Landon Tice Wins First PGT Title and $79,500 in PGT Bount Blitz Event #3

It was an up-and-down day for Landon Tice, but he ultimately rose to the occasion and captured the title in PGT Bounty Blitz Event #3: $5,100 No-Limit Hold’em Quattro. Starting the day in the middle of the pack, Tice steadily worked his way to the top, securing a victory just days after his friend Jeremy Becker had done the same.

The final table of Event #3 played out at a much slower pace than its Event #2 counterpart, with nearly two full levels passing before the first elimination. That came when John Andress jammed ace-jack into Andrew Ostapchenko’s pocket sixes and failed to improve. The resulting chip boost for Ostapchenko helped set up Tice’s first double of the day, when his pocket fives held against Ostapchenko’s ace-five, vaulting Tice toward the top of the counts.

Cherish Andrews was the next to go, falling victim to a brutal cooler. She connected on an ace-high board holding ace-king, but Dan Shak had laid the trap with pocket aces. The setup sent Andrews out in fifth place.

For a moment, it appeared to be Shak’s tournament to lose. He doubled through Tice into the chip lead and later eliminated Ostapchenko in fourth when both players made trip fours, but Shak’s superior kicker earned him the knockout.

That’s when the tide turned. Tice rattled off a string of double-ups—three in quick succession—to surge back into the chip lead. He then eliminated Sam Laskowitz in third place when his ace-jack held up against Laskowitz’s queen-ten. That left Tice ahead entering heads-up play against Shak.

Although Shak briefly reclaimed the lead, Tice quickly regained control and wore him down to just a few big blinds. On the final hand, Shak moved all in with king-high, only to run into Tice’s ace-queen. The ace-high held across the board, sealing the win for Tice.

Event #3: $5,100 No-Limit Hold'em Quattro Final Table Payouts

The PGT Bounty Blitz Series six-event schedule consists exclusively of No-Limit Hold'em events, and all buy-ins are $5,300, with a $200 discount available for on-time entry for players in the registration line by the start of play.

Unique to PGT Bounty Blitz is that every event will be a different bounty format, with $2,000 from each player's entry set aside for the bounty pool.

The remaining events are as follows: Event #4 is a Progressive Knockout, where each elimination earns the player half the bounty paid out in cash, which is then added to their bounty value. Event #5 is a Mystery Bounty, and the second-highest bounty prize will be reserved for the final table. Event #6 is a standard knockout tournament, with an elimination earning the player $2,000. 

PGT Leaderboard Top 10 

Tice earned $47,500 for first place, plus $32,000 in bounties and 79 PGT points. The victory marks his first PGT title of the season and his sixth cash, bringing him to 666 PGT points, 81st place on the leaderboard, and $1,080,512 in total winnings. Shak's second place finish marked his second for the season. Cherish Andrews earned her 5th cash and moved into 218th place while Andrew OStapchenko earned his 5th cash as well and moved into 62nd place on the PGT leaderboard. John Andress broke into the top 300 with his 3rd cash of the series while Sam Laskowitz moved into 147th place with his 3rd place finish.

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