ACR Poker Sets $6.5 Million Guaranteed Dual Venom PKOs for October

ACR Poker is bringing back its Dual Venom series in October, with a combined $6.5 million in guarantees across two progressive knockout tournaments, Card Player reports.

The $5 million guaranteed No-Limit Hold’em PKO and the $1.5 million guaranteed Pot-Limit Omaha PKO both carry a $2,650 direct buy-in. The PLO guarantee ties ACR Poker’s largest PLO PKO guarantee on record, according to Card Player.

Both tournaments share the same five-flight structure. Day 1A runs Sunday, October 4, followed by Day 1B on Thursday, October 8, Day 1C on Sunday, October 11, Day 1D on Thursday, October 15, and Day 1E on Sunday, October 18. Every Day 1 flight starts at 1:05 p.m. ET.

Day 2 for both events begins Monday, October 19 at 1:05 p.m. ET. The NLH tournament continues to a Day 3 on Tuesday, October 20 at 1:05 p.m. ET, while the PLO event moves straight to the final table. Both final tables are scheduled for Wednesday, October 21 at 4:05 p.m. ET.

Players who bag a stack in an early Day 1 flight can still enter a later Day 1 and combine stacks before Day 2, giving multi-flight entrants a choice between locking up a stack or trying to build a bigger one.

Last Year’s Venom Bounty Numbers

The 2025 edition of the Dual Venoms generated $7,847,500 in combined prize pools, per Card Player. The NLH event drew 2,498 entries for a $6,245,000 prize pool. The winner, Rigapols81, took home $378,372 in prize money plus $297,000 in bounties, for a total haul above $675,000.

The PLO Venom pulled in 641 entries for a $1,602,500 prize pool. PohPohPohPAAAA won that field for $135,789 in prize money and added $117,099 in bounties, finishing with $252,888 combined.

Venom Fever Satellites Run Through October 18

A Venom Fever satellite campaign runs from September 29 through October 18, offering entry into both Venom events through Direct Satellites, Mega Satellites and Survivor Flips Step Satellites for players who don’t want to put up the full $2,650 buy-in directly.

As progressive knockouts, both tournaments split eliminated players’ bounties in half, with one half paid out immediately and the other added to the eliminator’s own bounty. That structure means individual knockouts can carry values reaching into the tens of thousands of dollars as the fields get deeper, as shown by last year’s results.