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Siddhanth And Umer Kiss Kick-Off Title Goodbye

Following Nikita Luther’s bust out, two more players bid goodbye to the 25K Kick-Off title, one of them being Day 2 chip leader Siddhanth Kripalani. While the action moved slowly, Mahesh Shamsundar played his cards right when he called Umer Fayaz‘s preflop shove with pocket sevens. Kripalani, who went from chip leader to short-stacked, moved all-in as well.

The cards on the board showed 7 ♦ A ♠ 4 ♣ K ♠ 3 ❤ and Shamsundar took home the pot as he flopped a set with his sevens, knocking out Kripalani and Umer in 12th and 11th position respectively for ₹1,16,300 each. Kripalani’s exit from the tournament was heartbreaking as he was a favourite to take the prized IPC 25K Kick-Off title. However, all good things need to come to an end, and sadly for Kripalani and Fayaz that was the bitter truth. 

• Shamsundar: 7 ♣ 7 ❤
• Kripalani: Q ♦ Q ♠
• Fayaz: A ♣ Q ❤
• Board: 7 ♦ A ♠ 4 ♣ K ♠ 3 ❤

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