APT Online strings records: Mini Main posts 19,229 entries and $1,415,254 prize pool

The Asian Poker Tour Online (APTO) recorded another historic weekend from 24 to 26 October 2026, with four Trophy Events setting new records and a Mini Main Event of 19,229 entries generating a prize pool of $1,415,254. The festival, hosted on the Natural8 platform, reached 14 of 20 scheduled Trophy Events and 11 of those events have already set new benchmarks for the series.

Weekend standout results

The Mini Main Event was the principal story: 19,229 entries across 38 Day 1 flights produced a $1,415,254 prize pool, surpassing the $1,000,000 guarantee. Dmitry Chertkov (Belarus) won and collected $169,487 after defeating Paul8151 (Taiwan) in heads-up; VSV27 (Ukraine) finished third.

Three other Trophy Events also posted records this weekend:

• Event #12, the $250 Sunday Super Stack, reached 2,471 entries and a $568,330 prize pool; Avocado Love (Israel) won $66,994.

• Event #9, the Vietnam National Cup (standard format), drew 2,628 entries and a $232,716 prize pool; AllinDY (China) earned $27,858.

• Event #11, the Korea National Cup – Bounty 7-Max, a bounty format, attracted 2,063 entries and a $315,061 prize pool; Littleshy (Hong Kong) took the title and collected $18,035 for place plus $17,290 in bounties.

Event-by-event results breakdown

Event #9: Vietnam National Cup

The Vietnam National Cup switched from a bounty format last year to a standard tournament and recorded total entries of 2,628, generating a prize pool of $232,716. AllinDY (China) won $27,858, defeating lialiaqc (China) in heads-up; lucid3 (Philippines) finished third.

• 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 Single Day High Roller debuted on the schedule and attracted 819 entries for a prize pool of $409,500, exceeding the guarantee by 2.37%. HuanChen (Taiwan) defeated Dietrich Fast (Indonesia) in heads-up and won $58,269; HZ93 (Cyprus) placed third.

• 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 inaugural Korea National Cup in bounty format drew 2,063 entries at a $166 buy-in, a 31.82% increase over 2025, creating a prize pool of $315,061 that exceeded the guarantee by 4.39%. Littleshy (Hong Kong) won the final table after defeating BraadNL (Netherlands) and collected $18,035 for place plus $17,290 in bounties.

• 1 Littleshy (Hong Kong) — $18,035 + $17,290 bounty

• 2 BraadNL (Netherlands) — $18,035 + $7,723 bounty

• 3 R_Anacoretto (Brazil) — $13,668 + $3,677 bounty

• 4 MrJccB (Vietnam) — $10,358 + $2,337 bounty

• 5 Amybuhe (China) — $7,850 + $1,644 bounty

• 6 Wiggle00 (Laos) — $5,949 + $565 bounty

• 7 XOINGCHUMOLE!! (China) — $4,508 + $1,082 bounty

• 8 Pete Tong (Brazil) — $2,636 + $1,728 bounty

• 9 PierreCashnn (Hong Kong) — $1,945 + $1,572 bounty

Event #12: Sunday Super Stack

The $250 Sunday Super Stack accumulated 2,471 entries, a 14.88% increase versus 2025, and produced the largest prize pool in the event’s history: $568,330. Avocado Love (Israel) won the event and $66,994 after defeating 8817 (Taiwan).

• 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 totaled 759 entries and set a record prize pool of $759,000. Dawid Smolka (Austria) won $46,298 for place and $59,414 in bounties after defeating Nikita Kuznetsov (Slovenia) in heads-up.

• 1 Dawid Smolka (Austria) — $46,298 + $59,414 bounty

• 2 Nikita Kuznetsov (Slovenia) — $46,297 + $19,400 bounty

• 3 R Meneguetti (Brazil) — $36,787 + $13,435 bounty

• 4 F Bernhauser (Austrai) — $29,231 + $5,593 bounty

• 5 Ravid Garbi (Israel) — $23,227 + $11,660 bounty

• 6 Dominus Vitae (Portugal) — $18,456 + $6,144 bounty

• 7 Nau u Ny (Finland) — $14,665 + $8,812 bounty

• 8 Islam Magomedov (Belarus) — $11,653 + $5,335 bounty

• 9 M Druteika (Andorra) — $9,259 + $5,507 bounty

Event #14: Mini Main Event $1M GTD

The Mini Main Event recorded 19,229 entries and a total prize pool of $1,415,254, beating the $1,000,000 guarantee. Dmitry Chertkov (Belarus) captured the title and collected $169,487; Paul8151 (Taiwan) was second with $130,678 and VSV27 (Ukraine) completed the podium with $100,768.

• 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 to play

The series still has a final week to run, with six Trophy Events remaining of the 20 scheduled. With 14 events completed and 11 of them setting new records, the organiser and the Natural8 room keep the schedule on track as the remaining events conclude. We will continue covering results in our events section and in the daily news coverage.