After a long-ish break for the finalists who had to wait till the Main Event celebration got over, the action resumed and there were fireworks from the get-go.

Aman Gupta became the first player to fall on the final table. The elimination hand saw him open from the cutoff for 55K. Natesh Sirpaul shoved from the big blind for 152K. Gupta called at the risk of his tournament life.

Aman Gupta

Natesh Sirpaul

The board bricked for Gupta, and he collected ₹25K for his 9th place finish!