Nick Schulman Takes Down PGT Mixed Games Triple Stud Title

Nick Schulman captured his third title of 2023 on Wednesday, Oct. 11. The World Poker Tour champion and four-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner emerged victorious from a field of 40 entries in the PGT Mixed Games II $10,200 buy-in triple stud tournament with $144,000 in prize money.

This victory saw Schulman increase his career tournament earnings to nearly $16.8 million. The 39-year-old poker pro and frequent PokerGO commentator has now recorded 190 live tournament scores since first exploding on the scene with a $2.1 million win in the 2005 WPT World Poker Finals, accumulating 13 titles along the way.

Schulman has made ten final tables in 2023, accumulating 2,730 Card Player Player of the Year points along the way. This summer he secured his fourth WSOP title by taking down a $1,500 buy-in stud event for $110,800. In September he took down a $25,000 no-limit hold’em event during the Poker Masters festival for another $374,000. With more than $1.1 million in to-date POY earnings, Schulman has climbed into 74th place in this year’s POY race standings presented by Global Poker.

This victory also put Schulman within reach of the top 40 in the season-long PGT points race. The top 40 in the final standings will earn a seat in the $1 million freeroll PGT Championship this December. He currently sits in 42nd place after adding 144 points to his total with this latest win. He is also fourth in the PGT Mixed Games II standings with 167 total points for the series.

This triple-stud event featured a mix of stud, stud eight-or-better, and razz. It took two days to narrow the field to a champion. The top six finishers earned a share of the $400,000 prize pool, with two-time bracelet winner Ryan Miller (6th), Damjan Radanov (5th), three-time WPT champion Chino Rheem (4th), and five-time bracelet winner Adam Friedman (3rd) all hitting the rail inside the money late on day 1.

The final day began with bracelet winner and 2010 WSOP main event runner-up John Racener holding 3,475,000 to the 2,525,000 of Schulman. Racener extended his lead further in the early going, but Schulman found a crucial double-up in a hand of stud to pick himself up off the mat. After closing the gap a bit more in stud, he won a big razz pot with an 8-7-5-3-A low to overtake the lead.

The final pot of the tournament also took place in a round of razz. Racener’s last chips went in with (A9(4J5. He was up against (96)2J3 for Schulman.

Schulman improved to a nine low with the 7 on sixth street. Racener bricked with the K. The 9 on the end changed nothing for Schulman. Racener picked up another face card in the K, leaving him with the jack low he had made by fifth street. With that, he was knocked out in second place, earning $96,000 for his efforts. He now has just shy of $11.6 million in career tournament earnings.

Here is a look at the payouts and rankings points awarded at the final table:

Photo credits: PokerGO / Antonio Abrego.

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