Welcome To Live Coverage of DPT April 2022 Main Event Day 1A

Aniket Waghmare Bags the Chip Lead Among 90 Survivors From Day 1A of DPT 35K Main Event

Level 13 (Blinds 1k-2k & Ante 2k)

The 1.2 Crore GTD DPT 35K Main Event has completed it’s first starting flight. A total of 264 entries came for the opening flight, with 90 of them surviving the day’s onslaught and making it to Day 2.

Online MTT beast Aniket Waghamre (280,500) emerged as the chip leader with Abishek Lath (218,000) and Girish Bhavnani (201,000) being the other big stacks from Day 1A of the main event.

1. Satwik Gupta – 180200
2. Aniket Sharma – 35000
3. Ruslan Balinsii – 47300
4. Darshil Shah – 42300
5. Gurpal Singh – 102500
6. Anish Arora – 159500
7. Nitesh Baliyan – 128000
8. Aniket Waghmare – 280500
9. Aman Samari – 77000
10. Sankaran Anand – 103800
11. Sourab Modi – 49500
12. Ashwath Hariumar – 58000
13. Rajeev Sureka – 59000
14. Gaurav Gupta – 55000
15. Meherzad Munsaf – 171000
16. Adithya NG – 159000
17. Mohit Sareen – 109000
18. Sandeep Sharma – 33000
19. Agam Sadhotra – 15000
20. Abhijeet Shetty – 70000
21. Vikas Anand – 39000
22. Rahul Melwani – 59000
23. Karthik .N – 124500
24. Ravi J Jaikwad – 57000
25. Ketan Chugh – 186500
26. Sangeeth Mohan – 72500
27. Srinivas Mandala – 42000
28. Vaibhav Sharma – 43500
29. Nikhil Jalan – 183000
30. Ankit Jain – 94100
31. J.Raju – 45700
32. Jyoti Krishna – 13000
33. Sandeep Tulsiyan – 187000
34. Anand Babu Pallikona – 77500
35. Sahil Arora – 123400
36. Radhika Shankar – 113400
37. Pawan Jaiswal – 100300
38. Ankit Wadhawan – 30100
39. Vinay Patel – 61200
40. Puneet Mishra – 77800
41. Rahul Agarwal – 76100
42. C.Gautham Raju – 36000
43. Romit Advani – 132500
44. Pravan Bagai – 141000
45. Utkarsh Somaiyaa – 83500
46. Tanay Srivastava – 145500
47. Sagar Raj – 16400
48. Shion Hossain – 40800
49. Siddhanth Gupta – 167800
50. Ashit Sharma – 99700
51. Karthik S – 47600
52. Prateek Joshi – 88000
53. Karan Sawhney – 84500
54. Anurag Sharma – 73500
55. Kanchan Sharma – 85000
56. Viktor Khodorenko – 67500
57. Karan Kamat – 80000
58. Krishna K.A – 42000
59. Ronak Chawla – 42500
60. Shyamrag Charuvil – 79500
61. Shyamal Chandru – 62000
62. Arun Sriram – 114500
63. Girish Bhavnani – 201000
64. Balwinder Singh – 87500
65. Himanshu Chhikara – 55500
66. Sumit Karamchandani – 27000
67. Vaibhav Shah- 111000
68. Ankit R Takle – 78500
69. Avadh Shah – 77500
70. Vivek Karwa – 85000
71. Sahil Nair – 123100
72. Charu Vikram – 98000
73. Archit Gargh – 44600
74. Goldi Babbar – 159200
75. Sujith Kumar – 188800
76. Nirav Patel – 58500
77. Milar Mezkeieva – 31000
78. Shardul Praphasaeathi – 106500
79. Abishek Lath – 218000
80. Anant Puehil – 69600
81. Meet Jarinal – 48500
82. Ritwik  Khanna – 92800
83. Swaraman Ramakeshnan – 87000
84. Kanishka Samant – 93500
85. Jeevan Kumanad Reedy – 72000
86. Dishant Soni – 88500
87. SK.Kaleem Pasha – 74500
88. M Pewalhi – 9000
89. Parvathaneni Golal Krishna – 18200
90. Somashehar K.M – 38500

All the surviving players will return to play Day 2 at 2 PM on Monday (18th April). Stay tuned in!

Ritwik Khanna Doubles-Up

Level 13 (Blinds 1k-2k & Ante 2k)

Goldi Babbar from cutoff opens to 4k and Ritwik Khanna from button shoves all-in for 35500 and Babbar calls.

Ritwik: Ks Qh

Goldi: As Js

Board: 5d 9s 2s Qs  10c, giving Ritwik a queen pair to win the pot and double-up.

Pankaj Bhardwaj Busted by Sahil Nair

Level 13 (Blinds 1k-2k & Ante 2k)

We caught the action on the flop 9d 8c Js, Sahil Nair leads out with 10k and Pankaj moves all-in for 59k. Action back on Nair and he makes a snap call. At the showdown:

Pankaj: 8s 9c

Nair: Jd 10d

Turn: 7h

River: 3h

Pankaj gets two pairs but Nair hits straight to take down the pot and bust Pankaj in the process.

Kanishk Upreti Busted

Level 11 (Blinds 600-1200 & Ante 1200)

Kanishk Upreti from early position open shoves for 36k and Himanshu from cutoff calls.

Kanishk: 8c 8d

Himanshu: Qh Ad

The board opens Ah 4h 3h 10s 9h where pocket eights don’t hold up and Himanshu gets one-card flush to bust Kanishk.

Notable Chip Counts – Satwik Gupta Among Chip Leaders

Level 10 (Blinds 500-1000 & Ante 1000)

• Satwik Gupta – 176k
• Goldi Babbar – 167k
• Aniket Waghmare – 165k
• Ketan Chugh – 144k

Late Registration Closes with 264 Entries for DPT Main Event Day 1A

Level 10 (Blinds 500-1000 & Ante 1000)

This edition of the DPT is turning out to be a mega success with a large turnout across all events so far.

Today saw the start of the most-awaited event – 1.2 Crore GTD Main Event and it fared pretty well, with Day 1A of the event registering 264 entries. Stay tuned in for the final entry count and payouts.

Sahil Nair Gets A Nice Double-Up

Level 8 (300-600 & Ante 600)

In a three-way action pre-flop, Niranjan NJ from UTG and Sahil Nair from Cutoff limp and Varun Gupta from small blind raises to 2500. Action on Niranjan and he re-raises to 5.5k, both Sahil and Gupta call.

Flop: 3s Qh 5s

Gupta from small blind checks, Niranjan bets 7k, and Sahil goes all-in for 27k. Gupta folds and Niranjan tank-calls.

Turn:  10s

River: 8c

Sahil shows As 4s and Niranjan tables pocket jacks. Sahil hits flush and doubles-up.

 

Sahil Arora Busts Jagat Singh

Level 7 (Blinds 300-500 & Ante 500)

 Jagat Singh from late position opens to 1200 and Sahil Arora from BB raises to 11.5k.

While everyone else folds, Jagat makes the call and both players take to the flop.

Flop: 3d 6c 7c

Sahil leads out with 10k and Jagat calls.

Turn: 8s

Sahil checks and Jagat goes all-in for 29k, which Sahil tank-calls.

River: Kd

Jagat turns over Jd Qd and Sahil shows Ad 8h for an eight pair to win the pot and bust Jagat.

Aniket Sharma Hits Quads, Busts Zarvan Tumboli!

Level 5 (Blinds 200-300 & Ante 300)

Zarvan Tumboli from UTG opens to 700 and Aniket Sharma from late position raises to 2100, which Zarvan re-raises to 7k. Aniket shoves all-in for 25k and Zarvan shoves all-in for a stack of 18k.

Aniket: Qx Qx

Zarvan: Ax Ax

The board runs out Qd Qh 10s 6c 3d, giving Aniket quads to win the pot and bust Zarvan.

 

180 Entries & Still Counting

Level 5 (Blinds 200-300 & Ante 300)

As the tournament clock shows, there are 180 entries on the board and still counting as the late registration period is open until the end of level 9. Stay tuned in for more updates from the event.

Aditya NG Doubles Up

Level 4 (Blinds 100-200 & Ante 200)

Kishan Patel from early position limps, everyone else folds and Aditya NG from small blind calls.

The player in the big blind folds, Kishan Patel snap calls and both players take to the flop.

Flop: 9c Kc 7c

Aditya from SB checks, Kishan bets 10k to which Aditya goes all-in for 37k, which Kishan calls.

Turn: 6s

River: Ad

Aditya shows pocket nines for a set of nines to beat 7h 8h of Kishan and gets a double-up.

Some Notables In The Field

Level 2 (Blinds 100-200 & Ante 0)

As the tournament clock shows, there are 60 players in the field but this number is bound to shoot up in next one hours with many players being in line for the registration to the event. Meanwhile, some of the notables who can be seen in action include female poker pro Niharika Bindra, Alok Birewar, Suarabh Arora, veteran pro Sangeeth Mohan, Kshitij Kucheria, and Rajesh Rajpopat.

DPT Main Event Day 1A Underway

Level 1 (Blinds 100-100 & Ante 0)

The first of the three starting flights at the 1.2 Crore GTD DPT 35K Main Event has begun. The tournament featuring a whopping 1.2 Crore GTD runs from 16^th to 18^th April. Day 1A will run 13 levels of 30 minute each, with all surviving players coming back for Day 2 on Monday, 18^th April.

Players start with 30k stack at blinds of 100-100. Late registration will close at the end of level 9.

There is another starting flight, Day 1B Turbo (13 levels of 20 minutes each), starting at 9 PM today.

The last starting flight (Day 1C) takes place tomorrow, 17^th April.

Just a reminder, we will not be live-reporting the Main Event starting flights but will do a few posts like notables, key hands, late registration end post, day-end chip counts and more. Stay tuned in.