Melbourne Champs II
30 SEPT - 11 OCT 2026

𝗗𝗘𝗘𝗣𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗖𝗞 | 𝟵 𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗔𝗜𝗡 🔥 We’re closing in on the finish line, with just nine players left standing in the Deepstack! 🏆 Fred Tschirsch has opened up a huge lead, sitting on 1,130,000 chips. Than Huynh is next with 840,000, while Rahul Mayadunne holds 770,000. 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝟵 Fred Tschirsch - 1,130,000 Than Huynh - 840,000 Rahul Mayadunne - 770,000 Nicholas Mooney - 645,000 Glenn Pile - 475,000 Anthony Manuatu - 300,000 Vladmir Stepanov - 195,000 Jay Braden - 145,000 Will Carter - 125,000 𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗭𝗘 𝗣𝗢𝗢𝗟: $𝟮𝟵,𝟮𝟲𝟬 Nine left. The trophy is waiting. Who’s taking down the Deepstack? 👑🔥

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𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗞𝗧𝗘𝗖𝗛 𝗦𝗨𝗣𝗘𝗥 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘𝗭𝗘 | 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗖𝗥𝗢𝗪𝗡𝗘𝗗! 🏆🔥 𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗡 𝗢’𝗠𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗬 has taken down the Linktech Super Freeze! After battling through a field of 𝟱𝟲 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀, Nathan has finished on top to claim the title and a huge 𝗔𝗨$𝟱,𝟬𝟬𝟬 first prize! 💰 𝗧𝗢𝗣 𝟴: 🥇 Nathan O’Malley – $5,000 🥈 Simerjeet Chawla – $3,400 🥉 Sharyn Wood – $2,300 4th: Craig Smith – $1,600 5th: Tanya Bowen – $1,300 6th: David Gunaselvam – $1,040 7th: Aaron Cimera – $850 8th: Jing Zhu – $700 𝗙𝗜𝗘𝗟𝗗: 𝟱𝟲 | 𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗭𝗘 𝗣𝗢𝗢𝗟: $𝟭𝟲,𝟱𝟮𝟬 | 𝗕𝗨𝗬-𝗜𝗡: $𝟯𝟱𝟬 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗨𝗣𝗘𝗥 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘𝗭𝗘 𝗛𝗔𝗦 𝗔 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗜𝗢𝗡! 👑🏆 Congratulations, Nathan O’Malley! 🔥

𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗞𝗧𝗘𝗖𝗛 𝗦𝗨𝗣𝗘𝗥 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘𝗭𝗘 | 𝗪𝗘’𝗥𝗘 𝗗𝗢𝗪𝗡 𝗧𝗢 𝟴 🔥 The field has been whittled down to just eight players, and the Linktech Super Freeze is heading towards its final showdown! 🏆 Nathan O’Malley has plenty of ammunition at the top with 745,000, while Simerjeet Chawla sits within striking distance on 621,000. Craig Smith rounds out the top three with 238,000. 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝟴 Nathan O’Malley - 745,000 Simerjeet Chawla - 621,000 Craig Smith - 238,000 David Gunaselvam - 178,000 Tanya Bowen - 156,000 Jing Zhu - 135,000 Sharyn Wood - 132,000 Aaron Cimera - 35,000 With $16,520 in the prize pool, there’s a $5,000 payday waiting for the player who can navigate their way to the top. 𝗣𝗔𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗧𝗦 1st - $5,000 2nd - $3,400 3rd - $2,300 4th - $1,600 5th - $1,300 6th - $1,040 7th - $850 8th - $700

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𝗠𝗘𝗟𝗕 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗦 𝗦𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗘 𝗪𝗜𝗡 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗪𝗔𝗬 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗢 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗘𝗟𝗕 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗦, 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝟮 𝗦𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗦 𝗚𝗨𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗘𝗗. $𝟮𝟰𝟬 𝗕𝘂𝘆-𝗜𝗻 ($𝟮𝟬𝟬 + $𝟰𝟬 𝗧𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗙𝗲𝗲) 𝟮𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝟮 𝗦𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗦 𝗚𝗨𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗘𝗗 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝟳 𝐏𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘 𝗡𝗢𝗧𝗘: 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗘𝗦 𝗧𝗢 𝗦𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗦 All Satellite Winners will be seated within one blind level in the target event, with their stack placed in play as soon as the satellite seat is awarded. For multi-flight events, Satellite Winners must select which flight they wish to play. Their stack will be placed in play at the start of their selected flight. 📍 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗼𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝗹𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲 | 𝗦𝗸𝘆 𝗕𝗮𝗿 𝟮𝟴 𝗔𝗣𝗧 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀. Save time at the venue and 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 before you arrive. View the full tournament schedule and register online: https://live.australianpokertour.com.au/tournament-schedule/

APTLive added 14 new photos.

APTLive added 13 new photos.

𝗗𝗘𝗘𝗣 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗖𝗞 $𝟰𝟱𝟬 𝗕𝘂𝘆-𝗜𝗻 ($𝟯𝟴𝟬 + $𝟳𝟬 𝗧𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗙𝗲𝗲) 𝟲𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝟳:𝟱𝟬𝗣𝗠 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝟵 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 📍 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗼𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝗹𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲 | 𝗦𝗸𝘆 𝗕𝗮𝗿 𝟮𝟴 𝗔𝗣𝗧 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀. Save time at the venue and 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 before you arrive. View the full tournament schedule and register online: https://live.australianpokertour.com.au/tournament-schedule/

🔥🏆 PLAYER OF THE SERIES — UPDATE #1 🏆🔥 3 DAYS IN. AND THE RACE IS ALREADY HEATING UP. 👀 Here’s the current Top 20 Player of the Series leaderboard after the first 3 days of events: 🥇 1. Idris Hassan “OG” — 388 🥈 2. Mackenzie Alford — 375 🥉 3. Omar Melki — 361 4. Michael Tchong — 319 5. Chun Hao Chen “Jimmy” — 285 6. Kee Lim “William” — 271 7. Manoj Thapa — 263 8. Phat Nguyen — 240 9. Nathanial Hutton — 228 10. David Luong — 225 11. Bowen Wang — 200 12. Lucas Morritt — 191 13. David Xie — 180 14. Jarred Graham — 169 15. Daou Wu — 160 16. Yingda Liang “Norman” — 158 17. Yifan Yao — 150 18. Xiuming Huang “Uncle Sammy” — 148 19. Daniel Dessmann — 140 20. Luka Djumic — 135 🚨 BUT DON'T GET TOO COMFORTABLE. This is ONLY the first update. There are still MORE DAYS. MORE EVENTS. MORE POTS TO WIN. 🔥 🏆🔥 LET THE CHASE BEGIN.

𝗩𝗔𝗡'𝗦 𝗩𝗔𝗨𝗟𝗧 𝗦𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗘 Your chance to win your way into 𝗩𝗮𝗻'𝘀 𝗩𝗮𝘂𝗹𝘁, with a 𝟮 𝗦𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗦 𝗚𝗨𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗘𝗗. 𝐏𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘 𝗡𝗢𝗧𝗘: 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗘𝗦 𝗧𝗢 𝗦𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗦 All Satellite Winners will be seated within one blind level in the target event, with their stack placed in play as soon as the satellite seat is awarded. For multi-flight events, Satellite Winners must select which flight they wish to play. Their stack will be placed in play at the start of their selected flight. $𝟮𝟰𝟬 𝗕𝘂𝘆-𝗜𝗻 ($𝟮𝟬𝟬 + $𝟰𝟬 𝗧𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗙𝗲𝗲) 𝟮𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘁 𝗖𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸 | 𝗥𝗲-𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝟮:𝟭𝟱𝗣𝗠 📍 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗼𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝗹𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲 | 𝗦𝗸𝘆 𝗕𝗮𝗿 𝟮𝟴 𝗔𝗣𝗧 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀. Save time at the venue and 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 before you arrive. View the full tournament schedule and register online: https://live.australianpokertour.com.au/tournament-schedule/

𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝟮 𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗣 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗧𝗦 & 𝗧𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝗗𝗥𝗔𝗪 $𝟲𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗚𝗧𝗗 𝗛𝗔𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗠 𝗗𝗘𝗘𝗣 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗖𝗞 — 𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗧 𝗖𝗟𝗢𝗖𝗞 Day 2 is underway and 76 players remain in the hunt for the Hachem Deep Stack title, with the field now paused for a full table redraw. The prize pool has climbed to a massive $91,290, already well clear of the $60,000 guarantee, with plenty still to play for as the remaining field looks to build their way towards the final table. Rego is still open until 1:40 today! Don't miss out on this huge event. 𝗧𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝟯 Seat 1 - David Hardie - 231,000 Seat 2 - Ciaran Paxman - 173,000 Seat 4 - Darryl Gassali - 184,000 Seat 5 - Luke Santo - 158,500 Seat 6 - Dexter Mcmillan - 107,000 Seat 7 - Chris Clements - 84,500 Seat 8 - Luke Fletcher - 18,500 Seat 9 - Daniel Mcintrye - 215,500 𝗧𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝟰 Seat 1 - Johannes Steevens - 167,500 Seat 3 - Vincent Italiano - 121,500 Seat 4 - Dale Marsland - 161,500 Seat 5 - David Hackenberger - 78,500 Seat 7 - Jamie Bontorno - 186,500 Seat 8 - Arthur Maggs - 120,500 Seat 9 - Patrick Barba - 267,000 𝗧𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝟱 Seat 1 - Nik Maljkovic - 94,000 Seat 2 - Luke Fletcher - 18,500 Seat 3 - Justin Bernstein - 350,500 Seat 5 - Aaron Bickford - 82,500 Seat 6 - BIG SHOW (Stephen Topakas) - 277,500 Seat 8 - Jeison Berdugo Rojas - 234,500 Seat 9 - Tom (Thomas Peters) - 0 𝗧𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝟲 Seat 1 - Bill Cassarino - 177,500 Seat 2 - Hugo Tchong - 101,000 Seat 4 - Andy Chong - 59,500 Seat 6 - Omar Melki - 80,500 Seat 7 - Rob Madson - 106,500 Seat 9 - Ariff Mustafa - 79,500 𝗧𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝟳 Seat 1 - Phat Nguyen - 62,500 Seat 2 - Ciaran Paxman - 173,000 Seat 3 - Theodore Tsakalidis - 26,000 Seat 4 - Gening Dai - 167,000 Seat 7 - Ruben Padilla - 247,500 Seat 8 - Zanxin Li - 53,500 Seat 9 - Nathan Ong - 132,000 𝗧𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝟴 Seat 1 - Shirley Tang - 164,000 Seat 2 - Unkown- 130,500 Seat 4 - Harry (Hung Lin Shih) - 91,500 Seat 5 - Lucas Morritt - 267,500 Seat 7 - Van Marcus - 277,000 Seat 8 - Ronnie Low - 64,000 𝗧𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝟵 Seat 3 - Jiale Li - 52,000 Seat 4 - Jordon Lush - 117,500 Seat 6 - Joshua Wong - 153,000 Seat 7 - Victor Van - 144,500 Seat 8 - Stewart Ballard - 261,500 Seat 9 - Joshua Tomich - 108,000 𝗧𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝟭𝟬 Seat 2 - Rahul Mayadunne - 97,500 Seat 4 - Yifu He - 152,500 Seat 5 - Merry Nguyen - 137,000 Seat 6 - Dexter Mcmillan - 107,000 Seat 8 - Tameer Anker - 207,000 Seat 9 - Michael Pinzone - 207,500 𝗧𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝟭𝟭 Seat 1 - Timo (Timothy Ng) - 79,000 Seat 3 - John (Jiachen Zhang) - 142,500 Seat 5 - Robert Dippl - 97,000 Seat 6 - Daou Wu - 36,500 Seat 7 - William (Kee Lim) - 821,500 Seat 8 - Tuan Anh Tran - 205,500 𝗧𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝟭𝟮 Seat 1 - Anesti Cosmas - 164,000 Seat 2 - Jordan Montalto - 51,000 Seat 4 - Gokhan Kursunlu - 90,000 Seat 5 - Zhongyu Deng - 180,500 Seat 7 - Michael Biviano - 99,500 Seat 9 - Lachlan Crilly - 137,500 𝗧𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝟭𝟯 Seat 1 - Yuanting Wang - 121,500 Seat 2 - Will Carter - 94,500 Seat 4 - Luka Djumic - 125,500 Seat 6 - Michael Camilleri - 65,500 Seat 7 - Shem Goltz - 195,500 Seat 8 - Tony Tso - 99,500 𝗧𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝟭𝟰 Seat 1 - George Tang - 79,500 Seat 3 - Joshua Tomich - 108,000 Seat 4 - Andrew Plasencia - 38,500 Seat 6 - Bowen Wang - 143,500 Seat 7 - Ilavenil Arumugam - 134,500 Seat 8 - Daniel Klinger - 131,000 𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗣 𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗘𝗥 William (Kee Lim) sits at the top of the stacks with 821,500, followed by Justin Bernstein on 350,500 and BIG SHOW (Stephen Topakas) with 277,500. The chase is on. Who can turn their stack into a Day 2 deep run? 🏆♠️

𝗔𝗣𝗧 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗦 | 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗖𝗥𝗢𝗪𝗡𝗘𝗗! 🏆🔥 𝗠𝗔𝗖𝗞𝗘𝗡𝗭𝗜𝗘 𝗔𝗟𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗗 is your APT Players Champs champion! A field of 𝟳𝟵 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 battled for a share of the $102,700 prize pool, with Mackenzie emerging on top to claim a massive 𝗔𝗨$𝟯𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬 first prize! 💰 After one hand of heads up, a 'set up' of a hand led Michael and Mackenzie to both get it all in with Ace Ten and Pocket Ten's. Mackenzie's pockets held and he was crowned our winner of the APT Players Champs. 𝗧𝗢𝗣 𝟵: 🥇 Mackenzie Alford – $30,000 🥈 Michael Tchong – $20,400 🥉 Manoj Thapa – $13,545 4th: David Luong – $9,600 5th: Nathanial Hutton – $7,150 6th: Jarred Graham – $5,550 7th: Yifan Yao – $4,400 8th: Jordan Batis – $3,750 9th: Tam Truong – $3,250 𝗙𝗜𝗘𝗟𝗗: 𝟳𝟵 | 𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗭𝗘 𝗣𝗢𝗢𝗟: $𝟭𝟬𝟮,𝟳𝟬𝟬 | 𝗕𝗨𝗬-𝗜𝗡: $𝟭,𝟱𝟬𝟬 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗦 𝗧𝗜𝗧𝗟𝗘 𝗕𝗘𝗟𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗦 𝗧𝗢 𝗠𝗔𝗖𝗞𝗘𝗡𝗭𝗜𝗘! 👑🏆 Congratulations, Mackenzie Alford! 🔥

𝗣𝗟𝗢𝟱 | 𝗪𝗘 𝗛𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗔 𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗥! 🏆🔥 𝗨𝗡𝗖𝗟𝗘 𝗦𝗔𝗠𝗠𝗬 (𝗫𝗨𝗜𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗛𝗨𝗔𝗡𝗚) has taken down the PLO5! From a field of 𝟯𝟬 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀, Uncle Sammy emerged as the last player standing to collect the 𝗔𝗨$𝟯,𝟭𝟬𝟬 top prize from an $8,850 prize pool. 💰 𝗧𝗢𝗣 𝟱: 🥇 Uncle Sammy (Xiuming Huang) – $3,100 🥈 Jim Chahoud – $2,350 🥉 Dean Blatt – $1,420 4th: Kenzie Chan – $1,000 5th: Daniel Diaz – $800 𝗙𝗜𝗘𝗟𝗗: 𝟯𝟬 | 𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗭𝗘 𝗣𝗢𝗢𝗟: $𝟴,𝟴𝟱𝟬 | 𝗕𝗨𝗬-𝗜𝗡: $𝟯𝟱𝟬 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗟𝗢𝟱 𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗣𝗛𝗬 𝗜𝗦 𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗛𝗢𝗠𝗘 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗨𝗡𝗖𝗟𝗘 𝗦𝗔𝗠𝗠𝗬! 👑🃏 Congratulations, Xiuming Huang! 🏆

𝗣𝗟𝗢𝟱 | 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝟴 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗦𝗘𝗧 🔥 It’s crunch time in the PLO5! With just eight players left standing, the race is on for the $3,300 first prize. The $8,850 prize pool is locked in, and every pot from here could make a huge difference as the remaining players chase the title. 𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗣 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗧𝗦 Dean Blatt - 259,500 Daniel Diaz - 206,500 Jim Chahoud - 166,000 Uncle Sammy (Xiuming Huang) - 164,000 Dale Marsland - 133,500 Kenzie Chan - 118,000 Gabriel Giber - 106,500 Kon Varkopoulos - 46,000 𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗭𝗘𝗦 𝗔𝗪𝗔𝗜𝗧 1st - $3,300 2nd - $2,150 3rd - $1,420 4th - $1,000 5th - $800 Who’s got what it takes to scoop their way to the PLO5 title? 🏆🃏

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𝗔𝗣𝗧 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗦 | 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗧𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘 🔥 We’ve reached the final nine in the APT Players Champs, and $30,000 is now within reach! 🏆 Mackenzie Alford leads the way with a monster 1,001,000 chips, with Jarred Graham close behind on 700,000 and Yifan Yao sitting third with 699,000. 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝟵 Mackenzie Alford - 1,001,000 Jarred Graham - 700,000 Yifan Yao - 699,000 Nathanial Hutton - 537,000 Tam Truong - 508,000 David Luong - 503,000 Manoj Thapa - 294,000 Michael Tchong - 269,000 Jordan Batis - 231,000 The $100,000 guarantee was surpassed, with a $102,700 prize pool up for grabs and $3,250 already locked up for our final nine. 𝗣𝗔𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗧𝗦 1st - $30,000 2nd - $20,400 3rd - $13,545 4th - $9,600 5th - $7,150 6th - $5,550 7th - $4,400 8th - $3,750 9th - $3,250 Nine players. One trophy. $30,000 at the top. Let’s find out who takes it home! 👑🔥

𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝟮 𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗣 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗧𝗦 & 𝗧𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝗦𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 $𝟭𝟬𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗚𝗧𝗗 𝗔𝗣𝗧 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗦 — 𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗧 𝗖𝗟𝗢𝗖𝗞 The APT Players Champs is down to 11 players, with the field now paused for seating as the remaining contenders battle for a share of the $100,000 prize pool. Registration remains open until 2:50pm, so there’s still time to jump into this massive feature event! 𝗙𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗧𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘 Seat 1 - John (Jiachen Zhang) - 356,000 Seat 6 - David Moxon - 209,000 Seat 8 - Nathan Ong - 125,500 𝗧𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝟭 Seat 1 - Dale Code - 128,000 Seat 5 - Adrian Digirolamo - 179,500 Seat 6 - Ke Xu - 119,500 Seat 9 - Jett Wong - 294,000 𝗧𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘 2 Seat 3 - Mackenzie Alford - 531,000 Seat 5 - David Luong - 484,500 Seat 6 - Michael Tchong - 189,500 Seat 9 - Daniel Gabriel - 83,500 𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗣 𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗘𝗥 Mackenzie Alford leads the way with 531,000 chips, followed by David Luong on 484,500 and John (Jiachen Zhang) with 356,000. With $100,000 up for grabs, who will emerge as the APT Players Champs champion? 🏆

𝗖𝗥𝗢𝗪𝗡 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗥 | 𝗪𝗘 𝗛𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗔 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗜𝗢𝗡! 🏆🔥 𝗜𝗗𝗥𝗜𝗦 𝗛𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗔𝗡 has done it! After battling through a massive field of 𝟭𝟲𝟵 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀, Idris has taken down The Crown Opener and walked away with a huge 𝗔𝗨$𝟮𝟭,𝟱𝟬𝟬 first prize! 💰 A massive $108,160 prize pool was up for grabs, with an action-packed final table producing a thrilling finish. 𝗧𝗢𝗣 𝟵: 🥇 OG (Idris Hassan) – $21,500* 🥈 Omar Melki – $20,000* 🥉 William (Kee Lim) – $15,000* 4th: Phat Nguyen – $8,900 5th: Bowen Wang – $6,580 6th: David Xie – $5,100 7th: Daou Wu – $4,100 8th: Daniel Dessmann – $3,300 9th: Amit Shorey – $2,700 𝗙𝗜𝗘𝗟𝗗: 𝟭𝟲𝟵 | 𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗭𝗘 𝗣𝗢𝗢𝗟: $𝟭𝟬𝟴,𝟭𝟲𝟬 | 𝗕𝗨𝗬-𝗜𝗡: $𝟳𝟱𝟬 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗥𝗢𝗪𝗡 𝗛𝗔𝗦 𝗔 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚. 👑🏆 Congratulations, Idris Hassan! *Denotes deal made

𝗣𝗢𝗞𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗣 𝟯𝟱𝟬 | $𝟯𝟱𝟬 𝗕𝗨𝗬-𝗜𝗡 | 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗜𝗢𝗡 🏆 Jimmy (Chun Hao Chen) has conquered the PokerShop 350, navigating a field of 53 entries to claim the $5,000 top prize! 🔥 After a huge night of action, Jimmy emerged victorious to take down the $10,000 guaranteed event and the PokerShop 350 title. 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦: 1st: Jimmy (Chun Hao Chen) – $5,000 2nd: Lucas Morritt – $3,470 3rd: Norman (Yingda Liang) – $2,450 4th: Luka Djumic – $1,700 5th: Nyi Wint Htal – $1,200 6th: Giovanni Barone – $850 7th: Viktor Zak – $650 𝗙𝗜𝗘𝗟𝗗: 𝟱𝟯 | 𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗭𝗘 𝗣𝗢𝗢𝗟: $𝟭𝟱,𝟲𝟯𝟱 | 𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗥𝗬: $𝟯𝟱𝟬 | 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗘𝗦 𝗣𝗔𝗜𝗗: 𝟳 Congratulations Jimmy! 🏆🔥