News Sunday Recap: Super Stacked Sunday Impresses 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 18, 2026 Yesterday was our biggest day of the year with over $20 Million guaranteed, including Day 1B of the Dual Venoms. It was also the final Sunday of Run Up Series and the return of our regular tournament schedule. Read our August 16th Sunday Recap for full details. Note the Run Up Series officially ends today (Monday) with Day 2 of the three Main Events ($750K, $400K, $200K) and the $1 Million Mystery Bounty multi-flight with just a $66 buy-in. Run Up #160 – $200,000 GTD High Roller This Run Up Series high roller event came with a $630 buy-in and had 374 entrants, resulting in a $224,400 prize pool. Here’s a look at the top three: PatrickStar5 -> $50,088 PrinceOfMIA -> $36,699 horrible -> $26,717 Run Up #161 – $100,000 GTD Mystery Bounty This Run Up Series Mystery Bounty had a $100,000 guarantee with a $109 buy-in. With 1,085 total entrants, there was a $108,500 final prize pool, split evenly between prize money and bounties. Take a look at the top three: Tomorrowland77 -> $10,782 + $800 bounty Nisshhtani -> $7,672 + $2,000 bounty zebra10 -> $5,600 + $1,700 bounty $500,000 GTD Sunday High Roller The $500,000 GTD Sunday High Roller ($630 buy-in) finished with 1,088 entrants and a large $652,800 prize pool. There were 136 players who won cash, including these three: sydens -> $126,715 zvcv44 -> $92,313 cmase -> $67,389 Phil’s Thrill Phil’s Thrill ($10,300 buy-in) had 59 high roller entrants yesterday, which resulted in the prize pool reaching $590,000. ACR CEO Phil Nagy, the tournament namesake, participated again and finished in 34th. Here’s the top three: WhatDoWeHave -> $165,200 kadambah -> $118,000 BBRS999 -> $94,400