HomeOpening day of the APT Online Series 2nd Edition was scheduled to be a big one with 16 games looking to be captured and $ 1,160,000 in prizes guaranteed. By around 11:30pm (HKT), only four events had completed while the rest encountered a technical interruption that ultimately led to cancellations. We apologize for the unfortunate circumstance. Affected games will be refunded according to Natural8 policy which can be reviewed via the link provided.
Natural8 Game Cancellation, Interruption, & Refund Policy
Games cancelled
Opening Day results
Prior to opening day cancellations, we witnessed plenty of exciting action as nearly all events surpassed its guarantee. The featured Mini Main Event $200K GTD and the Opening Event $500K GTD drew massive fields however still experienced an overlay. Four events made it to the finish line. We’ve got recaps and results for you below.
APT Player of the Series
For the completed events, points were earned towards the APT Player of the Series race. We will have the leader board up for you soon. Make sure to check your points to see where you stand. Top three players in points at the end of the series will win an APT POS Ring and prize money from $ 500 to $ 1,500. The ultimate winner will also receive an APT Finale Championship Event ticket while 2nd place receives an APT Finale Main Event ticket.
Natural8 Daily Leader board
Exclusive to Natural8 members is a Daily Leader Board broken down into five categories: Japan / Hong Kong / Thailand / Vietnam / Rest of Asia. A total of $ 10,000 will be distributed throughout the series. Check back for the opening day results or head to the link provided.
Natural8 APT Online Daily Leaderboard
Featured: Mini Main Event – mon$terDad
The featured Mini Main Event came out swinging with 3,532 signing up across 8 entry flights. However, this was still not enough to breach the guarantee for a solid $ 200,000 pot. After two and a half hours of play, the game was cancelled with 151 remaining. At the top was Lester Edoc “mon$terDad”, he will be credited the victory and will receive the APT Trophy and APT Championship Ring. This was Edoc’s third APT ring having won two Main Event titles in 2018.
You can read up on the action via the Mini Main Event Live Updates.
Entering the Final Day race, “mon$terDad” ranked second in chips which he earned at Flight C. He became the first player to reach a million and the first to two million.
Results:
Buy in: $ 50
Dates: June 11 to 14
Guarantee: $ 200,000
Total Entries: 3,532
Prize pool: $ 200,000
Final Day qualifiers: 933
ITM: 440 places
Game cancelled: 151 remaining
Flight A: 70 advanced out of 312 entries
Flight B: 113 advanced out of 449 entries
Flight C: 74 advanced out of 331 entries
Flight D: 126 advanced out of 481 entries
Flight E: 89 advanced out of 393 entries
Flight F: 129 advanced out of 523 entries
Flight G: 149 advanced out of 587 entries
Flight H (turbo) – 197 advanced out of 456 entries
Event 1: Opening Event – propofol-san
Of all the side games, the Opening Event guaranteed the largest of half a million dollars. This brought in 1,559 across 12 entry heats however like the event above, it still missed the mark resulting in an overlay. 439 players advanced to the Final Day. The game was cancelled at 26 remaining with player “propofol-san” at the top of the counts. propofol-san will be credited the victory.
Results:
Buy in: $ 300
Dates: June 11 to 14
Guarantee: $ 500,000
Total Entries: 1,559
Prize pool: $ 500,000
Final Day qualifiers: 439
ITM: 224 places
Flight A: 13 advanced out of 59 entries
Flight B: 19 advanced out of 95 entries
Flight C: 16 advanced out of 90 entries
Flight D: 29 advanced out of 147 entries
Flight E: 17 advanced out of 90 entries
Flight F: 19 advanced out of 73 entries
Flight G: 37 advanced out of 184 entries
Flight H (Turbo): 37 advanced out of 104 entries
Flight I: 30 advanced out of 134 entries
Flight J: 55 advanced out of 211 entries
Flight K (Turbo): 83 advanced out of 211 entries
Flight L (Hyper): 85 advanced out of 163 entries
Event 2: APT Kick Off – AfternoonAA – $ 3,244.57
The APT Kick Off event was one of four events that managed to complete. For a very affordable $ 50 buy in, players had a chance at the $ 10,000 guarantee. With 391 signing up, it built a much richer prize pool of $ 17,986 with the top 63 earning a cut. Just shy of six hours of play, AfternoonAA defeated Pistolero99 at heads up to claim the win and the $ 3,244.57 first prize. This was AfternoonAA’s second APT win having won a first at the inaugural edition.
Buy in: $ 50
Date: June 14
Guarantee: $ 10,000
Entries: 391
Prize pool: $ 17,986
ITM: 63 places
Final table payouts
1st AfternoonAA – $ 3,244.57
2nd Pistolero99 – $ 2,378
3rd White NCY – $ 1,743.07
4th Alexlam – $ 1,277.66
5th researcher0120 – $ 936.52
6th WolfieD – $ 686.47
7th 0520gucci – $ 503.18
8th boybuibui – $ 368.83
9th JinKuazi – $ 270.35
Event 3: Pot Limit Omaha – relentless – $ 3,718.21
110 turned up for the first Pot Limit Omaha event of the series. This was just enough to breach the guarantee. It took four and a half hours to complete with “relentless” rising victorious after a four-way deal.
Buy in: $ 200
Date: June 14
Guarantee: $ 20,000
Entries: 110
Prize pool: $ 20,240
ITM: 17 places
Entering the final table, neverbluff2020 held a sizable lead but after doubling up three players along the way, neverbluff2020 was bumped out in 6th place by yoshiro333. relentless railed hki23 in 5th place to become the overwhelming chip leader. After numerous orbits, a four-way deal was reached with relentless still ahead. relentless railed canbo (4th) and BIGfishet (3rd) to face yoshiro333 leading 5:1. relentless proceeded to rail yoshiro333 with trips over two pair.
Final table payouts
1st relentless – $ 3,718.21
2nd yoshiro333 – $ 2,95390
3rd BIGfishet – $ 3,090.18
4th canbo – $ 2,775.31
5th hki23 – $ 1,396.95
6th neverbluff2020 – $ 1,033.95
7th Bryne Koon – $ 765.28
8th Badbeat2020 – $ 566.42
9th KilltheRake – $ 500.84
Event 4: Progressive Bounty – lllllllllll – $ 5,555.34
The Progressive Bounty ran nearly six hours with the heads up round running for one hour before lllllllllll claimed the win. lllllllllll defeated Sudurjaya to grab the $ 2,847.11 first prize. llllllllll also earned $ 2,708.23 in bounty rewards for a combined $ 5,555.34 in winnings.
Buy in: $ 105
Date: June 14
Guarantee: $ 30,000
Entries: 301
Prize pool: $ 30,000
ITM: 47 places
Final table payouts
1st llllllllllll – $ 5,555.34 (includes $ 2,708.23 in bounties)
2nd Sudurjaya – $ 3,571.52 (includes $1,484.77 in bounties)
3rd Neat game – $ 2,139.73 (includes $ 610.15 in bounties)
4th Romzess – $ 1,258.68 (includes $ 137.50 in bounties)
5th krtek1 – $ 1,584.32 (includes $ 762.50 in bounties)
6th Janno Alvarez – $ 1,153.94 (includes $ 551.56 in bounties)
7th 5.3k$For1st – $ 554.05 (includes $ 112.50 in bounties)
8th TheJourney – $ 681.46 (includes $ 357.81 in bounties)
9th BornToFlip – $ 907.56 (includes $ 670.32 in bounties)
Event 5: No Limit Hold’em – M.Tsigalko – $ 7,984.09
The last event to go the distance was the No Limit Hold’em with M.Tsigalko outlasting the 223 entry field. GuyfromPuntobar entered the final table in the lead and navigated all the way to heads up where he fell to M.Tsigalko. M.Tsigalko shipped $ 7,984.09 for the victory.
Buy in: $ 200
Date: June 14
Guarantee: $ 40,000
Entries: 223
Prize pool: $ 41,032
ITM: 35 places
Final table payouts
1st M.Tsigalko – $ 7,984.09
2nd GuyfromPuntobar – $ 5,905.67
3rd Winna118 – $ 4,368.40
4th shangdulemon – $ 3,231.29
5th markakris – $ 2,390.17
6th RootVeer – $ 1,768
7th newjerry – $ 1,307.78
8th BBismyhouse – $ 967.36
9th lllllllllll – $ 715.55
Event 6: Mini Deep Stack – ciiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiro
Buy in: $ 50
Date: June 14
Guarantee: $ 20,000
Entries: 522
Prize pool: $ 24,012
ITM: 89 places
Game cancelled: 13 remaining
Event 7: Progressive Bounty – FishDontThink
Buy in: $ 210
Date: June 14
Guarantee: $ 50,000
Entries: 255
Prize pool: 50,000
ITM: 44 places
Game cancelled: 3 remaining
Event 8: High Roller Deep Stack
Buy in: $ 500
Date: June 14
Guarantee: $ 100,000
Entries: 240
Prize pool: $ 114,000
ITM: 35 places
Game cancelled: 61 remaining
Event 9: Short Deck – duck&duck
Buy in: $ 100
Date: June 14
Guarantee: $ 10,000
Entries: 129
Prize pool: $ 11,868
ITM: 20 places
Game cancelled: 9 remaining
Event 10: Pot Limit Omaha
Buy in: $ 100
Date: June 14
Guarantee: $ 15,000
Entries: 192
Prize pool: $ 17,664
ITM: 31 places
Game cancelled: 33 remaining
Event 11: Progressive Bounty
Buy in: $ 210
Date: June 14
Guarantee: $ 50,000
Entries: 301
Prize pool: $ 60,200
ITM: 47 places
Game cancelled: 49 remaining
Event 12: High Roller Turbo
Buy in: $ 500
Date: June 14
Guarantee: $ 50,000
Entries: 174
Prize pool: $ 82,650
ITM: 23 places
Game cancelled: 114 remaining
Event 13: No Limit Hold’em Turbo
Buy in: $ 100
Date: June 14
Guarantee: $ 25,000
Entries: 347
Prize pool: $ 31,924
ITM: 55 places
Game cancelled: 120 remaining
Event 14: Deep Stack Hyper Bounty
Buy in: $ 52.50
Date: June 14
Guarantee: $ 15,000
Entries: 495
Prize pool: $ 24,725
ITM: 80 places
Game cancelled: 361 remaining
Event 15: No Limit Hold’em Hyper
Buy in: $ 200
Date: June 14
Guarantee: $ 25,000
Entries: 140
Prize pool: $ 25,760
ITM: 23 places
Game cancelled: 132 remaining
More to come…
Moving forward from the opening day blues, the festival roars on with 14 days of games yet to be played. All the action takes place at Natural8 on the GG Network running from June 14 to 28. This is the richest festival ever staged by the APT with over 234 total games and a massive $ 10,000,000 in prizes guaranteed. Make sure to check the schedule, we guarantee something for everyone.
APT Online Series 2nd Edition Schedule
Among the long list of games to tackle are the tour’s most prestigious tournaments – APT MAIN EVENT and APT CHAMPIONSHIPS EVENT. For this edition, we have upped the stakes by guaranteeing $ 1,000,000 for each event. So plug it in your calendars as they are the tournaments everyone will seek to capture.
APT Main Event – $ 1,000,000 guarantee
Dates: June 18 to 21
Buy in: $ 500
Guarantee: $ 1,000,000
Entry Flights: 9 offered
Final Day: Sunday, June 21 @ 20:00 (HKT)
Reigning champion: Alex Wei Xiang Lee “DblBarrel”
APT Championships Event – $ 1,000,000 guarantee
Dates: June 25 to 28
Buy in: $ 800
Entry Flights: 9 offered
Final Day: Sunday, June 28 @ 20:00 (HKT)
Reigning champion: Michael Kim Falcon “DirtyDuck”