HomeFast and furious action at the get-go with short stacks shoving. First elimination was Sandeep “chor” Batnagar falling to Ab420. He was followed out by Kartik “TheInternetKid” Ved. At the 25th minute of play, the bubble burst. Sagar “sagarpupul” Choudhury busted to player “sdb1401”. On a flop of 6♥ 10♠ 2♠ with five players vying for the pot, sagarpupul three-bet jammed and was called by sdb1401.
sagarpupul 6♣ 6♠ set
sdb1401 A♠ 10♦
The turn 7♠ and river K♠ completed the nut flush for sdb1401 to oust sagarpupul. From here on, it is a race for the title, trophy, ring, and the ₹ 8.49 lakhs first prize.
Here we go! Day 2 of the Mini Main Event is underway. Money starts at 98th place which means 16 players will walk away empty handed. Good luck to all!
The first featured event champion of APT Online Series India will be crowned tonight! The Mini Main Event resumes with 114 players gunning for the title, the APT Guardian Trophy, the first APT Championship Ring of the series, and ₹ 8.49 lakhs (~US$ 11,600). Leading the way is Day 1B chip leader Arun “Yoda” Poply with a sizable 5.28L stack equivalent to four times the entering average stack.
Top 10 in chips
Arun “Yoda” Poply – 5.28L – Day 1B chip leader
Prakash “pinnug” Gupta – 4.64L – Day 1C chip leader
Niraj “ooltus” Yadav – 3.19L
Nikhil “blastupinside” Arora – 3.17L – Day 1A chip leader
Ab420 – 3.1L
Himanshu “pokerbrat7” Arora – 2.58L
Siddharth “schemer” Karia – 2.56L
Rachit “baba_ramdev” Soni – 2.54L
Guneet “guntz” Kwatra – 2.52L
Priyank “Piko1432” Kothari – 2.48L
Chips in play: 14,640,000
Average stack: ~128,421
Other players to watch for are Abhinav “griezmann” Iyer (APT Kickoff Vietnam 2019 Main Event champion), Abhishek “singhsaab” Goindi, Paawan “ukissmyace” Bansal, Arsh “Button_Hai_Bro” Grover, Gaurav “gaug17” Sood, Dhaval “Rehab77” Mudgal, Kunal “VasooliChacha” Patni, Rubin “kornkid” Labroo, Kartik “TheInternetKid” Ved, Ayush “Proman502” Garg, Vivekk “Vivek25” Dube, Pratibh “pratibhsaluja” Saluja, Manish “thekid” Lakhotia, Shagun “sogani22” Jain, and two time series winner dilbaghsingh.
The Mini Main Event drew a combined 976 entries across three starting days. Of the 114 returning players, 98 will cash which means the bubble may burst fairly quickly. Eight players are below 10 BB. Catch the action on PokerBaazi.com and via our live updates.
Buy in: ₹ 5,500 (~US$ 75)
Guarantee: ₹ 50 lakhs (~US$ 68,350)
Entries: 976
Prize pool: ₹ 50 lakhs
Day 2 qualifiers: 114 players
ITM: 98 places
Stay tuned for more updates of the Mini Main Event….