This Week in Poker: September 23 – 29

This Week in Poker
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In the PokerGuru feature ‘This Week in Poker’ we bring to you the weekly round up of the biggest online scores by Indian MTT players along with the top stories from both the live and online poker circuit.

Here are this week`s top stories

It was PokerStars WCOOP all the way this past week, and the worlds richest online series will close out its 14th edition tomorrow with the crowning of the $5,200 Main Event champion. The series has seen some stupendous scores from Indian players, with Amit ‘bblacklegend’ Jain topping the cashes list this year. Jain made an impressive 3rd place finish in the WCOOP Event #53 – $2,100 NLHE (Super Tuesday, Special Edition) for his career-best score of $206,028 on Friday, and takes our “PokerGuru Star of the Week” title.

This past week also saw Team PokerStars Pro Aditya ‘Adi Agarwal’ Agarwal make his best online score this year for $53,000 in the WCOOP Main Event for a 13th place finish.

Chennai`s R ‘RGRGINDIA’ Govardhan, who was our “PokerGuru Star of the Week” last week for his 7th place finish in WCOOP Event #45 for $17,419, makes another smashing score this week. Govardhan took 9th place for $10,805.31 in WCOOP Event #61 – $700 NL Hold`em [1R1A] $500K GTD.

Read all this and more, in our ‘Online Railbird Report’, which includes updates of some exciting promotions at Spartan Poker. The site has announced the second edition of the Spartan Bankroll Challenge, besides the unique IPC INR 50K Online Highroller that is set to debut on Oct 2.

In other news, we bring you the update of a raid in a poker room in Bengaluru, international tournament reports such as the LAPT Punta Del Este, WPT Borgata and Manila Megastack 3 where India`s Kunal Patni finished runner-up in the PHP 50,000 side event. Tournament action continues unabated with the APT Asian Series Manila that is currently underway. Read this and more in our weekly recap below.

 

Online Railbird Report

The 2015 WCOOP is almost over, but has left behind some significant records. Among the record makers is Shaun “shaundeeb” Deeb, who broke a record by winning his 8th “COOP” championship after shipping the WCOOP Event #44 – $215 NL Hold’em [4-Max], $400K GTD on PokerStars for $68,000. No sooner had he made this record, that it was broken by Calvin “cal42688” Anderson, who tied the same by taking an 8th “COOP” title by winning WCOOP Event #62 – $320 PL Omaha H/L [6-Max], $100K GTD for $36,020. Anderson also has six different SCOOP titles to his credit.

The Indian scorecard at the 2015 WCOOP skyrocketed, with Amit ‘bblacklegend’ Jain bagging a massive $206,028, his career-best score in WCOOP Event #53 – $2,100 NLHE (Super Tuesday, Special Edition). Jain has already cashed in Events 1, 5 and 48 in the series and made a 2nd place finish in the PokerStars ‘$55 NL Hold’em [Deep Stacks], $5K GTD’ for $1,085.00. No points for guessing that Amit Jain is ourPokerGuru Star of the Week” title.

Amit Jain
Amit Jain

Team PokerStars Pro Aditya ‘Adi Agarwal’ Agarwal meanwhile was within striking distance of bagging the highest-ever-score by an Indian online, with a deep run in the WCOOP $5,200 Main Event. He put up an impressive performance, but a series of bad beats resulted in him finishing 13th out of 1,995 players for $53,000! It was a very successful Sunday for the online pro, who made an additional $14,224.78 for a 5th place finish in the PokerStars ‘$215 Sunday Supersonic [6-Max], $200K GTD’.

Aditya Agarwal
Aditya Agarwal

R ‘RGRGINDIA’ Govardhan kept up his last week’s good form with a 9th place in WCOOP Event #61 – $700 NL Hold`em [1R1A] $500K GTD for $10,805.31.

Pranay ‘mitarachi89’ Kapoor made a 4th place for $12,504 in Event #55 – $215 PL 5-Card Omaha (6-max, 1R1A). He also made $1,339.00 for 5th place in the PokerStars ‘$215 Weekly PL Omaha, $8K GTD’.

Shashank ‘felter1989’ Jain was the other Indian alongside Aditya to make it in the money in the WCOOP $5,200 Main Event. He finished 158th for $14,000.

Akash ‘proFISHnal’ Malik made a 15th place for $4,811 in WCOOP Event #58 – $530 NLHE [Ultra-Deep], $150K GTD. He reported the bust saying, “lost a big flip AQ<<88.”

– ‘thameemlion’ won $1,092.07 for 99th place in the WCOOP Event #65 – $700 NL Hold’em [6-Max, Progressive Super-Knockout], $1M GTD.

Other online scores this week include:

Dushyant Shekhawat made 2nd place for $11,707.57 in the PokerStars ‘The Hotter $16.50 [Turbo], $80K GTD’

– ‘arsenicistheanswr’ won $5,229.70 for 1st place in the PokerStars ‘$27 NL Hold’em [Turbo, Knockout], $30K GTD’

Rohit ‘buzzzbeee85’ Mariwalla won $2,681.40 for 9th place in the PokerStars ‘$215 Weekly 6-Max NLHE, $50K GTD’

Kunal ‘kcdesi’ Chandra won $1,766.00 for 10th place in the PokerStars ‘$215 Weekly Turbo NLHE, $70K GTD’

– ‘tanmay’ made $1,604.29 for 3rd place in the PokerStars ‘$1.10+R NL Hold’em [3x-Turbo], $15K GTD’

– ‘anantp’ won PokerStars ‘$5.40 NL Hold’em [Turbo, Knockout], $6K GTD’ for $1,073.82

Abhishek ‘abhi47’ Rathod made three major scores for a collective sum of $3,674. He took 3rd place for $3,948.75 at 888 Poker ‘The $30,000 Sunday Monsoon – Special Edition’. He also won $1,363.40 for 4th place in the Titan Poker – €10,000 Grand Saturday

Indian players can check out the first-ever IPC Oct Online Highroller on Oct 2 at 8:30 pm on Spartan Poker. The final table will resume in Goa on Oct 8. Currently, the Spartan Bankroll Challenge (SBC) is playing out its final week and Team Mentor Rohit Bhalla has already announced the second edition of the SBC – PLO, that starts on Oct 2.

In other online news, there is the PokerStars $1 Million GTD Red Spade Open promotion, which returns on Sunday, October 4, 2015! The winner can expect to claim a prize of $100,000 plus $500 in bounties on pros. Players can either buy-in directly for $55 or qualify via satellites.

The online poker world is filled with amazing opportunities and this was proved when Ukraine’s “solik1968” won $1 Million at the PokerStars Dream Team Collection promotion on Sunday. The odds of winning the challenge were low for “solik1968” but he made it to the heads-up match, where his proved superior against his opponent – “gregior’s” . “gregior” may have felt that the flop of meant success for him, but the on the turn and the on the river completed a flush for “solik1968” and he won the event and the $1 Million top prize.

 

2nd Poker Room Raided In Bengaluru in 7 Months

Despite having the High Court judge poker as a game of skill, Bengaluru poker rooms are still facing heat from the enforcement authorities. In a latest incident, police authorities raided the House of Kards poker room, though the management claimed that it was a case of ‘misunderstanding.’

 

Euryd Rivera Wins Manila Megastack 3 Main Event, Kunal Patni Runner-up in PHP 50,000 Side Event

Euryd Rivera won the Manila Megastack 3 Main Event for PHP 529,000, after a three-way deal.

Euryd Rivera
Euryd Rivera

Indian players present at the series were Dhaval Mudgal, Akash Malik and Kunal Patni, who all had a dry run in the Main Event. However there was some good news for Team India, with Kunal Patni living up to his reputation as a consistent performer on the Asian circuit – Patni took 2nd place in the PHP 50,000 Side Event.

Kunal Patni
Kunal Patni

Read the complete story here.

 

David Paredes Takes Down WPT Borgata Poker Open Main Event

David Paredes was the champion of the WPT Borgata Poker Open, collecting $723,227 for the win. Paredes overcame a 1,027 entry-field, including a final table that included notables, such as Joe Kuther.

David Paredes
David Paredes

Read the complete story here.

 

Mario Lopez Wins Record 2nd Title in the LAPT Punta Del Este Main Event

A doctor by profession, Mario Lopez made a record when he won his second LAPT title. Lopez won the 2015 LAPT Punta del Este $3,300 Main Event for $155,730, after outlasting 267 runners to take down the title.

Mario Lopez
Mario Lopez

Vanessa Rousso Exits Big Brother`s House in 3rd Place

Vanessa Rousso displayed an amazing tenacity throughout the Big Brother show. She lasted many weeks and was the favorite to win the show. However, Rousso was ousted in 3rd place by the eventual champion Steve Moses, who chose to take Liz Nolan along to the finale.

Read the complete story here.

Mario Ho On Poker Central

Poker Central’s Twitch TV channel has just signed up Mario Ho to host a show called “Poker Central Live with Maria Ho.” The channel, only one of its kind 24 x 7 poker broadcasting one, will have Ho chatting up celebrities and poker pros on the show.

Read the complete story here.

PokerStars Hopeful Of Returning To New Jersey Soon

PokerStars’ parent company Amaya has been dropping broad hints that the popular site may be making a comeback to the Garden State, as early as this year. The company believes that the ‘bad actors’ clause which was hindering their return, will not pose any further problems.

 

That ends our weekly news round-up. But, do keep your browsers pointed this way, same time next week, when we will return with all the top stories.

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