Adam Hendrix Wins Final Hand of PGT PLO Progressive Bounty Event With Quads

The first-ever progressive bounty tournament held on the PokerGO Tour was a smashing success. The 2023 PGT PLO Series II $15,100 pot-limit Omaha progressive bounty event attracted 101 entries, creating a final prize pool of $1,515,000. After two days of action, Alaskan poker pro Adam Hendrix dragged the last pot to secure the title and $324,710.

The final hand was a certified cooler, with Hendrix rivering quad fives to best the turned nines full of his heads-up opponent Daniel Geeng. The chips went in on the river to end the event with a bang.

I'm so happy I managed to take this event! Thanks to my rail for summoning this river card. After taking a shot at the SHRB 100K and getting beat up for the last few months, it's tough to keep showing up. #PGTPLOSeries #Champion https://t.co/0AMhXtvbbi

— Adam Hendrix (@AdamHendrix10) October 24, 2023

With bounties factored in, this is the third-largest score for Hendrix. The 31-year-old had more than $5.6 million in recorded tournament earnings. He was awarded $172,710 from the main prize pool and $152,000 in bounties.

Hendrix also took home 720 Card Player Player of the Year points for this victory. This was his fifth final-table finish of the year. With 2,390 total points and $1,045,381 in to-date POY earnings, he now sits in 120th place in the 2023 POY standings presented by Global Poker.

The 200 PGT ranking points he secured moved him into 45th place on that high-stakes-centric leaderboard. He also joined the top five in the series-long standings.

This event played out over the course of two days inside the PokerGO Studio at ARIA Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. The final day began with Geeng leading and just six players still in contention. Geeng added to his advantage early, busting bracelet winner Joni Jouhkimainen – $69,540 in total payouts).

Hendrix scored his first knockout of the day when all of the chips went in on a 1033 flop with his 10763 leading the J963 of six-time bracelet winner and two-time World Poker Tour champion Daniel Negreanu. Hendrix’s flopped boat held up through the 2 turn and Q river, ending Negreanu’s run in fifth place ($95,175 in total prize money).

Hendrix and Geeng stuck to the pattern of alternating bustouts. Geeng eliminated a short-stacked Chrisitan Heich (4th – $131,355) to narrow the field to three, then Hendrix flopped a straight and held against the turned top set of bracelet winner Richard Gryko (3rd – $118,080 in total prize money). This was Gryko’s third cash of the series, having also placed 20th in the kickoff event and third in the first $10,100 buy-in of the festival. He now sits in second place on the series leaderboard.

Geeng was ahead to start, but the two exchanged the lead a couple of times before Hendrix gained control and began to pull away. That dramatic final hand began with Hendrix raising on the button with his A854. Geend defended his big blind with 9973. The flop came down 554 and both players checked. The 9 on the turn gave Geeng nines full and he bet 900,000 into the pot of 2,100,000. Hendrix called with his fives full of fours and the river brought the case five to improve him to quads. Geeng announced pot, an all-in bet for 1,980,000. Hendrix, of course, snap-called to lock up the pot and the title. Geeng walked away with $320,710 in total earnings as the runner-up finisher.

Here is a look at the payouts and rankings points awarded at the final table:

Here is a look at the current top ten in the series points race after four events:

1st: Stephen Hubbard – 262 points
2nd: Richard Gryko – 246 points
3rd: Eelis Parssinen – 236 points
4th: Vasil Medarov – 200 points
5th: Adam Hendrix – 200 points
6th: Daniel Geeng – 188 points
7th: Allan Le – 171 points
8th: Matthew Wantman – 151 points
9th: Dylan Weisman – 122 points
10th: Karel Mokry – 115 points

Photo credits: PokerGO / Antonio Abrego.

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