News ACR Poker CEO Phil Nagy Makes Two Final Tables — Now You Can Replay Every Hand Face Up Owen Gaines Owen Gaines is a professional poker player and author who has played an estimated ten million hands and written four poker strategy books. September 8, 2026 Playing as Justsomefish72, Nagy cashed for $88,800 across Phil’s Thrill and Mini Phil’s Thrill on the opening Sunday of OSS XL. The bigger story is what happens after the cards stop: ACR Poker’s new Final Table Replayer lets players go back through completed final tables with every hole card revealed.Phil Nagy built Phil’s Thrill because he wanted a seat in the kind of weekly high-stakes tournament that brings elite players to the same table. On Sunday, September 6, the ACR Poker CEO got exactly what he asked for — twice.Playing under his screen name Justsomefish72, Nagy finished 2nd for $78,000 in the $10,300 Phil’s Thrill and then took 5th for $10,800 in Mini Phil’s Thrill. That meant $88,800 in combined Sunday cashes on the same day OSS XL opened its September 6-29 schedule.The result alone is a fun one: the guy whose name is on the tournaments reached two final tables in his own games. The more useful part for players is that those final tables no longer have to disappear into a payout screen. ACR Poker’s newly launched Final Table Replayer is built to make completed final-table action visible hand by hand, with every player’s hole cards revealed.Two Final Tables, One Very Familiar Screen NameThe first deep run came in the original Phil’s Thrill. Sunday’s field drew 26 entries and created a $260,000 prize pool. Three players were paid, and Nagy finished runner-up for $78,000.Mini Phil’s Thrill followed with 36 entries and a $90,000 prize pool. Five players cashed. Nagy reached the money again, finishing 5th for $10,800. PHIL NAGY — SEPTEMBER 6 RESULTS Phil Nagy — September 6 ResultsEventEntriesPrize PoolFinishPayoutPhil’s Thrill26$260,0002nd$78,000Mini Phil’s Thrill36$90,0005th$10,800 The Tournaments Were Built So Phil Could Be in the GamePhil’s Thrill has always had an unusually literal premise. The tournament page describes the $10,300 Sunday event as Nagy’s idea and says he wanted more than a name on the banner — he wanted a seat at the table against the players willing to fire five figures into a weekly tournament.The original runs Sundays at 2:30pm ET. Mini Phil’s Thrill followed as the $2,650 version at 3:30pm ET, giving more players a route into the same high-stakes Sunday ecosystem without the $10,300 direct buy-in.That setup makes Nagy’s role different from the usual executive cameo. He is not appearing for a ceremonial first hand. When Justsomefish72 is in the lobby, he is playing the same tournament, taking the same pay jumps and making decisions against the same field.And Now the Boss’s Hole Cards Are Part of the ReviewThat is where the timing of the new replayer gets interesting. The ACR FT Replayer is a free browser-based tool that lets anyone revisit completed ACR Poker final tables from start to finish. There is no software download required and no ACR Poker account needed to watch.Most importantly, the hole cards are exposed after the tournament is over. A button raise that looked routine can be revealed as a bluff. A river fold can suddenly make more sense. A three-bet that got through without showdown becomes something players can actually study instead of guess about.ACR Poker says completed tournament final tables are added automatically after they finish. The tool is useful for study, but it also adds something simpler: more visibility. When a final table includes the CEO of the site, his cards are not treated differently from anyone else’s. “It’s great for me to see some of the best players in the world show up each week with the confidence to sit across from me knowing I’m the CEO of the site. The Final Table Replayer adds another layer of confidence because when the tournament is over, the hands are there for everyone to review with every hole card exposed.” Nagy also has a less formal argument for anyone wondering whether the boss gets a magic run-good button. “And if anyone still thinks I’m getting special treatment, SharkScope has me down more than $600,000 on WPN, so I’m guessing that gives them a little confidence too. With massive events running right now during OSS XL, it’s also a great tool for players to study their opponents, go back through their own decisions and see exactly how final-table play unfolded.” Transparency Is Useful Because Poker Is Full of Hidden InformationOnline poker asks players to make decisions with incomplete information. That is the game. You know your own cards, you see the board and the betting, and you build a range for the other player. When a hand ends without showdown, the hidden part usually stays hidden.A final-table replay changes the post-game version of that experience. Once the event is complete, players can go back and compare the range they imagined with the cards that were actually there. That is valuable when reviewing your own play, and it is just as valuable when trying to understand what a regular opponent was doing in high-pressure spots.It is worth keeping the claim in proportion. A replay is not a magic stamp that proves every part of an online poker ecosystem is secure. What it can do is remove one layer of mystery from the most important stage of a tournament. Players can inspect the finished action themselves instead of being asked to accept a result with no view of how it happened.That is especially relevant when ACR Poker’s own CEO is in the field. If Nagy makes a light call, finds a bluff or gets shown the nuts, the final-table record can be examined the same way as the rest of the table.Mini Phil Found Two More CardsSeptember 6 was also the first Sunday for the newest member of the family: Mini Phil’s Thrill PLO. The $2,650 Pot-Limit Omaha event debuted with 54 entries and a $135,000 prize pool. The winner, omahafyrolls, collected $37,800.The PLO version is scheduled as a weekly Sunday event at 3:30pm ET, except when a Venom Day 1 flight is on the calendar. It gives the Phil’s Thrill lineup a third marquee format: the $10,300 original, the $2,650 No-Limit Hold’em Mini and now the $2,650 PLO edition.For a tournament family built around the idea that the CEO actually wants to play, adding Omaha feels on brand. Two cards were apparently not enough trouble.OSS XL Gives the Replayer a Lot More Final Tables to Work WithNagy’s double final table happened on the first day of OSS XL, which runs through September 29 with 336 events and more than $50 million in guarantees. The schedule includes three Main Events, four major multi-flight tournaments, 10 Nosebleed Stakes events and more than $60,000 in added leaderboard prizes.For players who like studying tournament poker, that volume matters. Every completed final table is another set of decisions: short-stack shoves, ICM pressure, blind-versus-blind battles, pay-jump folds, unusual sizings and the occasional bluff that looked much less obvious in real time.The replayer turns those final tables into something closer to an open study library. A player can search for a tournament or screen name, watch the action move hand by hand and see the cards that were hidden while the event was live.How to Use the Replayer Without Overcomplicating ItYou do not need a solver open on another screen to get something from a replay. Start with the hands you remember. Did a player seem unusually aggressive three-handed? Go back and see how often the raises were backed by real hands. Did you make a big fold and spend the next hour wondering whether you were bluffed? If the hand came at the final table, there is now a way to find out.The most useful review may be your own. It is easy to remember the cooler that knocked you out and forget the smaller decisions that created the stack you carried into it. A final table replay makes the full sequence visible — not just the last all-in.For Nagy, that is part of the appeal. His Sunday results are public numbers: second in Phil’s Thrill, fifth in Mini Phil’s Thrill, $88,800 combined. The replayer gives players a way to look past the numbers and into the decisions.The Thrill Is Back in the Lobby Next SundayThere is an obvious irony to the whole thing. Phil Nagy created a tournament so he could play against high-stakes players. Then he created a smaller version. Then a PLO version. Now ACR Poker has released a tool that makes the final-table hole cards available after the action is done — including his.That is a pretty straightforward deal for players: if you want a shot at sharing a table with the boss, the Phil’s Thrill events are in the Sunday lobby. If you want to study what happened after somebody reaches the final table, the Replayer is there afterward.And if you are wondering whether Justsomefish72 suddenly figured out high-stakes tournament poker after two final tables in one afternoon, Phil already has a SharkScope joke ready for you.Check the Phil’s Thrill schedule, explore the ACR FT Replayer and follow the remaining OSS XL schedule through September 29.