HomeAPT Vietnam 2019 Main Event champion Akshay “sherlock52” Nasa helped trim the field down to 13 players by knocking out Ratul “luna” Steves in 14th place. It was all in preflop. Nasa 9♠ J♥, Steves 7♠ J♣, the board was 6♣ A♦ A♣ 9♦ 7♠.
Another player falls at the hands of Manish “thekid” Lakhotia. The fallen was Ashish “rocky3705” Ahuja in 15th place. Ahuja min-raised to 32K, Lakhotia three-bet to 80K, Ahuja called. At the flop 8♦ J♥ 6♦, both checked. On the turn 4♠ Ahuja fired 110,625, Lakhotia called. On the river 6♣, Ahuja shoved, Lakhotia matched it.
Ahuja K♥ J♣ top pair / two pair
Lakhotia A? A♥ higher two pair
Manish “thekid” Lakhotia min-raised to 28K, Anujkumar “aatmaan” Kodam defended on the big blind. At the flop 5♣ Q♦ 10♥, Kodam check-called 20,875. On the 5♥ turn, same action with Kodam check-calling 48,750. On the river 6♣, Kodam checked it again, Lakhotiabet 222K, Kodam jammed and was called.
Lakhotia 6♥ 6♠ full house
Kodam J♦ 5♦ trips
We are down to 15 players.
Akshay “powershell” Asawa is the new leader after he riverd Ankit “d00mtr00p3r” Wadhawan’s K♦ K♠ with 10♥ 10♠ set on a board Q♥ 2♠ 6♦ 5♣ 10♦. We are down to 16 players.
Laksh Pal “boomtlt23” Singh was the first to go down at the final 3 tables. He gambled his short stack with J♥ 6♦ that fell to Akshay “powershell” Asawa’s 9♠ 9♦.
Final 18 players spread across 3 tables. Dhaval “Rehab77” Mudgal up top trailed closely by Rachit “baba_ramdev” Soni.
Chips in play: 8,250,000
Average stack: 458,333
A familiar face in the live circuit, Dhaval “Rehab77” Mudgal, is now in the lead having just railed player “proxy9” in 22nd place. It was all in preflop with Mudgal holding a dominating 10♠ 10♥ that held against 7♦ 7♥.
Eliminations 22nd to 24th each earned ₹ 48.4K (~US$ 662).
Players are dropping fast. Next bracket of eliminations from 25th to 27the each earning ₹ 42.9K (~US$ 586). Among them was Vinay “Vinstill” B railed by Shardul “duuurrrr” Parthasarathi when 9♥ 9♠ rivered a set K♣ A♣ 8♦ 7♦ 9♦ to crack 10♠ 10♦.
