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Zopun Artem wins the Main Event at the India Poker Championship

After an exciting 3 days of play, it was Zopun Artem from Russia who took down the INR 25,000 Big Game (Main Event) at the March edition of the India Poker Championship in Goa. For outlasting the 50 player field, along with the IPC Winner's Medallion, Artem also took home a sum of INR 430,000 for his efforts.




It's been a profitable trip for the native of Yekaterinburg, in Central Russia who came down in mid-January to Goa for a vacation... of sorts. When PokerNews India caught up with Zopun Artem after his win, he mentioned that this was exclusively "a casino and poker trip" for him. Along with his friend Sergey Federov, Artem was exploring the poker scene in this country and with a win at the IPC Main Event, he will certainly end his monthly trip on a very profitable note.

The final hand of the 25k Big Game saw a limp from Indian pro Jasven Saigal and Zopun Artem preflop to see Qs Qd 3h Saigal makes it 16000 and a flatcall from Artem. The turn Ac has Saigal firing out 35000 on which Artem moved all-in. Saigal was the one at risk as Artem had him covered.




Zopun Artem shows As Qh for turned fullhouse whilst Jasven Saigal had Qc 8d for trip Queens on the flop. Saigal was drawing dead even before the river Jc opened up and that was it as Zopun Artem became the 25k Big Game champion at the India Poker Championship.

Besides the Main Event, there were also 3 side events and here are the results from those tournaments:-

   Date                      Event                       Buy-in            Winner

01 Feb            6.5k Double Bubble               6500            Sunil Singh

02 Feb           10k Weekend Kickoff            10000        Aditya Sushant

03-05 Feb    25k Big Game (Main Event)     25000       Zopunnyan Artem

05 Feb            12k Headhunter                   12000          Romit Advani

The next edition of the India Poker Championship will take place from 01-04 March and you can find out more by visiting their website www.indiapokerchampionship.com