Final Day
Karan Sitlani Wins 8 Max Survivor

After the deal, it was a quick trip to the finish with Karan Sitlani overtaking Amit Kaushik then closing it out. The win was Sitlani's first outside of home turf India and could only describe it as "unreal". In addition to the USD 29,830 payout deal and trophy, Sitlani was awarded the WPT World Prime Championship seat worth USD 1,100. Congratulations to the new champ!
Stay tuned for the recap.
Deal Reached!

Just before the start of the level, both players reached a deal on the remaining cash. They will play for the trophy and the $1,100 WPT World Prime Championship seat.
Amit Kaushik - USD 30,460
Karan Sitlani - USD 29,830
Double Up Again For Karan Sitlani

Another double up for Karan Sitlani who snap-calls Amit Kaushik's open shove then gets full pay for his cowboys.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
KS Karan Sitlani | K♦K♣ | 7,500,000(38 BB) |
AK Amit Kaushik | A♥4♣ | 10,000,000(50 BB) |
Karan Sitlani Fighting Back
After losing a large chunk, Karan Sitlani loses a couple of more small pots and finally pushes with1,825,000. Amit Kaushik calls then wishes Sitlani good luck. Sitlani gets the luck he needs to stay in the game.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
KS Karan Sitlani | K♥9♣ | 3,850,000(19 BB) |
AK Amit Kaushik | 9♦9♥ | 13,700,000(69 BB) |
Amit Kaushik Banks A Double

Heavy preflop betting opens with a limp from Amit Kaushik, big blind Karan Sitlani raises 700,000, Kaushik three-bets 1,900,000, Sitlani four-bets 4,000,000, Kaushik shoves for a total of 7,225,000, snap-call by from Sitlani.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
AK Amit Kaushik | A♣K♣ | 14,650,000(73 BB) |
KS Karan Sitlani | A♦Q♦ | 2,900,000(15 BB) |
Hard-Betting Karan Sitlani
Button Karan Sitlani opens and big blind Amit Kaushi defends for a flop 3♥ 5♣ 4♠ . Kaushik leads 350,000, Sitlani calls. On the turn 6♥, another 800,000 from Kaushik, raise of 2,100,000 by Sitlani, Kaushik folds.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
KS Karan Sitlani | 10,275,000(51 BB) |
AK Amit Kaushik | 7,225,000(36 BB) |
Amit Kaushik Rises To Near Even

Amit Kaushik limps, Karan Sitlani checks, flop comes 3♣ 6♦ K♥ . Kaushik bets 200,000, Sitlani check-raises 550,000, Kaushik calls. On the turn 4♠ , Sitlani leads 1,025,000 and Kaushik flats. The river 9♦ , Sitlani checks to Kaushik who bets 3,500,000 and wins the pot.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
KS Karan Sitlani | 8,850,000(44 BB) |
AK Amit Kaushik | 8,700,000(44 BB) |
Heads Up!

After ten and a half hours, heads up has been reached. Karan Sitlani holds a 20 bb lead against Amit Kaushik.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
KS Karan Sitlani | 10,750,000(54 BB) |
AK Amit Kaushik | 6,850,000(34 BB) |
Amit Kaushik Doubles Up

Karan Sitlani open jams and Amit Kaushik calls for his tournament life.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
AK Amit Kaushik | A♦J♥ | 4,900,000(25 BB) |
KS Karan Sitlani | J♣T♦ | 10,350,000(52 BB) |
Chip Count Update
Player | Chips |
---|---|
KS Karan Sitlani | 12,700,000(64 BB) |
PS Park Se Han | 2,500,000(13 BB) |
AK Amit Kaushik | 2,350,000(12 BB) |
Woojin Kim Flipped Out in 4th Place

Woojin Kim opens 300,00 then calls for all of his chips on Karan Sitlani's shove. Kim is flipping and goes on to fall in 4th place.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
WK Woojin Kim | A♣T♣ | busted |
KS Karan Sitlani | 9♣9♥ | 11,700,000(78 BB) |
Amit Kaushik Doubles Up
Karan Sitlani open shoves from the button, small blind Junzhong Loo folds while big blind Amit Kaushik goes deep in the tank. Kaushik finds the courage to call and doubles up.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
AK Amit Kaushik | A♦8♥ | 3,690,000(30 BB) |
KS Karan Sitlani | T♥3♥ | 7,150,000(57 BB) |
Karan Sitlani Amasses Half Of The Chips In Play

Karan Sitlani is ploughing through the final 5 with uncalled raises, three-bets, and open shoves. One of the hands saw the leader raise 250,000 from utg, big blind Park Se Han defends. Parjk check-calls the the flop and turn J♦ 7♦ 5♦ 2♠ 150,000 and 450,000. Both check the river 8♠ .
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
KS Karan Sitlani | J♣4♣ | 8,675,000(69 BB) |
PS Park Se Han | 6♦5♣ | 2,600,000(21 BB) |
Next hand Park opens 250,000 from small blind, Sitlani calls. Park c-bets another 250,000 on the flop T♦ A♥ 7♣ , then both check the turn 3♠ and river 8♣ . Park shows 9♥ 9♠ , Sitlani wins it with Q♥ T♠ .
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
PS Park Se Han | 1,800,000(14 BB) | |
KS Karan Sitlani | 9,000,000(72 BB) |
Chip Counts
Player | Chips |
---|---|
KS Karan Sitlani | 5,900,000(59 BB) |
WK Woojin Kim | 4,460,000(45 BB) |
AK Amit Kaushik | 3,030,000(30 BB) |
PS Park Se Han | 1,890,000(19 BB) |
DL Dan Larsson (2) | 920,000(9 BB) |
JL Junzhong Loo | 615,000(6 BB) |
Woojin Kim Grinding

Woojin Park picks up a couple of pots to rise over 4 Million. First hand he raises 200,000 on the small blind and big blind Park Se Han calls. Another 200,000 bet by Kim on the flop 9♠ A♠ 6♣ is called. On the turn T♣ , Kim fires 600,000, Park folds.
Next pot Kim opens, Karan Sitlani three-bets 625,000, Kim four-bets 1,550,000 and wins the pot.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
KS Karan Sitlani | 5,400,000(54 BB) |
WK Woojin Kim | 4,400,000(44 BB) |
PS Park Se Han | 2,400,000(24 BB) |
Park Se Han Doubles Up

After getting chunked by Dan Larsson, Park Se Han is all in for 645,000 and bets called by the chip leader Karan Sitlani. Park's pair survives.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
PS Park Se Han | 9♦9♥ | 1,540,000(15 BB) |
KS Karan Sitlani | A♦6♠ | 5,630,000(56 BB) |
Better Kicker For Karan Sitlani

Utg+1 Karan Sitlani opens 205,000 and big blind Woojin Kim calls. On a flop 9♠ 4♠ 2♣ , Kim check-calls 155,000. Both players check the turn and river.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
KS Karan Sitlani | Q♦9♦ | 5,900,000(59 BB) |
WK Woojin Kim | 9♠8♦ | 4,075,000(41 BB) |
Chip Counts

Player | Chips |
---|---|
KS Karan Sitlani | 5,600,000(70 BB) |
WK Woojin Kim | 4,125,000(52 BB) |
AK Amit Kaushik | 2,750,000(34 BB) |
JL Junzhong Loo | 1,260,000(16 BB) |
TH Trung Ha Nguyen | 1,120,000(14 BB) |
PS Park Se Han | 1,100,000(14 BB) |
DL Dan Larsson (2) | 850,000(11 BB) |
New Race Leader

Karan Sitlani has just taken over the chip lead in a hand against Amit Kaushik that ballooned to a big pot. Sitlani opens 125,000 button Kaushik calls, flop is K♦ J♣ Q♦ . Sitlani check-calls 100,000 then both check the turn 3♠. On the river K♠ , Sitlani leads 150,000, Kaushik raises 625,000, Sitlani answers with re-raise of 1,700,000, sending Kaushik tanking. After using up four time-banks, Kaushik folds.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
KS Karan Sitlani | 5,000,000(83 BB) |
AK Amit Kaushik | 3,850,000(64 BB) |
Final Table Chip Counts

Player | Chips |
---|---|
AK Amit Kaushik | 4,930,000(82 BB) |
KS Karan Sitlani | 3,900,000(65 BB) |
WK Woojin Kim | 2,000,000(33 BB) |
PS Park Se Han | 1,600,000(27 BB) |
TH Trung Ha Nguyen | 1,430,000(24 BB) |
JL Junzhong Loo | 1,150,000(19 BB) |
XH Xinglong Huang | 960,000(16 BB) |
SR Santiago Ramos | 790,000(13 BB) |
DL Dan Larsson (2) | 645,000(11 BB) |
Mingcheng Zhang Misses The Final Table

Utg Dan Larsson opens and finds two caller to the flop A♦ 2♥ Q♥ .
Action is checked to button Karan Sitlani who bet 105,000, Larsson folds, big blind Zhang check-calls and head to the turn 4♣ . Sitlani bets again, this time Zhang check-raises all in for 865,000, Sitlani calls.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
ZM Zhang Mingcheng | J♥T♥ | busted |
KS Karan Sitlani | A♠9♠ | 3,900,000(78 BB) |
With the river 6♦ , Zhang misses the flushes and busts in 10th place.
Mingcheng Zhang Win The Three-Way

Karan Sitlani opens, small blind Mingcheng Zhang three-bets 295,000, big blind Hai Nam Hoang four-bets all in for 445,000, Sitlani joins the shove, and Zhang makes it a three-way with the least chips.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
KS Karan Sitlani | K♠T♥ | 2,420,000(61 BB) |
ZM Zhang Mingcheng | A♠3♥ | 790,000(20 BB) |
HN Hai Nam Hoang | Q♣Q♠ | 140,000(4 BB) |
Ilya Firstov Runs Dry

Button player Karan Sitlani shoves and small blind Ilya Firstov calls for everything then busts 15th.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
IF Ilya Firstov | A♣J♦ | busted |
KS Karan Sitlani | 4♦4♥ | 2,500,000(83 BB) |
Chao Ting Cheng Gets The Max For Aces

Action folds to the small blind Karan Sitlani who opens 44,000, big blind Chao Ting Cheng flats and head to the flop 7♥ K♥ 8♣ . Sitlani continues for 31,000, Cheng calls again. On the turn 4♥ , Sitlani checks, Cheng goes all in for 179,000, Sitlani tank-calls.
The river is 5♦ . Double up for Cheng.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
CT Chao Ting Cheng | A♣A♠ | 522,000(44 BB) |
KS Karan Sitlani | 9♥8♠ | 600,000(50 BB) |