APL Trophy #12: ‘Speeewo_O’ Nails The Summer Championship

The ongoing APL series on GGPoker ended its Summer Championship Day 1 event after an action-packed game of poker. The series which continues till June 27th, 2021, entered its final week with a bang.

The APL Trophy #12 Summer Championship event on Monday witnessed some of the top-notch poker pros from the Asia Pacific region battling it out for the title. The tournament featured a guarantee of ¥40,00,000. The multi-day 1 event attracted a total of 5,727 entries to the virtual felts of GGPoker; the initial guarantee was crushed to generate a final prize pool of ¥46,36,579.20 ($7,16,085.02)

The ¥880 buy-in event included 357 players who had qualified from satellites. From the sea of players trying hard to win the title, only the top 600 players made it in the money.

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After hours of intense gameplay, ‘Speeewo_O’ clinched the title adding a massive prize money of ¥5,67,423.31 to his bankroll. ‘JBradley’ finished at the runner-up spot and cashed ¥4,25,505.53 in prize money. He sold 90% of his share to a buyer on the client with a mark-up of 1.33. The third spot was claimed by ‘Trilalah,’ who took home a pay cheque of ¥3,19,084.17.

‘DonCptLulli’ finished fourth for ¥2,39,279.33. The sixth position saw ‘drjushka‘ grab ¥134,556.62 in prize money followed by ‘EKINCC‘ who walked away with ¥1,79,434.35 at the fifth spot.

At the seventh spot, ‘N Molinelli’ was seen laughing his way to the bank with ¥1,00,903.28. ‘NewLife69DP’ finished at the eight spot and cashed ¥75,666.61. ‘3BarrelNuts’ was the first one to get busted from the final table at the ninth position for ¥56,742.00.

Apart from ‘JBradley,’ 57 other players also sold their shares to different buyers on the client. The series has ¥8,00,00,000 in guarantees across its 2.5 week schedule. The Main Event scheduled on June 27th, 2021 will feature a guarantee of CNY 10 million. It will also have two special trophy events to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival.

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