Share“badlucktou” has won the latest edition of the Venom PKO on Americas Cardroom for a cool $716,076.94. The Russian defeated Canada’s Jeff “jumping gn” Reardon in the flagship event winning a prize of $411,667.99 and a staggering $304,408.95 in bounties.
The final hand saw Reardon fighting aggressively to claw back a chip deficit that was getting beyond repair. With only 27.78BB to “badlucktou”’s 84.86BB it was time to pull the trigger.
Reardon raises to 2.1BB and “badlucktou” calls.
The flop comes 7h 3d Jd and “badlucktou” checks. Reardon fires a 1.85BB c-bet. “badlucktou” calls.
The turn is the Kc and Reardon fires a second barrel of 6.15BB. “badlucktou” calls again.
The river is the 9s and Reardon jams a pot size bet all-in and “badlucktou” calls him down flipping over 9d7d for two pair and a missed flush draw.
Reardon shows 6c4h for a whiffed gutshot and concedes the tournament.
Final Results
| 1 | backlucktou | $411,687 + $304,408 |
| 2 | jumping gn | $411,687 + $100,417 |
| 3 | YoAsakura | $262,273 + $57,868 |
| 4 | Miral777 | $189,161 + $4,531 |
| 5 | SirRunALot | $136,158 + $25,517 |
| 6 | Iampio23 | $103,574 + $18,750 |
| 7 | Stackedbrightfutur | $72,531 + $16,542 |
| 8 | wizazo | $50,771 + $40,502 |
A final mention should go to the generosity of ACR CEO Phil Nagy, who staked 12 players in the $2,650 buy-in event and raised $7,555.38 for breast cancer awareness.
