Wednesday Roundup: Bansal, Kwatra, Mehta Capture Titles!

It was an smashing Wednesday with several flagship events across the major felts of the country dominating the action. Spartan Poker hosted Destiny last night, The Pride was played out on PokerBaazi and Maverick on Adda52. And here’s a quick recap of all action…

Destiny

Spartan Poker‘s INR 25 Lakhs GTD Destiny was the showstopper tourney of the day. Logging in 592 entries, the INR 5,500 buy-in event produced a guarantee-smashing INR 29.60 Lakhs prize pool. Racing past the competition was poker pro Raghav Bansal aka ‘thatssosick’ who claimed a hefty prize money after railing out his opponent Advait Rajguru aka ‘Ronaldinho18’ in heads-up. Money reached the top 50 places, and each walked out with at least INR 14,800 as min-cash.

Total Entries – 592
Prize Pool – INR 29,60,000
Places Paid – 50
Min – Cash – INR 14,800

Mega Freeze

The INR 3 Lakhs GTD Mega Freeze on Spartan Poker played out amid 90 runners. The top 13 players earned a share from the final prize pool. At 3:06 am, the last man standing was ‘jaya_indian’ who defeated circuit reg Pranay Chawla aka ‘kabira speaking’ in heads-up and clinched to the first-place prize money. Mithun Mahesh aka ‘Intuitionn’ finished 2nd, Goonjan Mall aka ‘gmtesting’ followed in the 4th place.

Total Entries – 90
Prize Pool – INR 3,00,000
Places Paid – 13
Min – Cash – INR 6,150

The Pride

Guneet Kwatra aka ‘guntz’ was the last player standing in PokerBaazi’s The Pride INR 10 Lakhs GTD after outlasting a star-studded field of 319 entries. The top 36 players locked in at least INR 6,800 as minimum cash but Kwatra pocketed the biggest share of INR 2.21 Lakhs in prize money. Jayjit Ray aka ‘england’ finished in the runner-up position and secured INR 1.55 Lakhs for his efforts. Rubin Labroo aka ‘kornkid’ earned INR 99,700 for finishing 3rd place.

Total Entries – 319
Prize Pool – INR 10,00,000
Places Paid – 36
Min – Cash – INR 6,800

6-Max Wednesday SuperStack

The Wednesday SuperStack INR 3 Lakhs GTD on PokerBaazi crowded the field by 143 entries. Money reached the top 18 places and INR 3,930 was the minimum cash. Conquering the field to grab the largest share of the final prize pool was online grinder Anmol Mehta aka ‘anzzzzz’ who pocketed INR 77,250 in first prize. Mehta defeated Vineesh Bhatia aka ‘VanielNegranu’ heads-up who collected INR 54,090 in second place payout.

Total Entries – 143
Prize Pool – INR 3,00,000
Places Paid – 18
Min – Cash – INR 3,930

Maverick

The primetime tourney on Adda52 was the INR 15 lakhs GTD Maverick that kicked of at 8 pm last night. Powering through the field to claim the latest title was was a mystery player ‘factory123’ who added INR 3.82 Lakhs to his poker wallet. His opponent Umang Kakarania aka ‘Umang94’ finished runner-up for INR 2.17 Lakhs in first prize.