PokerBaazi’s ‘The Game Changer ₹2 Crores GTD’ Makes a Strong Opening, Day 1A Registers 1,015 Entries Contributing Over ₹1 Crore to the Prize Pool

The Game Changer Day 1A
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  • Attreyee Khasnabis February 21, 2019
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After days of waiting with bated breath the biggest online tournament in Indian poker history has finally arrived. PokerBaazi’s ‘The Game Changer 2 Crores GTD kicked off on February 20 at 8pm with the first of its three starting flights – Day 1A.

Day 1A attracted a humongous field of 1,015 entries, which included 671 unique and 344 re-entries with 106 runners making it through to Day 2. With a buy-in of ₹11,000 which includes a 10% rake, the prize pool has already reached ₹1.01 Crores. With two more starting flights to go, The Game Changer looks well-poised to smash its ₹2 Crores guarantee.

Following 27 levels of play, Vikrant ‘Vshetty1’ Shetty emerged as the chip leader of the first starting flight with an impressive stack of 558,609 and was the only player to cross the 5 Million-mark in chips. Pranav ‘GarviGujarat’ Desai (400,995) and Roshni ‘powertou’ Raj (360,087) were a distant second and third in chips at the end of play.

 

Day 1A Recap

The opening flight of The Game Changer registered a massive 1,015 entries (671 unique and 344 re-entries). Out of the 106 runners who qualified for Day 2 were many well-known names including Young Gun Arjanveer ‘holdbaby’ Singh Chadha (323,945), Chiraag ‘Versutus’ Patel (276,574), PokerGuru Staking’s Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved (252,167), Shardul ‘duuurrrr’ Parthasarathi (251,385) and Chirag ‘miyagi’ Sodha (179,449).

Several Team PokerGuru Ambassadors were also seen in action with Laksh ‘boomtlt23’ Pal Singh (150,652) and Jayjit ‘england’ Ray (130,101) making it through to Day 2.

Maria ‘MariaKirloskar’ Kirloskar had an interesting time in the event. At one time she had only 10 big blinds left, but managed to a make a strong comeback, bagging a workable stack of 88,910 for Day 2.

With up to five re-entries allowed per player, numerous entrants fired multiple bullets to make the cut for Day 2 including Vignesh ‘Phoenixxx’ Ganpati (289,758), Young Gun Ujjwal ‘Mr_Robot’ Narwal (232,285) and Sriharsha ‘ivey2’ Doddapaneni (185,374).

Taking over the pole position was Vikrant ‘Vshetty1’ Shetty (558,609) who leads the 106 Day 1A survivors.

Day 1B of The Game Changer is slated to play out later today where even players who have already qualified from Day 1A can participate, in a bid to take forward a better stack for Day 2.

Top 10 Chip Counts At the End of Day 1A

1. Vikrant ‘Vshetty1’ Shetty – 558,609

2. Pranav ‘GarviGujarat’ Desai – 400,995

3. Roshni ‘powertou’ Raj – 360,087

4. Mayank aka Maahi13 – 353,708

5. Kranthi ‘‎acer’ Kiran Varikuti – 350,750

6. misshimanchal – 330,977

7. Arjanveer ‘holdbaby’ Singh Chadha – 323,945

8. si151190 – 290,388

9. Vignesh ‘Phoenixxx’ Ganpati – 289,758

10. Chiraag ‘Versutus’ Patel – 276,574

Content & Image Courtesy: PokerBaazi

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