Ramon “PORKNOMAR” Kropmanns Wins $8 Million Guaranteed Venom

Ramon “PORKNOMAR” Kropmanns is the $8 million guaranteed Venom champion. The Brazilian came out on top of a 3,774-strong field to bank an incredible $1,113,330. This mammoth-sized prize is one of the biggest-ever payouts at Americas Cardroom.

Kropmanns went into the eight-handed final table with the chip lead and stayed at the top, or near the top, of the chip counts throughout. It is fair to say Kropmanns is a worthy champion.

British grinder “GreekerFreaker” busted in eighth for $70,762 with Alexandre “Pl3aseMuck” Fortin-Demers crashing out in seventh for $89,632.

The final six players locked up a six-figure prize, but nobody wanted to collect it. Why? Because more than $1.1 million awaited the eventual champion.

Diego “GORDONITO” Bittar, another Brazilian, was the first player to collect six-figures. Bittar’s reward for finishing in sixth place weighed in at an impressive $121,711.

Kropmanns was still in control, however, and on course for the $1,113,330 top prize. That dream came closer to reality when “ninjaman100” fell by the wayside in fifth-place for $217,005.

Fourth-place and a cool $382,117 went to Russian star “Ha19000”, which meant everyone else was now guaranteed more than $600,000 for their $2,650 buy-in!

American Michael “geNet1x” Cannon nursed a short stack for a while. Cannon committed his last 8.7 big blinds with Kh-Jh only to run into Kropmanns’ Ac-Ah.

Kropmanns and Martins Lock Horns Heads-Up

Heads-up pitted Kropmann’s heads-up against his fellow Brazilian Yuri “SmashedAvocado” Martins. Both were deep-stacked at the start of the one-on-one encounter, Kropmanns with 102 big blinds and Martins 86.

It took almost an hour of butting heads to settle the tournament, although Kropmanns was in control. The final hand saw Kropmanns open with Jh-Jc before calling with Martins three-bet all-in for 25 big blinds with Ac-Js. A 6d-6h-3c-3s-5d board handed to title to Kropmanns along with $1,113,330

Kropmanns Triumphs At $8 Million GTD Venom Final Table

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Ramon “PORKNOMAR” Kropmanns	Brazil	$1,113,330
2	Yuri “SmashedAvocado” Martins	Brazil	$849,150
3	Michael “geNet1x” Cannon	USA	$612,331
4	Ha19000	Russia	$382,117
5	ninjaman100	Lebanon	$217,005
6	Diego “GORDONITO” Bittar	Brazil	$121,711
7	Alexandre “Pl3aseMuck” Fortin-Demers	Canada	$89,632
8	GreekerFreaker	United Kingdom	$70,762

Americas Cardroom Signs Chris Moneymaker as a Team Pro

There was a major surprise for those tuning into the $8 million guaranteed Venom final table Twitch stream. It wasn’t anything negative, far from it. It was great news, especially for fans of Chris Moneymaker.

Moneymaker and PokerStars parted ways on New Year’s Eve, ending a 17-year relationship. There was no ill-feeling between the two, the partnership simply ran its course. Moneymaker and PokerStars joined forces in 2003 after he won the World Series of Poker Main Event. His story of turning an $86 satellite into $2.5 million resonated with the poker community.

PokerStars’ loss is Americas Cardrooms’ gain. The 2019 Poker Hall of Fame inductee is a solid poker player but an even better ambassador. There isn’t a single person who has a bad word to speak of when it comes to Moneymaker, for example.

Michael Harris, an Americas Cardroom spokesperson, is delighted to have Moneymaker on board.

“We’re thrilled to welcome Chris Moneymaker back to online poker in the United Sates. The fact he’s chosen to wear the red, white, and blue ACR patch speaks volumes about our commitment to doing big things for poker in America and worldwide.”

Americas Cardroom promises to run some special Moneymaker-related promotions in the coming weeks. We expect these to give players the chance to turn a few cents into a massive prize.

This means now is the time to sign up for a free Americas Cardroom account. Download the software via uspokersites and grab yourself a 100% up to $1,000 welcome bonus. This increases to a 200% up to $1,000 if you use cryptocurrency for that initial deposit.

Matthew Pitt

If it’s something you can play online for real money, chances are Matthew knows a bit about it. He’s been writing about slots, craps and poker for the better part of the last decade. He’s written for PokerNews, PartyPoker and many other respected online gambling websites during the last nine years.

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