Welcome back to the luxurious Deltin Royale casino gearing up for the last day of the four-day-long DPT Xpress March 2021 Edition. All eyes are on the 15K Main Event Day 2 that starts at 5 PM today.
Day 1 of the event was an action-packed affair and saw a record 421 entries, with 250 entries enrolling for Day 1A of the event and 171 registering for its Day 1B. Both flights took place yesterday. A total of 62 players survived from Day 1A and 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. The second flight, Day 1B, saw 46 survivors with the veteran pro, Dhaval Mudgal ending as the chip leader with a stack of 264100. Dhaval is also the overall chip leader for Day 2 and is followed by J Raju who bagged 247800 chips on Day 1B flight.
There are a total of 108 survivors returning for Day 2 play today to battle it out for the title and the top prize worth INR 12.04 Lac. The runner-up will walk away with an impressive 8.07 Lac. While Dhaval has a massive chip lead, the battle for the Main Event title is not going to be easy as there is a lot of talent still in the running. Let us have a quick look at Day chip counts!
DPT Xpress Main Event Day 2 Complete Chip Count List!
Cards Are In The Air!
Level – 13
Blinds – 1500- 3000
BB Ante – 3000
The cards are in the air and Day 2 of the Main Event has started at level 13 featuring 1500-3000 blinds and 3000 BB Ante. Starting the day as a chip leader is none other than Dhaval Mudgal (264k) and he is followed by J. Raju with 247800. Stay tuned in for the live updates from the tournament!
Angkan Mukherjee Eliminated During The First Level Of Day 2
Level – 13
Blinds – 1500- 3000
BB Ante – 3000
Angkan Mukherjee from the middle position opens to 3x and Adda52 streamer Shivam Jain shoves all-in from the button. Mukherjee gives it a little thought and makes the call at the risk of elimination.
Shivam: Qx Qx
Angkan: Ax 9x
The board runs Kx 9x 10x 4x 7x where pocket queens hold up and Shivam takes down the pot, busting Mukherjee from Day 2 of the main event.
Neville Shroff Doubles-up!
Level – 13
Blinds – 1500- 3000
BB Ante – 3000
In a pre-flop action, Neville Shroff open shoves for 18 bbs and gets called by Vishal Singh.
Vishal: Ax Kx
Neville: Ah 5s
Board: Qc Qs 5c 10c 2s
Neville finds a 5 on the flop to beat AK and doubles-up!
DPT XPRESS March 2021 Main Event Payouts!
Level – 14
Blinds – 2k-4k
BB Ante – 4k
The DPT Xpress Main Event March 2021 saw a record-breaking field of 421 entries, resulting in a whopping INR 58,05,590, which is to be shared by the top 53 finishers with a min-cash of INR 25,310. The eventual champion will take home a hefty INR 12.04 Lac. Here is a quick look at the payouts:
Places Payout (INR)
1 – 1204000
2 – 807240
3 – 532660
4 – 357040
5 – 274600
6 – 227580
7 – 191000
8 – 154540
9 – 118260
10 – 99850
11 – 99850
12 – 99850
13 – 83020
14 – 83020
15 – 83020
16 – 68210
17 – 68210
18 – 68210
19 – 56890
20 – 56890
21 – 56890
22 – 47890
23 – 47890
24 – 47890
25 – 39480
26 – 39480
27 – 39480
28 – 32390
29 – 32390
30 – 32390
31 – 32390
32 – 32390
33 – 32390
34 – 32390
35 – 32390
36 – 32390
37 – 28740
38 – 28740
39 – 28740
40 – 28740
41 – 28740
42 – 28740
43 – 28740
44 – 28740
45 – 28740
46 – 25310
47 – 25310
48 – 25310
49 – 25310
50 – 25310
51 – 25310
52 – 25310
53 – 25310
Rajesh Rjapopat Eliminated by Abhishek Sharma
Level – 14
Blinds – 2k-4k
BB Ante – 4k
In a pre-flop action, J. Raju opened with 12k, Rajesh Rajpopat in the middle position flat-called and Abhishek Sharma in the small blind shoved all-in. While Raju folded, Rajesh made the call. The cards are turned over!
Rajesh: Ax 9x
Abhishek: Ax Kx
Board: Ax Jx 10x 5x 4x
While both players flopped an Ace pair, Abhishek won the pot with a king kicker, busting Rajesh from Day 2 of the main event!
Naveen Busted From Main Event Day 2
Level – 15
Blinds – 3k-5k
BB Ante – 5k
Navin Singal from UTG open-shoved for 45k and Viren Kapur made the call from the middle position.
Naveen: Kx Kx
Viren: 2X 2X
Board: 4x 5x 2x Qx 10x
Naveen’s pocket king’s could not hold up as Viren flopped a set and busted him from the main event!
Suffraz Alam and Shiv Chug Bubble The Main Event!
Level – 16
Blinds – 3k-6k
BB Ante – 6k
The bubble has burst and there are two players bursting on the bubble, namely Day 1A chip leader Suffraz Alam and Shiv Chug. They busted from two separate tables in hand-in-hand play. Both of them have shared the last place payout worth INR 25310. Also, they have won the bubble contest for the Main Event and have been awarded a gift hamper from Adda52.com.
Some More Eliminations From Main Event Day 2
Level – 17
Blinds – 4k-8k
BB Ante – 8K
Sankalp Marwah (46th for INR 25,310)
Himalaya Tarani (47th for INR 25,310)
Milena Mezhuieva (48th for INR 25,310)
Saumil Krishnani (49th for INR 25,310)
Rehmat Singh (50th for INR 25,310)
Siddhanth Kripalani (51st for INR 25,310)
Sachin Kurup (52nd for INR 25,310)
Akash Jajoo Doubles-Up!
Level – 17
Blinds – 4k-8k
BB Ante – 8K
A player from the middle position opens to 25k and Akash Jajoo from the big blind shoves all-in.
The player from the middle position makes the call and both players then turn over their cards.
Jajoo: Ad Kh
MP: Ac Ad
Board: 3h 7h 8d 10h Qh
Unfortunately for the player in MP, Jajoo makes the one card flush and takes down the pot, securing himself a nice double-up!
A Look at Recent Eliminations From DPT Xpress Main Event Day 2
Level – 17
Blinds – 4k-8k
BB Ante – 8K
Natesh Sirpaul (37th for INR 28,740)
Archit Garg (38th for INR 28,740)
Akash Singhal (39th for INR 28,740)
Roshan Rodrigues (40th for INR 28,740)
Varun Devayya (41st for INR 28,740)
Anish Juwarkar (42nd for INR 28,740)
Himanshu Gupta (43rd for INR 28,740)
Rajat Singh (44th for INR 28,740)
Varun Singh (45th for INR 28,740)
Abhishek Mazumder Finishes 25th for INR 39,480
Level -18
Blinds – 5k-10k
BB Ante: 10k
Hrithik Agarwal open raises to 2.5x and Abhishek Mazumder shoves all-in for his last 12 bb stack. Agarwal calls and both players show their cards.
Agarwal: Ax7x
Muzumder: Kc Qs
Board: Ac 4h 2d 9c 10h
While the board bricks for Mazumder, Agarwal flops an ace pair to win the pot and bust his opponent.
Recent Eliminations From DPT Xpress Main Event Day 2
Level – 19
Blinds – 6k-12k
BB Ante – 12k
Abhishek Mazumder (25th for INR 39,480)
Gaurav Idnani (26th for INR 39,480)
Neville Shroff (27th for INR 39,480)
Vipan Sharma (28th for INR 32, 390)
Virenjit Singh Kapur (29th for INR 32,390)
Sahil Arora (30th for INR 32,390)
Akash Jajoo (31st for INR 32,390)
Gaurav Gupta (32nd for INR 32,390)
Rahul Mathur (33rd for INR 32,390)
Nilesh Mundada (34th for INR 32,390)
Abhishek Garg (35th for INR 32,390)
Gautam Raju (36th for INR 32,390)
Notable Chip Counts After Level 20 – Shivam Shukla Among Chip Leads
Level – 21
Blinds – 10k-20k
BB Ante – 20K
We are down to level 21 and there are 20 players remaining. Shivam Shukla is one of the biggest stacks among them. He is followed by online MTT crusher Anant Purohit and Vinay Jain. Defending champion Deepak Raina is also there and he has around a 7.80 stack. Here is a quick look at the top stacks:
Shivam Shukla – 10,80,000
Anant Purohit – 9,80,000
Vinay Jain – 6,50,000
J. Raju – 12,65,000
Deepak Raina – 7,80,000
A Look At Recent Eliminations
Shivam Jain (24th for INR 47,890)
Mayank Juneja (23rd for INR 47,890)
Simon Mint (22nd for INR 47,890)
Kshitij Dhingra (21st for INR 56,890)
Kshitij Kucheria (20th for inr 56,890)
Hrithik Agarwal (19th for INR 56,890)
Ankit Jajodia (18th for INR 68,210)
Guruprasad Gupta (17th for INR 68,210)
Hetal Desai (16th for INR 68,210)
Amit Dhal (15th for INR 83,020)
Sanjay Mohan (14th for INR 83,020)
J. Raju (13th for INR 83,020)
Deepak Singh 12th for INR 99,850)
Vinay Jain (11th for INR 99,850)
Unknown player (10th for INR 99,850)
DPT Xpress Main Event Final Table Set With Nikunj Doshi In Lead!
Level – 22
Blinds – 15k-25k
BB Ante – 25k
Finally, we are down to the final table in the DPT Xpress 15K MainEvent. Nikunj Doshi leads the final 9 with 19,85,000 chips. It is going to be an interesting battle as there are two DPTX Main Event champions on the FT, including defending champion Deepak Rain and Anant Purohit.
Here are the chip counts:
- Nikunj Doshi – 19, 85,000
- Shivam Shukla – 14, 05,000
- Ramesh Roa Thotapalli – 10,0500
- Anant Purohit – 9,80,000
- Mohak Kapoor – 9,40,000
- Dhaval Mudgal – 7,75000
- Deepak Raina – 7,65,000
- Sameer Agarwal – 2,90,000
- Avinash Sharma – 90,000
Avinash Sharma Becomes the First Player To Depart FT!
Level – 22
Blinds – 15k-25k
BB Ante – 25k
Pre-flop, Avinash Sharma from UTG +2 open-shoved for 14BBs and Ramesh Roa Thotapalli made the call from BB.
Avinash: 2X 2X
Ramesh Rao: Jh 10h
The flop came down Ax 10x 8x giving the lead to Ramesh Rao and he kept his lead on the turn 7x and the river 4x. Avinash’s pocket deuces could not hold up and he got eliminated in 9th place for INR 1,18,260.
Dhaval Mudgal Doubles-Up
Level – 22
Blinds – 15k-25k
BB Ante – 25k
Dhaval from UTG position opened to 2x and Nikunj Doshi called from late position.
Flop – Ks Kc 8h
The flops went check-check
Turn -4h
Dhaval bet 375k and Nikunj called
River – Js
Dhaval check-calls a shove from Nikunj.
Nikunj shows Kx 7x for trips. Dhaval shows 4x 4x for a winning full house and doubles up.
Defending Champion Deepak Raina Doubles-Up
Level – 23
Blinds – 15k-30k
BB Ante -30k
Defending champ Deepak Raina open-shoves from UTG and Anant Purohit from button calls.
Raina: Jx Jx
Anant: Ax Qx
Board: 4x 6x 5x Kx 10x
As Anant misses the board, Raina’s pocket jacks hold up and he doubles-up.
Deepak Raina’s Dream To Win Consecutive ME Title Ends in 8th Place
Level – 24
Blinds -20k-40k
BB Ante – 40k
Unfortunately, Deepak Raina’s dream for consecutive DPT Xpress Main Event titles comes to an end in 9th place. He has been just busted. The hand in question saw Dhaval Mudgal from the early position raise to 2x, Raina from the middle position, and Shivam Shukla from the late position made the call.
Flop – 10x 10x 8c
The flop went check-check
Turn – 3c
Dhaval fired a bet of 175k. While Raina called and Shukla 3-bet. Dhaval folded and Raina called.
Raina: Ac 10c
Shivam: 3x 3x
The river card was a brick. Raina hit trips + flush but it was not enough to win the pot as Shivam hit a winning full house, taking down the pot and busting Raina in 8th place for INR 154540.
Former DPT Xpress Main Event Champ Anant Purohit Finishes 7th for INR 1,91,000!
Level – 24
Blinds – 20k-40K
BB Ante – 40k
Online MTT crusher, Anant Purohit opened to 3x from the late position and Ramesh Rao Thotapalli from the small blind shoved all-in. Anant Purohit made the call at the risk of elimination.
Anant: Jx Jx
Ramesh Rao: Ax Kx
Board: Kx Kx 10x 8x 3x
The board brought trips for Ramesh Rao and Purohit got busted in 7th place.
DPT Xpress Burn N Turn Runner-Up Finishes 6th for INR 2,27,580
Level – 26
Blinds – 40k-80k
BB Ante – 80k
Pre-flop, the short-stacked Nikunj Doshi shoves all-in for his 4bb stack and Shivam Shukla makes the call. Both players turn over their cards.
Doshi: K8off
Shukla:Qd 2d
The board runs Kx 5x 2x Ax QX and Shukla takes down the pot, busting Doshi in 6th place.
Mohak Kapoor Finishes 5th for INR 2,74,600
Level – 26
Blinds – 40k-80k
BB Ante – 80k
In a pre-flop action, Mohak Kapoor jammed his last 12 BB stack and was called by the chip leader Ramesh Roa Thotapalli.
Kapoor: KQ
Ramesh Rao: Q6
While the board bricked for Kapoor, Ramesh Rao found a six on the flop which was enough for him to take down the pot and bust his opponent.
Full House Vs Flush! Shivam Shukla Finishes 4th for INR 3,57,040
Level – 26
Blinds – 40k-80k
BB Ante – 80k
With blinds soaring up, eliminations are now quick on the final table. Just now we saw Shivam Shukla departing the table. The hand in question was a full house vs flush. It saw the chip leader Ramesh Rao Thotapalli from button open to 2 Lac. Shivam from the big blind 3-bet and Ramesh Rao called.
Flop: Qs 8x 8s
The flop went check-check
Turn – Kx
The turn also went check-check.
River – 7s
Shivam shoved at the risk of elimination and Ramesh Roa called.
Shukla tabled As 6s for a flush, while Ramesh showed 7x 7x for a full house.
Dhaval Mudgal Finishes 3rd for INR 5,32,660
Level – 27
Blinds – 50k-100k
BB Ante – 100K
Ramesh Roa is on fire! He scored yet another final table elimination a while ago and this time it was veteran pro Dhaval Mudgal who became his victim. The hand in question saw Dhaval Mudgal from small blind shoving all-in with Jx 5x and Ramesh Roa holding Kd 3d in the big blind made the call.
The board ran out Qh 3s 7c 3h Ad, giving Ramesh trips and busting Mudgal in 3rd place.
Heads-up for the Main Event Title!
Level – 27
Blinds – 50k-100k
BB Ante – 100K
Now It is heads-up for the title between Ramesh Rao and Sameer Agarwal, with the former having a massive chip lead over the latter. Also, Roa is a more experienced player than Agarwal and is a strong favourite to win his first-ever DPT Xpress Main Event title here at the Deltin Royale in Goa.
Sameer Agarwal Finishes Runner-up for INR 8,07,240
Level – 27
Blinds – 50k-100k
BB Ante – 100K
And it’s finally over! The DPT Xpress March 2021 Main Event has crowned a champion in Ramesh Rao Thotapalli who started the heads-up with a massive chip lead and kept the lead till the final hand.
The final hand of the tourney saw Sameer Agarwal shoving his last 16BB stack and the chip leader Ramesh Roa made the call and showed Ad 2c against Qc 9s of his heads-up opponent Agarwal.
The board opened 3h 5h 2h 4d 7c, giving the pot as well as the title to Ramesh Rao. It is the first-DPT Xpress Main Event title for Rao who banked INR 12,04,000 for his grand win. Agarwal settled for the runner-up prize of INR 8,07,240. We congratulate both the players and wish them good luck ahead!
Ramesh Rao Thotappli Is The Latest DPT Xpress Main Event Champion!
And it’s finally over! The DPT Xpress March 2021 Main Event has crowned a champion in Ramesh Rao Thotapalli who came out on top of a record-breaking field of 421 entries to win it for INR 12.04 Lac, plus a beautiful DPT trophy. Sameer Agarwal finished runner-up for INR 8.07 Lac, while the veteran pro Dhaval Mudgal took the final spot on the podium, finishing 3rd for an impressive INR 5.32 Lac.
Ramesh Rao entered the final table with the third largest stack and eliminated the likes of Avinash Sharma, former DPT Xpress Main Event champion Anant Purohit, Mohak Kapoor, Shivam Shukla and Dhaval Mudgal before facing Sameer Agarwal in HU. The detailed story will be published later.
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