ACR Poker Pros and Stormers Head Into Halloween Weekend With $650K Mystery PKOs in Their Sights

Chris Moneymaker, Chris Moorman, Rob Kuhn and Jeff Boski are among the ACR Pros who have qualified for Day 2 of the Halloween Special Mystery PKOs, alongside Stormers and Team Online members.

The mystery prizes have not been revealed yet, but several familiar names have already earned their places in ACR Poker’s Halloween weekend action. Chris Moneymaker, Chris Moorman, Rob Kuhn and Jeff Boski have qualified for Day 2 of the Halloween Special Mystery PKOs, alongside online personalities familiar to followers of the ACR Stormers.

Across three tournaments with $650,000 in combined guarantees, those who have qualified include established Pros, Stormers, ACR Team Online members and other recognizable screen names. All three events move into their bounty phase on Sunday, November 1, giving those players a chance to compete for a new kind of knockout reward.

The biggest tournament is the $109 event with $500,000 guaranteed. The other two carry $100,000 at a $33 buy-in and $50,000 at $5.50. There is no shortage of overlap between the fields, either, with several players having qualified at more than one price point.

Boski is a particularly striking example. He has qualified for Day 2 in all three tournaments, with five reported entries in the $33 event and 13 in the $5.50 event. That puts him among the few familiar names to have secured a spot at every buy-in level.

In the $109 tournament, Moneymaker, Moorman and Kuhn have all advanced, with four entries reported for Kuhn. OutFoxenYou, the screen name used by ACR Pro Alex Foxen, has also secured a Day 2 spot, as have BabyShark14 and svetarik. It is a noteworthy mix before the bounty stage has even begun.

Moorman has also qualified in the $33 event, alongside Gripsed_com, ccoonnoorr, svetarik and iAmGhostAF. Meanwhile, the $5.50 tournament has seen karaipoker, TheVioletMystery, Kymmers and several other familiar usernames earn places in the next phase.

These fields are still taking shape. Additional starting flights are scheduled through November 1, so reported entry counts, chip totals and positions may change. But the players who have already qualified offer a more interesting preview of Sunday than a guarantee figure alone.

Three Events, Plenty of Familiar Names

Here are some of the players who had qualified for Day 2 ahead of the October 30 publication date:

Players Qualified for Day 2
Buy-in	Guarantee	Players Qualified for Day 2
$109	$500,000	Rob Kuhn (4 entries), Chris Moneymaker, Jeff Boski, Chris Moorman, BabyShark14, svetarik, OutFoxenYou
$33	$100,000	Jeff Boski (5 entries), Gripsed_com, ccoonnoorr, svetarik, Chris Moorman, iAmGhostAF
$5.50	$50,000	Jeff Boski (13 entries), Gripsed_com (5 entries), MBen10 (2 entries), iAmGhostAF, karaipoker, TheVioletMystery, Kymmers, MichaelLoncar, BetOnDrew, XLs1or!

Entry counts reflect prepublication records and are shown only where reported. They represent entries, not separate qualified players; additional flights may change the totals.

More Than One Shot for Some of the Pros

The multi-event qualifiers provide one of the weekend’s clearest storylines. Boski has advanced at every buy-in, while Moorman and svetarik have each qualified in both the $109 and $33 events. Gripsed_com and iAmGhostAF have secured Day 2 spots in both the $33 and $5.50 tournaments.

Entry counts provide another point of interest. Kuhn has four reported entries in the $109 event, while Boski has five in the $33 tournament and 13 in the $5.50 event. Gripsed_com has five entries in the $5.50 tournament, and MBen10 has two. Those figures refer to entries, not separate qualifiers, and do not establish final chip standings.

Under the Halloween Special’s multi-flight structure, players can qualify through more than one starting flight and combine eligible chips for Day 2, subject to tournament conditions. That gives already-qualified competitors another reason to play while flights remain available, even though a bigger starting stack offers no guarantee once the knockouts begin.

The Stormers Add a Community Dimension

The Stormers’ success in reaching Day 2 makes the streaming community a real part of the Halloween story. Gripsed_com, svetarik, iAmGhostAF, karaipoker, TheVioletMystery and Kymmers have all qualified and correspond to accounts on the official Stormers roster, with several advancing in the lower buy-in tournaments.

There is a Team Online connection as well. Gripsed, whose real name is Evan Jarvis, and Svitlana Dryha, known as Svetarik, represent ACR Team Online. Conor O’Driscoll, whose account is ccoonnoorr, has also advanced in the $33 event. Their presence adds another recognizable group to Sunday’s fields.

That blend of personalities matters because the Halloween events are not reserved for the biggest names or biggest bankrolls. The $5.50 tournament brings familiar creators together with other qualifiers in the race for mystery and progressive bounties, while the $109 event features several of ACR Poker’s best-known Pros in a higher-stakes field.

Fans can find the roster and associated channels on the official ACR Stormers page.

Why Sunday’s Knockouts Will Be Different

The appeal extends beyond the players who have qualified. The Halloween Special introduces Mystery PKO, a format exclusive to the Winning Poker Network that combines hidden Mystery Bounties with visible Progressive Bounties.

When a player scores an eligible Day 2 knockout, half of the revealed mystery prize is paid immediately. The other half is added to the winner’s own visible Progressive Bounty. If the eliminated opponent has already accumulated a Progressive Bounty, that amount is divided the same way.

It creates a simple but intriguing reversal: winning a valuable knockout can make the winner more attractive to eliminate. ACR Pros accustomed to difficult tournament decisions, Stormers with plenty of online experience and recreational qualifiers will all face that same tradeoff once the bounty phase begins.

No bounty payments are awarded during the Day 1 flights, and every player begins Day 2 with $0 in accumulated Progressive Bounty, regardless of how many flights they played or how many chips they carry forward. Those visible bounty amounts grow only after eligible Day 2 eliminations.

Halloween Weekend Leads to a November 1 Reveal

The final starting flights give newcomers more chances to qualify and those who have already advanced opportunities to add eligible chips before the bounty stage. The Day 2 fields and stack sizes may still change, but the confirmed qualifiers already make Sunday worth following: Moneymaker, Moorman, Kuhn, Boski and Foxen’s familiar screen name in the $109 event, with Stormers and Team Online members advancing across the lineup as well.

It is a strong cross-section of the ACR Poker community heading toward the same weekend destination. The guarantees set the stage, but the real storyline will emerge when those familiar names start competing for hidden rewards and the Progressive Bounties begin to grow.

For remaining starting flights, Day 2 details and tournament conditions, visit the ACR Poker Halloween Special page or check the tournament lobby.