Rockets Anniversary Series: Topaz Topper Live

Game-Break, Chip Counts

Now that all 7 players are assured of money, we have a break here in the Topaz Topper event at Rockets Poker Room. When the action resumes, Danish Shaikh will lead with 1,68,500 chips. Here are the chip counts:

Player Chips
Danish  1,68,500
Hemant 1,00,400
Amit 91,300
Sahil 84,700
Naitik 54,600
Abhishek 43,000
Vinod 16,100

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Madan Kumar is the bubble boy tonight

Time: 22:06 Level: 14 Blinds: 2,000/4,000 Ante 400

The action started with Madan moving all-in pre-flop in response to the 3-bet with his Ace-King off-suit. Amit Ajwani called with his ladies (pocket Queens). Another Queen on the flop brought the fortune to Amit leaving Madan in the money bubble. Noteworthy to mention here, the organizers announced added one more place to be paid tonight which means 7 players will take home cash from the Topaz Topper event.

Noteworthy to mention here, the organizers announced added one more place to be paid tonight which means 7 players will take home cash from the Topaz Topper event. So the final 7 payout structure is:

Place Prize (INR)
1st  3,14,000
2nd  1,66,000
3rd  1,06,000
4th  76,000
5th  53,000
6th  38,000
7th 30,000

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Team Spades pro Kunal Patni eliminated in 9th position

Time: 22:00 Level: 14 Blinds: 2,000/4,000 Ante 400

Kunal moved all-in from the mid position with more than 50K chips holding dkdq which Hemant snap called with pocket Aces c1h1. The board h2d4d5cqs5 brought no help to Kunal and Hemant scooped the full pot. Kunal leaves the FT in 9th place.

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Shravan departs from the Final Table

Time: 21:40 Level: 13 Blinds: 1,500/3,000 Ante 400

Hemant was all-in pre-flop with d1s9 to which everybody folded except Shravan who held h8d8. The board ran skd1h6hkc3 giving Hemant two pairs Aces-Kings. Shravan gets eliminated in 10th position.

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Major double-up for Naitik Jain

Time: 21:37 Level: 13 Blinds: 1,500/3,000 Ante 400

Naitik all-in was up against Sahil with his pocket sevens c7s7 . The board ran h8hqh3s1h6  with Sahil holding Pocket deuce c2s2. Naitik gains a big pot.

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Relieving double-up for the short-stack Shravan

Time: 21:02 Level: 12 Blinds: 1,000/2,000 Ante 300

Shravan Chhabria, the shortest stack on the Final Table gained a double-up from the chip-lead Madan. Madan re-raised Shravan preflop following which Shravan went all-in with his pocket Aces s1d1 and got called.

The board ran h4sqsjd5c5 showing no help to d10s9of Madan. Shravan won a pot of over 50K.

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Payout Structure of Topaz Topper

The organizers have announced to pay 6 players out of the 55 runners who played in this event with the lion’s share rockets-trophyRs 3.14 Lacs reserved for the champion of the night. Here is the final payout of the Topaz Topper event:

Place Prize (INR)
1st  3,14,000
2nd  1,66,000
3rd  1,06,000
4th  76,000
5th  53,000
6th  38,000

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Final Table formed

Time: 20:30 Level: 11 Blinds: 800/1,600 Ante 300

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Final Table of Topaz Topper

After 11 levels of play in the Topaz Topper event of Rockets Anniversary Series, we have reached the Final Table. The 10-handed FT is star-studded with the presence of Team Spades pro Kunal Patni, Team Thrill pros Sahil Agarwal, Danish Sheikh and Shravan Chhabria and few other notables as in Amit Ajwani and Madan Kumar. Madan leads the final table action with 87,600 chips.

Here are the final table chip counts:

Player Chip Count
Madan Kumar  87,600
Amit Ajwani  79,300
Kunal Patni  69,000
Sahil Agarwal  63,400
Abhishek Panda  57,800
Naitik Jain  52,000
Danish Shaikh  49,600
Vinod M  39,100
Hemant M  37,300
Shravan  26,700

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Time: 13:45

topaz-topperWelcome to OPN’s live coverage of the Rockets Anniversary Series April-May 2015. The Series Kicked off yesterday with the 5K-RUBY REBUY+ 1 Addon Event which the Delhiite pro Dhaval Mudgal won. Now its the time for some Freeze-out action today in the 15K Topaz Topper event which come with a guaranteed prize pool of Rs 5 Lacs. The action will roll out with a starting stack of 10,000 and initial blinds of 25/50 which increase every 25 minutes. So, stay tuned for the live action. We will be bringing you live updates of the Final Table.