Ukrainian “YKOBLIUK” Becomes $2,650 Venom MB Champion After 3-Max Deal ($624,839)*

Chip counts at the 9-max final table of Venom MB NLHE $8M GTD

• KevinParCoeur (Canada) — 132 BB
• distxretddd (Ukraine) — 83 BB
• Runner114 (Ukraine) — 68 BB
• Jake “ZenRead” Ripnick (USA) — 57 BB
• YKOBLIUK (Ukraine) — 53 BB
• Ian “RiverRiot72” Matakis (USA) — 31 BB
• GTS gr8 GTO (Brazil) — 23 BB
• Pavels “Rigapols81” Spirins (Latvia) — 17 BB
• Chris Moneymaker (USA) — 16 BB

How the action unfolds at the final table of ACR Poker Venom MB NLHE $8M GTD

The NLHE Venom MB drew 3,233 total entries.

Chris Moneymaker finished 9th ($97,702 — here and below total payout including bounties)

In his final hand, Chris shoved 8 BB with JTo and got called by Runner114 with AKo. The flop brought a ten, but a king came on the turn.
For Moneymaker, this is his third Venom final table. In May 2024 he finished 6th ($382K), and in August 2020 — 5th ($420K).
Chris Moneymaker commented on his shove on Twitter:

Pavels “Rigapols81” Spirins finished 8th ($145,833)

In his final hand, he made a 3-bet shove with A9o and got called by YKOBLIUK with pocket kings.
In October 2025, Pavel won the $2,650 Venom PKO for $675.2K. In October 2024, he finished 4th ($227.3K).

distxretddd finished 7th ($145,947)

First, he lost a quarter of his stack to KevinParCoeur in a hand where he made top pair against two pair — KevinParCoeur got three streets of value. In another hand, he lost a third of his stack after 4-betting with A4s and folding to a 5-bet shove from Runner114 (who had aces).
In his final hand, distxretddd defended the BB with a 16 BB stack and played three streets check-call.

Ian “RiverRiot72” Matakis finished 6th ($180,730)

In his final hand, he called an all-in for 9 BB with pocket jacks against chip leader YKOBLIUK holding 98o. The flop came with two eights.
Matakis reaches the Venom final table for the third time. In May 2024 he finished 9th ($145K), and in February 2025 — 8th ($179.9K).
After busting, Ian Matakis thanked everyone for the support:

GTS gr8 GTO finished 5th ($208,907)

In his final hand, he got it in for 18 BB with KQs against Runner114’s pocket sixes.

Jake “ZenRead” Ripnick finished 4th ($280,639)

This was the strangest hand at the Venom final table. With a 14 BB stack, ZenRead opened from the CO with QJo and got called by Runner114 in the BB with 87s.

• Flop 478. ZenRead bet 1.68 BB, Runner114 raised to 3.86 — call.
• Turn 7. Runner114 bet 1.5 BB, now ZenRead raised to 3 BB — call.
• River A. Runner114 checked, ZenRead shoved 4.93 into 18.82 — insta-call.

Right after this hand, all three remaining players pressed “Deal” and agreed to a deal.
For Runner114, this was his second Venom final table. In February 2025, he finished 4th for $332K.

Payouts at the $2,650 Venom MB final table (3,233 entries total):

Position	Country	Player	Bounty	Payout	Total Payout
1		YKOBLIUK	$91,920	$532,918*	$624,839*
2		KevinParCoeur	$219,779	$453,040*	$672,819*
3		Runner114	$108,924	$446,391*	$555,315*
4		Jake “ZenRead” Ripnick	$40K	$240,639	$280,639
5		GTS gr8 GTO	$35K	$173,907	$208,907
6		Ian “RiverRiot72” Matakis	$55K	$125,730	$180,730
7		distxretddd	$55K	$90,947	$145,947
8		Pavels “Rigapols81” Spirins	$80K	$65,833	$145,833
9		Chris Moneymaker	$50K	$47,702	$97,702

The top mystery bounty of $500,000 went to RSB Team player Kirill “Rybka1294” (his opponent had ATo).

Rybka1294 eventually finished 20th and earned a total of $570,790 including all bounties.
The second-largest knockout bounty of $145K was claimed by KevinParCoeur for eliminating RSB Team founder Ilya “mediocrity” Pavlov.

Mike “4m4nhasnon4me” Monroig Wins $2,650 Venom MB PLO $2M GTD

The Omaha Venom MB drew 871 total entries. Monroig started the 7-max final table with the shortest stack but ultimately emerged as the winner.

The top bounty of $200K went to the previous Venom MB NLH champion Pedro “MatasSembolas” Neves.

Payouts at the $2,650 Venom MB PLO final table:

Position	Country	Player	Bounty	Payout	Total Payout
1		Mike “4m4nhasnon4me” Monroig	$101,750	$210,314	$312,064
2		Chance “LawyerDad68” Kornuth	$25,000	$157,924	$182,924
3		Jose “Blessed33” Orlando	$86,750	$118,630	$205,380
4		FreddiUrsa	$40,000	$80,968	$120,968
5		Alex “OutFoxenYou” Foxen	$35,000	$54,489	$89,489
6		Yuri “vousconfus” Dzivilevsky	$61,750	$34,532	$96,282
7		Pedro “MatasSembolas” Neves	$200,000	$23,022	$223,022