ACR Poker Pros and Stormers Share Their Picks for the $20M OSS Opening Weekend

From the $1M Moneymaker Mystery PKO to the Main Events and a new daytime lineup, eight familiar faces explain what has their attention as the series gets underway.

A shot at a $100,000 mystery bounty. A schedule that works for European players. A chance to enter a Main Event through a satellite. With the $20 million guaranteed Online Super Series (OSS) beginning this Sunday, November 8, ACR Poker’s Pros and Stormers have different reasons to be excited about the same tournament lineup.

Running November 8–24, the OSS brings two schedules together under one banner. The 77-event Day Series caters to players who prefer earlier ET starts, while the 66-event Evening Series moves the action into a later window. Each series has its own leaderboard, with more than $77,000 in combined cash and ticket prizes across the two competitions.

The schedule features four Main Events with $4.25 million guaranteed between them, starting with two $66 Main Event flights this Sunday, plus the $109 Moneymaker Mystery PKO with its $1 million guarantee. With events running Sundays through Thursdays, players can also find No-Limit Hold’em, PLO, PLO8, PKOs, Mystery Bounties, 6-max tournaments and turbos. So what are our Pros and Stormers most eager to play?

ACR Pros Have Their Favorites

For Chris “Big Huni” Hunichen, the decision is straightforward: “The $109 Moneymaker Mystery PKO. $1M guaranteed with a top mystery bounty up to $100K, and combining stacks across Day 1 flights is a must-play structure.”

The Moneymaker event is already underway, with nearly 250 Day 1 flights running from November 1–22. Players who qualify through multiple flights can combine their stacks for Day 2 on Sunday, November 22 at 3:05pm ET, when the Mystery PKO bounties begin. Each eligible knockout reveals a mystery prize, with half paid immediately and half added to the winner’s progressive bounty.

For Ana Marquez, the schedule itself is the standout. “My favorite part of this OSS is definitely the Day Series! As a European, having a schedule that actually fits our time zone is a huge win, especially for an early bird like me who loves grinding during the day instead of staying up all night!”

Katie Lindsay has her eyes on the biggest titles, and the opportunities to qualify for them. “I’m most excited about the OSS Main Events. Not only do you have a price point for everyone, you also have so many satellite options running to get in for much cheaper.”

Stormers See Opportunities at Every Level

The Main Events are also at the top of XLS1OR’s list, but for a different reason. “My must-play would definitely be the huge Main Events. I’m using OSS as an opportunity to take a shot at the $109–$215 tournaments, since my ABI this year is around $20. It’s a great opportunity to move up to an ABI of $50–$100 if I manage to ship one of those.” ABI stands for average buy-in.

STHEP1973 is thinking along similar lines, describing the Main Event guarantees as “literally life-changing money.” The Stormer plans to take a shot at the $215 Main Event, which guarantees $750,000, and is also considering the $1,050 Main Event with its $1.5 million guarantee.

For TWINNYPOKER, European-friendly start times are a big draw. The Stormer plans to play as many tournaments in those time slots as possible and welcomes the separate Day and Evening Series leaderboards.

Karaipoker is looking at satellites as a way into events above their usual average buy-in. With a range of Main Event qualification options available, the Stormer sees a way to approach the bigger tournaments without paying the full direct buy-in. “So many good satellites to choose from,” Karaipoker says.

MBEN10 has a more specific target: the $66 Main Event, which comes with $500,000 guaranteed and a turbo structure. “I love the $66 MAIN,” the Stormer says, adding that its faster format should make it more manageable for European players. The event offers five Sunday starting flights: two on November 8, two on November 15 and one on November 22.

The First Main Event Flights Arrive Sunday

The opening day on November 8 includes two Day 1 flights for the $66 Main Event. The $2,650, $1,050 and $215 Main Events begin their first flights on Sunday, November 15, followed by additional flights on November 22. The $215 tournament also has a Turbo flight on November 23. All four Main Events allow players to combine qualifying Day 1 stacks.

Day 2 of the $66 Main Event takes place November 22, while the three higher-buy-in Main Events return November 23. The two OSS leaderboards run alongside the tournament action: the Day Series winner receives $7,500 plus a January Venom ticket, and the Evening Series winner gets $5,000 plus a January Venom ticket.

The picks may differ, but they point to the same appeal: there is more than one way to approach this OSS. Whether it is building a Moneymaker stack, chasing a Main Event through satellites or finding a schedule that fits life outside poker, the new series gets underway this Sunday.

Explore the full tournament schedule, Main Event flights and leaderboard details on the ACR Poker OSS page.

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