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- Companies: Americas Cardroom, Winning Poker Network
- Markets: Global online poker, US-facing player pool
- Summary: Americas Cardroom opened its OSS XL series on Sunday, with 336 events and more than $50 million guaranteed running through Sept. 29.
The 336-event series is underway, with more than $50 million guaranteed through Sept. 29.
Americas Cardroom opened OSS XL on Sunday with a result that immediately gave the series a number to chase. BADGERING won OSS XL #13 for $130,209.51 after 1,118 entries pushed the $600,000 GTD High Roller to a $670,800 prize pool.
A second high-stakes event also moved above its guarantee. OSS XL #16 drew 203 entries at $2,650 and finished with $507,500 in the prize pool. A final-table deal was made, with NewYorkMidgets first for $95,311.68, KevinParCoeur second for $93,874.52 and Olivander1 third for $87,459.25.
The opening-day fields were not limited to four-figure buy-ins. The $109 Moneymaker drew 3,373 entries and paid winner WilliamRed $62,933.20. The $16.50 Sunday Splash drew 4,752 entries and ended with lukewarmwater taking $10,952.96.
Mystery Bounty and Omaha players also had their turn. COTTAGECORE won the $100,000 GTD 6-Max Mystery Bounty, collecting $11,769.70 in regular prize money and $20,500 in bounties. peyton_manning won the $50,000 GTD PLO 6-Max PKO, earning $5,391.50 in regular prize money and $11,287.50 in bounties.
That opening Sunday is one small part of the schedule. OSS XL runs through Sept. 29 with 336 events and more than $50 million guaranteed. The road ahead includes three Main Events with $5 million combined GTD, four major multi-flights, 10 Nosebleed Stakes tournaments and more than $60,000 in added leaderboard prizes.
The three Main Events are $2.5 million GTD at $2,650, $2 million GTD at $1,050 and $500,000 GTD at $66. A 50% Reload Bonus up to $500 is still available through Sept. 10 on qualifying reloads of at least $25 with code HUGE.
The series is sharing the September calendar with Americas Cardroom’s $2.5 million GTD 25th Anniversary Tournament, a $250 cumulative-stack event whose final table is scheduled for Sept. 29.
The OSS XL schedule has the remaining events, buy-ins and formats for the rest of the series.
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
Every flagship event on opening day cleared its guarantee, which is the number that matters most when a series carries $50 million across 336 tournaments. The $600,000 GTD High Roller finished at $670,800 and the $2,650 event reached $507,500 from 203 entries. Overlay is the main cost of a schedule this size, and the low buy-in traffic did the other half of the job, with 4,752 entries at $16.50 and 3,373 at $109. Fields at both ends of the buy-in range say more about network liquidity than the headline guarantee does.
The harder test runs from here to Sept. 29, across three Main Events with $5 million combined GTD, 10 Nosebleed Stakes tournaments and the $2.5 million GTD 25th Anniversary Tournament closing on the same date. Poker has generally been treated as a separate case in a year of US state expansion and crackdowns, and it was carved out again in Indiana’s anti-sweepstakes bill. Three weeks of OSS XL volume will show whether the Winning Poker Network can hold that liquidity through the back half of the schedule, when the guarantees get larger and the field sizes have to follow.
