Kevin Schulz Wins 2015 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event For Nearly $1.5 MillionAmerican Tops Field Of 816 Entries To Win His First EPT TItle |
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From a field of 816 entrants American Kevin Schulz emerged victorious in the 2015 European Poker Tour PokerStars Caribbean Adventure main event, earning his first EPT main event title and $1,491,580 for the win.
“I’m pretty happy. I had some pretty good reads on everybody, but you never know what’s going to happen," said Schulz after the win. "I love skydiving but this is maybe one of the most intense things I’ve done in my life!”
In addition to the title and the money the 26-year-old poker pro also earned 2,280 Card Player Player of the Year points, putting him well into the lead in the 2015 POY race. The PCA main event has consistently been one of the biggest tournaments of the year with a huge impact on the POY standings. In fact, six out of the past seven years the PCA champ finished inside the top twenty in the POY standings at year’s end.
Chance Kornuth had the chip lead among the six that returned for the final day of this event, with Schulz entering with the next largest stack. Schulz won a key hand with A
A
to eliminate fifth-place finisher Juan Martin Pastor, who got his last chips in preflop with A
K only to find out that he was in horrible shape. After Schulz hand held there he overtook the chip lead, and although there were plenty of lead changes during four and three-handed play, by the time he got heads-up with Diego Ventura Schulz held a nearly 4-to-1 chip lead.
On the final hand Schulz called in position with the K3 and Ventura checked his 104. The flop brought the Q
64 and Ventura checked. Schulz bet 365,000 and Ventura made the call with his bottom pair. The turn was the K and Ventura checked, drawing a 775,000 bet from Schultz. Ventura made the call and the river brought the 6.
Ventura checked and Schulz bet 900,000. Ventura then moved all in for just over 3.1 million in chips. After some thought Schulz made the call. His pair of kings was indeed good enough to secure him the pot and the title, sending Ventura to rail as the runner up with $907,080 and 1,900 POY points.
Here is a look at the payouts and POY points awarded at the final table:
| Place | Player | Earnings (USD) | POY Points |
| 1 | Kevin Schulz | $1,491,580 | 2280 |
| 2 | Diego Ventura | $907,080 | 1900 |
| 3 | Chance Kornuth | $641,140 | 1520 |
| 4 | Niklas Hambitzer | $482,820 | 1140 |
| 5 | Juan Martin Pastor | $380,720 | 950 |
| 6 | Rami Boukai | $285,740 | 760 |
| 7 | Pratyush Buddiga | $203,420 | 570 |
| 8 | Dylan Linde | $140,900 | 380 |
Photo courtesy of PokerStars / Neil Stoddart.
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