APT Online posts more record fields as Mini Main draws 19,229 entries

The Asian Poker Tour Online posted another weekend of record-breaking fields and prize pools, culminating in a Mini Main Event that drew 19,229 entries and generated a $1,415,254 prize pool. The series is running on Natural8 and, with 14 of 20 Trophy Events completed, 11 of those have set new benchmarks for the festival.

Weekend summary and context

The back half of the APT Online schedule — Events #11 through #14 — continued the momentum built in the first week. Each of the four Trophy Events played over the weekend set APT Online records in at least one metric. The Mini Main Event was the headline result, but the weekend also produced large turnouts and oversold guarantees across the Vietnam National Cup, the Single Day High Roller – Double Stack, the Korea National Cup – Bounty 7-Max, the Sunday Super Stack and the Bounty Hunters High Roller.

Event-by-event results

Event #9: Vietnam National Cup

The Vietnam National Cup switched from a bounty format to a standard tournament and attracted a field of 2,628 entries, producing a $232,716 prize pool. China's 'AllinDY' won the event and collected the $27,858 first-place prize after defeating countryman 'lialiaqc' heads-up. The Philippines' 'lucid3' finished third.

Final table (Event #9)

1. AllinDY (China) — $27,858

2. lialiaqc (China) — $21,482

3. lucid3 (Philippines) — $16,565

4. Kilink (Philippines) — $12,773

5. Jenny Turtle (Taiwan) — $9,850

6. Thomas Rooij (Netherlands) — $7,595

7. 0Krossby0 (Romania) — $5,857

8. Carthor (Poland) — $4,516

9. JayZone (Philippines) — $3,482

Event #10: Single Day High Roller – Double Stack

The $525 buy-in Single Day High Roller made its APT Online debut with 819 entries, producing a $409,500 prize pool and exceeding the guarantee by 2.37%. Taiwan's 'HuanChen' won the title, defeating Dietrich Fast in heads-up play; 'HZ93' (Cyprus) finished third.

Final table (Event #10)

1. HuanChen (Taiwan) — $58,269

2. Dietrich Fast (Indonesia) — $44,931

3. HZ93 (Cyprus) — $34,647

4. Felipe Ketzer (Norway) — $26,716

5. Jackie_Brown (Thailand) — $20,601

6. Matthew Stumpf (Canada) — $15,885

7. M Dziubdziela (Poland) — $12,249

8. Gilgamesch47 (Thailand) — $9,445

9. MrShappy (Australia) — $7,283

Event #11: Korea National Cup – Bounty 7-Max

The Korea National Cup converted to a bounty format for the first time in series history and drew 2,063 entries at the $166 buy-in, a 31.82% increase on last year's field. The $315,061 prize pool beat the guarantee by 4.39%. Hong Kong's 'Littleshy' won, taking $18,035 in placement prize plus $17,290 in bounties after defeating the Netherlands' 'BraadNL'; Brazil's 'R_Anacoretto' finished third.

Final table (Event #11; placement prize / bounty prize)

1. Littleshy (Hong Kong) — $18,035 / $17,290

2. BraadNL (Netherlands) — $18,035 / $7,723

3. R_Anacoretto (Brazil) — $13,668 / $3,677

4. MrJccB (Vietnam) — $10,358 / $2,337

5. Amybuhe (China) — $7,850 / $1,644

6. Wiggle00 (Laos) — $5,949 / $565

7. XOINGCHUMOLE!! (China) — $4,508 / $1,082

8. Pete Tong (Brazil) — $2,636 / $1,728

9. PierreCashnn (Hong Kong) — $1,945 / $1,572

Event #12: Sunday Super Stack

The $250 Sunday Super Stack set records across entries and prize pool: 2,471 entries (a 14.88% increase on 2025) produced a $568,330 prize pool, the largest in the event's history. Israel's 'AvocadoLove' won the two-day event, defeating Taiwan's '8817' heads-up. Germany's Jessica 'JessicaStreusel' Teusl took third.

Final table (Event #12)

1. Avocado Love (Israel) — $66,994

2. 8817 (Taiwan) — $51,657

3. JessicaStreusel (Germany) — $39,833

4. flyingcowkiss (UK) — $30,715

5. Xiaodongbei (China) — $23,685

6. jjj515 (China) — $18,263

7. B Botteon (Brazil) — $14,083

8. MMMMHong (China) — $10,859

9. wesol05 — $8,373

Event #13: Bounty Hunters High Roller

The two-day Bounty Hunters High Roller attracted 759 entries, producing a record $759,000 prize pool. Austria's Dawid Smolka won the event, collecting $46,298 in placement prize and $59,414 in bounties after defeating Nikita Kuznetsov; Brazil's 'R Meneguetti' finished third.

Final table (Event #13; placement prize / bounty prize)

1. Dawid Smolka (Austria) — $46,298 / $59,414

2. Nikita Kuznetsov (Slovenia) — $46,297 / $19,400

3. R Meneguetti (Brazil) — $36,787 / $13,435

4. F Bernhauser (Austrai) — $29,231 / $5,593

5. Ravid Garbi (Israel) — $23,227 / $11,660

6. Dominus Vitae (Portugal) — $18,456 / $6,144

7. Nau u Ny (Finland) — $14,665 / $8,812

8. Islam Magomedov (Belarus) — $11,653 / $5,335

9. M Druteika (Andorra) — $9,259 / $5,507

Event #14: Mini Main Event $1M GTD

The two-day Mini Main Event, $80 buy-in with a $1,000,000 guarantee, produced the festival's largest-ever single-event field: 19,229 entries across 38 Day 1 flights. The resulting prize pool was $1,415,254, well above the guarantee. Belarusian Dmitry Chertkov won the title and the $169,487 first-place prize after defeating Taiwan's 'Paul8151' heads-up; Ukrainian 'VSV27' finished third.

Final table (Event #14)

1. Dmitry Chertkov (Belarus) — $169,487

2. Paul8151 (Taiwan) — $130,678

3. VSV27 (Ukraine) — $100,768

4. Messi1601 (Vietnam) — $77,705

5. Liaozinho (Brazil) — $59,921

6. Thich Nhan Chip (Vietnam) — $46,207

7. Sean86923 (Taiwan) — $35,632

8. Tern12 (Thailand) — $27,478

9. AA115118 (China) — $21,190

What remains

The series still has one more week of scheduled Trophy Events. Through 14 completed events, 11 have set new records for the APT Online festival. The series is live on Natural8; players and observers can follow remaining action via the APT schedule and festival pages.