Yockey steamrolls Dealer’s Choice Championship final table for 3rd bracelet

Posted on: June 10, 2026 01:15 PDT

He’s one of the most successful and respected mixed game players in any World Series of Poker tournament that isn’t No-Limit Hold ‘em, and now he has one of the most prestigious titles to his name as well.

Bryce Yockey put on a final table clinic, hammering away mercilessly against his helpless opponents to take down the $10,000 Dealer's Choice Championship for his third career bracelet and $371,664.

With previous bracelet wins in PLO and PLO 8 or Better, claiming a title in the event that he ranks only behind the $50,000 Poker Players Championship and the $10,000 Main Event means a lot to him.

Bryce Yockey finally won a bracelet in an event he'd dreamt of winning for a long time

Bryce Yockey finally got a bracelet in an event he'd dreamt of winning for a while.

“I’ve wanted to win this tournament for a really long time.”

He elaborated on how the variety of 21 available games makes it special and prestigious.

“It’s kind of a weird tournament, because in some ways, it's not like winning a H.O.R.S.E. tournament. When you play H.O.R.S.E., everyone gets to play the games they know they’re walking into. In this tournament, you make people play weird stuff, so I definitely think it helps, but it’s kind of different than winning the PPC. That’s my number one.”

Final table dominance

Yockey started the day in the middle of an 11-player start-of-day pack, but quickly built himself a formidable and then dominant stack, holding over 50 percent of the chips in play at dinner with five opponents still left.

2023 champion Chad Eveslage fell in 4th place to Yockey.

It was a day he described as fun, but not without a bit of adversity, as after the break, he redistributed some of his chips to his opponents. He still had the lead, but victory was by no means a lock. At that point, he leaned on his experience to regain control and sail to the finish line.

“I think the me five years ago would have struggled a lot more in that situation, where I would have maybe started getting in my head and start thinking ‘oh no, this might be going south’. But the reality is, if you stepped back and told me I would have five million chips four-handed, four million chips four-handed, I would have been ecstatic.”

Yockey was a powerhouse at the final table with his huge chip stack.

He continued, “The fact that I did lose a lot of chips, yeah, it kind of sucked, but I didn’t think I was doing anything wrong. I felt my game plan was completely fine. I thought they were just playing well and winning pots at the right moment, and if it swings back my way, I had enough chips to just take it over again, and that happened.”

$10,000 Dealer's Choice final table results: