News ACR Pros Kornuth and Moneymaker Enter PLO Venom Day 2 First and Fourth 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. October 19, 2026 Chance Kornuth leads and Chris Moneymaker sits fourth in the $1.5M GTD PLO Venom PKO. Both Dual Venom events resume Monday, October 19, at 1:05 p.m. ET, with $6,862,500 in combined prize pools.ACR Poker Pros Chance Kornuth and Chris Moneymaker have two of the four biggest stacks heading into Day 2 of the $1.5 Million GTD PLO Venom PKO. Kornuth leads the 72 remaining players, while Moneymaker sits fourth as the tournament resumes today, Monday, October 19, at 1:05 p.m. ET.Playing as LawyerDad68, Chance Kornuth returns with 9,172,216 chips. Moneymaker brings 7,062,845 to Day 2, putting both ACR Pros firmly among the early contenders for a final-table seat.Between them sit Haftbefehl with 8,457,419 chips and NewYorkMidgets with 7,513,919. Kornuth has a 714,797-chip lead over second, while Moneymaker is only 451,074 behind third.The PLO race is one half of ACR Poker’s Dual Venom PKOs, which finished their five starting flights Sunday with $6,862,500 in combined prize pools. The two $2,650 buy-in events exceeded their combined $6.5 million guarantees by $362,500.The $5 Million GTD NLH Venom PKO drew 2,143 entries for a $5,357,500 prize pool and has 319 players returning. PLO attracted 602 entries, taking its prize pool to $1,505,000.Both fields still have a money bubble ahead. NLH pays 266 places, while 61 PLO players will collect a regular payout. For Kornuth and Moneymaker, the first task is getting through that bubble with their big stacks intact. Two ACR Pros in the PLO top fourThe PLO event divides its prize pool into $752,500 in regular prizes and $752,500 in bounties. Just 11 eliminations separate the returning field from the 61 paid places.The regular payout schedule lists $128,622 for first place, separate from bounty winnings. Kornuth and Moneymaker also carry displayed bounties of $4,531.25 and $6,562.50, respectively, giving opponents an extra incentive to challenge them. PLO Leaderboard PLO rank Player Chips Displayed bounty 1 Chance Kornuth (LawyerDad68) 9,172,216 $4,531.25 2 Haftbefehl 8,457,419 $7,343.75 3 NewYorkMidgets 7,513,919 $8,437.50 4 Chris Moneymaker 7,062,845 $6,562.50 Moneymaker starts 2,109,371 chips behind Kornuth, with plenty of room for the order to change. Four big stacks heading into Day 2 do not guarantee four deep runs, especially when knockouts carry an immediate reward.NLH returns with 319 players and a looming bubbleThe NLH regular payout schedule lists $332,932.28 for first place, excluding bounties. The prize pool is split evenly between $2,678,750 in regular prizes and $2,678,750 in bounties. With 53 more eliminations needed to reach the paid places, the opening stretch of Day 2 has an immediate milestone to chase.Behind owens9397, Infliponcio holds 6,174,844 chips, followed by c4trups!! with 6,066,954. The leader has a cushion of more than 1.2 million chips over second place. NLH Leaderboard NLH rank Player Chips Displayed bounty 1 owens9397 7,413,966 $3,125 2 Infliponcio 6,174,844 $8,125 3 c4trups!! 6,066,954 $10,312.50 Of those three stacks, c4trups!! carries the largest displayed bounty at $10,312.50. In a PKO, the chip leader and the most valuable knockout target are not necessarily the same player.The road to Wednesday’s final tablesBoth events restart at 1:05 p.m. ET today, with no late registration. The NLH lobby lists 30-minute blind levels, while PLO plays 20-minute levels. NLH and PLO Tournament Schedule Stage NLH PLO Day 2 Mon., Oct. 19, 1:05 p.m. ET Mon., Oct. 19, 1:05 p.m. ET Day 3 Tue., Oct. 20, 1:05 p.m. ET No Day 3 Final table Wed., Oct. 21, 4:05 p.m. ET Wed., Oct. 21, 4:05 p.m. ET The PLO field has the shorter route to its final table; NLH has another scheduled day of play Tuesday. Both championships then reach their final tables Wednesday, October 21, at 4:05 p.m. ET.Follow the remaining schedule on the ACR Poker Venom page. With Kornuth first and Moneymaker fourth in PLO, two ACR Pros begin Monday with a strong chance to shape the race to Wednesday’s final table.