A four-way all-in late on day 1 helped propel Bryce Yockey to a victory within the 2025 PokerGO Tour Pot-Restrict Omaha Collection $15,000 thriller bounty occasion.
Yockey scored a triple knockout to burst the cash bubble in the direction of the top of Wednesday’s motion. Because it seems, that headline-grabbing feat put him on observe to take down the entire event.
The 2-time World Collection of Poker bracelet winner topped the sphere 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 Collection II.
Along with the trophy and the six-figure high payday from the primary prize pool, Yockey earned eight of the 15 whole bounty payouts up for grabs. The eight knockouts despatched one other $110,000 his method. Amongst his haul had been two of the three $25,000 bounties on supply.
Whereas Yockey secured essentially the most bounties, eventual runner-up Tyler Brown got here away with the biggest bounty payout. 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. They had been the one gamers to attain knockouts in the course of the thriller bounty section, which started when the sphere was three gamers away from the cash bubble.
After Yockey’s aforementioned triple knockout, a number of massive names hit the rail within the cash, every incomes a share of the $780,000 foremost prize pool. Amongst 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 in the course of the first 45 minutes or so, then managed a double as much as give himself some respiration room.
Yockey then fell right down to the underside of the counts after making an attempt a bluff that noticed his blockers run into the hand he was attempting to characterize. He bounced again by doubling up with aces and sevens in opposition to 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 Okay
10
85. He raised the button and referred to as a three-bet from Brown, who held A
J
108 within the small blind. Negreanu was left with simply over seven massive 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 referred to as all-in together 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 Corridor of Famer stays in eighth place on poker’s all-time cash listing after this, his 519th recorded rating. He additionally climbed to sixth place within the season-long PGT standings and fifth on the collection leaderboard.
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Heads-up play started with Brown holding higher than a 2:1 lead over Yockey. He gained 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 elevate. That noticed Yockey edge his method in entrance within the closing showdown for the title.
Yockey’s lead sat at 2.75:1 when the ultimate hand of the event 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 together with his newfound jack-high straight and Brown moved all-in for 1,555,000. Yockey shortly referred to as and revealed the winner to lock up the pot and the title.
Closing Desk Outcomes
Place
Participant
Earnings
POY Factors
PGT Factors
1
Bryce Yockey
$218,400
504
262
2
Tyler Brown
$140,400
420
168
3
Daniel Negreanu
$101,400
336
122
4
Taylor Wilson
$74,100
252
89
5
Brian Breck
$54,600
210
66
6
Dylan Linde
$39,000
168
47
7
Chino Rheem
$31,200
126
37
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