Skilled participant and poker commentator Nick Schulman is now a five-time World Collection of Poker bracelet winner after taking down the $25,000 Six-Handed Excessive Curler occasion final night time. He scored his second-best event money of $1,667,842 by enjoying wrecking ball on the last desk.
After profitable a flip early holding QQ in opposition to Noel Rodriguez’s AK that gave him a large chip lead, the 39-year-old went to remove 5 of the subsequent seven opponents for his first bracelet in a non-mixed sport occasion. He put himself in a groove that, he mentioned, put him within the driver’s seat on the last desk.
“It felt unimaginable,” Schulman mentioned concerning the hand. “All people who’s performed poker tournaments has quite a lot of residual trauma. Holding there was wonderful. After which that arrange the place there was one large chip chief, it’s fairly uncommon and a really particular setup to seek out your self in,” he mentioned. “I used to be lucky sufficient to have the form of golden lane, the place they’ll’t actually do something. Even when they know you’re messing round, they nonetheless form of can’t do something. And that’s one of the best place to be in at a last desk.”
Whereas Schulman was going for his fifth bracelet, runner-up Rodriguez was making an attempt to get his first. As a substitute, he secured his life-time finest money by doubling his lifetime whole with the $1,111,897 prize for second. His finest money got here simply in December on the World Poker Tour’s $10,000 championship the place he completed nineteenth for $236,300.
His second-place end was unbelievable — he was down to 2 large blinds after dropping his early race to Schulman.
The occasion attracted 318 entries, which was 17 greater than final 12 months. They created a prize-pool of $7,473,000. The ultimate desk included six-time bracelet holder and 2018 WSOP Participant of the 12 months Shaun Deeb (eighth for $153,302) and Ben Heath and his $22 million in tourney cashes (fifth for $376,762).
Schulman gained his earlier 4 bracelets in mixed-game occasions beginning in 2009 with a victory within the $10,000 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship. He repeated as championship of that occasion in 2012. He scored his third WSOP Bracelet within the $10,000 Pot Restrict Omaha Hello-Lo 8 or Higher occasion in 2019 and bracelet number-four final 12 months in a $1,500 Seven Card Stud occasion.
He additionally owns a WSOP Circuit ring he seized in a $1,000 on-line occasion in 2022. His WSOP money whole is greater than $8 million, whereas his life whole strikes within the $20 million neighborhood with this victory.
Schulman’s largest event rating got here in a $10,000 World Poker Tour occasion on the WPT finals in 2005 that was good for $2,167,500. That is his third money value greater than a $1 million — he gained $1,187,820 for third-place end within the $100,000 buy-in occasion on the 2019 WSOP.
Schulman joins Scott Seiver and Robert Mizrachi as gamers who gained their fifth WSOP bracelets this collection.
