End of the line for Day 1A chip leader Nikhil “blastupinside” Arora after getting bumped out by Arjanveer “holdbaby” Singh. On a raised pot preflop, the flop came J♦ 4♠ 5♥, Singh check-raised, called by Arora. On the turn 9♦, Singh bet, Arora shoved, Singh called to put Arora at risk.
Arora Q♣ J♥ top pair
Singh 5♣ 5♠ set
The river 10♥ completed the board. Singh shipped it while Arora took 30th place for ₹ 28.5K (~US$ 390).
Fifteen minutes ago, Alok “TheProfessional” Birewar was one of the leaders, now he is out with ₹ 28.5K (~US$ 390) more in his virtual wallet. Action opened with Birewar raising to 24K, Sahil “bluffme19” Chutani three bet to 72.5K, Birewar called. At the flop K♠ J♦ 8♣, Birewar check-called a 62.5K bet. On the 9♦ turn, Bireward check-called for all his chips.
Birewar J♣ 10♣ mid pair
Chutani A♥ A♣ overpair
The river 4♦ didn’t help Birewar. Chutani shipped it to soar into the top 5 in chips.
Next batch of eliminations include one of the day’s top ten starters, Himanshu “pokerbrat7” Arora whose aces were cracked by tks54321. It was all in preflop with three players all in:
pokerbrat7 A♠ A♥
tks54321 A♦ K♣
bozo K♥ J♥
The board came 4♣ Q♣ 5♣ 9♣ 2♣ for biggest stacked tks54321 to ship it and climb into the the top 10.
Next batch of eliminations see a payout of ₹ 21K (~US$ 287).
Taking a look at who is up top at the end of the first hour. Paawan “ukissmyace” Bansal has built up a sizable lead. Alok “TheProfessional” Birewar ranked second, and Abhishek “messi010010” Gubba rounding out the top three. Also in fine form is Niraj “ooltus” Yadav who entered the day ranked 3rd and maintained course currently in 6th rank along with Nikhil “blastupinside” Arora in 13th rank.
The day’s entering chip leader Arun “Yoda” Poply is in the upper lineup ranked 8th and APT Kickoff Vietnam 2019 Main Event champion Abhinav “griezmann” Iyer is ranked 9th.
An hour in and we are down to 54 players. Here are the latest busts. Eliminations 55th to 63rd each earned ₹ 17.5K (~US$ 239). Among the fallen was Priyank “Piko1432” Kothari – 2.48L who entered as one of the top ten in chips.
Next batch of players cashing in…. cashing out… . Eliminations 64th to 77th each earned ₹ 15K. Among the fallen was Vivekk “vivek25” Dube in 64th place with A♣ J♠ missing the board against Pulkit “Ifoldfullhouses” Goyal’s 9♦ 9♥.
Players continue to drop out very fast. Ten minutes after the break the first payout bracket was claimed. Eliminations 78th -98th each earned ₹ 12.5K (~US$ 171).