Sunday Recap: Players get warmed up for $50 Million OSS XL.

Our $50 Million OSS XL gets underway on September 7th and ACR players spent last Sunday getting warmed up in a big way. We had our regular packed schedule, including the popular new Phil’s Thrill tourney.

Read all about it in our August 31st Sunday Recap.

Phil’s Thrill

Sunday’s Phil’s Thrill had 74 total entrants, which means our weekly $10,300 buy-in tourney had a huge $740,000 prize pool. Named after our CEO—who participated once again this week, this high-stakes event thrilled players per usual. Congrats to the top-3:

1. CoVID_69 -> $187,960
2. TayTayBae -> $140,600
3. FutureofMe -> $111,000

Sunday Banana – $400,000 GTD

This popular tourney with a $1,050 buy-in had Day 1 on Sunday and Day 2 on Monday.  There were 397 entrants, which meant we topped up the prize pool to meet the guarantee. 48 players cashed in all, including these top three:

1. MikeTheBlack -> $68,272
2. Cordialement -> $52,312
3. dekikun -> $40,730

Route 66 – $100,000 GTD

This Mystery Bounty tourney has tons of Day 1 flights throughout the month, with Day 2 on the final Sunday.  This month’s event had 1,944 total entrants who paid the modest $66 buy-in. That meant there was a $116,640 final prize pool ($58,320 in both prize money and bounties). Here’s the top 3:

1. JackN0tMa -> $12,548 + $1,250 bounty
2. tederica -> $9,022 + $2,050 bounty
3. Swinger -> $6,487 + $3,300 bounty

Sunday Squeeze – $150,000 GTD

This is another monthly Mystery Bounty tourney ($33 buy-in), and it finished with 4,622 total entrants throughout August. The final prize pool was topped up to $150,000 ($80,670 in prize money and $69,330 in bounties). Take a look at the top three after a final table deal:

1. AndreWard -> $13,283 + $979 bounty
2. eskil-rk -> $13,033 + $971 bounty
3. ComeOnTheodor -> $7,083 + $1,275 bounty