Today's article moves on to the American online gaming site ACR, which has set up a $12.5 million guarantee to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Venom tournament. The buy-in for the tournament was $2,650.
The 5 opening flights produced as many as 5,045 entries, and the guarantee was finally broken. The prizepool thus grew to $12,612,500. The winner was rewarded with $1,818,044.10 and the top three players took home more than a million dollars.
Suspended bot
A total of 1,012 players advanced to the second day of play, but among them was a bot. He advanced with the second largest stack. This account was suspended at the start of Day 2 after a review by the gaming room.
Second largest stack in day 2 of the Venom is a bot. Bot that I reported to ACR over a month ago. Including directly to Head of Security and to @WPN_CEO. Bot that I reported along with another 50 MTT bots, out of which majority is still active. pic.twitter.com/oyYIZrOnLd
- MTT Database Review (@MTT_Data_Review) April 29, 2024
Final table with star names
The legendary Chris "MONEYMAKER" Moneymaker, 2023 WSOP Player of the Year Ian "RiverRiot72" Matakis, and even Dominik "Texxassss" Nitsche made an appearance at the 9-seat final table.
Ian "RiverRiot72" Matakis was the first to bust out as he busted Dominik Nitsche's set of sixes with K-K. This earned him $148,600.47 for his ninth place finish.
Chris "MONEYMAKER" Moneymaker finished in 6th place after losing to his opponent with K-Q with his pocket tens. He earned $382,007.40 for his sixth place finish.
The final twist
Dominik Nitsche went into heads-up play with a 59 blind stack against an opponent with the nickname "Push0rdie" with a 131 blind stack. However, Dominik was able to turn the odds around and eventually won the entire tournament. He thus became the champion of the record-breaking edition of Venom and earned $1,818,044.10. Congratulations!
Source - ACR, Twitch, poker.org, X/Twitter, Pokernews
