News ACR Poker’s Super Stacked Sunday Brings $20M+ Guaranteed to August 16 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. August 14, 2026 Dual Venom Day 1B, three Run Up Main Events, multi-day action and the full Sunday schedule combine for the biggest day of the year.More than $20 million is guaranteed across the combined ACR Poker tournament schedule on Sunday, August 16. Super Stacked Sunday brings the kind of lineup that makes choosing a table feel like the first major decision of the day—and the cards have not even been dealt yet.The scale comes from everything landing together: two separate Mystery Bounty Venoms moving into Day 1B, three Run Up Main Events beginning across three buy-in levels, major multi-day tournaments reaching important stages and the complete ACR Poker Sunday schedule returning underneath it all. The Venoms have begun. Now the biggest projected Venom starting day meets the biggest Sunday schedule of the year. Two Venoms move into Day 1BThe first headline arrives at 12:05pm ET, when both Mystery Bounty Venoms continue with Day 1B. They share a start time and a $2,650 buy-in, but they remain two distinct tournaments with different games and guarantees. The $12M GTD NLH Mystery Bounty Venom brings the no-limit hold’em field back for its next opening flight. Alongside it, the $3M GTD PLO Mystery Bounty Venom gives four-card players their own Day 1B path. Together, the two events account for $15 million guaranteed—a huge centerpiece, but still only part of the day’s $20M+ combined schedule.Three Main Events open the Run Up finish lineBefore the Venoms begin, the $10 Million Run Up Series reaches its Main Event Sunday. All three Main Events start at 11:05am ET, giving players a one-hour head start on the afternoon’s biggest decision tree.High Main Event — $1,050 buy-in, $750,000 GTD. The top tier carries the largest guarantee of the three.Mid Main Event — $215 buy-in, $400,000 GTD. A middle route with a substantial six-figure guarantee.Low Main Event — $33 buy-in, $200,000 GTD. The lowest buy-in keeps Main Event Sunday open to a much wider group of bankrolls.That range matters. Super Stacked Sunday is not a high-stakes-only affair: the Run Up lineup lets players choose a Main Event that fits their buy-in level without missing the shared Sunday spotlight. More than the headlinersThe Sunday story keeps going after the Venoms and Main Events. The Run Up schedule also brings late-stage flights for the $1M GTD Mystery Bounty with a $66 buy-in, while the $50,000 GTD PKO with a $5.50 buy-in returns for Day 2 action.Those events add another layer to the day: some players will be starting fresh, others will be chasing qualification through a late flight, and returning stacks will already have unfinished business. It is a full multi-day tournament weekend compressed into one Sunday lobby. The full Sunday schedule is backUnderneath the special-event stack, ACR Poker’s complete Sunday tournament lineup returns on August 16. The lighter summer schedule has packed its bags, leaving more guarantees, more formats and many more opportunities to make a perfectly reasonable plan—then abandon it during late registration.That return is what turns August 16 into Super Stacked Sunday. The two Venoms and three Run Up Main Events provide the marquee events, while the wider tournament lineup gives players room to build a session around their preferred stakes, formats and start times. Build your Sunday in chronological order11:05am ET — Choose a Run Up Main Event. High, Mid and Low all begin together, so decide on the right buy-in level before the first cards are in the air.12:05pm ET — Dual Venom Day 1B begins. The $12M GTD NLH event and $3M GTD PLO event start at the same time, each with a $2,650 buy-in.From there — Work through the wider Sunday schedule. Multi-day stages and the returning regular lineup create plenty of additional routes, but check the client for the final event order and live details. Choose your route before the clock startsWith the first featured events beginning at 11:05am ET, this is not the Sunday to open the lobby at noon and start improvising. Check your tickets, review any currently available qualifiers and confirm the latest schedule in the ACR Poker Client before play begins.If you are targeting a Venom seat, verify which qualification routes remain open. If a Run Up Main Event is the plan, choose the High, Mid or Low tier in advance. And if the wider Sunday slate is calling, leave enough room for the Mystery Bounties, PKOs and regular events that make the full schedule more than background noise. Make room for Super Stacked SundaySunday, August 16 brings more than $20 million guaranteed across one combined ACR Poker schedule. The three Run Up Main Events open the day at 11:05am ET, both Venom Day 1B flights follow at 12:05pm ET, and a crowded mix of multi-day and regular Sunday events fills the lobby around them.Pick the events that fit your bankroll, qualify where possible and get the day mapped out early. Then view the full schedule and get ready for Super Stacked Sunday.Tournament schedules and guarantees are subject to change. See the ACR Poker client for complete event details, starting times and applicable terms and conditions.