HomeThrilling action at Day 7 of the inaugural APT Online Series India with four players walking away victorious. The biggest winner was Manish “thekid” Lakhotia at the CHAMPIONSHIPS EVENT for ₹ 12.15 lakhs (~US$ 16,600). You can read up on his win via this link. Other winners were Raksha “rakshajindal” Agarwal, Parth “VINAY7690” Aggarwal, and Deepak “3streakbluff” Singh. Congratulations to all!
The Asian Poker Tour 2021 season opener kicked off on January 15 at PokerBaazi.com and will run until January 26. It is exclusive to players geo located in India. With the latest winners, 30 of the 48 tournaments have now been claimed. Only 18 events left to try and secure a win.
The tournament to set your sights on is the MAIN EVENT which has already started. Two entry days remain with 81 of 719 entries through to Day 2. This is also the last event where the champion is awarded the APT Guardian Trophy and APT Championship Ring. Another event making its way to the felt today is the Super High Roller ₹ 80 lakhs (~US$ 109,400) guaranteed. Buy in is ₹ 55,000 (~US$ 745). Make sure to check the schedule for all the details.
APT Online Series India schedule
EVENT RECAPS
Featured: MAIN EVENT
Another MAIN EVENT starting day completed with Day 1B attracting a slightly larger field than Day 1A. 365 entered to bring the cumulative entries to 719 total. 46 made the cut into Day 2 with Armaan “Armaan007” Kochhar closing as chip leader to put him ranked 3rd in the Day 2 list. Day 1A chip leader Nishant “nishant177” Sharma maintained the overall top spot followed by Kartik “TheInternetKid” Ved. Two starting days left to join the action. Buy in is ₹ 11,000 (~US$ 150) with a guaranteed ₹ 2 crore (~US$ 273,400). Also up for grabs are the APT Guardian Trophy and APT Championship Ring.
Details
Buy in: ₹ 11,000 (~US$ 150)
Guarantee: ₹ 2 crore (~US$ 273,400)
Day 1C: Friday, January 22
Day 1D: Sunday, January 24
Day 2: Tuesday, January 26
Day 1A: 39 advanced out of 354 entries (267 uniques / 87 re-entries)
Day 1B: 46 advanced out of 365 entries (270 uniques / 95 re-entries)
Cumulative entries: 719
Cumulative Day 2 qualifiers: 81 players
*multiple stacks removed
Chips in play: 10,785,000
Average stack: 126,882
Day 2 qualifiers – 81 players
APT #31: DST – RAKSHA “rakshajindal” AGARWAL – ₹ 84K (~US$ 1,148)
The race for the third DST event of the series attracted 360 entrants with 45 shaving a piece of the 4 LAC prize pool. Day 6 DST champion Ashit “nexus010″ Sharma was most impressive, reaching heads up for a possible back-to-back DST title. However it was not to be with Raksha “rakshajindal” Agarwal able to ward off his attacks and cross the finish line first.. The final hand was A♦ K♠ top pair over A♠ 10♠ mid pair. Agarwal pocketed ₹ 84K (~US$ 1,148) for her accomplishment.
Date: January 21
Buy in: ₹ 1,100 (~US$
Guarantee: ₹ 4 lakhs (~US$ 5,470)
Entries: 360 (188 uniques / 172 re-entries_
Prize pool: ₹ 4 lakhs (~US$ 5,470)
ITM: 45 places
Running time: 5 hours and 12 minutes
Final table payouts
1st Raksha “rakshajindal” Agarwal – ₹ 84K
2nd Ashit “nexus010″ Sharma – ₹ 58.8K
3rd Harsh “harsh1327” Bubna – ₹ 37.8K
4th Aditya “adit11” Kulkarni – ₹ 28K
5th Vikram “Poker_lover” Mishra – ₹ 21K
6th Anirban D “pottysingh” Das – ₹ 16.8K
7th Retheesh “shaddy” K R – ₹ 14K
8th Monish “monish1965” Kumar – ₹ 11.2K
APT #32: Turbo – PARTH “VINAY7690” AGGARWAL – ₹ 1.41 lakhs (~US$ 1,930)
The day’s Turbo event brought in 417 entries with 54 players paid. Banking the lion’s share₹ 1.41 lakhs (~US$ 1,930) was Parth “VINAY7690” Aggarwal after winning five straight pots at heads up against “anky1824” to take the lead and win it on the next hand.
Date: January 21
Buy in: ₹ 1,650 (~US$ 22.55)
Guarantee: ₹ 7 lakhs (~US$ 9,570)
Entries: 417 (246 uniques / 171 re-entries)
Prize pool: ₹ 7 lakhs (~US$ 9,570)
ITM: 54 places
Running time: 5 hours and 17 minutes
Final table payouts
1st Parth “VINAY7690” Aggarwal – ₹ 1.41 lakhs
2nd anky1824 – ₹ 98.63K
3rd Vinay “Vinstill” B – ₹ 63.42K
4th MrEVpositive – ₹ 46.9K
5th Arpit “bilbo_baggins” Jain – ₹ 35.21K
6th Naresh “Fireexit” Rathnam – ₹ 28.21K
7th Prakash “Chennaino1” KC – ₹ 23.52K
8th Riraizer – ₹ 18.76K
APT #35: PKO NL – DEEPAK “3streakbluff” SINGH – ₹ 158,230 (~US$ 2,163)
The last event of the day was the PKO NL bounty tournament with 378 head hunters on the prowl. Just under five hours, Deepak “3streakbluff” Singh was the last one standing to claim the ₹ 1.19 lakhs first prize and ₹ 39.23K in bounties for a total of ₹ 158,230 in winnings.
Brief rundown of the action, Mahesh “mahikalra” S carried in the largest stack to the final table and proceeded to rule, eliminating two players Vivekk “vivek25” Dube (8th) and dotcomm (7th) to amass half the chips in play. Next out was Sandy “Ziigmund” Lamba (6th) with Rohan “AnshAA” Soman emptying him out. Then from there, it was all Singh starting with Harsh “harsh1327” Bubna (5th) to take the lead. The knockout spree continued to face mahikalra at heads up. It ended quick with Singh’s J♠ 9♠ outdrawing A♦ 4♠.
Date: January 21
Buy in: ₹ 2,200 (~US$ 30)
Guarantee: ₹ 5 lakhs (~US$ 6,830)
Entries: 378 (210 uniques / 168 re-entries)
Prize pool: ₹ 5.67 lakhs (~US$ 7,750)
ITM: 45 places
Running time: 4 hours and 47 minutes
Final table payouts
1st Deepak “3streakbluff” Singh – ₹ 1.19 lakhs + ₹ 39.23K bounties = ₹ 158,230
2nd Mahesh “mahikalra” S – ₹ 83.35K + ₹ 18.49K bounties = ₹ 101,840
3rd Psychonaut – ₹ 53.58K + ₹ 1,625 bounties = ₹ 55,205
4th Rohan “AnshAA” Soman – ₹ 39.69K + ₹ 3,110 bounties = ₹ 42,800
5th Harsh “harsh1327” Bubna – ₹ 29.77K + ₹ 4,593 bounties = ₹ 34,363
6th Sandy “Ziigmund” Lamba – ₹ 23.81K + ₹ 1,718 bounties = ₹ 25,528
7th dotcomm – ₹19.85K + ₹ 6,703 bounties = ₹ 52,081
8th Vivekk “vivek25” Dube – ₹ 15.88K + ₹ 3,953 bounties = ₹ 71,914
Update: APT Player of the Series race leaders
Day 7: Daily Leaderboard winners
UPCOMING EVENTS
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