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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.

Lawrence Brandt
Lawrence Brandt

 

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).

Kartik Ved
Kartik Ved

 

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.

Michael Wang
Michael Wang

 

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.

Ashish Ahuja
Ashish Ahuja

 

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.

Jaspal Brar
Jaspal Brar

 

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.

Yudhishter Jaswal & Aditya Sushant
Yudhishter Jaswal & Aditya Sushant

 

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.

Gianluca Speranza
Gianluca Speranza

 

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.

Siddharth Karia, Raghav Bansal, Neel Joshi, Kunal Punjwani, Sriharsha Doddapaneni & Aditya Agarwal
Siddharth Karia, Raghav Bansal, Neel Joshi, Kunal Punjwani, Sriharsha Doddapaneni & Aditya Agarwal

 

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).

Abhinav Iyer
Abhinav Iyer

 

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)

Arsh Grover
Arsh Grover

 

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).

Siddharth Karia
Siddharth Karia

 

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.

Minh Nguyen
Minh Nguyen

 

End of Day 2 Chip Counts

  1. Minh Nguyen – 20,275,000
  2. Michael Liang – 19,200,000
  3. Rudy Cervantes – 16,475,000
  4. Daniel Tabello – 14,450,000
  5. Zachary Johnson – 12,050,000
  6. Madelyn Carr – 9,075,000
  7. Tjan Tepeh – 8,975,000
  8. Ahmed Karrim – 7,700,000
  9. Sean Ragozzini – 6,875,000
  10. Vincent Lam – 6,000,000
  11. Elhadj Yaye – 5,725,000
  12. Chris Moorman – 5,475,000
  13. Samuel Brown – 4,550,000
  14. Phillip Martin – 4,400,000
  15. Tigran Gasparyan – 3,200,000
  16. Pedro Neves – 2,900,000
  17. 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.

Abhinav Iyer
Abhinav Iyer

 

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.

Pavel Plesuv
Pavel Plesuv

 

End of Day 3 Chip Counts

  1. Pavel Plesuv – 6,890,000
  2. Gregory Jensen – 4,740,000
  3. Ali Eslami – 3,705,000
  4. Barak Wisbrod – 3,205,000
  5. Lucas Foster – 2,380,000
  6. Brock Wilson – 2,080,000

 

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WSOP 2022: Kartik Ved Leads 19 Indians to Day 2D in $10K WSOP Main Event

Day 37 of the 2022 World Series of Poker (WSOP) saw the tournament area at the Bally’s and Paris Las Vegas jam-packed with players as the last starting flight of Event #70: $10,000 No-Limit Hold ’em Main Event World Championship kicked off. Simultaneously, Event #68: $1,000 Million Dollar Bounty played down to a winner.

Quincy Borland topped a massive 14,112-player field in the $1K Million Dollar Bounty to win his career-first gold bracelet and a personal-best $750,120. Kevin Hong finished runner-up for $463,610.

Quincy Borland
Quincy Borland

 

The biggest highlight of the day was the last starting flight of Event #70: $10,000 No-Limit Hold ’em Main Event World Championship. As predicted, the fourth starting flight of the Main Event brought in the largest field. Although the numbers are not confirmed yet, an unofficial count of 4,350 players entered the event, with about 3,500 advancing to Day 2D.

The Main Event is on the brink of setting a new attendance record, something which is still possible with late registrations open through the first two levels of Day 2ABC and Day 2D.

Hao Chen (580,100) topped the day-end chip counts and was the only player with over 500K in chips – putting him third overall among the survivors across all four flights.

A massive field had a strong contingent of Indians in the mix, and at least 19 players from Team India advanced to Day 2D. PokerGuru Ambassador Kartik Ved (191,300) bagged the most chips from the team, ending the day with the 101st biggest stack. Piyush Aggarwal (179,600), PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish Ahuja (117,800), and Kalyan Chakravarthy (115,000) were the only other Indians to bag over 100K heading into Day 2D.

Kartik Ved, Ashish Ahuja & Kalyan Chakravarthy
Kartik Ved, Ashish Ahuja & Kalyan Chakravarthy

 

A total of 30 Indians (cumulatively) will be returning on Day 2ABC and Day 2D.

Team India Chip Counts For Day 2ABC & 2D

PlayerChip CountsDay 2 Session
Kartik Ved191,300Day 2D
Piyush Aggarwal179,600 Day 2D
Ankit Ahuja177,200Day 2ABC
Aditya Sushant154,000Day 2ABC
Chiraag Patel145,400Day 2ABC
Arsh Grover136,600Day 2ABC
Nirav Parekh121,700Day 2ABC
Ashish Ahuja117,800Day 2D
Kalyan Cheekuri115,000Day 2D
Anik Ajmera113,100Day 2ABC
Neel Joshi95,400Day 2D
Sriharsha Doddapaneni92,300Day 2ABC
Kunal Punjwani90,500 Day 2D
Jaideep Sajwan86,600Day 2D
Jaydeep Dawer78,600 Day 2D
Raghav Bansal77,500Day 2D
Akshay Bharadwaj71,400Day 2D
Siddharth Karia69,300Day 2D
Shashank Jain65,200Day 2D
Madhav Gupta62,200Day 2D
Muskan Sethi62,000Day 2D
Nikita Luther60,400Day 2D
Abhinav Iyer56,500Day 2ABC
Aditya Systla 55,800Day 2D
Apratim Sharma53,400Day 2D
Nipun Java46,900Day 2D
Yudhishter Jaswal45,800Day 2D
Paawan Bansal44,600Day 2ABC
Abhishek Goindi28,200Day 2ABC
Nathan Rao26,000Day 2ABC

 

Event #70: $10,000 No-Limit Hold ’em Main Event World Championship – Day 1D

It was going to be a busy Wednesday for players and the tournament staff alike at the Bally’s and Paris Las Vegas, with the last and almost invariably the busiest starting flight of the $10K Main Event World Championship taking off!

The 2022 WSOP Master of Ceremonies, actor Vince Vaughn, making his maiden appearance in the series, entered the tournament arena dressed in a Caesar costume with the Main Event bracelet in his hand for the customary “Shuffle Up and Deal!” announcement on Day 1D.

 

As expected, the Day 1D flight registered the highest number of entries of all the four flights. Unofficial numbers say that nearly 4,350 players sat down today to begin their quest for the most prized bracelet in poker. Approximately 3,500 were able to continue that journey by finding a bag for Day 2D.

The number to beat is 8,773 entries in the 2006 WSOP Main Event. While the total number of registered entries is approximately 7,780, late registrations have been kept open through two levels of each of the Day 2s on July 7 and 8, raising the prospects for a record field this year.

Given that the field size was so big, predictably, a higher number of Indians were also seen in action! The Indian rail is guaranteed some deep runs from the team as an impressive 19 Indian players progressed to Day 2D. Counting the previous three flights, 30 players from India have already advanced through to Day 2, with the possibility of more players late registering on the two Day 2s.

PokerGuru Ambassador Kartik Ved will lead the Indian contingent to Day 2D with a massive stack of 191,300, the 101st biggest stack among the 3,500-odd survivors. The former bracelet winner has been in good form over the past few weeks. He has already cashed six events at the series, with his deepest run coming in Event #66: $1,000 MINI Main Event No-Limit Hold’em (freezeout), where he finished third for a career-best $275,593 (~₹2.17 Crores). Ved opened his WSOP scorecard in 2018 with a deep run in the Main Event, finishing 128th for $57,010 (~₹39.20 Lakhs), making him a strong contender for another deep run in the prestigious event.

Kartik Ved
Kartik Ved

 

Piyush Aggarwal (179,600) bagged the 133rd most giant stack of the day. Not much is known about the player, but given that he does not have a profile on WSOP, we have to assume he will be looking to pick up his career-first WSOP cash in the Main Event.

PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish Ahuja was a late arrival at the 2022 WSOP. While he has nine WSOP scores under his belt, he has only scored once in the ongoing series, which was a 192nd place finish in Online Event #7: $500 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack. He bagged 117,800 (ranked 576th in chips) for Day 2D.

Ashish Ahuja Insta Story

 

Kalyan Chakravarthy is another known name who survived the day`s play, bagging 115,000 (ranked 614th in chips). He was one of few Indians mentioned in the live reporting. He was reported in action towards the end of the day in Level 5 in a hand against former Main Event champion Johnny Chan. The hand in question saw Chakravarthy raise from the cutoff to 1,500, and both the small blind and Chan made the call. It was three-way on the flop , and the action checked to Chakravarthy as he continued with a bet of 1,200. The small blind called, and Chan put in a check-raise to 5,200. Chakravarthy three-bet to 18,800, forcing the small blind out, and Chan made the call. The hit the turn, and Chan checked to Chakravarthy, who fired a bet of 24,000. Chan put in another check-raise of 52,000. Chakravarthy tanked for some time before making the call. The completed the board, and Chan moved all in for 67,400. Chakravarthy tanked once again. He showed for a flopped set of deuces and folded his hand. Chan quickly tossed his cards into the muck and collected the pot.

Kalyan Chakravarthy
Kalyan Chakravarthy

 

Returning after a profitable series last year, Young Gun Neel Joshi bagged 95,400 (ranked 975th in chips) on Day 1D. The MTT pro from Pune has been a consistent contributor to the team’s tally, having already cashed four events, including a 12th place finish in Event #65: $3,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em for $30,435 (~₹24.02 Lakhs). He made it into the day`s coverage in Level 2 and was seen in action against Apostolos Lanopoulos. Joshi conceded the pot to a 4-bet by the Greek player, bringing his stack down to 54,000. By Level 4, he had jumped up to 83,000 but chipped up a little towards the end.

Neel Joshi
Neel Joshi

 

Spartan Poker Pro Nikita Luther was another player featured in the day’s live coverage. During Level 3, with the flop open , a player in early position bet to 1,400, and Luther called from the blinds. The turn brought , and both players checked to see the river . Luther led out for 3,500, forcing her opponent to fold. “I wanted to raise you,” he said. Luther took down the pot without a showdown. The 2018 Tag Team bracelet winner ended the day with a slightly below-average stack of 60,400 (ranked 1,975th in chips).

Nikita Luther
Nikita Luther

 

Kunal Punjwani (90,500), Jaideep Sajwan (86,600), Jaydeep Dawer (78,600), Raghav Bansal (77,500), Akshay Bharadwaj (71,400), MPL Poker Pro Siddharth Karia (69,300), Shashank Jain (65,200), Madhav Gupta (62,200), and Muskan Sethi (62,000) were the other Indians who bagged above-average stacks for Day 2D. At the same time, Aditya Systla (55,800), Apratim Sharma (53,400), two-time bracelet winner Nipun Java (46,900), and Yudhishter Jaswal (45,800) will be returning on Day 2D with below-average stacks.

One of India’s most celebrated poker pros, Aditya Agarwal, also entered the vast Day 1D field. With eight WSOP Main Event cashes to his name, the most by an Indian at the prestigious event, the poker pioneer was in the hunt to take that number to nine. Sadly, a brutal bad beat saw his Aces get cracked by an opponent’s Big Slick bringing an abrupt end to Agarwal’s Main Event run.

Aditya Agarwal
Aditya Agarwal

 

The Day 1D field was replete with a host of Indo-American players, and several among them crossed the first hurdle. Some of them include:

PlayerChip Count
Parminder Kumar1,81,000
Ajay Gnanasambanthan1,52,700
Gurjit Bassi1,46,000
Romit Patel1,44,000
Ashish Gupta1,40,000
Sanjay Patel1,37,300
Harsukhpaul Sangha1,32,000
Sadananda Prabhu1,21,300
Shyam Ravindran1,18,500
Raja Chirumamilla1,18,400
Manas Gandhi1,14,600
Naresh Sadhvani1,05,500
Kunal Patel1,05,500
Deependra Talla99,900
Karanvir Singh99,100
Avi Mukherjee92,700
Shanmukha Meruga87,700
Sunita Advaney87,200
Raghavendra Dronavalli84,100
Manish Vaswani83,300
Vineet Pahuja79,500
Harish Ananthapadmanabha76,400
Jason Kapoor76,100
Pawan Braich72,800
Raja Sekhar72,500
Jay Majmudar72,000
Shankar Pillai70,000
Romandeep Brar69,300
Ankush Mandavia66,500
Paul Dhaliwal65,100
Amit Makhija64,900
Rupom Pal62,100
Arash Shahi61,500
Sasidhar Bobba57,300
Jeevan Nomula56,000
Raj Singh52,400
Sami Shurbaji50,000
Pratik Patel46,600
Bhavin Khatri46,500
Punal Patel43,100
Akash Seth42,900
Shashi Ramakrishna41,700
Shiv Narayanan40,700
Amar Singer39,200
Ravindran Pillai37,500
Ravee Sundara37,000
Balakrish Patur34,800
Dhruv Doshi33,000
Amish Patel32,500
Dhanesh Chainani32,500
Sai Sirandas30,900
Amit Sharma30,000
Mandeep Sah29,500
Supan Shah27,200
Nir Shami24,700
Sridhar Sangannagari22,900
Sundeep Sangany20,900
Ramesh Puradchithasan20,500
Tanuj Bhatnagar13,700
Anirban Roy7,200

 

Several notable names were seen in action on Day 1D, and none garnered as much attention as ten-time bracelet winner Phil Ivey. The Poker Hall of Famer was one of the last few players to fall on Day 1D and exited in the second last hand of the day when his ran into Andrew Touchette‘s . The latter spiked an Ace on the flop, ending Ivey’s Main Event run.

Phil Ivey
Phil Ivey

 

Hao Chen emerged as the end-of-Day 1D chip leader with a stack of 580,100 – putting him in third place among the survivors of all four flights. Chen was the only player to bag over 500K in chips on Day 1D. Randal Heeb (339,000) and Mathieu His (316,000) carry the other top stacks to Day 2D.

Multiple former Main Event Champions fired in today’s flight and found bags in their quest to accomplish the rare feat of becoming a multiple-title winner. Koray Aldemir (71,800), Chris Moneymaker (108,000), Greg Merson (103,700), Joe Hachem (21,600), and Johnny Chan (218,800) are among those who kept that dream alive by advancing to Day 2D.

Among the Day 1D survivors was the late Shane Warne‘s son, Jackson Warne. He entered the Main Event in memory of the cricketing legend and qualified for Day 2D with a respectable 87,300.

 

All the Day 1D survivors will return for Day 2D at 11 AM (PDT) on July 8.

 

Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1D

  1. Hao Chen – 580,100
  2. Randal Heeb – 339,000
  3. Mathieu His – 316,000
  4. Joseph Bold – 299,400
  5. Bjorn Stoweno – 289,000
  6. Jared Hyman – 285,000
  7. Daniel Hachem – 283,700
  8. Matthew Wiegman – 283,300
  9. Sergio Coutinho – 277,000
  10. David Finkel – 273,500

 

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WSOP 2022: Gargee Sharma Chip Leads Ladies Event; Yudhishter Jaswal Cashes Event #62; Team Leonard & Lawrence Brandt Win Bracelets on Day 30

The 53rd annual World Series of Poker (WSOP) has completed a month of electrifying action. Day 30, like the previous day, had nine bracelet events on the tap, and two of them played down to a winner.

One of the most popular events of the series, Event #55: $1,000 Tag Team, finally came to a close after four days of intense action. Team Leonard (Patrick Leonard and Espen Jørstad) overcame a significant 6:1 chip deficit against Team Paggeot (Jamie Kerstetter and Corey Paggeot) in the heads-up play to take home their maiden gold bracelets and the $148,067 top prize. Team Paggeot collected $91,513 in second place.

Patrick Leonard & Espen Jørstad
Patrick Leonard & Espen Jørstad

 

The other bracelet of the day was awarded in Event #58: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better, with Lawrence Brandt outrunning a 1,303-player field en route to winning his career-first bracelet and $289,610 in prize money.

Lawrence Brandt
Lawrence Brandt

 

The day`s other star attraction, Event #61: Ladies No-Limit Hold’em Championship, got off to a flyer with 1,074 ladies joining the bracelet chase, and only 274 survived through to Day 2. Indo-American Gargee Sharma bagged the most massive stack of 419,000, getting a headstart in her bid to win her maiden bracelet. From India, Sonam Jain bagged the 57th biggest stack of 113,500.

Gargee Sharma
Gargee Sharma

 

Event #62: $1,500 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold’em Freezeout is undoubtedly the most fast-paced event on the schedule, and it brought in a massive field of 2,569 players, with just 20 advancing to an unscheduled Day 2. India’s Yudhishter Jaswal was among those seen in action and finished 183rd for $2,063 (~ ₹1.63 Lakhs). This was Jaswal second score of the series, coming less than a week after his fifth-place finish in Online Event #5: $600 Online Deepstack Championship for $36,415 (~₹28.59 Lakhs). John Bredengerd (8,500,000) emerged as the end-of-day chip lead.

Yudhishter Jaswal
Yudhishter Jaswal

 

The prestigious Event #56: $50,000 Poker Players Championship is just a day away from crowning a champion. Day 4 began with 14 players and narrowed to the final five, with defending champion Dan ‘Jungleman’ Cates (9,075,000) grabbing the final day chip lead.

Dan 'Jungleman' Cates
Dan Cates

 

Event #57: $600 Deepstack Championship No-Limit Hold’em saw 60 runners return for Day 3, with only seven players advancing to the final day. Alex Jim (36,300,000) emerged as the end-of-day chip leader, with Jon Van Fleet (32,800,000) hot on his coattails.

Alex Jim
Alex Jim

 

Only 87 players remain in Event #59: $1,000 Super Seniors No-Limit Hold’em after two days of play, with Robert Schuler (2,100,000) commanding an overwhelming chip lead heading into Day 3.

Day 2 of Event #60: $10,000 Short Deck No-Limit Hold’em had 49 returning players (including 12 late entrants), and after nine levels of play, only five remain standing. Japan’s Shota Nakanishi (2,562,000) is the runaway chip leader and the only one carrying over 2 Million in chips to the final day.

Shota Nakanishi
Shota Nakanishi

 

Event #63: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship logged in a record-setting 268 entries. The field will expand even further with late registrations open until Day 2. The end ended with 124 runners still in the fray, and Ryan Hughes (407,000) claimed the end-of-day chip lead.

Ryan Hughes
Ray Hughes

 

Event #56: $50,000 Poker Players Championship – Day 4

It’s a long-drawn battle, and it’s not over yet! Day 4 of the esteemed Event #56: $50,000 Poker Players Championship was played across just three levels of 100 minutes each till the tournament reached its final five players.

The stage is finally set for the most exciting action, where five finalists will compete to receive the honor of getting their name engraved on the prestigious Chip Reese Memorial trophy along with bragging rights to the gold bracelet and seven-figure top prize ($1,449,103).

The strong overcome their opponents, the mighty crush them, the shrewd outwit them, the cowardly hide from them, but the enlightened transcend them.”

The above quote by Matshona Dhliwayo can rightly explain what defending champion Dan Cates has been seen doing these past four days at the $50,000 Poker Players Championship event. The same pattern was witnessed today as Cates entered the day’s play second in chips and transcended right to the top of the leaderboard with a stack of 9,075,000.

Throughout the day, Cates was hovering near the chip lead and clinched the lead on the final hand of the day. The epic hand saw the double knockout of Koray Aldemir and Taylor Paur in a hand of Pot-Limit Omaha. Till now, Cates has played the entire tournament with his 2021 PPC bracelet by his side. We can call it his luck charm or a dare to his opponents. Whatever it is, it sure is working well for Cates.

Cates is just ahead of four-time WSOP bracelet winner Benny Glaser of Great Britain and two-time bracelet winner Yuri Dzivielevski of Brazil. Not far behind them at this illustrious international final table are bracelet winner and 2017 PPC runner-up Johannes Becker from Germany and Naoya Kihara from Japan.

Day 4 Recap

It took less than an hour to change the player’s set-up from three tables to two as the day’s first elimination came in with short-stacked Matthew Gonzales falling in 13th place to Kihara in a Pot-Limit Omaha hand.

Matthew Gonzales
Matthew Gonzales

 

From there on, it took a while before the subsequent elimination came. It was after the first break when John Racener, who came into the day with just two big blinds, was eliminated in Omaha Hi-Lo by the start-of-the-day chip leader Yuri Dzivielevski in 12th place.

John Racener
John Racener

 

The next short-stacked player, Philip Sternheimer was the next one out in 11th place, followed by quick eliminations of Lou Gazra in tenth and WSOP Player of the Year contender Daniel Weinman in ninth place.

Philip Sternheimer
Philip Sternheimer

 

The last three eliminations were all courtesy of Cates. First, in a Pot Limit Omaha hand, it was the turn of 2013 PPC champion Matthew Ashton in eighth place. Four hours later, Cates locked his position as the chip leader when he finished the day with double elimination of Aldemir and Paur.

Matthew Ashton
Matthew Ashton

 

All five finalists represent different countries. With that kind of a mix-up, the chances are high that for the first time in the history of the $50K Poker Players Championship, the title could be won by a player from a country other than the United States and the United Kingdom.

The thrilling conclusion of the most prestigious mixed game tournament in the world will begin at 4 PM (PDT) on Thursday in the Thunderdome inside the Bally’s Event Center, with live streaming of the event starting an hour later on PokerGO.

Dan Cates
Dan Cates

End of Day 4 Chip Counts

  1. Daniel Cates – 9,075,000
  2. Benny Glaser – 8,260,000
  3. Yuri Dzivielevski – 7,535,000
  4. Johannes Becker – 5,470,000
  5. Naoya Kihara – 3,265,000

 

Event #57: $600 Deepstack Championship NLHE – Day 3

After three days of intense action, the massive 4,913-player starting field in Event #57: $600 Deepstack Championship NLHE is just a day away from playing down to a winner. Day 3 had 60 hopefuls returning to the felts, and only seven survived the twelve hours of play.

Alex Jim (36,300,000 ~ 36 big blinds) bagged the overnight chip lead among the remaining finalists, closely followed by Jon Van Fleet (32,800,000 ~ 33 big blinds).

Israel’s Tsuf Saltsberg (27,200,000), Abdullah Alshanti (19,800,000), Germany’s Frank Reichel (13,000,000), Daniel Marcus (10,600,000), and Hungary’s Tamas Lendvai (7,800,000) are the other contenders for the bracelet.

Interestingly, none of the finalists have won a bracelet before. So, irrespective of who wins the event, it will be their maiden bracelet.

No Indian player went as far as Day 3, and only Nathan Rao (216th place for $1,902 ~ ₹1.50 Lakhs) from Team India cashed the event, picking up his second cash of the series.

Nathan Rao
Nathan Rao

 

Notables to post deep runs in the event include the four-time bracelet winner Jeremy Ausmus (14th for $14,119), WSOP Main Event finalist Nick Marchington (15th for $14,119), and the last women player in the event Sarah Wasch (17th for $14,119).

Tamir Saidman (8th for $35,964), Day 2 chip leader John Ypma (9th for $28,129), and Kohichi Monago (10th for $22,176) were the three eliminations on the final table before the bags were brought out.

The remaining players return for Day 4 on June 30 at noon (PDT) to play down to a champion who will take home $299,464 and the gold WSOP bracelet.

Alex Jim
Alex Jim

 

End of Day 3 Chip Counts

  1. Alex Jim – 36,300,000
  2. Jon Van Fleet – 32,800,000
  3. Tsuf Saltsberg – 27,200,000
  4. Abdullah Alshanti – 19,800,000
  5. Frank Reichel – 13,000,000
  6. Daniel Marcus – 10,600,000
  7. Tamas Lendvai – 7,800,000

 

Event #59: $1,000 Super Seniors NLHE – Day 2

Day 2 of Event #59: $1,000 Super Seniors NLHE is now in the books, and Robert Schuler (2,100,000) bagged the end-of-day chip lead. Schuler leads the 87 survivors due to return on Thursday to play down to the final five.

Others with top stacks for Day 3 include Massoud Eskandari (1,860,000), Alfred Ahlm (1,780,000), Carolyn Niekerk 1,463,000), Leo Mitchell (1,370,000), two-time bracelet winner Barny Boatman (1,165,000), Greg Henry (1,125,000), Ronald Peterson (1,125,000), Elizabeth Bennett-Martin (1,080,000), and Jarvis Postnikoff (1,025,000).

The defending champion Jean-Luc Adam (750,000) is also in contention.

Jean-Luc Adam
Jean-Luc Adam

 

The play was restricted to players aged 60 years and older, but that didn’t stop the “Super Seniors” from committing 2,669 entries for the 2022 WSOP, generating $2,375,410 in the prize pool. Day 2 began with 727 players, and with the top 401 places assured a min-cash worth $1,601, several had to leave empty-handed.

Among the notables who finished in the money were former bracelet winners Larry Wright (158th for $2,465), Ivo Donev (384th for $1,601), and two-time bracelet winner Hoyt Corkins (214th for $2,210).

Day 3 will play out ten more 60-minute levels with 15-minute breaks after every two levels. The day will end after Level 30.

Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 2

  1. Robert Schuler – 2,100,000
  2. Massoud Eskandari – 1,860,000
  3. Alfred Ahlm – 1,780,000
  4. Carolyn Niekerk – 1,463,000
  5. Leo Mitchell – 1,370,000
  6. Barny Boatman – 1,165,000
  7. Greg Henry – 1,125,000
  8. Ronald Peterson – 1,125,000
  9. Elizabeth Bennett-Martin – 1,080,000
  10. Jarvis Postnikoff – 1,025,000

 

Event #60: $10,000 Short Deck NLHE – Day 2

Day 2 of Event #60: $10,000 Short Deck NLHE had 49 returning players (including 12 late registrations) sounding off the day’s action, and only five currently remain in contention.

The $10,000 buy-in event attracted 110 entrants, creating a $1,025,750 prize pool. The five finalists are assured at least $65,143, but they will be playing for the $277,212 top prize and the most sought-after WSOP gold bracelet.

Japan’s Short Deck specialist Shota Nakanishi (2,562,000), leads the finalists at the only Short Deck event at the 2022 WSOP. Nakanishi has proved his mettle with a ninth-place finish in the 2020 GGPoker Online Event #47: $1,000 Short Deck NLHE and has already surpassed that result. He will be looking to improve on the final day by bringing home his maiden WSOP gold bracelet.

The final five also include poker pros like the former bracelet winners Stephen Chidwick (1,423,000), Ben Lamb (1,207,000), five-time bracelet winner Brian Rast (855,000), and Sean Winter (553,000).

Some early casualties in the event included Phil Ivey, Chance Kornuth, Daniel Zack, David Williams, and Sam Soverel.

Canadian poker pro Mike Watson money-bubbled the event in 18th place, assuring the remaining 17 players a min-cash of at least $16,449.

Mike Watson
Mike Watson

 

Players who missed the final table but managed to cash include Chris Brewer (8th for $29,712), bracelet winners Elior Sion (9th for $29,712), Todd Ivens (10th for $23,862), Carlos Leiva (11th for $23,862), David Eldridge (12th for $19,590), Yong Wang (13th for $19,590), and Chino Rheem (14th for $19,590), six-time bracelet winner GGPoker Ambassador Daniel Negreanu (15th for $16,449), former WSOP Main Event champion Ryan Riess (16th for $16,449), and Pieter Aerts (17th for $16,449).

Scott Smile (6th for $49,113) and Robert Wilke (7th for $37,800) were the two players to fall on the final table.

The remaining five reconvene at 1 PM (PDT) on Thursday (tomorrow), June 30.

Shota Nakanishi
Shota Nakanishi

 

Final Table Chip Counts

  1. Shota Nakanishi – 2,562,000
  2. Stephen Chidwick – 1,423,000
  3. Ben Lamb – 1,207,000
  4. Brian Rast – 855,000
  5. Sean Winter – 553,000

 

Event #61: Ladies No-Limit Hold ’em Championship – Day 1

Event #61: Ladies No-Limit Hold ’em Championship drew 1,074 players on Day 1, and after ten levels of play, only 274 survived the day’s onslaught.

Indo-American Gargee Sharma bagged 419,000 chips at the end of the day and is leading the Day 1 survivors. She had already scored once in the series when she cashed in Event #57: $ 600 No-Limit Hold ’em – Deep Stack Championship, finishing 503rd for $1,051.

Cherish Andrews (363,000), Wendy Beckers (285,000), Melanie Pittard (262,500), and Charlotte Van Brabander (228,000) rounded out the top five stacks of the day.

India`s Sonam Jain was seen in action and will return tomorrow with an above-average 113,500, ranked 57th in chips. Muskan Sethi also participated in the event but failed to survive the day`s play.

Muskan Sethi
Muskan Sethi

 

Xuan Liu (133,000), Melanie Weisner (120,000), two-time bracelet winner Loni Hui (90,500), chess Grand Master and WPT Global ambassador Qiyu “Nemo” Zhou (80,500), WSOP 2021 Event #83 – The Closer – No-Limit Hold ’em champion Leo Margets (76,000), defending champion Lara Eisenberg (52,000) are among the notables who bagged and tagged for Day 2.

Several big names fell through the day, including the 2017 Ladies Event champion Heidi May, three-time WSOP champion Kristen Foxen, Women in Poker Hall of Famers Kathy Liebert, Allyn Shulman, JJ Liu, Natasha Mercier, and Kelly Minkin.

The $1,000 buy-in event generated a $955,860 prize pool and assured the top 162 places at least $1,600. The eventual champion will take home $166,975 and the WSOP gold bracelet.

With the money bubble closing in, the action will intensify on Day 2, when the 274 survivors return on June 30 at noon (PDT).

Gargee Sharma
Gargee Sharma

 

Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1

  1. Gargee Sharma – 419,000
  2. Cherish Andrews – 363,000
  3. Wendy Beckers – 285,000
  4. Melanie Pittard – 262,500
  5. Charlotte Van Brabander – 228,000
  6. Yian Saelee – 227,500
  7. Tanja Vujanic – 219,000
  8. Marybeth Anderson – 218,500
  9. Samantha Gonzalez – 213,500
  10. Juli Black – 212,500

 

Event #62: $1,500 Super Turbo Bounty NLHE (Freezeout) – Day 1

Event #62: $1,500 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold ’em (Freezeout) drew a 2,569- player starting field, and only 20 players will be returning for an unscheduled Day 2 on Thursday.

John Bredengerd (8,500,000) bagged the overnight chip lead, with David Sanchez (6,850,000), Shaun Colquhoun (5,500,000), Yuhei Sanada (4,875,000), and Kevin Davis (4,625,000) rounding out the top five stacks of the day.

Yudhishter Jaswal was the only Indian player to cross the money line and finished 183rd for $2,063 (~₹ 1,63,062), adding his second cash in the ongoing series. Jaswal is the third Indian to reach the final table in this series after Aditya Agarwal and Abhinav Iyer, and he is the only Indian this year to do so in an online event after he finished 5th in the $600 No-Limit Hold ’em – Online Deepstack Championship, banking $36,415 (~ ₹28.78 Lakhs).

Yudhishter Jaswal
Yudhishter Jaswal

 

Several notables including Brian Altman (120th for $2,569), Eric Froehlich (135th for $2,291), Kevin MacPhee (153rd for $2,291), 2013 Main Event Champion Ryan Riess (168th for $2,291), Adrian Buckley (201st for $2,063), JC Tran (223rd for $1,878), Dara O’Kearney (231st for $1,878), Joao Vieira (297th for $1,643) and poker media figure Kevin “KevMath” Mathers (362nd for $1,502) cashed the event.

The $1,500 buy-in event created a prize pool of $2,145,115 and assured at least $1,502 to the top 386 finishers.

With the final table in sight, significant action will unfold on Day 2. The play will resume in Bally’s Event Center on June 30 at 3 PM (PDT), with the 20 finalists assured at least $11,208. However, all eyes will be on the $301,396 up-top and WSOP gold bracelet.

Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1

  1. John Bredengerd – 8,500,000
  2. David Sanchez – 6,850,000
  3. Shaun Colquhoun – 5,500,000
  4. Yuhei Sanada – 4,875,000
  5. Kevin Davis – 4,625,000
  6. Harpreet Padda – 4,375,000
  7. Dimitre Dimitrov – 3,100,000
  8. Terence Kluczkowski – 3,025,000
  9. Kenneth Drewry – 2,975,000
  10. Kerrie Shelton – 2,900,000
  11. Romain Guilbert – 2,875,000
  12. Mihai Manole – 2,525,000
  13. Jan Bednar – 2,375,000
  14. Bryan Avroch – 1,600,000
  15. Elvis Toomas – 1,550,000
  16. Lucas Tabarin – 1,550,000
  17. Chris Fraser – 1,350,000
  18. Merijn Van Rooij – 1,150,000
  19. Dash Dudley – 725,000
  20. Jae Lee – X

 

Event #63: $10,000 PLO Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship – Day 1

Event #63: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship drew a record-setting 268-player field, and after ten levels of play, only 124 were left standing.

The event has already set a new record with 31 more attendees than the 2018 version of the event, and with late registrations still open, both the attendance record and the prize pool will almost certainly increase.

Ryan Hughes (407,000) bagged the overnight chip lead, with Andrew Brown (380,000), Sterling Savill (342,000), Chino Rheem (331,500), and Filippos Stavrakis (303,000) rounding out the top five stacks of the day.

Yuval Bronshtein (197,000), Daniel Negreanu (191,500), defending champion Josh Arieh (189,000), and Brian Hastings (177,500) are among the notables still in contention.

Bracelet winners who failed to make it to Day 2 include Phil Hellmuth, Danny Chang, Mike Matusow, and Talal Shakerchi.

The $10,000 buy-in event will allow late registrants to enter before Day 2 starts on Thursday, June 30 at 2 PM (PDT).

Ryan Hughes
Ray Hughes

 

Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1

  1. Ryan Hughes – 407,000
  2. Andrew Brown – 380,000
  3. Sterling Savill – 342,000
  4. Chino Rheem – 331,500
  5. Filippos Stavrakis – 303,000
  6. Michael Sortino – 289,500
  7. Chance Kornuth – 273,500
  8. Kyle Cartwright – 269,500
  9. Damjan Radanov – 257,500
  10. Amnon Filippi – 247,500

 

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This Week in Poker: June 22 – 28

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!

We are on the final day of June, and as we look back, this has undeniably been a thrilling month for live and online poker! From Team India’s exciting run at APT Vietnam and the ongoing 2022 WSOP to the mind-boggling action of the IOPC June 2022 (Spartan Poker), 1100 THC Series (PokerBaazi), India Poker Festival (MPL Poker), and Summer Series (PokerStars India), we saw it all!

Bringing a fitting end to such a fabulous month was an unexpected (but exciting) announcement by PokerBaazi. India’s most trusted online poker site roped in Bollywood heartthrob Shahid Kapoor as its latest brand ambassador. The critically acclaimed actor is the poker site’s most prominent celebrity endorsement to date.

As for this week’s chartbusters, Yudhishter Jaswal is our “PokerGuru Star of the Week” for his phenomenal run in the 2022 WSOP Online Event #5: $600 Online Deepstack Championship. The poker reg from London finished fifth for $36,415 (~₹28.59 Lakhs), making him the third Indian to final table a bracelet event at this year’s WSOP and the first to do so in an online bracelet event.

Nathan Rao, Young Gun’s Neel Joshi, Abhinav Iyer & Siddharth Karia, PokerGuru Ambassador Kartik Ved, Young Gun, Abhishek Goindi, Paawan Bansal, Muskan Sethi, and Jaydeep Dawer kept Team India’s scoreboard ticking at the 2022 WSOP.

Coming to the online action, Prem Madderla bagged the week’s single biggest score worth ₹19.39 Lakhs in Adda52’s Big Game on Sunday.

Young Gun Karan Radia is another poker powerhouse who has been raising quite the storm with his online exploits. Even though he’s opted out of our tracking, the London-based poker pro accumulated over ₹18 Lakhs this past week and won three flagship titles – Spartan Poker’s Thursday High Roller and Trending Thursday, and Adda52’s The Ballers.

Guneet Kwatra, Abhinav Iyer, Siddhanth Kapoor, and Saurabh Rohila were the week’s other top scorers.

If June was a blockbuster month for online poker, players would not be disappointed in July, for PokerBaazi is returning with the fourth edition of the APT India Online Series from July 1 to 10. With over ₹10 Crores in guaranteed prizes, it will be the biggest-ever APT India Online Series hosted by the site.

As a special treat for cash game players, Spartan Poker has announced the Cash Carnival, which comes packaged with three promotions and makes an extended run from July 3 to August 27. There is a whopping ₹1.19 Crores in prizes and other bumper rewards like Honda City, Hyundai Venue cars & a Kawasaki Ninja 400 bike to be won.

The fifth edition of MPL Poker’s popular Steal Deal Series is well underway. The budget series, which has ₹35 Lakhs in guaranteed prize money, is the biggest one hosted by the site – and there are another six days of action left before it ends on July 5.

Asia’s largest online poker room, Natural8, will be hosting the $1 Million GTD Mystery Bounty MILLION$ on July 4, the last day of the inaugural #microMillion$ series. The $10.50 buy-in event promises insane value, with mystery bounties as high as $50,000.

In other news, the Justice K Chandru-headed four-member committee has submitted its report to the Tamil Nadu government, calling for a prohibition on all forms of online gaming through a new ordinance.

Coming to the 2022 WSOP, Yuliyan Kolev, (Won Event #37: $1,500 Millionaire Maker NLHE for $1,125,14), Phil Hui (Won Event #45: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed for $311,782), Joao Simao (Won Event #52: $5,00 Mixed NLHE/ PLO for $686,242), Alex Foxen (won Event #50: $250,000 Super High Roller NLHE for $4,563,700), Jonathan Pastore (Won Event #46: $,600 6-Handed for $771,765), Menikos Panagiotou (Won Event #48: $1,500 Eight Game Mix 6-Handed for $180,783), Eric Smidinger (Won Event #47: $1,000 Seniors Championship for $694,909), James Todd (Won Event #54: $500 Salute to Warriors for $161,256), and William “swaggyb” Corvino (Won Online Event #5: $600 Online Deepstack Championship for $149,319) claimed bracelets this week.

 

Online Railbird Report

Prem Madderla was the standout winner this week! The relatively unknown player ran past the 303-player field in Adda52’s Big Game this past Sunday to collect a whopping ₹19.39 Lakhs.

While Madderla topped the charts on the back of his singular victory, Young Gun Karan Radia displayed remarkable consistency and grabbed the headlines back-to-back on Thursday and Friday, posting an impressive three title victories. Radia’s passionate drive earned him at least ₹18.83 Lakhs.

Karan Radia
Karan Radia

 

His top finishes include:

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s Thursday High Roller for ₹9.10 Lakhs

> 1st in Adda52’s The Ballers for ₹5.43 Lakhs

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s Trending Thursday for ₹4.30 Lakhs

Guneet Kwatra lapped up ₹17.61 Lakhs on the back of his Sunday High Roller victory in Spartan Poker and an FT finish in Friday’s The Elite.

Guneet Kwatra
Guneet Kwatra

 

His top finishes include:

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s Sunday High Roller (6-Max) for ₹14.04 Lakhs

> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s The Elite (6-Max) for ₹3.56 Lakhs

Abhinav Iyer took time out for the Sunday online grind, even as the Young Gun is busy playing at the 2022 WSOP in Las Vegas. He came within striking distance of shipping the Sunday High Roller (6-Max) on Spartan Poker, eventually collecting ₹13.43 Lakhs in second place. The former bracelet winner posted ₹13.73 Lakhs in weekly cashes.

Abhinav Iyer
Abhinav Iyer

 

This week, Bollywood actor and DJ Siddhanth Kapoor went on a tear, making away with ₹13.21 Lakhs overall.

Siddhanth Kapoor
Siddhanth Kapoor

 

His top finishes include:

> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s Sunday SuperStack for ₹4.29 Lakhs

> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s Wednesday High Roller (6-Max) for ₹3.77 Lakhs

The reigning IOPC – The Crown champion Saurabh Rohila shows no signs of slowing down and added Spartan Poker’s Tuesday High Roller title to his growing litany of accomplishments! He accumulated ₹12.47 Lakhs this past week, even storming into the top five of the annual leaderboard rankings.

Saurabh Rohila
Saurabh Rohila

 

His top finishes include:

> 4th in Adda52’s Big Game for ₹6.45 Lakhs

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s Tuesday High Roller (6-Max) for ₹5.56 Lakhs

Harsh Bubna, Rising Star Aman Parakh, Young Gun Arsh Grover, and Shashank Jain were the week’s other top scorers!

 

Notable Winners of the Week

PlayerPrize AmountEventPoker Site
Prem Madderla₹19.39 LakhsAdda52 Big Game ₹50 Lakhs GTDAdda52
Guneet Kwatra₹14.04 LakhsSunday Highroller (6-Max) - ₹50 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
Karan Radia₹9.10 LakhsThursday High Roller (6-Max) - ₹25 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
Sahil Chutani₹7.51 LakhsSunday SuperStack - ₹35 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
Niharika Bindra₹7.51 LakhsThe Elite (6-Max) - ₹30 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
Akshat Sharma₹6.12 LakhsGodfather ₹25 Lakhs GTDAdda52
Siddhanth Kripalani₹5.59 LakhsWednesday Highroller (6-Max) - ₹20 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
Saurabh Rohila₹5.63 LakhsTuesday High Roller (6-Max) - ₹15 Lakhs GTD
Spartan Poker
Karan Radia₹5.43 LakhsThe Ballers ₹20 Lakhs GTDAdda52
Kshitij Dhingra ₹4.60 LakhsBSS SuperStack ₹20 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
“MagicMan13”₹4.45 LakhsDestiny ₹22 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
Karan Radia₹4.30 LakhsTrending Thursday - ₹21 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
Aman Parakh₹4.26 LakhsThe Bracelet Main Event– ₹25 Lakhs GTDPocket52
Ayush Garg₹4.14 LakhsArmageddon - ₹20 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
Rajneesh Thakur₹3.91 LakhsThe Weekly HighRoller ₹12 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
Harsh Bubna₹3.90 LakhsMaverick ₹15 Lakhs GTDAdda52
Mohit Mehta₹3.74 LakhsThe Summit ₹15 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
Tanmay Bhalerao₹3.53 LakhsMega Stack - ₹16 Lakhs GTD
Spartan Poker
Vinayak Bajaj
₹3.02 LakhsThe Endeavour - ₹12 Lakhs GTD
PokerBaazi
Harsh Bubna₹2.87 LakhsThe Mint ₹14 Lakhs GTD
Adda52
Somesh Patel₹2.74 LakhsSunday Special (On-time Rake Refund) – ₹15 Lakhs GTDPokerStars India
“John_wick1399”₹2.70 LakhsPPC#45 Pocket Aces– ₹15 Lakhs GTDPocket52
Somesh Patel₹2.59 LakhsSunday Highroller (On-time Rake Refund) – ₹10 Lakhs GTDPokerStars India
Karan Kapur₹2.58 LakhsBounty Builder HR (On-time Rake Refund) - ₹10 Lakhs GTD
PokerStars India
Alok Birewar₹2.25 LakhsSunday Showdown ₹10 Lakh GTDAdda52
Nitin Rawat₹2.21 LakhsThe Big Show ₹10 Lakhs GTD
PokerBaazi
“boosterx”
₹2.11 LakhsIron Man – ₹8 Lakhs GTD
Adda52
Ankit Wadhawan₹2.10 LakhsHighroller (On-time Rake Refund) - ₹10 Lakhs GTDPokerStars India
Nadeem Basha₹2 LakhsThe Pride ₹10 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
Arjanveer Singh Chadha₹1.85 Lakhs(7-Max) BSS SPRINT ₹5 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
“sadhubaba”₹1.53 LakhsFuturistic - ₹8.50 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
Prashant Jain₹1.44 Lakhs(7-Max) SPRINT ₹5 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
Vaibhav Arora₹1.43 Lakhs(7-Max) SPRINT ₹5 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
Sabarish Kakarla₹1.43 LakhsSPRINT (7-Max) ₹5 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
Vishal Ojha₹1.40 LakhsMonster Turbo ₹5 Lakhs GTDAdda52
“thiyam”₹1.30 Lakhs(7-Max) SPRINT - ₹5 Lakhs GTD
PokerBaazi
“Smikijoejr”₹1.29 LakhsBSS MonsterStack 6-Max - ₹5 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
Anmolraj Singh Chawla₹1.28 Lakhs(7-Max) Daily SPRINT ₹5 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
Dhaval Solanki
₹1.25 LakhsReCharge ₹8 Lakhs GTD
Spartan Poker
Pranav Khandalkar₹1.20 LakhsThursday Smash – ₹5 Lakhs GTDMPL Poker
Ajhar Hashmi
₹1.18 Lakhs(7-Max) Daily SPRINT - ₹5 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
Arjun Baskaran
₹1.18 Lakhs(7-Max) Daily SPRINT - ₹5 Lakhs GTD
PokerBaazi
“DanJr7”₹1.18 Lakhs(7-Max) Daily SPRINT ₹5 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
Karan Sitlani₹1.15 Lakhs(7-Max) SPRINT ₹5 Lakhs GTD
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Harsh Karanpuria₹1.10 LakhsLa Luna ₹4 Lakhs GTDAdda52
Abhishek Sonu₹1.05 LakhsNight on Stars - ₹5 Lakhs GTDPokerStars India
Faiz Alam₹1.05 LakhsMoney Heist - ₹6 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
Harsh Bubna₹1.04 LakhsPPC#24 Pocket Queens– ₹5 Lakhs GTDPocket52
Advait Rajguru₹1.04 LakhsWednesday Vibes - ₹4.50 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
Ram Kakkar₹1.01 Lakhs(7-Max) Daily SPRINT ₹5 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
Sunanda Gurjar₹96KWednesday Bonanza ₹4 Lakhs GTDMPL Poker
imac2000₹93KUppercut - ₹5 Lakhs GTDPokerStars India
Amar Iyer
₹89KBattle Royale [8-Max] – ₹4 Lakhs GTDPokerStars India
Vikas Vashishth₹72KSunday Showstopper – ₹3 Lakhs GTDMPL Poker

 

PokerBaazi’s Biggest-Ever ₹10+ Crores GTD APT India Online Series Offering Runs From July 1-10

After a short lull, the busy MTT season is returning, with PokerBaazi gearing up to host the fourth edition of its biggest-ever APT India Online Series from July 1 to 10.

The series comes laden with over ₹10 Crores guaranteed prize money spread across 59 tournaments – 10 of them trophy events.

PokerBaazi Announces Biggest-Ever ₹10+ Crores GTD APT India Online Series (July 1-10)

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Bollywood Heartthrob Shahid Kapoor is PokerBaazi’s Newest Brand Ambassador!

In a bid to grow the game and its brand presence among the masses, PokerBaazi recently roped in critically acclaimed actor Shahid Kapoor as their newest ambassador! While PokerBaazi has been represented by celebrities previously, both Bollywood actors and sports personalities, Kapoor is by far the brand’s most significant celebrity endorsement to date.

Shahid Kapoor
Shahid Kapoor

 

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Spartan Poker’s Cash Carnival Promises Over ₹1.19 Crores in Prizes and Grand Rewards (July 3 – August 27)

Spartan Poker has an irresistible set of promotions planned for cash game players these next two months! The site recently unveiled the Cash Carnival – a set of three separate promotions – Malamaal Daily, High Stakes Bash, and OFC Treat – running from July 3 – August 27. There are over ₹1.19 Crores in prizes and other bumper rewards like Honda City, Hyundai Venue cars & a Kawasaki Ninja 400 bike to be won.

Spartan Poker's Cash Carnival

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MPL Poker’s ₹35 Lakhs GTD Steal the Deal Series Underway Till July 5

The fifth edition of MPL Poker’s Steal Deal Series is almost halfway! The budget series took off on June 26 and will run until July 5. Curated specially for the upcoming players, there are ₹35 Lakhs in guaranteed prizes across 48 events, including the eight Main Event flights.

MPL Poker’s Steal the Deal Series

 

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Natural8 to Host $1M GTD Mystery Bounty MILLION$ on July 4

You can expect fireworks on Natural8 on July 4, with the site hosting the Mystery Bounty MILLION$ on the last day of its inaugural #microMillion$ series. The $10.50 buy-in event comes with a jaw-dropping $1 Million prize pool guarantee and mystery bounties as high as $50,000!

Natural8's Mystery Bounty

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2022 WSOP Updates

The 53rd annual World Series of Poker (WSOP) is close to completing a month. The pace of tournaments reaching culmination has been quick, and with more Indian pros joining the mega-series, Team India’s scorecard kept ticking.

One of the biggest stories at the WSOP this week was Bulgaria’s Yuliyan Kolev, who championed Event #37: $1,500 Millionaire Maker NLHE for $1,125,141. Kolev’s victory makes him the first player from his country to win two WSOP bracelets.

Yuliyan Kolev
Yuliyan Kolev

 

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Two-time bracelet holder Phil Hui added a third bracelet to his name after shipping Event #45: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed for $311,782.

Phil Hui
Phil Hui

 

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Brazil’s Joao Simao added bracelet #2 to his poker tally in Event #52: $5,00 Mixed NLHE/ PLO, where he outran a 788-player field to win a personal-best $686,242.

Joao Simao
Joao Simao

 

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The list of first-time bracelet winners got several new names this week. The biggest story among them was that of decorated American pro Alex Foxen, who finally added the prestigious bracelet to his name after taking down Event #50: $250,000 Super High Roller NLHE for a career-best $4,563,700.

Alex Foxen
Alex Foxen

 

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Jonathan Pastore (Won Event #46: $5,000 6-Handed NLHE for $771,765), Eric Smidinger (Won Event #47: $1,000 Seniors Championship for $694,909), Simeon Spasov (Won Event #49: $2,000 NLHE for $527,944), Andrew Yeh (Won Event #44: $10K HORSE for $487,129), KT Park (Won Event #52: $2,500 Nine-Handed Mix 6-Handed for $219,799), Menikos Panagiotou (Event #48: $1,500 Eight Game Mix 6-Handed for $180,783), James Todd (Won Event #54: $500 Salute to Warriors for $161,256), and William “swaggyb” Corvino (Won Online Event #5: $600 Online Deepstack Championship for $149,319) were other players who recorded their career-first WSOP victories.

 

Team India at 2022 WSOP

Two Indians have been rocking it at the 2022 WSOP. The more prominent of them is Yudhishter Jaswal, who FT-ed Online Event #5: $600 Online Deepstack Championship on WSOP.com, placing fifth for $36,415 (~₹28.59 Lakhs). It was his first score of the series and the third FT finish in a bracelet event by an Indian this year. With the score, Jaswal topped the weekly scorecard across the online and live felts, making him our “PokerGuru Star of the Week!”

Yudhishter Jaswal
Yudhishter Jaswal

 

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The other standout performer is Nathan Rao, who placed 20th in Event #49: $2,000 NLHE for a career-best $18,930 (~₹14.84 Lakhs) – recording his maiden cash at the WSOP.

Nathan Rao
Nathan Rao

 

Another two Indians, Young Gun Neel Joshi (58th for $9,190 – ₹7.19 Lakhs) and bracelet winner Abhinav Iyer (156th for $4,355 – ₹3.40 Lakhs) also cashed in Event #49.

Abhinav Iyer & Neel Joshi
Abhinav Iyer & Neel Joshi

 

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In Event #46: $5,000 6-Handed NLHE, PokerGuru Ambassador Kartik Ved fell out in 103rd place on Day 2, cashing $8,807 (~₹6.89 Lakhs).

Kartik Ved
Kartik Ved

 

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Three Indians cashed Event #51: $400 Colossus – Young Gun Siddharth Karia (142nd for $3,180 – ₹2.51 Lakhs), poker coach Abhishek Goindi (972nd for $890 – ₹ 70,109), and Paawan Bansal (1,374th for $700 – ₹55,142).

Siddharth Karia
Siddharth Karia

 

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Another three Indian players made it in the money in Event #54: $500 Salute to Warriors – Paawan Bansal (200th for $1,277 – ₹1.01 Lakhs), Muskan Sethi (202nd for $1,277 – ₹1.01 Lakhs), and Jaydeep Dawer (463rd for $800 – ₹63,200).

Paawan Bansal
Paawan Bansal

 

Former Tag Team bracelet winner and Spartan Poker Pro Nikita Luther cashed the Tag Team Event again this year, placing 124th for $1,611 (~₹1.27 Lakhs). This was Luther’s first score at the 2022 WSOP and her 11th WSOP cash overall.

Nikita Luther
Nikita Luther

 

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Team India Cashes at WSOP 2022

RankPlayerEventPrize Amount
103Kartik VedEvent #46: $5,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em$8,807
58Neel JoshiEvent #49: $2,000 No-Limit Holdem$9,190
156Abhinav IyerEvent #49: $2,000 No-Limit Holdem$4,355
142Siddharth KariaEvent #51: $400 COLOSSUS No-Limit Hold’em$3,180
972Abhishek GoindiEvent #51: $400 COLOSSUS No-Limit Hold’em$890
1374Paawan BansalEvent #51: $400 COLOSSUS No-Limit Hold’em$700
200Paawan BansalEvent #54: $500 SALUTE to Warriors - No-Limit Hold’em$1,277
202Muskan SethiEvent #54: $500 SALUTE to Warriors - No-Limit Hold’em$1,277
463Jaydeep DawerEvent #54: $500 SALUTE to Warriors - No-Limit Hold’em$800
124Nikita LutherEvent #55: $1,000 TAG TEAM No-Limit Hold'em$805
75Raghav BansalOnline Event #5: $600 Online Deepstack Championship$1,689
216Nathan RaoEvent #57: $600 Deepstack Championship No-Limit Hold'em$1,902

 

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

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