HomeThe heat is on at the inaugural APT Online Series India with Day 4 seeing five new winners. The latest champions were Gautam “M8a7” Rohilla, Vinay “vinay09” Rajpal, Prakash “Chennaino1” KC, Priyank “Piko1432” Kothari, and ss23 who claimed the third APT trophy of the series.
The Asian Poker Tour 2021 season opener kicked off at PokerBaazi.com 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. 17 of those events have already been claimed and three trophies awarded to champions Ashish “Notoriouskonvict” Nailwal (Kickoff), weedist (Sunday Major), and ss23 (Monday Major). More trophies, rings, and cash up for grabs in the coming days.
Among the five events getting on the felt today, January 19, are the PLO High Roller ₹ 25 lakhs (~US$ 34,200) guaranteed with buy in of ₹ 11,000 (~US$ 150) and the featured MINI MAIN EVENT with 114 players returning for a chance at the APT Trophy, Championship Ring, and the ₹ 8.49 lakhs (~US$ 11,600) first prize.
This will be followed by the featured MAIN EVENT ₹ 2 crore (~US$ 273,400) GTD which opens on January 20. 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 RECAPS
Featured: MINI MAIN EVENT
After a one day break, the Mini Main Event returns today, January 19. The 114 Day 2 qualifiers will be gunning for the title, the APT Guardian Trophy, APT Championship Ring, and the first place cash prize of₹ 8.49 lakhs (~US$ 11,600). Leading the way is Day 1B chip leader Arun “Yoda” Poply with a sizable 5.28L stack equivalent to four times the entering average stack.
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
Details
The Mini Main Event drew a combined 976 entries across three starting days. Of the 114 returning players, 98 will cash. Catch the final table action via our live updates.
Buy in: ₹ 5,500 (~US$ 75)
Guarantee: ₹ 50 lakhs (~US$ 68,350)
Entries: 976
Prize pool: ₹ 50 lakhs
Day 2 qualifiers: 114 players
ITM: 98 places
APT #18: Monday Major – SS23 – ₹ 5.83 lakhs (~US$ 7,970)
The third APT trophy of the series was claimed by player “ss23” at the Monday Major. Ss23 crushed the hopes of numerous players including pros and champions such as Romit “tilt83” Advani, Rubin “kornkid” Labroo, and Prakash ” Chennaino1″ KC. Ss23 banked the ₹ 5.83 lakhs (~US$ 7,970) first place prize money.
Date: January 18
Buy in: ₹ 5,500 (~US$ 75.20)
Guarantee: ₹ 30 lakhs (~US$ 41,000)
Entries: 521 (279 uniques / 242 re-entries)
Prize pool: ₹ 30 lakhs
ITM: 63 places
Running time: 7 hours and 50 minutes
To bring about the final table, Romit “tilt83” Advani delivered a double knock out to Hyper 4 Max champion Aditya “adit11” Kulkarni (9th) and Guruprasad “fish_calling” Gupta (8th). Simultaneously, tilt83 ballooned to the biggest stack. The first two final table busts were credited to ss23, then Rubin “kornkid” Labroo gave Rakesh “rakesh666” C the boot with aces over KJs. Next shoves saw kornkid paying Chennaino1 and ss23 to drop significantly in chips; despite the boost, Chennaino1 still fell to tilt83 with K♥ 8♣ trips Kings to A♣ J♦ then ss23 put kornkid out of commission in 3rd place.
Heads up action opened with tilt83 ahead in the count. Once ss23 overtook, he closed it out with A♥ J♥ improving to three of a kind aces against 2♥ 2♠ two pair.
Final table payouts
1st ss23 – ₹ 5.83 lakhs
2nd Romit “tilt83” Advani – ₹ 4.09 lakhs
3rd Rubin “kornkid” Labroo – ₹ 2.63 lakhs
4th Prakash “Chennaino1” KC – ₹ 1.94 lakhs
5th Rakesh “rakesh666” C – ₹ 1.46 lakhs
6th Puneet “neo1” Dua – ₹ 1.17 lakhs
7th Aniket “instinct” Marathe – ₹ 97.5K
APT #16: Turbo 6 Max – GAUTAM “M8a7” ROHILLA – ₹ 59.54K (~US$ 814)
Second bullet magic for Gautam “M8a7” Rohilla who shipped the Turbo 6 Max for ₹ 59.54K (~US$ 814). Rohilla triumphed over the 378 entry field, eliminating four players at the final table to capture his first ever APT win.
Date: January 18
Buy in: ₹ 1,025 (~US$ 14)
Guarantee: ₹ 2 lakhs (~US$ 2,730)
Entries: 378 (192 uniques / 186 re-entries)
Prize pool: ₹ 2.84 lakhs (~US$ 3,900)
ITM: 45 places
Running time: 4 hours and 6 minutes
Recapping the action at the final two tables, Vikram “Poker_lover” Mishra missed out on a third final table appearance when he was given the boot in 12th place by mechchan01. After Megastack winner Gaurav “gaug17” Sood downed “amankjain”, Gautam “M8a7” Rohilla ended mechchan01 in 10th place. Rohit “mrblue1205” Malhotra was out next, followed by Vivekk “Vivek25” Dube, then Rohilla denied “ramji4” to form the final table.
Rohilla carried in the lead and went on to close it out after emptying out four more players –Mohak “Tiltin” Kapoor (6th), gaug17 (5th), skdoc (3rd), and Neeraj “SelfClaimedPro” Kumar (2nd). The victory hand was A♣ Q♥ two pair to SelfClaimedPro’s K♦ 6♠ lower two pair.
Final table payouts
1st Gautam “M8a7” Rohilla – ₹ 59.54K
2nd Neeraj “SelfClaimedPro” Kumar – ₹ 41.67K
3rd skdoc – ₹ 26.79K 2
4th Vinay “Vinstill” B – ₹ 19.85K
5th Gaurav “gaug17” Sood – ₹ 14.88K
6th Mohak “Tiltin” Kapoor – ₹ 11.91K
APT #17: Turbo – VINAY “vinay09” RAJPAL – ₹ 1.41 lakhs (~US$ 1,930)
Fresh off a 3rd place finish at Day 3’s Monster Stack 6 Max event, Vinay “vinay09” Rajpal returned to action and proceeded to bring down the Turbo event for ₹ 1.41 lakhs (~US$ 1,930). Like all before him, this was Rajpal’s first ever APT win.
Date: January 18
Buy in: ₹ 1,650 (~US$ 22.50)
Guarantee: ₹ 7 lakhs (~US$ 9,570)
Entries: 457 (228 uniques / 229 re-entries)
Prize pool: ₹ 7 lakhs
ITM: 54 places
Running time: 5 hours and 23 minutes
The first two APT trophy winners Ashish “Notoriouskonvict” Nailwal and weedist both drove their stacks to the final table however they weren’t able to close it out. Notoriouskonvict enjoyed time at the top until he doubled up Vinay “vinay09” Rajpal with A♣ 2♣ dominated by A♦ K♦ on a board Q♦ K♠ 3♣ 10♦ 10♠. Although he managed to reclaim it, he was sent down again by Broca then finished off by vinay09. From there it was all vinay09 taking down the rest. His final hand was a bad beat to imtijamir with K♦ 5♠ all in preflop finding two kings on the board to crack A♣ A♠.
Final table payouts
1st Vinay “vinay09” Rajpal ₹ 1.41 lakhs
2nd imtijamir – ₹ 98.63K
3rd Broca – ₹ 63.24K
4th Sagar “thekid” Patnaik – ₹ 46.9K
5th Ashish “Notoriouskonvict” Nailwal – ₹ 35.21K
6th weedist – ₹ 28.21K
7th thumkhi – ₹ 23.52K
APT #19: Monster Stack – PRAKASH “Chennaino1” KC – ₹ 1.63 lakhs (~US$ 2,230)
295 heated up the day’s Monster Stack for another event guarantee smashed. 36 earned a piece of the ₹ 7.38 lakhs (~US$ 10,000) prize pool with Prakash “Chennaino1” KC awarded the lion’s share ₹ 1.63 lakhs for his victory. Overall it was a great day for the champ who also cashed at the Monday Major, finishing in 4th place.
Date: January 18
Buy in: ₹ 2,750 (~US$ 37.60)
Guarantee: ₹ 7 lakhs (~US$ 9,570)
Entries: 295 (168 uniques / 127 re-entries)
Prize pool: ₹ 7.38 lakhs (~US$ 10,000)
ITM: 36 places
Running time: 5 hours and 12 minutes
Chennaino1 began to shine after he bumped out Vivekk “Vivek25” Dube in 9th place with J♠ J♣ holding up against A♣ K♣. When it was down to the final table, Ayush “Proman502” Garg was the player in charge and displayed it by denying Akshat “takingcuntrol” Sharma (7th) and Ashutoshi “senojwod” Balodhi (6th). However, when he faced off against Chennaino1, it was the opposite result, giving Chennaino1 the lead.
It didn’t take long for Proman502 to reclaim it but Chennaino1 grabbed it again after knocking out Sandy “Ziigmund” Lamba (5th) and bencb789 (4th). The final three players shuffled chips around the felt until a family showdown sent Proman502 A♠ 3♠ packing up in 3rd place while Psyberius J♣ Q♣ took the main pot and Chennaino1 A♥ K♠ the side pot on a board 5♠ 2♠ Q♥ 2♣ 6♣. With Chennaino1 up over 3:1 in chips at heads up, the final hand soon came with 10♣ K♣ spiking the ten to finish off Psyberius K♠ Q♦.
Final table payouts
1st Prakash “Chennaino1” KC – ₹ 1.63 lakhs
2nd Psyberius – ₹ 1.14 lakhs
3rd Ayush “Proman502” Garg – ₹ 73.53K
4th bencb789 – ₹ 54.43K
5th Sandy “Ziigmund” Lamba – ₹ 40.86K
6th Ashutoshi “senojwod” Balodhi – ₹ 32.67K
7th Akshat “takingcuntrol” Sharma – ₹ 27.14K
8th rachit9786 – ₹ 21.76K
APT #20: KO – PRIYANK “Piko1432” KOTHARI – ₹ 89.74K (~US$ 1,230)
The first bounty event of the series paid out ₹ 4.15 lakhs (~US$ 5,670) in combined bounty rewards and winnings. Pocketing the most was Priyank “Piko1432” Kothari, earning ₹ 89.74K (~US$ 1,230) for his victory. In bounties alone, it was Aditya “konstantin” Singh as the top executioner with an incredible 21 heads slashed, amounting to ₹ 10.5K.
Date: January 18
Buy in: ₹ 1,650 (~US$ 22.55)
Guarantee: ₹ 4 lakhs (~US$ 5,470)
Entries: 415 (227 uniques / 188 re-entries)
Prize pool: ₹ 4.15 lakhs (~US$ 5,670)
ITM: 54 places
Running time: 5 hours
The final table race began with player ancientkj at the helm which he held for some time. Ancientkj railed Tailwagang “Meverick” Jamir (8th) and Vivekk “Vivek25” Dube (5th) before facing Priyank “Piko1432” Kothari at heads up. For Piko1432, it was his second final table visit, finishing 3rd at the DST event. Like ancientkj, Piko1432 also railed two at the final table – Aditya “konstantin” Singh (4th) and Mohak “Tiltin” Kapoor (3rd) – to even up at the final showdown. Piko1432 closed it out with A♠ K♠ over A♦ J♦ on a board 6♣ 2♠ K♦ 4♠ 6♦.
Final table payouts
1st Priyank “Piko1432” Kothari – ₹ 83.24K + ₹ 6,500 bounties = ₹ 89.74K
2nd ancientkj – ₹ 58.74K + ₹ 9,000 bounties = ₹ 67.74K
3rd Mohak “Tiltin” Kapoor – ₹ 37.6K + ₹ 2,500 bounties = ₹ 40.10K
4th Aditya “konstantin” Singh – ₹ 27.81K + ₹ 10.5K bounties = ₹ 38.31K
5th Vivekk “Vivek25” Dube – ₹ 20.87K + ₹ 2,500 bounties = ₹ 23.37K
6th Sagar “sag245” Harwani – ₹ 16.72K + ₹ 2,500 bounties = ₹ 19.22K
7th nmahanand – ₹ 13.94K + ₹ 1,000 bounties = ₹ ₹ 14.94K
8th Tailwagang “Meverick” Jamir – ₹ 11.12K + ₹ 2,000 bounties = ₹ 13.12K
Update: APT Player of the Series race leaders
Full results can be found here.
Day 4: Daily Leeaderboard winners
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)
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