In today's article, we'll move on to the Americas Cardroom (ACR) online gaming room, where The Venom Series has been taking place over the past few days. The latter offered two highlights, the first was an $8 million Mystery Bounty tournament and the second was a $2 million PLO tournament.
The Mystery Bounty was dominated by Brazilian player
The Venom Mystery Bounty brought in a guarantee of $8 million at a buy-in of $2,650, and brought in a total of 3,234 entries making the guarantee complete. Before the tournament started, the organizers announced that the minimum bounty would be $5,000 and the maximum bounty would be $500,000.
The biggest bounty was eventually awarded to the well-known American player and respected poker coach Faraz Jaka, who boasted about this result on the social network X (twitter).
Boooooom!! Just pulled the top 💰$500k bounty in the $2650 Venom $8m gtd Mystery Bounty on @ACR_POKER. 🚀🚀🚀🚀🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/8rXDNSHXFX
- Faraz Jaka (@FarazJaka) August 19, 2024
The Hungarian player hiding behind the nickname "im_so_sh0rt" sat at the final table as the chipleader, with a stack as high as 185,895,854. However, the finalists also included the well-known German player Leonard "RainerMitAI" Maue, who had a stack of more than 103 million. A reward of $572,333 awaited the winner here.
In the end, Leonard Maue took fifth place, which was worth $155,465. However, he also added $50,000 in bounty prizes on top of that amount, taking home a total of $205,465 from the final table.
RainerMitAI finishes 5th in #TheVenom Mystery Bounty $8M GTD, taking home $155,465 + a $50,000 Bounty! 💥
- ACR Poker (@ACR_POKER) August 20, 2024
📺 We're live on https://t.co/LQKfYw8CbC with @Fattrain and Michael Loncar! pic.twitter.com/NfHi8l0fds
The original chipleader "im_so_sh0rt" eventually made his way into the final heads-up where he started with a stack worth 24BB. Facing him was Brazilian player Ivan "chickenpastry" Limeira, who had a stack worth up to 84BB. The Hungarian player was no match for his opponent and had to settle for second place and a prize of $413,021, plus bounties worth $30,000.
A remarkable runner-up finish for Im_so_sh0rt, taking 2nd place in #TheVenom Mystery Bounty $8M GTD, with earnings of $413,021 + a $30,000 Bounty! 💥 pic.twitter.com/ygfEXyn2Xj
- ACR Poker (@ACR_POKER) August 21, 2024
The winner was Brazilian player Ivan Limeira, who scored $572,333 for first place, plus an additional $45,000 in bounties. In total, this tournament earned him $617,333.
| Place | Nickname | Country | Prize | Bounty |
| 1. | chickenpastry | Brasil | 572.333$ | 45.000$ |
| 2. | im_so_sh0rt | Hungary | 413.021$ | 30.000$ |
| 3. | JohnNoArms | Brasil | 298.083$ | 80.000$ |
| 4. | BARRELSWEET | Brasil | 215.214$ | 30.000$ |
| 5. | RainerMitAI | Germany | 155.465$ | 50.000$ |
| 6. | Str8tothebank | Moldova | 112.388$ | 35.000$ |
| 7. | FatsoFat6969 | USA | 81.329$ | 40.000$ |
| 8. | AlwaysWithNuts | Russia | 58.935$ | 25.000$ |
| 9. | IRBLTG | USA | 42.788$ | 70.000$ |
Hungarian victory in PLO
Yesterday we saw one more Hungarian player shine on this platform and that was "Omahafyrarolls". He played The Venom PLO tournament with a buy-in of $2,650 and a guarantee of $2,000,000. The total number of entries here came to 933, so there was no problem filling the guarantee here either.
| Nickname | Country | Stack |
| Omahafyrarolls | Hungary | 102.596.655 |
| i_take_sheets | USA | 92.938.145 |
| Edsheeran | USA | 62.121.343 |
| jujubro | USA | 44.067.211 |
| Xazel303 | USA | 29.767.619 |
| suitedeexter | USA | 23.184.108 |
| BalaGarba14 | Norway | 18.524.919 |
There was a prize of $471,377 waiting for the winner and the top 7 players were fighting for it at the final table. The overall chipleader here was the Hungarian player "Omahafyrarolls" with a stack of up to 102,596,655. This player managed to maintain his lead and became the winner of this tournament, for which he earned the aforementioned sum of $471,377.
Source - ACR Poker, Twitter (X), Mundopoker.com.br, Pokernews