Hello and welcome back to Deltin Royale in Goa, which is buzzing with excitement for the biggest event of the DPT Xpress March 2021 Edition – the 15k Main Event, which is set to begin in a while from now at 5 pm local time. The buy-in for the Main Event is INR 15K and players will start with a stack of 20K. It has two starting flights, with the first of the two – Day 1A – starting in a while at 5 PM. Both flights will play out today itself, with Day 1B starting later tonight at 9 PM. The survivors from these two flights will return for Day 2 of the event, which is scheduled to start at 5 PM tomorrow.
The late registration for the flight will remain open till the start of level 9. The tourney features 25-minute levels for Day 1 and there will be three short breaks after level 4, 8, and 12. This is the second time that this Main Event is being hosted at the Deltin Royale. Last time, it took place in February 2020 and crowned a champion in Deepak Raina who triumphed over a 192-strong entry field to claim the title for INR 7 Lac. The race for the title begins once again, stay tuned for all the updates!
Shuffle-Up & Deal
Level – 1
Blinds – 100-100
BB Ante – 100
The cards are in the air for the 15K Main Event here at the beautiful Deltin Royale casino in Goa. Level one of the main event flight Day 1A gets underway and players start with the 20K stack.
There are around 50 players in the field but this number is bound to go up as the late registration is open till the start of level 9. Stay tuned in for updates, pics, chip counts, payouts, and a lot more!
Familiar Faces in the Field!
Level – 1
Blinds – 100-100
BB Ante – 100
The DPT Xpress Main Event Day 1A is already underway and there are around 70 players in the field now. A few familiar faces who can be seen in action include the following players:
- Mitang Soni
- DPT Xpress 5K Burn N Turn Runner-up Nikunj Doshi
- Somashekar KM
- Gurpal Singh
- Varun Gupta
- Methew George
- Radhika Shankar
Varun Gupta Is The First Elimination of the Day
Level – 1
Blinds – 100-100
BB Ante – 100
In the very first elimination of the day, Varun Gupta was seen departing the table. He opened UTG with 700 and a player in the middle position made it to 2200. Varun Gupta re-raised it to 72000 and was called.
Flop – Ah 6h 10h
The flop went check-check
Turn Jc
Gupta bet 5500 and the player in the middle position jammed and Gupta called.
Gupta: Ac Qd
MP: Ah Qh
River – Kh
The player in the middle position flopped a flush and busted Gupta in the process. After busting early, Gupta has re-entered Day 1A.
140 Entries and Counting
Level – 2
Blinds – 100-200
BB Ante – 200
We have entered level 2 and blinds now have increased to 100-200. As the tournament clock shows, there are 140 entries on the board, with an average stack being 20,000. With late registration open till the start of level 9, the field is bound to expand in the next one hour. Stay tuned in for the updates!
Some More Notable Joining The Action
Level – 3
Blinds – 200-300
BB Ante – 300
We have entered level 3 and as the tournament clock shows, there are 150 players in the field. Some notable names who can be seen in action include the likes of poker mom Radhika Shankar, Abhishek Garg, defending champion Deepak Raina, last night’s DPT Xpress 10k BOUNTY final table finisher Abhishek Sharma, Vineet Kumar, Gaurav Gupta, Gagandeep Malik Singh and many more.
Akash Jajoo Eliminated
Level – 3
Blinds – 200-300
BB Ante – 300
There have been several eliminations in the last 20 minutes. One of them is Akash Jajoo who pitted his pocket sevens against Qx 6x of Abhishek and Ax 8x of a player who was in the big blind.
The board ran 3x 7x Qx Qx 6x, giving Abhishek a bigger full house, and Akash Jajoo got eliminated.
180 Entries and Counting
Level 4
Blinds – 200-400
BB Ante – 400
We have entered level 4 and blinds have increased to 200-400. As the tournament clock shows, there are 180 entries on the board, with an average stack being 23K. With late registration open till the start of level 9, the field is bound to expand in the next one hour. Stay tuned in for the updates!
202 Entries and Counting
Level 6
Blinds- 300-600
BB Ante – 60
We have entered level 6 and blinds have increased to 300-600. As the tournament clock shows, there are 202 entries on the board. 139 players are remaining in the field and the average stack is 29,064. With late registration open till the start of level 9, the field is bound to expand in the next few minutes.
Full House Vs Flush! Rajesh Rajpopat Eliminated
Level – 7
Blinds – 400-800
BB Ante – 800
There have been several eliminations in the last 25 minutes and one of the recent eliminations is Rajesh Rajpopat.
The hand in question saw Anish from the middle position open to 4x. Ramesh Rao Thotapalli from the HJ and Rajesh Rajpopat from the button flat-called.
Flop – 7x Kd 10d
On the flop, Anish bet, Ramesh Rao folded and Rajesh called.
Turn – 6d
Anish shoved all-in and Rajesh called at the risk of elimination.
Anish: 7x 7x
Rajesh: Ad 6d
The river card was 10x and Anish hit full house vs flush of Rajesh.
Rajesh got busted but he has re-entered the tourney.
Sneh Flops a Full House To Double Up
Level – 8
Blinds – 500-1000
BB Ante – 1000
Pre-flop, Debashish limps from a UTG position and Sneh from the middle position raises to 2k.
While everyone else folds, Debashish calls. Both players take to the flop.
Flop – 8s 5s 8h
Sneh bets 1500 and Debashish check-calls
Turn – Kh
Sneh bets and Debashis check-calls.
River – 9d
Debashish checks, Sneh shoves and Debashish goes into deep tank before calling.
Sneh shows pocket fives for a flopped full house and Debashish mucks his hand.
Akash Jajoo Becomes Short Stack
Level – 8
Blinds – 500-1000
BB Ante – 1000
Jajoo was the first player to bust from the DPT Xpress Main Event Day 1A today. He re-entered but has not been running well. A few minutes ago, his stack came down when his pocket queens lost to Aces.
Pre-flop, a player with A9 open-shoved, Akash Jajoo (QQ) called, and a player with AA shoved for 70k.
The board bricked and the player with pocket aces won the pot.
Jajoo became the short stack, while the player with A-9 got busted.
Late Registration Closes With 250 Entries
Level -9
Blinds – 600-1200
BB Ante – 1200
With the start of level 9, the late registration has closed with 250 entries in total. There are over 100 players remaining in the field. Last year’s DPT X Burn N Turn champion Anish Juwarkar. is one of the chip leaders with a stack of 127k. The former DPT Xpress Main Event champion Ankit Jajodia is sitting with a stack of 93,000. Wait for our chip count update next.
Chip Counts After Level 8 – Last Year’s Burn N Turn Champ Among Chip Leads
Level -9
Blinds – 600-1200
BB Ante – 1200
- Anish Juwarkar. – 127k
- Archit Garg – 125k
- Mitul Mehta – 115k
- Viren Kapur – 112k
- Ankit Jajodia – 93,000
- Rahul Mathur – 86,000
- Rajesh Rajpopat – 82,600
- Navin Singal – 8,60
Raj Shekhar Busted
Level -9
Blinds – 600-1200
BB Ante – 1200
A player from UTG +1 raises to 3200, Raj Shekhar from UTG +2 shoves for 10k and Kshitij Kucheria from cutoff shoves over the top. Action back on UTG +1 and he decides to fold.
Raj Shekhar: 8x 8x
Kshitij: Ax Kx
Board: Kx 4x 3x 2x 6x
Kucheria flops a top pair with a king to take down the pot and Shekhar gets busted.
A Nice Double-Up For Adda52 Streamer Shivam Jain
Level – 11
Blinds – 1k-2k
BB Ante – 2k
Adda52 streamer Shivam Jain open-shoved for 22k and a player in the small blind made the call.
Shivam: Kx Qx
SB Player: Ax Kx
Board: Qx 4x 3x 5x 6x
The board bricked for the player in SB, but it gave a top pair with queens to Shivam who took down the pot and secured the much-needed double-up.
Vikaas Shah Busted
Level -10
Blinds – 800-1600
BB Ante – 1600
Vikaas Shah from UTG open-shoved for 21k and got called by Vinay on the hijack position.
Vikaas: Ah Kh
Vinay: 5c 8c
Board: 4c 6s 7s 7s 3c
Vinay hit straight to win the pot, busting Vikaas in the process
Bullets for Simon Mint! He Secures a Huge Double-Up
Level -12
Blinds – 1500-2500
BB Ante – 2500
Pre-flop, Ramesh Rao Thotapalli from UTG 3-bet and Simon Mint in the Big Blind 4-bet. Action back on Ramesh Rao and he jammed. Mint snap-called.
Ramesh Rao: Jx Jx
Simon: Ax Ax
The board ran out Qx Qx 4x 3x 7x where aced held up and Mint secured a big double-up.
DPT Xpress Main Event Day 1A Ends – Suffraz Alam Leads 62 Survivors!
The DPT Xpress Main Event Day 1A was an action-packed affair and saw a total of 250 entries, with 62 players of them advancing to Day 2 which is scheduled to start at 5 PM tomorrow (14th March). After 12 levels of 25-minute levels, Suffraz Alam bagged the end of the day chip lead with a stack of 225k. Last year’s DPT Xpress Burn N Turn champion Anish Juwarkar (202500) and Shivam Shukla (190000) bagged the next big stacks for Day 2. Given below is the complete list of chip counts of survivors!
| 1- Roshan Rodrigues – 53,500 |
| 2 – Suffraz Alam – 225000 |
| 3 – Anish Juwarkar – 202500 |
| 4 – Shivam Shukla – 190000 |
| 5 – Viren Kapur – 188000 |
| 6 – Guruprasad Gupta – 177500 |
| 7 – Anant Purohit – 175500 |
| 8 – Archit Garg – 172000 |
| 9 – Sanjay Mohan – 157800 |
| 10 – Simon Mint – 139500 |
| 11 – Nilesh Mundada – 136500 |
| 12 – Shivam Jain – 129000 |
| 13 – Ankit Jajodia – 124500 |
| 14 – Himanshu Gupta – 118500 |
| 15 – Mayank Juneja – 107000 |
| 16 – Amrit Kalash – 95500 |
| 17 – Mohak Kapoor – 91500 |
| 18- Kushagra Mehta – 90000 |
| 19 – Deepak Agarwal – 82000 |
| 20 – Vivek Chawla – 80000 |
| 21 – Gitanshu – 79500 |
| 22 – Rahul Mathur – 79000 |
| 23 – Akash Singhal – 78500 |
| 24 – Deepak Raina – 77000 |
| 25 – Saumil Krishnani – 77000 |
| 26 – Rajat Singh – 71000 |
| 27 – Karan Sawhney – 70500 |
| 28 – Venkatesh MK – 68000 |
| 29 – Vinay Jain – 66000 |
| 30 – Aakash Jajoo – 64500 |
| 31 – Siddharth Ranshevre – 63000 |
| 32 – Varun Gupta – 63000 |
| 33 – Naveen Singal – 62000 |
| 34 – Shrey Baj – 61500 |
| 35 – Abbas Saddique – 59500 |
| 36 – Hetal Desai – 59500 |
| 37 – Ramlakhan Meena – 58500 |
| 38 – Abhishek Garg – 57000 |
| 39 – Adithya Narayanan – 57000 |
| 40 -Rajesh Rajpopat – 57000 |
| 41 – Hrithik Raj Agarwal – 56500 |
| 42 – Sankalp Marwah – 56500 |
| 43 – Ritesh Khatwani – 54000 |
| 44 – Amit Tejura – 53000 |
| 45 – Vishal Guyaria – 51000 |
| 46 -Avinash Sharma – 50500 |
| 47 – Sameer Agarwal – 49500 |
| 48 – Vikas Jethnani – 49500 |
| 49 – Vishal Singh – 49500 |
| 50 – Radhika Shankar – 41500 |
| 51 – Gagandeep Malik – 38500 |
| 52 – Vipul Mittal – 38500 |
| 53 -Viral Lodhiya -36500 |
| 54 -Ranjeet Negi – 35000 |
| 55 – Shalabh Bansal – 33000 |
| 56 – Kripansh Khosla – 32500 |
| 57 – Varun – 27500 |
| 58 – K N Suresh – 25000 |
| 59 – Varun Devayya – 24600 |
| 60 – Tapan Mansotra – 22000 |
| 61 – Kashish Sachdev – 16000 |
| 62 – Abhishek N – 9000 |
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