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It was a wild Wednesday on the virtual felts which saw the ongoing PokerBaazi Premier League (PPL) crown five champions. Underlining the success of the series was the fact that all five events overshot their advertised guarantees with the day’s headliner, PPL #29: The Vegas ₹40 Lakhs GTD alone collecting a jaw-dropping ₹45.50 Lakhs in prize money!
Topping the list of winners was one of our first batch of Young Gun’s – Arsh ‘Button_Hai_Bro’ Grover. A player equally adept at playing both live and online, Grover has several international scores to his name. Last year in November we saw Grover take down two Sunday Stacks ₹10 Lakhs GTD titles on 9stacks over consecutive Sundays, pocketing ₹2.55 Lakhs on November 11 and ₹2.60 Lakhs on November 18. He splashed onto the scene once again in June when he took down Spartan Poker’s Half Price ₹6 Lakhs GTD for ₹1.74 Lakhs. Grover played exceedingly well in the PPL #29: The Vegas ₹40 Lakhs GTD where he outplayed the 910-strong field (515 unique and 395 re-entries) to take home ₹7.96 Lakhs in prize money.
Another big winner last night was Wilson ‘kalingkaling’ Yomso who outperformed 310 entries (158 unique and 152 re-entries) to win the PPL#28 PLO: High Roller for ₹6.84 Lakhs. Incidentally, both Grover and Yomso had to face-off with the same heads-up opponent – Neeharika ‘dewdrops’ Kodirekkala. A relatively low-key player, Kodirekkala’s last memorable run was in the PokerBaazi GameChanger 1.0 where she placed 29th among the top 33 finishers and earned ₹1.09 Lakhs. With two runner-up finishes that amped up her bankroll by a cumulative ₹10.37 Lakhs, Kodirekkala undoubtedly made a big splash last night!
Over at the PPL #27: 6-Max SuperStack ₹5 Lakhs GTD, Guddu ‘gudduhero20’ Chaudhary emerged the champion netting ₹1.12 Lakhs and Aditya ‘adit11’ Kulkarni took down PPL #30: 4-Max Hyper Turbo ₹3 Lakhs GTD for ₹77,490. Suhas ‘skullkiker’ N rounded out the big winners on PokerBaazi by shipping the PPL #26: ₹3 Lakhs GTD for ₹72,676.
Kulkarni, in fact, was in superb form yesterday, for he took down not one but two events. Following his win in the 4-Max Hyper Turbo, he topped 9stacks’ StackUp @8 PM ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD, under the moniker ‘MoneyHeist,’ banking ₹67,703.
Spartan Poker’s Destiny 11.0 ₹25 Lakhs GTD was another prominent tournament that kept the poker circuit engaged last night. Yesterday the event logged in 572 entries (238 unique, 131 re-entries and 203 rebuys), surpassing its offered guarantee to accumulate ₹28.60 Lakhs in the prize pool. In the end, it was the rising poker sensation Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja who claimed the title, adding an impressive ₹6.02 Lakhs to his bankroll.
Overlays continue to haunt the major tournaments on Adda52 and last Wednesday the site’s mainstay tournament, Maverick ₹10 Lakhs GTD, registered a minor shortfall of ₹46,775 after logging in 419 entries (224 unique and 195 re-entries). Vikram ‘vikrambatra23’ Ved Batra topped the field to collect ₹2.05 Lakhs in first-place prize money. Meanwhile, ‘xoredvoid’ shipped the Hexagram ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD for ₹71,250.
PokerStars India’s Night on Stars ₹5 Lakhs GTD eclipsed its advertised guarantee for a second consecutive week, posting a ₹5.40 Lakhs prize pool via 270 entries (145 unique and 125 re-entries). ‘Barakiel7’ was the last player standing and took home a cool ₹1.03 Lakhs for their win. ‘mpaonker’ won the Progressive KO – 4 Max ₹2 Lakhs GTD for ₹50,833.
Entries – 515
Re-entries 395
Prize Pool – ₹45,50,000
Places Paid – 108
The biggest tournament last night was PPL #29: The Vegas ₹40 Lakhs GTD that attracted 910 entries (515 unique and 395 re-entries) to accrue a mind-boggling prize pool of ₹45.50 Lakhs, a good ₹4.5 Lakhs more than its advertised guarantee. Racing to the top was Arsh ‘Button_Hai_Bro’ Grover who banked ₹7.96 Lakhs for his efforts.
Also posting a final table finish was Chirag ‘miyagi’ Sodha (9th for ₹79,625) while Akshay ‘sherlock52’ Nasa (17th for ₹40,950), Nishant ‘nishant177’ Sharma (27th for ₹28,210), Arjanveer ‘holdbaby’ Singh Chadha (34th for ₹24,570), Faiz ‘AilaGaya’ Alam (46th for ₹17,745), Devrat ‘flopCheck’ Arya (49th for ₹17,745), Raghav ‘thatssosick’ Bansal (52nd for ₹17,745), Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja (55th for ₹14,560) and Ashutosh ‘senojwod’ Balodhi (65th for ₹12,740) finished ITM.
Final Table Results
Entries – 158
Re-entries – 152
Prize Pool – ₹31,00,000
Places Paid – 36
PokerBaazi’s PPL#28: PLO High Roller held a guarantee of ₹30 Lakhs, but with a vast, 310-strong player field (158 unique and 152 re-entries), the tournament strode past the number, collecting ₹31 Lakhs in prize money! Wilson ‘kalingkaling’ Yomso, a well-known name in the online circuit bested the field and snagged the title. Yomso was last seen winning the Adda52 ₹25 Lakhs GTD Mega Suits for 5.67 Lakhs in May. This time he added ₹6.84 Lakhs to his bankroll.
A long list of experienced players entered the field, and among those seen final tabling the event was Chirag ‘miyagi’ Sodha (4th for ₹2.28 Lakhs), Vivek ‘Ishoveonyou’ Rughani (5th for ₹1.71 Lakhs) and Sahil ‘CairyHunt’ Agarwal (6th for ₹1.37 Lakhs).
Also taking home payouts were Sumit ‘boronyx’ Sapra (20th for ₹30,690), Akshay ‘sherlock52’ Nasa (24th for ₹27,280), Aditya ‘gangajal’ Sushant (27th for 24,180), Arjanveer ‘holdbaby’ Singh Chadha (34th for ₹21,080) and Shagun ‘sogani22’ Jain (35th for ₹21,080).
Final Table Results
Entries – 238
Re-entries – 131
Rebuys – 203
Prize Pool – ₹28,60,000
Places Paid – 50
Spartan Poker’s Wednesday flagship tournament – Destiny 11.0 ₹25 Lakhs GTD – attracted 572 entries (238 unique, 131 re-entries and 203 rebuys), generating ₹28.60 Lakhs in the prize pool.
Chandigarh based lawyer-turned-poker pro Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja overpowered Utsav ‘CAseK’ Taneja (runner-up for ₹5.98 Lakhs) heads-up, to clinch the title, along with a sizeable top prize worth ₹6.02 Lakhs.
Among the notables who also cashed the event were the likes of Vaibhav ‘BeBoT’ Sharma (5th for ₹1.20 Lakhs), Nishant ‘FunkyouFTW1’ Sharma (7th for ₹1 Lakh), Sajal ‘GoMuckYourself’ Gupta (9th for ₹54,340), Vivek ‘Pokerbatman27’ Rughani (13th for ₹28,600), Gaurav ‘mozzie17’ Sood (22nd for ₹21,450), Rakesh ‘rrbhagat’ Bhagat (25th for ₹21,450), Faiz ‘DrStrange’ Alam (26th for ₹17,160), Vaibhav ‘Nikka Zaildar’ Sharma (29th for ₹17,160), Ragesh ‘ragesh91’ Mishra (31st for ₹15,730), Haider ‘Nutbuster’ Madraswala (32nd for ₹15,730), Avijit ‘tyler2643’ Jaiswal (34th for ₹15,730) and Sagar ‘lolMinions’ Choudhury (38th for ₹10,965).
Final Table Results
Entries – 224
Re-entries – 195
Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000
Places Paid – 43
Yesterday’s Maverick ₹10 Lakhs GTD on Adda52 saw a massive field of 419 entries (224 unique and 195 re-entries), and the top 43 finishers benefitted from the ₹46,775 overlay.
Topping them all was Adda52 regular Vikram ‘vikrambatra23’ Ved Batra who outduelled ‘axios’ (runner-up for ₹1.92 Lakhs) heads-up to win the ₹2.05 Lakhs top prize.
Sagar ‘alwaysnutz’ Choudhury (12th for ₹12,500), Pranav ‘pranavbang’ Bang (17th for ₹10,000), Faizan ‘realkidsanju’ Samad (19th for ₹8,500), Naren ‘IMUNAGI’ Purohit (25th for ₹7,500), Ayan ‘gutshotguru1’ Ray (33rd for ₹6,500), Aniket ‘WhiteRabbit’ Sharma (37th for ₹5,500) and Deepak ‘bothras’ Bothra (43rd for ₹5,500), all crossed the money line.
Final Table Results
Entries – 230
Re-entries – 216
Prize Pool – ₹5,57,500
Places Paid – 54
The PPL #27: 6-Max SuperStack ₹5 Lakhs GTD pulled 446 hopefuls to the virtual felts yesterday, smashing the guarantee by a healthy margin with the final tally touching ₹5.57 Lakhs. It all ended when Guddu ‘gudduhero20’ Chaudhary defeated Shashank ‘Acekiller’ Shekhar heads-up to win the event for ₹1.12 Lakhs. Shekhar pocketed ₹78,551 for finishing runner-up.
Seasoned pros Sriharsha ‘yUDdam’ Boneni (6th for ₹22,467) and Sameer ‘Killersam’ Tavanandi (9th for ₹11,205) both made final table finishes.
Some of the other notable players who earned payouts were Ashutosh ‘senojwod’ Balodhi (20th for ₹5,017), Nadeem ‘SpadeHunter’ Basha (24th for ₹4,515) and Parikshit ‘zapdos1234’ Dhall (53rd for ₹2,564).
Final Table Results
Entries – 145
Re-entries – 125
Prize Pool – ₹5,40,000
Places Paid – 44
PokerStars India’s Wednesday extravaganza, Night on Stars ₹5 Lakhs GTD, smashed its guarantee for a second consecutive week, registering 270 entries (145 unique and 125 re-entries) that generated ₹5.40 Lakhs in the prize pool. ‘Barakiel7’ championed the event, banking ₹1.03 Lakhs.
Among the known names who final tabled the event was Sahil ‘inaboobham’ Mahboobani (3rd for ₹56,157), Pranav ‘dak0o’ Bang (6th for ₹22,531), Faiz ‘LFGgggg’ Alam (8th for ₹12,256) and Rohit ‘PillowFight22’ Mishra (9th for ₹9,040).
Akshay ‘youcantcallme’ Nasa (10th for ₹7,408), Devvrat ‘bhasm@sur1’ Arya (22nd for ₹4,975), Laksh ‘B00MTilt23’ Pal Singh (30th for ₹4,076), Utsav ‘rannyOO6’ Taneja (33rd for ₹4,076), Vikram ‘vikrambatra23’ Ved Batra (34th for ₹4,076), Rachit ‘hack_R27’ Parihar (36th for ₹4,076) and Vikram ‘Prison M!ke’ Singh (40th for ₹4,076), also finished ITM.
Final Table Results
Entries – 65
Re-entries – 52
Prize Pool – ₹2,50,000
Places Paid – 13
‘xoredvoid’ topped yesterday’s Hexagram ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD on Adda52 and took away the top prize worth ₹71,250.
Tournament regs Akshay ‘vibaks’ Nasa (4th for ₹25,000), Ankit ‘kasatankit’ Kasat (8th for ₹7,500) and Ankit ‘loser05’ Khattar (9th for ₹6,250) final tabled the event.
Final Table Results
Entries – 200
Re-entries – 169
Prize Pool – ₹3,69,000
Places Paid – 45
There were 369 players (200 unique and 169 re-entries) who gave the coveted PPL title a shot at the PPL #30: 4-Max Hyper Turbo ₹3 Lakhs GTD on Wednesday. Aditya ‘adit11’ Kulkarni was the eventual winner, and he banked ₹77,490 for his efforts.
Arjanveer ‘holdbaby’ Chadha (4th for ₹25,830), Sam ‘thereallokimon’ Anand (22nd for ₹3,099), Ashutosh ‘senojwod’ Balodhi (30th for ₹2,398) and Akshay ‘sherlock52’ Nasa (33rd for ₹2,398) posted scores.
Final Table Results
Entries – 194
Re-entries – 135
Prize Pool – ₹3,29,000
Places Paid – 36
Overcoming a field of 329 entries (194 unique, 135 re-entries) Suhas ‘skullkiker’ N took down the PPL #26: ₹3 Lakhs GTD for ₹72,676. The tournament quickly met the advertised guarantee and the final prize pool generated was ₹3.29 Lakhs.
Notables like Aditya ‘gangajal’ Sushant (7th for ₹12,107), Parikshit ‘zapdos1234’ Dhall (10th for ₹5,296), Rony ‘bisadip176’ Chowdhury (35th for ₹2,237), and Akshay ‘sherlock52’ Nasa (36th for ₹2,237) made a deep run in the event.
Final Table Results
Entries – 103
Re-entries – 32
Rebuys – 42
Prize Pool – ₹2,65,000
Places Paid – 25
9stacks’ daily signature tournament, StackUp @8 PM ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD, finally managed to meet its guarantee last night. Pulling in 177 entries (103 unique, 32 re-entries and 42 re-buys), the event secured a prize pool of ₹2.65 Lakhs.
Walking away with the most significant chunk of the prize pool kitty was PokerBaazi’s The Summit ₹15 Lakhs GTD winner from September 19, Aditya ‘MoneyHeist’ Kulkarni who netted ₹67,703.
Shashank ‘Goldfish03’ Shekhar (3rd for ₹29,869), Ankit ‘Hidimba’ Saxena (5th for ₹16,992), StackUp @8PM winner on September 20, Vibhu ‘Vibsi’ Agarwal (6th for ₹11,284) and Anuj ‘brockLesnar95’ Yadav (9th for ₹5,974), final tabled the event.
Final Table Results
Entries – 77
Re-entries – 51
Total Prize Pool – ₹2,00,000
Regular Prize Pool – ₹1,04,000
Bounty Prize Pool – ₹96,000
Places Paid – 23
‘mpaonker’ trounced a 128-entry (77 unique and 51 re-entries) field in the Progressive KO – 4 Max ₹2 Lakhs GTD on PokerStars India, pocketing a payday of ₹50,833 in the process.
Final Table Results
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