Its all over! Gautam Sachdeva has trounced Nishant Sharma in the heads-up battle of ₹35K Main Event and will now take home a mouth-watering winner’s payday of ₹43.21 Lakhs. Sharma will receive ₹27.28 Lakhs for his runner-up finish.
Gautam Sachdeva opened to 350K with pocket sixes and Nishant Sharma called. The flop fell and Sachdeva hit a full house. Both players checked to see the turn . Sachdeva fired a bet of 450K and Sharma raised to 1.2 Million. Sachdeva called and the river came . Sharma led out for 1.4 Million and had 2.6 Million behind. Sachdeva jammed and Sharma tank-called, tabling . Though Sharma had rivered a flush, Sachdeva’s flopped boat won him his first BPT title!
Gautam Sachdeva opened from the button for 320K and Vikash Mantri jammed from the big blind for 3 Million. Sachdeva called.
Vikash Mantri
Gautam Sachdeva
Sachdeva’s pocket fours did the trick and Mantri was eliminated in third place for ₹17.03 Lakhs.
Heads-Up Chip Counts
Gautam Sachdeva – 11,240,000
Nishant Sharma – 7,025,000
The three remaining players have now gone on a 10-minute break. Play will resume at the start of Level 31 with blinds set at 80,000/160,000 and ante of 160,000.
Chip Counts
Gautam Sachdeva – 7,960,000
Nishant Sharma – 7,105,000
Vikas Mantri – 3,200,000
PokerBaazi CEO Navkiran Singh has been on a roll. After championing the ₹100K High Roller just two days ago, he was back at it and had made the Main Event final table with a commendable stack of 2.730 Million. He came very close to becoming the second player in Indian poker history, after Nikhunj Jhunjhunwala who had won the High Roller and Main Event of the 2015 IPC December edition, to collect back-to-back titles, but sadly fell out in fourth place for ₹12.42 Lakhs.
Vikash Mantri opened with and next to act Singh jammed with 10 BBs, holding (off-suit).Mantri’s found a jack on the board, eliminating Singh in the process.
Chip Counts
Vikash Mantri – 4,000,000
Ayush Garg shoved for 12BBs with (off-suit) and Nishant Sharma called from big blind holding . The latter’s hand held, ousting Garg in fifth place for ₹9.73 Lakhs.
Chip Counts
Nishant Sharma – 8,300,000
Nishant Sharma opened for 250K with and Vikash Mantri shoved with . Sharma check-folded, showing his cards to which Mantri asked, “How can you fold with 45% equity?”
Vikas Mantri opened from cutoff and Vishrut Jain jammed from the button. Gautam Sachdeva reshoved and Mantri folded. Jain’s as no match for Sachdeva’s , eliminating the former in sixth place for ₹7.31 Lakhs.
Chip Counts
Gautam Sachdeva – 6,100,000
Another double up for Vikash Mantri and this time its from Ayush Garg. Mantri’s were up against Garg’s . The board saw Mantri hit a set of aces on the river, securing yet another big pot!
Chip Counts
Vikash Mantri – 2,100,000
Ayush Garg – 950,00
Down to 220K, Vikash Matri jammed from the button with and Navkiran Singh called from big blind with . Singh hit a pair of kings on the flop to take the lead, but the on the turn gave Mantri a spades flush. The river was inconsequential and Mantri raked in the pot.
Chip Counts
Navkiran Singh – 1,800,000
Vikash Mantri – 810,000
Vikash Mantri went all-in for 1.1 Million from small blind with and Vishrut Jain reshoved for 855K from big blind with . The board blanked and Jain’s ace-king held, giving him a much-needed double up.
Chip Counts
Vishrut Jain – 1,800,000
Vikash Mantri – 220,000
Young Gun Siddharth Karia is an emerging talent in the domestic circuit and played well in the BPT Main Event. Sadly, he hit the rail in seventh place for ₹6.21 Lakhs.
Karia jammed from UTG with 10 BBs, holding (off-suit) and Ayush Garg, who was in the middle position, called with (suited). The board bricked and Garg’s hand was good enough to dismiss Karia in seventh place.
Chip Counts
Ayush Garg – 3,500,000
Nishant Sharma raised to 170K and Navkiran Singh 3-bet to 490K. Sharma called for 320K and the flop . Singh led out for 225K and Sharma check-called to see the turn . Both players checked down to the river . Sharma checked again and Singh bet for 530K and Sharma called.
Nishant Sharma
Navkiran Singh
Sharma hit a pair of jacks on the turn to win the pot.
Chip Counts
Nishant Sharma – 7,600,000
Navkiran Singh – 2,100,000
Navkiran Singh raised to 170K from hijack with and Nishant Sharma 3-bet to 560K from the big blind, holding . Singh called to see the flop . Sharma checked and Singh jammed for 2 Million. Sharma folded and Singh raked in the pot.
Chip Counts
Nishant Sharma – 6,000,000
Navkiran Singh – 3,200,000
Another quick elimination has happened and this time we saw Himanshu Dewan leaving the final table. Dewan had made a phenomenal comeback towards the end of Day 2 to make the cut for the final table. Nevertheless, he was the shortest stack and eventually couldn’t hold on to his place at the final table for much longer, following Saha’s elimination.
Dewan had shoved from the hijack with 12 BBs and Gautam Sachdeva called from small blind with (suited). Dewan tabled (off-suit). An ace of the turn improved Sachdeva’s hand to a pair, resulting in Dewan’s eight place exit for ₹5 Lakhs.
Chip Counts
Gautam Sachdeva – 2,600,000
The first elimination of the Main Event final table has just take place and its Jai Saha who hit the rail in ninth place for ₹3.60 Lakhs.
Nishant Sharma opened from hijack and Vikas Mantri flat called from the cutoff. Saha 3-bet from the big blind and Sharma jammed. Mantri folded, while Saha called. Sharma’s (off-suit) were pitted against Saha’s (suited). Sharma’s Big Slick held, sending Saha to the rail.
Chip Counts
Nishant Sharma – 6,500,000
The live stream of the final table is up and running, with a 15 minute delay.
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The nine-player final table of the ₹35K Main Event of the Baazi Poker Tour is now underway, following the player presentation. Nishant Sharma started out as the chip leader with 3.650 Million chips, while Himanshu Dewan has the shortest stack of 1.295 Million.
We will share the live stream link (with a 15-minute delay) shortly and will also be giving blow-up-blow updates on in our live coverage section, so stay tuned!
Final Table Chip Counts
Seat No | Player | Chip Count |
---|---|---|
1 | Ayush Garg | 2,570,000 |
2 | Nishant Sharma | 3,650,000 |
3 | Vikas Mantri | 1,515,000 |
4 | Himanshu Dewan | 1,295,000 |
5 | Vishrut Jain | 1,810,000 |
6 | Jai Saha | 1,750,000 |
7 | Navkiran Singh | 2,730,000 |
8 | Gautam Sachdeva | 1,600,000 |
9 | Siddharth Karia | 1,320,000 |