Indian Poker players clinched several big pots in online poker on the first weekend of 2015. Karan Radia had a fabulous run on PokerStars winning 2 events and finishing 2nd in another thus, pocketing $17,747 in total out of 3 games. Meanwhile, pornoveloO triumphed the Player of the Year Finale event on Sunday winning taking home 4 Lakhs in prize money with the prestigious title.
Karan outplayed a huge field of players in The Hot $16.50 [Turbo], $50K Gtd event on Friday, 2nd Jan’15 bagging the top prize of $10,473. Capitalizing on this huge win, Karan went on to win the $3.30 Saturday Micro, $25K Gtd event on Saturday for $4,674 while finished as the runner-up in $55 Saturday PL Omaha, $15K Gtd event for $2,600.
Player of the Year (POY) Finale event returned on Adda52 to crown the ultimate champion of the year on Sunday. pornoveloO outlasted the intense poker battle to win the POY title taking home Rs 4 Lakhs. vijaypvhk playing in the same event fell against the champion pornoveloO in the heads-up for Rs 2 Lakhs. In the Adda52 Loyalty Fireworks event on Friday, tushmakster playing strategically against several good players on this site clinched the top prize of Rs 1 Lakh.
bblacklegend also joined the year’s first weekend bash winning $109 NL Hold’em [Turbo], $10K Gtd event for $3,182 on Saturday, 3rd Jan’15. On the same day, another Indian poker player, Buddhaluv proved his talent in $109 NL Hold’em [Turbo], $16K Gtd event beating hundreds of players from around the world. He bagged $4,450 for his 1st place finish in this turbo event. armaan007 who led the big wins of Indian contingents on Poker Stars in the past few weeks also cashed in $1,700 on Sunday in $109 NL Hold’em [Turbo], $10K Gtd event.
deysid90 played down to the heads-up of $27 NL Hold’em [6-Max, Progressive Super-Knockout] event but unfortunately ended up as the runner-up with $1,541. The weekend run culminated with a superb show by 4better in $52.50 NL Hold’em [Hyper-Turbo], $12K Gtd event wherein he demolished the final table to winning the first prize of $6,103.
The Indian poker players are on rise with the dawn of 2015 which clearly reflected in their wins on the 1st weekend. They will definitely look to capture even bigger prize pools and title in the coming days. Keep watching this space for the next edition of Weekend Indian Poker Pot.
Here is the Weekend Indian Poker Pot for the first weekend of 2015:
| Player/User Name | Event | Prize/Rank | Date |
| deysid90 | PS $27 NL Hold’em [6-Max, Progressive Super-Knockout] | $1,541.43/2nd | 2nd Jan |
| Karan Radia | PS The Hot $16.50 [Turbo], $50K Gtd | $10,473.30/1st | 2nd Jan |
| tushmakster | Adda52 Loyalty Fireworks | Rs 1,00,000/1st | 2nd Jan |
| bblacklegend | PS $109 NL Hold’em [Turbo], $10K Gtd | $3,182.00/1st | 3rd Jan |
| Buddhaluv | PS $109 NL Hold’em [Turbo], $16K Gtd | $4,450.50/1st | 3rd Jan |
| Karan Radia | PS $55 Saturday PL Omaha, $15K Gtd | $2,600.62/2nd | 3rd Jan |
| Karan Radia | PS $3.30 Saturday Micro, $25K Gtd | $4,674.90/1st | 3rd Jan |
| pornoveloO | Adda52 POY Finale | Rs 4,00,000/1st | 4th Jan |
| vijaypvhk | Adda52 POY Finale | Rs 2,00,000/2nd | 4th Jan |
| armaan007 | PS $109 NL Hold’em [Turbo], $10K Gtd | $1,700.00/2nd | 4th Jan |
| 4better | PS $52.50 NL Hold’em [Hyper-Turbo], $12K Gtd | $6,103.24/1st | 4th Jan |
| bigggTyMer | The Hotter 11 | $13,699/1st | 4th Jan |
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Awesome… Keep the Indian Flag flying High…..