Deltin Poker Tournament (DPT) has established itself as one of the India&rsquo biggest and richest poker tournaments taking place at Deltin Royale Casino in Goa. The poker festival runs over five days and has something for everyone. The poker series features various events in No Limit Hold’em and Omaha formats, catering to both pros and newbies and for fans of low and high buy-in action. Speaking of the high buy-in events, it features DPT Main Event, which attracts a large number entries every season. The DPT Main Event is an exciting tournament played in No Limit Holdem (NLH) format and has a whopping prize money. It runs for two days and starts with a stack of 10,000 at starting blinds of 50/100.
DPT 100K Main Event (23rd-24th January)
The first DPT Main Event took place from 23rd to 24th January at Deltin Royale Casino in Goa. It served as the highlight of the entire Deltin Poker Tournament with a whopping Rs. 1 Crore guarantee. As expected, it drew 102 entries. It was a star-studded tournament and saw participation from India’s well-known poker faces. Some notable players seen at the tables included Raghav Bansal, Abhineet Jain, Madan Kumar, Ujjwal Rana, Jaideep Sajwan, Akash Malik, Dhaval Mudgal and many more. Finally, it was Delhi’s Raghav Bansal who won the event for Rs. 30.6 Lacs and emerged as the biggest winner over the five-day series. He bested a field of 102 entries to win the title of first DPT Main Event in Goa. The heads-up match happened between Raghav and Akash Malik. The final hand saw Raghav with Kh-Qh bet 80k pre-flop to which Akash Malik with Ac-4h shoved his entire stack. Raghav made the call and the board showed 6d-Ks-4s-3h-8h, giving Raghav a pair of Kings to claim the first DPT main event.
2nd DPT Main Event ( 27th-28th August)
The 2nd edition of DPT Main Event was 30K Main Event, which ran from 27th-28th August in 2016 and found a champion in Vikas Singh, who defeated a field of 235 entries to earn a payout of Rs.17,60,000. The final table began with Naren Prakash as the chip lead and Vikas Singh as the second-lowest in chips. After Shyamrag C getting eliminated in third place, the heads-up for the title began between Rahul Agrawal and Vikash Singh. The heads-up did not last long and the final hand came very soon. In the final hand, Rahul had 8s-8h, while Vikas held Ah-3s. The board ran out Kc-10h-Js-7h-As, giving Vikas a pair of Aces to win the title and trophy. Rahul ended up earning Rs. 10,90,000 for his runner-up finish.
3rd DPT Main Event (12th-13th November)
The 3rd edition of DPT Main Event was 30K Main Event, which kicked off on Saturday 12th November in 2016 and attracted a total of 161 entries, creating a huge prize pool of Rs. 4830000. Finally, Gautam Sachdeva emerged as the 30K Main Event champion after defeating the Mumbai-based pro Kanishka Samant in heads-up battle. He won the top prize of Rs.1304000 along with the event title and trophy.
The final table was formed after Gautam Sachdeva eliminated Anil Gulati in the 10th place. Kanishka Samant led the final table with 527,000 in chips. Trailing him were Anup Palod and Vikas Mantri with 390,000 and 353,000 in chips. Gautam was sitting on 6th place with 233,000 in chips. However, he outlasted everyone on the table and won his first DPT Main Event title. The final hand was a three-way action where all the three players ( Nitin Jain, Kanishka Samant and Guatam Sachdeva) went all-in. Nitin held 2c-2h, Kanishka had Jc-Jh, while Guatam had Ah-As. The board came 5h-8d-5c-10d-Ad, thus giving Gautam a full house to win the title and the top prize of Rs.13.04 Lacs.
The Next Edition of DPT with 1.5 Crore in Prizepool Starting from 23rd February, 2017
After the grand success of Deltin Poker Tournament (DPT) over the last few editions, India’s largest poker site Adda52.com and Deltin Royale, the country’s biggest floating casino in Goa are once again set to host the first of edition of DPT 2017 from 23rd-28th February. This time around, the tournament has upped the prize pool utpo 1.5 Crore to attract players looking to win big in 2017. The poker players love high buy-in action will be able to take part in the DPT 60K High Roller (FO) with Rs. 50,00,000 in prize pool and 35K Main Event (RE) with Rs. 55,00,000 in prize pool. The players who cannot afford the buy-ins to these events can take part in satellites running on Adda52.com from 2nd January to 21st February and win seats into these events with buy-ins ranging from as low as Rs. 1500.