Daily Majors: Vishal Bajaj, Kaushik Tibrewal, Vaibhav Sharma, Aman Parakh & Dhinesh Kumar Headline the Tuesday Flagships

Even without any flagship tournament series going on, Tuesday was choc-a-bloc with action, and a mix of pros and relatively lesser-known players dominated the headlines.

One of the top winners of August, PokerGuru Ambassador Vishal Bajaj, made another trailblazing run last night. He won Spartan Poker’s Mega Stack – Millionaire Bubble (for a second consecutive week) and placed second in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour, netting ₹4.65 Lakhs from his explosive Tuesday run.

Kaushik Tibrewal, Vaibhav Sharma, Sagar Choudhury, Rising Star Aman Parakh, Dhinesh Kumar, Karan Malhotra, Rahul Sengar, Shankar Singh, Akhand Shukla, Himanshu Aggrawal, Saurabh Ramankumar Chopra, Rajeshwar Singh, and Puneet Sangolekar were the other names on the long list of players who banked the top payouts on Tuesday.

Here are the Tuesday highlights.

Spartan Poker

For the second week in a row, PokerGuru Ambassador Vishal ‘CrownUpJr’ Bajaj championed Spartan Poker’s Mega Stack – Millionaire Bubble! Bajaj had raced past 591 players last week, and yesterday, he was among 564 participants who ponied up ₹3,300 to enter the Tuesday flagship. The 8 PM event wound up at 3.45 AM, and Bajaj walked away with the title and a ₹2.70 Lakhs payday after striking a heads-up deal with Kaushik ‘ikigai’ Tibrewal (2^nd for ₹2.67 Lakhs).

A promising talent, Bajaj has laddered up the leaderboard rankings quickly in recent months. Only last month, he picked up a personal-best ₹21.60 Lakhs in the ₹80 Lakhs GTD WPT India High Roller. Bajaj was also one of the August leaderboard toppers, and last night, he almost bagged a second flagship title, PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour, placing runner-up for ₹1.76 Lakhs. Along with another deep run in PokerStars India`s Bounty Builder HR, he added over ₹4.65 Lakhs in Tuesday winnings.

His ITM finishes include:

> 1st in Mega Stack – Millionaire Bubble for ₹2.70 Lakhs

> 2nd in The Endeavour for ₹1.76 Lakhs

> 9th in Bounty Builder HR for ₹19,157

Vishal Bajaj`s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.12 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.71 Crores|Annual Winnings: ₹2.12 Crores | Ranked #13 in the Annual Leaderboard Standings

The Mega Stack – Millionaire Bubble awards a free The Millionaire Day 1A ticket to the last player to bust empty-handed. PokerGuru Ambassador Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved earned the infamous “bubble boy” tag last night to win a free ticket to the upcoming The Millionaire that starts on Thursday.

The second Tuesday attraction on Spartan Poker, the ₹6.75 Lakhs GTD The Race, also culminated in a heads-up deal. An entry field of 422 participants resulted in an overlay shortfall worth ₹42,000. The mystery player ‘Kya_sceneBro’ proved the eventual winner and pocketed ₹1.18 Lakhs after chopping the title with ‘Drunken Monk’ (2nd for ₹1.08 Lakhs).

‘Jay9101’ (Won Night Rider DeepStack Turbo for ₹50,148), ‘OfcourseOfcourse’ (Won Monster Stack ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹45,678), Himanshu ‘Venomaster’ Aggrawal (Won Epic ₹2 Lakh GTD for ₹20,592), Saurabh Ramankumar ‘spidy02’ Chopra (Won Energise ₹50K GTD for ₹14,575), Rajeshwar ‘Yashi9696’ Singh (Won The Centurion ₹80K GTD for ₹12,092), ‘Honey17890’ (Won Epic ₹25K GTD for ₹7,288) and Puneet ‘Amaterastu’ Sangolekar (Won Epic ₹40K GTD for ₹7,018) shipped the other Tuesday marquee on Spartan Poker.

PokerBaazi

PokerBaazi`s ₹12 Lakhs GTD The Endeavour ran from 8 PM to 3:43 AM. The ₹3,850 entry buy-in event managed to rope in 342 hopefuls (including 145 re-entries), and the mystery user ‘Royalflush84’ outlasted them all to collect a personal best (on PokerBaazi) ₹2.52 Lakhs. The user had shipped the ₹50K GTD 5-Max Daily on August 30, and following last night’s win, they have touched ₹11.61 Lakhs in recorded winnings on the site.

PokerGuru Ambassador Vishal ‘Vishzz’ Bajaj was undoubtedly the cynosure of all eyes yesterday. The Mega Stack champion was gunning for his second flagship title in The Endeavour and settled for a second-place finish worth ₹1.76 Lakhs. The former Millionaire winner has been in breakout form these past few weeks, evidenced by his runner-up finish in WPT India Mini Highroller on August 5 and his victory run in the WPT India High Roller on August 20.

On Monday, Rising Star Aman ‘KarmaPoker’ Parakh had won two PokerBaazi marquees, and he kept the momentum going. The 28-year-old poker pro raced past a 249-entry field in the ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) Daily SPRINT, banking ₹1.18 Lakhs. PokerStars India`s Bounty Builder HR runner-up finisher, Sagar ‘sagarpupul’ C, placed second here as well, netting ₹82,550.

Aman Parakh made deep runs in four events last night, raking in ₹1.34 Lakhs cumulatively.

His ITM finishes include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹1,17,650

> 18th in Spartan Poker’s The Race for ₹7,290

> 8th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Night SPRINT for ₹7,080

> 33rd in PokerBaazi’s Holdem BOOST for ₹2,278

‘stonedurr’ (Won Holdem BOOST ₹3 Lakhs GTD for ₹74,000), Karan ‘karangogi’ Malhotra (Won Daily Night SPRINT ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD for ₹53,020), Rahul ‘GhatakTheGreat’ Sengar (Won Daily Afternoon SPRINT ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹29,350), Shankar ‘Indianmessi’ Singh (Won PLO5 BOOST ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹28,960), and ‘prasidhsadh’ (Won 5-Max Daily ₹50K GTD for ₹12,280) were the other title winners on PokerBaazi.

PokerStars India

PokerStars India has expanded its MTT offerings by adding the new ₹10 Lakhs GTD Bounty Builder HR. The ₹7,700 entry buy-in event logged in 121 entrants on Tuesday, filling in ₹1.53 Lakhs in overlays (a 15% deficit on its posted guarantee). Vaibhav ‘GTO_LIFE_GG’ Sharma, who had won two flagship titles last week, made a dashing start to the month by taking down the event for ₹2.46 Lakhs.

Vaibhav Sharma`s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.37 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.23 Crores

Sagar ‘sagarpupull C posting his second runner-up finish of the day, lapped up ₹1.40 Lakhs. The banker cum poker player posted another three ITM finishes for ₹2.39 Lakhs in cumulative earnings.

His ITM finishes include:

> 2nd in Bounty Builder HR for ₹1,40,028

> 2nd in Daily SPRINT for ₹82,550

> 25th in The Mint for ₹10,605

> 16th in Sixth Sense for ₹6,205

Sagar C`s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.09 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.14 Crores

The ₹5 Lakhs GTD Sixth Sense registered 216 runners, and with each of them signing up for ₹2,200, the site had to fill in ₹68,000 in overlays. Starting at 7:30 PM, the gameplay went on until 2:07 AM, with the former Full House Finale champion Dhinesh ‘you3betl4bet’ Kumar coming out on top to win ₹1.02 Lakhs. The PokerStars India user ‘Aghoora’ came second for ₹52,953.

Dhinesh Kumar made away with over ₹1.45 Lakhs last night, and his ITM runs include:

> 1st in Sixth Sense for ₹1.02 Lakhs

> 10th in Bounty Builder HR for ₹20,987

> 19th in The Endeavour for ₹11,280

> 12th in The Race for ₹10,328

Dhinesh Kumar`s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.96 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.14 Crores

‘Raman1729’ (Won Uppercut Mini ₹2 Lakhs GTD for ₹43,870), ‘RageAce00’ (Won Ultrasonic ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD for ₹36,971), Akhand ‘akhand188’ Shukla (Won Afternoon on Stars ₹60K GTD for ₹20,236), ‘MynameAK47’ (Won Ultra KO 75% ₹50K GTD for ₹20,006), ‘Manish_Jangid’ (Won Primetime Grind ₹60K GTD for ₹12,594), and ‘Trump 7557’ (Won Deepstack ₹50K GTD for ₹10,981) took down the other PokerStars India marquees.

Adda52

The second edition of the WPT Online India series officially came to a close last night with the two SNGs – the Winners SNG and the Bubble SNG.

The biggest draw on the site was the ₹14 Lakhs GTD The Mint. The ₹3,850 entry buy-in event pulled in a 404-entry field, and the top 43 places got a share from the ₹14.14 Lakhs prize pool. The former AOPS Big Bounty runner-up finisher ‘abhijay786nov’ took a little over seven hours to take down the title for a personal best (on Adda52) ₹3.51 Lakhs. The user ‘chirandh’ placed runner-up for ₹2.12 Lakhs.

The champion ‘abhijay786nov’ boasts ₹13.43 Lakhs in recorded winnings on Adda52.

The former Grand Mega Suits champion Chandan ‘darkfish15’ Arora collected ₹1.54 Lakhs across three ITM finishes last night.

His ITM finishes include:

> 3^rd in PokerStars India’s Bounty Builder HR for ₹1.16 Lakhs

> 8^th in Adda52’s The Mint for ₹31,815

> 20^th in PokerStars India’s Sixth Sense for ₹6,340

Chandan Arora`s stats: Lifetime winnings: ₹3.64 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.45 Crores

Adda52 user ‘samrkhurana‘ topped the 396-entry field in the ₹3 Lakhs GTD Voyager to collect a personal-best (on Adda52) ₹98,208. The WPT India High Roller third-place finisher Pradip ‘Nit2Donk’ Ghosh placed second for ₹59,400.

The other Tuesday winners were:

Mega Stack – Millionaire Bubble ₹16.50 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹3,300

Entries – 263

Re-entries – 126

Rebuys – 175

Prize Pool – ₹16,92,000

Places Paid – 55

Spartan Poker’s ₹16.50 Lakhs GTD Mega Stack continued to run in profit for another week. The tourney drew 564 entries, collecting a ₹16.92 Lakhs prize pool. The dust settled at 3.45 AM with last week’s Mega Stack winner, PokerGuru Ambassador Vishal ‘CrownUpJr’ Bajaj coming out on top for a second consecutive time for ₹2.70 Lakhs. He struck a heads-up deal with Kaushik ‘ikigai’ Tibrewal (2^nd for ₹2.67 Lakhs).

The recent WPT India High Roller champion, Vishal Bajaj, came whiskers close to winning PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour as well and finished second for ₹1.76 Lakhs. Bajaj’s Tuesday scorecard stood at ₹4.65 Lakhs.

Vishal Bajaj`s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.12 Crores |Lifetime Profits: ₹1.71 Crores | Annual Winnings: ₹2.12 Crores | Ranked #13 in the Annual Leaderboard Standings

PokerGuru Ambassador Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved money-bubbled the event in 56^th place to win a free ticket into Day 1A of The Millionaire.

Suraj N ‘MR.BEAST’ Yadav (3rd for ₹1.50 Lakhs), Young Gun Anuj ‘titooTauji’ Yadav (4th for ₹1.22 Lakhs), Faiz ‘SoJaoBhaiya’ Alam (5th for ₹96,275), Abhishek ‘abhi23451’ Pandey (7th for ₹55,159) and Abhishek ‘Quant00’ Reddy Rachur (8th for ₹39,317) posted FT scores in the event.

Final Table Results

1. Vishal ‘CrownUpJr’ Bajaj – ₹2,69,631*
2. Kaushik ‘ikigai’ Tibrewal – ₹2,66,733*
3. Suraj N ‘MR.BEAST’ Yadav – ₹1,50,419
4. Anuj ‘titooTauji’ Yadav – ₹1,21,655
5. Faiz ‘SoJaoBhaiya’ Alam – ₹96,275
6. chemprac – ₹74,110
7. Abhishek ‘abhi23451’ Pandey – ₹55,159
8. Abhishek ‘Quant00’ Reddy Rachur – ₹39,317

*denotes heads-up deal

The Mint ₹14 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹3,850

Entries – 218

Re-entries- 186

Prize Pool – ₹14,14,000

Places Paid – 43

The ₹14 Lakhs GTD The Mint headlined the Tuesday action on Adda52. The ₹3,850 entry buy-in event collected a ₹14.14 Lakhs prize pool on the back of 404 entries.

After firing two bullets, the former AOPS Big Bounty runner-up ‘abhijay786nov’ made away with the title and a personal-best (on Adda52) ₹3.51 Lakhs. ‘chirandh’ placed runner-up for ₹2.12 Lakhs.

Siddharth ‘gabandheer’ Pandey (4^th for ₹1.13 Lakhs), Honey ‘ho9ey’ Bijlani (7^th for ₹38,885), and PokerStars India’s Bounty Builder HR third-place finisher Chandan ‘darkfish15’ Arora (7^th for ₹31,815) posted FT scores in the event.

Faiz ‘theinternetkid’ Alam bubbled the FT in ninth place for ₹22,624.

Final Table Results

1. abhijay786nov – ₹3,50,672
2. chirandh – ₹2,12,100
3. rraja007 – ₹1,48,470
4. Siddharth ‘gabandheer’ Pandey – ₹1,13,120
5. lunik – ₹73,528
6. hopster99 – ₹49,490
7. Honey ‘ho9ey’ Bijlani – ₹38,885
8. Chandan ‘darkfish15’ Arora – ₹31,815

The Endeavour ₹12 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹3,850

Entries – 197

Re-entries – 145

Prize Pool – ₹12,00,000

Places Paid – 45

PokerGuru Ambassador Vishal ‘Vishzz’ Bajaj almost won two flagship titles last night. Around the same time as he won the Mega Stack title on Spartan Poker, this upcoming poker superstar booked a runner-up finish in PokerBaazi’s ₹12 Lakhs GTD The Endeavour worth ₹1.76 Lakhs. The PokerBaazi user ‘Royalflush84’ shipped The Endeavour for ₹2.52 Lakhs.

The event locked in 342 entries, falling just one entry short of its advertised guarantee.

Vinay ‘vinay09’ Rajpal (3rd for ₹1.13 Lakhs), PokerGuru Ambassadors Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved (4th for ₹84,000) and Ratul ‘luna’ Steves (7th for ₹42,000), Sanket ‘blackcod’ Arora (5th for ₹63,000), and Ankur ‘Stonecold’ Sehgal (8th for ₹33,600), posted FT scores in the event.

Final Table Results

1. Royalflush84 – ₹2,52,000
2. Vishal ‘Vishzz’ Bajaj – ₹1,76,400
3. Vinay ‘vinay09’ Rajpal – ₹1,13,400
4. Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved – ₹84,000
5. Sanket ‘blackcod’ Arora – ₹63,000
6. md20 – ₹50,400
7. Ratul ‘luna’ Steves – ₹42,000
8. Ankur ‘Stonecold’ Sehgal – ₹33,600

Bounty Builder HR ₹10 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹7,700

Entries – 65

Re-entries – 56

Regular Prize Pool – ₹5,76,500

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹4,23,500

Total Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 15

PokerStars India’s new addition, the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Bounty Builder HR, found a champion in Vaibhav ‘GTO_LIFE_GG’ Sharma. Scoring his fourth title in 10 days, Sharma bagged ₹2.46 Lakhs for the win, with the Daily SPRINT runner-up finisher from earlier in the day, Sagar ‘sagarpupull C, settling for another runner-up finish worth ₹1.40 Lakhs.

The ₹7,700 entry buy-in event registered 121 runners, overlaying ₹1.53 Lakhs. The 9 PM event went on until 3:40 AM, and the top 15 places finished ITM.

Chandan ‘RunBarryRun’ Arora (3^rd for ₹1.16 Lakhs), Anuj ‘BrockLesnar95’ Yadav (4^th for ₹78,383), Bharath ‘hzgod’ Kumar (5^th for ₹65,118), Karan ‘gogikaran’ Malhotra (6^th for ₹59,709), Aditya ‘ukid767’ Singh (8^th for ₹30,888), and last night`s Mega Stack champion Vishal ‘Vishalb22’ Bajaj (9^th for ₹19,157) posted FT finishes.

Final Table Results

1. Vaibhav ‘GTO_LIFE_GG’ Sharma – ₹2,46,017
2. Sagar ‘sagarpupull C – ₹1,40,028
3. Chandan ‘RunBarryRun’ Arora – ₹1,16,159
4. Anuj ‘BrockLesnar95’ Yadav – ₹78,383
5. Bharath ‘hzgod’ Kumar – ₹65,118
6. Karan ‘gogikaran’ Malhotra – ₹59,709
7. Gunhawak – ₹40,895
8. Aditya ‘ukid767’ Singh – ₹30,888
9. Vishal ‘Vishalb22’ Bajaj – ₹19,157

The Race ₹6.75 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 222

Re-entries – 67

Rebuys – 133

Prize Pool – ₹6,75,000

Places Paid – 39

Spartan Poker`s ₹6.75 Lakhs GTD The Race, like the vast majority of the Tuesday flagships, ended up filling in₹42,000 overlays after a sub-par 422-player turnout.

The user ‘Kya_sceneBro’ was the last player standing and won ₹1.18 Lakhs, following a heads-up deal with ‘Drunken Monk’ (2nd for ₹1.08 Lakhs).

Raghav ‘Mr. Bean’ Ananth (8th for ₹17,010) also FT-ed the event.

Final Table Results

1. Kya_sceneBro – ₹1,17,727*
2. Drunken Monk – ₹1,07,588*
3. iamgroot1989 – ₹65,813
4. ahseeris – ₹53,123
5. Patrick13 – ₹41,648
6. Buuuoooyyy – ₹31,523
7. zues666 – ₹23,153
8. Raghav ‘Mr. Bean’ Ananth – ₹17,010

*denotes heads-up deal

(7-Max) Daily SPRINT ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 159

Re-entries – 90

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 27

On the heels of an exciting Monday that saw him cross the ₹3 Crore mark in online winnings, Rising Star Aman ‘KarmaPoker’ Parakh was in the thick of the action again on Tuesday. The winner of Monday’s Daily Night SPRINT added yet another title to his tally as he took down the ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹1.17 Lakhs.

Aman Parakh`s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.03 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹97 Lakhs

Online phenom Sagar ‘sagarpupul’ C came second for ₹82,550. He, too, picked up multiple scores last night, netting ₹2.39 Lakhs in Tuesday winnings.

> 2nd in PokerStars India’s Bounty Builder HR for ₹1,40,028

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹82,550

> 25th in Adda52’s The Mint for ₹10,605

> 16th in PokerStars India’s Sixth Sense for ₹6,205

Sagar C’s stats – Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.09 Crores | Lifetime Profit: ₹1.14 Crores | Annual Winnings: ₹2.10 Crores | Annual Profit: ₹18.45 Lakhs | Ranked #14 in the Annual Leaderboard Standings

The event attracted 249 entries, falling just two entries short of breaking even.

Aditya ‘KesarDa’ Kesharwani (4th for ₹39,300), and Anirban ‘pottysingh’ Das (6th for ₹23,600), also earned final table payouts.

Final Table Results

1. Aman ‘KarmaPoker’ Parakh – ₹1,17,650
2. Sagar ‘sagarpupul’ C – ₹82,550
3. Adi1999 – ₹53,100
4. Aditya ‘KesarDa’ Kesharwani – ₹39,300
5. geechigotti – ₹29,500
6. Anirban ‘pottysingh’ D Das – ₹23,600
7. silentkid – ₹19,600

Sixth Sense ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 123

Re-entries – 93

Regular Prize Pool – ₹2,84,000

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹2,16,000

Total Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 23

PokerStars India’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Sixth Sense was taken down by the former Full House Finale champion Dhinesh ‘you3betl4bet’ Kumar, who walked away with ₹1.02 Lakhs in cash prize after prevailing over ‘Aghoora’ (2nd for ₹52,953) in the heads-up play.

The ₹2,200 entry buy-in event recorded a starting field of 216 participants to leave an overlay of ₹68,000. The 7:30 PM marquee got in the books at 2:07 AM, and the top 23 places boarded the money bus.

Vaibhav ‘vaibsss’ Bhatia (6^th for ₹15,506) and Siddharth ‘gangnam gangi’ Gangwar (7^th for ₹19,829) also FT-ed the event.

Final Table Results

1. Dhinesh ‘you3betl4bet’ Kumar – ₹1,02,953
2. Aghoora – ₹52,953
3. sumitm74 – ₹46,205
4. iAlwaysWIN007 – ₹36,639
5. nims27196 – ₹23,793
6. Vaibhav ‘vaibsss’ Bhatia – ₹15,506
7. Siddharth ‘gangnam gangi’ Gangwar – ₹19,829

Voyager ₹3 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 223

Re-entries – 173

Total Prize Pool – ₹3,96,000

Places Paid – 43

The ₹3 Lakhs GTD Voyager logged in 396 entries to collect a guarantee-crushing ₹3.96 Lakhs prize pool. The user ‘samrkhurana’ won the event for a personal-best (on Adda52) ₹98,208, beating the former WPT India High Roller third-place finisher Pradip ‘Nit2Donk’ Ghosh (2nd for ₹59,400) heads-up.

The runner-up finisher Pradip Ghosh improved his lifetime tally to ₹98.85 Lakhs (₹50.69 Lakhs in net profits).

Deepak ‘peacelover’ Singh (5^th for ₹20,592) and Devrat ‘Vickypune’ Singh (7^th for ₹10,890) also FT-ed the event.

This report was updated at 7 PM on 1.09.2021.

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