It’s all over! The champion has emerged! On a flop 6♦ 10♠ 7♣, boatfish shoved 5,027,043, Rajat “happyfish” Mahajan check-called.
boatfish K♣ 2♦
Mahajan 8♦ 8♠
The turn was 9♦ and river A♣ for a crushing straight to Mahajan and the title. Mahajan shipped the ₹ 34.06 lakhs (~US$ 46,680) first prize, the APT Trophy, and APT Championship Ring. For runner up boatfish a well earned payout of ₹ 24.82 lakhs (~US$ 34,000).
Another good pot for Rajat “happyfish” Mahajan to further distance himself from boatfish. Action saw boatfish open for 480K, Mahajan three-bet to 1,440,000, boatfish called. On the flop 2♣ 2♥ 5♦, both checked. On the turn A♠, Mahajan checked, boatfish fired 2,205,000, Mahajan called. On the 5♥ river, same action with Mahajan check-calling 3.675,000.
boatfish J♦ 9♠
Mahajan K♣ K♦ higher two pair
On the 11th heads up hand, Rajat “happyfish” Mahajan took to the lead. The hand opened with Mahajan raising to 480K, called by boatfish. On the flop 7♣ 10♥ 9♠, Mahajan c-bet 240K, boatfish check-called. On the turn 5♠ both checked for a free look at the river 8♣. boatfish checked, Mahajan bet 480K, boatfish called. Mahajan showed the 4♣ 6♥ straight boatfish mucked.
We are down to the last two players – Rajat “happyfish” Mahajan versus boatfish. boatfish ahead wit 1.58 crore to Mahajan’s 1.20 crore.
Three handed ran for 23 minutes before the next called shove came down. Player “sidkid” raised to 480K, called by Rajat “happyfish” Mahahan. At the flop 3♥ 8♥ 9♠, sidkid c-bet 525K, Mahajan called. Same action on the turn 2♠ with Mahajan calling a 1,296,000 bet. On the 8♦ river, sidkid shoved 3,138,432, Mahajan quickly called.
sidkid 9♣ 6♦ two pair
Mahajan A♦ 8♠ trips
sidkid finished in 3rd place for ₹ 19.54 lakhs (~US$ 26,780).
After nearly forty minutes of four handed play, Shashank “Westworld” Jain was eliminated by boatfish. Jain’s 8♦ 8♠ was counterfeited on a board J♦ J♣ 7♦ Q♦ Q♠ for boatfish’s A♣ 9♥ ace kicker to play. Jain earned ₹ 15.68 lakhs (~US$ 35,200) for his impressive run.
Four handed was a long one with chips moving around the table. Rajat “happyfish” Mahajan was chip leader with over 1.02 crore. First all in saw sidkid double up off Shashank “Westworld” Jain with 9♦ 9♥ victorious over A♥ J♥ that missed. Jain made up the lost chips and more by scooping up pots against sidkid and Mahajan but then lost it again to sidkid on a dominated hand with 9♦ 9♥ losing to K♣ K♠. Mahajan then lost the chip lead to boatfish. Hand below.
Mahajan raised to 280K, boatfish and sidkid called. On the flop Q♣ 6♠ 3♣, Mahajan c-bet 300K, boatfish raised to 740K, sidkid folded, Mahajan called. On the turn 7♣ more betting. boatfish bet 12.3L, Mahajan called. The river A♥ both slowed to a check. Mahajan showed Q♠ 10♠ top pair, boatfish won it with K♦ K♣. boatfish up to 1.11 crore, Mahajan at 98.21L.
On a flop 2♦ 7♦ A♦, Divanshu “1diot” Khurana, boatfish, and Shashank “Westworld” Jain checked. The turn came 7♥. Khurana shoved, boatfish called, and Jain folded.
Khurana 9♥ 7♣ trips
boatfish 10♦ J♦ flush
The river 3♣ didn’t improve Khurana to depart in 5th place for ₹ 12.44 lakhs (~US$ 17,050).
TheMathematician was next to get it all in with J♣ J♥ to battle with, however, sidkid had K♥ K♠. When the board ran 7♠ 3♥ 9♣ Q♣ 7♦, it was the end for TheMathematician in 6th place for ₹ 9.66 lakhs (~US$ 13,240)