Bounties Outweigh Placement Prize: James Chen Wins PGT PLO Event #4
James Chen triumphed in the $10,500 PLO Quattro Bounty, taking $107,000 for his finishing position and an additional $132,000 in bounty rewards for a $239,000 total. Both official PGT reports and CardPlayer align on the payout breakdown.
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How the $239,000 Total Was Built
The largest component of James Chen's winning payout was actually bounty rewards. Official PGT reports show that in Event #4 of the PLO Series, he secured a $107,000 position prize alongside $132,000 in bounties, totaling $239,000. CardPlayer's article published September 30 utilized the exact same breakdown.
Looking strictly at a traditional position payout chart misses over half of his total earnings; conversely, recording $239,000 as a simple "first-place prize" misinterprets the tournament results. Bounty event income must always evaluate final placement alongside elimination rewards simultaneously.
Quattro Bounty Opens a Second Revenue Stream
This tournament featured a $10,500 buy-in played in Pot-Limit Omaha (PLO). CardPlayer reported a total of 57 entries, creating a $570,000 main prize pool and a $228,000 bounty pool. The two pools pay out differently and cannot be read as a single standard payout schedule.
Reports record Chen capturing eight bounties, representing the majority of the 14 available bounties in the tournament. $132,000 represents the official total bounty payout released by organizers; total income should be taken directly from this published total rather than mechanically calculated by multiplying a single arbitrary bounty tag.
Defeating Richard Gryko Heads-Up
Chen ultimately defeated Richard Gryko heads-up to claim his second PGT title. Gryko earned $68,400 for his second-place finish along with $32,000 in bounties, totaling $100,400. Third-place finisher Youness Barakat earned a combined $95,900 across both payout streams.
The official recap was dated September 29, followed by detailed media reports on September 30. Its inclusion in this September 30 briefing indicates when the result was compiled and curated, rather than asserting that final table play took place today.
This title was not won in No-Limit Hold'em. PLO uses four hole cards, and made hands must use exactly two hole cards combined with three board cards; when reading hand histories, standard Hold'em rules allowing any best five cards do not apply.
Local reading context
This article combines the September 29 official PGT recap with CardPlayer's September 30 coverage. Results are reported in original USD currency; $239,000 represents the sum of placement prize money and bounties, rather than a standalone first-place payout column figure.
Source report dates: 2026-09-29 / 2026-09-30
Original sources and verification
- PokerGO Tour
September 29 official recap: James Chen awarded $107,000 position prize and $132,000 in bounties, title, and final table results.
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- CardPlayer
September 30 detailed report: 57 entries, prize pool split, eight bounties captured, second PGT title, and top-three payout structures.
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