HomeCongratulations to Gaurav “gaug17” Sood for his victory at the Championship Event! Sood outlasted 272 runners to bag the title, the APT Championship Trophy, APT Championship Ring, and the lion’s share IN₹ 12.06L.
Final table payouts
1st Gaurav “gaug17” Sood – IN₹ 12.06L
2nd Sumit “boronyx” Sapra – IN₹ 8.46L
3rd “tigeronhunt1995” – IN₹ 5.44L
4th Ashish “OMG_spew” Munot – IN₹ 4.03L
5th Laksh Pal “boomtlt23” Singh – IN₹ 3.02L
6th Danish “pagla” Shaikh – IN₹ 2.42L
We will have a recap for you shortly.
Heads up kicked off with Gaurav “gaug17” Sood ahead 4:1 against Sumit “boronyx” Sampra. It took only four hands to clean him out. The final hand Sampra limped, Sood raised to 1.6L, Sampra called. The flop came 7♦ 4♠ 10♦, Sood c-bet 2.14L, Sampra called. On the turn A♠, Sood sent in another 4.9L, Sampra still called. The river 5♣, Sood jammed, Sampra tank-called. Sood had A♣ 8♦ top pair, Sampra 10♠ 9♠ second pair, Sampra bowed out in 2nd place for IN₹ 8.46L.
Down to just 4 bb, player “tigeronhunt1995” went all in holding A♥ 5♥, Sumit “boronyx” Sapra called with A♦ 8♣, the board paired them both 5♣ 2♠ 8♠ J♦ 7♣. Sapra’s pair was higher to empty out “tigeronhunt1995” in 3rd place. “tigeronhunt1995” earned IN₹ 5.44L.
After the costly payoff, Ashish “OMG_spew” Munot held on to his chips and eventually pushed with A♦ 8♠. Sood made the fast call with J♥ J♠. The board ran dry 10♥ Q♥ 6♣ 2♣ 7♠ to end his run in 4th place for IN₹ 4.03L payday.
After getting very lucky, chip leader Gaurav “gaug17” Sood collected another sizeable pot, this time against “tigeronhunt1995”. Sood opened for 72k and bb tigeronhunt1995 defended. At the fllop A♣ 3♦, Sood c-bet 54k and was check-called. On the turn 2♥, same action with Sood sending out 156,500, tigeronhunt1995 called. The river 6♦ saw another bet by Sood, firing 5.28L, and again was called. Sood showed A♠ 6♠ two pair and raked it in.
Sumit “boronyx” Sapra min-raised to 72k,L aksh Pal “boomtlt23” Singh shoved his 6.55L stack, Sapra called.
Sapra 4♠ 4♦
Singh A♠ 10♣
With the board running 2♣ 7♣ Q♠ Q♦ 5♦, the pocket pair held to send Singh out in 5th place for a IN₹ 3.02L payday.
Big stacks Ashish “OMG_spew” Munot and Gaurav “gaug17” Sood engaged in a preflop war that ended with both players all in. The larger stacked Munot had the edge with A♥ K♦ to Sood’s A♠ Q♣, however, when the board spread J♠ 2♥ 4♠ 9♦ Q♦, Sood rivered a pair to avoid the rail and ship a massive double up.
On the first hand of the final table, Danish “pagla” Shaikh called tigeronhunt1995’s min-raise and saw the flop land Q♣ 5♣ 7♦. Shaikh checked, tigeronhunt1995 c-bet 90k, Shaikh shoved 3.3L and was called.
Shaikh Q♥ 5♥ two pair
tigeronhunt1995 Q♠ 9♣
The turn 8♠ and river 8♦ counterfeit Shaikh’s two pair while tigeronhunt’s kicker played. Shaikh earned IN₹ 1.42L for 6th place.
Ashish “OMG_spew” Munot – 28.26L
Gaurav “gaug17” Sood – 16.7L
“tigeronhunt1995” – 14.1L
Sumit “boronyx” Sapra – 11.73L
Laksh Pal “boomtlt23” Singh – 6.9L
Danish “pagla” Shaikh – 4L