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

A four-way all-in late on day 1 helped propel Bryce Yockey to a victory in the 2025 PokerGO Tour Pot-Limit Omaha Series $15,000 mystery bounty event.

Yockey scored a triple knockout to burst the money bubble towards the end of Wednesday’s action. As it turns out, that headline-grabbing feat put him on track to take down the whole tournament.

The two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner topped the field of 78 entries in this event to earn $218,400 and his second career PGT title, having previously taken down a $10,000 PLO event at the 2023 PGT PLO Series II.

In addition to the trophy and the six-figure top payday from the main prize pool, Yockey earned eight of the 15 total bounty payouts up for grabs. The eight knockouts sent another $110,000 his way. Among his haul were two of the three $25,000 bounties on offer.

While Yockey secured the most bounties, eventual runner-up Tyler Brown came away with the largest bounty payout. The bracelet winner accrued $280,000 across his seven bounties, thanks in large part to pulling the lone $125,000 bounty and both of the $50,000 bounties.

All $390,000 of the bounty payouts went to Yockey and Brown. They were the only players to score knockouts during the mystery bounty segment, which began when the field was three players away from the money bubble.

After Yockey’s aforementioned triple knockout, several big names hit the rail in the money, each earning a share of the $780,000 main prize pool. Among those who cashed were Lautaro Guerra (11th), Jim Collopy (9th), Sam Soverel (8th), Chino Rheem (7th), Dylan Linde (6th), and Taylor Wilson (4th).

Day 1 ended with three players remaining and Brown in the lead. Daniel Negreanu came into the day as the shortest stack. The seven-time bracelet winner and 11-time PGT champion slowly slid even further down the leaderboard during the first 45 minutes or so, then managed a double up to give himself some breathing room.

Yockey then fell down to the bottom of the counts after attempting a bluff that saw his blockers run into the hand he was trying to represent. He bounced back by doubling up with aces and sevens against the top pair and flush draw of Negreanu, with the chips getting in on the turn. A brick on the end saw Yockey surge back into second.

Negreanu’s last stand was made with K1085. He raised the button and called a three-bet from Brown, who held AJ108 in the small blind. Negreanu was left with just over seven big blinds after calling. The flop came down 943 and Brown bet that 365,000 into the pot that already sat at 1,250,000. Negreanu called all-in with his flush draw and was the equity favorite with two cards to come. The 9 on the turn was of no help, though, and the A river sealed it for Brown.

This podium finish added $101,400 to Negreanu’s career haul, which now sits at more than $54.6 million. The 50-year-old Poker Hall of Famer remains in eighth place on poker’s all-time money list after this, his 519th recorded score. He also climbed to sixth place in the season-long PGT standings and fifth on the series leaderboard.

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Heads-up play began with Brown holding better than a 2:1 lead over Yockey. He won a big pot without showdown when he led an open-ended straight flush draw on a paired flop and then effectively three-bet jammed over Brown’s raise. That saw Yockey edge his way in front in the final showdown for the title.

Yockey’s lead sat at 2.75:1 when the final hand of the tournament was dealt. Brown limped from the button with 7422 and Yockey raised to 240,000 from the big blind with J1084.

The flop came down 966 and Yockey check-called 280,000. The turn brought the 7 and Yockey checked again after making a ten-high straight. Brown bet 525,000 and Yockey came along to see the 10 roll off on the end. Yockey checked with his newfound jack-high straight and Brown moved all-in for 1,555,000. Yockey quickly called and revealed the winner to lock up the pot and the title.

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