THE VENOM PKO TOURNAMENT $5M GTD
THE VENOM PKO TOURNAMENT $5M GTD
The Venom PKO is the version of the flagship tournament The Venom on PokerKing with knockouts. The tournament has the $2,650 buy-in and a $5,000,000 guarantee. It runs from April 20th to May 4th, 2022.
The tournament has 4 flights which start according to the following schedule:
Day 1A — April 20 at 1:05 PM ET;
Day 1B — April 23 at 1:05 PM ET;
Day 1C — April 27 at 1:05 PM ET;
Day 1D — April 30 at 1:05 PM ET.
All of the flight have a similar structure:
- Starting stack: 187.5 bb;
- Starting bounty: $1,250;
- Late registration: 18 levels, 20 min each;
- Unlimited re-entries;
- Flight duration: 28 levels (9 hours 20 min of play time not including breaks).
Day 2, called [Main Event] in the PokerKing lobby, starts on May 1st at 1:05 PM ET. It’s only possible to pass the qualifications to the tournament once — after successfully completing one of the flights. After that, registering to other flights becomes impossible.

Day 2 lasts 7 hours of play time not including the breaks, after which the remaining players will return on May 2 at 1:00 PM ET to play the Day 3.
Day 3 lasts before the final table is formed (i.e. to 8 players remaining), after which the remaining players will return on May 3 at 5:05 PM ET to play the final table.
The tournament schedule for The Venom PKO can be found in the PokerKing lobby, “Tourney” tab, sections “Venom” and “All”.
Players can qualify to The Venom PKO through satellites.
Venom Fever Satellites
There are over 1,000 guaranteed seats up for grabs to the Venom PKO (Day 1A on Thursday, October 20th) in VenomFever Satellites. Buy-ins are from $32 to $215 with up to 20 tickets. The Venom Fever satellite runs from April 2nd to April 30th.

There are three types of satellites:
VenomFever Sat — satellites with 12-minute levels of blinds and 3-hour late registration. Starting stack 8,000 chips.
VenomFever Turbo Sat — satellites with 5 minute levels of blinds and 2 hours late registration. Starting stack 25,000 chips.
VenomFever Hyper Sat — satellites with 5 minute levels of blinds and 50 minutes late registration. Starting stack 2,500 chips.
Also in the name of the satellites there are special marks:
Euro — satellites for players from Europe (starts in the afternoon by Moscow time).
MEGA — satellites with 5 tickets or more GTD.
MONSTER — satellites with 10 tickets or more GTD.
You can find satellite schedule at Venom Fever Satellites page.
Venom Step Satellites

Step Satellites are regular Sit & Go satellites.
Name | Buy-in | Players to start | GTD |
Step 1 | $0,11 | 15 | 10 tickets Step 2 |
Step 2 | $0,45 | 12 | 8 tickets Step 3 |
Step 3 | $1,40 | 10 | 7 tickets Step 4 |
Step 4 | $4 | 10 | 6 tickets Step 5 |
Step 5 | $12 | 8 | 5 tickets Step 6 |
Step 6 | $32 | 8 | 4 tickets Step 7 |
Step 7 | $95 | 6 | 3 tickets Step 8 |
Step 8 | $290 | 4 | 2 tickets Step 9 |
Step 9 | $880 | 5 | 2 tickets $2,650 The Venom |
Some steps can be skipped through The Venom Skip. In fact, you can win a ticket in 5 steps:
Buy-in The Venom Skip | GTD |
$0,25 | 2 tickets Step 3 GTD |
$1,40 | 2 tickets Step 5 GTD |
$12 | 2 tickets Step 7 GTD |
$95 | 2 tickets Step 9 GTD |
$880 | 2 ticket $2,650 The Venom |
You can also win a ticket for $2,650 The Venom in special Cyclones Blitz step-satellites.
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