Americas Cardroom is raising the stakes for online poker players this summer with the launch of its largest Venom festival to date, headlined by two Mystery Bounty tournaments carrying a combined $15 million in guaranteed prize pools. Running from August 13 through September 2, the Dual Mystery Bounty Venoms celebrate the poker site’s 25th anniversary with record guarantees, larger qualification opportunities and the biggest Venom schedule ever offered.
Two Headline Mystery Bounty Events
The festival is anchored by a $12 million guaranteed No-Limit Hold’em Venom and a $3 million guaranteed Pot-Limit Omaha Venom, with both tournaments featuring a $2,650 buy-in and eight Day 1 starting flights, the highest number in Venom history.
Mystery bounty prizes add another layer of excitement once Day 2 begins. The No-Limit Hold’em event includes a top bounty worth $500,000, while Pot-Limit Omaha players can chase a $250,000 top bounty. Every mystery bounty awarded will be worth at least $5,000, giving players the chance to score significant payouts even before reaching the final table.
Players who survive any Day 1 flight automatically lock up a cash finish before the mystery bounty phase begins. Those who qualify through multiple starting flights can also merge their surviving chip stacks for Day 2, providing an additional strategic edge.
More Satellites, Bigger Guarantees and Anniversary Promotions
Americas Cardroom is also expanding access to the series through its Venom Fever promotion, which guarantees more than 1,500 tournament seats across a variety of qualification formats.
Players can earn entries through Direct Satellites, Mega Satellites, Beast tournaments and Survivor Flips, with some qualifying routes available at no cost. The festival grows even larger beginning August 17, when the operator introduces its Venom Specials, a schedule of supporting tournaments featuring more than $10 million in added-value guarantees throughout the remainder of the series.
Day 1 flights will run until August 30, followed by Day 2 on August 31. The No-Limit Hold’em championship concludes with its final table on September 2, while the Pot-Limit Omaha event crowns its winner the same day.
With record guarantees, expanded qualification opportunities and some of the largest mystery bounty prizes ever offered on the platform, the Dual Mystery Bounty Venoms represent the biggest online poker festival in Americas Cardroom’s history and one of the headline tournament series of 2026.
