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Running October 11 to November 2 with $40,000,000 in guaranteed prize pools, the Asian Poker Tour Online 2026 (APTO) completed its second weekend, awarding four more titles in the 20 Trophy Events. Coverage of earlier events is available below:
APT Online 2026 Returns: Events #1 & #2 Recap – Event #1: Bounty Kickoff and Event #2: Superstar Challenge
APT Online 2026 Recap: Events #3 & #4 – Event #3: Thailand National Cup 6-Max and Event #4: Single Day High Roller – Bounty Freezeout
Records Continue to Tumble
The record-breaking momentum from opening weekend accelerated through the second week of APTO 2026, with six of the first eight Trophy Events establishing new series benchmarks.
Combined guarantees across these events reached $4.56 million—a 26.42% increase over 2025’s $3.61 million benchmark. Cumulative prize pools reached $5,739,591, raising overall payouts by 6.5%.
The switch to a bounty format saw Event #5: Taiwan National Cup - Bounty generate a record prize pool and top prize, while in Event #8: Mystery Bounty Hunter, a 33.33% guarantee increase to $2,000,000 generated an additional $231,700 in prize money and a record prize pool and top prize.
Turnout across the virtual felt remained red-hot, pulling in 25,224 total entries across the eight comparable tournaments from APT Online 2025—a 2.50% year-over-year field growth.
Field growth was led by Event #6: Turbo - Ultra Stack, which drew 3,475 entries (up 28.13%) to set a new entry record, while Event #7: APT Online High Roller expanded by 32.39% to 842 entries – also setting a new APT Online record for the event.
With historic prize pools in flagship features like the Mystery Bounty Hunter, and record fields in the Turbo - Ultra Stack and the APT Online High Roller, the second weekend of APTO 2026 confirmed its status as one of the most lucrative virtual series in Asian Poker Tour history
Upcoming Events
Upcoming schedule highlights include the VND 2.5M (~$96) Event #9: Vietnam National Cup (VND 5BN / ~$192,512 GTD) on Tuesday, October 20 at 8:00 p.m. HKT, followed by the $525 Event #10: Single Day High Roller - Double Stack ($400,000 GTD) on Thursday, October 22 at 8:00 p.m. HKT.
The full APT Online 2026 schedule can be viewed HERE.
Event #5: Taiwan National Cup - Bounty
Bounty hunting took center stage as the TWD 3,500 (~$110) Event #5: Taiwan National Cup - Bounty (TWD 7M / ~$219,678 GTD) made the switch to a bounty format for the first time in APT Online history, drawing a four-figure field all vying for a slice of the action and progressive bounty rewards.
A field of 2,904 entries generated a TWD 9,350,880 (~$293,454) prize pool—exceeding the guarantee by 33.85% and marking a 26.9% increase over the 2025 edition to set a tournament record. The tournament paid 336 places, with min-cashes set at TWD 3,603.47 (~$113.25).
When the dust settled after over nine hours (9:15:40) of intense play, it was China's "MoneyMaker_1999" claiming victory, securing the trophy, the TWD 472,486.78 (~$14,833.99) top prize, and an additional TWD 430,643.75 (~$13,514.70) in bounties for a total payday of $28,348.69
MoneyMaker_1999 defeated Taiwan's "xiaomoobao" heads-up. Xiaomoobao earned TWD 472,485.29 plus TWD 172,262.50 in bounties ($20,239.99 total) for second place.
Romania's "OHmyBUDDHA" finished third for TWD 375,435.88 plus TWD 77,950 in bounties ($14,228.02 total). Final table results were as follows:
TAIWAN NATIONAL CUP FINAL TABLE RESULTS
| Place | Player | Flag | Bounty (TWD) | Bounty (USD) | Result | Result (USD) |
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| 1 | MoneyMaker_1999 | 🇨🇳 China | NT$430,643.75 | $13,514.70 | NT$472,486.78 + NT$430,643.75 | $28,348.69 |
| 2 | xiaomoobao | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | NT$172,262.50 | $5,406.04 | NT$472,485.29 + NT$172,262.50 | $20,239.99 |
| 3 | OHmyBUDDHA | 🇷🇴 Romania | NT$77,950 | $2,446.27 | NT$375,435.88 + NT$77,950 | $14,228.02 |
| 4 | Taiwan Top 0050 | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | NT$56,337.50 | $1,768.01 | NT$298,320.15 + NT$56,337.50 | $11,130.08 |
| 5 | yang mo yan | 🇨🇳 China | NT$68,150 | $2,138.62 | NT$237,044.49 + NT$68,150 | $9,577.89 |
| 6 | escu_ | 🇷🇴 Romania | NT$33,500 | $1,051.32 | NT$188,354.94 + NT$33,500 | $6,962.33 |
| 7 | WalVel10 | 🇦🇷 Argentina | NT$78,843.75 | $2,474.32 | NT$149,666.13 + NT$78,843.75 | $7,171.18 |
| 8 | Nemiegu! | 🇱🇹 Lithuania | NT$21,075 | $661.49 | NT$118,924.32 + NT$21,075 | $4,393.53 |
| 9 | milka29 | 🇦🇹 Austria | NT$82,125 | $2,577.30 | NT$94,497.24 + NT$82,125 | $5,542.27 |
Event #6: Turbo - Ultra Stack
Fast-paced, deep-stacked poker was on full display in the $100 Event #6: Turbo - Ultra Stack ($250,000 GTD). The lightning-fast turbo format attracted 3,475 contenders – an impressive 28 percent (28.13%) increase over APT Online 2025 setting a new entry record for the event.
With the tournament easily blowing past the guarantee (+27.88%) players duked it out over seven hours (7:08:25) for a share of a record $319,700 prize pool (up 2.51% over APT Online 2025). The top 510 players made the paying positions with min-cashes starting at $202.37.
Slovenia's "Renato Pozzetto" outlasted the massive field to capture the APTO trophy and the $35,971.84 top prize, defeating "Andre Figueiredo" in heads-up play, with the Brazilian-based player earning $27,736.36 for second place.
It was another Brazilian "Nove de Copas" rounding out the top three with a $21,387.65 payout for third place.
TURBO ULTRA STACK FINAL TABLE RESULTS
| Rank | Player | Flag | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Renato Pozzetto | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | $35,971.84 |
| 2 | Andre Figueiredo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | $27,736.36 |
| 3 | Nove de Copas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | $21,387.65 |
| 4 | Itchy finger | 🇨🇾 Cyprus | $16,492.11 |
| 5 | piggygoofy | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | $12,717.18 |
| 6 | Eman of Juicy | 🇩🇪 Germany | $9,806.27 |
| 7 | GabagoolFiend | 🇵🇭 Philippines | $7,561.66 |
| 8 | KeepOnRunnin | 🇧🇷 Brazil | $5,830.83 |
| 9 | jianyu zhou | 🇨🇳 China | $4,496.20 |
Event #7: APT Online High Roller
The first of the festival’s marquee events saw the high-stakes action reach new heights with the two-day $1,050 Event #7: APT Online High Roller ($600,000 GTD) setting a new tournament entry record.
An impressive 842 entries anted up and battled for the coveted Rose Gold APTO High Roller Mega Lion trophy—a massive 32.39 percent increase over the 636 entries recorded in 2025.
The record field saw the event comfortably smash its guarantee by 40.33 percent, generating a huge $842,000 prize pool. Although total prize money and top payouts saw slight adjustments from the 2025 edition (-7.09% and -11.32% respectively), competition for the trophy, title and six-figure grand prize remained fierce.
After a gruelling 27 hours ( 27:39:46) of game time Austria's "milka29" claimed the APTO High Roller trophy along with a sizable $119,682.23 top prize after overcoming Cambodia's "3k-szy2sy" heads-up, with the latter collecting $92,287.05 for second place. Slovenia's Nikita Kuznetsov" rounded out the winner’s podium, taking $71,163.05 for third place.
APTO HIGH ROLLER FINAL TABLE RESULTS
| Rank | Player | Flag | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | milka29 | 🇦🇹 Austria | $119,682.23 |
| 2 | 3k-szy2sy | 🇰🇭 Cambodia | $92,287.05 |
| 3 | Nikita Kuznetsov | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | $71,163.05 |
| 4 | Bomber123 | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | $54,874.15 |
| 5 | AforAngry!! | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | $42,313.77 |
| 6 | Petd3tective | 🇸🇪 Sweden | $32,628.40 |
| 7 | QuincasBorba | 🇧🇷 Brazil | $25,159.94 |
| 8 | Dietrich Fast | 🇹🇭 Thailand | $19,400.99 |
| 9 | QuesteX | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | $14,960.17 |
Event #8: Mystery Bounty Hunter $2M GTD
The two-day $250 Event #8: Mystery Bounty Hunter $2M GTD attracted a mammoth field of 9,321 entries across initial flights, and while this did not set a record for player numbers, it did generate a record prize pool and top prize.
Total prize money reached $2,143,830—a 12.12% increase over 2025's $1,912,130—exceeding the $2,000,000 guarantee by 7.19%.
UAE's "Valen_tina" won the title, taking a $156,442.99 first-place prize (+13.68% over 2025's winner payout) and $200,410 in mystery bounties for a combined total of $356,852.99.
China's "Guolu1984" finished as runner-up with $117,265.76 plus $13,260 in bounties ($130,525.76 total). Croatia's "Hyperturbo123" placed third for $87,937.08 plus $970 in bounties ($88,907.08 total).
MYSTERY BOUNTY FINAL TABLE RESULTS
| Rank | Player | Flag | Bounty | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valen_tina | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates (UAE) | $200,410 | $156,442.99 + $200,410 |
| 2 | Guolu1984 | 🇨🇳 China | $13,260 | $117,265.76 + $13,260 |
| 3 | Hyperturbo123 | 🇭🇷 Croatia | $970 | $87,937.08 + $970 |
| 4 | narrkay | 🇵🇭 Philippines | $7,920 | $65,943.56 + $7,920 |
| 5 | Joseph Adams | 🇹🇭 Thailand | $1,200 | $49,450.87 + $1,200 |
| 6 | Xia-Tian | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong | $2,160 | $37,083.08 + $2,160 |
| 7 | liano96 | 🇦🇩 Andorra | $2,170 | $27,808.53 + $2,170 |
| 8 | PILESUSZELE | 🇲🇰 North Macedonia | $6,210 | $20,853.53 + $6,210 |
| 9 | S Saltanau | 🇦🇷 Argentina | $5,310 | $15,638.13 + $5,310 |
Turn APT Online Participation into an APT Championship Seat
Players have multiple paths to qualify for the USD 5M GTD APT Championship Main Event Freezeout in Taipei (November 23–27). Winners of all 20 APTO Trophy Events receive a $10,000 seat. All APT Online participants earn entry into the $100K Freeroll to APT Championship on November 7. Online satellites run October 11 through November 23, with buy-ins starting at USD 12.
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