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ACR Poker Launches $6.5M Dual Venom PKOs After OSS XL
- OSS XL Main Events on ACR Poker smashed $6.5M in guarantees.
- Dual Venom PKO series launches Oct 4 with $6.5M in prizes.
- Venom Fever satellites start Sept 29, with entries as low as $0.80.
One series ends, the bounty hunt begins: ACR's $6.5M Dual Venom is loaded and ready.
If your tournament schedule looked packed this past month, don't expect the lobby to clear out anytime soon. ACR Poker isn't offering a breather.
Monday, September 28 serves as the richest session of the entire $50M GTD Online Super Series XL, running three Main Event Day 2s alongside five-figure nosebleed action. Before those champions even collect their payouts, the site has its next monster lined up.
The flagship Dual Venom PKO series lands on Sunday, October 4, bringing $6.5 million in combined guarantees across No-Limit Hold’em and Pot-Limit Omaha.
Satellite grinders don't have to wait either. The Venom Fever qualifying path kicks off Tuesday, September 29, letting players chase seats before the OSS XL final tables wrap up.
Here is a look at today’s high-pressure OSS finale and what lies ahead when the bounties drop.
OSS XL Goes Out With a Roar: Main Event Guarantees Smashed
ACR set aggressive numbers across its three-tiered Main Event slate for OSS XL, and the field answered. All three flagships sailed past their posted guarantees heading into Monday's Day 2 action:
| Event | GTD | Entries | Final Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|---|
| $2,650 Main Event | $2,500,000 | 1,069 | $2,672,500 |
| $1,050 Main Event | $2,000,000 | 2,184 | $2,184,000 |
| $630 Multi Main | $1,500,000 | 2,750 | $1,650,000 |
Altogether, the trio generated well over $6.5M in prize money on their own. Day 2 survivors aren’t the only ones playing for absurd money today. The tail end of "Second Mortgage Week" sees CEO Phil Nagy hopping into the fire under his familiar screen name Justsomefish72 for the $15,400 Phil’s Nosebleeds $45K GTD.
For players with deep pockets who prefer shorter tables, a $5,200 NLH 6-Max secondary high-roller is also running alongside standard daily staples like the Loncar and Boski Daily Doubles.
The massive series officially signs off on Tuesday, September 29, when the Main Event final tables play out under live streams.
The Next Target: Dual Venom PKO Arrives Oct. 4
As soon as the dust settles from OSS XL, attention shifts straight to the bounty hunters.
The Dual Venom PKO features two headline events, both sporting a direct entry fee of $2,650:
- $5,000,000 GTD No-Limit Hold’em PKO Venom
- $1,500,000 GTD Pot-Limit Omaha PKO Venom
If you’ve never run deep in a major progressive knockout, the dynamics are brutal and wildly profitable. Every time you send someone to the rail, half of their bounty hits your account as instant cash. The other half gets tacked directly onto your own head.
By the time the tournament reaches Day 2 and beyond, standard ICM calculations get thrown right out the window. A single elimination deep in the money can easily pay out more than a standard top-tier ladder jump, turning routine coin-flips into five-figure windfalls.
History Check: Why Guarantees Don't Tell the Full Story
The $6.5 million baseline is massive, but recent runs show ACR's flagship PKOs usually push past expectations.
In the previous running, the combined prize pools blew through the target, soaring past $7.8 million. The payouts at the top underlined just how lopsided the money becomes when bounties balloon:
- NLH Champion ('Rigapols81'): Walked away with $675,000+ total. That broke down into a $378,372 first-place regular prize, boosted by nearly $297,000 in raw bounty cash.
- PLO Champion ('PohPohPohPAAAA'): Took down $252,888 total ($135,789 base payout + $117,099 in bounties).
The ultimate proof of the PKO format came at the heads-up stage of the NLH event: the runner-up and the winner collected the exact same regular prize ($378,372).
Dual Venom PKO Flight Schedule
Both the NLH and PLO tournaments mirror each other across five starting flights, giving players multiple attempts to build a mountain of chips (and collect a few bounties along the way).
All Day 1 flights kick off at 1:05 p.m. ET:
| Stage | Date | Time (ET) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Day 1A | Sunday, Oct 4 | 1:05 p.m. | NLH & PLO |
| Day 1B | Thursday, Oct 8 | 1:05 p.m. | NLH & PLO |
| Day 1C | Sunday, Oct 11 | 1:05 p.m. | NLH & PLO |
| Day 1D | Thursday, October 15 | 1:05 p.m. | NLH & PLO |
| Day 1E | Sunday, October 18 | 1:05 p.m. | NLH & PLO |
| Day 2 | Monday, October 19 | 1:05 p.m. | Both fields combine |
| Day 3 | Tuesday, October 20 | 1:05 p.m. | NLH only |
| Final Tables | Wednesday, October 21 | 4:05 p.m. | Both events stream live |
Punch Your Ticket: Venom Fever Starts Tuesday
A $2,650 buy-in isn't pocket change for the average grinder, which is where Venom Fever comes in.
Running from September 29 through October 18, the satellite network provides an entry path for virtually any bankroll:
- Survivor Flips Steps: Pure, zero-stress flip satellites that start as low as $0.80.
- Mega Satellites: Massive multi-seat qualifiers with feeder paths that run all the way down to $0 (freerolls).
- Direct Satellites: Traditional multi-table tournaments guaranteeing direct $2,650 seats.
With the first satellite batch launching tomorrow right as the OSS XL wraps its final tables, the tables will be busy. Head into the ACR Poker lobby, open the Venom tab, and pick your qualifying route before Day 1A cards get in the air on October 4.
