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APT Online 2020: Ho Bao Qiang triumphs High Roller Turbo!

The 12-day long, prestigious Asian Poker Tour (APT) Online Series 2020 is underway on Asia-facing online operator Natural8. Looking at the current scenario across the world, the series has experienced a surge of players and the advertised guarantee of $1.57 million has been crushed to become a massive $1.98 million. Tremendous action still awaits with 31 remaining tournaments on the list spread across six days. 

Main Event $200k GTD

With poker players looking forward to the Main Event, last night concluded Flight C and Flight D which registered a total of 475 entries more than the combined number of Flight A and Flight B that garnered 463 entries. This in turn created a juicy prize pool of $445,550, double the assured guarantee as the buy-in to the event was $500. Only 225 players progress to Day 2 while Flight E is still on the list which is about to take place today at 4 pm.

• Flight A – 177 entries, 41 progress
• Flight B – 286 entries, 74 progress
• Flight C – 190 entries, 43 progress
• Flight D – 285 entries, 67 progress

Event #26 No Limit Hold’em $12,500

With a buy-in of $200, a total of 151 runners registered themselves almost doubling the prize pool to become $28,237. Eventually, before the tournament ended, the top 23 players ended up earning a payout. Powering through the field to claim the title was ‘MK FALCON’ who secured $5,882 in prize money and moved 9^th in the leaderboard. The champion defeated ‘kirard28’ in heads-up who settled in the second position earning $4,220.

Final table payouts

1. ‘MK FALCON’ – $5,882
2. ‘kirard28’ – $4,220
3. ‘Armo OB’ – $3,324
4. ‘massan7’ – $2,499
5. ‘Kosei Ichinose’ – $1,878
6. ‘pug2019’ – $1,412
7. ‘BeDobl’ – $1,061.82
8. ‘foldnutsjam1’ – $798
9. ‘ChokDeeKrap’ – $600

Event 27: Progressive Bounty $12,500 GTD

Once again, crushing the guarantee to create a bigger prize pool of $31,603 a total of 169 entries joined the field after chipping in $200. Knocking out ‘BIG CHI’ in heads-up was ‘TheDuck1’ who secured the APT Online Series title along with $7,225 in prize money. At the final hand of the tournament, ‘BIG CHI’ had 2:1 lead against ‘TheDuck1’ and soon after that the latter took the lead and dominated his opponent with full house over his trips.

Final table payouts

1. ‘TheDuck1’ – $7,225
2. ‘BIG CHI’ – $4,000
3. ‘MK FALCON’ – $1,952.
4. ‘xDTzx’ – $1,709
5. ‘Henri Buehler’ – $1,697
6. ‘Jayb0y_11’ – $1,405
7. ‘lastonemile’ – $873
8. ‘lingling_lee’ – $588
9. ‘LEN1234980’ – $1,160

Event #28: No Limit Hold’em $15,000 GTD

Yesterday event 28 attracted 125 entries after each one paid $300 as buy-in. This led to the creation of $35,062 in prize pool, double the advertised guarantee and a slice of which was shared among the top 20 places. It was ‘Dosobyc’ who won the second title in the series after already taking down Event #17: Progressive Bounty. The champion added $7,660 to his poker bankroll along with an APT trophy after railing out ‘Puzzzle’ in heads-up who banked $5,680.

Final table payouts

1. ‘Dosobyc’ – $7,660
2. ‘Puzzzle’ – $5,680
3. ‘TheGreatDanton’ – $4,212
4. ‘GodBleCoup..’ – $3,124
5. ‘Kurily’ – $2,316
6. ‘ekziter2’ – $1,718
7. ‘COVID2019’ – $1,247
8. ‘arulary’ – $994

Event #29: High Roller Turbo $15,000 GTD

Riding past the field to take down Event #29 was Singapore’s Ho Bao Qiang aka ‘Yummers’ who grabbed the APT Trophy! The entire tournament saw 92 runners who paid $500 to hunt for the cash prize. Qiang railed out India’s ‘laiibhari’ in heads-up and grabbed $10,356 in prize money while his opponent earned $7,843 for settling in the runner-up position. Qiang has over $200k in total live earnings, the champion also finished first in 2019 APT Taiwan HR Single Day for $28k.

Final table payouts

1. ‘Yummers’ – $10,356
2. ‘laiibhari’ – $7,843
3. ‘ObellaCiao’ – $5,939
4. ‘TheGreatDanton’ – $4,498
5. ‘IceLeekakaTayfun’ – $3,406
6. ‘Daddy Cool’ – $2,580
7. ‘mommyfinger’ -$1,953
8. ‘shin-b’ – $1,479
9. ‘Roti Canai’ – $1,271

For more updates on the ongoing APT Online series, stay tuned to GutshotMagazine.com.

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