News ACR Poker Crowns Its Biggest September Winners as OSS XL and Anniversary Tournament Reach the Finish 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 30, 2026 CPUrul0r wins $518,759 in the biggest OSS XL prize pool, Moneymaker tops Foxen in a Nosebleed finale, and the anniversary event ends with a final-table deal.A half-million-dollar Main Event win put an exclamation point on September at ACR Poker. The $50 Million GTD OSS XL finished on Tuesday, September 29, with CPUrul0r collecting $518,759 in the $2,650 Main Event—the tournament that produced the series’ biggest final prize pool.That pool reached $2,672,500, beating the $2.5 million guarantee after 1,069 entries. Six players earned six-figure payouts, including ACR Pro Rob Kuhn, who finished sixth for $107,322.The $1,050 Main Event also cleared its guarantee, building a $2,184,000 prize pool and paying Aldeberan90 $367,791. Together, the two higher-buy-in Main Events awarded $4,856,500, with both champions crowned on Tuesday.There was another six-figure winner in the $630 multi-flight event. WillyWonka took $286,180 from a $1,816,200 pool, while the $66 Main Event had already wrapped up on Sunday with MillionDollarCorner winning $72,078.The series’ final stretch also brought an ACR Pro one-two finish in one of Monday’s Second Mortgage Week events. Chris Moneymaker won the $15,400 NLH tournament for $214,987.50, with Alex Foxen taking second for $157,216.50.Away from the individual titles, GROOTHEDEGEN, INIT2MINIT and BIGJUMBO27 finished atop the High, Medium and Low leaderboards. Those three victories were worth a combined $26,500 in added cash.The separate $2.5 Million GTD 25th Anniversary Tournament also ended Tuesday. suchachill finished first for $239,404 after a final-table deal, closing a $250 buy-in event that drew 10,375 entries.CPUrul0r Wins the Biggest OSS XL Prize PoolThe $2,650 Main Event finished $172,500 above its guarantee and paid 136 places. At the top, CPUrul0r’s $518,759 payday was followed by EbillionS00n’s $377,921 and origi69’s $275,882.AlohaMate took fourth for $201,394, and Freddilursa earned $147,017 in fifth. Kuhn’s sixth-place finish completed the group receiving at least $100,000, while tigerhood24 and LMusetti finished seventh and eighth. Tournament Payouts Place Player Payout 1 CPUrul0r $518,759.43 2 EbillionS00n $377,920.89 3 origi69 $275,882.17 4 AlohaMate $201,394.25 5 Freddilursa $147,016.89 6 Rob Kuhn $107,322.25 7 tigerhood24 $78,344.33 8 LMusetti $57,191.50 More Main Event Champions and a Big Multi Flight FinishThe $1,050 Main Event drew 2,184 entries, pushing its prize pool $184,000 beyond the $2 million guarantee. Aldeberan90 led the 266 paid finishers, ahead of Exxploited in second for $267,911.28 and nogamisama in third for $195,575.01.Five players reached six figures in that event. TIKITAKA11 finished fourth for $142,770.26, followed by StewInBullets in fifth for $104,222.66.At the lower Main Event buy-in, MillionDollarCorner turned a $66 entry into a $72,078.43 first prize on Sunday, September 27. The tournament attracted 8,211 entries and paid 819 places from its $500,000 guaranteed pool. It did not exceed the guarantee.sydens finished second for $52,105.78, with Rhino imo earning $37,672.78 in third. The three Main Events combined awarded $5,356,500 across the $2,650, $1,050 and $66 buy-in levels.The $630 multi-flight tournament, OSS XL #4, added another seven-figure pool. Its 3,027 entries generated $1,816,200, exceeding the $1.5 million guarantee by $316,200 and paying 377 places.Behind WillyWonka’s $286,180.23 win, HundertZwolf collected $206,192.77 for second and RiverRiot72 took $148,544.95 for third. Fourth-place httrdc also crossed the six-figure mark with $107,039.06.Across those four tournaments—the three Main Events and the $630 multi-flight—players competed for $7,172,700 in combined prize pools. Three beat their guarantees, while the $66 Main Event paid its guaranteed $500,000.Moneymaker Tops Foxen as Second Mortgage Week EndsSecond Mortgage Week ran September 21–28 as part of the OSS XL, with 10 Nosebleed Stakes tournaments. Monday’s closing schedule included a $15,400 NLH 8-Max event that brought two ACR Pros to the top of the results.Chris Moneymaker won the tournament for $214,987.50. Alex Foxen, playing as OutFoxenYou, finished runner-up for $157,216.50. Together, the pair collected $372,204 from the $735,000 prize pool.The tournament drew 49 entries and paid eight places. bussipysakki finished third for $114,843.75, while WillyWonka earned $45,129 in sixth before winning the $630 multi-flight event the following day.Three Leaderboard Races Pay Their ChampionsThe OSS XL also offered more than $60,000 in added cash and tournament tickets through its leaderboard competition. The final leaderboard standings crowned champions across three buy-in tiers, with points earned through in-the-money finishes in series events.GROOTHEDEGEN won the High leaderboard with 6,654.83 points, securing $15,000. DWAN21 finished second with 6,427.30 points for $7,500, followed by POTOFGREED with 5,742.98 points for $5,000.In the Medium division, INIT2MINIT finished with 2,711.63 points and a $7,500 prize. ITILTHARD took second with 2,370.86 points for $4,000, while CAPTAINHOOKS placed third with 2,123.04 points for $3,000.The closest race among the three champions came in the Low division. BIGJUMBO27 finished on 1,438.12 points, just 15.59 ahead of MALEKSEY. First place paid $4,000, second paid $2,000, and EXNDHA took third with 1,088.89 points for $1,500.