DPT Xpress: Anish Juwarkar Clinches Career-First DPT Title in the ₹5K Burn N Turn

The first event of the Deltin Poker Tournament (DPT) Xpress February Edition – ₹5K Burn N Turn Event – is now in the books! Hosted for the very first time on-board the fabulous Casino Deltin Royale, the event registered a field of 197 entries (94 unique entries, 41 re-buys, 62 add-ons) posting a prize pool of ₹9.17 Lakhs.

The turbo event saw eliminations take place, left, right, and center, from the get-go. Despite having a delayed start due to feeder-related issues, the event kicked off at 6.20 PM, and the final table was formed even before the clock struck midnight. The ten-handed final table was quickly reduced to just five players, and the remaining players quickly shook hands on a five-way ICM deal. Rajat Singh secured himself the fattest payday of ₹1.58 Lakhs. Dhaval Doshi (₹1.37 Lakhs), Clinton Fernandes (₹1.28 Lakhs), Anish Juwarkar (₹1.08 Lakhs) and Karan Mehta (₹98,200) divided the remainder of the prize money.

Once the deal was set in place with only the trophy left in play, it took about 20 minutes for Anish Juwarkar (cover image) to capture the title! A Management Consultant by profession, Juwarkar had won his seat in the event through an online satellite. Juwarkar has over a decade’s worth of experience playing the game and has more than a few deep runs on his resume. In fact, he had final tabled two events at the last DPT Xpress edition. He had finished sixth in the ₹10K Bounty for ₹35,000 and placed fifth in the ₹15K Main Event for ₹1.45 Lakhs.

Juwarkar had started off as one of the shortest stacks on the final table but quickly found a monster double up through Anuj Laddhad. After that, he went on to eliminate Niyut Shah, Dhaval Doshi, and Karan Mehta, before facing Rajat Singh in the heads-up confrontation. Here too, Juwarkar had started off as the shorter stack but made his way to the top, ultimately toppling Singh to clinch his first-ever DPT title!

Talking about his victory, Juwarkar later said, “It feels great, I final tabled last twice in the last DPT express – ME and Bounty event at Deltin Jack. But this time, I am happy as I improved, and I am going back with the trophy.”

Commenting on the final table ICM deal, he said, “We were really deep, and stacks were really shallow, and we all decided to chop the money and play for the trophy.”

The top 17 places were slated to finish in the money, and Gaurav Gupta was the last player to fall out empty-handed.

Some notables who finished in the money were Chetan Jain (12th for ₹23,000) and Akshay Gupta (16th for ₹18,000).

Prashant Jain Bhutoria bubbled the final table, finishing 11th for ₹23,000.

Final Table Chip Counts

1. Clinton Fernandez – 534,000

2. Anuj Laddhad – 415,000

3. Niyut Shah – 298,000

4. Rajat Singh – 237,000

5. Karan Mehta – 212,000

6. Dhaval Doshi – 199,000

7. Sharan Randhawa – 183,000

8. Dipika Agarwal – 181,000

9. Anish Juwarkar – 180,000

10. Sam Reddy – 152,000

Final Table Recap

Being a fast-paced event, it did not take long for the finalists to hit the rail. In fact, the very first elimination on the final table was a double knockout.

A three-way pot saw Clinton Fernandes’ lock horns with Dipika Agarwal’s and Anuj Laddhad’s . The board blanked, and Fernandes pocket jacks held eliminating Agarwal in 10th and Laddhad in ninth place, respectively.

Soon after that, Fernandes claimed his next prey in Sharan Randhawa. The latter’s were no match for Fernandes’ which bettered to a pair of queens on the runout . Randhawa was ousted in eighth place.

Finishing in seventh place was Niyut Shah when his were bested by Anish Juwarkar’s . The board gave Juwarkar a set of trey, sending Shah to the rail.

Down to six-handed play, Sam Reddy’s came face to face with Fernandes’ . The board bricked, ending Reddy’s run in sixth place.

With five runners left in the fray, the finalists decided to opt for a five-way ICM chop. As per the deal, Rajat Singh locked in the most significant portion of the prize pool kitty worth ₹1.58 Lakhs. Dhaval Doshi (₹1.37 Lakhs), Clinton Fernandes (₹1.28 Lakhs), Anish Juwarkar (₹1.08 Lakhs), and Karan Mehta (₹98,200) divided the remainder of the prize money as per their chip stacks.

With just the trophy left to play for, the final table became a ‘shove-fest’ with the winner being declared in under 20 minutes.

The first of the five finalists to depart was Clinton Fernandes when his were outmaneuvered by Mehta’s that found a pair of seven on the river. Fernandes walked out in fifth place.

Dhaval Doshi joined Fernandes at the rail about two minutes later. Doshi jammed with and Juwarkar called holding . Juwarkar hit three-of-a-kind queens on the runout , eliminating Doshi in fourth place.

Next to go was Karan Mehta when his were defeated by Singh’s pocket kings, busting him in third place.

Following Mehta’s exit, the heads-up play between Rajat Singh (1,735,000) and Anish Juwarkar (835,000) got underway. Despite being the shorter stack, Juwarkar managed to take the chip lead away from Singh and ultimately claimed his first-ever DPT title.

On the final hand, Singh’s were no match for Juwarkar’s that hit a Broadway straight on the turn, relegating Singh to a runner-up finish.

Final Table Results (INR)

1. Anish Juwarkar – ₹1,08,700*

2. Rajat Singh – ₹1,58,800*

3. Karan Mehta – ₹98,200*

4. Dhawal Doshi – ₹1,37,300*

5. Clinton Fernandez – ₹1,28,700*

6. Sam Reddy – ₹38,000

7. Niyut Shah – ₹32,000

8. Sharan Randhawa – ₹29,000

9. Anuj Laddhah – ₹26,000

10. Dipika Agarwal – ₹23,000

*denotes five-way ICM deal

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