Daily Majors: Vishnu Khandelwal, Kabir Chhatwal, Rohan Bhasin, Saurabh Ramola & Harsh Dembla Shine on Wednesday

The IOPC Destiny winner from January, Vishnu Khandelwal, banked the top score on Wednesday after taking down the Destiny title for the second time this year for ₹6.28 Lakhs.

Circuit reg Harsh Dembla added the coveted PokerStars India “Star of the Month” title to his poker resume last night. Dembla closed out the promotion with a bang by taking down the March Finale for ₹1.15 Lakhs in MTT tickets and a PokerStars India goodie bag. The runner-up, Shubham Agarwal, received MTT tickets worth ₹35,000.

Kabir Singh Chhatwal, Rohan Bhasin, Saurabh Ramola, Aditya Singh, Chirag Khandelwal, and Adarsh Subham championed the other marquee tourneys.

Here’s a full recap of the Wednesday action!

Spartan Poker

Once again, Spartan Poker hosted the most massive guaranteed tourney of the day. Destiny, the site`s Wednesday flagship, ran with a ₹23 Lakhs prize pool guarantee and registered 474 entries, collecting ₹23.70 Lakhs in the prize pool. Vishnu ‘violator’ Khandelwal navigated his way to the top to collect a ₹6.28 Lakhs payday and his second Destiny title of the year. The Mega Stack – Millionaire Bubble champion, Akshay ‘Jacks24’ Kadam, missed out on his chance at winning back-to-back titles. Still, he picked up a personal-best ₹3.91 Lakhs for his runner-up finish.

On January 27, Khandelwal had won the IOPC#90 Destiny for ₹9.69 Lakhs. Coincidentally, both these Destiny titles fetched him a seat in the Destiny 18.0 SnG Finale scheduled for March 28 (9 PM). The double victory has made Khandelwal the frontrunner in the Finale, as he will enter the SnG with 1.5X times the starting stack.

The ₹5.5 Lakhs GTD Wednesday Vibes collected ₹6.65 Lakhs in the prize pool, and 39 from a starting field of 443 runners banked a payday. After almost seven and a half hours of intense play, Saurabh ‘bombardier’ Ramola came out on top to win his top score on the site worth ₹1.33 Lakhs. ‘GulzarSahab’ (anonymity requested) finished runner-up for ₹88,578. Ramola now has ₹39.45 Lakhs in lifetime earnings and 7.14 Lakhs in net profits.

Day 3 of the Ultimate Value Series (UVS) was all about 6-Max events. The day`s headliner, the ₹5.5 Lakhs GTD UVS #18 6-Max, saw Chirag ‘Chiragkhandelwal’ Khandelwal walking away with the title and a ₹1.07 Lakhs cash prize. Vishal ‘Darky012’ Ojha placed runner-up for ₹67,650. This happens to be Khandelwal’s third title victory of the year, boosting his lifetime winnings to ₹20.91 Lakhs.

UVS Leaderboard Standings After Day 3

PokerStars India

It was an eventful day on PokerStars India, with the site hosting the March Finale of its “Star of the Month” (SOTM) leaderboard race. The SOTM – March Week #4 topper, Harsh ‘kakori kabab’ Dembla, pierced his way across the 100-qualifier field to win the coveted title, ₹1.15 Lakhs in MTT tickets and a PokerStars India goodie bag! Shubham ‘backchod launda’ Agarwal won ₹35,000 worth of MTT tickets for placing runner-up. Dembla`s victory closed out the six-month-long promotion!

The Wednesday primetime marquee, the Night on Stars, ran with a ₹3 Lakhs prize pool guarantee last night. An entry field of 225 runners resulted in an overlay hit of ₹18,750 for the site to fill in. Adarsh ‘Subham007’ Subham shipped the tourney, collecting a career-best ₹55,312, with ‘nish.galaara’ placing runner-up for ₹40,097. Subham’s lifetime tally has crossed the Million-mark, i.e., ₹10.15 Lakhs with ₹2.47 Lakhs in net profits.

The ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD Big Bubble Rush clocked in 215 participants, and the top 41 places got a share from the ₹2.15 Lakhs prize pool. The mystery user ‘chauhan9186’ raced past the competition to collect ₹54,576 (₹17,169 in prize money, ₹37,407 in bounties). ‘sparex’ banked ₹19,988 (₹17,019 in prize money, ₹2,969 in bounties) for his runner-up finish, courtesy of a heads-up deal.

PokerBaazi

PokerBaazi`s Wednesday special ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Pride registered 325 entries to collect a guarantee-crushing ₹11.38 Lakhs in the prize pool. Outlasting them all was the FTS 2.0 Challenger champion Rohan ‘likeaboss85’ Bhasin, who won ₹2.51 Lakhs for the victory. Young Gun Shardul ‘duuurrrr’ Parthasarathi adding yet another runner-up score to his tally, banked ₹1.76 Lakhs. The 28-year old Parthasarathi has made a habit of placing runner-up in flagship tourneys – his top three career finishes are all from runner-up cashes. This was his fourth runner-up score for the month, pushing his 2021 tally to ₹81.17 Lakhs (₹40.04 in yearly profits). Parthasarathi’s lifetime tally stands tall at ₹4.39 Crores.

The site hosted two ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD tourneys yesterday. Dhaval ‘dhavhe’ Heda took down the 6-Max Holdem Boost for the second time in the last three days for ₹45,644. Pranav ‘pranavpoker’ Khandalkar shipped the midnight Turbo 1.5 Lakh GTD for ₹42,225.

Adda52

Adda52`s ₹15 Lakhs GTD Maverick logged in 667 entries, collecting a profitable ₹15.17 Lakhs prize pool. Kabir ‘chaty’ Singh Chhatwal was the last player standing and added a personal-best (on Adda52) ₹3.79 Lakhs to his tally. His heads-up opponent in the tourney was none other than the 2020 leaderboard topper Gaurav ‘gauravarod’ Sood (runner-up for ₹2.20 Lakhs).

Young Gun Gaurav Sood has been an unbeatable force in online MTTs since last year. He dominated the 2020 leaderboard for 34 weeks straight and has already worked himself to the #3 position this year with ₹1.06 Crores in cashes (₹42.90 Lakhs in yearly profits). With almost ₹7.75 Crores in lifetime winnings, he is within touching distance of the magical “₹8 Crores” club. He will be the first Indian on our database to achieve the feat, which, given his present form, shouldn`t take too long coming.

The former The Mint champion, Aditya ‘konstantin’ Singh, outlasted the 316-entry field in the ₹4 Lakhs GTD La Luna to win the lion`s share of the ₹5.18 Lakhs prize pool worth ₹1.30 Lakhs, after striking a heads-up deal with ‘looser_mm’ (runner-up for ₹78,513) (anonymity requested).

The other Wednesday winners were:

Destiny ₹23 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 217

Re-entries – 101

Rebuys – 156

Prize Pool – ₹23,70,000

Places Paid – 40

Spartan Poker’s Wednesday headliner, The Destiny, registered another smashing run as 474 entrants helped collect a generous ₹23.70 Lakhs prize pool. Vishnu ‘violator’ Khandelwal navigated his way to the top to win the Destiny title for the second time this year, netting ₹6.28 Lakhs. Akshay ‘Jacks24’ Kadam placed runner-up for ₹3.91 Lakhs.

Khandelwal had won the IOPC edition of the Destiny on January 27 for ₹9.69 Lakhs. This is the second breakout score for Khandelwal in under a week. Last Friday, he placed runner-up in The Elite for ₹5.26 Lakhs. Khandelwal also FT-ed the Wednesday Vibes for ₹31,032 yesterday, cashing ₹6.59 Lakhs on Spartan Poker overall.

The runner-up, Akshay Kadam, has also kept busy accumulating scores this month. He championed the Trending Thursday last week and followed that up by taking down Tuesday’s Millionaire Bubble earlier this week. The three big scores have pushed Kodam`s lifetime earnings to ₹33.30 Lakhs.

The FT lineup was a star-studded one with seasoned regs like Rajat ‘BloatedBelly’ Mahajan (3^rd for ₹2.37 Lakhs), Young Gun Kanchan ‘Midge Maisel’ Sharma (4^th for ₹1.49 Lakhs), PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja (5^th for ₹1.07 Lakhs), Induprakash ‘Fixed Odds’ Mishra (6^th for ₹82,950), Rising Star Ritwik ‘Fisherman1997’ Khanna (7^th for ₹68,730), and Ranjeet ‘Rj147’ Negi (8^th for ₹56,880) posting a deep run.

Final Table Results

1. Vishnu ‘violator’ Khandelwal – ₹6,28,050
2. Akshay ‘Jacks24’ Kadam – ₹3,91,050
3. Rajat ‘BloatedBelly’ Mahajan – ₹2,37,000
4. Kanchan ‘Midge Maisel’ Sharma – ₹1,49,310
5. Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja – ₹1,06,650
6. Induprakash ‘Fixed Odds’ Mishra – ₹82,950
7. Ritwik ‘Fisherman1997’ Khanna – ₹68,730
8. Ranjeet ‘Rj147’ Negi – ₹56,880

Maverick ₹15 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹2,500

Entries – 299

Re-entries – 368

Prize Pool – ₹15,17,428

Places Paid – 72

Adda52’s Wednesday signature event, the ₹15 Lakhs GTD Maverick, ran from 8 PM to 4:35 AM. The tourney gathered a starting field of 667 runners, collecting ₹15.17 Lakhs in the prize pool.

Kabir ‘chaty’ Singh Chattwal championed the tourney to win ₹3.79 Lakhs after outlasting Young Gun Gaurav ‘gauravarod’ Sood (runner-up for ₹2.20 Lakhs) in the heads-up play.

The 2020 leaderboard topper, Sood, has worked up an online resume of ₹7.75 Crores in tracked online cashes and is fast closing in on becoming the first player to enter the ‘₹8 Crore-Club’. Not just that, Sood has also reclaimed his #3 seat on the 2021 leaderboard standings from Young Gun Arsh Grover after last night`s score. The Gurgaon-based pro sits atop ₹1.06 Crores in yearly winnings (₹42.90 Lakhs in net profits).

Bhavit ‘Tyrogambit’ Jain (3rd for ₹1.49 Lakhs), Gagandeep ‘gaganhyd’ Singh (4th for ₹1.06 Lakhs), Ashit ‘nexus010’ Sharma (5th for ₹75,871), Mandar ‘HighCardJ’ Darade (6th for ₹53,110), and Anshul ‘vexagon’ Rana (7th for ₹41,729) also earned final table payouts.

Final Table Results

1. Kabir ‘chaty’ Singh Chattwal – ₹3,79,356
2. Gaurav ‘gauravarod’ Sood – ₹2,20,027
3. Bhavit ‘Tyrogambit’ Jain – ₹1,48,708
4. Gagandeep ‘gaganhyd’ Singh – ₹1,06,220
5. Ashit ‘nexus010’ Sharma – ₹75,871
6. Mandar ‘HighCardJ’ Darade – ₹53,110
7. Anshul ‘vexagon’ Rana – ₹41,729
8. chamisback – ₹30,349

The Pride ₹10 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹3,850

Entries – 177

Re-entries – 148

Prize Pool – ₹11,38,000

Places Paid – 36

PokerBaazi’s Wednesday marquee, the ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Pride, drew a profitable 325 entries, smashing its listed guarantee by ₹1.38 Lakhs.

It took a shade over six hours for the FTS 2.0 Challenger winner Rohan ‘likeaboss85’ Bhasin to topple the competition and collect the ₹2.51 Lakhs up-top. Young Gun Shardul ‘duuurrrr’ Parthasarathi posted yet-another another runner-up finish, adding ₹1.76 Lakhs to his bankroll.

This was Parthasarathi’s fourth runner-up score this month, pushing his lifetime earnings to ₹4.39 Crores.

PokerStars India’s Sunday Special PKO runner-up Sreekanth ‘n0thing’ Narayan (4^th for ₹83,948), Young Gun Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra (6^th for ₹50,391), and PokerGuru Ambassador Vivek ‘Nutpeddling729’ Singh (7^th for ₹41,860) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Rohan ‘likeaboss85’ Bhasin – ₹2,51,274
2. Shardul ‘duuurrrr’ Parthasarathi – ₹1,76,313
3. shashank171992 – ₹1,13,409
4. Sreekanth ‘n0thing’ Narayan – ₹83,948
5. Smikijoejr – ₹63,018
6. Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra – ₹50,391
7. Vivek ‘Nutpeddling729’ Singh – ₹41,860
8. Sunnyland – ₹33,556

Wednesday Vibes ₹5.50 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 222

Re-entries – 70

Rebuys – 151

Prize Pool – ₹6,64,500

Places Paid – 39

Like the Destiny, Spartan Poker`s Wednesday Vibes made short work of its ₹5.50 Lakhs prize pool guarantee and paid out a generous ₹6.65 Lakhs in cash prizes to the top 39 places.

Encashing the biggest paycheque among them all was Saurabh ‘bombardier’ Ramola, who won ₹1.33 Lakhs and the title after besting ‘GulzarSahab’ (2^nd for ₹88,578) in the heads-up play. Ramola currently sits on ₹39.45 Lakhs in lifetime earnings.

The Destiny champion Vishnu ‘violator’ Khandelwal (6^th for ₹31,032) and Mayank ‘bairaagee’ Shekhar (8^th for ₹16,745) also FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Saurabh ‘bombardier’ Ramola – ₹1,33,232
2. GulzarSahab – ₹88,578
3. Vishesh07 – ₹64,789
4. kush1968 – ₹52,296
5. atulkhurana – ₹41,000
6. Vishnu ‘violator’ Khandelwal – ₹31,032
7. skulleredge – ₹22,792
8. Mayank ‘bairaagee’ Shekhar – ₹16,745

UVS #18 ₹5.50 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹990

Entries – 266

Re-entries – 122

Rebuys – 191

Prize Pool – ₹5,50,000

Places Paid – 55

The featured tourney on Day 3 of Spartan Poker`s UVS, the ₹5.50 Lakhs GTD UVS #18, pulled up 579 contenders, resulting in an overlay of ₹28,900.

Chirag ‘Chiragkhandelwal’ Khandelwal came out trumps, winning ₹1.06 Lakhs, with Vishal ‘Darky012’ Ojha placing runner-up for ₹67,650.

Navaneesha ‘np406’ P (3^rd for ₹48,159), Anuj ‘Anuj16101’ Laddhad (5^th for ₹31,295), and Nishkarsh ‘DesiKanye’ Madavi (6^th for ₹17,930) posted FT finishes.

Final Table Results

1. Chirag ‘Chiragkhandelwal’ Khandelwal – ₹1,06,700
2. Vishal ‘Darky012’ Ojha – ₹67,650
3. Navaneesha ‘np406’ P – ₹48,159
4. future of me – ₹39,545
5. Anuj ‘Anuj16101’ Laddhad – ₹31,295
6. PhreekThevorg – ₹24,090
7. Nishkarsh ‘DesiKanye’ Madavi – ₹17,930
8. ClawDia – ₹12,980

La Luna ₹4 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹1,800

Entries – 162

Re-entries – 154

Prize Pool – ₹5,18,243

Places Paid – 34

Adda52`s ₹4 Lakhs GTD La Luna pulled in 316 entries, collecting ₹5.18 Lakhs in the prize pool kitty. Aditya ‘konstantin’ Singh was the last player standing and won ₹1.29 Lakhs, with ‘looser_mm’ placing runner-up for ₹78,513.

Singh, who had championed the ATOC Apollo on March 1, now has ₹50.78 Lakhs in lifetime earnings.

Vinay ‘ContemporisT’ Bk (4th for ₹43,273) and Nitin ‘bigbluffs’ Arora (6th for ₹19,434) FT-ed the tourney.

Night on Stars ₹3 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹1,375

Entries – 141

Re-entries – 84

Prize Pool – ₹3,00,000

Places Paid – 41

PokerStars India`s Wednesday primetime tourney, the ₹3 Lakhs GTD Night on Stars, clocked in 225 entrants, filling in ₹18,750 in overlays. The 7:30 PM tourney ended at 2:16 AM and paid out 41 places.

Adarsh ‘Subham007’ Subham shipped the tourney for a personal-best ₹55,312 after defeating ‘nish.galaara’ (runner-up for ₹40,097) in the heads-up play.

Akshay ‘LalaSaab’ Kapoor (3rd for ₹29,068), Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna (4^th for ₹21,072), Young Gun Kanchan ‘thandicoke’ Sharma (5^th for ₹15,276), and Yash ‘Yash9694’ Jain (7^th for ₹9,090) FT-ed the tourney!

Big Bubble Rush ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 109

Re-entries – 106

Prize Pool – ₹2,15,000

Places Paid – 41

The ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD Big Bubble Rush collected a profitable ₹2.15 Lakhs prize pool on the back of 215 entries.

The anonymous player ‘chauhan9186’ walked away with the title and a ₹54,576 (₹17,169 in prize money, ₹37,407 in bounties) cash prize following a heads-up deal with ‘sparex’ – runner-up for ₹19,988 (₹17,019 in prize money, ₹2,969 in bounties).

Shivam ‘ruskypanda’ Baldota (3^rd for ₹11,322) and Anmol ‘freak_weird0’ Agarwal (7^th for ₹9,757) posted FT scores in the tourney.

Star Of The Month ₹1.5 Lakhs Added – PokerStars India

Entries – 100

Prize Pool – ₹1,50,000

Places Paid – 2

PokerStars India found its last “Star of the Month” champion last night in Harsh ‘kakori kabab’ Dembla. The online reg ran past a star-studded lineup of 100 qualifiers in the March Finale to win ₹1.15 Lakhs in MTT tickets and a PokerStars India goodie bag. Shubham ‘backchod launda’ Agarwal placed second to win ₹35,000 in MTT tickets.

Holdem Boost 6-Max ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 116

Re-entries – 73

Prize Pool – ₹1,89,000

Places Paid – 24

PokerBaazi`s 9 PM special ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD Holdem Boost 6-Max roped in 189 entrants, collecting a generous ₹1.89 Lakhs prize pool. Dhaval ‘dhavhe’ Heda championed the tourney for the second time in the last three days for a ₹45,644 payday. ‘LEGGO’ placed second for ₹31,998.

Rising Star Ritwik ‘Ritwikkhanna’ Khanna (4^th for ₹15,233) and Deepak ‘sabJuwaaHai’ Choudhary (5^th for ₹11,435) FT-ed the event.

Wednesday PLO ₹1 Lakh GTD – PokerDangal

Buy-in – ₹660

Entries – 83

Re-buys – 40

Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000

Places Paid – 20

The mystery user ‘Tiger_01’ took down PokerDangal’s ₹1 Lakh GTD Wednesday PLO for ₹22,000. The user ‘Baazigar786’ came second for ₹16,500.

Vaibhav ‘Vaibsss’ Bhatia (5th for ₹6,750) was the only other notable name on the final table.

6 Feet Under PLO ₹25K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 21

Re-entries – 17

Prize Pool – ₹25,000

Places Paid – 4

Khelo365`s ₹25K GTD 6 Feet Under PLO found a winner in ‘hrhamid11,’ who banked ₹11,500. ‘Aabheer’ placed runner-up for ₹6,500.

Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹275

Entries – 39

Re-entries – 17

Prize Pool – ₹20,000

Places Paid – 6

Khelo365 regular ‘Nishantdreams’ championed the ₹20K GTD Grinder 2.0 on Wednesday for ₹8,000.

This report was updated at 6:30 PM on 25.3.2021.

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