Wednesday Round Up: Kripalani, Radia Among Others Nail Top Titles

Indian players continued to shine on both domestic and international poker tables on Wednesday. As four Indian players made it to the Main Event of the 2021 WSOP in Las Vegas, the online felts of domestic poker rooms continued to buzz with intense action. Let’s have a look at the action of the night:

DOPT PKO – ₹12.5 Lakh

Adda52’s DOPT continued in full swing. The DOPT Progressive Knock-out tournament took place yesterday. It witnessed a total of 229 players, out of which the top 24 places were paid. The min-cash stood at ₹10,625.

Mystery player ‘ShamalDas’ shipped the tourney and added ₹3,43,125 (plus ₹98,269 in bounties) to his bankroll, while the runner-up Manesh Rathod aka ‘TEAMfromHELL’ bagged ₹2,00,000 (plus ₹28,523 in bounties). Players like Vinay Rajpal (3rd, ₹1,50,000), Sacheen Ramchandani (5th, ₹75,000), Kanchan Sharma (7th, ₹40,625) and Vishnu Khandelwal (14th, ₹15,625) also made in the top 24 places at this tourney.

Total entries: 229
Buy-in: ₹6,500
Places paid: 24
Min-cash: ₹10,625

DOPT Wednesday Feature – ₹16,99,985

DOPT Wednesday Feature was one of the biggest tourneys of the night. Out of the 613 entries, the top 98 places were paid and the min-cash stood at ₹5,833.

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Siddhanth Kripalani

Siddhanth Kripalani aka ‘Sidstack’ topped the table and took home ₹2,99,642 in prize money. The runner-up was Dhaval Doshi aka ‘faizal1506’ who cashed ₹2,17,450 at this tourney.

Karann Dembla (8th, ₹31,762), Mithun Mahesh (9th, ₹23,049), Aditya Singh (22nd, ₹8,809), Amar Iyer (23rd, ₹8,809), Siddharth Kadel (31st, ₹7,592), Gaurav Sood (33rd, ₹7,592), Tanmay Benara (48th, ₹6,655), Vinay Rajpal (53rd, ₹6,655), Kritagya Sharma (64th, ₹6,655), Manish Lakhotia (80th, ₹5,833), Sahil Mahboobani (87th, ₹5,833), Siddhanth Kapoor (92nd, ₹5,833) and Arjanveer Singh Chadha (94th, ₹5,833) also made money at this tourney.

Total entries: 613
Buy-in: ₹2,750
Places paid: 98
Min-cash: ₹5,833

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The Pride – ₹10 Lakh GTD

PokerBaazi’s staple The Pride surpassed the advertised guarantee to generate a final prize pool of ₹10,36,000. The tourney witnessed 296 entries battling it out. The top 36 places made in the money as the min-cash stood at ₹7,044.

Mystery player ‘jat777’ nailed The Pride for ₹2,29,000. Nitin Arora aka ‘philhermouth’ finished second for ₹1,61,000. Vishnu Khandelwal (4th, ₹76,460), Arjanveer Singh Chadha (6th, ₹45,890), IOPC January 2021 Main Event winner Laksh Pal Singh (9th, ₹22,900) and Siddhanth Kripalani (22nd, ₹9,116) were some players who cashed at this tourney. Vaibhav Sharma (39th), Kanchan Sharma (42nd), Tanmay Benara (44th), Anmol Mehta (58th), Abhimanyu Mittal (64th) and Sahil Mahboobani (69th) among others left the tourney empty-handed.

Total entries: 296
Prize pool: ₹10,36,000
Buy-in: ₹3,850
Places paid: 36
Min-cash: ₹7,044

Night on Stars – ₹5 Lakh GTD

PokerStars’ Night on Stars was an action-packed tourney. It witnessed 198 entries competing for the top spots. Finally, 23 places made it in the money and the min-cash stood at ₹6,875.

Anonymous player ‘MrBigSlick139’ topped the table and pocketed ₹99,189. Abhishek Chhajer aka ‘abhiaum’ finished second and pocketed ₹76,050. Harsh Dembla (5th, ₹34,277), Vinay Rajpal (12th, ₹9,880), Mithun Mahesh (13th, ₹9,880), Sahil Mahboobani (15th, ₹8,242) and Kritagya Sharma (20th, ₹6,975) made it in the money. Players like Clinton Tavares (44th), Ashish Ahuja (57th), and Debneil Mukherjee (68th) were some players who busted without making any money.

Total entries: 198
Buy-in: ₹2,750
Places paid: 23
Min-cash: ₹6,875

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Destiny – ₹20 Lakh GTD

Spartan Poker’s Destiny was the biggest tourney of the night. It witnessed 407 entries as the initial guarantee was surpassed to generate a final prize pool of ₹20,35,000. The min-cash stood at ₹12,210 and the top 40 places were paid.

Mystery player ‘Dr Putin’ topped the table and took home ₹5,39,275, while Vinayak Bajaj aka ‘haayegarmi’ took the runner-up spot and cashed ₹3,35,775.

Total entries: 407
Prize pool: ₹20,35,000
Buy-in: ₹5,500
Places paid: 40
Min-cash: ₹12,210

Wednesday Vibes – ₹5 Lakh GTD

Wednesday Vibes on Spartan Poker witnessed 350 players out of which the top 31 places were paid. The final prize pool surpassed the advertised guarantee and stood at ₹5,25,000. The min-cash stood at ₹4,620.

Karan Radia

Karan Radia aka ‘Majestic’ shipped the tourney for ₹1,11,037 while Arjanveer Singh Chadha aka ‘bazzingaa’ finished second for ₹74,760.

Total entries: 350
Prize pool: ₹5,25,000
Buy-in: ₹1,650
Places paid: 31
Min-cash: ₹4,620

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