HomeAPT India Online Series 4.0 is halfway through with Day 5 in the bag. Last night was smoking with action, paying out a whopping IN₹ 77.84 Lac across five events. Ashish Nailwal “Notoriouskonvict” emerged the biggest winner by taking down both the Hyper Event opener and the featured PLO High Roller to lift his career second APT Trophy. Nailwal joined Karan Malhotra “Karangogi” in the exclusive list of multiple series wins.
To date, IN₹ 4,27,26,000 has been won across 27 games. The next half will see more money flow at partner online client PokerBaazi.com with the Mini Main Event 75L GTD on the felt tonight followed by the Championship Event 50L GTD and series headliner Main Event 1.5 Cr GTD. Make sure to check the schedule.
APT India Online Series 4.0 schedule
Day 5 results
Event 23 – 27 prize pool: IN₹ 77,84,000 (~US$ 98,586)|
Entries: 2,472
Trophy winner: Ashish Nailwal “Notoriouskonvict”
Two time series winner: Ashish Nailwal “Notoriouskonvict”
Most final tables: Ashish Nailwal “Notoriouskonvict” (2), Vikranth Varma “borntrouble” (2), Puneet Sachan “puneetdurr111” (2)
APT 25: PLO Highroller 30L GTD – ASHISH NAILWAL “Notoriouskonvict” – IN₹ 6.86L (~US$ 8,690)
The day’s featured Pot Limit Omaha Highroller 30L GTD saw 391 pony up the IN₹ 11,000 (~US$ 140) buy in to build a richer IN₹ 39.1 Lac (~US$ 48,520) prize pool. Just under nine hours of play, Ashish Nailwal “Notoriouskonvict” shipped it, defeating Ranjeet Negi “Rj147” at heads up. Due to an ICM deal, Negi earned the largest payout while Nailwal walked away with both the title and APT Trophy. This was Nailwal’s career second APT India Online trophy with a first win at the inaugural series Kickoff Event in January 2021.
Brief rundown of the final table action, Negi led in the final six players and proceeded to widen the gap by eliminating “Phantom01” (5th) with a full house over two pair. Ram Kakkar “mowgumotu” climbed to second rank after delivering a crushing blow to Vikranth Varma “borntrouble” in 4th place with a straight over pocket Jacks set. Kakkar’s rise in chips was short-lived though with Nailwal shaving it down to nearly catch up to the leader. Down to just 3 BB, Kakkar’s struggle ended and the final two players quickly reached an ICM deal. With more chips behind, Negi was given the larger payout.
Play went on for rank and for the APT trophy. Both players were still deep with average at 36 BB. Twelve minutes after the deal, Nailwal closed it out with a straight beating two pair (hand below).
Buy in: IN₹ 11,000 (~US$ 140)
Guarantee: IN₹ 30 Lac
Entries: 391 (179 unique, 212 re-entry)
Prize pool: IN₹ 39.1 Lac (~US$ 48,520)
ITM: 45 places
Final table payouts in IN₹
| 1st | Ashish Nailwal “Notoriouskonvict” | 6,86,000* |
| 2nd | Ranjeet Negi “Rj147” | 7,10,.000* |
| 3rd | Ram Kakkar “mowgumotu” | 3,69,000 |
| 4th | Vikranth Varma “borntrouble” | 2,74,000 |
| 5th | “Phantom01” | 2,05,000 |
| 6th | Harshit Sanghi “Harshit114” | 1,64,000 |
*Heads up deal
APT 23: 5-Max Hyper 6L GTD – ASHISH NAILWAL “Notoriouskonvict” – IN₹ 1.07L (~US$ 1,355)
The 5-Max Hyper 6L GTD Day 5 opener clocked in at just over four hours making it the fastest tournament of the series. Emerging out of the blur, was Ashish Nailwal “Notoriouskonvict” for his first series victory. This was just warm up for the champion as later in the night, Nailwal would go on to ship the featured PLO Highroller.
To capture his first event, Nailwal bulldozed through the final table by eliminating the last three players in back to back to back hands. It started with Nailwal carrying a monster lead into the final table after booting Pritam Amritkar “Pritam1301” in 6th place. After “Gameon1111” railed Samsher Gandhi “santacruzsam” in 5th place, Nailwal went on a slashing spree. He dusted Ankit Saurabh “starnaruto” with Q♠ 10♠ flush over K♥ 9♦ on a board 6♦ 7♠ 6♠ 8♠ 4♠, rivered two pair with 8♣ 9♠ to crack “dedpul” A♥ A♠, then closed it out with 7♠ 5♥ trips Sevens over Gameon1111’s 8♠ 8♥ two pair on a board 10♠ 7♥ Q♠ 4♦ 7♣.
Buy in: IN₹ 1,375 (~US$ 18)
Guarantee: IN₹ 6 Lac
Entries: 482 (265 unique, 217 re-entry)
Prize pool: IN₹ 6.03 Lac (~US$ 7.637)
ITM: 83 places
Final table payouts in IN₹
| 1st | Ashish Nailwal “Notoriouskonvict” | 1,07,000 |
| 2nd | “Gameon1111” | 74,650 |
| 3rd | “dedpul” | 51,990 |
| 4th | Ankit Saurabh “starnaruto” | 36,210 |
| 5th | Samsher Gandhi “santacruzsam” | 25,240 |
APT 24: KO 6L GTD – PUNEET SACHAN “puneetdurr111” – IN₹ 1.22L (~US$ 1,548)
It took several bullets to accomplish the deed with Puneet Sachan “puneetdurr111” firing five to win the KO 6L GTD. Sachan topped the 426 entry field, shining exceptionally at the final table. Entering third in stack, Sachan blazed through, eliminating the first two players “Ustaad75” (8th) and Ankit Jajodia “akj290” (7th), then later Karan Sitlani “collingwood” (5th) and Sarthak Aswal “sarthak2222” (4th) to amass two-thirds of the chips. After Vikranth Varma “borntrouble” cleaned out “arctrus” (3rd), Sachan was still ahead with over 70% of the chips. It didn’t take long to secure the win with 6♥ 6♦ set over Varma’s 10♥ 9♥ on a final board 6♠ 7♦ 4♠ 2♠ J♥. Sachan also collected the most bounties of IN₹ 7,250.
Buy in: IN₹ 2,200 (~US$ 28)
Guarantee: IN₹ 6 Lac
Entries: 426 (218 unique, 208 re-entry)
Prize pool: IN₹ 6.39 Lac (~US$ 8,093)
ITM: 71 places
Final table payouts in IN₹ (bounties not included)
| 1st | Puneet Sachan “puneetdurr111” | 1,15,000 |
| 2nd | Vikranth Varma “borntrouble” | 80,510 |
| 3rd | “arctrus” | 56,300 |
| 4th | Sarthak Aswal “sarthak2222” | 39,360 |
| 5th | Karan Sitlani “collingwood” | 27,480 |
| 6th | Protential1” | 19,230 |
| 7th | Ankit Jajodia “akj290” | 15,530 |
| 8th | “Ustaad75” | 12,520 |
APT 26: Megastack 8L GTD – PUNEET DUA “neo1” – IN₹ 2.71L (~US$ 3,430)
The Megastack 8L GTD was a very hot item on the menu with 573 taking interest. This nearly doubled the advertised guarantee for a richer IN₹ 14.32 Lac prize pool. Minutes into the seventh hour, Puneet Dua “neo1” emerged victorious to earn his first ever APT win.
Dua entered the final table of eight sharing the chip lead with “pokerwolf” but as the game progressed, it was “prashant1982” and Dua taking turns busting players. By heads up, prashant1982 was ahead nearly 3:1 until a lucky pair saved Dua. During the hand, Dua was all in with K♠ 10♥, prashant1982 ahead with K♥ Q♠, the board came 8♥ 10♦ 7♣ 9♥ A♠ for a double up to take the lead. A few minutes later, the final all in showdown came down with Dua’s 8♥ A♣ staying ahead of prashant1982’s K♣ 2♣.
Buy in: IN₹ 2,750 (~US$ 35)
Guarantee: IN₹ 8 Lac
Entries: 573 (301 unique, 272 re-entry)
Prize pool: IN₹ 14.32 Lac (~US$ 18,137)
ITM: 72 places
Final table payouts in IN₹
| 1st | Puneet Dua “neo1” | 2,71,000 |
| 2nd | prashant1982” | 1,90,000 |
| 3rd | Sumanth Kumar “sp175” | 1,22,000 |
| 4th | “pokerwolf” | 90,390 |
| 5th | Manav Gehe “mgehe” | 67,760 |
| 6th | Suraj Yadav “MR8BEAST” | 54,290 |
| 7th | Puneet Sachan “puneetdurr111” | 45,270 |
| 8th | Ankit Mathani “ankit9300” | 36,100 |
APT 27: 6-Max Turbo 8L GTD – SASHANK CHAKRAVARTHY ‘TheTamizhDurrr” – IN₹ 1.87L (~US$ 2,670)
The last event offered was the 6-Max Turbo 8L GTD which drew the day’s largest crowd of 600 entries. This added an extra 4L to the prize pool. At the final table, Sashank Chakravarthy eliminated “Howzatt” in 3rd place then struck an ICM deal with Atishay Samuel “nutscracker” to end the game as top rank.
Buy in: IN₹ 2,200 (~US$ 28)
Guarantee: IN₹ 8 Lac
Entries: 600 (334 unique, 266 re-entry)
Prize pool: IN₹ 12 Lac (~US$ 15,198)
ITM: 101 places
Final table payouts in IN₹
| 1st | Sashank Chakravarthy “TheTamizhDurrr” | 1,87,000* |
| 2nd | Atishay Samuel “nutscracker” | 1,72,000* |
| 3rd | “Howzatt” | 1,02,000 |
| 4th | “Showgun48” | 71,400 |
| 5th | Anant Malik “anant_infiniti” | 49,800 |
| 6th | Gautam Bansal “johny3” | 34,560 |
*Heads up deal