Quattro king: Landon Tice hauls one third of prize pool at PGT Bounty Blitz

The PGT Bounty Blitz has introduced a number of these new bounty formats to the tour's offerings, including today's Quattro Bounty format. 

It's a relatively simple concept. In a Quattro Bounty tournament, each bounty prize is quadrupled – so, for instance, the bounties in the PGT Quattro were worth $8,000 apiece as $2,000 of each player's buy-in for the event went to the bounty prize pool. There's another twist, however, as these bounties only come into play when 25% of the starting field remains. In PGT Bounty Blitz Event #3, the bounties came into play when 13 players remained. 

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Andrews takes bad beat

While he started in a strong position in the chip counts, Andress was the first player eliminated at the final table. After sending a full double to Ostapchenko in a blind versus blind clash, Andress quickly found a promising spot to regain his chips. In the face of an under-the-gun open from Ostapchenko and a flat call from Andrews in the small blind, Andress moved all-in over the top with . 

Ostapchenko called with while Andrews fled the scene. It was a fair fight and a flip for Andress' tournament life – one that he came out on the wrong end of as the runout left Ostapchenko with the best of it. 

Cherish Andrews took a brutal beat on the final table of Event #3.

Andrews fell next, a victim of one of poker's most brutal coolers. From the cutoff, she raised with and drew a call from Shak in the small blind. On the flop, she connected with top pair, top kicker and looked to be in a good spot. Unbeknownst to Andrews, Shak had laid a trap by only calling from the small blind with and had her drawing nearly dead on the flop. 

Shak check-called a small bet from Andrews to bring in the turn. Andrews bet once again and this time Shak moved all-in for the rest of her chips and she made the call – now drawing stone dead. The inconsequential completed the board and Andrews was sent to the rail in fifth place. 

Shak finds right side again, Tice surges

Shak laid claim to a second bounty at the final table not long after his elimination of Andrews. With , he raised from the cutoff and both Tice and Ostapchenko called from the blinds, with and respectively. The flop saw both Shak and Ostapchenko connect with trips.

In the face of a bet from the pre-flop raiser, Tice cleared the way, but Ostapchenko pounced with a check-raise and Shak quickly called. On the turn , Ostapchenko fired again and Shak moved all-in for the rest of it. Ostapchenko quickly called – only to see the bad news. With outs to a chop and the win, Ostapchenko wasn't out of it yet, but the river confirmed his elimination and added another bounty to Shak's haul. 

Sam Laskowitz came into the final table as the chip leader, but had to settle for a third-place finish and no bounties.

When three-handed play began, Shak was in the driver's seat while Tice was by far the shortest stack with just seven big blinds to work with. Then, a double through Laskowitz gave him breathing room and a second scoop against Shak had him right back in the running. 

After a few more small pots went his way, Tice covered Laskowitz and took a shot at his bounty. Laskowitz moved all-in from the button with and Tice re-shoved with . Shak fled the scene from the big blind and the cards hit their backs. Tice had the best of it, but Laskowitz was drawing live. The board improved only Tice, however, and Laskowitz's day ended in a third-place finish. 

Tice ends it

It was a back-and-forth battle during the heads-up portion of play as the chip lead changed hands more than once. Tice held the advantage to start, but Shak took control with an early double up. As the match wore on, though, Tice chipped away at his opponent until he held a substantial lead. 

The final hand saw Shak commit the last of his chips with from the small blind. Tice peeled and quickly called to put his opponent at risk. The board changed nothing and Tice's ace-high was good enough to take down the pot and, with it, the first-place prize. 

PGT Bounty Blitz Event #3 Results

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