APT Online 2026: Four more Events conclude – Victories Go to China, Slovenia, Austria, and the UAE

The APT Online 2026 festival is running from October 11 to November 2 with a combined $40 million in guarantees spread across 20 Trophy Events. The lineup includes three exclusive Lion Trophy tournaments and a Main Event carrying a $5 million guarantee on its own. After an opening weekend that broke records, the momentum kept building through the week, with six of the first eight Trophy Events setting new benchmarks. Those eight tournaments alone guaranteed $4.56 million. Events #5 through #8 have now wrapped up, and the High Roller and Mystery Bounty Hunter stood out as the week’s biggest draws.

Event #5: Taiwan National Cup – Bounty

For the first time in APT Online history, the $110 Taiwan National Cup (Event #5) was played as a bounty tournament, and players embraced the change. The event drew 2,904 entries and built a prize pool of 9,350,880 TWD (around $293,454), clearing the seven-million-TWD guarantee by 33.85 percent. A total of 336 players made the money, with a minimum cash of 3,603.47 TWD (about $113).

After more than nine hours of action, Chinese player “MoneyMaker_1999” claimed the trophy. Along with a base prize of 472,486.78 TWD, they collected another 430,643.75 TWD in bounties, bringing their total to roughly $28,349. In heads-up play, they beat Taiwan’s “xiaomoobao,” who took home 472,485.29 TWD for second place plus 172,262.50 TWD in bounties, around $20,240 in total. Romania’s “OHmyBUDDHA” finished third, earning 375,435.88 TWD in prize money and 77,950 TWD in bounties, for a payout of about $14,228.

Event #6: Turbo – Ultra Stack

The $100 Turbo – Ultra Stack (Event #6) combined a quick structure with deep starting stacks and a $250,000 guarantee. It attracted 3,475 entries, a new attendance record for the event, and the prize pool also hit a record of $319,700, which was 27.88 percent above the guarantee. The top 510 finishers cashed, each receiving at least $202.37.

The tournament wrapped up in just over seven hours, with Slovenia’s “Renato Pozzetto” emerging from the big field to win the APT Online trophy and $35,971.84. He defeated Brazil’s “Andre Figueiredo” heads-up, who earned $27,736.36 as runner-up. Another Brazilian, “Nove de Copas,” finished third for $21,387.65.

Event #7: APT Online High Roller

The $1,050 APT Online High Roller (Event #7) was one of the festival’s first marquee events. The two-day tournament had a $600,000 guarantee and drew 842 entries, setting a new attendance record. That strong turnout pushed the prize pool to $842,000, beating the guarantee by 40.33 percent.

After more than 27 hours of play, Austria’s “milka29” took the title, the trophy, and $119,682.23. In the final heads-up battle, they defeated Cambodia’s “3k-szy2sy,” who collected $92,287.05 for second place. Slovenia’s Nikita Kuznetsov completed the podium in third, winning $71,163.05.

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