The day’s entering chip leader “squanderer” ran well during the first hour of play ran aground in 86th place after his aces were cracked by Rajat “happyfish” Mahajan. Squanderer opened for 24K, Mahajan three-bet to 72K, squanderer four-bet to 156K, Mahajan called. On the flop 2♣ K♦ 6♥, Mahajan checked, squanderer fired 96K, Mahajan called. On the turn Q♥, both checked. The river 5♦, Mahajan jammed his remaining 395,206, squanderer called with slightly less 370,187. Mahajan showed Q♦ Q♣ set to ship it and oust squanderer A♠ A♦.
Player “brokenpocker” has been running well, driving upwards after railing Avijit “SwangoRay” Jaiswal then later doing the same to player “brv07”. Brv07 raised from mid position to 25k,was called by sb brokenpocker. On the flop K♠ 8♠ 6♠, brv07 c-bet 52.5K, brokenpocker check-raised to 115K, brv07 jammed 150,798, called by brokenpocker to put brv07 at risk.
brokenpocker 8♣ 8♦ set
brv07 J♠ 9♠ flush
The turn 5♣ and river 5♦ improved brokenpocker to a full house to ship it and climb to the leader’s seat with 10.88L.
Another takedown for chip leader Armaan “Armaan007” Kochhar to send his stack to 9.54L. That’s equivalent to 95 times the big blind. Sb Kochhar pushed with K♦ 7♠, bb Vishnu “violator” Khandelwal risked it with K♣ J♣. The board ran Q♦ 7♥ 5♣ 4♥ 10♠.
Player “boatfish” took down two pots against Day 1C chip leader Satyam “Pkiller28” Prakash to zoom to 2nd rank with 6.76L. The first pot, boatfish and sb sidkid limped in, bb Prakash checked. The flop A♠ A♦ 5♠, boatfish c-bet to 16k, check-called only by Prakash. On the turn Q♣, same action with Prakash check-calling 24K. On the river 2♣, no bets landed.
Prakash Q♠ 8♠ two pair
boatfish A♥ 9♦ trips
The second pot, button Prakash raised to 20K, bb boatfish defended. At the flop 10♥ 5♠ 4♦, Prakash c-bet 26K, boatfish check-raised to 78K, Prakash three-bet to 130K, boatfish called. On the turn J♥, boatfish bet 312K, Prakash folded.
Sumit “boronyx” Sapra opened for 14,400, called by Shyam “shyam93kr” Kumar and bb Abhishek “sharktops” Jaiswal. The flop came 5♦ A♦ 8♠, Sapra c-bet 18K, called again by both players. On the turn 3♦, no bets were fired for a free look at the river 2♠. Jaiswal led for 64.7K, no takers.
Big scoop for Arman “Armaan007” Kochhar to send him straight to the top. Kochhar opened for 18K, Dr.Strange shoved 141,342, Kochhar called.
Dr.Strange A♥ K♥
Armaan007 7♠ 7♦
The board ran A♦ 6♦ 2♠ 7♥ 4♥ for a set over top pair. Dr.Strange busted. Kochhar is now at 7.03L.
After 40 minutes of action, the bubble burst with Rohan “Theoldrod” Sahni missing the money by one spot. As is the case with any event, once the cash was secured, it was followed by a shoving spree. We will have the first batch of busts in a bit. On the opposite end of the pole is “squanderer” with 6.43L followed by Laksh Pal “boomtlt23” Singh with 5.09L. Day 1A chip leader Nishant “nishant177” Sharma is ranked 3rd with 5.08L.