Ankit Wadhawan keeps adding to his stack here in Match 1! He tangled with Goonjan Mall again and came out on top, dragging another nice pot that pushed him past the six-figure chip mark.

This hand started quietly enough, just a simple limped pot between the blinds. Wadhawan was in the small blind holding , and Mall checked his option in the big blind with .

The flop came down . That nine gave Wadhawan top pair. He led out with a bet of 2,400. Mall decided to raise it to 7,000. Wadhawan wasn’t going anywhere and made the call.

The turn brought the . Now things got interesting. Both players held a heart in their hand, potentially improving their draws, but perhaps respecting the Ace or the flush possibility, the action slowed down. Both players checked it through.

But the river delivered the , putting a fourth heart on the board and pairing the lowest card. Crucially for Wadhawan, that completed his Queen-high flush. He decided it was time to get some value, firing out a bet of 6,400. Mall pondered the situation – maybe thinking Wadhawan was bluffing or perhaps holding a smaller flush himself – and eventually made the call.

Bad news for Mall. Wadhawan turned over his Queen-high flush, taking down the pot and stretching his chip lead further.

Chip Counts
Ankit Wadhawan – 100,600
Goonjan Mall – 38,000