Chris Moneymaker put together a headline Sunday on ACR Poker, winning the site’s Phil’s Thrill event and then ending the night with the chip lead in a $1,000 Online Super Series tournament. The update came from Moneymaker himself, who shared that he took down Phil’s Thrill before turning his attention to the ongoing OSS schedule.
For Moneymaker, the combination of a trophy and a big stack is the ideal two-for-one: one result is already locked up, and the other sets him up for a deep run with serious money still to play for. Online Sundays can be unforgiving even for high-volume pros, so back-to-back momentum in two separate tournaments is a noteworthy signal that his game is dialed in ahead of the summer grind.
Pretty solid day. Winning the @ACR_POKER phils thrill and bagging chip lead in 1k OSS event
Chris Moneymaker (@CMONEYMAKER)
Phil’s Thrill, named after Phil Hellmuth, is one of ACR’s recurring headline events and tends to draw a competitive field because it’s a recognizable brand inside the schedule. The $1,000 OSS event he referenced is part of the series’ higher buy-in tier, where stacks are shallower and each decision carries more leverage than in the low-stakes mass-field events.
If the chip-lead bag converts into a final table, it adds another marquee result to Moneymaker’s long-running post-boom résumé. It’s also a reminder that the online series calendar can still generate meaningful storylines between live stops, especially when a recognizable champion posts results in real time and gives fans a window into how the session actually went.
