Abhishek Goindi took down the DPT February 2019 edition’s INR 65K Adda52 High Roller event and banked the top prize worth INR 14,50,000.

He topped a field of 86 players to win the high-stakes tournament at Deltin Royale Casino in Goa. He started playing on the final table with second-biggest chip stack and emerged victorious after beating Pradeep Sharma heads-up. Sharma earned INR 9,90,000 for his runner-up finish in the tournament.

The February 2019 edition of Deltin Poker Tournament (DPT), powered by Adda52, featured a total of 5 live poker events across 5 days of action. The series took place from 7th to 11th February at Deltin Royale – India’s largest cruise casino anchored on Mandovi river in Goa.

The INR 65k High Roller was one of the most anticipated event of the series and several well-known poker pros from across the country such as Vikram ‘Lungi’ Kumar, Tathagata Sengupta, Jayjit Ray, Nikita Luther, etc registered to the high-stakes tournament to battle it out for the title. The tournament played over 2 days and Goindi joined the 38 survivors of Day 1 on Day 2 with three other players as a late registration.

The 15K Deep Dive NLH champion Nikita Luther failed to reach the final table this time and got eliminated at the 15th position.

Goindi entered the 9-handed final table 2nd in chips. Shashank Jain was holding a massive chip lead but with his calm approach and composed gameplay, Goindi managed to keep chipping up. After Shashank Jain hit the rail at the 3rd position, Goindi entered the heads-up stage against Pradeep Sharma with a dominating chip lead.

It took about half an hour for Goindi to finish the game. On the last hand of the tournament, Sharma moved all-in with Qh -6h. Goindi called with Kh and Qd. The board revealed 5s 2h 9c 8h 10s and Goindi completed the victory with the high card (king).

Final results:

Abhishek Goindi – INR 14,50,000 Pradeep Sharma – INR 9,90,000 Shashank Jain – INR 6,20,000 Joey Saha – INR 4,80,000 Somashekar KM – INR 3,50,000 Eka Vedantam – INR 3,00,000 Alok Birewar – INR 2,45,000 Jayjit Ray – INR 2,20,000 Ujjwal Narwal – INR 1,95,400



Goindi is one of the most respected poker players in the country due to his impressive history of online and offline victories. He has made several deep runs across various prestigious domestic and international poker tournaments. .

He won the 2nd edition of Adda52’s Chip Up series last year by outlasting a massive field of 794 entries. He pocketed the top prize worth INR 2,50,000 by defeating Amarjeet Gandhi heads-up. His runner-up finish at 2012 Macau Poker Cup Red Dragon Main Event is his career- best win where he earned the gigantic $136,303 (INR 96,97,306).

Here is the list of the biggest winners of February 2019 DPT series who walked away with the massive prize money –

15K Deep Dive NLH – Nikita Luther ( Rs. 6,80,000)

Adda52 High Roller 65K – Abhishek Goindi (14,50,000)

35K Main Event – Ankit Kapoor (Rs. 22,50,000)

15K NLH Bounty – Sajjan Barnwal – Rs. 2,30,000