The inaugural World Poker Tour Deep Stacks India main event has reached a successful conclusion at the Deltin Royale Casino in Goa, with Vikash Mantri claiming the victor’s spoils of $92,540 after besting a competitive field of 526 other players.
After powering through the field Mantri started final table action holding the chip lead and managed survive through to the heads up against Arjun Arora.
The latter held a solid chip advantage as the heads up started, but within a few hands Mantri had levelled the stacks and went on to take and extend his lead despite some bold moves and bluffs from Arora, who was finally caught out and eliminated at second for $60,573.
The relatively inexperienced Mantri (he has only two previous live tourney cashes on his resume) said he had been under massive pressure from Arora and was relieved to have correctly called his opponent’s bluffs.
55 players cashed from the $420,622 prize pool.