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It was an eventful Wednesday for online poker players, and for the third consecutive day, almost all the flagship tourneys crushed their listed guarantees.
PokerStars India`s “Star of the Month“ – December Siddharth Gangwar bagged the single-biggest payday last night for winning Spartan Poker’s ₹29 Lakhs GTD Destiny for ₹6.83 Lakhs and a seat in the Destiny 19.0 SnG Finale. The well-known TLB crusher Bhanu Prakash KC finished runner-up in Destiny while also placing sixth in The Pride.
Two-time Millionaire champion Manish Lakhotia took down Adda52’s Maverick – his third time winning the event – regaining the #1 spot in the annual leaderboard standings.
Aditya Kulkarni championed PokerBaazi’s The Pride for the second-time besting PokerGuru Ambassador Vivek Singh heads-up.
Akshay Gupta, Deepesh Raka, Kunal Yadav, Induprakash Mishra, and Amarjeet Singh took down the other marquee titles.
Here’s a quick recap of the Wednesday action!
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Spartan Poker
Spartan Poker`s Destiny 19.0 series crowned its eighth champion last night. The ₹29 Lakhs GTD tourney fell eight entries, or ₹40,000 short on its listed guarantee after 572 entrants signed up to play. Starting at 8 PM, the event ended at 4:04 AM with PokerStars India’s “Star of the Month“ – December Siddharth ‘cooking_nuts’ Gangwar coming out on top to win a career-best ₹6.83 Lakhs, making him the day`s biggest winner. He also booked a seat in the ₹10 Lakhs added Destiny 19.0 SnG Finale set for June 13 (9 PM).
Siddharth Gangwar’s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹73.41 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹32.30 Lakhs
Before taking down the title, Gangwar struck a heads-up deal with TLB crusher Bhanu ‘spectre’ Prakash KC, who banked an equally impressive ₹5.35 Lakhs. Bhanu Prakash posted a second FT score yesterday, placing sixth in PokerBaazi’s The Pride for ₹49,686. Deepak ‘chimpoo’ Bothra rounded out the podium, placing third in Destiny for ₹2.68 Lakhs.
The second Wednesday marquee running as part of Spartan Poker’s Daily Poker Marathon, the ₹9 Lakhs GTD Wednesday Vibes, accumulated a whopping ₹9.30 Lakhs prize pool on the back of 620 entrants. After a heads-up deal, ‘OfcourseOfcourse’ captured the title for a personal-best (on this screenname) ₹1.57 Lakhs. ‘itsmeace’ (runner-up for 1.37 Lakhs) was the other beneficiary of the deal.
PokerStars India
PokerStars India`s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Night on Stars generated a prize pool worth ₹5.84 Lakhs on the back of 329 registrations. It took seven hours and thirty minutes of play for this week`s Sunday Highroller third-place finisher Deepesh ‘deep12322’ Raka to ship the tourney for ₹1.01 Lakhs (includes ₹52,666 in bounties). The user ‘Bashir@321’ finished runner-up for ₹82,330 (includes ₹34,260 in bounties).
The Night on Stars victory fetched Deepesh Raka his first marquee title on PokerStars India, pushing his total winnings on the site to ₹50.74 Lakhs.
Induprakash ‘supee54’ Mishra (Won ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD Big Bubble Rush for ₹45,869), ‘theghoti’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Ultrasonic for ₹26,654), ‘davaa dondup’ (Won ₹75K GTD Afternoon on Stars for ₹18,442), and ‘ayushthakur2222’ (Won ₹50K GTD Deepstack for ₹12,281) took down the other Wednesday marquees on the site.
PokerBaazi
PokerBaazi’s Wednesday headliner, the ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Pride, pulled in 338 entries, collecting a generous ₹11.83 Lakhs prize pool. The former APT Online India Super Highroller runner-up finisher Aditya ‘adit11’ Kulkarni championed The Pride for the second time last night for ₹2.48 Lakhs. PokerGuru Ambassador Vivek ‘Nutpeddling729’ Singh stood second for ₹1.74 Lakhs.
Aditya Kulkarni had won The Pride for the first time on March 10 for ₹2.32 Lakhs. He currently boasts ₹1.80 Crores in lifetime online winnings and ₹57.06 Lakhs in net profits.
Monday’s Iron Man champion & one of the three PokerGuru Ambassadors to have the Millionaire in May, Vivek Singh`s six-figure Wednesday score helped boost his lifetime tally to ₹5.64 Crores (₹1.67 Crores in net profits).
Kunal ‘callmeifyoucan’ Yadav outlasted the 341-entry field in the ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Holdem Boost DST, winning the late-night marquee title for the second time for ₹71,610. The 8-time Holdem BOOST DST champion Mohak Kapoor almost won the event for a ninth time, placing runner-up for ₹50,127.
Kunal Yadav had won the Holdem Boost for the first time on January 7 for ₹30,121. In fact, last night was his third consecutive day winning a title after shipping Spartan Poker`s ₹1.25 Lakhs GTD Epic back-to-back on Monday and Tuesday.
Kunal Yadav`s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹34.05 Lakhs| Lifetime Profits: ₹8.30 Lakhs
‘Kiran0388’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Night DST for ₹50,370), ‘vr055’ (Won ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD Turbo for ₹49,040), ‘kw1996’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Afternoon DST for ₹41,980), and Amarjeet ‘ninjakar’ Singh (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD PLO Boost Monster for ₹36,050) championed the other Wednesday marquees.
Adda52
Adda52`s ₹15 Lakhs GTD Maverick registered a massive 707-entry field, and 72 places got a piece of the ₹16.08 Lakhs prize pool. The two-time Millionaire champion Manish ‘newkidpoker’ Lakhotia was the last player standing and won the Wednesday flagship for the third time for ₹4.02 Lakhs.
The Maverick score has pushed the Siliguri-based pro Manish Lakhotia back on top of the annual leaderboard standings.
Manish Lakhotia`s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.33 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.01 Crores | Annual Winnings: ₹1.90 Crores | Annual Profits: ₹57 Lakhs
Goa-resident Myron ‘zzzzz369’ Pereira finished runner-up for ₹2.33 Lakhs, climbing one spot up to #13 in the annual rankings.
Myron Pereira`s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.99 Crores|Lifetime Profits: ₹47.05 Lakhs |Annual Winnings: ₹1.24 Crores|Annual Profits: ₹38.44 Lakhs
The ₹4 Lakhs GTD La Luna logged in 260 runners to collect a prize pool worth ₹4.26 Lakhs. The ATOC Armani winner Akshay ‘darulerofall’ Gupta raced past the competition to win ₹1.11 Lakhs. ‘Mantri97’ finished runner-up for ₹66,092.
Akshay Gupta now has ₹1.31 Crores in lifetime online winnings (₹11.21 Lakhs in net profits).
The other Wednesday winners were:
Player | Prize Amount | Event | Poker Site |
---|---|---|---|
Akshay ‘darulerofall’ Gupta | ₹1.10 Lakhs | La Luna ₹4 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
Tanmaya ‘RTD27’ Gupta | ₹72,212 | Monster Stack ₹4 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
Kunal 'callmeifyoucan' Yadav | ₹71,610 | 6-Max Holdem Boost ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
Jilebii | ₹64,116 | Afternoon Adda ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
Kiran0388 | ₹50,370 | Night DST ₹1 Lakh GTD | PokerBaazi |
vr055 | ₹49,040 | Turbo ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
Morgan B | ₹48,791 | Night Rider- Monster Stack ₹2.75 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
supee54 | ₹45,869 | Big Bubble Rush ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD | PokerStars India |
Vakeel.sahab | ₹45,276 | Ultimate 5 Card PLO ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
kw1996 | ₹41,980 | Afternoon DST ₹1 Lakh GTD | PokerBaazi |
Amarjeet ‘ninjakar’ Singh | ₹36,050 | PLO Boost Monster ₹1 Lakh GTD | PokerBaazi |
Anupam ‘anupam_aryan’ Mishra | ₹33,735 | Nighttide DST Adda ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
Sharad ‘zimbawe’ Haridasan | ₹27,800 | Punch ₹80K GTD | Adda52 |
theghoti | ₹26,654 | Ultrasonic ₹1 Lakh GTD | PokerStars India |
Falconwagon | ₹23,554 | Epic ₹1.25 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
davaa dondup | ₹18,442 | Afternoon on Stars ₹75K GTD | PokerStars India |
ayushthakur2222 | ₹12,281 | Deepstack ₹50K GTD | PokerStars India |
Joonjoon | ₹20,040 | Wednesday PLO ₹1 Lakh GTD | PokerDangal |
Samaybk | ₹10,750 | 6 Feet Under PLO Deepstack ₹25K GTD | Khelo365 |
Destiny ₹29 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 251
Re-entries – 117
Rebuys – 204
Prize Pool – ₹29,00,000
Places Paid – 50
One of the more popular week-day features at Spartan Poker and part of the site’s Destiny 19.0 edition, the ₹29 Lakhs GTD Destiny, kicked off at 8 PM last night with a starting field of 572 entries resulting in ₹40,000 in overlays.
It was 4 AM on the tourney clock by the time PokerStars India`s “Star of the Month“ – December Siddharth ‘cooking_nuts’ Gangwar clinched the title to win a personal-best ₹6.83 Lakhs and a seat in the ₹10 Lakhs added Destiny 19.0 SnG Finale slated for June 13 (9 PM).
Before winning the title, Gangwar struck a heads-up deal with Bhanu ‘spectre’ Prakash (runner-up for ₹5.35 Lakhs).
Deepak ‘chimpoo’ Bothra (3rd for ₹2.68 Lakhs), Ronuk ‘Redbullwings’ Lekhraj (4th for ₹1.91 Lakhs), Aquib ‘Aquib17’ Ansari (5th for ₹1.22 Lakhs), Prashanth ‘Anya Chalotra’ Sekar (6th for ₹1.01 Lakhs), and Yudhishter ‘McFly’ Jaswal (7th for ₹72,500) were the other known players who made it to the FT.
Final Table Results
*denotes a heads-up deal
Maverick ₹15 Lakhs GTD – Adda52
Buy-in – ₹2,500
Entries – 331
Re-entries 376
Prize pool – ₹16,08,423
Places Paid – 72
Adda52’s ₹15 Lakhs Maverick registered 707 entrants, filling in a ₹16.08 Lakhs prize pool. The 8 PM flagship played down to a hard-fought heads-up battle between two in-form MTT crushers, Manish ‘newkidpoker’ Lakhotia and Myron ‘zzzzz369’ Pereira.
The two-time Maverick winner Manish Lakhotia came out on top to add an impressive third Maverick title to tally, lapping up ₹4.02 Lakhs in prize money. The win was significant for Lakhotia for another reason: it pushed him back on top of the annual leaderboard rankings. He is now the #1 ranked player of 2021 with ~₹1.91 Crores in annual earning.
Myron Pereira didn`t do too bad with his runner-up finish for ₹2.33 Lakhs getting him to ₹3.99 Crores in lifetime earnings and within touching distance of an entry in the “₹4 Crore-Club.” He is also now ranked #13 on the annual leaderboard standings.
Surbhit ‘grovahova’ Grover (3rd for ₹1.58 Lakhs), Chirag ‘mahikk’ Bhardwaj (4th for ₹1.13 Lakhs), Sandeep ‘40chor’ Bhatnagar (5th for ₹80,421), Sarvesh ‘playhereforsure13’ Sharma (6th for ₹56,295), and Mohak ‘Sparkie’ Kapoor (7th for ₹44,232) also FT-ed the tourney.
Final Table Results
The Pride ₹10 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi
Buy-in – ₹3,850
Entries – 179
Re-entries – 159
Prize Pool – ₹11,83,000
Places Paid – 45
PokerBaazi reg Aditya ‘adit11’ Kulkarni championed the ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Pride, adding ₹2.48 Lakhs to his PokerBaazi wallet. His heads-up opponent was none other than The Millionaire champion from May 17, PokerGuru Ambassador Vivek ‘Nutpeddling729’ Singh, and the 29-year-old banked ₹1.74 Lakhs for his runner-up finish.
Notably, this is the second time Aditya Kulkarni has won The Pride this year.
Vinod ‘brutalgame’ Kirne (3rd for ₹82,810), Destiny runner-up finisher Bhanu ‘Chennaino1’ Prakash KC (6th for ₹49,686), Akshat ‘Badger69’ Verma (7th for ₹29,663), and Young Gun Gaurav ‘gaug17’ Sood (7th for ₹41,405) also FT-ed the tourney.
Final Table Results
Wednesday Vibes ₹9 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 312
Re-entries – 102
Rebuys – 206
Prize Pool – ₹9,30,000
Places Paid – 55
Running with an increased ₹9 Lakhs prize pool guarantee, Spartan Poker`s Wednesday Vibes didn`t disappoint with an entry field of 620 entries, collecting a guarantee-crushing ₹9.30 Lakhs prize pool.
The event ran from 9:30 PM to 5:11 AM, with the mystery user ‘OfcourseOfcourse’ coming out on top to win ₹1.57 Lakhs following a heads-up deal with ‘itsmeace’ (runner-up for ₹1.37 Lakhs).
March The Millionaire champion, PokerGuru Ambassador Vishal ‘CrownUpJr’ Bajaj (5th for ₹52,917), Ashish ‘notoriouskonvict1’ Nailwal (6th for ₹40,734), Sandeep ‘PS_Sunshine’ Singh (7th for ₹30,318), and Aditya ‘MansaMusa’ Pareek (8th for ₹21,948) FT-ed the tourney.
Final Table Results
*denotes a heads-up deal
Night on Stars ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India
Buy-in – ₹1,950
Entries – 183
Re-entries – 146
Total Prize Pool – ₹5,83,646
Regular Prize Pool – ₹2,91,823
Bounty Prize Pool – ₹2,91,823
Places Paid – 35
Deepesh ‘deep12322’ Raka topped the 329-entry field in PokerStars India’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Night on Stars to win ₹1.01 Lakhs (includes ₹52,666 in bounties). ‘Bashir@321’ finished runner-up for ₹82,330 (includes ₹34,260 in bounties).
The event ran from 7:30 PM to 3 AM, and the top 35 places got paid a share of the ₹5.83 Lakhs prize pool.
The Night on Stars title happens to be Deepesh Raka`s first marquee title on PokerStars India, and with last night`s score, he has crossed ₹50 Lakhs in recorded winnings on the site.
The “Star of the Month” – March Harsh ‘kakori kabab’ Dembla (3rd for ₹40,476) and Pranav ‘pkpok13’ Khandalkar (9th for ₹7,662) also FT-ed the tourney.
Final Table Results (Includes Bounties)
La Luna ₹4 Lakhs GTD – Adda52
Buy-in – ₹1,800
Entries – 143
Re-entries 117
Prize Pool – ₹4,26,402
Places Paid – 27
Akshay ‘darulerofall’ Gupta was the last player standing in Adda52’s ₹4 Lakhs GTD La Luna and won ₹1.11 Lakhs, his second-best recorded finish on the site. ‘Mantri97’ placed runner-up for ₹66,092.
Kaushik ‘cosh’ Tibrewal (3rd for ₹49,676), Arun ‘runyrules’ Sriram (4th for ₹36,244), and Pranav ‘pkpok’ Khandalkar (5th for ₹24,518) also FT-ed the tourney.
Big Bubble Rush ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 118
Re-entries – 72
Total Prize Pool – ₹1,90,000
Regular Prize Pool – ₹95,000
Bounty Prize Pool – ₹95,000
Places Paid – 19
PokerStars India`s ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD Big Bubble Rush saw Induprakash ‘supee54’ Mishra racing past the 190-entry field to win ₹45,869 (includes ₹29,086 in bounties). Online reg Ram ‘TheLagLawyer’ Kakkar came second for ₹19,283 (includes ₹2,375 in bounties).
6-Max Holdem Boost ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 189
Re-entries – 152
Prize Pool – ₹3,41,000
Places Paid – 45
Kunal ‘callmeifyoucan’ Yadav took down PokerBaazi`s ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD 6-Max Holdem Boost last night, besting former Game Changer 4.0 runner-up finisher Mohak ‘Tiltin’ Kapoor (2nd for ₹50,127) heads-up to collect ₹71,610 in first-place prize money.
Kunal Yadav completed a hattrick of title victories on Wednesday, having won Spartan Poker`s Epic consecutively on Monday and Tuesday earlier in the week.
Md ‘007Bahubali’ Zeeshan (3rd for ₹32,225) and the Night DST runner-up finisher Aditya ‘konstantin’ Singh (4th for ₹23,870) also FT-ed the tourney.
Wednesday PLO ₹1 Lakh GTD – PokerDangal
Buy-in – ₹660
Entries – 110
Re-entries – 57
Prize Pool – ₹1,00,200
Places Paid – 27
PokerDangal’s ₹1 Lakh GTD Wednesday PLO was taken down by the user ‘Joonjoon,’ who raced past 167 entries to collect ₹20,040. ‘pavbhaji’ came second for ₹15,030.
6 Feet Under PLO Deepstack ₹25K GTD – Khelo365
Buy-in – ₹550
Entries – 28
Re-entries – 16
Prize Pool – ₹25,000
Places Paid – 5
Khelo365 regular ‘Samaybk’ won the ₹25K GTD 6 Feet Under PLO Deepstack on his third bullet, netting ₹10,750. ‘prithvii’ placed runner-up for ₹5,750.
This report was updated at 5:30 PM on 27.5.2021.
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