Online Trained Player Takes Third at APC

March 7th, 2007

Pranav Bathija of Mumbai taught himself Texas Hold-Em online over a period of four months before taking third place at the Asian Poker Classic, India’s first professional tournament. Taking second place was Samual Lehtonen of Sweden and the champion was Carl Hostrup from Denmark.

Bathija played against 143 other players from around the world to claim his share of the $1 million prize. The tournament lasted three days and took place at the Intercontinental Grand Resort in Goa.Â

Bathija believes that this new tournament will do great things for poker in Asia. He explains that he “is happy to prove that India can compete in this sport on an international level”.


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Archive pick: Value betting the river, no limit hold em cash -

Game type: 1/2 No Limit Cash Game
Your image: Fairly Aggressive
Opponent's image: Solid, a little tricky
Your hand: As Qh

This hand is from the archives and originally appeared on 8/21/07. View the original quiz and comments here

The setup: You're fairly new to this table and you picked up a pot quick when you flopped a set and won a decent multi-way pot. You've been fairly active since, seeing a lot of flops cheap and playing for the win on the flop or turn in a couple of spots.

This hand you're dealt AQo UTG and you decide to limp. The button limps and both blinds play. You flop top pair:

Qd 7h 6d

The SB leads out for $6. The BB folds. You make it $24 and the button folds. The SB calls. The turn gives you two pair with the Ac. The SB checks and you pop $40 into $54. The SB flat calls.

The turn comes the 10c. The SB checks again. There's $134 in the middle. Do you value bet here and if so, for how much?


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