APT Online 2026: Dmitry Chertkov Wins the Mini Main for $169K, With Victories for Hong Kong, Israel and Poland

The Asian Poker Tour Online 2026 (APTO) keeps breaking records. Four more trophy events have finished, and “Dmitry Chertkov” took the biggest prize: about $169,000 from the $80 Mini Main Event.

The other three titles went to players from Hong Kong, Israel and Poland, and two of them won six-figure scores. With 14 of the 20 trophy events now finished, 11 have set festival records, including all four events from last weekend.

Here are the full results, the record-breaking numbers, and what’s still to come before the $5 million guaranteed Main Event.

APT Online 2026 at a Glance

Detail	Info
Series	Asian Poker Tour Online (APTO) 2026
Platform	GGPoker / Natural8 (GGNetwork)
Dates	October 11 – November 2, 2026
Total guarantees	$40 million (up 60% from $25M in 2025)
Trophy events	20
Completed so far	14 (11 festival records)
Main Event	$800 buy-in, $5,000,000 GTD, November 1
Winner bonus	$10,000 APT Championship seat for every trophy winner

Series details via PokerStrategy and PokerTube.

Results Summary: Events #11–#14

Event	Buy-in	Entries	Prize Pool	Winner	Country	Prize
#11 Korea National Cup – Bounty 7-Max	$166	2,063 (record)	~$315,061	Littleshy	Hong Kong	~$35,326*
#12 Sunday Super Stack	$250	2,471	$568,330 (record)	Avocado Love	Israel	$66,994
#13 Bounty Hunters High Roller	$1,050	759	$759,000 (record)	Dawid Smolka	Poland	$105,712*
#14 Mini Main Event	$80	—	$1,415,254	Dmitry Chertkov	—	~$169,000

Event #14: 80MiniMainEvent–DmitryChertkovWins~169K

The Mini Main is one of the most popular events of every APT Online series. A low $80 buy-in gives everyone a shot at a six-figure top prize.

This year it lived up to that. The Mini Main generated a record prize pool of $1,415,254.40, beating its $1,000,000 guarantee by about 41.5%. “Dmitry Chertkov” came out on top and won around $169,000, more than 2,100 times his buy-in.

For context: last year’s Mini Main drew 15,150 entries, the largest field in APT Online history. This year’s prize pool suggests the event was even bigger.

Why it matters for recreational players: For the price of a nice dinner, the Mini Main gives you a real chance at a life-changing score. Fields this size are full of recreational players, which is exactly what makes these events attractive.

Event #11: $166 Korea National Cup – Bounty 7-Max

This was the first time the Korea National Cup used a progressive bounty format. Every player you eliminated earned you a bounty worth at least 50,000 KRW (about $38), and bounties grew as players collected more of them.

The new format worked. The event set a new attendance record of 2,063 entries, creating a prize pool of 417,551,200 KRW (about $315,061).

Final results

Place	Player	Country	Total Prize
1	Littleshy	Hong Kong	46,817,735 KRW (~$35,326)
2	BraadNL	Netherlands	34,138,045 KRW (~$25,759)
3	R_Anacoretto	Brazil	22,988,127 KRW (~$17,345)

Prizes include bounties.

After 8 hours and 14 minutes, “Littleshy” won the title and trophy. Their total was split between:

• 23,902,623 KRW (~$18,036) in regular prize money
• 22,915,112 KRW (~$17,290) in bounties

What the numbers show: Almost half of the winner’s money (about 49%) came from bounties. In progressive bounty events, eliminating players matters as much as surviving. Aggressive players who pick up bounties early can build a big score even before the final table.

Event #12: $250 Sunday Super Stack – Israel’s “Avocado Love” Wins

The two-day Sunday Super Stack had a $500,000 guarantee, and it broke several records.

Detail	Figure
Entries	2,471
Prize pool	$568,330 (record)
Over the guarantee	+13.67%
Places paid	360
Minimum cash	$510 (~2× the buy-in)
Duration	26 hours 9 minutes over two days

Final results

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Avocado Love	Israel	$66,994 (record)
2	8817	Taiwan	$51,658
3	JessicaStreusel	Germany	$39,833

Israel’s “Avocado Love” won the biggest first prize in the event’s history, about 268 times the $250 buy-in.

Player insight: At more than 26 hours over two days, the Sunday Super Stack is a test of patience as much as skill. Deep-stacked events like this give strong players more room to outplay the field, but you need the stamina to stay focused late into Day 2.

Event #13: $1,050 Bounty Hunters High Roller – Poland’s Dawid Smolka

The two-day Bounty Hunters High Roller was all about collecting bounties, with a $600,000 guarantee.

Detail	Figure
Entries	759
Prize pool	$759,000 (record)
Over the guarantee	+26.50%
Places paid	84
Minimum cash	$1,163
Duration	26 hours 47 minutes

Final results

Place	Player	Country	Total Prize
1	Dawid Smolka	Poland	$105,712
2	Nikita Kuznetsov	Slovenia	$65,698

Prizes include bounties.

Poland’s “Dawid Smolka” won $59,414 in regular prize money plus bounties, for a total of $105,712, about 100 times his buy-in.

Big names in the field

The High Roller drew some well-known players who finished in the money but short of the final table:

• Chih Wei Fan (Natural8 ambassador) – 62nd
• Niklas Astedt (former APT champion) – 76th
• Weiran Pu (APT regular) – 77th

That’s a good reminder that even top pros don’t go deep every time, especially in big bounty fields.

Record-Breaking Momentum Across the Series

APT Online 2026 is growing quickly:

• 11 of 14 trophy events have set festival records so far.
• After the first eight trophy events, the series had 25,224 entries and $5.74 million in prize pools, up 6.5% on the same events in 2025.
• Guarantees on those events rose by more than 26%, from $3.61 million to $4.56 million.
• Earlier winners include “Valen_tina” (UAE), who won $356,853 in the Mystery Bounty Hunter, and “Avdi_2000” (Austria), who won $205,728 in the Superstar Challenge.

Overlay check: every event beat its guarantee

Event	Guarantee	Prize Pool	Over the Guarantee
Sunday Super Stack	$500,000	$568,330	+13.7%
Bounty Hunters HR	$600,000	$759,000	+26.5%
Mini Main	$1,000,000	$1,415,254	+41.5%

Mini Main percentage calculated from the reported prize pool.

None of these events needed an overlay, which shows how strong the demand is across all buy-in levels.

What’s Next: The $5 Million Main Event

The series builds to the $800 Main Event on November 1, with a $5,000,000 guarantee, up from $3 million last year.

For context: last year’s Main Event drew 5,680 entries and a $4.32 million prize pool. Oscar Cueva of Peru won it for $601,336. To beat a $5 million guarantee, this year’s field will need to be noticeably bigger.

Extra value for players

APT Online 2026 also offers $400,000 in extra value:

• $10,000 APT Championship seat for each of the 20 trophy winners ($200,000 total)
• $100,000 Trophy Event leaderboard
• $100,000 APT Championship freeroll on November 7

Tips for Playing the Rest of APT Online

1. Satellite into the Main Event. Satellites start from as little as $12. That’s a much cheaper way into an $800 event with a $5M guarantee.
2. Change your strategy for bounty events. In progressive bounty formats, calling wider to eliminate players is often correct, because bounties can make up half of your winnings.
3. Plan around two-day events. The Sunday Super Stack and Bounty Hunters HR both ran for more than 26 hours. Check the schedule and make sure you’re available for Day 2.
4. Chase the leaderboard. Consistent cashes across several events can earn a share of the $100,000 leaderboard.
5. Manage your bankroll. Avoid jumping from $80 events to $1,050 events after one win. Move up slowly.

Our Take

APT Online 2026 looks like it will be the biggest edition yet. With 11 records in 14 events, every guarantee beaten so far and winners from all over the world, the series is clearly growing. Dmitry Chertkov’s six-figure Mini Main win shows what an $80 ticket can turn into, and the $5 million Main Event on November 1 could set another record.

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