It’s all over! Manish “thekid” Lakhotia eliminated the last player in his path to ship ₹ 12.15L (~US$ 16,600), the APT Guardian Trophy, and APT Championship Ring! Congratulations to the champion!
We will have a recap for you shortly. For now, read up on the live updates on how Lakhotia earned his victory.
Shardul “duuurrrr” Parthasarathi falls in 2nd place with K♣ 10♣ missing the board against Manish “thekid” Lakhotia’s 7♦ 7♣.
Backed by 2/3 of the chips in play, Manish “thekid” Lakhotia went on a shoving spree and finally got a caller in Akshay “powershell” Asawa. Lakhotia had K♥ 3♥, Asawa with A♦ Q♣, the board ran low with a three spiking the river 5♦ 8♦ 8♣ 7♠ 3♦ to oust Asawa in 3rd place.
Next on Manish “thekid” Lakhotia’s hit list was Dhaval “Rehab77” Mudgal shoved on the button with 2♦ 2♣, called by sb Lakhotia with 8♠ A♦. The board ran well for Mudgal until the river 4♣ J♦ 3♦ 7♥ 8♥ for a higher pair to the leader and all of Mudgal’s chips.
The grueling five handed round finally ended with Manish “thekid” Lakhotia delivering the boot to Akshay “sherlock52” Nasa. It was all in preflop with Lakhotia three-bet jamming on initial raiser Nasa who then called.
Nasa A♥ Q♥
Lakhotia 9♣ 9♠
The board ran 8♦ 7♦ 7♣ K♥ 9♥ for a crushing full house to Lakhotia. Lakhotia now has over half the chips in play.
Dhaval “Rehab77” Mudgal was the next to scoop up a double up on a cooler against Shardul “duuurrrr” Parthasarathi. It was pocket aces over pocket kings. Mudgal’s aces further improved to a full house.
First double up of five handed went to Akshay “sherlock52” Nasa off the leader Manish “thekid” Lakhotia. Preflop action opened with Nasa and sb Dhaval “Rehab77” Mudgal calling, Lakhotia jammed from the big blind, only Nasa called for all his chips.
Lakhotia Q♠ J♠
Nasa A♥ 10♥
The board ran A♦ J♥ 7♠ 10♣ 5♣ for a double up to Nasa.
Shardul “duuurrrr” Parthasarathi raised to 72k, Manish “thekid” Lakhotia defended his big blind. The flop ran 6♠ 7♦ 9♥, both checked for a free look at the turn A♠. Lakhotia slid out 62,375, Parthasarathi called. On the river K♦, Lakhotia checked then folded to Parthasarathi’s bet.
Akshay “sherlock52″Nasa and chip leader Manish “thekid” Lakhotia battled for a pot that saw Lakhotia lay a big bet on the river. Nasa tank-folded. Lakhotia showed the top pair while collecting the pot.