Total No. of Entries – 156
No.of players left – 1
Last Elimination – Ankit Jajodia (Runner-Up For ₹5,28,800)
Winner – Rohan Dhawan For ₹7,55,300
Level 20, (Blinds 15,000/30,000)
Time: 5:03, Level 20 (Blinds 15,000/30,000)
The heads-up between Rohan Dhawan and Ankit Jajodia lasted only a few hands. Jajodia who had started the finale severely short-stacked was soon pressured into the corner by Dhawan’s overwhelming chip lead. The final hand of the tournament saw Dhawan potting preflop on which Jajodia repotted. Dhawan called and the flop fell . Jajodia moved all-in and Dhawan called.
Ankit Jajodia
Rohan Dhawan
The turn and the river saw Dhawan collecting the pot, also eliminating Jajodia to claim the title!
Player | Finish | Prize |
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Rohan Dhavan | 1st | ₹7.55 Lakhs |
Ankit Jajodia | 2nd | ₹5.28 Lakhs |
Nishant Sharma | 3rd | ₹3.40 Lakhs |
Manas Kalita | 4th | ₹2.51 Lakhs |
Myron Pereira | 5th | ₹1.88 Lakhs |
Karan Gandhi | 6th | ₹1.51 Lakhs |
Vikram Kumar | 7th | ₹1.25 Lakhs |
Time: 04:48, Level 20, (Blinds 15,000/30,000)
The heads-up showdown has kicked off between Rohan Dhawan (16,90,000) and Ankit Jajodia (6,50,000) and will play down to champion in some time, so stay tuned!
Time: 4:32, Level 20, (Blinds 15,000/30,000)
All-in showdowns have been the trend on this final table and we witnessed yet another scenario that began with Rohan Dhawan raising on the button. While Ankit Jajodia mucked his cards, Nishant Sharma called. The flop was checked by both players but after turn, Sharma shoved all-in. Dhawan called and the river was the .
Rohan Dhawan
Nishant Sharma
Dhawan found two pairs of aces and fours on the runout, eliminating Sharma in fourth place.
Time: 04:34, Level 20 (Blinds 15,000/30,000)
Ankit Jajodia is living on the edge. He has been a part of three back-to-back all-in hands and managed to double up all three times. He has won pots against Rohan Dhawan and Nishant Sharma (twice) now and is sitting with around 310,000 presently.
Time: 04:07, Level 19 (Blinds 15,000/25,000)
Manas Kalita has just been eliminated by Rohan Dhawan. Dhawan raised to 40,000 and Kalita potted to 170,000. Kalita called to see the flop and Kalita who held drew a flush draw. Kalita moved all-in for his remaining 150,000 and Dhawan called, showing . Dhawan’s nines sent Kalita out of the competition.
Time: 3:30, Level 17 (Blinds 8,000/16,000)
The four remaining players have gone on a 10-minute break and Rohan Dhawan continues to be the chip leader with a monster stack of 8,40,000. Here are the updated chip counts:
Player | Chip Count |
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Rohan Dhawan | 8,90,000 |
Nishant Sharma | 6,45,000 |
Ankit Jajodia | 5,10,000 |
Manas Kalita | 3,20,000 |
Time: 2:40, Level 15 (Blinds 15, 6,000/12,000)
Myron Pereira just made another attempt to chip up but lost his tournament life instead. Pereira moved all-in preflop from the cutoff and was called by Kalita who was on the button.
Myron Pereira
Manas Kalita
The community cards saw Pereira’s pocket kings get cracked by Kalita’s ten-high straight.
Time: 2:35, Level 15 (Blinds 15, 6,000/ 12,000)
Rohan Dhawan & Myron Pereira were on their backs with Dhawan holding versus Pereira’s . The board panned out and Pereira scored a much-needed double-up.
Time: 02:11, Level 15 (5,000/10,000)
The action folded to Ankit Jajodia who raised to 30,000 from the cutoff. Manas Kalita shoved all-in for 100,000 and Jajodia called.
Manas Kalita
Ankit Jajodia
The board ran out [ and Kalita’s pocket kings held, getting him a double up.
Time: 02:15, Level 15 (Blinds 5,000/10,000)
Karan Gandhi opened to 30,000 and Nishant Sharma 3-bet to 100,000, Gandhi jammed with and Sharma called with . Sharma flopped three-of-a-kind jacks, eliminating Gandhi in sixth place.
Time: 02:10, Level 15 (Blinds 5,000/10,000)
Vikram ‘Lungi’ Kumar opened from UTG with and the player in small blind called with . The board brought , resulting in Lungi’s seventh place exit.
The seven-max final table has now been formed and Rohan Dhawan who eliminated Ayush Goyal now sits in pole position with a massive stack of 940,000. Following Dhawan is Ankit Jajodia (507,000), while Manas Kalita (378,000) and Vikram ‘Lungi’ Kumar (170,000) follow suit.
Player | Chip Count |
---|---|
Rohan Dhavan | 940,000 |
Ankit Jajodia | 507,000 |
Manas Kalita | 378,000 |
Vikram Kumar | 170,000 |
Karan Gandhi | 156,000 |
Nishant Sharma | 140,000 |
Myron Pereira | 102,000 |
Player | Finish | Payout |
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Ayush Goyal | 8th | ₹1.06 Lakhs |
Gaurav Gala | 9th | ₹75,400 |
Gaurav Sood | 10th | ₹54,800 |
Prabhat Mukherjea | 11th | ₹54,800 |
Time: 01:22, Level 15 (Blinds 5,000/10,000)
With the event one elimination from the final table, all eyes were on this all-in showdown. It didn’t take long before Ayush Garg moved all-in preflop with [ and was called by Rohan Dhawan who held . The board ran and Dhawan’s aces sent Garg out on the final table bubble.
Time: 01:00, Level 14 (Blinds 4,000/8,000)
Gaurav Gala followed Gaurav Sood to the rail after his lost to Nishant Sharma’s .
Time: 00:55, Level 14 (Blinds 4,000/8,000)
Gaurav Sood just hit the rail, to collect a tenth place payout. Sood had against a player’s and the board ran out , eliminating Sood.
Time: 00:30, Level 14 (Blinds 4,000/ 6,000)
Player | Chip Count |
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Manas Kalita | 466,000 |
Karan Gandhi | 305,000 |
Ankit Jajodia | 207,000 |
Myron Pereira | 177,000 |
Nishant Sharma | 160,000 |
Vikram Kumar | 104,000 |
Rohan Dhavan | 96,000 |
Gaurav Gala | 65,000 |
Time: 00:26, Level 13 (Blinds 3,000/6,000)
Prabhat Kiran Mukherjea was sent packing out to the rail whiskers short of the final table. Dhawan opened and Mukherjea called. After the flop, Mukherjea who had and Dhawan moved all-in with . The turn was the [ and the river was the and Dhawan’s nine-high straight spelled the end of Mukherjea’s run.
Time: 00:15, Level 13 (Blinds 3,000/6,000)
The eliminations have come swiftly over the level and the field has narrowed to the final two tables, with 12 players now jostling for a spot on the final table.
Here is the list of ITM eliminations so far.
Player | Finish | Payout |
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Anant Purohit | 12th | ₹54,800 |
Siddharth Singhvi | 13th | ₹45,200 |
Puneet Dua | 14th | ₹45,200 |
Deep Patel | 15th | ₹45,200 |
Vinay Rajpal | 16th | ₹38,400 |
Sirjan Singh | 17th | ₹38,400 |
Divyank Prasoon | 18th | ₹38,400 |
Time: 00:15, Level 13 (Blinds 3,000/6,000)
Anant Purohit was eliminated a while back in a hand that saw Karan Gandhi open the action where Purohit 3-bet jammed for 11 big blinds with . Gandhi showed and the board ran . Gandhi who held a higher kicker ended Purohit’s run.
Time: 23:45, Level 12 (Blinds 2,000/4,000)
Deep Patel has hit the rail in 15th place. Patel who held found a six on the flop to hit a set but Sharma rivered a flush, sending Patel out of contention.
Prior to Patel, Vinay Rajpal (16th), Sirjan Singh (17th) and Divyank Prasoon (18th) collected ₹38,400 each.
Time: 23:25, Level 11 (Blinds 1,500/3,000)
Just after losing the hand to Gaurav Gala, Vikas Mantri announced all-in with and found a caller in Nishant Sharma who had . The entire floor watched with bated breath as the dealer fanned out . Sharma’s superior two-pair ended the 2017 WPT India Main Event champion’s run on the bubble. All remaining players are now in the money!
Time: 23:20, Level 11 (Blinds 1,500/3,000)
Gaurav Gala just went all-in from the cutoff preflop and was called off by Vikas Mantri.
Gaurav Gala
Vikas Mantri
The board panned out and Gala not just survived the hand but received a massive double-up!
Time: 23:15, Level 11 (Blinds 1,500/3,000)
The event is down to the final 19 players and with only 18 places paid, the hand-for-hand play has been initiated. Several players were seen chipping up, Manas Kalita scooped a pot off Myrion Perreira and another from Deep Patel. On other tables, Nishant Sharma and Ayush Goyal have both chipped up.
Time: 22:35, Level (10 (Blinds 1,500, 2,500)
Ayush Goyal has just scored a big double-up from Prabhat Mukherjea where the latter potted for 10,500 preflop and Goyal repotted for 38,500 from the big blind. Mukherjea called to see the flop. Goyal moved all-in for 78,000 and Mukherjea called.
Ayush Goyal
Prabhat Mukherjea
The turn and the river worked in Goyal’s favor and he doubled up to 140,000!
Time: 22:00, Level 9 (Blinds 1,000/2,000)
The 20K PLO registered a whopping 156 entries generating a ₹29.32 Lakhs prize pool! The event will pay the top 18 spots at least ₹38,400 with ₹7.55 Lakhs reserved for the winner.
Here are the complete payouts:
Position | Prize |
---|---|
1st | ₹7,55,300 |
2nd | ₹5,28,800 |
3rd | ₹3,40,200 |
4th | ₹2,51,900 |
5th | ₹1,88,900 |
6th | ₹1,51,000 |
7th | ₹1,25,500 |
8th | ₹1,00,600 |
9th | ₹75,400 |
10th-12th | ₹54,800 |
13th-15th | ₹45,200 |
16th-18th | ₹38,400 |
Time: 21:35, Level 8 (Blinds 800/1,600)
Rohan Dhawan opened UTG with and Sam Anand 3-bet to 90,000 from the big blind with . Dhawan jammed for 51,000 and Anand made the call. The board ran and Dhawan’s rivered king ended Anand’s tournament run.
Time: 21:28, Level 8 (Blinds 800/1,600)
We reached the table when Nitesh Baliyan was heads-up against Nikhil Unnikrishnan and took the pot down.
In the very next hand, Baliyan limped from UTG+1 to see the flop where big blind Deep Patel led out 6,500 and got calls from Baliyan and Bothra. After the turn, Patel made it 17,000 and Baliyan tank-called while Bothra got out of the way. After the river, Patel moved all-in and Baliyan tanked for a while before mucking his hand.
Time: 21:17, Level 8 (Blinds 800/1,600)
Registrations have now closed and the event has fared very well in terms of participation, with 156 entries. Prize Pool and payout information is expected anytime soon and we spotted some new faces including Vivek Rughani who busted from the Big Bounty and Chirag Sodha who has been eliminated from the Main Event joining the action.
Player | Chip Count |
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Prabhat Mukherjea | 1,78,000 |
Anant Purohit | 1,27,000 |
Rohan Dhavan | 1,19000 |
Nikhil Jain | 109,500 |
Phanindra Akkina | 100,000 |
Jasven Saigal | 90,000 |
Karan Gandhi | 86,500 |
Ayush Goyal | 80,000 |
Sirjan Singh | 78,000 |
Prithviraj Ganganna | 75,000 |
Manas Kalita | 70,000 |
Sam Anand | 50,100 |
Nishant Sharma | 54,000 |
Puneet Dua | 53,100 |
Siddharth Singhvi | 46,400 |
Vikas Mantri | 43,100 |
RG | 41,000 |
Rajesh Singh | 33,000 |
Chirag Sodha | 30,200 |
Pankaj Kothari | 30,000 |
Munish Kumar | 16,200 |
Abhijeet Shetty | 16,200 |
Abhishek Goindi | 15,600 |
Time: 20:48, Level 7 (Blinds 600/1,200)
It’s break time and the 20K PLO is about to close registrations. Till now a total of 154 entries have been logged and a few more may join the field during the break.
Time: 20:40, Level 7 (Blinds 600/1,200)
Rohan Dhawan is climbing up now and has scored a monstrous double up through Abhinav Iyer just before the break. In the hand in question, Iyer moved all-in and Dhawan called.
Abhinav Iyer
Rohan Dhawan
The community cards ran and Dhawan’s rivered flush won him a big double-up. He is now comfortably placed with a stack of 119,000.
Late registration is closing down.
Time: 20:25, Level 7 (600/1,200)
Vikram Kumar just eliminated good friend and former partner Abhishek Jalan in a preflop all in showdown that saw Kumar’s dominate Jalan’s on a board. Both hit a flush but Kumar’s ace-high flush was superior and ended Jalan’s run.
Time 20:05, Level 6 (5,000/10,000)
There’s a lot of friendly banter on the table and players are enjoying the final day of the BPT. Over on one table, we saw Arvind Raj scoop two back to back pots off Vikram Kumar. Kumar didn’t seem fazed and he went on to win the next clash that happened between him and Phanindra Akkina.
In the subsequent hand, it was Raj losing out to Akkina.
Time 19:25, Level 5 (Blinds 400/800)
Left short stacked after losing a hand to Zarvan Tumboli, Wilson Yomso scored a much-needed double-up immediately after, with his hitting a ten-high straight to outdo Tumboli’s on the runout.
Time 19:20, Level 5 (Blinds 400/800)
Action has been hectic at the PLO with the likes of Vikram Kumar, Abhishek Goindi and Wilson Yomso firing multiple bullets. There were also a few spin ups. We saw Yogesh Choudhary dig into Jasven Saigal’s stack and over on the other tables Zarvan Tumboli and Prithviraj Ganganna were seen picking pots.
Time: 18:54, Level 4 (Blinds 300/600)
Abhishek Jalan and Gaurav Gala are playing in their first BPT event and it happens to be the ₹20K PLO. Will these two established poker pros run deep? Only time will tell.
Time: 18:45, Level 4 (300/400)
Himanshu Arora just sent Gagandeep Malik packing out. Arora, who was in the cutoff, raised for 1200 and found a caller in small blind Malik. Arora re-raised, and Malik moved all-in. Arora called, and the cards were tabled.
Gagandeep Malik
Himanshu Arora
The runout favored Arora who hit a full house.
Time: 18:26, Level 3 (Blinds 300/400)
Rohan Dhawan has fired no less than eight bullets in the event till now! We have details of two of his knockouts. Right after Yomso was eliminated, Rohan Dhawan moved all-in with and found a caller in Krishnan who had . The board ran and Krishna’s trips were good enough to send Dhawan out.
Wasting no time, Dhawan re-entered but found his outdone by Wilson Yomso’s on the board to head out again.
Time: 18:25, Level 3 (Blinds 300/400)
As the players left for a short break, we were able to take a quick recap of the chip counts. Manas Kalita and Rohit Begwani are mon the top stacks with 50,000 each. Other noteworthy stacks in the field include Anant Purohit (45,000), Wilson Yomso (15,000), Vineet Kumar (15,000) and Gaurav Sood (14,200).
Here is the list of the notable chip counts:
Player | Chip Count |
---|---|
Manas Kalita | 50,000 |
Rohit Begwani | 50,000 |
Anant Purohit | 45,000 |
Abhijeet Shetty | 32,200 |
Munish Kumar | 31,000 |
Jasdeep Nagpal | 29,400 |
Wilson Yomso | 15,000 |
Vineet Kumar | 15,000 |
Ranjit Negi | 14,600 |
Gaurav Sood | 14,200 |
Nikhil Krishna | 14,000 |
Abhishek Rathod | 13,000 |
Sabreesh Kakarla | 13,000 |
Time: 17:50, Level 2 (Blinds 100/200)
Wilson Yomso has hit the rail. The hand began with Yomso raising UTG and he found two callers. The button re-potted and Yomso moved all-in for 9,000 and Ankita Jajodia called all-in. Two more players moved all-in.
Wilson Yomso
Ankit Jajodia
Rohan Dhawan
Nikhil Krishnan
The runout was the and Jajodia took the pot down. Dhawan and Krishnan survived and Yomso got up to leave. He was seen heading to the registration desk to re-enter.
Time:18:18, Level 3 (Blinds 300/400)
In a casual conversation, Abhishek Rathore informed us that he busted the very first hand that he played and then moved on to re-enter.
Time: 17:34, Level 2 (Blinds 100/200)
The second level of play has begun and the field is already 41-strong. Some of the early notables seen playing are Puneet Dua, Nishant Sharma, Vikram Kumar, Prabhat Kiran Mukherjea, Manas Kalita, Vineet Kumar, Gagandeep Malik, Wilson Yomso, Deepak Bothra, Abhijeet Shetty and Prithviraj Ganganna.
Time: 17:15, Level 1 (Blinds 100/100)
It`s been a fantastic series but sadly this is the final day before the curtains fall. We are onsite to bring you updates from the final event on the schedule, the ₹20K PLO. It has been a slow start with 17 entries so far but more players should join in over the next few levels.
It promises to be a hectic day at the PokerBaazi LIVE poker room with three events scheduled to be running at the same time. The most prominent of them will be the Main Event final table that is well underway since 3 pm and has already seen three eliminations in Abhinav Iyer (9th), Neel Joshi (8th) & Maria Kirloskar (7th). Chirag Sodha has pulled ahead of the start-of-day chip leader Vinod Megalmani with the latter now third in chips. You can follow the action on the live stream on the PokerBaazi YouTube channel.
Coming up later in the day will be the Big Bounty Final Table where 10 players will resume action – we will be opening up a new link for that event for you to follow the updates at 7 pm.