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San Jose, Costa Rica – September 13, 2026 -- Americas Cardroom CEO Phil Nagy collected $88,800 across two tournaments on Sunday, September 6, while the site's new Final Table Replayer let players scrutinize every hand from the action.

Playing under the name Justsomefish72, Nagy finished second in the $10,300 Phil's Thrill for $78,000, drawn from a $260,000 prize pool. He also placed fifth in the $2,650 Mini Phil's Thrill for $10,800, from a $90,000 prize pool.

A new weekly PLO event drew 54 entries

Sunday marked the debut of Mini Phil's Thrill PLO, a $2,650 Pot-Limit Omaha tournament that attracted 54 entries and built a $135,000 prize pool. Americas Cardroom plans to run the event weekly. Nagy created the Phil's Thrill series so he could regularly compete against high-stakes players on the platform.

San Jose, Costa Rica – September 11, 2026 -- An online poker player known as "R88P" accidentally registered for the wrong tournament on Americas Cardroom and walked away with a $250,000 Mystery Bounty payout.

R88P intended to enter the $12 Million GTD No-Limit Hold'em Mystery Bounty Venom but instead confirmed registration for the separate $3 Million GTD Pot-Limit Omaha event. Both tournaments carried the same $2,650 buy-in and ran as distinct multi-day events.

The misclick locked the player into a different tournament

Unable to cancel the confirmed entry, R88P stayed in the PLO event and advanced to Day 2 last Monday. Mystery Bounties went active that day, with every remaining player already in the money and each knockout revealing the eliminated opponent's hidden bounty.

"Best part is I didn't mean to register PLO, misclicked only meant to play the no limit," R88P said.

San Jose, Costa Rica – September 11, 2026 -- Americas Cardroom kicks off its Online Super Series XL this Sunday, Sept. 6, running 336 tournaments through Sept. 29 with more than $50 million in combined guarantees.

Opening day alone offers six-figure guarantees across multiple buy-ins

Sunday's lineup includes a $600,000 guaranteed event at a $630 buy-in, two $500,000 guaranteed tournaments priced at $2,650 and $1,050, the $400,000 guaranteed Moneymaker at $109, and a $150,000 guaranteed Mystery Bounty for $66. PKO, 6-max, PLO and PLO8 formats round out the day.

San Jose, Costa Rica – September 11, 2026 -- Americas Cardroom has crowned two champions in its Dual Mystery Bounty Venom series, with 6,030 combined entries generating $15.075 million in prize money and a $20,000 overlay pushing the total payout to $15.095 million.

Deltoid88 takes down the $12 million NLH event for $865,869.53

The No-Limit Hold'em tournament drew 4,792 entries, falling eight short of its guarantee and triggering the $20,000 overlay. Deltoid88 won $799,521.82 in regular prize money plus $66,347.71 in bounties. Runner-up Ivan Limeira, playing as chickenpastry, took home $779,154.41 after a heads-up deal adjusted the top two payouts. A total of 580 places were paid.

LavenderBrown lands the $500,000 top Mystery Bounty

Finishing 348th in the NLH event, LavenderBrown collected the tournament's largest bounty, ending with $508,220.48 overall.

San Jose, Costa Rica – September 11, 2026 -- Americas Cardroom's Online Super Series XL (OSS XL) launched Sunday with a $600,000 GTD High Roller that drew 1,118 entries, built a $670,800 prize pool and paid winner BADGERING $130,209.51.

The opening day generated over $1.8 million across six featured tournaments.

A $2,650 buy-in event paid nearly $100,000 to its winner.

The $109 buy-in Moneymaker drew 3,373 entries, with WilliamRed winning $62,933.20 from a $400,000 prize pool. The $16.50 Sunday Splash pulled in 4,752 entries, with lukewarmwater collecting $10,952.96.