ACR Poker’s Halloween Mystery PKOs Reach 3,215 Entries Before Day 2
The $650,000 three-tournament slate has sent 367 qualifying stacks forward, with bounties beginning Nov. 1.
- The three ACR Poker Halloween Mystery PKOs had 3,215 entries and 367 Day 2 qualifiers as of Oct. 20.
- The $5.50 event led early participation with 2,057 entries and 248 qualifiers.
- Players can combine stacks from multiple Day 1 flights, but Day 1 eliminations pay no bounties.
- All Day 2 survivors start with no Progressive Bounty before the Mystery PKO phase opens Nov. 1.
ACR Poker’s three Halloween Mystery PKO tournaments had drawn 3,215 entries and produced 367 Day 2 qualifiers as of the morning of Oct. 20. The multi-flight events carry a combined $650,000 in guarantees, and daily Day 1s continue through Nov. 1.
The entry figure includes repeat participation, while the qualifier total does not represent unique players across all three tournaments. Players can enter more than one starting flight and combine any qualifying chip stacks for Day 2.
As we reported Oct. 18, ACR Poker launched the Halloween slate with buy-ins of $5.50, $33 and $109. The $5.50 event has supplied the largest share of early traffic, drawing 2,057 entries and sending 248 stacks through, against a $50,000 guarantee.
The $33 tournament has recorded 536 entries and 44 qualifiers, with $100,000 guaranteed. The $109 edition, which accounts for $500,000 of the total guarantees, had 622 entries and 75 players through to Day 2.
There are no bounty payments during Day 1. All three events move into their bounty phase on Nov. 1, and every survivor begins that stage with a $0 accumulated Progressive Bounty, regardless of their stack size or how many flights they played.
The Mystery PKO format combines hidden Mystery Bounties with visible Progressive Bounties and is exclusive to the Winning Poker Network. When a Day 2 knockout reveals a mystery prize, half is paid to the player making the elimination and half is added to that player’s visible bounty.
A player who eliminates an opponent carrying an accumulated Progressive Bounty receives the same 50-50 treatment on that amount. That leaves part of earlier prizes in play through later eliminations, while the visible bounty can grow beyond the original hidden prize.
The three tournaments enter Day 2 on Sunday, Nov. 1, when the mystery-bounty and progressive-knockout action begins.
