8-Max Survivor 1.5K Bounty

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.

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

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.

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.

After ten and a half hours, heads up has been reached. Karan Sitlani holds a 20 bb lead against Amit Kaushik.

Park Se Han opens and big blind Amit Kaushik defends to bring a flop 8♣ Q♠ 9♦ . Both check to the turn T♦ . Park bets 400,000, Kaushik check-calls. On the 2♥ river, Park shoves, Kaushik check-folds.

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♠ .

Dan Larsson could watched his stack just dwindle at every orbit. Sitting on the big blind, button Karan Sitlani and Larsson call Woojin Kim's 250,000 raise. On the flop 4♦ A♦ 2♣ , Larsson is all in for 220,000 (less than 2 bb), Kim shoves and pushes out Sitlani.

The turn 7♦ and river 9♠ complete the board. Larsson finishes in 6th place.

Park Se Han picks up two pots. First one sees him min-raise from utg and big blind Woojin Kim calls. On the flop Q♦ 4♥ 2♦ , Park continues for 230,000, Kim check-calls. The turn T♠ Park fires 500,000 and Kim folds.

Next hand is against Kim again with Park defending the big blind. On the flop J♣ 7♥ A♠ , Kim bets 175,000, Park calls then both check the turn J♥ . The river T♥ Kim sends out 450,000, Park calls, Kim shows the failed bluff 4♦ 5♣ , Kim takes it down with A♣ 2♦ .

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.

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.

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.

After sending Santiago Ramos out, Woojin Kim did the same the Xinglong Huang. Kim opens then calls Huang's three-bet jam of 800,000. Kim dominates throughout to end Huang in 8th place.

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.

With the river 6♦ , Zhang misses the flushes and busts in 10th place.

Another lucky catch for Junzhong Loo to stay in the running. Amit Kaushik open, both Trung Ha Nguyen and big blind Loo call. At the flop 2♥ T♠ T♦ , Loo bets 125,000, Kaushik folds, Nguyen jams, Loo risks it.

The turn 5♣ is one of Loo's two outs, and with the river A♦, Loo ships it.

Small blind Park Se Han opens 125,000 and big blind Mingcheng Zhang defends for a flop 7♦ 6♣ Q♦ . Park continues for 100,000, Zhang calls then both check the turn T♥. On the river 8♥ , Zhang bets 300,000, Park reluctantly folds.

Loo pairs up and survives. Following that hand, Loo is all in again with A♣ 3♠ , Amit Kaushik has him dominated with A♦ J♦ , board runs 4♠ 4♦ K♥ 8♠ A♥ to chop it up.

Santiago Ramos sends two players out in back to back hands. The first to fall was Fabio Melani, unfortunately we missed the hand. Melani finished 14th.

Next one to go was Chao Ting Cheng whose pocket Fours lost the flip against Ramos' K♦ Q♦ that improved to a flush. Cheng finished 13th.

Park Se Han opens 60,000 then folds to Dan Larsson's 495,000 jam. Immediately after, Park raise again and button player Mingcheng Zhang defends to bring a flop 7♥ 6♦ 4♣ . From cutoff Park leads 75,000, Zhang flats. The turn T♥ action reverses, Park checks, Zhang sends out 175,000, Park calls. Both check the river 2♣ . Park shows queens and Zhang mucks.

Three players in on a raised pot with a flop T♠ J♣ T♦ laid out. Utg+1 Santiago Ramos bets 45,000, cutoff folds, big blind Junzhong Loo check-calls. Both players check the turn 4♦ and get a free river J♥ . Loo leads out 80,000, Ramos calls then mucks to Loo's A♥ Q♦ .

Progressive bets and a shove by Woojin Kim on the river 7♠ 5♥ Q♥ 6♦ 4♦ , Jayden Zalac calls for his tournament life and busts in 16th place.

Cutoff Amit Kaushik is backed by a massive stack of around 3 Million, button Santiago Ramos shaved a sliver in this hand.

Kaushik opens, Santiago calls, flop comes 6♦ 6♠ 9♣ . Kaushik c-bets 60,000 and gets called to head to the turn K♣ . Kaushik fires 120,000, still Ramos sticks with him. With 470,000 in the pot, Kaushik checks, Ramos bets 260,000, Kaushik folds.

Flag hunter Dominick French adds Cambodia to his list of poker destinations and has also added more chips to his short stack. Pushing nearly all of his chips less 1,000, Junzhong Loo calls then puts French all in on the flop J♣ 2♠ 6♣ . French obliges and is ahead.

The turn 8♥ pairs up Loo then the river A♥ saves French from elimination. Next hand French raises again nearly everything less 1,000, no callers. He tells SMP he had pocket Tens.

Hand opens with a utg+ 1 raise by Park Se Han and big blind Ilya Firstov defends. Park continues with 85,000 on the flop 3♣ 2♦ Q♣ , Bananyarli raises 245,000, Park flats. The turn 8♣ Bananyarli bets 280,000, Park jams with slightly less chips, Bananyarli tank-calls.

Catching the action on a board 9♦ 3♣ 8♦ A♠ 4♣ with 228,000 in the pot, Mr. Fendy checks to Amit Kaushik who announces all in. This sends Mr. Fendy tanking then finally gives up his stake on the pot.

Everyone folds around to the small blind Dmitry Nemirovskyi who opens 40,000, big blind Trung Ha Nguyen calls then both check down the board 9♦ K♠ 6♣ A♣ 4♠ .

Action packed hand begins with utg Ilya Firstov raising 35,000, next to act Van Xuan Nguyen calls, hijack MIngcheng Zhang three-bets 110,000, cutoff Ngoc Thai Huynh with 2.5 bb tanks using up all eight of his time-extensions then folds hoping to ladder up, small blind Harsh Jhirmiria four-bets 250,000, Firstov and Nguyen fold, Zhang five-bets 400,000, Jhirmiria ends the round by calling.

At the flop A♣ 8♣ 9♥ , Jhirmiria goes all in that's quickly called by Zhang.

Catching the action as the dealer counts out the chips, Amit Kaushik doubles up with Q♦ Q♥ against Hai Nam Hoang's K♠ Q♠ on a brick board.

Izzat Bananyarli opens, Rajasekhar Puttamsetty three-bets 100,000, Bananayarli answers with a four-bets shove of 402,000, snap-call by Puttamsetty. At the runout, Puttamsetty pays up.

Hijack Mingcheng Zhang opens 25,000, small blind Harsh Jhirmiria three-bets 65,000, Zhang calls. Jhirmiria fires 55,000 on the flop T♥ T♣ 2♣ , Zhang calls again. The turn A♦ sees a third barrel by Jhirmiria of 120,000, Zhang calls again. Both players check the river J♥ then split the pot.

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.

Short stack player down to 7 bb is all in and finds two callers, Gagandeep Malik and Curtis Jian. On the flop K♠ 3♣ 4♠ , Malik induces a side pot but Jian quickly folds.

Hai Nam Hoang continues to rake in sending another player to his knees. Action opens with cutoff Ilya Firstov raising, button Shanhui Li calls, small blind Hoang three-bets, only button Li calls. Hoang c-bets 60,000 at the flop J♣ 6♥ 6♠ and Li flats. The turn 8♠ Hoang jams, Li tanks using up three-time extensions then calls for his tournament life.

On a raised pot preflop, three players stare down 4♦ 8♣ 3♠ , button Curtis Jian c-bets 25,000, small blind Nopparat Kongjai calls, big bilnd folds and is down to just 9,000. The turn T♦ sees another 60,000 from Jian and wins the pot with any further challenge.

Four players in on a min-raised pot, flop runs A♦ 6♦ 5♣ . Big blind Zheko Dinev bets 15,000, everyone calls and head to the turn 7♠ . Dinev leads again for 54,000, Van Xuan Nguyen folds, cutoff shoves, Rajasekhar Puttamsetty joins in with a much larger stack, Dinev gets out of the way.

Rajasekhar Puttamsetty 9♥ 8♥

All in player 6♥ 8♦

Puttamsetty ships it after the river 7♦ .

From utg, Ilya Firstov opens, button Junzhong Loo and small blind call to the flop 2♦ 7♠ K♣ . Firstov continues for 10,000, Loo raise to 40,000, only Firstov calls to the turn 6♥ . Loo fires 100,000, Firstov tank-calls then both check the river A♥ . Loo mucks to Firstov's two pair.

Facing a min-raise by cutoff Dmitry Nemirovskyi, small blind Van Xuan Nguyen three-bets 45,000 then folds to Nemirovskyi's four-bet shove of 251,000.

Cards in the air! Good luck to all!