India’s biggest ever online poker tournament, PokerBaazi’s EndBoss, saw a huge field of 5,847 entrants push up the prize pool to a massive Rs. 5.85 crore (app𒁃rox. $780,000).
It was Abhishek ‘Human_Al’ Maheshwari from Puna who made history on Sunday evening as the winner of Indian p⛎okᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚer’s largest-ever online poker prize, taking home a monster Rs. 1 crore (approx. $130,000).
Running from April 15-19, t꧙he online tournament promised to smash an earli♎er record from 2020 held by competitor Spartan Poker, who had hosted a Rs. 3 crore guaranteed tournament.
With millions of Indians under lockd𝄹own because of coronavirus, on💮line poker and gaming sites have seen an enormous pick-up in traffic which surely helped PokerBaazi exceed the advertised Rs. 5 crore guarantee.꧂
In total, 585 places were paid in the marathon event, which sets a new bench🔥mark for🦄 rival operators to beat.
Before EndBoss began, Varun Ganjoo, Marketing Director of Baazi Games, the parent 🐭company of PokerBaazi, told that: “Innꦏovation has always been in PokerBaazi’s blood and we have always come up with ind﷽ustry-defining tournaments. EndBoss will be no different.
“We are sure that the tournament will attr🌼act existing and new players with its prize pool, structure, and affordable buy-in. We are looking forward to crowning India’s bigge🃏st-ever winner!”
The success of EndBoss comes just a month after PokerBaazi’s previous record Game Changer tourney, which awarded a total prize pool o🥃f Rs. 3.77 🦄crore.
Ever-increasing prize guarantees from opꦜerators in India as they fight for market share suggests Indian players are set to be the big winners as the country fully embraces online🌳 poker.