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Austria’s Elgringo123 won the US$800 APT Online Main Event on Natural8 on November 1, 2026, collecting US$729,242. The single-day tournament drew 7,173 entries and built a prize pool of about US$5.5 million, beating its US$5 million guarantee. It was the last trophy event of APT Online 2026, and the winner’s prize is the largest of the 20-event series.
Based on data from AsiaPokerHub and generated using AI assistance. Fact-checked by Gábor Magyari, November 3, 2026.
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The Main Event
The Main Event was the only event of the series with a US$5 million guarantee, and it was played in one day: players started with 50,000 chips, levels lasted 15 minutes and late registration stayed open until level 13. Its 7,173 entries were the third-largest field of the series, behind the US$80 Mini Main Event with 19,229 and the US$250 Mystery Bounty Hunter with 9,321. Elgringo123 is listed by the screen name shown in the results, and the win is worth more than twice the next-biggest prize of the series.
The five biggest wins, APT Online 2026 (US$ events)
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| Winner | Country | Event | Prize (US$) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elgringo123 | Austria | APT Online Main Event | US$729,242 |
| Valen_tina | United Arab Emirates | Mystery Bounty Hunter | US$356,853 |
| Avdi_2000 | Austria | Superstar Challenge | US$205,728 |
| Ciro Souza | Brazil | APT Online Super High Roller | US$203,046 |
| Dmitry Chertkov | Belarus | Mini Main Event | US$169,488 |
The chart covers US$ events only, as the five National Cups and the China Zodiac Classic paid in local currencies. Valen_tina’s US$356,853 in the Mystery Bounty Hunter includes bounties.
The Final Weekend
Three more trophies were decided around the Main Event. Brazil’s Ciro Souza won the US$3,000 APT Online Super High Roller, the second-most expensive event of the series, for US$203,046 from 448 entries. On the same day, KSmoke from Taiwan took the US$125 Turbo - Bounty Closer for US$43,894 from 3,399 entries. A day earlier, Jacopo Olivieri from Austria won the CNY 1,100 China Zodiac Classic, which drew 1,851 entries, for CNY 212,472. All four final events beat their guarantees.
| # | Event | Buy-in | Entries | Prize pool | Winner | Country | Winner’s prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | China Zodiac Classic | CNY 1,100 | 1,851 | CNY 1.9 million | Jacopo Olivieri | Austria | CNY 212,472 |
| 18 | Turbo - Bounty Closer | US$125 | 3,399 | US$390,900 | KSmoke | Taiwan | US$43,894 |
| 19 | APT Online Super High Roller | US$3,000 | 448 | ~US$1.3 million | Ciro Souza | Brazil | US$203,046 |
| 20 | APT Online Main Event | US$800 | 7,173 | ~US$5.5 million | Elgringo123 | Austria | US$729,242 |
Austria Takes Six Titles
Elgringo123 and Jacopo Olivieri, Austrian players, finished the series with six of the 20 titles. The other four went to Avdi_2000 in the Superstar Challenge, milka29 in the APT Online High Roller, Dawid Smolka in the Bounty Hunters High Roller, and hotshane in the Philippines National Cup. China won three titles, all National Cups, and Taiwan two. Nine more countries and regions won one each.
Titles by country, APT Online 2026 (top three)
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| Country | Titles |
|---|---|
| Austria | 6 |
| China | 3 |
| Taiwan | 2 |
The Series in Numbers
APT Online 2026 ran on Natural8 from October 11 to November 2 with US$40 million guaranteed across 20 trophy events. Together, the events drew 70,165 entries, a total calculated by Asia Poker Hub from the 20 event results. Every event from #3 to #20 reached its guarantee. The results of the first 16 events are in APT Online 2026 Main Event Starts Today: All 16 Winners So Far, and all 20 are on the APT Online 2026 page.
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