Things are getting tense here in Match 2 as the blinds climb! We just saw Karnataka’s Bhanuprakash KC find a much-needed double-up against Haryana’s Snehil Aggarwal in a classic blind-versus-blind clash!

Down to his last six big blinds, Bhanuprakash KC pushed all in from the small blind holding . In the big blind, Snehil Aggarwal looked down at a strong pair, , and made the instant call. Bhanu needed some help, starting the hand as roughly a 38% underdog to Aggarwal’s 62% equity.

The dealer spread the first three community cards: . Bingo! Bhanu spiked his Ace right on the flop to take the lead.

Fourth street brought the , improving Bhanu further to trips Aces and leaving Aggarwal needing one of the two remaining eights on the river just to survive. The meaningless river card was the .

Bhanuprakash KC’s trips scooped the 55,000 pot, getting him right back in the game. Interestingly, after this double-up, several players—Zarvan, Bhanu, and Snehil—are all hovering around a similar 50,000 mark, resetting the dynamics at the table somewhat!

Chip Counts
Bhanuprakash KC – 55,000
Snehil Aggarwal – 54,500