ACR Poker’s Dual Venom PKOs Open With Big Day 1A Stacks as pinklily28 Wins the Ladies Championship

Atheist30 and BooooomHeadsot lead the opening Venom flights, while pinklily28 takes the $5,625 Ladies title. Four more starting dates remain in the $6.5 million guaranteed bounty events.

The first Sunday of October brought a championship finish and two bounty hunts with plenty left to play. pinklily28 won the Ladies Online Championship for $5,625, while Atheist30 and BooooomHeadsot bagged the biggest Day 1A stacks in ACR Poker’s Dual Venom PKOs on October 4.

The opening Sunday lineup also delivered six-figure wins in Phil’s Thrill and the VSpecial Sunday High Roller. If you missed the first Venom flights, Venom Fever’s qualifying routes continue through October 18, with the next Day 1 on Thursday, October 8.

pinklily28 takes the Ladies title

The $215 Ladies Online Championship drew 115 entries and paid 14 places from its $25,000 prize pool. pinklily28 finished first, securing the $5,625 top prize and the championship title, with a trophy awarded to the winner.

WinniePoohBear finished second for $4,425, followed by Whittycat21 in third for $3,500. charterqueen collected $2,625 for fourth, rounding out the leading finishers in Sunday’s ladies-only event.

ACR Poker Pro Katie Lindsay helped introduce the championship ahead of its debut, inviting women and their poker communities to join the event.

Atheist30 bags the biggest NLH stack

The $5 million GTD NLH Venom PKO opened with 511 entries, with 86 players advancing from Day 1A. The tournament remains in progress: Sunday established the first group of Day 2 qualifiers, with four starting flights still to come.

Atheist30 led the way with 5,186,479 chips. kingqueensuited followed with 4,248,891, and SuubZer0 was third with 4,070,053. What1sLove bagged 3,479,610, ahead of UGOMASSA on 3,325,263.

The bounty earnings put a different player at the top. lordgiven advanced with 3,261,513 chips and $8,125 in bounty winnings, the largest total among the NLH qualifiers. Konjo followed with $5,625, while STULTUS and CallmeFrancis each earned $5,312.50.

Atheist30 also earned $5,000 in bounties, pairing the chip lead with one of the flight’s biggest knockout paydays. In a progressive knockout, half an eliminated opponent’s bounty is paid to the player making the knockout; the other half increases that player’s own bounty. Building a stack can also make you a more valuable target.

BooooomHeadsot leads PLO as two players top the bounty list

The $1.5 million GTD PLO Venom PKO recorded 133 entries in its opening flight, with 17 players making Day 2. BooooomHeadsot finished at the top of the chip standings with 6,706,559.

bethechange was close behind on 6,407,244, while blowdesenutz bagged 6,134,643. WhatDoWeHave finished fourth with 5,579,175, followed by sendmehome with 4,896,034.

bethechange and sendmehome shared the lead in PLO bounty earnings with $9,687.50 each. Blessed33 collected $5,234.38, ahead of WhatDoWeHave with $3,906.25 and chip leader BooooomHeadsot with $3,437.50.

The chip and bounty leaders now have their first qualifying stacks secured. They will return for Day 2 on October 19, after the remaining starting flights have finished.

Six figure wins across the Sunday majors

Away from the Venom flights, SuubZer0 won Phil’s Thrill for $143,325, the largest first-place payout among Sunday’s completed events covered here. The $10,300 buy-in attracted 49 entries and produced a $490,000 prize pool, with eight places paid.

FreddiUrsa earned $104,811 in second, while EbillionS00n took $76,562.50 for third. SuubZer0’s win came on a Sunday that also included a top-three stack in the NLH Venom opening flight.

The VSpecial Sunday High Roller produced another six-figure winner. BBR$999 took first for $122,639.21, ahead of Punterfifth’s $89,343.46 and okonule’s $65,220.71. Its 1,053 entries at a $630 buy-in generated a $631,800 prize pool, beating the $600,000 guarantee.

kingqueensuited had a Sunday worth remembering, too. Alongside the second-largest NLH Venom Day 1A stack, the player won The Sunday Banana for $96,336.64. The $1,050 event drew 436 entries and built a $436,000 prize pool, with YasOnFlam second for $70,161.99 and RUCosmonaut third for $51,218.22.

At the $109 price point, The Sunday Moneymaker drew the largest field of these completed events: 2,888 entries. Kingofduck won $48,862.80 from the $300,000 prize pool, followed by colheitafeliz with $35,706.30 and Pur4chingada with $26,065.50. The tournament paid 357 places.

Tournament Results
Tournament	Entries	Winner	First Prize
Ladies Online Championship	115	pinklily28	$5,625
Phil’s Thrill	49	SuubZer0	$143,325
VSpecial Sunday High Roller	1,053	BBR$999	$122,639.21
The Sunday Banana	436	kingqueensuited	$96,336.64
The Sunday Moneymaker	2,888	Kingofduck	$48,862.80

50 players win their way to next Sunday’s Paradise Mega

Sunday’s $95 BEAST Paradise satellite drew 584 entries and awarded 50 seats to the $1,050 Paradise Mega on October 11. The event generated a $52,560 prize pool: the top 50 won entry to the Mega, while 51st place received $60.

Next Sunday’s Mega guarantees seven $30,000 packages to The Bahamas, putting $210,000 in package value on the line. Sunday’s qualifiers have secured their place in that satellite; the packages will be contested on October 11.

Four more chances to join the Venom hunt

Both Venoms cost $2,650 to enter directly, with $6.5 million guaranteed between the two events. The next opportunity is Day 1B on Thursday, October 8, and every remaining starting flight begins at 1:05 p.m. ET.

Tournament Stage Schedule
Stage	Date in 2026	Start Time ET
Day 1B — both events	Thursday, October 8	1:05 p.m.
Day 1C — both events	Sunday, October 11	1:05 p.m.
Day 1D — both events	Thursday, October 15	1:05 p.m.
Day 1E — both events	Sunday, October 18	1:05 p.m.
Day 2 — both events	Monday, October 19	1:05 p.m.
Day 3 — NLH only	Tuesday, October 20	1:05 p.m.
Final tables — both events	Wednesday, October 21	4:05 p.m.

PLO has no Day 3. Its survivors move from Day 2 to the final table on October 21, when the NLH final table is also scheduled.

You can still qualify for less through Venom Fever, which runs through October 18. Options include Direct Satellites, Mega Satellites and freeroll feeder routes, plus Survivor Flips Step Satellites starting at $0.80. The full promotion guarantees 587 seats across NLH and PLO; that is the promotion-wide total, rather than a count of seats remaining.

Already bagged a stack? Players can enter another Day 1 using the same account and combine qualifying stacks for Day 2, giving early survivors a chance to add more chips before the fields come together.

Sunday gave pinklily28 a title and the Venom leaders a strong opening position. Your next chance to build a stack starts Thursday at 1:05 p.m. ET. Check Venom Fever and the ACR Poker lobby to choose your route into the next flight.