October, 2026 ACR Poker Gets Wild with Adult Emojis in the October Software Update The October 1 release brings a new Wild (R) emoji collection, with Mild reactions still available. Players also get Progressive Mystery Bounty tournaments, SPINZ staking tickets, refreshed mobile tables and practical lobby improvements. Sometimes a bad beat deserves more than a polite smile. ACR Poker’s October 1 software update introduces a new collection of adult emojis and throwables, giving players a wilder way to react at the tables. The Emoji Gallery now offers Mild (PG) and Wild (R), so you can choose the style that suits your session. There is plenty to explore beyond the reactions, too. The update adds a new bounty format, extends Staking Tickets to SPINZ, and brings a redesigned table experience to more mobile games. Players getting set up can find desktop and mobile options on the ACR Poker download page. Wild reactions with a choice for every player The new Wild (R) collection brings more aggressive reactions and throwables to the Emoji Gallery. The familiar collection remains available under Mild (PG). Open the gallery at your table and choose your preferred rating to switch between them. The key detail is what appears on your screen follows your own preference. If you choose Wild, you see the Wild version of an animation. If another player chooses Mild, that same reaction appears on their screen in its Mild form, even when you sent it from the Wild collection. That means the table can share a reaction without everyone seeing the adult version. You can enjoy the new collection while a player across the felt keeps the familiar Mild style. Prefer to keep your session free of emojis altogether? Go to Settings > Playing Experience > Gameplay, uncheck Show player emojis, and click Apply. ACR Poker’s emoji settings guide also walks through those steps. The cards still do the talking. Now you have a few more ways to respond when they say something ridiculous. Mystery bounties meet progressive knockouts Progressive Mystery Bounty combines two familiar knockout formats in one multi-day tournament. You get the surprise of randomly assigned mystery bounties, followed by the growing targets that make progressive knockout poker so interesting. On Day 1, bounty play is locked. There are no bounty payouts during the opening flights: the goal is to build a stack and reach Day 2. Once all Day 1 flights finish, the bounty pool is randomly distributed across the surviving Day 2 entries. The PKO mechanics begin when a Day 2 knockout happens. Half of the eliminated player’s bounty is paid immediately to the player who knocks them out. The other half is added to the winning player’s own bounty. The mystery bounty animation reveals the award, while the progressive component builds the bounty on the survivor. As players collect knockouts, the bounty on their own head grows. A mystery award can therefore put cash in your account and make you a more valuable target for the rest of the table. You can find these tournaments under the Mystery Bounty category when using the lobby filters. Check each event’s lobby for its schedule, buy-in and structure. Back a player in SPINZ SPINZ staking tickets let an eligible backer fund another player’s entry and receive an agreed percentage of any payout. The update supports all seven buy-in levels: $0.25, $1, $5, $10, $25, $50 and $100. In the staking lobby, choose the SPINZ ticket option, select the buy-in level and set the staker percentage. The ticket offer has a default expiration of 30 days. The recipient accepts the offer, then uses the ticket when registering for a SPINZ game. If the player receives a payout, the winnings are divided according to the agreed staking percentage. The arrangement is handled through the ticket, so both sides have the split set before play begins. Staking Tickets remain in beta: purchasing and sending are currently available to select users, while anyone can receive tickets. Check the Staking Tickets page for current availability before planning to send an offer. A fresh look across mobile tables The mobile table design previously introduced for SPINZ expands to cash games, Blitz, tournaments, Sit & Go’s, On Demand games and multi-day tournaments. Opponents’ actions appear on their nameplates, and the refreshed layout accommodates different seating arrangements. The update also brings the number pad and bet slider to more game types, giving you those controls when entering or adjusting a bet. If you move between cash games and tournaments on your phone, those tables now share the cleaner design already used in SPINZ. Lobby highlights and clearer game information A new overlay group brings selected tournaments above the regular listings and marks them with a siren alert. An overlay occurs when player entries do not cover a tournament’s guarantee, making these highlights useful when looking for events that may offer added value. You can dismiss the alert after checking it. Highlighted events return to the regular group as they move into the running state, and leave the overlay group when no more players can join. A highlight is a prompt to inspect the event; the final field and prize pool still depend on registration. The tournament list also supports updated promotional badges, including an American flag marker, in place of the previous Free banner. Check the event details for the actual entry offer and eligibility. Two fixes make game information clearer. In certain hands involving three or more players all in, hand histories now show a folded player’s dead money in the correct side-pot line and show the correct uncalled bet amount. The underlying pot calculations were unchanged; the fix corrects how those amounts appear in the history. The update also corrects a prize-pool calculation issue affecting certain guaranteed multi-day tournaments with overlays, where flight prize pools could be counted twice. The tournament lobby now shows the corrected total. Choose your reaction Start with the Emoji Gallery and pick Mild (PG) or Wild (R) for the table experience you want. Whether your next river calls for restraint or something a little less polite, the choice of what you see stays yours.