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IPC August Edition: Priyesh M Wins IPC High Roller for ₹16.24 Lakhs, Unprecedented 140 Players Throng Event

PG News August 16, 2015
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After a thundering opening, the first-ever Highroller Event at the IPC played out to a magnificent end last night, with Mumbai-based Priyesh M (cover image) taking down his first title and a smashing top prize of ₹16.24 Lakhs. The 30-year old player made it through two days of play, beating one of the most challenging fields ever seen in Goa.

Priyesh made his way to the largest stack by the end of Day 1 and consolidated on it right through Day 2, to win heads up play with Siddarth Singhvi, after a two-way deal. Singhvi made ₹14.24 Lakhs, for a 2^nd place finish.

In what became one of the richest events in recent times, Sourav Chatterjee made 3^rd place for ₹8.65 Lakhs. Rajeev Kanjani who finished 4^th came in on an ₹6,000 online satellite on SpartanPoker.com. Kanjani made splendid on that investment, turning it into a payday of ₹6.77 Lakhs, with a consistent and aggressive performance on both days.

An unprecedented 140 runners paid up the ₹60,000 buy in causing the organizers to convert the event into a 2-day affair. The huge number generated a prize pool of ₹67.2 Lakhs and the top 15 players made the money with the min-cash being ₹1 Lakh.

Even as the High Roller was playing out its final hours on Day 2 yesterday, the Main Event began at 7 pm and the IPC once again proved its immense popularity. In the April edition, the Main Event drew 236 players, however, all records were broken when 248 players took to the felts in the Main Event on Saturday. At the end of the play, just 49 survived to play Day 2 that started at 3 pm today.

Tournament Recap

The event kicked off on time at 7 pm on Friday and was finally halted at 5:20 am, with just 18 players left out of the 140 entries.

Several popular names could be seen at the tables, but the first day proved a difficult one, as many pros were eliminated.

Raghav Bansal and Aditya Sushant were busted almost immediately after the start of the event. Others who did not last the day included Danish Shaikh , Sameer Rattonsey, Kunal Chandra, 10K Weekend champion Arsh Grover Amit Jain, Jasven Saigal Muskan Sethi and Young Gun Abhishek Goindi, who lasted until 4 am to finally exit at 25^th place.

Rajeev Kanjani could be seen playing in an aggressive mode, taking eliminations and one of those was Anubhav Aditya. Kanjani’s proved more powerful than Aditya’s and the latter was out of the tournament.

Priyesh M was also busy busting players and at one point he eliminated Kunal Patni and Subhash Sawhney in a three-way showdown. The hand had Sawhney`s against Priyesh M`s and Kunal Patni`s . The board brought out both a Jack and a Queen but the turn and the river were of no support.

At the end of Day 1, Priyesh M was the chip leader with 7,48,000 in chips and Siddarth Singhvi quite a bit behind with 5,46,000 chips.

End of Day 1 Chip Counts

1. Priyesh M – ₹7,48,000
2. Siddarth Singhvi – ₹5,46,000
3. Sourav Chatterjee – ₹2,51,000
4. Sahil Lalwani – ₹2,34,000
5. Prateek Jain – ₹2,08,000
6. Kanishka Samant – ₹2,05,000
7. Rajeev Kanjani – ₹2,03,500
8. Abhisek Panda – ₹1,85,500
9. Uday Patil – ₹1,19,000
10. Rishabh Chawla – ₹1,17,000

Day 2 Recap

Day 2 began at 3 pm and with the bubble looming the remaining 18 players took their seats with determination to last.

The first casualty of the day was the last-woman standing, Niharika Bindra, who was eliminated by Saurav Chatterjee.

After the elimination of Wahid Bhat, the countdown to the bubble began and 35 minutes into the play, it was finally Rohan Dhawan who became the bubble boy.

Rohan’s elimination came at Level 15 and it came through Rajeev Kanjani, continuing his aggressive play from Day 1.

Rohan Dhawan

Rajeev Kanjani

The board opened , sending Rohan to the rails on the money bubble in 16^th place and the rest of the players were now in the money.

Minutes later, Rishabh Chawla became the 15^th elimination and retired with ₹1 Lakh for the exit.

It took almost two hours for the final table to be found, after Mayank Agarwal hit the rails at 10^th place, taking along ₹1.2 Lakhs for consolation.

A nine-handed table was now ready and those remaining in play were:

Final Table Chip Counts

1. Siddarth Singhvi – 10,00,000
2. Priyesh M – 8,01,000
3. Sourav Chatterjee – 4,07,000
4. Sahil Lalwani – 3,24,000
5. Uday Patil – 2,71,000
6. Sonu Singh – 1,91,000
7. Abhisek Panda – 1,75,000
8. Rajeev Kanjani – 1,64,000
9. Kanishka Samant – 1,63,000

Final Table Recap

The first final table elimination was Abhishek Panda, who was busted by Sahil Lalwani. Panda retired at 9^th place for ₹1.5 lakhs. Lalwani lasted no further and was busted thereafter by Kanjani in 8^th place and Sonu Singh followed at 7^th place.

An hour later, Kanishka Samant, the smallest stack at the table lost his tournament life to Priyesh and was out at 6^th place.

Once again Kanjani struck out and next eliminated Uday Patil at 5^th place, however, 50 minutes later, Kanjani fell prey to Priyesh’s and was busted. Kanjani had and the board opened . The Ace on the flop eliminated Spartan Poker qualifier Kanjani in 4^th place for ₹6.77 Lakhs.

Saurav Chatterjee was next at 3^rd place, busted by Siddarth Singhvi.

Heads up began between Priyesh and Siddarth, after a deal to keep an additional ₹2 Lakhs for the winner, with each player getting ₹14.24 Lakhs.

The final play lasted almost another two hours, with each contestant refusing to give in. The swingy heads-up match continued with the chip lead shifting each level. Priyesh however kept up the pressure to win the tournament.

The final hand saw Priyesh open to 140,000 and Siddarth moved all-in. Priyesh snap called.

Priyesh

Siddarth

The board sent out and Priyesh was the champion. Singhvi collected ₹14.24 Lakhs for his runner-up finish.