HomeAnother featured event in the books with APT circuit regular / Natural8 Ambassador Phachara Wongwichit shipping the PLO Championships! The Thai pro topped the 150-entry field, railroading the last three to collect $ 11,687.40. We have that story for you below including the results of all the games that completed in Day 8.
The inaugural APT Online Series is nearing its final day with only four remaining. The festival has been running on GG Network Natural8 since April 29 with the last of the games taking place on May 10. 42 players came out victorious, another 20 yet to be crowned. Days ago, the $ 1.57 million guarantee was crushed to bits. To date, the festival has paid out an APT record $2,670,000. For those just hearing of this exciting event, join the fun by signing up to Natural8.
Among the remaining games are two APT featured events:
Short Deck Championships – $ 25,000
- One day event on May 7 @ 16:00 (HKT)
- $ 400 buy in
- 160 minutes late registration
Championships – $ 250,000 guarantee
- May 8 to 10
- $ 800 buy in
- 5 flights offered
- 180 minutes late registration, 90 minutes for Flight E Turbo
- Final day on May 10 @20:00 (HKT)
The last Super High Rollers event will also run on May 7 at 17:00 (HKT). Buy in is $ 5,000 with a $ 100K guarantee. The final table will stream live in three stations: Kosei Ichinose Twitch TV, Hong Kong Poker Players Association (HKPPA) YouTube channel, and PokerStreams.
For more info, visit the APT Online Series schedule
APT Player of the Series update
Featured: PLO Championships – Phachara Wongwichit – $ 11,687.40
The PLO Championships clocked in close to nine hours with two and a half of it dedicated entirely to the final table of six.To seize the title, Phachara W emptied out half the table.
The money rolled out at 23 remaining when vetsforgo eliminated DONBEI on the bubble.
Bubble hand
Players cashing in before the final table was reached:
Final Table rundown
The first to bite the bullet was Shining whose two double ups still didn’t help rise any higher than 6th place. Shining doubled up Phachara W then fell to 888BENYA888. Similar situation with vetsforgo who also doubled up Phachara W before crashing to 888BENYA888. Jeff1010 doubled through 888BENYA888 then Phachara W claimed his first final table bust, booting out the crippled 888BENYA888. Not long after, it was heads up with Phachara W taking all of Langdon’s chips.
The final hand soon arrived with Phachara W winning with a set of fives to two pair. This was Phachara’s first APT featured event victory. He will receive his APT Guardian Trophy in the mail to display alongside his two previously acquired APT Super High Rollers awards.
Buy in: $ 400
Guarantee: $ 25,000
Entries: 150
Prize pool: $ 56,100
ITM: 23 places
Read up on the action via the Live updates. We also streamed and uploaded the Final table action via our official channels:
Kosei Ichinose Twitch TV
Hong Kong Poker Players Association (HKPPA) YouTube channel
Final table payouts
1st Phachara W – Thailand – $ 11,687.40
2nd Jeff1010 – $ 8,786.03
3rd Langdon – $ 6,605.01
4th 888BENYA888 – $ 4,965.39
5th vetsforgo – $ 3,732.79
6th Shining – $ 2,806.17
Event 31: Monster Stack – Steven van ZZZZZZ – $ 24,816.68
Another great turnout at the Monster Stack event with 549 entries across three flights. The largest was the early afternoon’s Flight C, attracting 295 fine runners. This amassed a combined total $ 153,994.50 prize pool. The final day saw 193 qualify with the money starting at 80th place. Three and a half hours in, Irish player Steven van ZZZZZZ won it for a pocketful $ 24,816.68.
Flight A: 41 advanced out of 115 entries
Flight B: 50 advanced out of 139 entries
Flight C: 104 advanced out of 295 entries
Buy in: $ 300
Guarantee: $ 30,000
Total entries: 549
Prize pool: $ 153,994.50
Final Day qualifiers: 193
ITM: 80 places
Catching the action at five handed, it was Steven van ZZZZZZ and singo618 controlling the action. Steven van ZZZZZZ eliminated both Dostoevsky (Flight A chip leader) and Timo1993 then singo booted ni ma 66. After several hands played, a deal was reached. singo618 doubled up to take the lead, Steven van ZZZZZZ stole it back with pocket twos landing a set on the turn against pocket fours. The final hand was A♥ 9♣ pair on the flop defeating K♦ 10♠.
Set of twos on the turn for Steven van ZZZZZZ
Final table payouts
1st Steven van ZZZZZZ – $ 24,816.68 (deal)
2nd singo618 – $ 22,306.53 (deal)
3rd ni ma 66 – $ 14,609.61
4th Timo1993 – $ 10,708.80
5th Dostoevsky – $ 7,849.51
6th 5betbluff.1 – $ 5,753.68
7th Kevin Pu – $ 4,210.43
8th TriStAnrrr – $ 3,091.36
9th Audacious99 – 2,265.96
Event 36: Pot Limit Omaha – PodPivkovich – $ 2,719.26
The Pot Limit Omaha drew a healthy 159 entries to nearly triple up the guarantee. After five hours, it was Russian player PodPivkovich with all the chips and the $ 2,719.26 first prize.
Buy in: $ 100
Guarantee: $ 5,000
Entries: 159
Prize pool: $ 14,866.60
ITM: 26 places
The final table had a familiar name Peleus34, known in the real world as Vincent Kwun Ngai Li. Peleus34 finished in 7th place. By three-handed, PodPivkovich was in command with over half the chips to play to battle with. PodPivkovich proceeded to rail Goldig to face LAMJON for the title. It didn’t take long to secure it, finishing LAMJON with trips to two pair.
Final table payouts
1st PodPivkovich – $ 2,719.26
2nd LAMJON – $ 2,547.87
3rd Goldig – $ 1,706.49
4th KOBS – $ 1,286.37
5th Terryboom – $ 969.68
6th Lt.Aldo_Raine – $ 730.95
7th Peleus34 – $ 551
8th massan7 – $ 415.35
9th xDTzx – $ 313.09
Event 37: Progressive Bounty – omeroz01 – $ 8,658.59
275 thundered in the Progressive Bounty event each one looking to slash heads to pick up those bounty rewards. After five hours of aggressive action, omeroz01 stood tall knocking out d0lores at heads up. omeroz01 earned $ 4,888.53 for the win plus $ 3,770.06 in bounties for a combined $ 8,658.59. omoeroz01 collected the highest number of bounties of all the players.
Buy in: $ 200
Guarantee: $ 12,500
Entries: 275
Prize pool: $ 51,425
ITM: 47 places
Following the action at the four handed, d0lores ran hot knocking out Nalra (4th) then Romyama1970 (3rd). At heads up, d0lores lost steam while omeroz01 capitalized. d0lores held on, banking a massive double up that crippled omeroz01 to 3 bbs.
However, omeroz01 was not ready to go. omeroz01 doubled up then grinded back to health the take the lead and close it out.
Final table payouts
1st omeroz01 – $ 8,658.59 (includes $ 3,770.06 bounties)
2nd d0lores – $ 6,721.96 (includes 3,138.89 bounties)
3rd Romyama1970 – $ 3,117.25 (includes $ 490.87 bounties)
4th Nalra – $ 2,676.04 (includes 750.91 bounties)
5th lovejadeyu – $ 2,797.52 (includes $ 1,386.42 bounties)
6thWH4LEK1LLER – $ 2,942.33 (includes 1,907.99 bounties)
7th PatrikNguyen – Vietnam – $ 804.92 (includes $ 46.75 bounties)
8th Superushroom1 – $ 672.60 (inlcudes 116.87 bounties)
9th heyway – $ 728.75 (includes $ 321.40 bounties)
Event 38: High Roller Turbo – kirrard28 – $ 14,571.92
The High Roller Turbo event drew the largest field of all the previous installments. 148 signed up to triple up the guarantee and more. After two previous final table appearances, kirrard28 was able to close it out for a large sum worth $ 14,571.92. This was the heftiest first prize paid out at a High Roller Turbo event. kirrard28 moved 39th to 11th in the leader board.
Buy in: $ 500
Guarantee: $ 15,000
Entries: 148
Prize pool: $ 70,300
ITM: 20 places
Final table payouts
1st kirrard28 – $ 14,571.92
2nd JYFRmoon – $ 11,105.51
3rd scissrthread – $ 8,463.77
4th –MortenVM- – $ 6,450.43
5th BaNkRoL SuX – $ 4,916.02
6th Firbo – $ 3,746.62
7th einmalrunnenwievalue – $ 2,855.38
8th Terryboom – $ 2,176.15
9th Yummers – $ 1,658.50
Event 39: NLH Turbo – AAFuxX – $ 2,593.32
Once again, the NLH Turbo was a hot item on the APT Online menu as 470 poured in. The $ 50 buy in was well worth it for many players, especially for DollarDollarBillYo who pocketed 66 times the buy in which was the biggest amount at the three-way deal. Claiming the title and the trophy was AAFuxX for $ 2,593.32.
Buy in: $ 50
Guarantee: $ 10,000
Entries: 470
Prize pool: $ 21,972.50
ITM: 80 places
Catching the action at six-handed, DollarDollarBillYo went on a demolition spree eliminating three players in succession. This left three in the running with the leader DollarDollarBillYo backed by over half the chips in play. A deal was immediately discussed and agreed upon. From there, AAFuxX doubled up through MrOnurbs then took the rest to face DollarDollarBillYo for the win. AAFuxX climbed and climbed then nailed it shut.
Final table payouts
1st AAFuxX – $ 2,593.32 (deal)
2nd DollarDollarBillYo – $ 3,319.71 (deal)
3rd MrOnurbs – $ 2,965.84 (deal)
4th soundofsilence – $1,540.19
5th jimmhu – $ 1,128.95
6th BigDC989 – $ 827.52
7th JAGUAR400 – $ 606.57
8th NJHK – $ 444.61
9th niuniuxy – $ 325.90