Nick Schulman Takes An Early Lead in PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Super High Roller Event

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The Super High Roller event at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure is underway and leading the field is Nick Schulman, who was able to stack high stakes pro Koen “tuff_shark” Berendsen just 30 minutes in to the first level on a massive cooler.

The players started with 250,000 in chips and blinds of 500-1,000 with a 100 ante, and both players were hovering around those stacks when the hand went down.

Schulman raised from under the gun with pocket aces and was called by Sorel Mizzi. Berendsen three-bet from the button. Schulman four-bet, getting Mizzi to fold and Berendsen five-bet four about a quarter of his stack. Schulman moved in and was called by pocket kings, giving him twice as many chips as anyone in the field.

Check out Schulman’s analysis of the hand below.

Nick Schulman’s Hand Analysis

“I played with him alot in a tournament in Monte Carlo. We were pretty deep and playing a lot of hands against each other, so that was pretty much my history with him. I knew he was a pretty active player, but also really tough.

I made it 2,500 from under the gun and Sorel called immediately to my left. It folded around to Koen on the button and he made it 10,200. I was thinking that I wanted to just go ahead and build a big pot right there with Koen, while shutting Sorel out of the hand. I figured he had a strong hand that he’d most likely call a four-bet with, so I reraised to 28,500.

Sorel folded and Koen didn’t waste much time making it 65,000. I thought that given our history, a ship from me doesn’t necessarily have to scream big strength. Against some other players, I might have just called, but at the time, I thought there were a few hands he might have stacked off with, including queens or even jacks.

I’m not so sure that was actually the case, but I was fortunate that he had two kings and was never getting away from them. He actually snap called me, so that just shows you that he was paying attention when we played in Monte Carlo, because I was showing down some crazy stuff then."

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