February 14, 2020: Spartan Poker’s most prestigious India Online Poker Championship (IOPC) 2020 has been a tale of rising numbers and records
with guaranteed prize pools (GTD) galore to the delight of all players. The
2020 IOPC tournament gripped the entire poker fraternity and witnessed an
attendance of over 2300 players. Over 17 days of mind-bending online tournament
action, contestants battled it for the crowning title and a jaw-dropping 16+ Cr
GTD.
The winner of the IOPC Millionaire Main Event, Anurag
Srivastava triumphed on the last thunderous night of the series, bagging a
whopping prize of INR 59+ Lakhs. He is now the biggest winner in an online
poker tournament in India. While the most prominent of them all so far was a 35-year-old
CA from Gujarat, Dhruv in Kothari who took home not one but two titles and both
in flagship events. His breakout run started with the Million aire Legends
title that he clinched for INR 36.77 Lakhs. Post which, he was seen conquering
the IOPC Super High Roller for INR 25.18 Lakhs, booking amassive INR 60 Lakhs
profit in total.
The India Online Poker Championship has been bigger
and better in
every sense of the word where an array of poker players showcased their skills
and got the ultimate shot at glory. Spartan Poker started the year with the not
able India Poker Championship (IPC) in Goa and scheduled IOPC right after it on
Jan 24, 2020, keeping the players hooked. They keep coming up with crisp ideas
to fascinate their loyal base and bring out a better quality of play in every
season. IOPC Jan 2020 crushed its original GTD to cross the 20 Crores mark as
compared to last season’s achieved prize pool of over 15 Crores.
Expressing
his delight on this, Mr. Amin Rozani, founder and managing director of
Spartan Poker said, “The idea behind the inception of the India Poker
Championship (IPC) and India Online
Poker Championship (IOPC) was to present poker players in the country a
poker entity which they could call their own and associate with. The
overwhelming response that we have been receiving each year isa testament to
the vision we had for both the tournaments. 2019 has seen IPC and IOPC scale
further heights with the emergence of so many Indian players and we appreciate
all for their heightened interest. As part of our constant endeavour to promote
a skilled-based game like poker in the country, we will keep on striving to
take IPC and IOPC to the zenith in the coming years to open further avenues for
poker enthusiasts.”
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