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The Deltin Poker Tournament (DPT), the country`s only running live tournament series, is back and bigger than ever! It’s returned in a brand-new avatar as the DPT Grand and is taking place at the luxurious Casino Deltin Royale in Goa. This is the 17th edition of the DPT and the third this year, following the DPT May Edition and the DPT Xpress in July. With 15 tournaments, five DPT bracelets up for grabs, and a whole week of non-stop poker action, this is the most extensive DPT festival yet!
The series kicked off yesterday with two headline events: the Day 2 finale of the ₹11K DPT Grand Rush and the ₹40K Mystery Bounty, and the action was electric!
Sagar Raj Takes Down the DPT Grand Rush and Wins the First DPT Bracelet!
Sagar Raj was the star of the show on the opening day, winning Event #1: ₹11K DPT Grand Rush for a career-best ₹18.31 Lakhs! This was Raj’s first-ever live title, and it came after a tough battle against a field of 96 players who had qualified from online starting flights on Adda52.com. With a buy-in of ₹11,000, the event drew a crowd of 840 entries in the online leg from October 10 to 13. This victory is extra sweet for Raj, who narrowly missed out on a title at the DPT May 2024 ₹35K Mini High Roller.
But this win is even more impressive when you consider Raj’s incredible online success this year. He’s been crushing the virtual felts, racking up over ₹2.50 Crores in tournament winnings and climbing to #16 on the fiercely competitive Player of the Year race.
And to make the victory even sweeter, Raj also won the first of five coveted DPT bracelets! These bracelets, awarded for the first time in DPT history, are inspired by the prestigious WSOP bracelets and add an extra layer of prestige to the already exciting inaugural series.
Raj’s heads-up opponent, Ramji Kishore G, also had a great run, finishing runner-up for a career-best ₹13 Lakhs. Kishore is an experienced online regular with four cashes in the DPT May 2024 edition, and he proved that he can hold his own against the best in the live arena as well.
This win was Raj’s fourth live cash and his second in 2024, bringing his lifetime live earnings to over ₹30 Lakhs. Kishore, who’s done well himself this year, now has five live cashes and over ₹16 Lakhs in tracked live winnings.
Mystery Bounty Madness
Event #2: ₹40K Mystery Bounty also drew a big crowd, with 137 entries. After 15 intense 30-minute levels, 27 players bagged their chips for Day 2. Leading the pack is Ashwin Vijayvergiya, our newest Young Gun, with a massive stack of 276,000 chips (46 BBs). Kishore Kumar (272,000 – 45 BBs) and Basant Singh (204,000 – 34 BBs) are hot on his heels, setting the stage for what promises to be an action-packed Day 2, which got underway at 1 PM today.
DPT Rush Final Table Chip Counts
Final Table Recap
The final table action kicked off with a bang as Ankit Saurabh bowed out in ninth place, taking home ₹1.50 Lakhs. In a dramatic hand, Saurabh shoved from the hijack with after an open, only to be met by Ankur Sehgal’s big blind defence holding . The initial raiser wisely folded, leaving Sehgal to take down the pot on the runout, sending Saurabh packing.
Next to go was R Abhilash, whose were cracked by Sagar Raj’s when Raj rivered an ace on a board. Abhilash finished in eighth place for ₹1.50 Lakhs.
The eliminations kept rolling as Sachin Kelkar fell in seventh place for ₹2.50 Lakhs.
Rising Star Aman Parakh then took a shot, shoving from the button with , only to find Kunal Patni, the Natural8 India Executive Director & Ambassador, sitting in the big blind with . The board sealed Parakh’s fate as Patni spiked a pair of aces, sending Parakh out in sixth place with ₹3.50 Lakhs.
Adda52 Game Ambassador Arun Sriram followed soon after in fifth place, earning ₹5 Lakhs. Down to just 3 BB, he shoved from the button with , only to be called by Sagar Raj’s . The runout was a dagger for Sriram, as Raj rivered a pair of sevens to send him packing.
Kunal Patni, fresh off a solid showing at the 2024 APT Taipei Poker Classic, was the next to fall. His failed to hold against Raj’s when the board paired Raj’s four, sending Patni out in fourth place for ₹7 Lakhs.
The eliminations continued as Ankur Sehgal was knocked out in third place for ₹9 Lakhs after his fell short against Sagar Raj’s on the runout .
The heads-up match between Sagar Raj and Ramji Kishore G was a tense affair. Raj started with a commanding 4:1 chip lead, but Kishore fought hard, making a valiant comeback effort, but the cards didn’t fall in his favour. On the final hand, Raj shoved with , and Kishore looked him up with , putting his tournament life on the line. The board ran out , and Raj’s ace-king held up, giving him the victory and his first-ever live title.
Final Table Results (INR)
Content & Images Courtesy: Poker Pro News and Adda52
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