The second event at the 2022 Baazi Poker Tour, ₹15K Big Bounty, is finally in the books! Online crusher Ujjwal Narwal topped the 486-entry field, besting the 2019 PPL MoneyMaker winner Romit Advani in a very short heads-up match that lasted just one hand. The win fetched the IIT-ian his first live MTT title and ₹8.85 Lakhs in prize money. Advani collected ₹6.14 Lakhs in second place.
A well-known online MTT pro, Narwal has many accolades to his name; however, his live poker resume was relatively lacking. His career biggest live score, before this win, was a 10th place finish in the 2020 IPC Main Event for ₹5.12 Lakhs.
In the post-match interview, Narwal informed us that he hasn’t played as much poker in the last year and was looking forward to playing the Highroller. But as they say, all’s well that ends well – he bagged the top honors and now has the option to get some overnight rest and register late for the Highroller on Saturday.
It was an eventful Friday at the Baazi Poker Tour with the ₹1 Lakh BPT Highroller and the NPS Golden Rush FT also on the schedule. Day 2 of the Big Bounty began at 2 PM sharp, with 28 players and the eliminations came pouring almost immediately.
The notable eliminations included Avneesh Munjal (11th for ₹72,500), start-of-Day 2 chip leader Shashank Shekhar (15th for ₹57,100), MPL Poker Team Pro Dhaval Mudgal (16th for ₹48,300), Aditya Kesharwani (19th for ₹40,500), Debayan Das (22nd for ₹33,900), Anant Purohit (24th for ₹33,900), Young Gun Sanat Mehrotra (25th for ₹29,300) and Vinay Rajpal (28th for ₹25,800).
Kunal Patni was among the several Day 2 qualifiers who experienced a swingy ride on Day 2! The former banker had built a stack, and just when an FT finish looked imminent, he lost all his chips to successive coolers. He ended up bubbling the FT in 10th place for ₹72,500.
Final Table Results
1. Ujjwal Narwal – ₹8,85,400
2. Romit Advani – ₹6,14,400
3. Mohak Kapoor – ₹3,95,000
4. Akshat Sharma – ₹2,70,000
5. Unnikrishnan Nair – ₹2,07,500
6. Ankit Bhansali – ₹1,72,500
7. Ratul Steves – ₹1,45,000
8. Bharat Vasan – ₹1,11,900
9. Gautam Sachdeva – ₹85,000
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