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Nick Schulman Secures $3.85M Triton Jeju II Main Event Victory
- Nick Schulman wins $100K Triton Jeju II Main Event for $3.85M, his biggest payday.
- Matthew Wantman takes down the $50K NLH 7-Handed event, and Ben Tollerene wins the $50K Turbo Bounty Quattro.
- Three American champions highlight strong U.S. presence at Triton Jeju II.
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Three American players won titles at Triton Jeju II. Nick Schulman captured the $100,000 Main Event for $3,854,888 after defeating Bernhard Binder heads-up. Matthew Wantman and Ben Tollerene also secured titles, giving Americans three victories in events at the series.
Nick Schulman has won the $100,000 Triton Jeju II Main Event, defeating Bernhard Binder heads-up to claim the title and a $3,854,888 first-place prize.
The American emerged victorious from a field of 196 entries at LES A Casino in Jeju, earning the biggest single cash of his career to date. The tournament generated a $19,600,000 prize pool.
Schulman's victory came after a final table featuring players from the United States, Austria, Lithuania, China, Japan and Serbia.
Schulman entered the final stages alongside Bernhard Binder, Gytis Lazauninkas, Xu Yang, Ryuta Nakai, Isaac Haxton, Danilo Velasevic, Wesley Fei and Roberto Perez.
Binder made an early impact at the final table, while Wesley Fei lost a significant portion of his stack in a cooler against Xu Yang. Fei eventually finished eighth, with Danilo Velasevic eliminated in seventh.
Isaac Haxton was next to fall, finishing sixth after being eliminated by Binder. Ryuta Nakai then finished fifth after losing to Schulman.
Yang's run ended in fourth place, leaving Schulman and Lazauninkas to contest the next elimination. Schulman defeated Lazauninkas in third place to set up the heads-up battle against Binder.
Schulman began heads-up play with a considerable chip lead, although Binder reduced the deficit by winning several significant pots, including two successful bluffs.
The two players had reached a heads-up deal before play continued. Binder received $3,080,112 for second place, while Schulman collected $3,854,888 as champion.
The Jeju victory adds a Triton Main Event championship to an already extensive poker résumé. Schulman is an eight-time WSOP bracelet winner, a two-time WPT champion and a Poker Hall of Famer.
The 41-year-old had already spent more than two decades playing poker before adding the Triton Main Event title to those accomplishments.
Following the victory, Schulman said that succeeding at the highest stakes can be difficult and that he was grateful for the result.
He also indicated that most of his poker volume would continue to come in Las Vegas rather than making him a regular on the Triton circuit.
Matthew Wantman Adds Another Jeju II Title
Schulman's Main Event victory was not the only American title run at Triton Jeju II. Matthew Wantman won the $50,000 NLH 7-Handed event for $836,721, securing his first Triton title.
Wantman defeated fellow American Nick Schulman heads-up after the pair reached the final two alongside Ben Tollerene.
The tournament attracted 70 entries from 49 unique players and created a $3.5 million prize pool.
Schulman finished second for $810,279, while Tollerene took third for $448,000, producing an all-
American top three.
Wantman and Schulman agreed to a heads-up deal before continuing to play for the title and an additional $30,000. Wantman ultimately secured the championship and the additional prize to finish with $836,721.
Ben Tollerene's Fifth Triton Title
Ben Tollerene also collected a title during the Jeju II series, winning the $50,000 Turbo Bounty Quattro.
The one-day event attracted 35 entries, with the final six players guaranteed payouts.
Tollerene defeated Daniel Rezaei heads-up after overcoming an approximately 4:1 chip deficit at the start of the final duel.
Tollerene earned $412,000 for the victory plus $240,000 in bounties, taking his total payout to $652,000. The victory marked his fifth Triton title.
Canadian player Mike Watson finished sixth for $84,000. Rezaei finished runner-up for $465,000, while Biao Ding placed third for $241,000.
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