HomeThe inaugural APT Online Series India is well underway at PokerBaazi.com with 12 events now claimed. The latest champions were Shagun “sogani22” Jain, weedist, Rubin “kornkid” Labroo, and dilbaghsingh who became the first player to win two events. At the featured Mini Main Event, the final starting day added another 40 to Day 2 for a combined 114 players returning on January 19. Day 1B chip leader Arun “Yoda” Poply still holds the top spot while Day 1C chip leader Prakash “pinnug” Gupta slid into second rank. Day 1A chip leader Nikhil “blastupinside” Arora is ranked fourth.
The Asian Poker Tour 2021 season opener kicked off on January 15 and is slated to run until January 26. It is exclusive to players geo located in India. 48 tournaments fill the roster with over one million dollars in guaranteed prize pools. 12 of those events have already been claimed and all completed events have broken their guarantees. Ashish “Notoriouskonvict” Nailwal won the first series trophy at the Kickoff Event and weedist won the second trophy at the Sunday Majors. More trophies and cash up for grabs in the coming days.
Just around the corner is the featured MAIN EVENT ₹ 2 crore (~US$ 273,400) GTD which takes off on January 20. This is the event to crush. Only three players from India have captured this title, Sangeeth Mohan, Abhinav Iyer, and Akshay Nasa. Four starting days are scheduled. Buy in is ₹ 11,000 (~US$ 150). Make sure to check the schedule for all the details.
APT Online Series India schedule
EVENT RECAP
Featured: MINI MAIN EVENT
The featured MINI MAIN EVENT completed its last starting day (Day 1C) with another 351 entries and 40 advancing into Day 2. Closing the heat as chip leader was Prakash “pinnug” Gupta however his stack was only good enough to earn the overall second position. Day 1B chip leader Arun “Yoda” Poply will bring in the largest stack into Day 2.
Details
Buy in: ₹ 5,500 (~US$ 75)
Guarantee: ₹ 50 lakhs (~US$ 68,350)
Entries: 976
Day 2 qualifiers: 114 players
Day 2: Tuesday, January 19
The Mini Main Event pulled in a combined 976 entries to breach the guaranteed ₹ 50 lakhs. We will have the prize pool and payouts for you soon. Day 2 players will have a one day break before returning to action on Tuesday, January 19. Final table live updates will be provided.
Results
Day 1A: 46 advanced out of 337 entries
Day 1B: 32 advanced out of 288 entries
Day 1C: 40 advanced out of 351 entries
Day 2 qualifiers: 114 players (4 multiple stacks removed)
Top 10 in chips
Arun “Yoda” Poply – 5.28L – Day 1B chip leader
Prakash “pinnug” Gupta – 4.64L – Day 1C chip leader
Niraj “ooltus” Yadav – 3.19L
Nikhil “blastupinside” Arora – 3.17L – Day 1A chip leader
Ab420 – 3.1L
Himanshu “pokerbrat7” Arora – 2.58L
Siddharth “schemer” Karia – 2.56L
Rachit “baba_ramdev” Soni – 2.54L
Guneet “guntz” Kwatra – 2.52L
Priyank “Piko1432” Kothari – 2.48L
Chips in play: 14,640,000
Average stack: ~128,421
Other players through to Day 2 were: Abhinav “griezmann” Iyer (APT Kickoff Vietnam 2019 Main Event champion), Abhishek “singhsaab” Goindi, Paawan “ukissmyace” Bansal, Arsh “Button_Hai_Bro” Grover, Gaurav “gaug17” Sood, Dhaval “Rehab77” Mudgal, Kunal “VasooliChacha” Patni, Rubin “kornkid” Labroo, Kartik “TheInternetKid” Ved, Ayush “Proman502” Garg, Vivekk “Vivek25” Dube, Pratibh “pratibhsaluja” Saluja, Manish “thekid” Lakhotia, Shagun “sogani22” Jain, and two time series winner dilbaghsingh.
APT #13: Sunday Major – WEEDIST – ₹ 6.44 lakhs (~US$ 8,800)
The Sunday Major event was a special one for the weekend warriors. Not only did it come with a juicy guarantee of ₹ 30 lakhs, it was also a trophy bearing event. At the close of registration, 697 entered for a larger prize pool of ₹ 34.85 lakhs (US$ 47,600) of which 91 players profited. Player “weedist” claimed the lion’s share ₹ 6.44 lakhs (~US$ 8,800) after he defeated Devvrat “flopCheck” Arya at heads up. This was weedist’s first known APT victory which he can proudly display with a trophy on his shelf.
Date: January 17
Buy in: ₹ 5,500 (~US$ 75.20)
Guarantee: ₹ 30 lakhs (~US$ 41,000)
Entries: 697 (364 uniques / 333 re-entries)
Prize pool: ₹ 34.85 lakhs (US$ 47,600)
ITM: 91 places
Running time: 8 hours and 57 minutes
Seven and half hours in, the final table was formed led by player “weedist” who booted three players during the final two tables which included Vaibhav “vane_shado” Temani in 9th place.
The final battle for the trophy lasted nearly an hour and a half. First to drop was Tigerr28 (8th) with pocket Fours outdrawn by Devvrat “flopCheck” Arya’s A10o that paired both. Jaikiran “testify” Kumar (7th) followed out when Prakash “pinnug” Gupta‘s A♥ 3♣ improved to a full house on a board 9♦ A♦ A♥ A♣ 6♦ to dust 10♠ 10♦. Pinnug’s stack boost didn’t hold though, falling next to Ashish “rocky3705” Ahuja.
It took some time for the next player to crash. Taking 5th place was Dhaval “Rehab77” Mudgal after his A♥ 4♦ two pair at the flop was burned by flopCheck’s A♠ 8♥ on a board 5♦ 9♠ 4♠ A♦ 9♥. himanshu_s sent rocky3705 out next to leave three in the running. Shortly after, himanshu_s’s stack took a hit with weedist and flopCheck capitalizing. Crippled to 4 BB, himanshu_s exited in 3rd place. Impressively, rocky3705 also final tabled the Megastack which ran simultaneously. He eventually finished in 2nd place.
Heads up rushed in with weedist up 66 BB to 36 BB. weedist went on to win it showing A♥ 5♠ top pair against 7♣ K♥ on a final board of 4♣ 9♠ A♦ 2♠ 7♠.
Final table payouts
1st weedist – ₹ 6.44 lakhs
2nd Devvrat “flopCheck” Arya – ₹ 4.51 lakhs
3rd himanshu_s – ₹ 2.91 lakhs
4th Ashish “rocky3705” Ahuja – ₹ 2.15 lakhs
5th Dhaval “Rehab77” Mudgal – ₹ 1.61 lakhs
6th Prakash “pinnug” Gupta – ₹ 1.6 lakhs
7th Jaikiran “testify” Kumar – ₹ 1.08 lakhs
8th Tigerr28 – ₹ 85.73K
APT #11: Hyper 5 Max – DILBAGHSINGH – ₹ 1.06 lakhs (~US$ 1,450)
Player “dilbaghsingh” struck again! Entering Day 3 with one win and one runner up finish, dilbaghsingh proceeded to close out the Hyper 5 Max event to become the first multi winner of the series. For his achievement, dilbaghsingh turned his ₹ 1,375 (~US$ 18.80) buy in into ₹ 1.06 lakhs (~US$ 1,450). He currently leads the APT Player of the Series race.
Date: January 17
Buy in: ₹ 1,375 (~US$ 18.80)
Guarantee: ₹ 5 lakhs (~US$ 6,830)
Entries: 423 (200 uniques / 223 re-entries)
Prize pool: ₹ 5.29 lakhs (~US$ 7,230)
ITM: 54 places
Running time: 3 hours and 24 minutes
Recapping the action at ten players across two tables, dilbaghsingh was sitting with an average stack. After Neeraj “SelfClaimedPro” Kumar eliminated Pawan “Pawan46’ S (10th), Niraj “ooltus” Yadav went on a heater, railing both Cs123456 (9th) and Daniel “fundraiser” Prasad (8th) to amass a very big stack. Next out was Gautam “M8a7” Rohilla (7th) who fell to dilbaghsingh followed by Anirban “pottysingh” Das (6th) to Banmanlang Warr “bml2012” Lyndem to form the final table.
Chip leader ooltus was on his second final table visit while dilbaghsingh was on his third. They were sitting side by side with dilbaghsingh to the leader’s left. Both tangled multiple times, especially on the blinds. On their third encounter, dilbaghsingh grabbed the lead for the first time. Minutes later, Harshit “Harshit114” Sanghi eliminated SelfClaimedPro then won a sizable pot against ooltus. His rise though took a beating when he pushed on the small blind with Q♠ 6♣ and was called by short stacked bml2012 who risked it all with 10♦ K♥. Ten on the board secured the double up.
The next showdown saw ooltus fall to dilbaghsing to amass two-thirds of the chips in play. At three remaining, dilbaghsingh went on a shoving spree that found no takers. On one of his rare folds, Harshit114 railed bml2012 with A8o spiking the eight to beat pocket Sevens. At heads up, dilbaghsingh was up 6:1 in chips. One minute in, dilbagsingh shipped it with K♣ 5♣ full house over A♦ 5♦ on a board K♠ K♦ J♦ 9♣ 9♥.
Final table payouts
1st dilbaghsingh – ₹ 1.06 lakhs
2nd Harshit “Harshit114” Sanghi – ₹ 74.5K
3rd Banmanlang Warr “bml2012” Lyndem – ₹ 47.9K
4th NIraj “ooltus” Yadav – ₹ 35.43K
5th Neeraj “SelfClaimedPro” Kumar – ₹ 26.6K
APT #12: Monster Stack 6 Max – SHAGUN “sogani22” JAIN – ₹ 1.87 lakhs (~US$ 2,550)
256 players charged in for the Monster Stack event with another 209 re-entering. This drove the pot way past the ₹ 8 lakhs guarantee for a richer ₹ 9.3 lakhs (~US$ 12,700). 18 minutes past the fifth hour of play, Shagun “sogani22” Jain defeated player “iamwinner22” for his first ever APT win and the a score of ₹ 1.87 lakhs (~US$ 2,550).
Date: January 17
Buy in: ₹ 2,200 (~US$ 30)
Guarantee: ₹ 8 lakhs (~US$ 10,930)
Entries: 465 (256 uniques / 209 re-entries)
Prize pool: ₹ 9.3 lakhs (~US$ 12,700)
ITM: 54 places
Running time: 5 hours and 18 minutes
The money flowed at the fall of Prakash “pinnug” Gupta on the bubble. From there it took just over an hour to reach the final twelve players with Pranjal “lilmessi” Gandhi perched up top. His lead however was shaved down by player “iamwinner22”. After Shagun “sogani22” Jain knocked out baazi200 (12th), shortest stacked “iamwinner22” tripled then doubled up twice all from the leader “lilmessi”. This gave iamwinner22 enough chips to rail Raghavenda “ThikanaCK” Hada (9th). Luckinbox carried in the largest stack to the final table after shipping all of Mohit “imohitahuja21” Ahuja’s (6th) stack with 8♥ 9♥ that spiked the eight against K♦ J♠.
The final table opened with only 5 players left. Iamwinner22 landed another double up off lilmessi then cleaned him out with a winning 7♥ 7♠ over A♠ 9♠. Iamwinner22 continued to run red hot, eliminating Luckinbox with pocket Sixes set that cracked pocket Aces. At three handed, soghani22 denied Vinay “vinay09” Rajpal to enter heads up against iamwinner22 behind by just one BB. The first heads up hand saw Sogani22 win the pot to take the lead. Two hands after, Sogani22 bagged it with A♠ J♦ nut flush against iamwinner22’s 3♥ 3♠ lower flush on a board 2♠ 8♠ 10♣ 9♠ 4♠.
Final table payouts
1st Shagun “sogani22” Jain – ₹ 1.87 lakhs
2nd iamwinner22 – ₹ 1.31 lakhs
3rd Vinay “vinay09” Rajpal – ₹ 84.26K
4th Luckinbox – ₹ 62.31K
5th Pranjal “lilmessi” Gandhi – ₹ 46.78K
APT #15: Megastack – RUBIN “kornkid” LABROO – ₹ 2.42 lakhs (~US$ 3,300)
The last event of Day 3 was the Megastack and it was just as popular as the others. It drew 481 entries for a prize pool of ₹ 12.03 lakhs (~US$ 16,400). Rubin “kornkid” Labroo absolutely crushed the final table, dusting five players for his first ever APT win. For his efforts, he earned the ₹ 2.42 lakhs (~US$ 3,300) first prize.
Date: January 17
Buy in: ₹ 2,750 (~US$ 37.60)
Guarantee: ₹ 10 lakhs (~US$ 13,670)
Entries: 481 (259 uniques / 222 re-entries)
Prize pool:₹ 12.03 lakhs (~US$ 16,400)
ITM: 54 places
Running time: 7 hours and 13 minutes
Picking up the action at the final table, two players were on their second final table visit –Vivek “Nutpeddling729” Singh and Vikram “Poker_lover” Mishra. The race opened with Ashish “rocky3705” Ahuja up top until Rubin “kornkid” Labroo eliminated Nutpeddling729 (8th) with a straight against a busted flush draw. Kornkid did the same to Poker_lover with A♠ K♥ dominating K♠ J♠ throughout.
Also returning to the final table was Prakash “pinnug” Gupta for his third appearance. Pinnug fell in 6th place to rocky3705. kornkid claimed a third victim, Himanshu “himanshu-zak” Singh in 5th place with A♥ 7♠ cracking K♦ K♥ when an ace found the flop, and a second casualty for rocky3705 ending Riraizer in 4th place. Wasting no time, kornkid downed a fourth victim in Sanjeeta “realkidsanju” Kumari to face rocky3705 at heads up backed by a monster lead that further grew to 127 BB versus 19 BB. rocky3705 managed to trim the gap slightly, doubling up twice but it still wasn’t enough to stop the bulldozing kornkid. The final hand was Q♦ 4♥ straight against J♦ 9♠ two pair on a board 10♦ J♦ K♦ 8♠ 9♣.
Final table payouts
1st Rubin “kornkid” Labroo – ₹ 2.42 lakhs
2nd Ashish “rocky3705” Ahuja – ₹ 1.69 lakhs
3rd Sanjeeta “realkidsanju” Kumari – ₹ 1.09 lakhs
4th Riraizer – ₹ 80.57K
5th Himanshu “himanshu-zak” Singh – ₹ 60.49K
6th Prakash “pinnug” Gupta – ₹ 48.46K
7th Vikram “Poker_lover” Mishra – ₹ 40.4K
8th Vivek “Nutpeddling729” Singh – ₹ 32.23K
Leaderboard Update: APT Player of the Series and Daily
Players that cash at any of the events (satellites not included) automatically earn points towards the APT Player of the Series Leaderboard and Daily Leaderboard. The top 25 of the APT POS race will be awarded a piece of the ₹ 28 lakhs (~US$ 38,300). The winner receives the motherlode APT Player of the Series Trophy, custom APT Player of the Series Ring, luxury watch, and ₹ 5.5 lakhs (~US$ 7,520) in real cash bonus. Trophies will also be given to 2nd and 3rd placers. Current race leaders below. Click here for the complete list.
At the Daily Leaderboard, ₹ 2 lakhs (~US$ 2,700) was paid out among the top ten players in points. Ashish “rocky3705” Ahuja topped it to earn the ₹ 50,000 top prize.
UPCOMING EVENTS
MAIN EVENT
Buy in: ₹ 11,000 (~US$ 150)
Guarantee: ₹ 2 crore (~US$ 273,400)
Day 1A: Wednesday, January 20
Day 1B: Thursday, January 21
Day 1C: Friday, January 22
Day 1D: Sunday, January 24
Day 2: Tuesday, January 26
CHAMPIONSHIPS EVENT
Date: Thursday, January 21
Buy in: ₹ 22,000 (~US$ 300)
Guarantee: ₹ 40 lakhs (~US$ 54,700)
PLO High Roller
Date: Tuesday, January 19
Buy in: ₹ 11,000 (~US$ 150)
Guarantee: ₹ 25 lakhs (~US$ 34,200)
Super High Roller
Date: Friday, January 22
Buy in: ₹ 55,000 (~US$ 745)
Guarantee: ₹ 80 lakhs (~US$ 109,400)
Trophy bearing events
Sunday Major x2 ₹ 5,500 (~US$ 75) buy in / ₹ 30 lakhs (~US$ 41,000) GTD
Monday Major x2 ₹ 5,500 (~US$ 75) buy in / ₹ 30 lakhs (~US$ 41,000 GTD
Tuesday Major ₹ 5,500 (~US$ 75) buy in / ₹ 25 lakhs (~US$ 34,180) GTD
Wednesday Major ₹ 5,500 (~US$ 75) buy in / ₹ 20 lakhs (~US$ 27,300) GTD