WPT Day 20: Vishal Bajaj Shipped The Highroller & Cashed A Whopping 21 Lakh In Prize Money

The World Poker Tour (WPT) has been taking place in full swing for the last few days. Yesterday, there were two high-value tournaments that took place, the highroller and the PLO event. The IOPC veteran Vishal Bajaj lifted the Highroller title while Nishaanth Shanmughasundaram shipped the PLO tournament. Keep reading to know all about the action that went down on the virtual felts of Adda52 last night.

Highroller – ₹80 Lakh GTD

One of the highest value events in the World Poker Tour series was the Highroller tournament. This event attracted 137 entries in total and a total of 15 players made it in the money. The top 15 players In this ₹5,500 buy-in tournament received a minimum of ₹14,000 in prize money. This event was shipped by Vishal Bajaj aka ‘GigaaBet’ who received prize money of ₹21,60,000.

Total entries: 137
Buy-In: ₹5,500
Places paid: 15
Min-Cash: ₹14,000

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PLO Bounty – ₹5 Lakh GTD

On Day 20 of the WPT, a PLO bounty tournament took place. This ₹4000 buy-in event had 213 entries in total and well-known player Nishaanth Shanmughasundaram shipped this PLO event. This player received ₹1,59,878 in prize money and had 15 bounties to his name. Shanmughasundaram received ₹51,615 in bounty money.

The advertised guarantee in this event was ₹5 Lakh but it was crushed and the final prize pool stood at ₹5,75,102. The top 21 players received a minimum of ₹5,176 in prize money.

Total entries: 213
Prize pool: ₹5,75,102
Buy-In: ₹4000
Places paid: 21
Min-Cash: ₹5,176

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