Vikhyat Ahlawat just put his foot on the gas pedal here in Match 4! The Uttar Pradesh champion picked up two nice pots in consecutive hands without even needing to see a flop, thanks to some timely aggression!

Hand 1: Ace-Queen Gets Paid

First up, Ahlawat opened the action from under the gun, making it 1,500 with . It folded around to Mohit Bohra on the button, who put in a three-bet to 5,000 holding . Back to Ahlawat, he wasn’t backing down and popped it again with a four-bet to 12,400. Bohra decided to fold his Jacks, sending a tidy pot of 19,400 over to Ahlawat.

Hand 2: Ahlawat Strikes Again!

On the very next deal, the action started with Snehil Aggarwal opening to 1,500 from the hijack with . Mohit Bohra just called with . Then Saahib Bawa woke up with and made it 6,700 to go with a three-bet. The action didn’t stop there! It folded around to Vikhyat Ahlawat, who looked down at another premium hand, , and put in his second four-bet in as many hands, raising to 15,000!

Faced with this renewed aggression from Ahlawat – Aggarwal, Bohra, and Bawa all quickly released their hands. Ahlawat scooped up another pot uncontested, this one worth 25,600 chips!

Those two hands gave Ahlawat a nice boost early in Match 4, chipping up to 66,200.