Richard Gryko Wins Super High Roller Series Event #10 for $115,000 and $232,750 in Bounties

The 2024 Super High Roller Series concluded at the Merit Royal Diamond Hotel & Spa in North Cyprus, with Richard Gryko winning the final event and claiming his first PGT title in Event #10: $25,750 Pot-Limit Omaha Mystery Bounty (6-Max).

This was Gryko's first career PGT title after topping the 19-entrant field to win the $115,000 first-place prize. Having eliminated both players in the money, he also scooped the entire bounty pool of $232,750. This was Gryko's first tournament victory since 2019, and sixth-largest career score. Including the bounties, his total earnings of $347,750 top his career-best $340,000 score for finishing 18th in the 2017 WSOP Main Event. Gryko's lifetime tournament earnings now climb to more than $2,332,000, which moves him to 58th place on England's All-Time Money List, according to The Hendon Mob.

In the Super High Roller Series's second Mystery Bounty format tournament, 19 players would take a seat and create a prize pool of $465,500. Half the prize pool would be reserved towards Mystery Bounties, with $27,750 (1), $70,000 (1), and $135,000 (1), up for grabs among the final three players.

Once the final two players from Event #9 were eliminated, Joni Jouhkimainen and Gergo Nagy, it was a four-handed battle between Gryko, Jan-Peter Jachtmann, Lautaro Guerra, and Jeremy Ausmus. Ausmus was fresh off his third-place finish in Super High Roller Bowl IX, but his run of good fortune in the two-card game wouldn't crossover to the four-card game as he was eliminated on the money bubble in fourth place. Inaugural PGT PLO Series champion Guerra was the next to fall to Gryko, as the Spaniard took home $42,250 in prize money.

Gryko held a significant chip advantage over Jachtmann at the start of heads-up play, but the German found several doubles to move into the chip lead. Gryko wrestled back the lead and then relinquished it before he was all-in with a wrap against Jachtmann's two pair. Gryko rivered his straight and doubled through, leaving Jachtmann with just two big blinds. The next hand, Jachtmann was all-in with jacks and some danglers, while Gryko had nines and fives in his hand. Gryko flopped a full house, and when Jachtmann was unable to hit a jack, he was eliminated in second place and Gryko collected his first PGT title.

2024 Super High Roller Series Event #10 Results

After his victory, Richard Gryko moves to 142nd on the PGT leaderboard with 312 PGT points from four cashes. This was Jan-Peter Jachtmann's first cash of the season, and he ranks 423rd on the PGT leaderboard with 91 PGT points. Lautaro Guerra climbs to 166th on the PGT leaderboard with 277 PGT points, having cashed four times this season.

PGT Leaderboard Top 10 

These are the leaderboard standings as of Sunday, August 25, 2024. The complete and current PGT leaderboard is at pgt.com/leaderboard.

Upcoming on the PGT schedule is the 2024 Poker Masters from September 10 to 19. The series will be entirely No-Limit Hold'em tournaments with buy-ins ranging from $5,100 to $25,200. The player that accumulates the most PGT points throughout the series will be awarded the Poker Masters Purple Jacket and earn a $25,000 PGT Passport. Pot-Limit Omaha will dominate October on the PGT schedule with the PGT PLO Series II running from October 14 to 22, and Super High Roller Bowl: $100k Pot-Limit Omaha running from October 24-26. Two new PGT series will debut in November, with one being a No-Limit Hold'em bounty series at the PokerGO Studio, while the other will be a Pot-Limit Omaha series at Champions Club in Houston, Texas. More information will be made available shortly.

For complete PGT schedule information, check out pgt.com/schedule.

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