35k Main event took place on 16 Feb(day1A) and 17 Feb (day1B) respectively in the Deltin Royal Goa, Being the main event of the tournament with the 35k buy-In large number of entries were seen. Both known and fresh faces from the poker industry participated in the live poker game.

Dainik Mehta the titlist of 35K Main event for INR 2319680

Dainik Mehta, the titlist of the event says “Its one of the best moment of my life and I enjoyed immensely the entire journey of the ME”. This Wasn’t an easy battle for him but he successfully survived using his poker strategies and  claimed the winner’s trophy.

Arjun Arora Runner-up 2nd place for 1528600

Arjun Arora raises from button and Dainik goes all in from BB and Arjun calls.
Dainik has Kh 6h
Arjun has 5s 5c
Board runs Qd Kd 8d 6d 9h
Dainik hits 2 pairs and wins the DPT ME.

Avinash Tauro finishes in 3rd place for INR 986200

Blinds: 30000/60000 Ante: 10000
Arjun Arora limps from the BTN , while Avinash Shoves from SB for 360K and gets called by Arjun.

Avinash: Kh 2s
Arjun: Ah 10h

Board runs: 9h Ad Qd 2h 3d
Arjun hits top pair and eliminates Avinash Tauro in 3rd place and takes home a handsome INR 986200.

Abhijeet Shetty Gets 4th place for INR 764300

Binds: 30000/60000 Ante: 10000
Abhijeet who was in UTG shoves for 560K and is called by Dainik Mehta in BB.

Abhijeet: 10d 7d
Dainik: Ac 7c
Board runs rags and Abhijeet does not improve and eliminated in INR 764300.

Aditya Sushant gets Eliminated claiming 5th Place for INR 621300

After Aditya being short on chips, Who was automatically all in as he had less than 1 BB
While Anuj and Abhijeet both shove.

Aditya: Ac 10c
Arjun Arora: Ad Kh
Abhijeet Shetty: As Kc

The board runs: 9h 9s 7c 9h 5d
While Abhishek and Arjun chop the pot, Aditya gets busted in 5th place for INR 6213000 after starting as a chip lead.

Anil Gulati gets busted in 6th place for INR491300

Blinds: 20000/40000 Ante:5000
Anil Gulati shoves for 555K from CO position and is called by Aditya Sushant in BTN.
Anil:Ad Kd
Aditya:Ac As
Bullets hold for Aditya and Anil gets eliminated in 6th place for INR 491300

Asif Asin eliminated in 8th place for INR305700

Dainik Mehta in UTG+1 opens for 110K, while Asif in BB shoves for 545K , which gets called by Dainik.
Dainik:As Jc
Asif:6s 6h
Board Runs: Jd 4c Ah 2s 4h.
Dainik hits top pair and Asif gets eliminated in 8th place.

Asad Nadeem busts in 9th Place for INR231700

Blinds: 15000/30000 Ante: 5000

Action folds to Arjun who is on BTN, he bets 130K, while Asad Nadeem in SB shoves for 200K and gets a call from Arjun.

Asad: 8c 6c
Arjun: Qc 7h

Board runs: 9s 10c Ah Jd 3d.
Arjun wins with Q high card and Asad busts in 9th place and takes home a handsome prize of INR 231700.

Sunny G gets busted in 10th Place for INR 152800

Blinds: 15000/30000 Ante: 5000
Sunny G opens from UTG for 60K , while Aditya Sushant in CO 3-bets to 150K and gets a call from Sunny.
Flop: 5s 10d 9c
Post flop Sunny shoves and gets snap called by Aditya.
Sunny: Kd 8c
Aditya: As 3s
Turn: 4d
River: 7d
Aditya wins the hand with high card Ace and eliminates Sunny G in 10th place who takes home INR 152800 for his deep run.

Shambhu Mandal eliminated in 11th place for INR 152800

Blinds: 15000/30000 Ante: 5000

Action folds to Shambhu Mandal in CO who open shoves 140K and gets called by Aditya Sushant in BTN.

Shambhu Mandal: Kc Qh
Aditya Sushant: Ac Ad

Board runs: 7d Jh 5h 8h 6s.
Bullets hold for Aditya and Shambhu gets busted in 11th place and takes home INR 152800 for his efforts.

Rajesh Rajpopat gets eliminated in 12th place for INR 152800

Blinds:12000/24000 Ante:4000

Asif limps from UTG, action folds to Rajesh who is in BTN position he raises to 72K, Asif shoves and is called by Rajesh.

Asif had a bigger stack than Rajesh.

Asif: As Ah
Rajesh: Ac Qs

Board does not help Rajesh and he gets eliminated in 12th place for INR 152800.

Gagandeep Malik busts in 13th place for INR 123200

Blinds: 12000/24000 Ante: 4000
We reach the table when we see Gagandeep in BB against Dainik in HJ

Gagandeep: Ah Kc
Dainik: 8c 4c

Gagandeep is at risk as Dainik has him covered.

Board: 9d 5s 2c 3c 4c

Dainik hits runner runner Flush and Gagandeep gets INR 123200 for his efforts.

Ankit Takle hits the rail in 14th place for INR 123200

Blinds: 10000/20000 Ante: 3000
Ankit Takle opens from UTG for 73K , the table folds and action reaches Anil Gulati in BB who shoves and is called by Ankit who is at risk as Anil has him covered.

Ankit: Ad Qd
Anil: As Ah

Board ran rags and Ankit could not improve and had to be content with 14th place for INR 123200.
Shambhu’s hits a set and Devesh Thapar gets eliminated in 15th Place for INR 123200-
Blinds: 10000/20000 Ante: 3000
Action folds to MP2 who opens for 45K, while Shambhu in HJ position shoves and gets called by Devesh Thapar in CO who is covered by Shambhu and at risk, while the initial raiser folds.

Shambhu: 3h 3s
Devesh: Ah Ks

Board runs: 6s 8h 5s 3c Kc

Shambhu hits a set on the turn and eliminates Devesh in 15th position for INR 123200

Second event of Deltin Poker Tournament’s (DPT) Feb’18 took place on 16th of Feb at Deltin Royale poker room in Goa , Many famous as well as fresh faces were seen at the venue who participated in the event. This event was the biggest buy-In event of the tournament.

Alok Birewar Gets 1st Place…Ships it for INR 1774000

We have our winner in the form of Alok Birewar who battled it out for 2 days and out lasted 90 players to take down the High Roller Title.
He wins a whopping INR 1774000 for all his efforts and patience.

Nikhil Jain gets 2nd place for INR 1204000

Blinds: 20000/40000 Ante: 5000

Alok limps from BTN position, while Nikhil shoves his whole stack and is snap called by Alok.

Nikhil: Kc 9c
Alok: Ah Qh

The board runs: 10s 2d 2c As 6d
Alok makes a set of Aces to eliminate Nikhil in 2nd place. Nikhil takes home INR 1204000.

Vaibhav Sharma goes out in 3rd Place for INR 760400

Vaibhav Sharma opens shoves and gets called by Alok.

Vaibhav: Kc 9c
Alok: Ac Qd

Board runs rags and Aloks Ace high holds up.

Vaibhav had a chip lead for most time of the final table, but unfortunately could not ship it, but he gets paid INR 7604000 for his 3rd place finish.

Kapil Arora gets 4th Place for INR 586000 after a long grind

Kapil was short stacked for a long time, shoves less than 10BB. He is called by Nikhil

Kapil: Ac 2h
Nikhil:Ad 10h

Board runs: 7h 8h 7c 9d Js
giving Nikhil a 1 card straight and Kapil takes home a handsome amount of INR 586000.

Muskan Sethi claims 5th place for INR 427000

Muskan open shoves and gets called by Kapil.

Muskan: Ah 9d
Kapil: Ac 10c

Board runs: As 3h Qs 6s Kc giving both players top pair, but Muskan lost the hand to Kapil who had a better kicker.
She takes home INR 427000 for her deep run.

Babita Agarwal finishes @ 6th place for INR 364000

Blinds: 6000/12000 Ante:2000
Babita who has been short stack for quite some time shoves and gets a called by Alok.

Alok: Ac Js
Babita: Kd Jd

Babita’s hand does not improve on the board which read
8c 5c 9c 8h 10d
She busts in the 6th Place for a pay day of INR 364300.

Mikhail eliminated claiming the 7th place for INR 300900

Blinds:6000/12000 Ante:2000
Mikhal from UTG+1 raises to 40K, is called by Kapil in CO.
Alok Birewar from BB shoves 324K and is called by Mikhal while Kapil finds a fold.

Mikhal: As 4s
Alok: Kc Ks
Board runs: Qc Kd 2c 2s 4d
Alok gets top set and Mikhal makes INR 300900 for his deep run.

Jaydeep Dawar gets eliminated in 8th place for INR 269200

Action is folded to Jaydeep Dawar in HJ position who open shoves, he is called by Vaibhav Sharma in Small Blind, Muskan Sethi from BB shoves. Vaibhav folds
Muskan Sethi: Ac Js
Jaydeep Dawar: Qc 3c
Board Runs: As 2s 7h 10s 4s
giving Muskan a one card flush, and eliminates Jaydeep in 8th place who gets INR 269200 for his efforts.

Mayank Agarwal finishes @ 9th place for INR 237000

Action is folded to Alok who is in SB, he shoves and is called by Mayank in Big Blind.

Alok: 10c 8s
Mayank: Ax Qx

Board runs: 10s Kc 8d 7s 4s
Giving Alok 2 pairs and Mayank finishes in 9th place for INR 237000.

9 players are left and we are down to final table of the event –
The stacks of the players are as follows as per the Seat numbers on the FT:

1) Alok Birewar: 175,000
2) Mayank Agarwal: 68,000
3) Babita Agarwal: 152,000
4) Mikhail: 351,000
5) Jaydeep Dawar: 150,000
6) Nikhil Jain: 280,000
7) Kapil Arora: 515,000
8) Vaibhav Sharma: 1,092,000
9) Muskan Sethi: 148,000

Vikram Kumar bubbles the Final table, finishes 10th for INR 206000

Blinds: 6000/12000 Ante: 2000

Kapil Arora from UTG opens to 26K and the action is folded to Vikram Kumar in BB who defends his Blinds.

Flop: Js 5s 10c
Vikram Checks , Kapil c-bets 31K, Vikram shoves for about 120K and is called by Kapil.
Vikram: Jh 10h
Kapil: Ah Jd.
Vikram is ahead with 2 pairs, but Kapil hits Ad on the turn to make 2 bigger pairs.
River: 7d does not help Vikram and he gets eliminated from the tournament in 10th place and he gets INR 206000 for his efforts.

Shambhu Mandal gets 11th place for INR 206000

Shambhu Mandal open shoves from UTG for 130000 and called by Mikhal .
Shambhu : Ad 3s
Mikhal : As Qh

Board runs: Ah 10d 10s 2s 4d giving both players 2 pairs but Mikhal wins with a better kicker.
Shambhu gets eliminated in 11th for INR206000.

Rajat Jain busted in 12th place for INR 60000
Blinds 5000/10000 ante 1000

In a preflop all in action Rajat Jain has 7x 7x from UTG+1 and Vaibhav calls from big blind with Kc Jc
Board hits Vaibhav with 2 kings. Ks Kd 10x 8x 2x
Players have decided to give bubble protection. Therefore 20K each from top 2 and 10K each from 3rd and 4th position are deducted and Rajat gets 60K for his efforts.

Mikhal Busted on 13th Position
Kapil Arora takes it down with 4-bet
Blinds: 5000/10000 Ante: 1000
Shambhu Mandal opens from UTG for 23k, Mikhal in UTG+1 3-bets to 100K. Action folds around to Kapil Arora who is in BB, who shoves 248K.
Shambhu Mandal snap folds, Mikhal tanks for a long time and shows his hand Ad Kh and mucks it. While Kapil Arora shows the table Pocket Queens.