₹55,000 Main Event Day 1b | 2018 WPT India

₹55,000 Main Event

Day 1b Completed

11-17-2018 23:43 UTC+5:30

Akshay Nasa Bags Day 1b Chip Lead in Biggest WPT India Main Event

Will Shillibier

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

It was clear from very early on that the WPT India Main Event record was going to be smashed. Only 26 more entrants on Day 1a, but with Day 1b and 1c to come - not discounting the vivacious appetite for the game on display by members of the Indian poker community - there was always going to be big numbers.

The number is set to grow further, but after Day 1b the number stood at 540 - 270 from both flights - eclipsing the mark set last year of 527.

The player leading this bumper event and leading the 87 advancing from Day 1b is Akshay Nasa who bagged a total of 213,500. This is down from NJ Naranjan's mark of close to 280,000 yeterday, but still puts him in a comfortable position ahead of Day 2.

Other big stacks include Karan Kapur (204,500), Alok Ranjan (204,000) and Sharavl Parthasarathi (200,000). These are the only players over the 200,000 mark which translates as 80 big blinds at the start of tomorrow.

Arjun Arora, runner-up in 2017, bagged close to this mark with 198,500. He will be looking to go one step further over the course of this tournament and take down the largest WPT India Main Event in history.

Several big names played and bust Day 1b including Kunal Patni, Muskan Sethi, defending champion Vikash Mantri, Masha Soboleva, Minissha Lamba and Aditya Agarwal.

Stay tuned to PokerNews for a brief recap of the Day 1c with 20-minute levels, to see if any of them can advance using the quicker format, as well as continued coverage from aboard the Deltin Royale here in Goa, India.

Tags: Akshay Nasa Arjun Arora

11-17-2018 22:18 UTC+5:30

End of Day 1b Chip Counts (full)

Will Shillibier

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Akshay Nasa	213,500	213,500
Karan Kapur	204,500
Alok Ranjan	204,000	204,000
Sharavl Parthasarathi	200,000
Arjun Arora	198,500	103,500
Manish Jain	196,500	196,500
Rohit Mishra	191,500
Mani Singh	177,500	177,500
P Sharad Rao	176,500	176,500
Dinesh Singh	156,000	156,000
Vasim Rozani	154,000
Yash Jain	148,000	23,500
Avinash Tauro	142,500
Yuvraj Chaudhary	140,500	16,500
Gokul Raj	140,000
Prashant Malik	139,500	79,500
Saurabh Arora	137,500
Girish Sampath	129,500
Vipul Tiwari	125,500
Zarvan Tumboli	123,000
Yash Domadia	122,500
Ujjwal Narwal	122,000
Samay Modi	121,000
Sahil Mahboobani	119,000
Jaswinder Suri	114,500

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11-17-2018 21:10 UTC+5:30

Three More Hands

Will Shillibier

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

There will be three more hands of play in the WPT India Main Event Day 1b.

11-17-2018 21:00 UTC+5:30

Lamba Eliminated

Will Shillibier

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Earlier, Minissha Lamba was telling us how she would assess her options going into the final level to see what size stack she wanted to take through to Day 2. She obviously made a do-or-die move recently as her seat is empty.

She still has the 20-minute Day 1c starting at 9:30 pm.