Wow! We just witnessed the first elimination of Match 4, and it happened in an absolutely brutal fashion! Saahib Bawa, representing Delhi, has unfortunately been knocked out in 6th place again (-5 points), dealing a major blow to his chances of making the grand finale. Scoring the knockout and the first 15-point bounty of this match is Chandigarh’s Ankit Wadhawan!

Ankit Wadhawan picked up under the gun and opened with a raise to 2,400. The action folded around to Saahib Bawa in the big blind, who looked down at a monster himself ! Bawa put in a three-bet to 8,500. Wadhawan, perhaps looking to trap, just made the call.

The flop came down . Disaster for Wadhawan as Bawa hit the top set! Bawa led out from the blinds for 5,500. Wadhawan, with his overpair and backdoor possibilities, made the call.

The arrived on the turn. Bawa bet again, making it 9,000 this time. Wadhawan decided now was the time to apply pressure or go for value from worse Jacks, moving all-in for his remaining 44,000! Bawa, holding the flopped top set, snap-called off his last 37,000 chips.

Bawa was in fantastic shape to double up, needing to fade just one card – the case Ace…

But the river was the ! Unbelievable! Wadhawan spiked the two-outer on the river to make a higher set of Aces!

Just like that, Saahib Bawa’s tournament run in Match 4 ends via a cruel river card. Ankit Wadhawan scoops the massive 104,400 pot, grabs those 15 bounty points, and rockets into the chip lead! What a hand!