Two tournaments drew in over 2,700 entries, with combined prize pools exceeding the $6.5 million guarantees by $362,500.
-- Ukraine's "Pepareg1" made both final tables at Americas Cardroom's October Dual Venom PKO tournaments, taking third in No-Limit Hold’em for $281,470.65 and second in Pot-Limit Omaha for $164,672.86. The $446,143.51 combined result includes bounties. From the shortest stack at the seven-handed PLO final table, Pepareg1 reached heads-up play before agreeing to a deal.
Both $2,650 online poker tournaments ended October 21. The NLH event drew 2,143 entries for a $5,357,500 prize pool, and PLO drew 602 entries for $1,505,000. Together, the pools exceeded the $6.5 million guarantees by $362,500.
NLH winner "PushLightYear" earned $536,577.13, including bounties. Mexico's "tigerseyes" won PLO for $239,819.45 after the deal, including bounties. Spain's Ignacio Morón ("TIKITAKA11") finished ninth in NLH for approximately $78,832; he was a Venom runner-up in 2021.
Brazilian ACR Stormer Marcelo Cartana ("CartanaPoker") qualified through an $0.80 Survivor Flip Step Satellite and subsequent $6, $46 and $350 steps, then placed 158th for approximately $8,367.
Brazil's "RaggedRobin" collected $60,430 from two October 19 Venom Specials final tables, while Alexandre Vargas ("ilovequeensya") won a $109 Venom Special for $19,347. The October 18 $1,050 Venom Special Sunday Banana drew 499 entries for a $500,000 prize pool; Pedro Cavalieri placed second for $78,598 and Pedro Padilha fourth for $41,865.
Kick broadcasts included an October 18 show hosted by ACR Pro Drew Gonzalez. The NLH final table appeared on Twitch with commentary from Chris Moneymaker and Rob Kuhn.
See the Dual Venom results coverage and revisit final-table hands via the ACR FT Replayer.
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