Even though Sushant couldn’t bag the APT title, he did manage to enter the final table with a below average stack with 188,000, improving tremendously on the last day. He achieved 4th place to pocket PHP 973,000 (almost 13 lakhs), making this as his biggest score in an APT event till date.
Here’s how his past earnings paved the way:
· 2017 APT Championships Manila: 10th place, $220 NLHE 1-Day Event – INR 37,405
· 2015 APT Philippines Manila: 18th place, $1770 NLHE Monster Stack NLHE – INR 97,000
· 2011 APT – Asian Series Goa: 3rd place, INR 20K NLHE – INR 1.29 Lakhs
The other Indian Challenger, Madhav Gupta was also a part of the Day 2 event alongside Sushant. However, his run was cut short before the money bubble; he was holding a stack of 126,400.
Just as the tortoise moved on its own pace towards the finish line, Sushant outran several contenders along the way including Stephen Miles on Day 2. Initially, he doubled up through Roger Spets to chip up and was amazingly active from that moment on but he started falling low on stacks, eventually eliminating him from the game. It was Bobby Zhang who outran Sushant’s pair with his two-pair.
Final Table Chip Counts
Bobby Zhang – 1,001,000
Anthony Thong Boon Tee – 793,000
Iori Yogo – 652,000
Roger Spets – 435,000
Andrew Nguyen – 210,000
Aditya Sushant – 188,000
Lim Yohwan – 162,000
Henrik Tollefsen – 110,000
Final Table Recap
There were some really good poker players at the final table. Nguyen being in the lead then getting eliminated by Yogo, Lim Yohwan winning a pot off Bobby Zhang and Henrik Tollefson doubling on Yohwan for the best part of the tournament.
Sushant was called by big blind Roger Spets as he moved all in from the small blind in an attempt to chip up. Sushant tabled 5 of Clubs and 5 of Hearts against Spets’ Ace of Hearts and 7 of Diamonds, making him miss the board and bringing the well-deserved double up for Sushant, shooting him up to 186,000.
The leading man, Aditya Sushant who’d almost run out of stacks gave his all to improve. In his last attempt, Sushant got called and saw his end right flash right before his eyes, pushing him to 4th place. The hand saw Zhang leading out from under-the-gun for 20,000 and he was called by small blind Anthony Tee while Sushant also made the call from the big blind.
As the flop ran Queen of Spades, 3 of Diamonds and 2 of Hearts, the blinds checked while Zhang led out for another 20,000. Tee folded here, Sushant shoved, prompting a call from Zhang. Sushant tabled Ace of Clubs and 3 of Spades and Zhang tabled Queen of Clubs and 2 of Clubs.
Zhang’s 10 of Diamonds on the turn and the 9 of Hearts on the river didn’t bring any relief for Sushant whose bid for an APT title came to a 4th place finish. For Yogo, the APT trophy is just another tick on an otherwise very impressive scorecard.
A total of 12 players cashed in the event including Takao Shimizu, Jim Bonanno, and Masaki Fujitani. The final eight players bagged up for the day after the elimination of Jin Yong (9th for PHP 324,400).
Final Table Results (PHP)
Iori Yogo – PHP 2,872,800
Anthony Thong Boon Tee – PHP 1,915,100
Bobby Zhang – PHP 1,337,100
Aditya Sushant – PHP 973,300
Lim Yohwan – PHP 735,600
Roger Spets – PHP 574,900
Henrik Tollefsen – PHP 463,000
Andrew Nguyen – PHP 383,000
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