This Week in Poker: April 28 – May 4

This Week in Poker
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  • Attreyee Khasnabis May 5, 2021
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In the PokerGuru feature ‘This Week in Poker,’ we bring you the weekly roundup of the most significant online scores by Indian MTT players and the top stories from both the live and online poker circuit.

Here are this week’s top stories!

As the months crossed over from April to May this week, online poker has continued to be the driving force, with live poker now well and truly on the back seat given the current circumstances. In fact, the Goa government that had announced a weekend lockdown from April 29 to May 3 has also extended the lockdown till May 10.

With the third wave of the COVID-19 looking inevitable at this point, India reported a record 3,780 deaths in the last 24 hours, the highest daily toll since the pandemic began. Over 900 deaths were from Maharashtra, while Delhi and Uttar Pradesh reported 338 and 351 casualties. At least 13 states are reporting over 100 deaths a day.

Coming back to the virtual action, things have been steadily heating up, with the daily marquees now consistently crushing their advertised guarantees. Spartan Poker’s fifth and final The Millionaire of April was the featured tourney of the week. The event logged in 2,206 entries, and just like the weeks before, posted a guarantee-smashing ₹1.10 Crores prize pool. The former Full House champion Devrat Singh won his career-first Millionaire title on Sunday for a whooping ₹16.10 Lakhs (includes his 48th place finish for ₹29,339). He chopped the top prize heads-up with Kartikeya Yadav (runner-up for ₹12.62 Lakhs). For his splendid performance, Singh is our “PokerGuru Star of the Week!”

Siddhanth Kripalani, Rajat Mahajan, PokerGuru Ambassador Laksh Pal Singh, and Arjun Pasricha were the other notables who raked in seven figures in MTT winnings.

May is already off to a flying start, with all the major sites launching exciting promotions. Spartan Poker’s much-awaited The Millionaire Series 2.0 commenced on May 3. Promising ₹5 Crores in guaranteed prizes, the series will run till May 9.

India’s most trusted online poker site, PokerBaazi, recently rolled out a brand-new and much-improved poker app. Simultaneously, the site also launched its biggest cash game festival to date, the Daily Cash Smash Extreme. Over 10 days, PokerBaazi will be giving out ₹10 Lakhs every day across different Leaderboard sprints, guaranteeing a whopping ₹1 Crore in prizes.

NostraPoker, a subsidiary of NostraGamus, has also announced its “High Rollers Milestone” from May 3 to June 21. The site’s latest leaderboard race is open to both NLH and PLO players, offering them a chance to win up to ₹5 Lakhs by playing at the high stakes cash tables.

Fast-growing poker site, Khelo365 also has lucrative offers running in May, namely the Sixers Daily Cash Back Omaha6 and the Lucky Draw deposit offer.

Asia’s largest online poker room, Natural8, recently announced that it will be teaming up with GGPoker to host the WSOP Circuit online festival from May 1 to 30. Moreover, the site will be giving away over $7.50 Million in other promotions in May.

BLITZPOKER became one of the first poker operators to host a special tournament to aid India’s COVID-19 relief efforts. The brand-new ‘BLITZ COVID RELIEF’ tournament will run from May 8 to 14 at 10:30 PM daily. The ₹249 entry buy-in event offers a ₹75,000 prize pool guarantee. The site will donate twice the rake generated from this tournament, with all the proceeds going to the Hemkunt Foundation to provide oxygen cylinders and ventilators to those in need.

In other news, India’s first pure-play gaming firm to be publicly listed, Nazara Technologies Ltd, has granted in-principle approval to its subsidiary, Halaplay Technologies Pvt Ltd, to raise ₹18.02 Crores from identified investors.

Moving on to live poker, the WPT Seminole Hard Rock (SHR) Poker Showdown created quite the furor among the US-based poker players. The stop is almost over with just the Main Event left to crown a champion. The Main Event registered a whopping 2,482 entries, resulting in a record-smashing $7.95 Million prize pool. The event was halted after the six-player final table, comprising chip leader Sonny Franco, Brekstyn Schutten, Steven Snyder, Ken Aldridge, Albert Calderon, and Viet Vo was formed. The six finalists will return on May 18 at the Aria Casino in Las Vegas to play down to a champion.

 

Online Railbird Report

Just like most weeks, Spartan Poker’s The Millionaire champion walks away with the tag of becoming the week’s top scorer and our “PokerGuru Star of the Week!” This week that honor is bestowed upon Devrat Singh. The 35-year-old online reg not only shipped The Millionaire on Sunday for ₹16.10 Lakhs but also took down Spartan Poker’s Destiny on April 28, raking in almost ₹24.14 Lakhs in weekly earnings.

Devrat Singh
Devrat Singh

 

Kartikeya Yadav fell one spot short of claiming The Millionaire title, settling for a runner-up finish worth ₹12.62 Lakhs.

The Game Changer 3.0 winner Siddhanth Kripalani took down two flagships this week, Spartan Poker’s Sunday Superstack for ₹7.44 Lakhs and PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour for ₹2.65 Lakhs, netting ₹12.92 Lakhs through the week.

Siddhanth Kripalani
Siddhanth Kripalani

 

Running alongside The Millionaire on Sunday was Adda52’s Mega Suits. Rajat Mahajan took down the tourney for ₹7.84 Lakhs. Mahajan posted numerous other deep runs throughout the week to collect ₹12.5 Lakhs in weekly earnings. His other notable finishes include:

Rajat Mahajan
Rajat Mahajan

 

– 4th in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹1.96 Lakhs

– 1st in Spartan’s Millionaire Series #3 6L GTD for ₹1.62 Lakhs

– 5th in Baazi’s BSS#4 SuperStack for ₹1.07 Lakhs

PokerGuru Ambassador Laksh Pal Singh regained his place at the top of the annual leaderboard following a flurry of third-place finishes throughout the week. He accumulated ₹12.43 Lakhs in weekly earnings. His notable weekly scores included:

Laksh Pal Singh
Laksh Pal Singh

 

– 3rd in Spartan’s Sunday SuperStack for ₹4.14 Lakhs

– 3rd in Adda52’s Mega Suits for ₹4.13 Lakhs

– 3rd in Spartan’s Millionaire Series #2 – Double Stack for ₹3.41 Lakhs

The first-ever FTS Main Event champion Arjun Pasricha was the star performer on Tuesday. The Delhi-based MTT reg shipped Spartan Poker’s Millionaire Series #2 Double Stack for ₹10.14 Lakhs, pushing his recorded winnings on the site north of ₹2.50 Crores.

Arjun Pasricha
Arjun Pasricha

 

Ankur Sehgal (Won Spartan Poker’s The Elite), Aditya Sushant (Won Adda52’s The Ballers), and Pratibh Saluja (Won PokerBaazi’s BSS#4 SuperStack) were the other big winners of the week.

Notable Winners of the Week

PlayerPrize AmountEventPoker Site
Devrat 'Leonidas1' Singh₹15.80 LakhsThe Millionaire ₹1 Crore GTDSpartan Poker
Arjun 'lol this guy' Pasricha₹10.14 LakhsMillionaire Series #2 - Double Stack ₹30 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
Rajat ‘happyfish’ Mahajan₹7.84 LakhsMega Suits Finale ₹40 Lakhs GTDAdda52
Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja₹7.80 LakhsAdda52 Millions ₹25 Lakhs GTDAdda52
Ankur 'Crimemastergogo' Sehgal₹7.67 LakhsThe Elite ₹33 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
Devrat 'Leonidas1' Singh₹7.55 LakhsDestiny ₹25 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
Siddhanth 'PluRibu$' Kripalani₹7.43 LakhsSunday Superstack ₹40 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
Aditya 'a_sushant' Sushant₹7.27 LakhsThe Ballers ₹22.5 Lakhs GTDAdda52
Wolowizard₹5.78 LakhsGodfather ₹25 Lakhs GTDAdda52
Pratibh 'pratibhsaluja' Saluja₹4.28 LakhsBSS#4 SuperStack ₹20 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
Rohan ‘The Sightseer’ Bhasin₹4.16 LakhsTrending Thursday ₹18 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
Goonjan 'gmtesting' Mall₹4.15 LakhsThe Weekly HighRoller ₹12 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
Sanat 'mehro2511' Mehrotra₹4 LakhsThe Summit ₹15 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
rtuteja₹3.99 LakhsThe Mint ₹15 Lakhs GTDAdda52
Jasdeep 'jpoker' Nagpal₹3.70 LakhsMaverick ₹15 Lakhs GTDAdda52
Myron 'priyankAAchoprAA' Pereira₹3.01 LakhsThe Endeavour ₹12 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
acessorted₹2.53 LakhsThe Pride ₹10 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
Ronak 'rj128' Jain₹2.29 LakhsSunday Showdown ₹10 Lakhs GTDAdda52
littletomy86₹2.20 LakhsSunday Special Progressive KO ₹15 Lakhs GTDPokerStars India
Arjanveer 'bazzingaa' Singh Chadha₹2.14 LakhsMonster Stack ₹8 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
Pawan '_luffy_1x1' Tez₹2.11 LakhsIron Man ₹8 Lakhs GTDAdda52
Rohan 'sailor85' Bhasin₹2.05 LakhsMonster Turbo ₹5 Lakhs GTDAdda52
Kunal 'iAlwaysHaveit' Patni₹2.01 LakhsHighroller ₹10 Lakhs GTDPokerStars India
Kunal ‘VasooliChacha’ Patni₹2 LakhsThe Big Show ₹7.5 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
Md '007shakuni' Zeeshan₹1.94 LakhsRunning Hot ₹5 Lakhs GTDAdda52
Vivek 'acchemicals' Karwa₹1.86 LakhsMoney Heist ₹7 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
Vinayak 'haayegarmi' Bajaj₹1.79 LakhsFuturistic ₹10 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
Rajat 'BloatedBelly' Mahajan₹1.62 LakhsMiilionaire Series #3 ₹6 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
Dhaval ‘dirtyzoso’ Mudgal₹1.39 LakhsHurricane ₹4.5 Lakhs GTDAdda52
Atif 'LuckyWoolF' Khan₹1.31 LakhsWednesday Vibes ₹6 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
Parth 'VINAY7690' Aggarwal₹1.30 LakhsBSS#3 MonsterStack 6-Max ₹5 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
Mohit 'thejoker' Mehta₹1.25 LakhsBSS#5 MegaStack ₹5 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
peaceyo₹1.19 LakhsVoyager ₹2.75 Lakhs GTDAdda52
Kunal 'FloatToMyBoat' Patni₹96,774La Luna ₹4 Lakhs GTDAdda52
Akshay 'powershell42' Asawa₹96,614Sixth Sense ₹5 Lakhs GTDPokerStars India
gaur83₹91,692Uppercut ₹5 Lakhs GTDPokerStars India
galba14₹89,709Battle Royale 7-Max ₹5 Lakhs GTDPokerStars India
Kushagra ‘Nkush20’ Mehta₹86,187Voyager ₹2.75 Lakhs GTDAdda52
Anuj ‘anuj1610’ Laddhad₹83,232Holdem Bash ₹2.5 Lakhs GTDAdda52
Akshay 'akshay9144' Singh₹68,998PBBS#34 Main Event ₹2 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
ukhatry₹67,8166-Max Holdem Boost DST ₹1. 5 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
Abhiroop 'Ron007' Gupta
₹66,326Night Rider – Monster Stack ₹2.75 Lakhs GTD
Spartan Poker
Ekagra 'Igot2flush' Vason₹66,441Monster Stack ₹3.5 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
Ritwik ‘Ritwikkhanna’ Khanna₹60,750BSS#2 Afternoon ₹2 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
Ritwik 'Ritwikkhanna' Khanna₹60,7106-Max Holdem BOOST DST ₹1.5 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
kabir12657₹60,616Uppercut Mini ₹2 Lakhs GTDPokerStars India
f00l4u₹60,500Ultimate PLO ₹2 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
Clinton Tavares₹60,176Big Bubble Rush ₹3 Lakhs GTDPokerStars India
PabloDEscobar₹59,609Night on Stars ₹3 Lakhs GTDPokerStars India
Armaan ‘space ace’ Kochhar₹58,300Ultimate PLO ₹2 lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
Prashanth 'Anya Chalotra' Sekar₹54,096Sunday Kick-Off ₹2 lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
Harrish ‘Realfc’ Chaudary₹53,300Turbo ₹1.5 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
Tathagata 'Tintin84' Sengupta₹53,1786-Max Holdem Boost ₹1.5 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
Shivam 'cyflopse' Jain₹49,286Battle Royale 7-Max ₹3 Lakhs GTDPokerStars India
Sumeet 'Sumitsingh199' Rajpurohit
₹46,630Turbo ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD
PokerBaazi
stannis₹45,830Turbo ₹1.5 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
Dicktator1₹45,660The Classic [Progressive Knockout] ₹1.75 Lakhs GTDPokerStars India
Christo91₹40,000Big Bang ₹1 Lakh GTDKhelo365
Amit 'Stu Ungar 7694' Kaushik₹39,522Big Bubble Rush ₹1.75 Lakhs GTDPokerStars India
Sanjay ‘smr1g10’ Mohan₹39,111Nighttide DST Adda ₹1.5 Lakhs GTDAdda52
Johnny_7325₹39,025Ultrasonic ₹1.5 Lakhs GTDPokerStars India
min2thomas₹38,959Ultrasonic ₹1.5 Lakhs GTDPokerStars India
PiyushGup₹38,630PLO Boost Monster ₹1 Lakh GTDPokerBaazi
Swapnil 'pokpom1' Patil₹35,344Deepstack ₹1.5 Lakhs GTDPokerStars India
Sachindubal4
₹34,840PLO Boost Monster ₹1 Lakh GTD
PokerBaazi
Animesh 'animeshth20' Thakur
₹33,690PBBS#25 7-Max Highroller ₹1 Lakh GTD
PokerBaazi
harry_2601₹33,297Nighttide DST Adda ₹1.5 Lakhs GTDAdda52
swAAmi ₹32,960PLO Boost Monster ₹1 Lakh GTDPokerBaazi
Rahul ‘andarkiaag’ Thakur ₹31,290Sunday Storm ₹1.50 Lakhs GTDPokerStars India
Swapnil 'pokpom1' Patil₹31,282Ultrasonic ₹1 Lakh GTDPokerStars India
Riskypro₹28,800Warrior Arena ₹1.2 Lakhs GTDPokerDangal
him_070793
₹27,788Ultrasonic ₹1 Lakh GTD
PokerStars India
Ilikewinning69₹26,649Ultrasonic ₹1 Lakh GTDPokerStars India
Salazar₹26,400Dangal Friday ₹1.2 Lakhs GTDPokerDangal
getsetgo666 ₹24,380Sunday Warm-up ₹1 Lakh GTDPokerStars India
Sehdev 'Sahdev6' Rawat₹22,032Ultra KO 90% ₹50K GTDPokerStars India
Hero29₹22,000Wednesday PLO ₹1 Lakh GTDPokerDangal
Piyush 'noname3006' Nanda₹20,313Ultra KO 90% ₹50K GTDPokerStars India
Wildshark100₹17,923Sunday Supersonic ₹75K GTDPokerStars India
wildshark100
₹17,004Bigstack Turbo ₹70K GTD
PokerStars India
Reverse88₹17,000Dominator ₹50K GTDKhelo365
Poker_Basilisk₹16,728Bigstack Turbo ₹70K GTDPokerStars India
bali00₹16,500Monday Blues ₹75K GTDPokerDangal
yogeshagg₹15,001Deepstack ₹50K GTDPokerStars India
myth_loki88₹13,956Afternoon on Stars ₹60K GTDPokerStars India
Hardik24₹13,800Hitman PLO ₹30K GTDKhelo365
Adithya 'RloxRenfield1' N G₹13,094Afternoon on Stars ₹60K GTDPokerStars India
Manuvm131313₹12,900Prime Time PLO ₹30K GTDKhelo365
mrbkg₹10,500Insomnia ₹30K GTDPokerDangal
Hardik24₹10,000Under the Gun ₹20K GTD PLOKhelo365
Mackyboy7777₹9,323Primetime Grind ₹50K GTDPokerStars India
galba14₹8,190Deepstack ₹40K GTDPokerStars India
Madpoker966767₹7,465PBBS#19 MegaStack ₹25K GTDPokerBaazi
Amazonking₹7,200Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTDKhelo365
Padukon₹7,200Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTDKhelo365
Meraj76₹6,800Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTDKhelo365
zravasya₹6,800Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTD NLHEKhelo365
Kapildev77₹6,800Grinder 2.0 ₹20K GTDKhelo365
BhikuMhatre₹6,544Primetime Grind ₹40K GTDPokerStars India
Aditya ‘KesarDa’ Kesharwani₹5,541PBBS#20 ₹20K GTDPokerBaazi
piyudh1111
₹5,348PBBS#24 Megastack ₹25K GTD
PokerBaazi
Ankush2543₹3,124PBBS#32 ₹15K GTDPokerBaazi
shibdevvar₹2,310PBBS#35 ₹10K DST GTDPokerBaazi
iloveu1₹2,264PBBS#31 ₹10K GTD KOPokerBaazi
13rishabh ₹2,264BSS#1 Kickoff ₹1 Lakh GTDPokerBaazi
Nameless733₹2,112PBBS#33 ₹10K GTD PKOPokerBaazi
Vinod ‘brutalgame’ Kirne₹1,641PBBS#18 PLO ₹5K GTDPokerBaazi
Wildstylz02
₹1,554PBBS#22 ₹6K GTD
PokerBaazi
APPAX
₹1,498PBBS#23 DST ₹7K GTD
PokerBaazi
anu141 ₹1,272PBBS#16 ₹5K GTDPokerBaazi
pujasingh023
₹1,112PBBS#21 7-Max ₹4K GTD
PokerBaazi
vkrathi₹574PBBS#17 Hyper ₹2K GTDPokerBaazi

 

NostraPoker`s “High Rollers Milestone” Offer Can Fetch You 5 Lakhs in 50 Days

The latest offer running on NostraPoker, the “High Rollers Milestone,” runs from May 3 to June 21. The 50-day-long leaderboard race offers both NLH and PLO players a chance at winning up to ₹5 Lakhs by hitting milestones by playing at the high stakes cash tables. To opt-in, players need to deposit ₹20,000 on the site using the deposit code “GRAB15K.

Read the complete report here

 

Khelo365 Announces Astonishing Offers This May

Khelo365 has launched two thrilling promotions for May – Sixers Daily Cash Back Omaha6 and the Lucky Draw deposit offer.

Read the complete report here

 

Action Packed May on Natural8

The World Series of Poker and the GGPoker Network have teamed up for the WSOP Super Circuit Online Series that runs from May 1 until May 30. The entire festival features 18 WSOPC Ring Events (and two rings for cash game players) with a guaranteed $100 million prize pool. Indian players can participate in the series on GGPoker Network`s Asia-facing skin Natural8.

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Not just that, Natural8 is also giving away over $7.50 Million through other promotions in May.

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BLITZPOKER Announces New “BLITZ Covid Relief” Charity Tournament to Fight the Pandemic

BLITZPOKER has stood up in the fight against the pandemic by announcing a brand-new ‘BLITZ Covid Relief’ tournament. The ₹249 entry buy-in charity tournament will run daily at 10:30 PM from May 8 to 14, featuring a ₹75,000 prize pool guarantee. The site will donate twice the rake generated from this tournament to the Hemkunt Foundation to provide oxygen cylinders and ventilators to those in need.

Read the complete report here

 

Goa Casino`s to Remain Closed Until May 10 as State Extends Lockdown

The Goa state government has extended the lockdown in Goa, meaning all non-essential services, including hotels, bars, restaurants, and casinos, will have to remain shut until at least 7 AM on May 10.

Read the complete report here

 

And with this, we conclude this week’s roundup of the latest news updates and developments from the world of poker. We will return again next week with our weekly report. Stay tuned.

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