Two tales from India as Vikash Mantri wins the WPTDeepStacks India Main Event, and the Match Indian Poker League drops Pune Knights over breach of contract.

Poker in India continues to remind us that it has a place in the global community after the World Poker Tour (WPT) and the Deltin Royale Casino in Goa hosted a successful WPTDeepStacks India Main Event.

The INR55,000 buy-in Main Event attracted 527 souls, including the Global Poker Index (GPI) #1 ranked Indian female, Muskan Sethi (who was recently hat-tipped by India’s President, Ram Nath Kovind, for breaking into a male-dominated profession).

Vikash Mantri won the event and is now INR6,030,000 ($92,000) the richer. Mantri entered the final table with the chip lead, but began his heads-up fight with Arjun Arora with a 38bb v 71 bb chip deficit.