ACR Poker’s Dual Venoms Add Day 1C Qualifiers as kingqueensuited Goes Back-to-Back

63 NLH and 17 PLO players advance, seven win $30,000 Paradise packages, and the Sunday Banana champion makes it two wins in two weeks.

Sunday, October 11, brought another big step toward the Dual Venom PKO final tables and seven packages for a rather different poker setting. 63 players advanced from the $5 million guaranteed NLH event’s Day 1C, while 17 made it through the $1.5 million guaranteed PLO flight. The Paradise Mega also awarded seven $30,000 packages to the Bahamas.

The completed Sunday tournaments delivered plenty of their own fireworks: JAMERECIA won $118,989.89, kingqueensuited went back-to-back in the Sunday Banana for $108,320.79, and HanSolo47 earned $48,765. For players still chasing a Venom entry, Venom Fever continues through October 18, with the next starting flight on October 15. The PKO format means the knockout battle matters well before a champion is crowned.

NLH adds 63 qualifiers and a five-figure bounty leader

The NLH Day 1C drew 496 entries at a $2,650 buy-in, including the fee. With 63 players advancing, the third starting flight added another substantial group to the field waiting for Day 2. Entries can include re-entries.

herramusta led the Day 1C bounty standings with $10,156.25. CallBBAasz236 followed among the flight’s leading bounty totals at $8,828.13, while Dessii stood at $7,421.88. Bounty totals are separate from regular finishing-position prizes, so they should not be read as a final tournament payout.

Across flights A, B and C, the NLH event had accumulated 1,205 entries and 175 Day 2 qualifiers. owens9397 headed the cumulative chip standings at 336.99 big blinds, ahead of c4trups!! at 275.77 BB and CallBBAasz236 at 275.45 BB.

These qualifying stacks return for Day 2 on October 19, after the two remaining starting flights. The Venom title is still to be decided.

PLO advances 17 as Pepareg1 tops Day 1C bounties

The $1.5 million guaranteed PLO Venom PKO attracted 142 entries in Day 1C. Pepareg1 topped the flight’s bounty standings at $9,218.75 and advanced, as did OleJohn, whose bounty total was $6,875.

The bounty list also tells a story beyond the qualifiers. Yenomez69 finished 32nd in the flight with $8,437.50 in the bounty column. That player did not make Day 2. A strong knockout total and a surviving stack are two different parts of a PKO run.

After flights A–C, the PLO tournament stood at 359 entries and 42 qualifiers. LawyerDad68 led the cumulative chip standings with 458.61 BB, followed by BooooomHeadsot with 335.32 BB and bethechange with 320.36 BB. Pepareg1 was ninth in those standings at 267.87 BB.

In both tournaments, a knockout pays 50% of the eliminated player’s bounty to the player making the elimination. The other half increases the bounty on the winner’s own head. That cash reward and the growing price on a player’s head are distinct from the regular prize ladder.

kingqueensuited goes back-to-back as Sunday pays six figures

JAMERECIA took down the VSpecial Sunday High Roller – $600,000 GTD, beating a field of 1,025 entries to collect $118,989.89. The $630 tournament built a $615,000 prize pool, clearing its guarantee by $15,000. soappalled finished second for $87,208.84.

In the Venom Special Sunday Banana – $500,000 GTD, kingqueensuited won $108,320.79 from a $502,000 prize pool. The $1,050 event attracted 502 entries, with TruthHurts taking second for $78,912.39 and LionHeart93 third for $57,606.

That made it two Sunday Banana wins in two weeks. kingqueensuited also won the October 4 edition for $96,336.64, bringing the two first-place payouts to $204,657.43 combined. The latest victory came against a larger field: 502 entries this Sunday, compared with 436 a week earlier.

The Sunday Moneymaker – $300,000 GTD brought the biggest field of those three completed tournaments: 2,735 entries at $109. HanSolo47 finished first for $48,765, ahead of dirty630, who earned $35,514.60, and MeetJoeBlack, who received $25,925.70.

Together, those three events paid from $1,417,000 in prize pools. Their winners collected a combined $276,075.68. Those are completed cash results, separate from the Venom guarantees and the Paradise package awards.

Seven players earn their Bahamas packages

The first $1,050 Paradise Mega drew 148 entries and awarded seven $30,000 packages, worth $210,000 combined. The qualifiers were SteelRiver548, Drakthar, Exxploited, Suckitandweep, JeSuisPoisson, HelloMyMan and IfHeDiesHeDies.

Each package includes a $26,000 Super Main Event entry and accommodation at SLS Baha Mar, with check-in December 5 and check-out December 18. The $50 million guaranteed Super Main Event runs December 10–17. These are event-and-hotel packages, rather than $30,000 cash prizes; travel and food and beverage are not included.

The next Mega is Sunday, October 18 at 3:05 p.m. ET, again guaranteeing seven packages. The $95 Beast feeder scheduled for October 11 leads into that October 18 Mega. Its destination is the following Sunday’s satellite, not the Mega that awarded packages earlier on October 11.

Two more chances to join the Venom fields

Both Venoms have Day 1D on Thursday, October 15 and Day 1E on Sunday, October 18, starting at 1:05 p.m. ET. The direct buy-in remains $2,650 per event.