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- Companies: Americas Cardroom (ACR Poker), Winning Poker Network
- Markets/Regions: Global — Europe, North America, South America, Costa Rica
- Americas Cardroom’s Venom series awarded $10.2 million across NLH and PLO mystery bounty tournaments, with both events finishing above their guarantees.
Americas Cardroom has wrapped up its latest Venom tournaments, with more than $10.2 million awarded across its No-Limit Hold’em and Pot-Limit Omaha mystery bounty events, drawing a global field and delivering a series of high-value payouts.
The $8 million guaranteed NLH Venom attracted 3,233 entries, building a prize pool of $8,082,500. Its PLO counterpart, carrying a $2 million guarantee, brought in 871 entries and reached $2,177,500. Both events finished comfortably above their guarantees.
KYOBLUK secured the NLH title and $532,918 following a final table deal. The mystery bounty format again played a central role, with Rybka1294 collecting the top bounty of $555,000. KevinParcoeur added $453,040 for second place, along with a $219,780 bounty.
Americas Cardroom Pro Chris Moneymaker made a deep run to the final table and finished ninth.
“I’m proud to have made the final table in such a competitive field,” said Moneymaker. “It really shows how tough and global these events have become.”
The NLH final table reflected a broad international mix, with players from Europe, North America, South America, and other regions.
In the PLO event, 4m4nhasnonforme came out on top, earning $210,315 after navigating a field of Omaha specialists. The largest bounty in that event, $200,000, went to MatasSembolas. Like the NLH tournament, the PLO final table featured players from multiple countries.
The Venom series has built a consistent track record since its introduction in 2019, when it generated $6,382,500 in prize money from a $5 million guarantee. That inaugural event also recorded a GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title for the largest cryptocurrency jackpot in an online poker tournament, a Bitcoin payout of $1,050,650.
More recent editions have continued at a similar scale. In February 2026, the series produced $9,182,500 in NLH prize pools and $2,092,500 in PLO, setting the stage for the latest results.
With strong participation across both formats and continued international representation at the final tables, the Venom remains a central fixture on the Americas Cardroom tournament schedule.
About Americas Cardroom
Formerly known as ACR Poker, Americas Cardroom joined the Winning Poker Network in 2011. The network has been dealing cards since 2001 and remains one of the most trusted names in online poker. Consistently ranked first in payment processing and cashout reliability, Americas Cardroom provides a world-class online poker experience for players around the world.
Editorial Commentary
The Venom series has grown from $6.4 million at its 2019 debut to more than $10 million across two formats. That growth sits alongside a broader expansion in North American online gambling — Ontario’s iGaming market reached C$4 billion in 2025, a 34% year-on-year increase, while Nevada recorded $15.8 billion in gaming revenue across the same period.
The PLO Venom running alongside the NLH event broadens the addressable player pool and positions the series as a multi-format fixture rather than a single marquee event. Chris Moneymaker’s presence at the final table carries marketing value beyond the tournament itself. His 2003 WSOP win remains one of poker’s most cited examples of a single event driving player acquisition at scale. With the February 2026 edition producing $9.2 million in NLH prize pools alone, the trajectory points toward Americas Cardroom testing a higher guarantee floor in future editions.
