Back to Back eliminations – Praveen Dwarkanath in 6th, Kavish Kukreja in 5th
Time: 15:50 Level: 13 Blinds: 1,200/2,400 Ante 400
All guns firing on the final table which sent two short stacks Praveen and Kavish to rails. Praveen shoved his stack of 28,600 and got called by Abhinav Aditya.
Abhinav:
Praveen:
Board ran which meant Praveen leaving the table in 6th place taking home Rs 50,000.
Kavish was up against the chip lead Jasveen shoving his short stack of 21,400. Jasveen’s dominated Kavish’s when the board ran dry giving no edge to any player. Kavish took home Rs 90,000 for his 7th place finish.
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50K insured for the bubble
As 5 place were announced to be paid in the Golden Grind Main Event, the top 6 on table decided to secure the bubble by sharing 10K each from the 5 paid positions. Now the player getting eliminated in the 6th place will take home Rs 50K.
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Rahul Melwani out in the 7th place
Time: 15:26 Level: 12 Blinds: 1,000/2,000 Ante 300
On a rainbow flop, Rahul moved all-in after a raise from Jasveen and got called. Jasveen showed pocket rockets while Rahul had . Rahul didn’t get any help on further two streets and left the Final Table in 7th place. With this huge pot-win, Jasveen leads the final table with over 1 Lac chips.
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Rajeev bluffs Kavish
Time: 15:20 Level: 11 Blinds: 800/1,600 Ante 200
On the flop of , Rajeev and Kavish were up against each other. The dealer brought on the turn to which Rajeev bet and Kavish raised which again Rajeev called. was the river to which Rajeev again raised the pot and after pondering over the possibilities for a few minutes, Kavish folded. Rajeev showed his cards . Thus, Rajeev scooped a big pot of over 25k.
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5 places payouts declared
The organizers have announced the prize payout of the Golden Grind Main Event. The winner will take home Rs 5.5 Lakhs. Here is the detailed payout:
| Place | Prize (INR) |
| 1st | 5,50,000 |
| 2nd | 3,60,000 |
| 3rd | 2,35,000 |
| 4th | 1,50,000 |
| 5th | 1,00,000 |
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Another FT elimination – Vinay B
Time: 15:10 Level: 11 Blinds: 800/1,600 Ante 200
Vinay shoved his 14 BBs stack preflop with which Rajeev called with pocket nines . The board ran bringing no help to Vinay.
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Abhishek Panda departs in 8th position
Time: 14:20 Level: 11 Blinds: 800/1,600 Ante 200
The preflop action saw Abhishek shoving his 12 BBs stack with and got snap-called by Rajeev who held pocket fives . The board ran . Abhishek’s pair of aces on turn was beaten up by Rajeev’s trips.
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The first elimination at Final Table – Sameer Chaturvedi
Time: 14:10 Level: 10 Blinds: 600/1,200 Ante 200
The shortest stack on FT, Sameer moved all-in preflop with pocket fives to which everybody folded except Praveen. Praveen called with and hit a Full-House as dealer brought on the board. That ended Sameer’s run in the Golden Grind Main Event.
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Welcome to OPN’s live coverage of the Rockets Anniversary Series April-May 2015. The biggest action of the series – Golden Grind which boasts off a guaranteed prize pool of Rs 15 Lac and Rs 5 Lac for the champion kicked off yesterday, May 01. A field of 30 runners sat down for this deep-structured tournament and after 10 levels of play for over 8 hours, the game was stopped at the Final Table. Rajeev Raut, the owner of Rockets Poker Room and an avid player himself is leading the Final Table with 92,700 chips. The Final Table battle will start today at 2 PM. Stay tuned for live updates. Here are the Final Table chip counts:
| Rajeev Raut | 92,400 |
| Dhaval Mudgal | 75,800 |
| Haresh Kukreja | 68,000 |
| Abhinav Aditya | 52,900 |
| Jasven Saigal | 42,900 |
| Praveen Dwarkanath | 34,100 |
| Abhishek Panda | 19,900 |
| Vinay B | 17,000 |
| Sameer Chaturvedi | 9,500 |