Nick Schulman Takes Down Final PokerGO Tour Last Chance Series Event

The last tournament of the six-event PokerGO Tour Last Chance series came down to Nick Schulman and Chino Rheem, two players who had performed well all week long, and who were sitting on similar chip stacks.

One was a four-time WSOP bracelet winner with $18 million in tournament earnings. The other was a three-time WPT champion with $15 million in cashes of his own. The heads-up match could go either way.

In the end, with the clock showing at 2 a.m., the two friends decided to let fate decide, chopping the prize money based on stack sizes and flipping for the title. It ended up taking six flips, actually, with the short stack getting the better of it on the first five shuffles. Ultimately, it was Schulman who got to drag the last pot, earning the trophy and the $161,500 payout he negotiated for.

Schulman cashed in four of the six series events, taking eighth in event no. 1, 11th in event no. 4, and ninth in event no. 5. All together, he pocketed a combined $249,000 during his week at the PokerGO studio at Aria Las Vegas.

Despite officially finishing runner-up, Rheem earned more money with a payout of $170,300. This was his third cash of the series, having finished ninth in event no. 2, and sixth in event no. 5 for a total of $252,900. Both players had already locked up a seat in the season-ending PGT Championship, having finished in the top 40 players on the year-long leaderboard.

The $10,000 buy-in tournament drew a field of 79 players, creating an overall prize pool of $790,000. The final 12 made the money, earning at least $15,800. Among them was Kristen Foxen, who like Schulman, made her fourth cash of the series, taking home a total of $111,100 minus her buy-ins. Her husband, Alex Foxen, also made the money, cashing in fourth place for the second consecutive day for $79,000.

Other notables with multiple cashes during the series included ninth-place finisher Ren Lin, eight-place Sam Soverel, sixth-place Stephen Chidwick, and third-place Arthur Morris.

Sam Laskowitz ended his run in fifth place banking another $63,200. It had been a great week for the American pro after he won event no. 3 for $205,000 and took seventh in event no. 4 for another $39,000. As a result of his finish in the series standings, Laskowitz joined Dylan DeStefano as the two final Dream Seat qualifiers into the PGT Championship, which starts on Tuesday.

Laskowitz finished second overall on the Last Chance series leaderboard, with DeStefano taking third place. Both players lost to two-event winner Artur Martirosian, but he had already qualified for the finale with a top-40 finish.

The unfortunate bubble boy for the PGT Championship was Jim Collopy, who cashed twice at the series for $126,000, but finished just 29 points shy of the top 40.

You can watch a replay of each final table on PokerGO or on PokerGO’s YouTube page.

Final Table Results

*Photos by PokerGO – Antonio Abrego

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