WSOP 2019: Nick Schulman Tames $10K PLO Hi-Lo 8 Or Better Championship to Win 3rd Bracelet

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  • Namita Ghosh July 2, 2019
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The 50th annual World Series Of Poker (WSOP) saw one of its popular Pot-Limit Omaha tournaments, Event $65: $10K PLO Hi-Lo 8 Or Better go down in the history books on July 1. Taking down the event to win his third WSOP gold bracelet was U.S.-based poker pro and PokerGO commentator Nick Schulman (cover image), who dominated a stacked field of 193 entries and defeated four-time bracelet winner Brian Hastings heads-up to pocket a paycheque of $463,670.

For Schulman, this win comes a good seven years after his last WSOP victory. Post-event, he admitted that he realized while playing the tournament that the game has changed a lot over the years. “The last seven years have seen a tremendous influx of new ideas and I’ve tried to kind of hang along with the game and here we are. I’m better but everybody’s better,” Schulman said.

The opening day saw 175 registrations and only 118 among them advanced to Day 2. 18 new faces entered the event on Day 2 making for a 193-player field, and only 43 runners made it to Day 3 with the likes of Shaun Deeb, Alex Foxen, Kate Hoang, Cary Katz, Ari Engel, and Anthony Zinno all falling out.

It was on Day 3 when the money was reached, and the top 29 places took home a piece of the $1,814,200 prize pool. While $463,670 was set aside for the winner, a min-cash was worth $15,237. Interestingly it took over 30 hand-for hands on the bubble round, and Joao Vieira was the last player to be eliminated empty-handed at 30th place.

Bryce Yockey (8th for $45,551), Darryll Fish (13th for $23,863), Andrey Zaichenko (16th for $20,088), Ajay Chabra (21st for $17,295), Scott Bohlman (26th for $15,237) and Steven Wolanksy (29th for $15,237) were among the prominent players who translated their efforts into a score.

Schulman’s journey on Day 3 was as bumpy as it can get, and he encountered some tight spots where he barely managed to survive. With the field clearing out fast, Schulman hung it there and steadily added to his stack. As the day ended with seven players remaining, Schulman held the largest stack of 3,355,000.

 

Final Table Chip Counts

  1. Nick Schulman – 3,355,000
  2. Brian Hastings – 2,735,000
  3. Joe Hachem – 2,430,000
  4. Christopher Vitch – 1,940,000
  5. Denis Strebkov – 885,000 0
  6. Corey Hochman – 170,000
  7. Michael McKenna – 65,000

 

Final Table Recap

In a single hand, the first of the day, Michael McKenna and Corey Hochman were both knocked out in seventh and sixth place respectively by former WSOP Main Event champion Joe Hachem.

One hand later, Schulman eliminated two-time bracelet winner Chris Vitch in fifth place.

Denis Strebkov, who was dealt pocket nines, flopped top set on the rundown seven-three-nine, but he ran into Brian Hastings’ ace-six-five-four that improved to a straight and a low after an eight appeared on the turn. The ten on the river didn’t bring any relief for Strebkov who was relegated to the rail in fourth place.

Joe Hachem, known popularly for being the first Australian to win the WSOP Main Event, was the next player to be scalped in third place. Hastings opened from the button, small blind Schulman called, and Hachem defended his big blind. All three of them checked the flop . The dealer peeled out the on the turn and Schulman checked – Hachem bet, and Hasting folded. Schulman check-raised and Hachem called all in.

Joe Hachem

Nick Schulman

Hachem was drawing thin against Schulman’s nut straight and a better flush draw. He needed a low to split the pot, but the river didn’t help, and he was eliminated in third place.

Heads-up, Schulman began with a two-to-one chip lead against Brian Hastings, but the latter evened out the stacks in no time. The most significant hand of the tournament then took place when Hastings’ trip tens were run down by Schulman’s turned full house. Finally, Schulman raised to 400,000 from the button and Hastings three-bet to 1.2 Million. Schulman four-bet, putting Hastings at risk and Hastings pushed his remaining 2.87 Million in the middle to call it off.

Brian Hastings

Nick Schulman

The flop gave Hastings the nut low draw but Schulman was still ahead with ace-ten high. “Hang in there, baby!” Schulman said. Sure enough, the turn and the didn’t improve Hastings and just like that Schulman picked up his third WSOP bracelet!

 

Nick Schulman
Nick Schulman takes down $10K Omaha Hi-Lo 8 Or Better

Final Table Results (USD)

  1. Nick Schulman – $463,670
  2. Brian Hastings – $286,570
  3. Joe Hachem – $201,041
  4. Denis Strebkov – $143,700
  5. Chris Vitch – $104,688
  6. Corey Hochman – $77,763
  7. Michael McKenna – $58,918
  8. Bryce Yockey – $45,551

 

Content & Images Courtesy: World Series of Poker

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