The first edition of Poker Sports League (PSL) kicked off in a thundering fashion at Deltin Royale yesterday. The Day 1 of the league began with top 12 teams taking to the felts with full of energy and excitement to battle it out for the coveted title and trophy. These teams competed in various amazing events, including the Main Event, Teams Event, Heads-Up Hold’em, Heads-Up Omaha and a fast-paced Turbo event. The Day 1 ended with Pune Sharks topping the PSL Day1 Leaderboard and claiming the title of ‘Team of the Day ‘with 216000 points, while Delhi Panthers and Punjab Bluffers claimed 2nd and 3rd spots with 212400 and 189000 points. Given below is the full recap of the all 5 events on the Day 1:1#Main Event
The biggest event on Day 1 was Main Event wherein all top poker teams from the country took to the felts. After several hours of the gruelling action, it was Arjun Pasricha of Pune Sharks who emerged the winner with 216000 points. When the final table of the event began, it was Akash Malik of Delhi Panthers who led with 241300 chips. He was followed by Akira Ohyama of Punjab Bluffers with 145100 chips & Aditya Sushant of Chennai Bulls with 114000 chips. Arjun Pasricha began 4th at the final table, but he played smartly and got rewarded for the same in the end. In this event, a total of 8 teams finished in the money. Please have a look at the winning teams and their PSL scores:
Positions | Player Name | Team Name | PSLP Scored |
1 | Arjun Pasricha | Pune Sharks | 216000 |
2 | Akash Malik | Delhi Panther | 158400 |
3 | Abhishek Goindi | Punjab Bluffers | 100800 |
4 | Sujith Sachidanand | Chennai | 68400 |
5 | Akira Ohyama | Punjab | 54000 |
6 | Aditya Sushant | Chennai | 46800 |
7 | Pranay Chawla | Goa | 39600 |
8 | Praveen Anguru | Bengaluru | 32400 |
Another exciting event on PSL Day 1 schedule was ‘Teams Event’. After several hours of intense competition, Alok Ranjan & Arjun Khurana of Haryana Hunters emerged as the winners of ‘Teams Event’ on Day 1. Manoj Pentakota & Ragesh of Chennai Bulls finished as runner-ups. Have a quick look at the table below:
Position | Player Name | Team Name | PSLP Scored |
1 | Alok Ranjan &Arjun Khurana | Haryana Hunters | 60000 |
2 | Manoj Pentakota &Ragesh | Chennai Bulls | 36000 |
3 | Akshay Nasa &Prashant Jain Bhutoria | Delhi Panthers | 24000 |
3#Heads-Up HoldemIn Heads-Up Texas Hold’em event of PSL, the day finally ended with Naman Khettry of Kolkata Royals, Kartik Ved of Mumbai Anchors & Nilesh Kumar of Kings Hyderabad emerging the winners of ‘Heads-Up Texas Hold’em event on Day 1 of Poker Sports League. Each one of them bagged 30,000 points to bag victories.
4#Heads-Up OmahaIn Heads-Up PLO event, the day ended with Zarvan Tumboli of Bengaluru Jokers,Tarun Goyal of Goan Nuts & Vinod Megalmani of Delhi Panthers winning titles. They all fought hard for several hours and played smartly to emerge winners.
The Day 1 of Poker Sports League also featured an amazing Turbo event wherein online and live qualifiers from each team took to the felt to battle it out for the title. Finally after several hours of the play, Himanshu Arora of Kings Hyderabad emerged the ‘Qualifier Of The Day’. He shipped the Turbo event by bagging 77,400 PSL points. Varun Gupta of Bengaluru Jokers came 2nd by earning a total of 48600 points for his efforts. Following him was Sumit Sapra of Punjab Bluffers, who claimed a total of 30600 points. The 4th place on the table was claimed by Siddharth Singhvi, the pro of team Rajasthan.
Position | Player Name | Team Name | PSLP Scored |
1 | Himanshu Arora | Hyderabad | 77400 |
2 | Varun Gupta | Bengaluru | 48600 |
3 | Sumit Sapra | Punjab | 30600 |
4 | Siddharth Singhvi | Rajasthan | 23400 |
A Look at PSL Day1 Leaderboard:
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