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Natural8 ambassador Wongwichit wins APT Online PLO Championships

The ongoing festival running on GGPoker Network Natural8, the inaugural Asian Poker Tour (APT) Online Series 2020 completed Day 8 with a feature event. We are almost nearing the end of the exciting series which crushed its overall guarantee of INR 1.57 million a few days ago. Now, Short Deck Championships $25K and Championships Event $250k are the two feature events remaining on the list. 

PLO Championships $25,000 GTD

The feature event PLO Championship had a buy-in of $400 attracting 150 entries. The prize pool doubled to become $56,100 and the top 23 players finished in the money. Taking away the valuable title was Natural8 ambassador and Thailand’s Phachara Wongwichit aka ‘Phachara W’ who captured $11,687 in prize money after winning with a set of fives to two pair. Eventually, his opponent ‘Jeff010’ finished in the second place for $8,786. This is Wongwichit’s first APT featured event title, he will also be receiving the APT Guardian Trophy alongside two APT High Rollers awards.

Final table payouts

1. Phachara W – $11,687
2. Jeff1010 – $8,786
3. Langdon – $6,605
4. 888BENYA888 – $4,965
5. vetsforgo – $3,732
6. Shining – $2,806

Event 31: Monster Stack $30,000 GTD

Flight C of the tournament was hosted yesterday and another set of 295 runners registered to the field out of which only 104 could progress to the showdown. A total of 549 qualifiers took their seats and 80 players earned from a rich prize pool of $153,994. Leading the charge was Flight A chip leader ‘Dostoevsky’ who was eliminated by ‘Steven van ZZZZZZ’. After playing several hands, the final players settled for a heads-up deal which saw ‘Steven van ZZZZZZ’ earning $24,816 while his opponent ‘singo618’ settled in the runner-up position for $22,306.

Final table payouts

1. Steven van ZZZZZZ – $24,816 (deal)
2. singo618 – $22,306 (deal)
3. ni ma 66 – $14,609
4. Timo1993 – $10,708
5. Dostoevsky – $7,849
6. 1 – $5,753
7. Kevin Pu – $4,210
8. TriStAnrrr – $3,091
9. Audacious99 – $2,265

Event 36: Pot Limit Omaha $5,000 GTD

Russia’s ‘PodPivkovich’ took down the event on Natural8 after outlasting a field of 159 entries yesterday. With a buy-in $100, the prize pool tripled to become $14,866 and the top 26 places earned a share from the same. ‘PodPivkovich’ captured $2,719 in prize money after defeating ‘LAMJON’ in heads-up who secured $2,547.

Final table payouts

1. PodPivkovich – $2,719
2. LAMJON – $2,547
3. Goldig – $1,706
4. KOBS – $1,286
5. Terryboom – $969
6. Aldo_Raine – $730
7. Peleus34 – $551
8. massan7 – $415
9. xDTzx – $313

Event 37: Progressive Bounty $12,500 GTD

A bounty tournament that attracted 275 entries to bring the total prize pool to $51,425. The money reached the top 47 players who walked out with a min-cash. Coming out on top was ‘omeroz01’ who earned $4,888 along with $3,770 in bounties. The champion also collected the highest number of bounties of all players. He defeated ‘d0lores’ in heads-up who settled in the runner-up position for $6,721 and $3,138 bounties.

Final table payouts

1. omeroz01 – $8,658 (includes $3,770 bounties)
2. d0lores – $ 6,721 (includes 3,138 bounties)
3. Romyama1970 – $3,117 (includes $490 bounties)
4. Nalra – $ 2,676 (includes $750 bounties)
5. lovejadeyu – $2,797 (includes $1,386 bounties)
6. WH4LEK1LLER – $2,942(includes $1,907 bounties)
7. PatrikNguyen – $804 (includes $46 bounties)
8. Superushroom1 – $672 (includes 116 bounties)
9. heyway – $728 (includes $321 bounties)

Event 38: High Roller Turbo $15,000 GTD

Total number of 148 entries enrolled in the 38^th event on Natural8 for a buy-in of $500, generating a prize pool of $70,300. Taking away the largest chunk of the same was ‘kirrard28’ who banked $14,571 and moved 11^th on the leaderboard from rank 39.

Final table payouts

1. kirrard28 – $14,571
2. JYFRmoon – $11,105
3. scissrthread – $8,463
4. –MortenVM- – $6,450
5. BaNkRoL SuX – $4,916
6. Firbo – $3,746
7. einmalrunnenwievalue – $2,855
8. Terryboom – $2,176
9. Yummers – $1,658

Event 39: NLH Turbo $10,000 GTD

Once again, crushing the advertised guarantee to collect $21k in prize pool, the last event attracted 470 entries for $50 buy-in. The tournament concluded after the players settled for a three-way deal which ultimately saw ‘AAFuxX’ topping the list and earning $2,593 in prize money while ‘DollarDollarBillYo’ settled in 2^nd place and ‘MrOnurbs’ in 3^rd position.

Final table payouts

1. AAFuxX – $2,593 (deal)
2. DollarDollarBillYo – $3,319 (deal)
3. MrOnurbs – $2,965 (deal)
4. soundofsilence – $1,540
5. jimmhu – $1,128
6. BigDC989 – $827
7. JAGUAR400 – $606
8. NJHK – $444
9. niuniuxy – $325

Check out the current APT Player of the Series leaderboard standings here:

For more updates on the ongoing APT Online series on Natural8, stay tuned to GutshotMagazine.com.

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