Daily Majors: Vivek Singh, Dhirendra Kumar, Kunal Patni, Arjanveer Singh Chadha & Gaurav Sood Seize the Big Wednesday Scores

Wednesday brought the regular weekly fare comprising the Destiny, Maverick, The Pride, and Night on Stars. PokerGuru Staking, after a relatively quiet last few days, scored runner-up finishes in two flagship tourneys.

PokerGuru Ambassador Vivek Singh banked the second-biggest score of the day after chopping the Destiny with “Radiohead,” while teammate Arjanveer Singh Chadha placed second to Kunal Patni in The Pride.

Vishal Maharaj, Dhirendra Kumar, Sandy Lamba, and Gaurav Sood were the other big winners.

Here`s a complete recap of the Wednesday marquees.

Spartan Poker

Wednesdays on Spartan Poker have become synonymous with the Destiny. Ever since Vinayak Bajaj championed the Destiny 17.0 Finale on January 31, the weekly series has moved on to its 18^th edition. The ₹5,500 entry buy-in tourney dragged in 533 entries last night, collecting over ₹26.65 Lakhs in prize money. The anonymous player ‘Radiohead’ was the last player standing and won ₹5.65 Lakhs after a heads-up chop with PokerGuru Ambassador Vivek ‘KasolHieghts’ Singh (runner-up for ₹5.54 Lakhs). The mystery winner also booked a seat in the Destiny 18.0 Finale scheduled for March 21.

The ₹2.25 Lakhs GTD Mega Freeze was taken down by ‘Kirmizi Elma,’ who topped the 79-entry field to win ₹65,175. Paras ‘AAKKQQJJ’ Jain finished runner-up for ₹46,334.

Day 3 of the Ultimate Value Series (UVS) had six events running. Offering the most-massive prize pool guarantee of them all was the ₹5.75 Lakhs GTD UVS #18 6-Max, where a turnout of 593 entries resulted in ₹41,300 in overlays. Coming out on top was ‘mr.wayne,’ who scored their best-recorded finish on Spartan Poker worth ₹83,943 following a three-way deal with ‘iMax’ (runner-up for ₹77,848) and ‘Vakeel.sahab’ (3^rd for ₹71,601).

UVS Leaderboard Standings After Day 3

PokerStars India

PokerStars India’s 7:30 PM attraction, the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Night on Stars, logged in 313 entries, collecting a guarantee-smashing ₹5.55 Lakhs. Young Gun Gaurav ‘3betPanda’ Sood shipped the tourney – his fifth tourney title of 2021 – netting ₹1.14 Lakhs (₹52,151 in prize money, ₹61,986 in bounties). Raghavendra ‘Pokeriyaa’ Hada, who had final tabled Spartan Poker’s The Millionaire on Sunday, secured a runner-up finish worth ₹50,887 (₹38,226 in prize money, ₹12,661 in bounties), pushing his MTT tally to ₹69.35 Lakhs.

Sood, the undisputed #1 ranked player of 2020, posted a ninth-place finish in PokerBaazi’s The Pride for ₹25,578, moving up to ₹7.16 Crores in lifetime earnings.

Starting off two hours after the Night on Stars was the ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD Big Bubble Rush, where 220 runners came in to play, collecting a profitable ₹2.20 Lakhs prize pool. ‘MrBigSlick139’ (anonymity requested) championed the tourney for ₹46,406 (₹20,281 in prize money, ₹26,125 in bounties) and ‘lethal281088’ placed runner-up for ₹20,172 (₹14,702 in prize money, ₹5,469 in bounties).

All the 53 ITM finishers in the Night on Stars collected TLB points towards the “Star of the Month” – February leaderboard race. For the details on the “Star of the Month” promotion and the latest leaderboard standings, visit the promotions page.

PokerBaazi

PokerBaazi’s Wednesday night attraction, the ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Pride, logged in 348 entries, and the top 45 places got a slice of the juicy ₹12.18 Lakhs prize pool. The tourney played down to an epic heads-up showdown between Kunal ‘VasooliChacha’ Patni and PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer Singh ‘holdbaby’ Chadha. Eventually, the former banker, Kunal Patni, came out on top to win ₹2.55 Lakhs. Chadha lapped up ₹1.79 Lakhs. With this score, Patni has crossed the 4 Crore-marker in lifetime earnings.

The 9 PM Special ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD Wednesday MegaStack attracted 122 hopefuls to witness a shortfall of ₹6,000. Mohak ‘Tiltin’ Kapoor championed the tourney to win ₹67,000, with Sandy ‘Ziigmund’ Lamba placing runner-up for ₹46,930.

Both Mohak Kapoor and Sandy Lamba ran deep in The Pride as well. Kapoor placed seventh for ₹42,630, banking ~₹1.09 Lakhs through the day. His MTT scorecard reflects ₹1.56 Crores in lifetime earnings. Lamba placed third in The Pride for ₹1.15 Lakhs, netting ₹1.61 Lakhs in cumulative winnings on Wednesday.

Adda52

Firing up the MTT action on Adda52 was the ₹15 Lakhs GTD Maverick that clocked 674 entries, piling in a prize pool kitty of ₹15.33 Lakhs. Vishal ‘VishalMaharaj’ Maharaj clinched the flagship title for ₹3.41 Lakhs after eliminating Dhirendra ‘Dhiru006’ Kumar (runner-up for ₹2.63 Lakhs) in second place.

Like the Maverick, the other featured tourney on the site, the ₹4 Lakhs GTD La Luna, also rode past its guarantee, collecting ₹4.28 Lakhs on the back of 261 entries. A heads-up deal on the final table ended the proceedings, with Saahib ‘saahib’ Bawa walking away with the title and ₹93,642. Attman ‘att1992’ Pradipbhai Velani finished runner-up for ₹83,994. The Maverick runner-up finisher, Dhirendra Kumar, placed fourth in La Luna for ₹36,383, netting almost ₹3 Lakhs cumulatively.

The other Wednesday winners were:

Destiny ₹23 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 232

Re-entries – 109

Rebuys – 192

Prize Pool – ₹26,65,000

Places Paid – 50

Spartan Poker’s ₹5,500 entry-buy-in Destiny ran with a ₹23 Lakhs prize pool guarantee last night. The event clocked in an impressive 533 entries (232 unique, 109 re-entries, and 192 rebuys), making for a guarantee-busting ₹26.65 Lakhs prize pool.

Making his way to the top after over seven-and-half hours of play was ‘Radiohead.’ The mystery played banked an impressive ₹5.65 Lakhs and chopping the tourney heads-up with PokerGuru Ambassador Vivek ‘KasolHieghts’ Singh (runner-up for ₹5.54 Lakhs).

‘Radiohead’ also booked himself a seat in the Destiny 18.0 SnG Finale for March 21, 9 PM. With ₹6.11 Lakhs in site-earnings, the user does not have many prior caches on this username.

The runner-up, Vivek Singh, currently boasts of ₹4.91 Crores in lifetime earnings.

Siddarth ‘PeterPunter’ Singhvi (3rd for ₹2.45 Lakhs), Kunal ‘kduggal13’ Duggal (4th for ₹1.76 Lakhs), Mohit ‘thejoker’ Mehta (6th for ₹93,275) and Ramesh ‘Dabidi_Dibide’ Pathipati (7th for ₹66,625) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Radiohead – ₹5,64,879*
2. Vivek ‘KasolHieghts’ Singh – ₹5,54,421*
3. Siddarth ‘PeterPunter’ Singhvi – ₹2,46,513
4. Kunal ‘kduggal13’ Duggal – ₹1,75,890
5. EL_Gadafi – ₹1,11,930
6. Mohit ‘thejoker’ Mehta – ₹93,275
7. Ramesh ‘Dabidi_Dibide’ Pathipati – ₹66,625
8. Anythingsir – ₹58,630

*denotes a heads-up deal

Maverick ₹15 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹2,500

Entries – 312

Re-entries – 362

Prize Pool – ₹15,33,348

Places Paid – 72

Adda52`s Wednesday headliner, the ₹15 Lakhs GTD Maverick, logged in 674 entries, and 72 players took a stab at the ₹15.33 Lakhs prize pool.

Vishal ‘VishalMaharaj’ Maharaj was the last player standing in the Maverick and booked his first tourney title of 2021 and, with that, a site-best ₹3.41 Lakhs.

Dhirendra ‘Dhiru006’ Kumar came in second for ₹2.63 Lakhs. This was Kumar’s second FT finish on Wednesday as he also placed fourth in the La Luna for ₹36,383.

Yash ‘gambler11’ Jaiswal (3rd for ₹1.50 Lakhs), PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja (4th for ₹1.07 Lakhs), Sanjay ‘Floppednuts’ Kumar (5th for ₹76,668), Mohak ‘Sparkie’ Kapoor (6th for ₹53,667) and Abhiroop ‘Daniel90’ Gupta (7th for ₹42,167), also earned FT payouts.

Final Table Results

1. Vishal ‘VishalMaharaj’ Maharaj – ₹3,41,992
2. Dhirendra ‘Dhiru006’ Kumar – ₹2,63,682
3. Yash ‘gambler11’ Jaiswal – ₹1,50,268
4. Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja – ₹1,07,335
5. Sanjay ‘Floppednuts’ Kumar – ₹76,668
6. Mohak ‘Sparkie’ Kapoor – ₹53,667
7. Abhiroop ‘Daniel90’ Gupta – ₹42,167
8. ASSG – ₹30,667

The Pride ₹10 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹3,850

Entries – 195

Re-entries – 153

Prize Pool – ₹12,18,000

Places Paid – 45

PokerBaazi’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Pride drew 348 entries, generating a prize pool worth ₹12.18 Lakhs.

Kunal ‘VasooliChacha’ Patni championed the tourney, collecting the ₹2.56 Lakhs up-top. PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer Singh ‘holdbaby’ Chadha finished runner-up for ₹1.79 Lakhs.

After the six-figure win, the banker-turned-poker pro has crossed the ₹4 Crore-mark in lifetime earnings, and his online tally reflects ₹4.02 Crores in recorded MTT winnings.

Sandy ‘Ziigmund’ Lamba (3^rd for ₹1.15 Lakhs), IOPC – The Crown champion Laksh Pal ‘boomtlt23’ Singh (5^th for ₹63,950), Ankur ‘Stonecold’ Sehgal (6^th for ₹51,160), and Mohak ‘Tiltin’ Kapoor (7^th for ₹42,630) were the prominent FT finishers.

Final Table Results

1. Kunal ‘VasooliChacha’ Patni – ₹2,56,000
2. Arjanveer Singh ‘holdbaby’ Chadha – ₹1,79,000
3. Sandy ‘Ziigmund’ Lamba – ₹1,15,000
4. AK10JQ – ₹85,260
5. Laksh Pal ‘boomtlt23’ Singh – ₹63,950
6. Ankur ‘Stonecold’ Sehgal – ₹51,160
7. Mohak ‘Tiltin’ Kapoor – ₹42,630
8. Angel999 – ₹34,104

UVS #18 6-Max ₹5.75 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹990

Entries – 300

Re-entries – 101

Re-buys – 192

Prize Pool – ₹5,75,000

Places Paid – 55

The day`s featured UVS event, the ₹5.75 Lakhs GTD UVS #18 6-Max, had to fill in ₹41,300 in overlays after 593 runners signed-up for ₹990.

Besting them all was ‘mr.wayne,’ who banked a ₹83,943 cash prize after cutting a three-way deal with ‘iMax’ (runner-up for ₹77,848) and ‘Vakeel.sahab’ (3rd for ₹71,601).

Laldingliana ‘patea1971’ Vantawl finished sixth for ₹24,519.

Final Table Results

1. mr.wayne – ₹83,943*
2. iMax – ₹77,848*
3. Vakeel.sahab – ₹71,601*
4. Thakur88 – ₹41,343
5. Raviravi0 – ₹32,718
6. Laldingliana ‘patea1971’ Vantawl – ₹24,519

*denotes a three-way deal

Night on Stars ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹1,950

Entries – 163

Re-entries – 150

Regular Prize Pool – ₹2,77,631

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹2,77,631

Total Prize Pool – ₹5,55,262

Places Paid – 53

PokerStars India`s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Night on Stars gathered 313 participants who signed-up for ₹1,950. The 7:30 PM tourney ended at 2:53 AM and paid out 53 places.

Navigating his way to the title was none other than the winning-est player of 2020, Young Gun Gaurav ‘3betPanda’ Sood. Scoring his fifth title victory of the year, the MTT crusher added ₹1.14 Lakhs to his bankroll.

The online phenom currently sits on ₹7.16 Crores in online earnings and ranks 16^th in the 2021 annual cashes leaderboard.

Raghavendra ‘Pokeriyaa’ Hada placed runner-up for ₹50,887.

Sanish ‘sneakysani’ Chhabra (3^rd for ₹41,144), Amit ‘Stu Ungar 7694’ Kaushik (5^th for ₹31,048), Debayan ‘MonsterD39’ Das (7^th for ₹14,852), and Jitendra ‘zxcvuiop’ Chordia (9^th for ₹5,898) FT-ed the tourney!

Final Table Results

1. Gaurav ‘3betPanda’ Sood – ₹1,14,580
2. Raghavendra ‘Pokeriyaa’ Hada – ₹50,887
3. Sanish ‘sneakysani’ Chhabra – ₹41,144
4. GodPGuru – ₹44,196
5. Amit ‘Stu Ungar 7694’ Kaushik – ₹31,048
6. gamerkk771 – ₹14,029
7. Debayan ‘MonsterD39’ Das – ₹14,852
8. SirRampagealot – ₹8,368
9. Jitendra ‘zxcvuiop’ Chordia – ₹5,898

La Luna ₹4 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹1,800

Entries – 139

Re-entries – 122

Prize Pool – ₹4,28,039

Places Paid – 27

Adda52’s ₹4 Lakhs GTD La Luna registered 261 entries, generating a prize pool worth ₹4.28 Lakhs.

It was 2:46 AM on the tournament clock by the time the tourney came to a close following a heads-up deal between Saahib ‘saahib’ Bawa (1^st for ₹93,642) and Attman ‘att1992’ Pradipbhai Velani (runner-up for ₹83,994).

The final table also featured known names like Avinash ‘I_fart_you_faint’ Kumar (3rd for ₹49,867), Maverick runner-up finisher Dhirendra ‘Dhiru006’ Kumar (4th for ₹36,383), Aditya ‘Adit11’ Kulkarni (5th for ₹24,612) and Jasven ‘bajateraho’ Saigal (6th for ₹18,192).

Wednesday MegaStack ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 79

Re-entries – 43

Prize Pool – ₹2,50,000

Places Paid – 15

PokerBaazi’s ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD Wednesday MegaStack encountered a marginal ₹6,000 in overlays, with 122 runners signing up to play.

Mohak ‘Tiltin’ Kapoor cut his way across the field to win the title for ₹67,000. Sandy ‘Ziigmund’ Lamba finished runner-up for ₹46,930.

Mohak Kapoor also FT-ed The Pride, where he posted a seventh-place finish for ₹42,630. The runner-up, Sandy Lamba, placed third in The Pride for ₹1.15 Lakhs.

PokerGuru Ambassador Shashank ‘indianrat’ Desai (4^th for ₹22,350), Akshay ‘darulerofall’ Gupta (5^th for ₹16,750), Arun ‘vazharmorghulis’ Sriram (6^th for ₹13,400), and Siddharth ‘Siddonuts’ Pandey (7^th for ₹11,150) FT-ed the tourney.

Mega Freeze ₹2.25 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹3,300

Entries – 79

Prize Pool – ₹2,37,000

Places Paid – 11

‘Kirmizi Elma’ outlasted the 79-entry field in the ₹2.25 Lakhs GTD Mega Freeze to win ₹65,175. Paras ‘AAKKQQJJ’ Jain secured the runner-up payday worth ₹46,334.

Sankalp ‘wobbegong’ Marwah (5^th for ₹18,486), Sacheen ‘chiefisback’ Ramchandani (6^th for ₹14,457), and Ramesh ‘Dabidi_Dibide’ Pathipati (8^th for ₹8,888) FT-ed the tourney.

Big Bubble Rush ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 123

Re-entries – 97

Regular Prize Pool – ₹1,10,000

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹1,10,000

Total Prize Pool – ₹2,20,000

Places Paid – 41

PokerStars India’s ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD Big Bubble Rush clocked in 220 entries, and 41 places got a share of the ₹2.20 Lakhs prize pool.

The cards were in the air for almost five hours before ‘MrBigSlick139’ shipped the tourney for ₹46,406. ‘lethal281088’ finished runner-up for ₹20,171. The winner now has ₹7.78 Lakhs in profits on PokerStars India.

Ashit ‘Cringing’ Sharma (5^th for ₹7,570), and Deepesh ‘deep12322’ Raka (6^th for ₹4,998) FT-ed the tourney.

Wednesday PLO ₹1 Lakh GTD – PokerDangal

Buy-in – ₹660

Entries – 87

Re-buys – 38

Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000

Places Paid – 20

PokerDangal’s ₹1 Lakh GTD Wednesday PLO had to fill almost 25% of the posted guarantee in overlays after registering 125 entries.

Siddharth ‘WickedSid’ Sagar took down the tourney to win ₹22,000, with Anshu ‘nope11’ Pandey placing runner-up for ₹16,500.

Pocket Jacks ₹75K GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 83

Re-entries – 34

Prize Pool – ₹75,000

Places Paid – 17

Pocket52’s ₹75K GTD Pocket Jacks logged in 117 entries, overlaying ₹16,500. ‘Dharam9062’ shipped the tourney for ₹17,250. ‘Shark12’ finished second for ₹12,375.

Chinmoy ‘Chamka’ Mondal finished 5th for ₹5,625.

Unravel ₹50K GTD – Pocket52

Buy-in – ₹440

Entries – 61

Re-entries – 23

Prize Pool – ₹50,000

Places Paid – 13

‘khichdi’ captured the ₹50K GTD Unravel title on Pocket52 for ₹12,500. Ronit ‘Ace_of_Spades’ Saha placed fourth for ₹5,000.

6 Feet Under ₹25K GTD PLO Deepstack – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 28

Re-entries – 22

Prize Pool – ₹25,000

Places Paid – 6

Khelo365`s ₹25K GTD 6 Feet Under just about broke even after registering 50 entries. The unknown user ‘zravasya’ clinched the title for ₹10,000, with ‘Santoshi’ placing runner-up for ₹5,250.

Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹275

Entries – 50

Re-entries – 19

Prize Pool – ₹20,000

Places Paid – 7

‘Hardik24’ took down Khelo365’s ₹20K GTD Grinder 2.0 for ₹7,200, and ‘CharBaBa’ placed runner-up for ₹4,000.

This report was updated at 4.30 PM on 11.02.2021.

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