Taylor Wilson has been sniffing glory all season. Fourth in this same event back in April. Fourth again earlier in the series in Event #5. Tonight, he finally closed, taking down PGT PLO Series Event #8: $15,100 Pot Limit Omaha Mystery Bounty for $195,000 and a massive $190,000 in bounties. The finish also delivered 234 PGT points, moving Wilson to 2nd on the PGT PLO Series Leaderboard, just behind Sean Winter. We’re keeping the same clean, fast format we used for Event #7.
Quick Recap
PGT PLO Series II — Event #8: $15,100 Pot‑Limit Omaha Mystery Bounty
Entrants: 65 | Prize Pool: $975,000 | 1st: $195,000 | Places Paid: 10
Buy‑in note: $15,100 total ($15,000 to prize pool).
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Wilson’s Road to the Trophy
Wilson’s run had the right kind of momentum. He started the day by ripping a bounty he’d earned the night before for $5,000, then clipped an early pot from Chino Rheem to pull into the lead. That set the tone: steady pressure, good spots, and a timely bluff when it mattered most.
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Final Table Action
6th — Sean Winter ($35,700)
Sean Winter opened the button with A♦K♣Q♠T♦ and faced a small‑blind pot from Allan Le (J♥7♥5♥4♦). Winter re‑potted all‑in and got snapped. Board: T♠ 5♠ 8♥ 5♣ 7♦. Le filled up by the river to score the knockout and a $5,000 bounty. Winter collected $35,700 and 43 PGT points.
5th — Chino Rheem ($48,700)
Chino Rheem made it 140,000 on the button with Q♥Q♠T♣4♥. Frederic Normand (A♠8♠8♣5♠) defended. Flop J♥‑7♦‑6♦, Normand potted; Rheem called off. Runout: 9♦, Q♦ gave Normand a straight using his 8‑5 with 6‑7‑9 on board. Rheem out in fifth for $48,700 and 58 points; Normand peeled a $5,000 bounty.
4th — Dylan Linde ($65,000)
Dylan Linde raised the button with A♦A♥J♥7♠, and Normand defended with 7♣6♠5♦4♦. Flop 7♥6♥2♣; c‑bet, then a pot from Normand; Linde called off. The board ran …4♣, T♠ and Normand’s seven‑high rundown held to crack aces. Linde banked $65,000 and Normand ripped another $5,000 bounty, leaving the big mystery envelopes still in play.
3rd — Allan Le ($87,800)
Button limp from Wilson with Q♠T♥6♦5♠; Normand called the small blind with A♠8♣4♣3♣; Le (A♣K♦8♦6♥) raised the big blind to 320,000. Wilson repotted to 1,040,000; Normand folded; Le called off 930,000. Board J♣J♠T♦8♥2♣. Wilson’s pair of tens held. Le earned $87,800, and Wilson claimed another bounty.
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Heads‑Up — Wilson vs Normand
Stacks were close until the hand that flipped the script. Taylor Wilson limped, called a raise, and reached J♥8♦7♠ with K♥T♠T♦5♦ into Normand’s Q♠Q♣6♣4♥. Wilson bet flop, fired 650,000 on the 9♦ turn, then jammed over a 1,400,000 check‑raise with just a pair of tens. Normand folded, and Wilson vaulted ahead.
Final hand: Taylor Wilson 9♠9♣8♣3♦ vs. Normand A♠K♠5♦5♣. Flop 8♦‑3♠‑2♦ gave Wilson two pair; he held through 7♠, K♣ to seal it.
Bounty Breakdown + Leaderboard
Wilson opened the final three envelopes after the win: $5,000, $50,000, and $125,000, adding to earlier hits for a $190,000 bounty total. Normand’s mystery haul reached $90,000; Le scored $30,000; Linde pulled $15,000. The victory gives Wilson 234 PGT points and moves him into 2nd on the series leaderboard behind Sean Winter, with two events still to play.
Event #8: $15,100 Pot‑Limit Omaha Mystery Bounty — Final Table Payouts
Takeaways
- Mystery pressure is real. Players tighten around big envelopes; use that to steal and 3‑bet wider when stacks allow.
- Rundowns crack pairs. Linde’s aces vs Normand’s 7‑high rundown is the lesson. In PLO tournaments, overpairs without redraws are fragile.
- Blockers = leverage. Wilson’s turn shove with T‑T worked because he removed key straights and two‑pair combos from Normand.
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