APT Online Series: ‘AfternoonAA,’ ‘relentless,’ ‘lllllllllll,’ M.Tsigalko Win Titles; Technical Issues Disrupt Other Tourneys

After three-days of pre-event action, the second edition of the Asian Poker Tour (APT) Online Series officially kicked off on June 14. Day 1 of series was supposedly big, with 16 events on the schedule on GG Network’s Natural8.com. At around 9 PM IST yesterday, the site encountered technical interruptions forcing the organizers to pause the tournament. Only four events had completed at that time. The issue remained persistent for quite some time resulting in the cancellation of all remaining 12 events according to Natural8’s policy for Game Cancellation, Interruption, & Refund. The image below shows the events that got refunded as per Natural8 policy.

The Opening Event $500K GTD got canceled when 26 players were remaining with Japan’s ‘propofol-san’ sitting in the chip lead with a stack of 2,994,654 and thus was credited the victory.

The Featured Mini Main Event crowned Hong Kong’s Lester ’mon$terDad’ Edoc as the winner, as he was leading the 151 survivors when the tourney was paused. Edoc will receive an APT Trophy and APT Championship Ring to add to his collection. The software glitch ensured Edoc won his third APT ring, having won two Main Event titles in 2018.

‘AfternoonAA’ (Event #2: $50 Kick Off $10K GTD for $3.24K), ‘relentless’ (Event #3: $200 PLO $20K GTD for $3.71K), ‘lllllllllll’ (Event #4: $105 Progressive Bounty $30K GTD for $5.55K), and ‘M.Tsigalko’ (Event #5: $200 NLHE $40K GTD for $7.98K), were the other side event winners on Day 1 of the online series.

The complete list of winners on Day 1:

Event #01: $300 Buy-in Opening Event $500K GTD – Day 2

Buy-in – $300

Total Entries – 1,559

Prize pool – $500,000

Places Paid – 224

Players Remaining During Cancellation – 26

The biggest guaranteed event of the day, the $300 buy-in Opening Event $500K GTD, sold 1,559 registration slips across twelve starting flights to fall $55,685 short of meeting its half-a-million guarantee.

Day 2 began with 439 hopefuls, and it turned out to be a long grind to the money with only 224 places paid.

When the tourney got paused, only 26 players were remaining. Japan’s ‘propofol-san’ was sitting at the top of the counts with a stack of 2,994,654 and was thus credited the victory.

Top Ten Chip Counts at the Time of Cancellation

1. propofol-san – 2,994,654
2. shark25 – 2,914,524
3. wildmonkey – 2,610,440
4. Sexyama – 2,491,445
5. seangui – 2,421,735
6. pwhwin – 2,419,766
7. WSMPZD – 1,944,561
8. Fiddlesticks – 1,712,692
9. tightisright! – 1,605,926
10. PincheGordo – 1,603,166

Featured Event: $50 Buy-in Mini Main Event $200K GTD – Day 2

Buy-in – $50

Total Entries – 3,532

Prize pool – $200,000

Places Paid – 440

Players Remaining During Cancellation – 151

The first featured event of the series, the $50 Mini Main Event $200K GTD, drew 3,532 contenders to fall $32,230 short of meeting its $200K guarantee.

Day 2 began with 933 hopefuls and paid out 440 places.

The field had whittled down to 151 players when the tourney was paused because of technical issues. Hong Kong’s Lester ’mon$terDad’ Edoc was leading the counts with a stack of 2,110,835 when that happened, and that won him a third APT ring.

Top Ten Chip Counts at the Time of Cancellation

1. Lester ’mon$terDad’ Edoc – 2,110,935
2. PJVS10 – 2,013,642
3. Atenryubito – 1,511,520
4. LiteProfit – 1,459,151
5. stKK – 1,398,265
6. BoomPiPi – 1,315,296
7. Star-Lee – 1,278,287
8. Fiddlesticks – 1,181,054
9. LEN1234980 – 1,176,822
10. hukkom – 1,165,935

Event #02: $50 Buy-in Kick Off $10K GTD

Buy-in – $50

Total Entries – 391

Prize pool – $17,986

Places Paid – 63

After almost six hours of play, anonymous user ‘AfternoonAA’ came out on top of a field of 391 entries in the $50 buy-in Kick Off $10K GTD to win $3,245.

The event paid out the top 63 places from the $17,986 prize pool.

Final Table Results (USD)

1. AfternoonAA – $3,244.57
2. Pistolero99 – $2,378
3. White NCY – $1,743.07
4. Alexlam – $1,277.66
5. researcher0120 – $936.52
6. WolfieD – $686.47
7. 0520gucci – $503.18
8. boybuibui – $368.83
9. JinKuazi – $270.35

Event #03: $200 Buy-in PLO $20K GTD

Buy-in – $200

Total Entries – 110

Prize pool – $20,240

Places Paid – 17

‘relentless’ was the last player standing in the $200 buy-in PLO $20K GTD for $3,718, following a four-way deal with ‘yoshiro333’ (runner-up for $2,954), ‘BIGfishet’ (3rd for $3,090), and ‘canbo’ (4th for $2,775)

Final Table Results (USD)

1. relentless – $3,718.21*
2. yoshiro333 – $2,953.90*
3. BIGfishet – $3,090.18*
4. canbo – $2,775.31*
5. hki23 – $1,396.95
6. neverbluff2020 – $1,033.95
7. Bryne Koon – $765.28
8. Badbeat2020 – $566.42
9. KilltheRake – $500.84
   *denotes four-way deal

Event #04: $105 Buy-in Progressive Bounty $30K GTD

Buy-in – $105

Total Entries – 301

Prize pool – $30,000

Places Paid – 47

It took almost six hours before Japan’s ‘lllllllllll’ bested a 301-strong field to win the $105 buy-in Progressive Bounty $30K GTD for $5,555 ($2,847.11 in prize money, and $2,708.23 in bounties). ‘Sudurjaya’ placed runner-up to win $3,572 ($2,086.75 in prize money, and $1,484.77 in bounties).

Final Table Results (including Bounties) (USD)

1. llllllllllll – $5,555.34
2. Sudurjaya – $3,571.52
3. Neat game – $2,139.73
4. Romzess – $1,258.68
5. krtek1 – $1,584.32
6. Janno Alvarez – $1,153.94
7. 3k$For1st – $554.05
8. TheJourney – $681.46
9. BornToFlip – $907.56

Event #05: $200 Buy-in NLHE $40K GTD

Buy-in – $200

Total Entries – 223

Prize pool – $41,032

Places Paid – 35

The $200 buy-in NLHE $40K GTD attracted 223 hopefuls to accrue $41,032 in the prize pool. The top 80 places were awarded a share of the prize pool kitty.

In the end, Germany’s ‘M.Tsigalko’ was declared the champion after he defeated ‘GuyfromPuntobar’ (2nd for $5,906) heads-up to secure $7,984 in first-place prize money.

Event #4 Progressive Bounty $30K GTD winner Japan’s ‘lllllllllll’ placed 9th for $716 in prize money.

Final Table Results (USD)

1. Tsigalko – $7,984.09
2. GuyfromPuntobar – $5,905.67
3. Winna118 – $4,368.40
4. shangdulemon – $3,231.29
5. markakris – $2,390.17
6. RootVeer – $1,768
7. newjerry – $1,307.78
8. BBismyhouse – $967.36
9. lllllllllll – $715.55

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