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Nick Schulman Wins $10k Omaha Hi-Lo Championship for Third WSOP Bracelet

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Nick Schulman is known by many casual poker fans as a poker commentator on PokerGo, but he is quite the accomplished poker player. He added to that legacy on Monday when he took down the $10k PL Omaha 8 or Better Championship for his third career WSOP bracelet.

Schulman outlasted a stacked final table that included Bryce Yockey, Chris Vitch, Michael McKenna, and 2005 WSOP Main Event winner Joe Hachem.

Yockey and Hachem Make Final Table

The $10k Omaha Hi-Lo Championship drew a field of 193 entries for a prize pool of $1.81 million. As is customary with these championship events, the field consisted primarily of top pros and Omaha specialists. This was exemplified by those that made the final table in this event.

The final table of this event was stacked with Brian Hastings, Bryce Yockey, Chris Vitch, Nick Schulman, Michael McKenna, and 2005 WSOP Main Event Champion Joe Hachem all making the final table.

Yockey made the final and ultimately finished in eighth place, but the fact that he could bounce back so quickly to make another final table after the crushing loss he suffered in the $50,000 Poker Player’s Championship goes to show how resilient a pro he is.

The final seven players returned to play on Monday and all were looking for the bracelet. Michael McKenna and Corey Hochman were both eliminated in the on the very first hand of the day against Joe Hachem. McKenna was all-in pre-flop with Qc-10s-5c-3c and Hochman had Ad-8c-4d-4s. Hachem has As-9d-8d-3d. By the river, Hachem had made aces-up to eliminate both players. Hochman had more chips to start the hand and received the superior payout position.

Chris Vitch went out on the third hand of the day. He was all-in with Ah-Ks-4s-2c against As-Ad-9d-8d for Nick Schulman. Vitch caught a straight draw on the flop but failed to improve and he hit the rail to collect $104,688 for fifth place.

Denis Strebkov was the fourth place finisher. He was all-in on the flop with a set of nines and a weak low draw against Brian Hastings who had a wrap straight draw. The turn gave Hastings a straight and the best low and that would hold to send Strebkov out in fourth. He earned $143,700.

Joe Hachem fell just short of his second career bracelet, finishing in third. Hachem was all-in with a wrap straight draw and a low draw but ran into the nut straight of Schulman. He needed a low to survive but it didn’t get there. Hachem finished in third place, good for $201,041.

Nick Schulman Defeats Brian Hastings for Third Career Bracelet

Heads-up in this one was a battle of multi-bracelet winners. Brian Hastings had four bracelets against Nick Schulman who had two. At the start of heads-up play, Schulman had more than a 2 to 1 chip lead, but that didn’t stop Hastings from putting up a helluva fight.

For a while, Hastings would get a few chips and then Schulman would win them all back. Then suddenly, Hastings managed to jump out into the chip lead, but that was short lived thanks to a massive double from Schulman. Schulman was all-in on the turn with a full house and Hastings had trip tens. A queen would Hastings a better full house, but that card never came and Schulman jumped out to a 4 to 1 chip lead.

Hastings managed to get some back, but it was not enough. Ultimately, he was all-in with As-6s-3h-2h against Schulman holding Ac-10c-5c-4h. On the flop, Hastings picked up the nut low draw, but Schulman was ahead with his A-10. Amazingly, the turn and river blanked both players and Schulman’s A-10 high was good enough to give him the title and the bracelet. Hastings finished in second, earning $286,570.

This victory earned Nick Schulman his third career WSOP bracelet, along with $463,670 in prize money. With such a massive win, we wouldn’t blame him if he skipped his PokerGo duties, but we fully expect to hear him commenting for a while to come, all while reminding everyone that poker commentary is secondary to his winning WSOP bracelets.

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