Bryce Yockey Wins PokerGO Tour Pot-Limit Omaha Series Mystery Bounty Poker Tournament

Bryce Yockey received a four-way all-in late on day 1 of the 2025 PokerGO Tour Pot-Limit Omaha Series $15,000 thriller bounty occasion, scoring a triple knockout to burst the cash bubble. As it seems, that headline-grabbing feat helped put him on observe to take down the entire match. The two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner topped the sector of 78 entries on this occasion to earn $218,400 and his second profession PGT title, having beforehand taken down a $10,000 PLO occasion on the 2023 PGT PLO Series II.

In addition to the trophy and the six-figure prime payday from the principle prize pool, Yockey additionally secured eight of the 15 complete bounty payouts that had been up for grabs on this occasion for one more $110,000 in prize cash. Among his haul had been two of the three $25,000 bounties on supply.

While Yockey secured probably the most bounties, eventual runner-up Tyler Brown got here away with the best bounty payout complete. The bracelet winner accrued $280,000 throughout his seven bounties, thanks largely to pulling the lone $125,000 bounty and each of the $50,000 bounties. All $390,000 of the bounty payouts went to Yockey and Brown, who had been the one gamers to attain knockouts throughout the thriller bounty section of the match that started three gamers off the cash bubble.

After Yockey’s aforementioned triple knockout, a number of large names hit the rail inside the cash by the hands of Yockey and Brown, every incomes a share of the $780,000 that made up the principle prize pool. Among those that cashed had been Lautaro Guerra (eleventh), Jim Collopy (ninth), Sam Soverel (eighth), Chino Rheem (seventh), Dylan Linde (sixth), and Taylor Wilson (4th).

Day 1 ended with three gamers remaining and Brown within the lead. Daniel Negreanu got here into the day because the shortest stack. The seven-time bracelet winner and 11-time PGT champion slowly slid even additional down the leaderboard throughout the first 45 minutes or so, then managed a double as much as give himself some respiration room.

Yockey then fell all the way down to the underside of the counts after making an attempt a bluff that noticed his blockers run into the hand he was making an attempt to symbolize. He bounced again by doubling up with aces and sevens towards the highest pair and flush draw of Negreanu, with the chips getting in on the flip. A brick on the top noticed Yockey surge again into second.

Negreanu’s final stand was made with Okay1085. He raised the button and known as a three-bet from Brown, who held AJ108 within the small blind. Negreanu was left with simply over seven large blinds after calling. The flop got here down 943 and Brown guess that 365,000 into the pot that already sat at 1,250,000. Negreanu known as all-in along with his flush draw and was the fairness favourite with two playing cards to come back. The 9 on the flip was of no assist, although, and the A river sealed it for Brown.

This podium end added $101,400 to Negreanu’s profession haul, which now sits at greater than $54.6 million. The 50-year-old Poker Hall of Famer stays in eighth place on poker’s all-time cash checklist after this, his 519th recorded rating. He additionally climbed to sixth place within the season-long PGT standings and fifth on the sequence leaderboard.

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Heads-up play started with Brown holding higher than a 2:1 lead over Yockey. He received a giant pot with out showdown when he led an open-ended straight flush draw on a paired flop after which successfully three-bet jammed over Brown’s increase. That noticed Yockey edge his method in entrance within the last showdown for the title.

Yockey’s lead sat at 2.75:1 when the ultimate hand of the match was dealt. Brown limped from the button with 7422 and Yockey raised to 240,000 from the massive blind with J1084. The flop got here down 966 and Yockey check-called 280,000. The flip introduced the 7 and Yockey checked once more after making a ten-high straight. Brown guess 525,000 and Yockey got here alongside to see the ten roll off on the top. Yockey checked along with his newfound jack-high straight and Brown moved all-in for 1,555,000. Yockey shortly known as and revealed the winner to lock up the pot and the title.

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