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Daily Majors: Divyanshu Agarwal, Amit Gehani, Gopal Bajaj & Pradip Ghosh Crush the Wednesday Flagships
The Wednesday turnouts were notably better compared to Tuesday, as the lure of bigger guarantees brought more regs into the fold. The busy season for the micro to low-stakes players continues with PokerDangal’s DMVS, IndiaPlays’ IMPL, and Adda52’s NPS offering them plenty of options.
Divyanshu Agrawal made the mid-week headlines after his breakout win in Spartan Poker’s Wednesday High Roller (6-Max). Improving upon his runner-up finish in Tuesday High Roller the day before, Agrawal championed the 9 PM tournament for a career-best ₹4.95 Lakhs (won ₹5.60 Lakhs overall), busting an eight-month-long title drought. The in-form Advait Rajguru scored ₹3.52 Lakhs in second place.
Spartan Poker loyalist and former IOPC The Crown champion, Amit Gehani, chased down the Destiny 26.0 title in under eight hours to win ₹3.75 Lakhs (won ₹4.20 Lakhs overall), booking the sixth seat on the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Destiny 26.0 Finale. He chopped the 8 PM Wednesday headliner heads-up with Sandy Lamba (2nd for ₹3.31 Lakhs) (won ₹3.49 Lakhs overall).
The ten-time IOPC title winner Gopal Bajaj made a spectacular comeback to the champion`s club by winning Adda52’s Maverick for ₹3.16 Lakhs. He made a heads-up deal with Faiz Alam (2nd for ₹2.95 Lakhs) (won at least ₹3.19 Lakhs overall).
Sanjay Khanna shipped PokerBaazi`s The Pride for a site-best ₹2.97 Lakhs, posting his first title victory in over six weeks. Neelakantan Murali came second for ₹1.77 Lakhs (won ₹1.89 Lakhs overall).
Tuesday`s (7-Max) SPRINT winner, Pradip Ghosh, went on a back-to-back title spree, taking down PokerStars India ₹ Monster Stack [6-Max PKO] for ₹1.74 Lakhs (₹85,438 in bounties) (won ₹2.03 Lakhs overall), hitting the ₹4 Crore milestone in tracked online winnings.
The 2023 WPT Prime Cambodia Superstack Classic Freezeout third-place finisher, Harsh Bubna, returning to the online grind after a busy live outing raked in ₹1.57 Lakhs on the back of his runner-up finishes in PokerStars India’s Monster Stack [6-Max PKO] (₹97,789) and PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT (₹56,200).
The first PokerGuru Challenge winner, Shailesh Kumar Patel, broke a six-week-long dry spell by taking down Pocket52’s Pocket Jacks for ₹92,500. Lavesh Meena fell inches short of the finish line, collecting the runner-up payday of ₹65,000 (won ₹87,989 overall).
Siddharth Ojha, Arpan Majhi, Yudhishter Jaswal, Mohak Kapoor, Yash Jaiswal, Arjun Chadha, Naveen Sharma, Shashank Desai, Utkarsh Srivastava, and Partha Basak won the other Wednesday marquees.
Here are the Wednesday highlights!
Spartan Poker
Wednesday High Roller (6-Max) – ₹18 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹16,500
Entries – 61
Re-entries – 16
Rebuys – 34
Prize Pool – ₹18,00,000
Places Paid – 11
After finishing runner-up in the Tuesday High Roller the day before, Divyanshu ‘dev1995’ Agrawal finally scored the breakout win he had been chasing for eight months in Spartan Poker’s ₹18 Lakhs GTD Wednesday High Roller (6-Max). He won the 9 PM tournament for a career-best ₹4.95 Lakhs, banking the day’s single-largest score, with the Tuesday High Roller finalist Advait ‘Rattler$’ Rajguru scoring ₹3.52 Lakhs in second place.
Divyanshu Agrawal made another FT run in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT (6th for ₹65,089), hauling in the day’s best ₹5.60 Lakhs and crossing ₹50 Lakhs in tracked online winnings His online stats (Spartan Poker and PokerBaazi): Lifetime Winnings: ₹50.59 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1
Tarush ‘Tarush123’ Gupta (opted out of tracking) accumulated at least ₹2.78 Lakhs from three known finishes, which include:
> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s Wednesday High Roller (6-Max) for ₹2,30,400
> 8th in Adda52’s Maverick for ₹30,000
> 28th in Spartan Poker’s Destiny 26.0 for ₹17,556
The ₹16,500 entry buy-in tournament attracted 111 entrants (61 unique), registering ₹1.35 Lakhs in overlays. The top 11 finishers scored a payday.
Final Table Results
- Divyanshu ‘dev1995’ Agrawal – ₹4,95,000
- Advait ‘Rattler$’ Rajguru – ₹3,51,900
- Tarush ‘Tarush123’ Gupta – ₹2,30,400
- Quetzalcoatl – ₹1,77,300
- p10babu – ₹1,40,400
- prince1993 – ₹1,09,800
Destiny 26.0 – ₹18 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 191
Re-entries – 46
Rebuys – 162
Prize Pool – ₹19,95,000
Places Paid – 31
Amit ‘Kavipri 2.0’ Gehani, a Spartan Poker loyalist with splendid results in flagship events at IOPC and FTS, has a knack for winning big-ticket tournaments. Returning to the grind for the first time after FTS 6.0, the 42-year-old banker championed the ₹18 Lakhs GTD Destiny 26.0, overcoming a stacked 191-player field (399 total entries) in under eight hours to win ₹3.75 Lakhs and a seat on the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Destiny 26.0 Finale.
Gehani chopped the 8 PM Wednesday headliner heads-up with Sandy ‘Fifa21’ Lamba (2nd for ₹3.31 Lakhs).
Amit Gehani also cashed the Wednesday High Roller (10th for ₹45,000), collectively banking ₹4.20 Lakhs and crossing ₹50 Lakhs in annual earnings. His Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹3.96 Crores | Site Profits: ~₹43 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #2 | Annual Winnings: ₹50.19 Lakhs
Sandy Lamba notched up ₹3.49 Lakhs from two deep runs, which include:
> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s Destiny 26.0 for ₹3,31,342* (heads-up deal)
> 12th in Adda52’s Maverick for ₹17,250
Sandy Lamba’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.97 Crores| Lifetime Profits: ₹1.11 Crores | Annual Winnings: ₹39.16 Lakhs
Saurabh ‘darksider’ Rohila also FT-ed Destiny 26.0, scoring ₹52,070 in eighth place.
The ₹5,500 entry buy-in tournament dished out a profitable ₹19.95 Lakhs in prize money to the top 31 finishers.
Final Table Results
- Amit ‘Kavipri 2.0’ Gehani – ₹3,74,688*
- Sandy ‘Fifa21’ Lamba – ₹3,31,342*
- sharkisbackk – ₹2,00,298
- MazaAaya – ₹1,62,393
- Whateveh – ₹1,28,478
- sparky23 – ₹97,556
- JaimieOliverie – ₹71,222
- Saurabh ‘darksider’ Rohila – ₹52,070
*denotes a heads-up deal
Daily Turbo (6-Max) – ₹4 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in- ₹1,650
Entries – 136
Re-entries – 43
Rebuys – 75
Prize Pool – ₹4,00,000
Places Paid – 23
The five-time IOPC title winner, Siddharth ‘SidSparta21’ Ojha, packed up the 254-strong field in Spartan Poker’s ₹4 Lakhs GTD Daily Turbo (6-Max) in just four hours to win ₹78,607, posting his fourth title victory of 2023. He struck a heads-up deal with the user ‘luck chance’ (2nd for ₹77,393).
Siddharth Ojha added ₹88,550 from four ITM scores last night, which include:
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s Daily Turbo (6-Max) for ₹78,607* (heads-up deal)
> 9th in Spartan Poker’s Night Rider for ₹3,900
> 112th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹3,325
> 17th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Morning SPRINT for ₹2,718
Siddharth Ojha’s online stats (Spartan Poker and PokerBaazi): Lifetime Winnings: ₹57.61 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹10.49 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #4
Deepak ‘Optimist’ Singh (4th for ₹34,400) and Shiven ‘Sammyy’ Meena (6th for ₹21,400) were others on the 9:30 PM marquee final table.
The ₹1,650 entry buy-in tournament filled in ₹19,000 in overlays, and 23 players got a share of the spoils.
Final Table Results
- Siddharth ‘SidSparta21’ Ojha – ₹78,607*
- luck chance – ₹77,393*
- GoldGrinding – ₹42,000
- Deepak ‘Optimist’ Singh – ₹34,400
- frostbyte28 – ₹27,600
- Shiven ‘Sammyy’ Meena – ₹21,400
*denotes a heads-up deal
Yudhishter ‘McFly’ Jaswal (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Turbo for ₹58,300), ‘Jitu123aa’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack for ₹49,439), ‘aludra02’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Night Rider for ₹37,751), Shashank ‘reconnecting’ Desai (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Chip Up- Triple Chance for ₹29,180), ‘alokcs’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Hold’em PKO for ₹22,884), ‘SKyHill’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Sundowner Triple Chance for ₹22,067) and ‘AceBase23’ (Won ₹50K GTD The Centurion for ₹10,025) won the other Spartan Poker marquees.
PokerBaazi
The Pride – ₹15 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹3,850
Entries – 280
Re-entries – 255
Prize Pool – ₹18,73,000
Places Paid – 70
Making his best run on PokerBaazi yet, Sanjay ‘sanjaykotak’ Khanna championed over a reg-infested 535-entry field (280 unique) in the 8 PM flagship, ₹15 Lakhs GTD The Pride, to win a site-best ₹2.97 Lakhs, posting his first title victory in over six weeks.
Sanjay Khanna’s online stats (PokerBaazi and Spartan Poker): Lifetime Winnings: ₹42.39 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹12.76 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #3
Neelakantan ‘difsripp007’ Murali added ₹1.89 Lakhs from two deep runs, which include:
> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s The Pride for ₹1,77,326
> 11th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Afternoon Boost for ₹11,505
Neelakantan Murali’s online stats (PokerBaazi & Spartan Poker): Lifetime Winnings: ₹83.1 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹14.83 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #3
Online reg Ashit ‘nexus010’ Sharma posted ₹1.64 Lakhs on his Wednesday tally from three deep runs (and one bounty), which include:
> 5th in PokerBaazi’s The Pride for ₹85,948
> 4th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹60,596
> 14th in Adda52’s Maverick for ₹15,000
Ashit Sharma’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.64 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.45 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #6
Anilkumar ‘jat777’ Singh (3rd for ₹1.40 Lakhs), poker coach Mithun ‘thepokeraja’ Mahesh (6th for ₹65,538), and last night’s Daily Value Boost runner-up Kritagya ‘Kritagya_17’ Sharma (8th for ₹37,450) were other notables to reach The Pride final table.
The ₹3,850 entry buy-in Wednesday headliner collected a guarantee-smashing ₹18.73 Lakhs prize pool, and 70 players scored a payday.
Final Table Results
- Sanjay ‘sanjaykotak’ Khanna – ₹2,96,604
- Neelakantan ‘difsripp007’ Murali – ₹1,77,326
- Anilkumar ‘jat777’ Singh – ₹1,39,689
- Quest4Best – ₹1,06,545
- Ashit ‘nexus010’ Sharma – ₹85,948
- Mithun ‘thepokeraja’ Mahesh – ₹65,538
- missmaisel – ₹45,876
- Kritagya ‘Kritagya_17’ Sharma – ₹37,450
(7-Max) SPRINT – ₹12 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹3,850
Entries – 241
Re-entries – 153
Prize Pool – ₹13,79,000
Places Paid – 49
PokerBaazi user ‘Shutterisland’ sprinted through the 394-strong field in the 9 PM flagship, ₹12 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) SPRINT, bagging away a personal-best ₹2.35 Lakhs for their first win on the site. Neeraj ‘neeraj2828’ Bajaj picked up ₹1.56 Lakhs as the runner-up.
Shutterisland’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹8.64 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹1.09 Lakhs | Titles Won: #1
Varunn ‘Varunn’ Gaala (3rd for ₹1.21 Lakhs), yesterday’s top scorer Divyanshu ‘Divyansh1995’ Agrawal (6th for ₹65,089), and the #2 ranked player of 2022, Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja (7th for ₹51,575) were the other notables on the (7-Max) SPRINT final table.
The ₹3,850 entry buy-in tourney filled in a hefty ₹13.79 Lakhs in the prize pool, with the top 49 finishers crossing the money line.
Final Table Results
- Shutterisland – ₹2,34,844
- Neeraj ‘neeraj2828’ Bajaj – ₹1,55,827
- Varunn ‘Varunn’ Gaala – ₹1,21,076
- ChipsGenerator – ₹95,841
- AffableSatan – ₹79,706
- Divyanshu ‘Divyansh1995’ Agrawal – ₹65,089
- Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja – ₹51,575
Daily Value Boost – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 404
Re-entries – 311
Prize Pool – ₹10,72,000
Places Paid – 119
PokerBaazi user ‘1levelup’ went into recovery mode yesterday. The mystery player reclaimed all site losses and then some by plowing their way through a guarantee-crushing 715-strong field (404 unique) in the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Daily Value Boost, winning their first PokerBaazi tournament for ₹1,31,550.
A three-way final table earned The Pride finalist Kritagya ‘Kritagya_17’ Sharma (2nd for ₹1.20 Lakhs) (opted out of tracking) and Yudhishthir ‘Rowdy6’ Singh Rathore (3rd for ₹1.05 Lakhs) six-figure payouts in the 7:30 PM tournament.
1levelup’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹8.30 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹72,263 | Titles Won in 2023: #1
Kritagya Sharma thrashed out at least two final table finishes on PokerBaazi last night, accumulating ₹1.69 Lakhs overall. His known Wednesday finishes include:
> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹1,19,951* (three-way deal)
> 8th in PokerBaazi’s The Pride for ₹37,450
The Pride fifth-place finisher, Ashit ‘nexus010’ Sharma (4th for ₹60,596), also FT-ed the Daily Value Boost.
The ₹1,650 entry buy-in tournament awarded a generous ₹10.72 Lakhs in prize money to the top 119 finishers.
Final Table Results
- 1levelup – ₹1,31,550*
- Kritagya ‘Kritagya_17’ Sharma – ₹1,19,951*
- Yudhishthir ‘Rowdy6’ Singh Rathore – ₹1,04,891*
- Ashit ‘nexus010’ Sharma – ₹60,596
- Hailey13 – ₹40,755
- redviper1 – ₹27,885
- MrThrasher – ₹20,807
- HS1000 – ₹16,195
*denotes a three-way deal
(7-Max) Afternoon Boost – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 182
Re-entries – 143
Prize Pool – ₹6,50,000
Places Paid – 59
PokerBaazi`s 2 PM marquee ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) Afternoon Boost had 325 hopefuls vying for a share of the hefty ₹6.50 Lakhs prize pool. The site reg ‘amandeep11’ outplayed them all to win the daytime marquee for the second time this month, banking a site-best ₹92,281.
Puneet ‘arhanhit’ Jain raked in a profitable ₹86,859 in second place, courtesy of a heads-up deal.
The #BB3 MoneyMaker champion Mukesh ‘Guruuu’ Surana rounded out the Afternoon Boost podium (3rd for ₹59,930). He also FT-ed PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Midnight SPRINT (5th for ₹16,667), filling in ₹76,597 in Wednesday winnings.
Mukesh Surana’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.46 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹20.29 Lakhs
Yesterday’s ₹1 Lakh GTD (7-Max) SPRINT champion Naveen ‘Naveenbarkhageet’ Sharma ran red-hot on PokerBaazi yesterday, FT-ing three marquee tournaments for a Wednesday paycheque worth ₹92,459.
His Wednesday finishes include:
> 5th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Afternoon Boost for ₹31,330
> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s PLO5 BOOST for ₹30,663
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹30,466
Naveen Sharma’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹25.14 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #2
The ₹2,200 entry buy-in tournament paid the top 59 finishers a share of the ₹6.50 Lakhs collected in the prize pool.
Final Table Results
- amandeep11 – ₹92,281*
- Puneet ‘arhanhit’ Jain – ₹86,859*
- Mukesh ‘Guruuu’ Surana – ₹59,930
- pintu00 – ₹44,005
- Naveen ‘Naveenbarkhageet’ Sharma – ₹31,330
- Sapphire34 – ₹22,295
- phaizal – ₹17,875
* denotes a heads-up deal
(7-Max) Daily SPRINT – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 142
Re-entries – 107
Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Places Paid – 47
Arpan ‘novus’ Majhi (opted out of tracking) booked his first breakout win of the year yesterday by pulling out a dominating run over a 142-player field (249 total entries) in PokerBaazi’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) Daily SPRINT, nailing the 7:15 PM marquee for ₹74,550.
Kolkata-based pro Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna, free after a busy outing at the 2023 WPT Prime Cambodia, came out all guns blazing last night. He raked in ₹1.57 Lakhs across three deep runs, thrashing out runner-up finishes in PokerStars India`s Monster Stack [6-Max PKO] and PokerBaazi`s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT.
Bubna`s Wednesday finishes include:
> 2nd in PokerStars India’s Monster Stack [6-Max PKO] for ₹97,789
> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹56,200
> 118th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹3,325
Harsh Bubna’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.90 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹95.56 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #4
The first-ever Game Changer champion, Prashanth ‘Iveyleague’ Sekar, made away with ₹37,268 from two ITM finishes, which include:
> 4th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹33,300
> 65th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹3,968
Prashanth Sekar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.34 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹95.89 Lakhs
Debashis ‘Alln’ Bal (5th for ₹24,750), Samsher ‘santacruzsam’ Gandhi (6th for ₹17,650), and Prashant ‘prashant031’ Pandagre (7th for ₹14,550) round out the (7-Max) Daily SPRINT final table.
The ₹2,200 entry buy-in (7-Max) Daily SPRINT fell one entry short of hitting its 250-player guarantee, and 47 players boarded the money bus.
Final Table Results
- Arpan ‘novus’ Majhi – ₹74,550
- Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna – ₹56,200
- abdvilliers – ₹43,850
- Prashanth ‘Iveyleague’ Sekar – ₹33,300
- Debashis ‘Alln’ Bal – ₹24,750
- Samsher ‘santacruzsam’ Gandhi – ₹17,650
- Prashant ‘prashant031’ Pandagre – ₹14,550
Mohak ‘Tiltin’ Kapoor (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Boost for ₹51,070), Yash ‘ShakeyAnimal’ Jaiswal (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD 7-Max Midnight SPRINT for ₹50,430), ‘vihansingh’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Night SPRINT for ₹43,940), ‘candycoffin’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD PLO-5 BOOST for ₹31,680), Naveen ‘Naveenbarkhageet’ Sharma (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD 7-Max SPRINT for ₹30,460), Utkarsh ‘Sam20542’ Srivastava (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Evening SPRINT for ₹27,320) and ‘CARBON786’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD PLO-6 BOSST for ₹23,190) shipped the other PokerBaazi marquees.
Pocket52
Pocket Jacks – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,800
Entries – 157
Re-entries – 89
Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Places Paid – 38
The first-ever PokerGuru Challenge winner, Shailesh ‘MrShailesh’ Kumar Patel, broke a six-week-long dry spell by ransacking a 246-player field in Pocket52’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Pocket Jacks, shipping the 8 PM marquee for ₹92,500.
Shailesh Kumar Patel’s online stats (excluding Pocket52): Lifetime Winnings: ₹23.77 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹6.40 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1
The Weekly HighRoller champion from earlier this month, Lavesh ‘lavesh7’ Meena, fell inches short of the finish line, collecting the runner-up payday of ₹65,000. Meena added ₹87,989 across his Wednesday grind from three deep runs, which include:
> 2nd in Pocket52’s Pocket Jacks for ₹65,000
> 12th in PokerStars India’s Monster Stack [6-Max PKO] for ₹13,089
> 10th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹9,900
Lavesh Meena’s online stats (excluding Pocket52): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.97 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹45.96 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1
Final Table Results
- Shailesh ‘MrShailesh’ Kumar Patel – ₹92,500
- Lavesh ‘lavesh7’ Meena – ₹65,000
- user1654179704 – ₹45,000
- GoanGambit – ₹35,000
- redundant_andaman172_24654220 – ₹25,000
- Sourav8348 – ₹20,000
‘Stakeholder’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Pocket Brunch for ₹30,000), ‘classic_galvantula15_17742185’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Pocket Snacks for ₹20,750), and ‘762791_BIHgkvEDGa’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Pocket Soda for ₹21,000) won the other Pocket52 marquees.
MPL Poker
Wowsome Wednesday – ₹1 lakh GTD
Buy-in – ₹27
Entries – 353
Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000
MPL Poker user ‘guruguladkhatri’ bested a 353-player field in the ₹1 Lakh GTD Wowsome Wednesday, winning the title for ₹20,000. ‘mirajahmed11’ came second for ₹11,500.
PokerDangal
Booster Wednesday – ₹75K GTD
Buy-in – ₹550
Entries – 80
Rebuys – 28
Prize Pool – ₹75,000
Places Paid – 17
PokerDangal user ‘Pokerking123’ defeated ‘AdriannaAldo’ (2nd for ₹12,750) heads-up to win the ₹75K GTD Booster Wednesday for ₹18,000.
Final Table Results
- Pokerking123 – ₹18,000
- AdriannaAldo – ₹12,750
- Maxipadawan – ₹9,000
- MithleshTrace – ₹6,750
- j2sera – ₹5,250
- MysteriousRahul – ₹3,750
- bairaagee – ₹2,813
IndiaPlays
IMPL – PLO6 – ₹50K GTD
Buy-in – ₹165
Entries – 93
Rebuys – 88
Prize Pool – ₹50,000
Places Paid – 56
Partha ‘Partha’ Basak has taken the IMPL by storm. After winning the IMPL PLO6 on March 16 and IMPL PLO5 Bounty on Monday, he hit the hattrick by taking down the ₹50K GTD IMPL PLO6 title on IndiaPlays last night, banking ₹10,000 in first-place prize money. ‘happyhunter’ finished runner-up for ₹7,500.
Final Table Results
- Partha ‘Partha’ Basak – ₹10,000
- happyhunter – ₹7,500
- GVJF2654 – ₹4,500
- ABXK2944 – ₹3,250
- Sb100 – ₹2,000
- Health – ₹1,700
The user ‘Spades’ won the other IMPL tournament, ₹10K GTD IMPL PLO5, for ₹2,550.
PokerStars India
Monster Stack [6-Max PKO] – ₹7.50 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹4,400
Entries – 80
Re-entries – 56
Regular Prize Pool – ₹4,78,000
Bounty Prize Pool – ₹2,72,000
Prize Pool – ₹7,50,000
Places Paid – 17
Pradip ‘Nit2Donk’ Ghosh has got his winning mojo back. After bagging his eighth SPRINT title on Tuesday, the online fiend went on a back-to-back title spree, taking down PokerStars India ₹7.50 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack [6-Max PKO] for ₹1.74 Lakhs (₹85,438 in bounties), becoming the latest entrant in the ‘₹4 Crore Club.’
Ghosh stormed past a 136-entry field in the Wednesday primetime marquee and defeated last night`s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT runner-up finisher Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna (2nd for ₹97,789) (₹9,063 in bounties) heads-up!
The Legend Poker Series Main Event runner-up finisher, Ghosh, locked in ₹2.03 Lakhs across four deep runs (including a title victory) yesterday, which include:
> 1st in PokerStars India’s Monster Stack [6-Max PKO] for ₹1,74,164
> 19th in PokerBaazi’s The Pride for ₹18,725
> 24th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹6,150
> 83rd in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹3,968
Pradip Ghosh’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.03 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.69 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #7 | Ranked #18 on the 2023 TLB (Points) Leaderboard
The 2023 WPT Prime Cambodia $600 Superstack Classic Freezeout third-place finisher, Harsh Bubna, returning to the online grind after a busy live outing, went on a scoring frenzy. He raked in ₹1.57 Lakhs from two runner-up finishes and an ITM score, which include:
> 2nd in PokerStars India’s Monster Stack [6-Max PKO] for ₹97,789
> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹56,200
> 118th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹3,325
Harsh Bubna’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.90 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹95.56 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #4
Sanchit ‘devilsanchit’ Anand (4th for ₹60,939) (₹15,375 in bounties), Varun ‘wardev’ Devayya (5th for ₹46,147) (₹11,125 in bounties), Sandeep ‘effuno007’ Varma RS (6th for ₹39,544) (₹12,625 in bounties) and Mrinal ‘-booy@h-’ Manna (7th for ₹27,063) (₹6,000 in bounties) were other known players on the Monster Stack final table.
The ₹4,400 entry buy-in tournament registered a glaring ₹2.06 Lakhs in overlays, and 17 players cashed in on the added value.
Final Table Results
- Pradip ‘Nit2Donk’ Ghosh – ₹1,74,164
- Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna – ₹97,789
- RAV1619 – ₹60,278
- Sanchit ‘devilsanchit’ Anand – ₹60,939
- Varun ‘wardev’ Devayya – ₹46,147
- Sandeep ‘effuno007’ Varma RS – ₹39,544
- Mrinal ‘-booy@h-’ Manna – ₹27,063
Arjun ‘dramaontheriver’ Chadha (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Big Bubble Rush for ₹46,386), ‘Johnimsong’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Ultrasonic for ₹28,104), and ‘RIYANSH158’ (Won ₹50K GTD Bounty Adrenaline [6-Max] for ₹15,528) won the other PokerStars India marquees.
Adda52
Maverick – ₹15 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,750
Entries – 302
Re-entries – 247
Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000
Places Paid – 55
The ten-time IOPC title winner Gopal ‘TheAceCrown’ Bajaj practically fell off the radar this past six weeks, barring an odd deep run here or there. The upcoming pro made quite the comeback by hitting the mid-week headlines for his scintillating run in Adda52`s ₹15 Lakhs GTD Maverick. He fired three bullets in the 8 PM tournament before ransacking the 549-entry field to win ₹3.16 Lakhs and struck a heads-up deal with another accomplished reg Faiz ‘TheInternetKid’ Alam (2nd for ₹2.95 Lakhs).
Gopal Bajaj`s Wednesday finishes include:
> 1st in Adda52’s Maverick for ₹3,16,375
> 52nd in PokerStars India’s MonsterStack [6-Max PKO] for ₹4,000
Gopal Bajaj’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.58 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.07 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #6
This week`s Sunday Special [8-Max] champion Faiz Alam (opted out of tracking) packed in ₹3.19 Lakhs in total winnings from five known scores, which include:
> 2nd in Adda52’s Maverick for ₹2,94,875
> 59th in PokerBaazi’s The Pride for ₹11,230
> 10th in Spartan Poker’s Daily Turbo for ₹7,800
> 39th in PokerBaazi`s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹3,950
> 30th in PokerStars India’s MonsterStack [6-Max] for ₹1,000
Tarush ‘Tarush123’ Gupta (opted out of tracking) grossed a profitable ₹2.78 Lakhs from three known finishes yesterday, which include:
> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s Wednesday HighRoller (6-Max) for ₹2,30,400
> 8th in Adda52’s Maverick for ₹30,000
> 28th in Spartan Poker’s Destiny 26.0 for ₹17,556
Pranay ‘setmeup’ Chawla (4th for ₹1,12,500) and last Sunday`s Mega Suits winner Bhavyajeet Singh ‘brbhavya’ Rathore (7th for ₹41,250) were other known players on the Maverick final table.
The ₹2,750 entry buy-in tournament recorded an overlay shortfall of ₹1.28 Lakhs, and the top 55 finishers got paid.
Final Table Results
- Gopal ‘TheAceCrown’ Bajaj – ₹3,16,375*
- Faiz ‘TheInternetKid’ Alam – ₹2,94,875*
- tadun – ₹1,53,750
- Pranay ‘setmeup’ Chawla – ₹1,12,500
- Tujhekya – ₹79,500
- amithooda7009 – ₹52,500
- Bhavyajeet Singh ‘brbhavya’ Rathore – ₹41,250
- Tarush ‘Tarush123’ Gupta – ₹30,000
*denotes a heads-up deal
Adda52 user ‘acedestroyer’ won two tournaments in the ongoing ₹1 Crore GTD Nano Poker Series on Wednesday, banking ₹28,207 overall.
Their Wednesday finishes include:
> 1st in Adda52’s ₹30K GTD Nano Battleship for ₹10,211
> 1st in Adda52’s ₹70K GTD Nano Crack Jack for ₹17,996
Acedestroyer’s Adda52 stats: Site Winnings: ₹89,226 | Site Profits: ₹25,267 | Titles Won: #8
‘Stungar1222’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Nano DST for ₹46,864), ‘Anelida’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Nano Daily Adda for ₹27,495), Rahul ‘zilelahi007’ Lillaney (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Nano Maverick for ₹21,977), and ‘FB-Sweetpain’ (Won ₹25K GTD Nano PLO for ₹8,064) won the other Nano Poker Series titles on Wednesday.
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WSOP 2022 Report Card: Team India Posts 5 FT Finishes & 125 Cashes, PokerGuru Ambassador Kartik Ved Was the Star of the Series!
The 53rd annual World Series of Poker (WSOP) that ran from May 31 to July 20 was indubitably a rousing success! A truckload of memorable moments, spectacular victories, and intriguing incidents ensured the 2022 WSOP would be remembered for years!
The series generated a lot of global excitement and anticipation from the poker masses. There is good reason for it, for not only was the ‘World’s Biggest Poker Festival’ returning to its traditional summer slot after three years, but it also marked the return of the mega festival to the Las Vegas Strip at its new home at the Bally’s (soon to be Horseshoe) and Paris Las Vegas Hotel & Casino. Returning after just seven months since its fall outing, the annual series set numerous records.
The most anticipated event at the WSOP, the Main Event, registered 8,663 entries, making it the second-largest field ever, falling 110 entries short of the 2006 record of 8,773 players. Norway’s Espen Jørstad was the last player standing, becoming the latest World Champion and taking home the championship gold bracelet and the $10 Million first-place prize.
Most poker heavyweights showed up for the series, including the likes of Phil Hellmuth, Daniel Negreanu, and Phil Ivey, and even some unwanted poker icons such as Bryn Kenney, Jake Schindler and Ali Imsirovic. Some well-known names were missing in action. Most notably, Doyle Brunson. The latest WPT Ambassador had indicated he would be playing the Main Event, but health concerns kept him away from the felts. He did deliver the ‘Shuffle Up & Deal’ announcement (via video message) on Day 8 of the Main Event.
Indians turned up in spades at the series. However, due to the lingering COVID-19 threat, the contingent was not as big as the one that made its way to Sin City in 2019. Nevertheless, Team India recorded at least 125 cashes throughout the series, including five final table finishes – a significant improvement over 2021’s 40 cashes and four FT finishes.
The Indian battalion saw most of the notables in attendance, including the five bracelet winners from the country, i.e., Abhinav Iyer, Aditya Sushant, Nipun Java, Nikita Luther, and Kartik Ved. While there were a plethora of amazing performances by the team, PokerGuru Ambassador Kartik Ved was hands down the star performer from the team with two FT finishes and a jaw-dropping $489,195 (~₹3.90 Crores) in total winnings this summer. His spectacular run at the series saw him sweep away three of the nine categories we have compiled in this feature!
His top finishes include:
- 3rd in Event #66: $1,000 MINI Main Event No-Limit Hold’em (freezeout) for $275,593 (~₹2.17 Crores)
- 4th in Event #87: $5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold’em for $172,103 (~₹1.37 Crores)
While Ved was the ‘poster boy’ of Team India’s 2022 WSOP run, there was a fleet of other fantastic runs by Indian contenders. One such performance came from Sriharsha Doddapaneni, who was the last Indian standing in the 2022 WSOP Main Event and cashed for $46,800 (~₹37.23 Lakhs) in 249th place.
Aditya Agarwal made his 16th appearance in the annual series this year. The original ‘Poker Guru’ kicked off this year’s series with a final table finish in Event #3: $2,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em (9th for $23,634, ~₹18.36 Lakhs) and wrapped up the summer with five cashes, cumulatively worth $87,905 (~₹70.23 Lakhs).
Other consistent performers in the series included bracelet winner Abhinav Iyer (8 cashes for $115,183, ~₹91.96 Lakhs) and Young Gun Neel Joshi (8 cashes for $78,612, ~₹62.76 Lakhs).
The WSOP is always the center of attention for poker players every summer. However, several exciting tournament series are hosted alongside the mega series in other casinos in Las Vegas. When not grinding at the WSOP felts, Indians (like many other pros) often join many such non-bracelet tournaments and have been known to rake in massive scores in them in recent years. This year, the bragging rights of making the best live finish in a non-WSOP event go to Abhinav Iyer. The bracelet winner finished fifth in the Venetian DeepStack Championship Serie Event #104: $1,600 NLHE Monster Bounty for $20,247 (~₹16.16 Lakhs).
The coveted gold bracelet has eluded Indian players for two years. Kartik Ved was the last Indian player to win a bracelet when he shipped Event #64: $840 Turbo Bounty NLHE of the 2020 WSOP Online Series. While there were no bracelets to brag about this year, the team brought back a WSOP Circuit gold ring. Ved’s PokerGuru Staking stablemate PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish Ahuja championed Event #11 – $100,000 GTD NLH Double Stack at the 2022 WSOP.com Circuit Series for $28,883 (~₹23.07 Lakhs).
Let’s take a glance at the notable performances by Team India this summer:
WSOP 2022 Team India Report Card
Category Player
Star of the Series & Highest Scorer Kartik Ved
Most Cumulative Cashes (WSOP) Kartik Ved
Deepest Run in the Main Event Sriharsha Doddapaneni
WSOP Debut Nathan Rao
Most Consistent Player at the WSOP Aditya Agarwal
Deepest Online Run in a Non-Bracelet Event Ashish Ahuja
Deepest Run in an Online Bracelet Event Yudhishter Jaswal
Highest Score in a Non-WSOP Event Abhinav Iyer
Star of the Series & Highest Scorer: Kartik Ved
PokerGuru Ambassador Kartik Ved‘s trailblazing run at the 2022 WSOP deems him worthy of the ‘Star of the Series’ title. The only Indian to make two final table finishes at the mega-series, Ved’s third-place finish in Event #66: $1,000 MINI Main Event No-Limit Hold’em (freezeout) for $275,593 (~₹2.17 Crores) also earned him the ‘highest scorer’ tag.
Talking about his two FT finishes, Ved joked, “It was fun and unexpected. Luckily both weren’t streamed.”
“It feels good to get good results, boosts the confidence,” he added.
Most Cumulative Cashes (WSOP): Kartik Ved
Kartik Ved had a terrific summer in Las Vegas, something which is very apparent with how the Goa resident sits on top of three of the nine categories we have outlined in this feature. With nine cashes and a jaw-dropping $489,195 (~₹3.90 Crores) in total winnings, Ved pulled off one of the most prolific runs ever by an Indian at the annual series.
Ved opened his 2022 WSOP scorecard with a 123rd place finish in Event #18: $1,000 Freezeout No-Limit Holdem. He picked up four more scores in various bracelet events before grabbing his biggest score (also the highest score by an Indian at the 2022 WSOP) from his third-place finish in Event #66: $1,000 MINI Main Event No-Limit Hold’em (freezeout) worth a whopping $275,593 (~₹2.17 Crores).
He was second in chips among five finalists entering the final day of the MINI Main Event and one of the top contenders to take down his second bracelet. He got off to a promising start but fell out in third place when his were cracked by the eventual champion, Young Sik‘s that spiked an Ace on the turn.
This was the highest score by an Indian at the 2022 WSOP and the fourth-highest score overall, behind previous finishes by Abhinav Iyer (1st in Event #84: The Closer – $1,500 No-Limit Hold ’em), Paawan Bansal (2nd in Event #75: The Closer – $1,500 No-Limit Hold ’em) and Aditya Agarwal (2nd in Event #76: Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold ’em).
Following his Mini Main Event run, Ved made another two deep runs in Event #70: $10,000 MAIN EVENT No-Limit Hold’em World Championship and Event #75: $777 Lucky 7’s No-Limit Hold’em 7-Handed, before wrapping up summer with a bang.
His last cash of the series in Event #87: $5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold’em had the Indian rail, once again, at the edge of their seats. The bracelet winner was the chip leader once the field was down to nine players. However, he lost two massive pots to nine-time bracelet winner Erik Seidel, which halted his momentum. Towards the end of Level 31, in a decisive hand, Ved lost a massive pot to eventual winner Michael Wang. Fifteen minutes later, Ved was eliminated by Farid Jattin when his failed to hold up against Jattin’s that flopped a pair of Jacks. Ved finished fourth for $172,103 (~₹1.37 Crores) – his third-best finish at the WSOP.
After his breakout run at the 2022 WSOP, Ved now sits on $783,303 (~₹6.25 Crores) in lifetime WSOP earnings on the back of 20 cashes.
Deepest Run in the Main Event: Sriharsha Doddapaneni
The WSOP Main Event is one tournament any poker player who can afford the $10,000 buy-in wants to play. Almost every poker player who makes their way to Las Vegas looks forward to making a deep run in arguably the most prestigious poker tournament in the world.
While an Indian is yet to win the Main Event, many have made notable runs in the prestigious event in recent years. This year, Sriharsha Doddapaneni was the last Indian standing in the Main Event and finished 249th for $46,800 (~₹37.23 Lakhs).
Doddapaneni scored in only one other bracelet event at the 2022 WSOP, finishing 185th in Event #85: $1,500 The Closer – No-Limit Hold’em for $3,800 (~₹3.03 Lakhs)! With 23 cashes in live bracelet events on his resume, Doddapaneni currently boasts $126,928 (~₹1.01 Crores) in lifetime WSOP winnings. His most significant WSOP score came in 2021 WSOP Online Series Event #12: $1K DOUBLE STACK, where he finished third for a whopping $357,408 (~₹2.65 Crores).
This year, 30 Indians qualified for Day 2ABC and Day 2D from the four starting flights, contributing to the second-largest field of 8,663 entries in WSOP Main Event history. Only half, i.e., 15 Indians, advanced to Day 3. The number was further reduced to just six Indians who progressed to Day 4.
Sriharsha Doddapaneni, who bagged the biggest stack of 841,000 among the six Indians advancing to Day 4, had been erroneously skipped by WSOP in the end-of-Day 2ABC and start-of-Day 3 chip counts list. The MTT reg was the only Indian to carry forward a stack to Day 5, where he fell out in 249th place.
Aditya Systla (575th for $25,500, ~₹20.27 Lakhs), Chiraag Patel (869th for $17,000, ~₹13.51 Lakhs), Young Gun Arsh Grover (803rd for $19,000, ~₹15.11 Lakhs), MPL Poker Pro Siddharth Karia (747th for $21,000, ~₹16.70 Lakhs) and PokerGuru Ambassador Kartik Ved (891st for $17,000, ~₹13.52 Lakhs) were the other Indians who scored in the Main Event.
WSOP Debutant: Nathan Rao
Nathan Rao made an impressive debut at the World’s Biggest Poker Festival.’ He opened his WSOP scorecard in style, finishing 20th in Event #49: $2,000 No-Limit Holdem for a career-best $18,930 (~₹15.13 Lakhs). The event registered a massive 1,997-player field.
Rao’s first appearance at the 2022 WSOP yielded two cashes for cumulative winnings of $20,832 (~₹16.65 Lakhs).
The New York resident made one other ITM finish in Event #57: $600 Deepstack Championship No-Limit Hold’em, netting $1,902 (~₹1.52 Lakhs) in 216th place.
Most Consistent Player at the WSOP: Aditya Agarwal
There is a reason why Aditya Agarwal is often referred to as ‘India’s poker pioneer.’ The poker superstar was one of the first Indians to start playing poker professionally and the first to represent India at poker`s biggest stage, the WSOP.
Agarwal has been making the journey to WSOP since 2006, when he was just 21. This year was his 16th appearance in the series. He was one of the early birds at the 2022 WSOP and got off to his best start yet at the annual series, making a ninth-place finish in Event #3: $2,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em for $23,634 (~₹18.36 Lakhs).
Agarwal was seventh in chips when the unofficial ten-handed final table was formed and fell in ninth place after his lost out to David Goodman‘s .
This was his third time making it to the FT in a bracelet event. His deepest run at the WSOP happens to be his runner-up in the 2021 WSOP Event #76: Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold’em (freezeout) for a career-best $286,705 (~₹2.13 Crores).
The 37-year-old is best known for his consistency in cashing the WSOP Main Event, with his first ITM finish in the marquee event dating back to 2006. To date, he has cashed the Main Event eight times, the most by an Indian. Sadly, his last Main Event score had come in 2019, when he finished 844th for $18,535 (~₹12.70 Lakhs). He is just three cashes away from overtaking joint leaders Berry Johnston, Allen Cunningham, and Johnny Chan, with ten Main Event cashes each.
While Agarwal missed out on scoring in the Main Event, he still picked up five cashes this year, amounting to $87,905 (~₹70.23 Lakhs). He presently has 53 cashes (WSOP – 51 & WSOPC – 2) and $959,312 (~₹7.66 Crores) in total winnings at the WSOP.
Deepest Online Run in a Non-Bracelet Event: Ashish Ahuja
While Team India couldn`t win a gold bracelet this year, one player managed to clinch a WSOP Circuit gold ring. PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish Ahuja trounced a field of 417 players in Event #11 – $100,000 GTD NLH Double Stack at the 2022 WSOP.com Circuit Series for $28,883 (~₹23.07 Lakhs), claiming his first-ever WSOP Circuit gold ring! Anthony Pagan finished runner-up for $21,382.
Here is an interesting bit of info! Ahuja was playing the tournament on his mobile phone while escaping the Paris Ballroom when rumors of an alleged shooter began to circulate, leading to a stampede. Talk about racing one’s way to victory!
For his win in the circuit event, Ahuja was one of only two Indians (the other being Nipun Java) who participated in the end-of-series, invitation-only bracelet event – Tournament of Champions. Sadly, he failed to make Day 2.
The Chandigarh-based pro was a late arrival in Las Vegas and cashed three events at the 2022 WSOP, pocketing $3,937 (~₹3.14 Lakhs).
Deepest Run in an Online Bracelet Event: Yudhishter Jaswal
The London-based Indian MTT reg Yudhishter Jaswal is well known for his online and live poker expeditions. His best score this summer came in Online Event #5: $600 Online Deepstack Championship, where he finished fifth for $36,415 (~₹28.59 Lakhs).
The lone Indian player on the FT, Jaswal, clashed against Nicolas “Zskrrrrt” Zolofra in a battle of the blinds when Zolofra moved all-in from the small blind with . The short-stacked Jaswal called off with , putting his tournament life on the line. The board ran , and Zolofra took down the pot, ending Jaswal’s bracelet run.
Jaswal picked up four cashes at the series, pocketing $41,542 (~₹33.17 Lakhs).
Highest Score in a Non-WSOP Event: Abhinav Iyer
Indian poker stalwart Abhinav Iyer raked in scores all over Las Vegas this year. His most prominent finish outside the WSOP was his fifth-place finish in Event #104: $1,600 NLHE Monster Bounty at the Venetian DeepStack Championship Series for $20,247 (~₹16.16 Lakhs). This was the highest score by an Indian in a non-bracelet event this summer.
Iyer also made deep runs in Event #42: $600 NLHE The Grand Stack (127th for $805, ~₹64,266) at the MGM Grand Summer Series and Event #55: $1,100 NLHE (132nd for $1,895, ~₹1.51 Lakhs) at The Grand Poker Series at the Golden Nugget.
Iyer collected eight cashes at the 53rd annual WSOP grossing $115,183 (~₹91.96 Lakhs). His deepest run in the series came in Event #25: $800 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack, where he finished seventh for $56,388 (~₹43.99 Lakhs).
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WSOP 2022: Indo-Canadian Jaspal Brar Wins First Bracelet in Event #88: $1,000 Super Turbo No-Limit Hold ’em
The final bracelet event of the 2022 World Series of Poker (WSOP) at Bally’s and Paris Las Vegas, Event #88: $1,000 Super Turbo No-Limit Hold ’em, which also marked the last opportunity for players to achieve their dream of WSOP glory, is now in the books. The fast-paced event drew 1,288 entrants, closing the series with a good number, one thing that was a constant throughout the summer. After 15 long hours of play, Indo-Canadian Jaspal Brar was the last player standing and won his first WSOP gold bracelet and $190,731 in prize money. Brar is the second player of Indian origin to win a bracelet this summer, with Sandeep Pulusani winning the first one in Event #77: $1,500 Mixed NLHE/PLO ($277,949) four days ago.
Brar defeated Jesse Lonis in a quick heads-up match to claim his career’s best live cash, crossing $1 Million in live tournament earnings. A regular at the WSOP since 2013, Brar has many impressive scores to his name. He had cashed six times in the ongoing series before this win.
“It feels good, really good. To be honest with you, the bracelet is big. Everyone wants it. The money comes and goes,” Brar said when asked what the bracelet victory meant to him.
He further mentioned how this win had been a dream come true for him, “I always wanted a bracelet. I come every year to [the WSOP] to play”.
Given the tournament format, the action was fast-paced, with the money bubble bursting in Level 16. The short 20-minute levels made it a quick sprint into the money.
The event generated a total prize pool of $1,140,980, split amongst the top 193 finishers. The hand-for-hand play commenced when 195 players were remaining, and two players got eliminated together, assuring the remaining a min-cash of at least $1,601.
Two Indian players cashed the event. Yudhishter Jaswal finished 116th for $2,002 (~₹1.60 Lakhs), picking up his fourth cash of the series, while Aditya Sushant collected $2,002 (₹1.60 Lakhs) in 123rd place, bagging his seventh cash at the 2022 WSOP.
Carlos Chang (11th for $12,190), Jason Wheeler (19th for $6,426), three-time bracelet winner Phillip Hui (41st for $4,487), Alex Foxen (48th for $3,828), four-time bracelet winners Jeremy Ausmus (67th for $2,908), and Ben’ B.Y.U.’ Yu (75th for $2,590) were some bracelet winners who finished in the money.
The elimination of Kurt Jewell in 10th place gave way to the final table action.
Final Table Chip Counts
- Jesse Lonis – 7,400,000
- Christopher Garman – 3,500,000
- Huy Nguyen – 3,200,000
- Jesse Capps – 3,100,000
- Jaspal Brar – 2,500,000
- Boris Kolev – 2,300,000
- Vinicius Escossi – 2,100,000
- Ronald Sullivan – 1,100,000
- Jonathan Hilton – 850,000
Half an hour into the final table, the first elimination came about. Jonathan Hilton, who entered the final table with a short stack, was the first one out when his failed to hold up against Jesse Capps’ as the latter made a one-card flush on the board.
Ten minutes later, Huy Nguyen followed Hilton to the rail.
Huy Nguyen
Jaspal Brar
The board ran and the soon-to-be winner Jaspal Brar eliminated Nguyen in eighth place.
Brar continued the knockout spree as he sent Vinicius Escossi packing next.
Vinicius Escossi
Jaspal Brar
The board opened , and while both players made a flush, Brar got the superior flush, eliminating Escossi in seventh place.
An hour later, another elimination ensued when Ronald Sullivan was all in for 500,000 in the big blind. Jesse Capps raised it to 1,200,000 in the cutoff, and the rest of the table folded.
Ronald Sullivan
Jesse Capps
Sullivan needed a miracle to survive, but there was no help forthcoming on the runout, resulting in Sullivan’s sixth place exit.
Ten minutes later, Boris Kolev opened to 2,700,000 from under the gun. Christopher Garman shoved all in and was the player at risk, as Kolev called.
Christopher Garman
Boris Kolev
The community cards opened , and Garman, who missed his straight draw, walked out in fifth place.
Brar joined in the knockout action when he moved all in from the cutoff with the table covered and got a call from Boris Kolev for his last 1,500,000.
Boris Kolev
Jaspal Brar
The board ran , pairing Brar’s ace and bringing no help to Kolev, ending his run in fourth place.
Capps had shown his willingness to risk his tournament life multiple times during the day, but his luck finally ran out in third place. Brar was the initial aggressor and moved all-in from the button with . Jesse Capps called off out of the small blind with .
The board ran to send Capps packing in third place and leaving Jaspal Brar and Jesse Lonis to battle it out heads-up for the lion’s share of $190,731 and an alluring WSOP bracelet.
Only five minutes into the heads-up battle, the winner was declared when Jesse Lonis ran his into Jaspal Brar’s . The board came , and Brar’s pocket queens made him the newest bracelet winner of the series.
Final Table Results (USD)
- Jaspal Brar – $190,731
- Jesse Lonis – $117,872
- Jesse Capps – $85,040
- Boris Kolev – $62,090
- Christopher Garman – $45,885
- Ronald Sullivan – $34,327
- Vinicius Escossi – $26,000
- Huy Nguyen – $19,942
- Jonathan Hilton – $15,491
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WSOP 2022: PokerGuru Ambassador Kartik Ved’s Fourth-Place Finish in Event #87 For ₹1.37 Crores Headlined Team India’s Day 48 Scorecard
The 2022 WSOP Main Event is in the books but with the annual series just three days from culminating, the frenzy to claim the last few bracelets resulted in electrifying action.
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Day 48 had seven tournaments on the tap, of which five events crowned champions.
Three players returned for the final day`s play in Event #84: $3,000 H.O.R.S.E. Starting the day as the shortest stack, Lawrence Brandt eliminated Tomasz Gluszko (3rd for $87,687) and Roberto Marin (2nd for $126,895) within 90 minutes of play to become the third player this summer to win a second WSOP bracelet and added $205,139 in prize money.
Event #87: $5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold ’em brought about the biggest bracelet sweat for Team India at the series, with PokerGuru Ambassador Kartik Ved storming into the FT as one of the top stacks. The PokerGuru Staking head honcho was in the hunt for his career-second bracelet, but one unlucky hand led to his untimely fall in fourth place for $172,103 (~₹1.37 Crores).
Michael Wang went on to take down the event to win his second gold bracelet and $541,604, with Farid Jattin cashing $334,747 as the runner-up.
Ved may have missed out on claiming the bracelet, but his fellow PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish Ahuja made up for it by taking down Event #11 – $100,000 GTD NLH Double Stack at the 2022 WSOP.com Circuit Series for $28,883 (~₹23.07 Lakhs). The lawyer-turned-poker pro trounced a field of 417 entries to collect his career-first WSOP Circuit gold ring! Anthony Pagan finished runner-up for $21,382.
Coming back to the WSOP bracelet events, Indo-Canadian Jaspal Brar championed the 1,288-player field in Event #88: $1,000 Super Turbo No-Limit Hold’em to pocket a cool $190,731 payday.
India`s Yudhishter Jaswal (116th for $2,002, ~₹1.59 Lakhs) and Aditya Sushant (123rd for $2,002, ~₹1.59 Lakhs) also cashed the event.
Two online tournaments also awarded bracelets. Gianluca “InMyHouse” Speranza shipped [Online] Event #12: $5,300 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller Freezeout Encore for $324,625, while “BabyLegs” won [Online] $500 No-Limit Hold’em Summer Saver for $125,330.
Event #85: $1,500 The Closer commenced proceedings on Day 48 by wrapping up the tail end of Day 1B. The event clocked in 2,039 entries, generating a $3,962,280 prize pool. Day 2 kicked off with 235 runners and ended with 17 remaining. Minh Nguyen (20,275,000) captured the day-end chip lead, with Michael Liang (19,200,000) hot on his heels.
Six Indians advanced to Day 2, and all fell out before the day’s play concluded. MPL Poker Pro Siddharth Karia headlined the Indian cashes in the event, finishing 28th for $16,740 (~₹13.37 Lakhs). Raghav Bansal (40th for $13,730, ~₹10.96 Lakhs), Young Gun Neel Joshi (46th for $11,360, ~₹9.07 Lakhs), Kunal Punjwani (164th for $3,800, ~₹3.03 Lakhs), Sriharsha Doddapaneni (185th for $3,800, ~₹3.03 Lakhs) and Aditya Agarwal (213th for $3,360, ~₹2.68 Lakhs) were others finishing in the money.
Day 3 of Event #86: $10,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold ’em Championship saw the starting field of 394 players whittle down to the final six. Pavel Plesuv bagged a commanding chip lead with a stack of 6,890,000. Bracelet winner Abhinav Iyer had entered Day 3 with the 12th largest stack of 692,000 and busted 38th for $20,000 (~₹15.99 Lakhs).
Event #85: $1,500 The Closer – Day 2
Event #85: $1,500 The Closer was one of the most extensively affected events following Saturday’s stampede. Day 1B was paused during Level 17, with 477 players still in contention. On Day 48, Day 1B restarted at noon (PDT), ending with 167 players remaining.
Day 1B
Chris Moorman (1,755,000) bagged the Day 1B chip lead and later became the start-of-Day 2 chip leader.
Sriharsha Doddapaneni (795,000), Siddharth Karia (735,000), Neel Joshi (660,000), and Kunal Punjwani (145,000) advanced to Day 2.
Young Gun Arsh Grover fell out in 378th place for $2,406 (~₹1.92 Lakhs)
The Day 1B Indian survivors were joined by Raghav Bansal (1,600,000) and Aditya Agarwal (410,000) from Day 1A.
Day 2
Day 2 began with 235 qualifiers from the two starting flights, and after 11 levels of play, only 17 had a stack to carry to Day 3.
Minh Nguyen (20,275,000) secured the end-of-Day 2 chip lead, with Michael Liang (19,200,000) a close second in chips. Rudy Cervantes (16,475,000), Daniel Tabello (14,450,000), and Zachary Johnson (12,050,000) are the only other players with over 10 Million in chips.
The six Indians who made Day 2 could not progress further. Young Gun Siddharth Karia ran the deepest, finishing 28th for $16,740 (~₹13.37 Lakhs). This was Karia’s sixth cash of the series, taking his WSOP live cashes to $75,146 (~₹60.02 Lakhs).
Raghav Bansal (40th for $13,730, ~₹10.96 Lakhs), Young Gun Neel Joshi (46th for $11,360, ~₹9.07 Lakhs), Kunal Punjwani (164th for $3,800, ~₹3.03 Lakhs), Sriharsha Doddapaneni (185th for $3,800, ~₹3.03 Lakhs) and Aditya Agarwal (213th for $3,360, ~₹2.68 Lakhs) round out the Indian scores in The Closer.
Ian Steinman (23rd for $20,570), Shaun Deeb (30th for $16,740), Jonathan Dokler (34th for $16,740), Barry Hutter (42nd for $13,730), and Brett Shaffer (45th for $11,360) were other notables who fell out on Day 2.
The 17 remaining finalists are assured at least $25,480; the eventual winner will walk away with $536,280 and the gold bracelet.
Day 3 will commence at noon (PDT) on July 18.
End of Day 2 Chip Counts
- Minh Nguyen – 20,275,000
- Michael Liang – 19,200,000
- Rudy Cervantes – 16,475,000
- Daniel Tabello – 14,450,000
- Zachary Johnson – 12,050,000
- Madelyn Carr – 9,075,000
- Tjan Tepeh – 8,975,000
- Ahmed Karrim – 7,700,000
- Sean Ragozzini – 6,875,000
- Vincent Lam – 6,000,000
- Elhadj Yaye – 5,725,000
- Chris Moorman – 5,475,000
- Samuel Brown – 4,550,000
- Phillip Martin – 4,400,000
- Tigran Gasparyan – 3,200,000
- Pedro Neves – 2,900,000
- Manuel Herreragarcia – 2,725,000
Event #86: $10,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold ’em Championship – Day 3
Event #86: $10,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold ’em Championship registered a 394 entry-field, and after three action-packed days of poker, only six remain in contention.
Pavel Plesuv (6,890,000) holds the runaway chip lead coming into the final day`s play. Gregory Jensen (4,740,000) is a distant second in chips. Former bracelet winners Ali Eslami (3,705,000) and Barak Wisbrod (3,205,000), along with Lucas Foster (2,380,000) and Brock Wilson (2,080,000), round out the Day 3 survivors.
India`s WSOP star Abhinav Iyer had returned on Day 3 with the twelfth largest stack in the field, i.e., 692,000, but fell out in 38th place for $20,000 (~₹15.99 Lakhs). Iyer’s tournament run ended in Level 18 when he moved all-in from the big blind with , and Brock Wilson, who was in the cutoff, called off with , putting Iyer at risk. The board ran d1], and Wilson took down the pot with top pair and top kicker.
This was Iyer’s ninth cash of the series, with his deepest run of the series coming in Event #25: $800 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack (7th for $56,388, ~₹43.99 Lakhs). His other ITM runs came in Event #78: $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em (27th for $13,999, ~₹11.14 Lakhs), Event #81: $5,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em 8-Handed (104th for $8,021, ~₹6.40 Lakhs), Event #65: $3,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em (95th for $6,803, ~₹5.37 Lakhs), Event #49: $2,000 No-Limit Holdem (156th for $4,355, ~₹3.40 Lakhs), Event #34: $1,500 Freezeout No-Limit Holdem (134th for $3,217, ~₹2.50 Lakhs) and Event #21: $1,500 MONSTER STACK No-Limit Hold’em (870th for $2,400, ~₹1.87 Lakhs).
Scott Bohlman (8th for $64,995), Romain Lewis (12th for $39,529), four-time bracelet winner Anthony Zinno (14th for $39,529), three-time bracelet winner Davidi Kitai (15th for $39,529), Jared Jaffee (22nd for $32,025), four-time bracelet winner Adrian Mateos (24th for $26,638), Daniel Weinman (28th for $26,638), five-time bracelet winner Brian Rast (39th for $20,000) and Upeshka De Silva (42nd for $17,500) were bracelet winners who boarded the money bus.
The elimination of Martin Zamani in seventh place ($86,472) set up the six-player final table and marked the end of Day 3.
The remaining six players have each locked in at least $117,819, but their eyes will be on the $824,649 top prize and the alluring gold bracelet. They will resume play at noon (PDT) on July 18.
End of Day 3 Chip Counts
- Pavel Plesuv – 6,890,000
- Gregory Jensen – 4,740,000
- Ali Eslami – 3,705,000
- Barak Wisbrod – 3,205,000
- Lucas Foster – 2,380,000
- Brock Wilson – 2,080,000
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