APT Online Series India MAIN EVENT numbers and chip counts

The APT Online Series India completed its four starting days for the highlighted MAIN EVENT, drawing a combined 1,932 entries. This however was not enough to exceed the guarantee which meant the remaining 240 players will be gunning for a piece of the ₹ 2 crore (~US$ 273,400) prize pool. Payouts begin at 193rd place for ₹ 24K while up top is a hefty ₹ 34.06 lakhs (~US$ 46,680) for the champion.

The qualifiers return to action at PokerBaazi.com on Tuesday, January 26th for their final race to the throne. In addition to the cash, the champion will be awarded the APT Guardian Trophy and APT Championship Ring. Who will take it? Find out via our live updates. 

Currently in the lead is a player  by the nickname of “squanderer” who topped Day 1D with an enviable 4.05L stack, that’s 101 times the opening big blind. Also accumulating big ones in the same heat were Kamal “Identity” Naruka with 4.09L, Vishal “vishal0701” Yadav with 3.42L, and Nitin “philhermouth” Arora with 3.39L. Rounding out the top 5 is Day 1A chip leader Nishant “nishant177” Sharma. Day 1B chip leader Armaan “Armaan007” Kochhar is ranked 8th and Day 1C chip leader Satyam “Pkiller28” Prakash is ranked 12th.

A long list of notable players also made the cut, among those in the top 50 were: Abhinav “griezmann” Iyer, Kartik “TheInternetKid” Ved,  Dhaval “Rehab77” Mudgal, Gaurav “gaug17” Sood, Aditya “adit11” Kulkarni, Raghav “thatssosick” Bansal, Kunal “VasooliChacha” Patni, and triple event winner “dilbaghsingh”. 

Details

Buy in: ₹ 11,000  (~US$ 150)
Guarantee: ₹ 2 crore (~US$ 273,400) 
Cumulative entries: 1,932
Cumulative Day 2 qualifiers: 240 players
Prize pool: ₹ 2 crore (~US$ 273,400) 
ITM: 193 places

Top 8 payouts 

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)
Day 1C: 68 advanced out of 436 entries (310 uniques / 126 re-entries)
Day 1D: 105 advanced out of 777 entries (538 uniques / 239 re-entries)
 *multiple stacks removed

Chips in play: 28,980,000
Average stack: 120,750
Day 2 opening blinds: 2K/4K
Blind intervals: increases every 12 minutes

Day 2 qualifiers 

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