News Sunday Recap: Touchdown-Level Cashes On Super Bowl Sunday February 9, 2026 Posted by Americas Cardroom Americas Cardroom URL has been copied successfully! While the world turned its attention to Santa Clara for Super Bowl Sunday, the action at ACR Poker was still in full swing. Players showed up ready to compete, firing into the day’s biggest tournaments and chasing down massive payouts from start to finish. Keep reading to see who ran up the biggest scores and what went down across Sunday’s top events. Phil’s Thrill Phil’s Thrill brought a Sunday full of gridiron-level grit to the tables, drawing 62 entries into the $10,300 buy-in event and generating a $620,000 prize pool with seven paid spots. Players put their best plays together, and ACR Poker CEO Phil Nagy also took a run, finishing in 17th place this week. Congrats to all the top finishers, especially the players who put up the biggest scores when it mattered most: gazikova2 -> $173,600 MiyazakiA5 -> $124,000 iWasOnly17 -> $99,200 Sunday Special $100,000 GTD The Sunday Special $100K GTD tourney drew 771 entries, creating a $154,200 prize pool with 97 paid spots. Players battled through a deep field and a three-way final table deal was struck to determine the payouts in this $215 buy-in event. Congratulations to the top finishers: ChrisClinton -> $24,927 thecadream -> $22,814 donnyjones11 -> $22,446 Sunday High Roller $500,000 GTD The Sunday High Roller $500K GTD pulled in 1,082 entries, building a $649,200 prize pool and paying out 136 spots. A final table deal was made in the $630 buy-in event to close things out. These three players led the way at the final table: ErculePokero -> $104,877 Tjmisawa -> $90,233 STULTUS -> $89,726 Sunday Moneymaker $300,000 GTD The Sunday Moneymaker $300,000 GTD delivered a packed field, with 3,317 entries jumping into the $109 buy-in event and boosting the prize pool to $331,700. With 408 players finishing in the money, a final table deal was made to wrap things up. These players finished out front: BL1Nd18 -> $40,812 Ppriest -> $40,130 oscampi07 -> $36,816 Sunday Banana $400,000 GTD The Sunday Banana $400,000 GTD drew 454 entries in the $1,050 buy-in tournament, building a $454,000 prize pool and paying out 55 spots. These players claimed the top payouts: BrooCode -> $100,313 Stiffy -> $73,058 Screwerr -> $53,332