ACR Poker Crowns $6.5M Dual Venom Champions Ahead of Another Packed Sunday

PushLightYear wins NLH, tigerseyes and Pepareg1 share the PLO spotlight after a deal, and Sunday brings seven $30,000 Paradise packages plus more Halloween Mystery PKO flights.

PushLightYear turned a Venom final-table appearance into a $536,577.13 payday on Wednesday, October 21. The player from Andorra won the No-Limit Hold’em event in ACR Poker’s Dual Venom PKOs, collecting $332,932.28 in regular prize money and $203,644.85 in bounties.

The Pot-Limit Omaha finale ended with a final-table deal involving Mexico’s tigerseyes and Ukraine’s Pepareg1. They finished first and second, respectively, with almost identical regular payouts before their bounty winnings were added.

Both $2,650 buy-in tournaments beat their guarantees. NLH drew 2,143 entries for $5,357,500, while PLO attracted 602 entries for $1,505,000. Together, they paid out $6,862,500, exceeding the advertised $6.5 million by $362,500.

Pepareg1 had an especially busy final day: two tables, two deep runs and $446,143.51 in combined winnings, including bounties. Third in NLH and second in PLO is a pretty good answer to the question of which game to play.

Next up is Sunday, October 25, led by another WSOP Paradise Mega Satellite guaranteeing seven $30,000 packages. Each of the first two weekly Megas carried more than $50,000 in overlay, adding value for players chasing a December trip to the Bahamas.

The Halloween Mystery PKOs also keep rolling. Flights have been running since October 18, with $650,000 guaranteed across three events and a bounty phase still to come on November 1.

A PLO deal and two big results for Pepareg1

tigerseyes entered the seven-player PLO final table as chip leader and finished at the top of the results. Following the deal, the Mexican player received $128,621.94 from the regular prize pool and $111,197.51 in bounties, bringing the total to $239,819.45.

Pepareg1 started that final table with the shortest stack, then climbed to second for $128,621.88 in regular prize money. Another $36,050.98 in bounties took the PLO return to $164,672.86.

There was a second result to add to the Ukrainian player’s evening. Third in NLH paid $240,369.59, with $41,101.06 in bounties lifting that tournament’s return to $281,470.65. Across both Venoms, Pepareg1 earned $368,991.47 in regular payouts and $77,152.04 in bounties.

Sunday starts with a shot at Paradise

The next $1,050 WSOP Paradise Mega starts Sunday, October 25, at 3:05 p.m. ET, with $210,000 in package value guaranteed. With more than $50,000 in overlay in each of the previous two editions, the early Megas have given players extra value beyond the entry money collected. Sunday’s field will determine whether that happens again.

Each $30,000 package includes the $26,000 Super Main Event buy-in and accommodation at SLS Baha Mar from December 5–18. The $50 million guaranteed Super Main Event runs December 10–17. Travel, meals and personal spending are not included.

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Players can also pursue a lower-cost route through $95 Beast satellites. Those feed into the following Sunday’s Mega, so check which edition a feeder awards entry to before registering. The Mega schedule continues through November 22.

Halloween flights keep building toward November 1

The Halloween Mystery PKOs have been generating a lot of interest since flights opened on Sunday, October 18. Daily starting flights continue through November 1, giving players more opportunities to join the hunt.

With buy-ins of $5.50, $33 and $109, players can choose their event, enter multiple flights and combine their qualifying stacks for Day 2.

Bounty Phase Tournament Schedule
Buy-in	Guarantee	Bounty Phase
$109	$500,000	Sunday, November 1
$33	$100,000	Sunday, November 1
$5.50	$50,000	Sunday, November 1

Bounties begin on Day 2, not during the starting flights. Every eligible knockout reveals a mystery prize: half is paid immediately and half is added to the eliminator’s visible progressive bounty. Any accumulated progressive bounty on the eliminated player gets the same 50/50 split.

That gives the new format, exclusive to the Winning Poker Network, its twist. A big mystery prize puts money in your account and more money on your head. Someone else can still win a share of it by knocking you out.

For Sunday, choose the target: a Bahamas package or a qualifying stack for November 1. Check the tournament lobby for registration details and the latest start times, then take your seat.