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The WPT Online India series has set the mood for a glorious festive season. Wednesday marked another guarantee-crushing day for this inaugural edition with two WPT Trophies up for grabs.
Spartan Poker`s ₹25 Lakhs GTD Destiny was another headliner that saw PokerGuru Ambassador Laksh Pal Singh outlasting the competition to bank the top score of the day.
Here’s a quick recap of all the action!
Spartan Poker
Spartan Poker’s Destiny has always been a crowd-puller, and its latest run was no different. The ₹25 Lakhs guaranteed tourney logged in 552 entries to collect a generous ₹27.60 Lakhs. It took a little under eight hours for PokerGuru Ambassador Laksh ‘LuckyBhai$’ Pal Singh to come out on top to win the tourney and the ₹7.17 Lakhs first-place cash prize – not to forget a seat in the Destiny 17.0 SnG Finale that takes place on December 27. The runner-up cash prize worth ₹4.42 Lakhs went to the mystery player ‘evilpotato.’
Singh has an enviable track record on Spartan Poker, but this is his first time winning the Destiny title. The score has propelled his annual earnings across the ₹2 Crore-mark with his lifetime tally crossing ₹4.51 Crores.
Starting out at 9:30 PM, the ₹2.75 Lakhs GTD Mega Freeze registered 90 entries to record a negligible ₹5,000 shortfall. The mystery player ‘Esoteric,’ who had shipped Monday’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD ReCharge, navigated their way to the top to win their second title this week for ₹72,188, denying PokerGuru Ambassador Shashank ‘Jai Bajarangbali’ Desai (runner-up for ₹50,600) the top honors.
Desai was himself gunning for a third title this week. He had last won PokerBaazi’s ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD Turbo on Tuesday for ₹36,075, and last night`s finish extended his online tally to ₹2.11 Crores.
PokerStars India
PokerStars India’s Wednesday primetime tourney, the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Night on Stars, brought together 287 contenders (161 unique and 126 re-entries), overlaying ₹43,383. Akash ‘as5072828’ Sharma was the last player standing in the tourney and won ₹82,132 after an almost even chop with ‘kviscool’ (runner-up for ₹82,600). The win has catapulted Sharma to the #1 spot in Week #2 standings in PokerStars India’s Star Of the Month – November leaderboard race!
The other ₹5 Lakhs GTD tourney at the site, the Big Bubble Rush, drew 175 entries, recording a shortfall of ₹62,500. The event started at 9.30 PM and wrapped up by 2.39 AM once Akshay ‘ak7208’ Panwar eliminated online reg Armaan ‘armaan007111’ Kochhar (runner-up for ₹52,480) heads-up to win ₹1.15 Lakhs. Kochhar sits on ₹2.09 Crores in earnings this year, and even his lifetime winnings have reached a commendable ₹3.08 Crores.
The second tourney of the day awarding TLB points for the Star of the Month leaderboard race, the ₹1 Lakh GTD Bigstack Turbo, had Prerit ‘robben1309’ Bais traversing the 82-entry field to win ₹20,466 after striking a heads-up deal with ‘Pokus888’ (runner-up for ₹19,703).
Adda52
The ₹13.50 Crores GTD WPT Online India (WPTOI) series played out nine side events on Day 7, with two of them awarding WPT trophies. The ₹25 Lakhs GTD WPT India Mini Main Event also kicked off yesterday, playing out the first of its seven starting flights.
The Day 1A of the ₹1,100 entry buy-in WPT India Mini Main Event logged in 419 entries, and after the stipulated 29 levels of play (each nine minutes long), only 49 players were left standing. Bagging the most massive stack for the day was Binit ‘Punter27’ Saraf (296,037) with Loveleen ‘pharlap’ Singh (268,438) and ‘Poker_king52’ (243,675) not far behind.
The day’s headliner and the first of the two WPT trophy tournies on the schedule, the ₹20 Lakhs GTD WPT Wednesday Feature, collected a guarantee-crushing ₹22.60 Lakhs prize pool on the back of 904 registrations. Wading through this massive field was seasoned MTT pro Jasven ‘bajateraho’ Saigal, who added that missing WPT Trophy to his collection after championing the event for ₹5.54 Lakhs. This was Saigal’s second-best recorded finish this year, extending his online tally to ₹1.45 Crores. Gaurav ‘zillastar’ Bhandari placed runner-up for ₹3.03 Lakhs.
The second trophy event of the day, the ₹17 Lakhs GTD WPT Deepstack, signed up 289 entries to make quick work of the advertised guarantee – collecting ₹19.80 Lakhs in prize money. Championing the reg-laden field was none other than the online phenom Anant ‘pro_baba’ Purohit, who went on to win his first-ever WPT Trophy and ₹5.07 Lakhs. Mohit ‘tinda2706’ Mittal pocketed ₹3.02 Lakhs for his runner-up finish.
Purohit has been a trailblazer this year and deservedly sits at #4 on the yearly leaderboard – his Wednesday night victory catapulting him up one place over Sumit Sapra in the annual rankings. Boasting an incredible ₹2.94 Crores in earnings for the year, his WPT victory has also won him an entry in the elite “₹6 Crores-Club!”
Running alongside the WPT Wednesday Feature and WPT Deepstack was the ₹6 Lakhs GTD Moonlight. The tourney sold 379 registration slips to surpass its guarantee by ₹21,555. Anuj ‘chocha’ Manocha was the last player standing in the tourney and struck a heads-up deal with Achal ‘Believerinpain95’ Sonale (runner-up for ₹1.23 Lakhs) to win ₹1.27 Lakhs.
The daily afternoon extravaganza, the ₹5 Lakhs GTD WPT Classic, was championed by ‘krisnair’ for their best-recorded finish on Adda52 worth ₹1.3 Lakhs. Devrat ‘vickypune’ Singh finished runner-up for ₹77,500.
PokerBaazi
PokerBaazi also stayed the course by hosting its Wednesday flagship, the ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Pride. Sporting a ₹3,300 entry buy-in, the event registered 263 entries to overlay ₹79,500. Sunday’s WPT India Bounty Champion Rohan ‘AnshAA’ Soman was the last player standing in the tourney and won himself ₹2.21 Lakhs for his second title victory this week. Rajat ‘LungFakeer’ Sharma finished runner-up for ₹1.55 Lakhs to make an official entry into the “₹5 Crores-Club!”
The ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD Turbo also booked a deficit of five entries on its 100-player guarantee. Siddharth ‘si151190’ Mehndiratta won the tourney for ₹36,080, defeating ‘sonushejpal’ (runner-up for ₹26,660) in heads-up play. Mehndiratta posted a second FT score yesterday, finishing runner-up in Spartan Poker’s Night Rider – DeepStack Turbo for ₹33,853.
The other Wednesday winners were:
Player | Prize Amount | Event | Poker Site |
---|---|---|---|
Esoteric | ₹72,188 | Mega Freeze ₹2.75 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
ShubhamBadjatya | ₹61,081 | Night Rider – Monster Stack ₹2.45 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
Siddharth 'si151190' Mehndiratta | ₹36,080 | Turbo ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
LBCrusher | ₹21,000 | Wednesday PLO ₹1 Lakhs GTD | PokerDangal |
Prerit 'robben130' Bais | ₹20,466 | Bigstack Turbo ₹1 Lakh GTD | PokerStars India |
gagan999 | ₹16,380 | Pocket Jacks ₹75K GTD | Pocket52 |
Kettavan | ₹11,500 | Unravel ₹50K GTD | Pocket52 |
IAmeroK8641I | ₹8,000 | Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD | Khelo365 |
Santoshi | ₹6,900 | Who R U? ₹15K GTD | Khelo365 |
WPT India Mini ME ₹25 Lakhs GTD Day 1A – Adda52
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 231
Re-entries – 188
Survivors – 49
While the star attraction of the WPTOI, the ₹2 Crores GTD WPT India Main Event, still has a few days to kick-off, Wednesday marked the start of the ₹25 Lakhs GTD WPT India Mini ME. The first of the ₹1,100 entry buy-in tourney`s seven starting flight took place yesterday with 419 entries rolling in to play. Only 49 among them advanced to Day 2.
Grabbing the end-of-day chip lead was Binit ‘Punter27’ Saraf with a stack of 296,037, while Loveleen ‘pharlap’ Singh (268,438) and ‘Poker_king52’ (243,675) rounded out the top three stacks.
Mayank ‘retardatthezoo’ Agarwal (233,915), Vinayak ‘bhai_on_mary_jane’ Bajaj (226,921), Rajat ‘shanky92’ Attri (222,300), and Arpan ‘Distroyer’ Majhi (197,507), also featured among the top 10 stacks of Day 1A.
Day 1B starts at 7 PM today.
Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1A
Destiny ₹25 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 232
Re-entries – 114
Re-buys – 206
Prize Pool – ₹27,60,000
Places Paid – 50
Spartan Poker’s Wednesday signature tourney, the ₹25 Lakhs GTD Destiny, accumulated a guarantee-crushing ₹27.60 Lakhs after pulling in 552 challengers, and the top 50 places finished ITM.
At the end of almost eight hours of non-stop action, PokerGuru Ambassador Laksh ‘LuckyBhai$’ Pal Singh took down the title along with his second-biggest score on the site worth ₹7.17 Lakhs. A mystery player ‘evilpotato’ placed runner-up for ₹4.41 Lakhs.
Pranay ‘kabira speaking’ Chawla (3rd for ₹2.50 Lakhs), Ranjeet ‘Rj147’ Negi (4th for ₹1.82 Lakhs), Haider ‘Callmebabe’ Madraswala (5th for ₹1.15 Lakhs), Vishnu ‘violator’ Khandelwal (6th for ₹96,600), and Vaibhav ‘Nikka Zaildar’ Sharma (7th for ₹69,000) posted FT scores.
Final Table Results
WPT Wednesday Feature ₹20 Lakhs GTD – Adda52
Buy-in – ₹2,750
Entries – 420
Re-entries – 484
Prize Pool – ₹22,60,000
Places Paid – 92
The Wednesday showstopper on Adda52, the ₹20 Lakhs GTD WPT Wednesday Feature, collected a colossal ₹22.60 Lakhs prize pool on the back of a 904-entry field.
Running from 8 PM to 4:44 AM, the tourney awarded the WPT trophy to seasoned pro Jasven ‘bajateraho’ Saigal, who outlasted the competition to win ₹5.54 Lakhs. Saigal, the two-time DPT title winner, clinched his career-first WPT Online title in the event, boosting his MTT record to ₹1.45 Crores.
Saigal battled his way across a reg-infested final table that comprised of the likes of PokerGuru Ambassador Gokul ‘Niruha’ Raj (3rd for ₹2.07 Lakhs), Dhinesh ‘dinzy009’ Kumar (4th for ₹1.50 Lakhs), Kamal ‘Kjo’ Joshi (5th for ₹98,310), Nishaanth ‘superdeluxe’ Shanmughasundaram (6th for ₹67,800) and PokerGuru Ambassador Parikshit ‘gigsy’ Dhall (8th for ₹45,200).
Saigal ultimately bested Gaurav ‘zillastar’ Bhandari (runner-up for ₹3.02 Lakhs) in heads-up play to add the prestigious WPT trophy to his collection!
Final Table Results
WPT Deepstack ₹17 Lakhs GTD – Adda52
Buy-in – ₹7,500
Entries – 158
Re-entries – 131
Prize Pool – ₹19,79,650
Places Paid – 30
The other WPTOI event to award a WPT trophy on Wednesday was the ₹17 Lakhs GTD WPT Deepstack. Just like the WPT Wednesday Feature, the WPT Deepstack too crushed its prize pool guarantee after registering 289 entries.
The ₹7,500 entry buy-in tourney ran for almost eight hours with Anant ‘pro_baba’ Purohit emerging as the champion. One of the friendliest faces of the domestic circuit, Purohit, had come close to winning his first WPT title in Sunday’s WPT India Bounty Championship, where he ultimately finished ninth for ₹47,800. He made up for that close finish and then some by taking down the WPT Deepstack last night for a smashing ₹5.06 Lakhs payday.
The win catapulted him up one spot to #4 on the annual leaderboard, where he sits with ₹2.93 Crores in recorded earnings. But what`s even more impressive is that this score has pushed Purohit into the exclusive “6-Crore-Club” – a distinction only a handful of players in the country can boast of.
Mohit ‘tinda2706’ Mittal came in second for ₹3.01 Lakhs.
Rajat ‘happyfish’ Mahajan (3rd for ₹2.27 Lakhs), Nazeer ‘Naz0506’ Ahamed (4th for ₹1.68 Lakhs), Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma (6th for ₹79,186) and Sandeep ‘effuno’ Varma RS (7th for ₹59,390) were others who FT-ed the tourney!
Final Table Results
The Pride ₹10 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi
Buy-in – ₹3,850
Entries – 150
Re-entries – 113
Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000
Places Paid – 36
PokerBaazi`s Wednesday flagship The Pride began at 8 PM. The ₹3,850 entry buy-in tourney logged in 263 entries, falling ₹79,500 short of its ₹10 Lakhs prize pool guarantee.
Racing past a host of regs on the FT was Sunday’s WPT India Bounty Champion Rohan ‘AnshAA’ Soman, who pocketed the top prize of ₹2.21 Lakhs. Seasoned pro Rajat ‘LungFakeer’ Sharma finished runner-up for ₹1.55 Lakhs to enter the Super Achiever’s Club by crossing ₹5 Crores in lifetime earnings.
Suresh ‘oil_trader’ Kolli (3rd for ₹99,700), Utsav ‘ranny006’ Taneja (4th for ₹73,800), Bharat ‘Thinkfloyd’ Vasan (5th for ₹55,400), Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra (7th for ₹36,800), and PokerGuru Ambassadors Rony ‘bisadip176’ Chowdhury (6th for ₹44,300), and Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved (8th for ₹29,500) were the notable FT finishers.
Final Table Results
WPT Moonlight ₹6 Lakhs GTD – Adda52
Buy-in – ₹1,800
Entries – 204
Re-entries – 175
Prize Pool – ₹6,21,555
Places Paid – 38
The ₹6 Lakhs WPT Moonlight had 379 runners eyeing the top prize. The hearty turnout ensured a guarantee-smashing prize pool, and the top 38 places finished ITM.
Anuj ‘chocha’ Manocha championed the tourney to win ₹1.27 Lakhs after striking a heads-up deal with Achal ‘Believerinpain95’ Sonale (runner-up for ₹1.23 Lakhs).
Sunday’s WPT 2500 ₹20 Lakhs GTD runner-up Vashi ‘fiery’ Vas finished 5th for ₹33,564.
Final Table Results
*denotes heads-up deal
WPT Classic ₹5 Lakhs GTD – Adda52
Buy-in – ₹1,500
Entries – 153
Re-entries – 118
Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Places Paid – 27
The daily tourney on the WPTOI schedule, the ₹5 Lakhs GTD WPT Classic, registered an overlay for the third consecutive day. The event could only muster 217 entries to fall ₹1.30 Lakhs short of its listed guarantee.
The mystery user ‘krisnair’ championed the event for ₹1.30 Lakhs, while Devrat ‘vickypune’ Singh finished runner-up for ₹77,500.
Kunal ‘cvc’ Sharma (3rd for ₹58,250), Himanshu ‘StupidCommonMan’ Kataria (5th for ₹28,750), and Praveen ‘praveen2626’ KR (8th for ₹12,500) also earned final table payouts.
Final Table Results
Night on Stars ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India
Buy-in – ₹1,750
Entries – 161
Re-entries – 126
Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Places Paid – 47
The ₹1,750 entry buy-in Night on Stars returned for its weekly run on PokerStars India at 7.30 PM on Wednesday. The ₹5 Lakhs GTD tournament gathered 287 entries (161 unique and 126 re-entries) to experience a shortfall of ₹43,383.
Akash ‘as5072828’ Sharma raced past the competition to win ₹82,132, but not before shaking hands on a near-even heads-up chop with ‘kviscool’ – the latter banking a better ₹82,600.
The final 47 players boarded the money bus while also collecting TLB points for the “Star of the Month” – November leaderboard race.
PokerGuru Ambassador Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved (3rd for ₹51,072), Pranav ‘pkpok13’ Khandalkar (4th for ₹37,436), PokerGuru Ambassador Nadeem ‘Downtownplaya’ Basha (6th for ₹20,114), Vaibhav ‘vaibsss’ Bhatia (7th for ₹14,743) and Faiz ‘LFGgggg’ Alam (9th for ₹7,921) rounded out the FT finishers in the tourney!
Final Table Results
*denotes heads-up deal
Big Bubble Rush ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India
Buy-in – ₹2,750
Entries – 109
Re-entries – 66
Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Places Paid – 29
The other Wednesday evening marquee running on PokerStars India was the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Big Bubble Rush. With a turnout of 175 entries (109 unique and 66 re-entries), the 9.30 PM tourney recorded an overlay shortfall of ₹62,500.
Akshay ‘ak7208’ Panwar proved the last player standing and padded his bankroll by ₹1.15 Lakhs after beating Armaan ‘armaan007111’ Kochhar (runner-up for ₹52,480) in heads-up play.
Site regulars Sandeep Varma ‘effuno007’ RS (3rd for ₹37,750), Himanshu ‘himkat@stars’ Kataria (5th for ₹20,465), Faiz ‘LFGgggg’Alam (6th for ₹18,176) and Harsh ‘kakori kabab’ Dembla (7th for ₹20,050) were others who banked FT scores.
Sandeep Varma managed another deep run in the ₹1 Lakhs GTD Bigstack Turbo, finishing 4th for ₹9,847.
Final Table Results
Mega Freeze ₹2.75 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker
Buy-in – ₹3,300
Entries – 90
Prize Pool – ₹2,75,000
Places Paid – 13
The ₹2.75 Lakhs GTD Mega Freeze on Spartan Poker logged in 90 entries to leave an overlay of ₹5,000, and the top 13 places boarded the money bus.
The event commenced at 9:30 PM and went on until a little past 3 AM. In the end, ‘Esoteric’ captured the title for ₹72,188 after defeating PokerGuru Ambassador Shashank ‘Jai Bajarangbali’ Desai (runner-up for ₹50,600) in heads-up play.
The other players to posted FT scores included Young Gun Shardul ‘Faucet Failure’ Parthasarathi (4th for ₹26,263), Sahil ‘ImHighIshove’ Mahboobani (7th for ₹13,063), and Sanchit ‘scofield1210’ Nag (8th for ₹10,175).
Turbo ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 48
Re-entries – 47
Prize Pool – ₹1,50,000
Places Paid – 14
Online reg Siddharth ‘si151190’ Mehndiratta secured the title in PokerBaazi’s ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD Turbo for ₹36,080. The anonymous user ‘sonushejpal’ placed runner-up for ₹26,660.
Mehndiratta posted a second FT score yesterday, finishing runner-up in Spartan Poker’s Night Rider – DeepStack Turbo for ₹33,853.
The tourney pulled in 95 runners, falling five entries short of breaking even.
Ajit ‘ace_bobby’ Singh Arora (3rd for ₹19,710), Mukesh ‘Mukeshahuja’ Ahuja (5th for ₹10,770), and Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur (6th for ₹7,965) FT-ed the tourney!
Wednesday PLO ₹1 Lakhs GTD – PokerDangal
Buy-in – ₹660
Entries – 80
Re-entries – 59
Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000
Places Paid – 23
The ₹1 Lakh GTD Wednesday PLO on PokerDangal had to fill in an overlay of ₹16,600 after pulling in 139 challengers. The top 23 finishers walked past the money line.
‘LBCrusher’ took down the tourney along with ₹21,000 in first-place prize money after defeating ‘winner2020’ (runner-up for ₹15,500) in the heads-up play.
Deepanjan ‘Bluffstar’ Das finished 5th for ₹6,750.
Pocket Jacks ₹75K GTD – Pocket52
Buy-in – ₹550
Entries – 105
Re-entries – 51
Prize Pool – ₹77,000
Places Paid – 24
A 156-entry field in Pocket52’s ₹75K GTD Pocket Jacks collected a guarantee-smashing ₹77K prize pool, and the top 24 places boarded the money bus.
The user ‘gagan999’ came on top to win ₹16,380, while ‘Bum25’ placed runner-up for ₹12,090.
Jeet ‘Tanmay007’ Mondal (3rd for ₹8,970) and last month`s MoneyMaker champion Banmanlang ‘bml2012’ Lyndem (6th for ₹3,510) finished ITM.
Unravel ₹50K GTD – Pocket52
Buy-in – ₹440
Entries – 71
Re-entries – 25
Prize Pool – ₹50,000
Places Paid – 15
The ₹50K GTD Unravel couldn`t match the success of the Pocket Jacks and ended up overlaying ₹11,600.
‘Kettavan’ took down the event for ₹11,500 after outlasting a 96-player field. Neeraj ‘Professor’ Karn placed third for ₹6,250.
Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD – Khelo365
Buy-in – ₹275
Entries – 33
Re-entries – 21
Prize Pool – ₹20,000
Places Paid – 6
‘IAmeroK8641I’ bested ‘Gamingayaan’ (runner-up for ₹4,200) heads-up to win Khelo365’s ₹20K GTD Grinder 2.0 for ₹8,000.
Who R U? ₹15K GTD – Khelo365
Buy-in – ₹220
Entries – 11
Re-entries – 20
Rebuys – 12
Prize Pool – ₹15,000
Places Paid – 4
Khelo365`s ₹15K GTD Who R U? was taken down by site regular ‘Santoshi,’ who fired five bullets before taking down the tourney for ₹6,900.
This report was updated at 5:30 PM on 12.11.2020.
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