ACR Poker's USA Weekly Leaderboard starts on Monday 12 October, and US-registered accounts can earn points in 40 flagged tournaments from Monday to Thursday. The weekly top 10 share $6,195 in Sunday tickets, with the first bundles delivered on Friday 16 October for Sunday 18 October.
The leaderboard is US-only. Accounts registered outside the United States do not appear in the standings and cannot collect the tickets, which makes this an ACR promotion built for the room's home market rather than the whole Winning Poker Network.
That first Sunday is a crowded one, since 18 October is also Day 1E of the $6.5M Dual Venom PKOs. A ticket bundle on the same day as a Venom flight is a full afternoon for anyone who wins the week.
Play the leaderboard on the VIP-Grinders deal. Code VIPELITE gets the 100% up to $2,000 welcome bonus with Elite Benefits or 27% fixed rakeback, plus the exclusive $4,000 WPN VG Race and two $500 freerolls a month that direct sign-ups do not get. Full terms on our ACR Poker bonus code page.
The Top 10 Win $1,294, $664 or $449 in Tickets
Rewards are tournament tickets rather than cash, and the bundle shrinks as you move down the standings. The winner collects every featured Sunday event, places two to five lose the $630 Sunday HR, and places six to ten lose the $215 Sunday Special as well.
| Weekly finish | Ticket value | Bundle |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | $1,294 | All 10 featured Sunday tournaments |
| 2nd to 5th | $664 each | 9 events, all except the $630 Sunday HR |
| 6th to 10th | $449 each | 8 events, all except the Sunday HR and the $215 Sunday Special |
The three tiers add up to the $6,195 headline: $1,294 plus four lots of $664 plus five lots of $449. A ticket lands in your account as a ticket, not an entry, so you still register for each event yourself.
The Ten Featured Sunday Tournaments
Eight events appear in every bundle, and together those eight tickets are worth $449. The Sunday Special and Sunday HR are the two that separate the tiers.
| Event | Format | Who gets the ticket |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday Splash | Regular | Every top 10 finisher |
| Major Mash up MB | Mystery Bounty | Every top 10 finisher |
| Sunday Moneymaker | Regular | Every top 10 finisher |
| Sunday Smash | Regular | Every top 10 finisher |
| Mini-Special | Regular | Every top 10 finisher |
| Pardy Time PKO | Progressive KO | Every top 10 finisher |
| The Encore MB | Mystery Bounty | Every top 10 finisher |
| Curtain Call MB | Mystery Bounty | Every top 10 finisher |
| $215 Sunday Special, $200K GTD | Regular | 1st to 5th |
| $630 Sunday HR, $500K GTD | Regular | 1st only |
The featured schedule runs from 10:30am ET to 4:15pm ET, with tickets from $11 to $630. Three Mystery Bounties and a PKO sit in the shared eight, so half the tickets are bounty poker. That makes how to value a bounty before you call worth reading first.
What the ACR USA Weekly Leaderboard Costs to Chase
Ten flagged events run each evening from Monday to Thursday, all between 6:15pm ET and 9:45pm ET. The Loncar and Boski Daily Doubles each run twice, which is how the nightly card reaches ten.
| Time (ET) | Tournament | Buy-in |
|---|---|---|
| 6:15pm | The Loncar Daily Double | $55 |
| 6:15pm | The Boski Daily Double | $11 |
| 6:45pm | The Loncar Daily Double | $55 |
| 6:45pm | The Boski Daily Double | $11 |
| 7:05pm | PKO | $33 |
| 7:15pm | PKO | $88 |
| 7:30pm | PKO | $16.50 |
| 8:15pm | Regular | $109 |
| 8:45pm | Mystery Bounty Turbo | $33 |
| 9:45pm | PKO Hyper | $21 |
Fire the full card and you spend $432.50 a night, or $1,730 across the four qualifying nights, to chase tickets worth at most $1,294. Nobody should play the leaderboard as a volume target; it rewards players who are already in those evening games and happen to run well.
Points come from finishes in flagged events only, through ACR's series leaderboard system, and the standings reset every Monday. An event without the USA flag in the lobby adds nothing, whatever its buy-in.
A US regular playing the $33 PKO, the $21 Hyper and the $11 Boski each night spends $260 a week for four shots at the standings. The Main Event Sunday card in September is the most recent full ACR Sunday we broke down.
Friday Delivery, Sunday Deadline, Midnight Expiry
The rules around the tickets are where a week's work gets wasted, and there are four of them.
- Delivery: the top 10 receive their tickets on the Friday after the contest closes.
- Use by: every ticket is for the first Sunday after that week's contest, and no other.
- Registration: a ticket does not enter you; you register for each event yourself before late registration closes.
- Expiry: tickets die at midnight ET at the end of that Sunday and cannot be carried forward.
A Friday bundle you forget about on Sunday is worth nothing by Monday morning. Set the registrations up on Friday and the problem goes away.
The First Contest Runs 12 to 15 October
The opening week follows the same shape every later week will.
| Date | What happens |
|---|---|
| Monday 12 to Thursday 15 October | Points earned in the 40 flagged tournaments |
| Friday 16 October | Top 10 receive their ticket bundles |
| Sunday 18 October | Tickets used on the featured schedule, expiring at midnight ET |
| Monday 19 October | Second contest begins |
For a US player already in ACR's evening card, the leaderboard is free value on games they play anyway. For anyone tempted to add tables to chase it, $1,730 is the number to keep in view. The measured rakeback in our full ACR Poker review softens it.
Not on ACR yet? Open your account with code VIPELITE before Monday's first qualifier, then ask support for the 27% fixed deal unless you expect to rake more than about $1,500 a month. Claim the VIP-Grinders ACR Poker deal.
ACR's release gives no end date, so treat it as weekly until the flags disappear from the lobby. We will track the first winners and any changes to the tiers in our daily poker news and promotions coverage.
