HomeThe inaugural APT Online Series India has just reached the halfway mark with Day 6 now in the books. Emerging victorious were Himanshu “hdwivedi3” Dwivedi, Shubhan “kalalund” Bhashker , Vikranth “borntrouble” Varma, and Jayjit “england” Ray who championed the Wednesday Major for his first ever APT Trophy. At the featured MAIN EVENT, 354 turned up with 39 advancing to Day 2 led by Nishant “nishant177” Sharma. Chip counts and recaps can be found below.
The Asian Poker Tour 2021 season opener kicked off on January 15 and will run until January 26. It is exclusive to players geo located in India. 26 of the 48 tournaments have been claimed. Over one million dollars is guaranteed which means plenty more cash to be won including trophies and rings.
A couple of big events will be heating up the felt today, January 21 , the MAIN EVENT with Day 1B on the plate and the one day CHAMPIONSHIPS EVENT ₹ 40 lakhs (~US$ 54,700) guaranteed. Both events award the APT Trophy and APT Championship Ring. Make sure to check the schedule for all the details.
Featured: CHAMPIONSHIPS EVENT
Date: Thursday, January 21
Buy in: ₹ 22,000 (~US$ 300)
Guarantee: ₹ 40 lakhs (~US$ 54,700)
*Catch the final table action via our live updates.
APT Online Series India schedule
EVENT RECAPS
Featured: MAIN EVENT
Day 1A of the series headliner attracted 267 players with an added 87 re-entering. After the scheduled 27 levels, 39 survived led by Indian pro Nishant “nishant177” Sharma. On the last hand of the day, Sharma won a pot against Sanat “mehro2511” Mehrotra to just edge over Kartik “TheInternetKid” Ved for the top spot.
Chip counts
The MAIN EVENT is the tour’s top of the line deep stack tournament with every champion awarded the APT Guardian Trophy and APT Championship Ring. For the inaugural series, ₹ 2 crore (~US$ 273,400) is guaranteed. Buy in of ₹ 11,000 (~US$ 150) gives players a 15K starting stack which is equivalent to 250 times the opening big blind. With Day 1A in the books, three starting days remain to join the hunt and be the next Main Event champion. Previous winners from India were Sangeeth Mohan, Abhinav Iyer, and Akshay Nasa.
Details
Buy in: ₹ 11,000 (~US$ 150)
Guarantee: ₹ 2 crore (~US$ 273,400)
Day 1A Entries: 354 (267 uniques / 87 re-entries)
Day 2 Qualifiers: 39 players
Day 1B: Thursday, January 21
Day 1C: Friday, January 22
Day 1D: Sunday, January 24
Day 2: Tuesday, January 26
APT #28: Wednesday Major – JAYJIT “england” RAY – ₹ 5.14 lakhs (~US$ 7,026)
One trophy was awarded at Day 6 and it went to Jayjit “england” Ray who overcame the 529 entry field of the Wednesday Major 20 Lac GTD. Ray defeated Palash “nutshainbro” Nandwani at heads up to grab the₹ 5.14 lakhs (~US$ 7,026) first prize and his first APT win.
Date: January 20
Buy in: ₹ 5,500 (~US$ 75)
Guarantee: ₹ 20 lakhs (~US$ 27,340)
Entries: 529 (258 uniques / 271 re-entries)
Prize pool: ₹ 26.45 lakhs (~US$ 36,1500)
ITM: 63 places
Running time: 8 hours and 5 minutes
Recapping the final table action, “england” was chip leader until Rubin “kornkid” Labroo delivered a painful blow to Pranay “setmeup” Chawla with quads over full house. See hand below.
Next to depart were Rishab “ryuk” Malik (7th) and Neeraj “neeraj2828” Bajaj (6th), then england claimed his first final table knockout in short stacked Sanjay “Dynamo” Taneja (5th).
Action slowed at four handed. Surbhit “grovahova” Grover eventually doubled up through Labroo who then lost the rest to england with Q♠ 8♠ flush to K♣ 7♦ trips on a board K♦ 9♠ 4♠ J♣ K♠. This gave england the lead which Palash “nutshainbro” Nandwani tugged at. When Nandwani railed Grover, Nandwani entered heads up just slightly behind england. From there, the chip lead bounced back and forth. England won a big pot that widened his lead. The final hand arrived with pocket Fives dominating pocket Threes.
Final table payouts
1st Jayjit “england” Ray – ₹ 5.14 lakhs
2nd Palash “nutshainbro” Nandwani – ₹ 3.6 lakhs
3rd Surbhit “grovahova” Grover – ₹ 2.32 lakhs
4th Rubin “kornkid” Labroo – ₹ 1.71 lakhs
5th Sanjay “Dynamo” Taneja – ₹ 1.29 lakhs
6th Neeraj “neeraj2828” Bajaj – ₹ 1.03 lakhs
7th Rishab “ryuk” Malik – ₹ 85.96K
8th Pranay “setmeup” Chawla – ₹ 68.51K
APT #26: 2 Lac GTD – HIMANSHU “hdwivedi3” DWIVEDI – ₹ 47.99K (~US$ 656)
The cheapest event of the series was the 2 Lac GTD with buy in at a lowly ₹ 550 (~US$ 7.50). Himanshu “hdwivedi3” Dwivedi entered the final table as massive chip leader, lost it briefly after doubling up Irshad “urindangerrr” Chaudhary with pocket Kings over pocket Jacks, then proceeded to rail two players to enter heads up against Chaudhary backed by a 7:1 advantage. Dwivedi ended it quickly with A♠ K♠ over A♦ 4♣ on a board 5♦ A♥ 6♠ 8♦ 9♦. He earned ₹ 47.99K (~US$ 656) for his victory.
Date: January 20
Buy in: ₹ 550 (~US$ 7.50)
Guarantee: ₹ 2 lakhs (~US$ 2,730)
Entries: 494 (244 uniques / 250 entries)
Prize pool: ₹ 2.47 lakhs (~US$ 3,375)
ITM: 63 places
Running time: 5 hours and 3 minutes
Final table payouts
1st Himanshu “hdwivedi3” Dwivedi -₹ 47.99K
2nd Irshad “urindangerrr” Chaudhary – ₹ 33.64K
3rd maddy321321 – ₹ 21.64K
4th SabkaMALIKekk – ₹ 16.01K
5th Aditya “adit11” Kulkarni – ₹ 12K
6th delguy420 – ₹ 9,633
7th Sandy “Ziigmund” Lamba – ₹ 8,027
8th kecheshwari – ₹6,397
APT #27: Turbo 7L GTD – SHUBHAN “kalalund” BHASHKER – ₹ 1.47 lakhs
412 entered the Turbo event with 45 players earning a piece of the 7 Lac pot. The lion’s share went to Shubhan “kalalund” Bhashker after defeating Vikranth “borntrouble” Varma at heads up.
Date: January 20
Buy in: ₹ 1,650 (~US$ 22.55)
Guarantee: ₹ 7 lakhs (~US$ 9,570)
Entries: 412 (227 uniques / 185 re-entries)
Prize pool: ₹ 7 lakhs (~US$ 9,570)
ITM: 45 places
Running time: 5 hours and 11 minutes
Catching the action at five handed, Bhashker and Varma took turns up top unitl Bhashker ended Sankalp “Wobbegong” Marwah in 4th place. Varma and Mohak “Tiltin” Kapoor went pound for pound until Varma claimed it to face Bhashker at heads up with a slight lead. After a few fast hands, Bhashker landed a big double up with K♠ K♦ over J♥ 4♠ on a board 5♦ 6♣[qs} A♦ 3♣ to climb ahead 7:1 then went on to finish Varma on the next hand with pocket Aces dominating pocket Fives..
Final table payouts
1st Shubhan “kalalund” Bhashker – ₹ 1.47 lakhs
2nd Vikranth “borntrouble” Varma – ₹ 1.03 lakhs
3rd Mohak “Tiltin” Kapoor – ₹ 66.15K
4th Sankalp “Wobbegong” Marwah – ₹ 49K
5th Suffraz “Battleangel55” Alam – ₹ 36.75K
6th Aryan “pagalkutta” Singh – ₹ 29.4K
7th Rugal “Smikijoejr” Advani – ₹ 24.5K
8th Pranav “ pranavpoker” Khandalkar – ₹ 19.6K
APT #30: Hyper 4 Max – Vikranth “borntrouble” Varma – ₹ 68.74K (~US$ 940)
It was a good day at the races for Vikranth “borntrouble” Varma who finished 2nd at the Turbo event then closed out the Hyper 4 Max. Varma entered the final table ahead in the count; doubled up Naresh “Fireexit” Rathnam then recovered to clean him out in 4th place. Akshay “AkshayP” Pathak eliminated fzzzyyy to bring in a 2:1 stack into heads up. Varma came out strong, winning most of the early pots then landed a double up that crippled AkshayP to bust him on the next hand. Varma earned ₹ 68.74K (~US$ 940) for his win and and added 50,000 in real cash bonus for topping the Daily Leaderboard.
Date: January 20
Buy in: ₹ 1,050 (~US$ 14.35)
Guarantee: ₹ 3 lakhs (~US$ 4,100)
Entries: 456 (216 uniques / 240 re-entries)
Prize pool: ₹ 3.42 lakhs (~US$ 4,675)
ITM: 54 places
Running time: 3 hours and 20 minutes
Final table payouts
1st Vikranth “borntrouble” Varma – ₹ 68.74K
2nd Akshay “AkshayP” Pathak – ₹ 48.19K
3rd fzzzyyy – ₹ 30.99K
4th Naresh “Fireexit” Rathnam – ₹ 22.91K
Update: APT Player of the Series Leaderboard race leaders
For the complete list, click here.
Day 6: Daily Leaderboard results
UPCOMING EVENTS
Super High Roller
Date: Friday, January 22
Buy in: ₹ 55,000 (~US$ 745)
Guarantee: ₹ 80 lakhs (~US$ 109,400)
Trophy bearing events
Sunday Major ₹ 5,500 (~US$ 75) buy in / ₹ 30 lakhs (~US$ 41,000) GTD
Monday Major ₹ 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