Live Reporting - APT Asian Series Goa 2012 - 150K Highrollers

Harshad Barve takes down the APT High Rollers!

Time: 21:48:00
Blinds: 800/1600
Ante: 200
Level: 8

Hot on the heels of his win at the PGT May Edition High Rollers event, Harshad Barve has done it again with yet another title and this time the APT Asian Series Goa 2012 High Rollers event.
Both Raman and Harshad were almost evenly stacked with Harshad having a few thousand more than Team Mentor Ramandeep Singh Gujral.

In the final hand of the tournament,
Harshad Barve on the button opens to 3600, Ramandeep Singh Gujral calls and we see a flop.

On a flop of , Ramandeep checks, Harshad leads out for 6000, Ramandeep calls. The turn is , Raman checks his option, Harshad bets 12000, Ramandeep calls.

The river is , Ramandeep checks, Harshad announces that he is allin, Ramandeep takes his time before making the call at the risk of his tournament life.

Ramandeep tables for a three of a kind - Aces while Harhsad shows   for a straight from Ace to Five to take down the APT High Roller event!
Ramandeep gets INR 448,500 while Harshad takes home the 1st prize - INR 834,000 and the APT High Roller Trophy.

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Ramandeep takes the chip lead

Time: 21:23:00
Blinds: 800/1600
Ante: 200
Level: 8

Team Mentor Ramandeep Singh Gujral from the button opens for 5100, Harshad Barve calls.

Flop , Raman leads out for 6200, Harshad makes it 21200, Ramandeep moves allin and gets snap called by Harshad.

Harshad

Raman

The turn card is , Harshad needs a seven or an eight on the river to eliminate Raman.

River , Raman's Queens hold with a higher 2-pair (Queens and Sixes) and he moves up to 120K in chips as Harshad comes down to 105K in chips.

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Big money bubble

Time: 21:13:00
Blinds: 800/1600
Ante: 200
Level: 8

Rohit raises 3500 from the button, Harshad Barve in big blind position re-raises it to 13500, action is Rohit and he moves allin for 55k, Harshad calls.

Rohit

Harshad

The board read , Harshad scoops the pot knocking out Team Mentor Rohit Bhalla at 3rd place. It's now heads-up between Team Mentor Ramandeep Gujral v/s PGT High Roller Champion Harshad Barve.

                        Rohit Bhalla

Heads-up chip counts

Harshad Barve - 160,000 chips

Ramandeep Gujral - 65000 chips

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Bhalla gets a lifeline

Time: 20:54:00
Blinds: 800/1600
Ante: 200
Level: 8

Harshad limps from the button, Rohit Bhalla in small blind position moves allin for 24k, Ramandeep folds while Harshad makes the call.

Showdown :

Harshad

Rohit

The cards read , Rohit takes down the pot and is now back from the dead.

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Harshad dominating

Time: 20:24:00
Blinds: 600/1200
Ante: 100
Level: 7

The PGT High Roller champion Harshad Barve is currently dominating the table with almost 75% of the chips in play, Team Mentor Ramandeep Gujral has a stack of around 60k while Rohit Bhalla is the shortest of all with 25k chips.

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Break Time!

Time: 19:59:00
Blinds: 500/1000
Ante: 100
Level: 6

Three players remain in the APT High rollers event. They are now off to a 10 minute break. Stay tuned!

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