Alok Birewar Wins The 100K High Roller
The 100K High Roller at India Poker Championship (IPC) Megastacsk May 2022 has finally come to an end with chip leader Alok Birewar clinching the title for ₹40,71,000. Both players shoved all-in and Birewar flipped a Q
❤
J
♦
, and Arsh Grover showed suited connectors (T
♣, 9
♣). The board opened to 5
♣ Q
♠ A
♠ 7
♦
J
❤
. On seeing the turn, both players came forward to wish each other ‘GG!’ as Birewar already flopped a Q-pair, and nothing on the river could save Grover. Grover was all smiles as he finished at the runner up spot for ₹31,00,000.
The two players went on a short 10-minute break before the heads-up and discussed a deal. The two pros would share the top two prizes and Birewar would grab a lion’s share of ₹38.4 Lakh since he had a greater stack while Grover would take home ₹31 Lakh guaranteed. The two then continued playing for an additional ₹2.31 Lakh, the trophy and IPC 100K High Roller title, of course!
- Grover: T ♣, 9 ♣
- Birewar: Q ❤ J ♦
- Board: 5 ♣ Q ♠ A ♠ 7 ♦ J ❤
Alok Birewar shoved all-in and Faiz Alam made an all-in call with his remaining stack of 50,00.000 chips. Alam revealed a A
After busting out fellow poker player and buddy Nikita Luther, Siddhanth Kapoor has made his way out of the FT, at the fourth spot. Alok Birewar bet 2 BB and Siddhanth Kapoor shoved all-in with his 8 BB.The board of 8
Short-stacked at the beginning of the FT, Anuj Yadav shoved all-in with pocket sixes. Alok Birewar called from the UTG and the board displayed A
In order to apply pressure, the chip leader Alok Birewar shoved all in and Aly Goni with a short stack decided to call it before it was too late. Birewar showed 8
Anuj Yadav, the shortest stack holder, shoved all-in with 3
The 11th place bust out was Poker Sports League, CEO and Founder, Pranav Bagai who exited the tournament after his Q
In a short time, actor and DJ Siddhanth Kapoor managed to knock out many players and has already claimed his next victim. At Level 21, Kapoor bet 2,100,000 preflop with pocket sevens and Raj Talwar raised 6,260,000 with K
Spartan Poker Pro Nikita Luther shoved all-in preflop holding A
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On Table 1, Kunal Patni jammed his stack preflop with A
The High Roller eliminations continue and 25K Kick-Off winner Mahesh Shyamsundar was shown the door in the 17th position for ₹2,64,100. 
As soon as the money bubble burst, the next few bust outs happened within minutes. Bollywood actress Anita Hassanandani bet 200,000 preflop with a little slick in hand. Arsh Grover raised 475,000 with pocket kings. The board showed 3
On Table 6, Rajashekhar Puttamsetty shoved all-in preflop with 160,000 chips and he was called by Alok Birewar. The community showed A
Right after Victor busted in 21st place, it was Ankit Wadhawan that exited the tournament in the 20th spot. He and Alok Birewar went head-to-head after they jammed their stack in the pot. The board opened to 7
With the bursting of the money bubble, players who made ITM can now heave a sigh of relief. Right after Dhaval Mudgal busted as the bubble boy, the next one to go in 21st position was Victor from Belarus. In the hand, Raj Talwar bet 120,000 preflop with K
There is nothing more unfortunate than being a bubble boy in a High Roller event, but that was the sad reality for poker pro and musician Dhaval Mudgal. Holding K
Anuj Yadav
The next bust out was another Gutshot pro Anant Purohit who bet 80,000 holding pocket rockets and Raj Talwar called. Talwar with J
Spartan Poker pro Nikita Luther bet 60,000, and Dhirendra Kumar shoved all-in with his 495,000 chips (approximately 17 BB), holding A
At Level 16 on Table 2, Kumar Vatsal jammed 155,000 preflop holding K
At Level 15 with blinds 10,000/25,000, ante 25,000 two popular names from the poker industry locked horns. Yes, we are talking about 
At Level 15, on Table 3 Darjee Sharpa bet 100,000 preflop with Q
Sarla’s double up just a few hands ago did not help in grabbing a spot in the money of the 100K High Roller event. On Table 2 at Level 14 (blinds 10,000/20,000, ante 20,000) Varun Gupta raised to 40,000 chips and Sarla went all-in with her 11 BB stack. Gupta called it off with his pocket tens. The flop ran 6
On Table 2 at Level 14 (blinds 10,000/20,000, ante 20,000), preflop action saw 
At Level 14, with blinds at 10,000/20,000, ante 20,000, Tanay Hargunaney found a good chance to double up against Vatsal Kumar’s (IPC Megastacks May 2022 25K Kick-Off final tablist) pocket sixes. Preflop action saw Hargunaney shoving his chips with Th 8
With the tournament now on Level 13 and blinds at 8,000/16,000 short-stacked players are having a bit of difficulty surviving the barrage of hits by players on the chip advantage. On Table 3, female poker pro Kanchan Sharma bet 32,000 preflop with hole cards A
At Level 13 with blinds 8,000/16,000, ante 16,000, when you ship a pot against a pro player, the victory is further sweetened. After a lot of initial action, on the river the play boiled down to Arsh Grover and Kunal Patni. The Final Table Series champion (4th edition) with his Big Slick fought Patni’s As Qc on a board of 6
At Level 13 on Table 11, with blinds 8,000/16,000, ante 16,000, Udit Kejriwal with Kc Td bet 35,000 preflop and the other three players called. On the flop (K
With blinds at 10,000/25,000, ante 25,000 
Some players bust out while some deliver it. In the case of Shailender Pradhay, the latter holds true. After busting out Kanisk Korati in a previous hand, Pradhay soon went for another kill when he went all-in preflop with Pocket Rockets. Anand Thakur who had just doubled up a few hands before, called the shove by jamming his entire stack with hole cards 9
On Table 5 at Level 12 with blinds 6,000/12,000, ante 12,000, one player bet 24,000 preflop to be called by Kunal Patni. Online reg Manish Lakhotia bet 85,000 and Patni matched again. On the flop, everyone checked. Turn saw Patni betting 75,000, Lakhotia raised to 200,000 and Patni bravely called. On the river, the action further intensified when the Adda52 Game Ambassador checked, Lakhotia bet 300,000 and then Patni made the call after tanking for a while. The board revealed 
On Table 9, at Level 12 with blinds 6,000/12,000, ante 12,000, 
With so many bust outs happening one after the other, we almost can’t keep up! However, we are keeping up and we already have the next bust out! The action on Tabel 4 saw Siddhanth Kripalani bet 25,000 preflop which was called by Raj Talwar and two other players. The flop opened J
On Table 10 at Level 11, preflop action saw MPL Poker Pro Dhaval Mudgal raise to 23,000 with his Ad 5d to be called by Dzianis Savenok with his 4c 6c. The flop ( As 7c 5c) was a gift by the Poker Gods for all our viewers. Mudgal had a 2 pair while Dzianis a open ended straight flush draw. The Ac on the turn meant DISASTER and a Full House vs Flush situation.
On Table 5 at Level 11, with the blinds increasing, Gutshot sponsored pro Dhirendra Kumar shoved his 15 BB stack into the pot with his pocket nines seeing three limps before him only to be called by Aman Mehta with his Dimes. This was a highly dramatic hand. As the turn opened with a 9
It is almost half an hour that the 100K High Roller event has begun and Shardul Parthasarathi is not in the casino. Our reporters are frantically searching for Parthasarathi and really wish to see him in action. When the game was halted at Level 10 yesterday, Parthasarathi had 424,000 chips and was one of the players with a good chip stack on Day 1. When will he be here? Are his Big Blinds getting wasted? 
Harshad Barve shoved all-in with his stack of 115,000 chips, he was raised all-in to 346,000 by Jatin Bhayana. Shravan Chhabria also shoved his 260,000 all-in. The community showed T
At Level 11 on Table 13 with blinds at 5,000/10,000, ante 10,000, Gutshot sponsored pro Anant Purohit bet 22K and the other two players called. Flopped was checked by all players. On the turn, a player bet 40K which found a call in Purohit and Siddhanth Kapoor raised to 1,25,000 and Purohit matched the bet. Kapoor who was sitting with 4c 5c hit one pair on the flop (5h Td 7d) with his five. On the river, the Kapoor lad shoved his entire stack and our pro mucked, whilst looking visibly upset. On seeing Kapoor’s cards Purohit disappointedly said he had two pairs (88, 99) which he folded. Certainly a good bluff by Kapoor.
Final Table Series 2022 Main Event Winner Arsh Grover is a crusher on the online felts. When our reporters spotted him at the India Poker Championship (IPC) 100K High Roller, he was multi-tabling and simultaneously playing his A-game in the High Roller event. At the moment when this picture was clicked, Grover was grinding in three online tournaments and also crushing it in the live felts of the High Roller. 
Deepankur Gupta bet 16,000 preflop holding fish hooks. Zarvan Tumboli raised all-in with his stack of 105,000 (around 13 BB). Gupta decided to call to see the board of K
In the middle of the poker room, we had an interesting hand develop at Table 14. Siddhanth Kripalani bet 13,000 preflop with his Royal Couple. Laksh Pal Singh called the bet with Treys (3
Table 10 had Bollywood and television actress Anita Hassanandani go head to head with IPC September 2019 Main Event winner Raj Talwar. The preflop action had Talwar bet 18,000 with pocket fours and Hassanandani along with the rest of the table called. The flop brought with it Q
Munna Khwaja raised 25,000 chips after a player bet 8,000 preflop. The raise was followed by an all-in raise by Ashish Bisht who pushed 34,000, while WSOP bracelet winner Aditya Sushant three-bet 75,000. This led to Khwaja going all-in with his stack of 216,000 chips holding a big slick. Sushant also shoved all-in holding queens. The board opened to K
At Level 7, Rishabh Malik bet 9,000 preflop with Q
Table 11 had Harshad Barve go all-in preflop with 62,000 (15 BB) holding pocket aces and Dishan Jalan made his shove with A
In a very interesting and dramatic hand, pre-flop action saw Adda52 ambassador Kunal Patni raise to 6,500 chips with his T
On Table 6, Arjanveer Singh Chadha with his A
While the internet may go down, the game carries on. Table 7 witnessed Ashish Ahuja shove 32,000 with cards A
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