Sunday Recap: $12.5 Million Venom kickoff highlights huge weekend

We just finished a huge weekend at ACR Poker with the conclusion of the high-octane Turbo Boost Series and the start of the record-setting $12.5 Million Venom.

Read our April 14th Sunday Recap for all the juicy details.

$12.5 Million GTD Venom Day 1A
Our biggest tournament ever, the $12.5 Million Venom, kicked off yesterday with Day 1A. And it got off to a great start with 1,689 entries. The next two Day 1’s are this Thursday, April 18th and Sunday, April 21^st. Check out all the details here.

$1 Million GTD Venom Special Sunday HR 
We also started our Venom Specials yesterday, which included a whopping $1 Million High Roller. There were 1,748 total entrants who paid the $630 buy-in. That resulted in a $1,048,800 final prize pool. Here’s a look at the top-3 finishers:

1. Subuta189 > $182,967
2. BprimAtaD > $133,402
3. Sirbetzalot > $97,383

$300,000 GTD Venom Special PKO
We also had a big Venom Special Progressive Knockout tourney yesterday. The $300K GTD PKO ($215 buy-in) had 1,721 total entrants, resulting in a $344,200 prize pool. The top three:

1. Yashunzao > $22,272 + $21,198
2. Init2minit > $22,272 + $3,720
3. justfknhold > $16,080 + $5,233

$300,000 GTD Warm Up
Sunday’s $300K GTD Warm Up tourney ($109 buy-in) finished with 3,139 total entries. That meant the final prize pool reached a big $313,900. Congrats to the 383 players who took home dough, including the top three:

1. Malbec29 > $49,094
2. DataDontLie > $35,651
3. Igot3vaccines > $26,025

$150,000 GTD Sunday Special 
With 883 total entries, our Sunday Special was super special with a $176,600 final prize pool. 110 players got paid in this $215 buy-in tourney. Here’s a look at the top three:

1. cuckery > $35,429
2. R3li > $25,807
3. yBerk > $18,839