INDIA POKER SERIES - CHAPTER 13 FROM 11TH TO 15TH APRIL 2012
Texas Hold'em Poker Tournament at CASINO ROYALE GOA
India Poker Series, a Texas Holdem Poker Tournament, to be held under the aegis of Casino Royale Goa.
Day 1 – 11th Apr 2012 - 9 pm - 3.8K Re-Entry Super Satellite MTT* (Seats worth 70K GTD)
Day 2 – 12th Apr 2012 - 9 pm - 4K Re-Buy Mega Satellite MTT** (Seats worth 120K GTD)
Day 3 – 13th Apr 2012 - 9 pm - Friday Fusion - 10K Double Chance Freeze Out
Day 4 - 14th Apr 2012 - 9 pm - Saturday Showdown - 25K MAIN EVENT with Re-Entry
Day 5 - 15th Apr 2012 - 9 pm - Super Sunday - 5K Re-Entry Tournament
India Poker Series 13 - 13th April 2012 - 10K Double Chance Freeze Out
25 entrants to this one of its kind events organised only by IPS. The final table started after around 4 hours and 20 minutes of play. Final table lasted another 4 hours 30mints. 3 places were paid.
Day 3 – 13th Apr 2012 - 9 pm - Friday Fusion - 10K Double Chance Freeze Out - 25 Entries
Position |
Name |
City |
Prize Money |
Chipcount at the start of Final Table |
| 1 | Bharat "Silent Assassin" Agarwalla | Kolkata | 1,25,000 | 16,800 |
| 2 | Anil "The Machine" Gulati | Goa/New Delhi | 75,000 | 42,100 |
| 3 | Uday Patil | Mumbai | 25,000 | 26,100 |
| 4 | Varun Tej | Hyderabad | 11,800 | |
| 5 | Vineet "The Venetian" Bailur | Mumbai | 17,000 | |
| 6 | Husain Lakdawala | Goa | 16,700 | |
| 7 | Anastasia Murzina | Russia | 26,100 | |
| 8 | Sameer Chaturvedi | 21,800 | ||
| 9 | Minissha Lamba | Mumbai | 15,900 | |
| 10 | Rajat Jain | New Delhi | 5,600 |
IPS 13 - 25K Main Event on 24th April 2012 - The final table started after around 3 hours of play. Final table lasted around 2 hours and 30 minutes. Total duration was just over 5 hours and 30mints. 3 places were paid at the final table.
Day 4 - 14th Apr 2012 - 9 pm - Saturday Showdown - 25K MAIN EVENT - 16 Entries
Position |
Name |
City |
Prize Money |
Chipcount at the start of Final Table |
| 1 | Anil "The Machine" Gulati | Goa/New Delhi | 2,00,000 | 30,250 |
| 2 | Husain Lakdawala | Goa | 1,10,000 | 15,125 |
| 3 | Kenneth Sequeira | Mumbai | 50,000 | 12,000 |
| 4 | Rajiv "Rocky" Motwani | Goa | 37,725 | |
| 5 | Arjjun Singh | Kolkata | 39,675 | |
| 6 | Sameer Chaturvedi | 29,350 | ||
| 7 | Ashutosh "Ash Burner" Naik | Goa | 30,025 | |
| 8 | Sumit Khurana | Hyderabad | 25,525 | |
| 9 | Varun Tej | Hyderabad | 20,325 |
IPS 13 - 5K Re-Entry event on 25th April 2012 - The last day ie Sunday has been witnessing a fall in numbers in all tournaments and this was no different though it still managed to touch 28. The FT started after 3 and half hours of play and then the final table lasted close to over 3 hours and to the total duration was almost 6 hours. 3 places were paid.
Day 5 - 15th Apr 2012 - 9 pm - Super Sunday - 5K Re-Entry Tournament - 28 Entries
Position |
Name |
City |
Prize Money |
Chipcount at the start of Final Table |
| 1 | Michael D'souza | Goa | 65,000 | 31,075 |
| 2 | Vineet "The Venetian" Bailur | Mumbai | 40,000 | 23,900 |
| 3 | Rajat Jain | New Delhi | 21,000 | 19,000 |
| 4 | Debashish Bal | New Delhi | 17,675 | |
| 5 | Arjjun Singh | Kolkata | 16,450 | |
| 6 | Jitesh Keswani | Baroda | 4,950 | |
| 7 | Sumill Punamiya | Mumbai | 17,350 | |
| 8 | Bharat "Silent Assassin" Agarwalla | Kolkata | 2,300 | |
| 9 | Arockia Thomas | Chennai | 7,325 |
IPS Chapter concluded after 5 days of hectic events. The newsmakers were Anil "The Machine" Gulati and Bharat "Silent Assassin" Agarwalla and Vineet "The Venetian" Bailur continued with his trend of making it to the Final Table repeatedly and accumulating POY points.
The organisers have announced a cut by one day in its next chapter in May which is from 3rd to 6th which was originally to be held from 2nd to 6th.
Our thanks to all players, participants and the Casino Royale team.