for ₹2.71 Lakhs* (3-way deal)
> 1st in PokerBaazi`s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹1.21 Lakhs (his second consecutive day winning a SPRINT title)
> 11th in Spartan Poker’s Wednesday Vibes for ₹8,921
> 43rd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹3,540
> 98th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹2,800
Avneesh Munjal`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.31 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹70.31 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #3
The ongoing Diwali preparations resulted in widespread overlays across all the marquee tournaments yesterday, and even the ₹2,750 buy-in Maverick could only bring in 434 entrants, registering a glaring ₹4.15 Lakhs in overlays!
Final Table Results
*denotes a three-way deal
La Luna – ₹4 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,800
Entries – 101
Re-entries – 115
Prize Pool – ₹4,00,000
Places Paid – 24
Taking down his first title since shipping The Weekly HighRoller in consecutive weeks last month, the BTS Main Event champion Samyak ‘stonedurr’ Sethi scored the winning touchdown in Adda52’s ₹4 Lakhs GTD La Luna yesterday, winning the 9:30 PM tournament for ₹1.10 Lakhs. Adda52 loyalist ‘VishuChi’ came second for ₹64,000.
Samyak Sethi’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹73.85 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹23.04 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #16
Like the Maverick, the ₹1,800 buy-in La Luna experienced an overlay shortfall of ₹45,760 on the back of 216 entries, and the top 24 finishers benefitted from the added value.
Final Table Results
‘hridaye’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Nighttide DST Adda for ₹32,441), Clinton ‘RedArmy07’ Tavares (Won ₹1.20 Lakhs GTD Afternoon Adda for ₹32,400), ‘valle’ (Won ₹40K GTD Sundown Adda for ₹12,000), ‘coramdeo12’ (Won ₹60K GTD Bounty Adda for ₹12,658), ‘pawan713’ (Won ₹50K GTD Evening Adda for ₹10,020), and ‘dushtp’ (Won ₹20K GTD MidNight Bash for ₹7,316) won the other Adda52 marquees.
Keep following PokerGuru for daily updates on the biggest winners across the major domestic networks!