Martin Nilsson Wins APT Asian Series Goa Main Event

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  • PG News May 28, 2012
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Sweden’s Martin Nilsson (cover image) has won the ₹50,000 Main Event of the Asian Poker Tour outlasting a field of 131 entries. The Swede, who was born in Sri Lanka and lives in Beijing, pocketed the top prize of ₹19,42,000. Nilsson also won the 25k buy-in event on Day 1 of the APT Goa series.

The final ten on the final table of the main event began Day 3 with Nilsson in the chip lead (347,000) and Nilsson kept up his form of winning crucial hands throughout the day. The first to exit the final table was the other international player at the end stage of the tournament – Japan’s Hishashi Ogi. Ogi began the day with a short stack and his ran into Ravi Goel’s and that was the end of the Japanese’s run in the tournament.Then, Nilsson ousted PokerGuru Pro Aditya ‘Intervention’ Agarwal from the tournament in ninth place when his held up against Agarwal’s . It was Prabhat Mukherjea who delivered the lethal blow to Agarwal earlier when he cracked the latter’s cowboys with his , completing a one card straight on the board of . The short stacked Prabhat had just doubled-up a few hands earlier from Nikhil Maheswari in a similar fashion by completing a runner-runner one card straight with against Nikhil’s on the board of .

Rahul Byraju was the next to follow Agarwal and could not complete his dream run of winning the tournament after coming back from just one 1000 chip yesterday. His shove against Manan Khetan’s contributed to his departure. The gregarious Rahul Goel was the seventh to exit from the final table when his bluff on to steal the blinds misfired. Nilsson with called Goel and hit a set on the flop. Goel’s two pair was not enough on a board of . That was the end of the ‘RG’, as he’s called by his friends, in the tournament. Prabhat ‘SuicideSpree’ Mukherjea was next responsible for the departure of Nikhil Maheshwari in the sixth place. Nikhil’s was no match against Mukherjea’s on a board of .

The table was down to five when last year’s runner-up in the main event Sameer Rattonsey exited in a crucial hand that paved the way for Nilsson’s title. Nilsson hit his ace again when his crushed Rattonsey’s on a . Rattonsey was left with less than one big blind chip and there was no miracle comeback from him. Mukherjea then railed Sonu Singh at fourth place with his beating Singh’s on a board of . It was Mukherjea’s chance next to exit the tournament as the second runner-up when Manan Khetan opened preflop with a 43k bet. Mukherjea raised it to 120k from the big blind. Manan four bets it to 280k. Mukherjea shoves for 175k more and is called by Manan. Mukherjea shows to Manan’s .The board helps no one and Mukherjea bowed out. The Swede was then responsible for the seventh-place exit of the very-vocal Ravi Goel whose move to steal the blinds with misfired. He was called by the big-blind of Nilsson who flopped a set on a board of . The heads-up duel came to Nilsson and Manan Khetan, with the former having thrice the chip count of the latter. In the final hand, Khetan limped from the button with to trap the Swede. Nilsson four-bet with and was called by Khetan to see a flop of . Nilsson checked his two pairs to see Khetan push his chip stack in. Nilsson called and his two pair held up after the turn and river did not help Khetan. Khetan received the second prize of ₹1,061,000.

Top 10 players of the APT Main Event Final Table
Top 10 players of the APT Main Event Final Table

APT Asian Series Goa Main Event Final Table Payouts

PositionPlayerPrize
1stMartin Nilsson₹19,42,000
2ndManan Khetan₹10,61,000
3rdPrabhat Mukherjea₹5,31,000
4thSonu Singh₹4,13,000
5thSameer Rattonsey₹3,54,000
6thNikhil Maheswari₹2,95,000
7thRavi Goel₹2,36,000
8thRahul Byraju₹1,77,000
9thAditya Agarwal₹1,18,000
10thHisashi Ogi₹1,06,000

Read the complete live coverage of this event here.

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