Nick Schulman

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Nick Schulman
Nick Schulman (2018)
Nick Schulman (2018)
  Personal information  
Date of birth September 18, 1984
place of birth United StatesUnited States New York City
Nickname The takeover
Nickname
cashUSklayWSOP.com
place of residence United StatesUnited States New York City
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money 0$ 2,167,500
Total prize money $ 13,117,530
World Series of Poker
Bracelets 3
Cashes 46
Best main event 205th ( 2009 )
  Main Event of the World Poker Tour  
title 2
Cashes 13
  Main event of the European Poker Tour  
title no
Cashes 2
Last updated: July 25, 2020

Nicholas "Nick" Schulman (born September 18, 1984 in New York City , New York ) is a professional American poker player and commentator. He is nicknamed The Takeover and three-time bracelet winner of the World Series of Poker , as well as two-time champions of the World Poker Tour .

Personal

Schulman grew up in the New York borough of Manhattan . He was a good student until he moved to high school ; there he suffered from anxiety attacks. When he was 15, he discovered the bars in Manhattan and started playing pool instead of going to school. After an argument with his parents, Schulman moved in with a billiard player friend at the age of 16. Today he lives in Manhattan again.

Poker career

Career

Schulman has been participating in prestigious live poker tournaments since 2005.

In his first major live tournament, the Main Event of the World Poker Tour (WPT) in Mashantucket in November 2005 , Schulman secured victory and received a prize of more than two million US dollars . In July 2006 he was the first time in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas successful and placed at two tournaments of the variant No-Limit Hold'em in the money. In mid-November 2007, Schulman sat again at the final table of the WPT Main Event in Mashantucket and took second place for more than $ 850,000 in prize money. In June 2009 he won a tournament in No Limit Deuce to Seven Draw as part of the WSOP , which brought him around $ 280,000 and his first bracelet . In April 2010, Schulman placed in Sanremo and Monte-Carlo twice in a row in the money at the main event of the European Poker Tour . In early January 2011, he finished fourth in the Super High Roller of the PokerStars Caribbean Adventures (PCA) in the Bahamas for $ 400,000. At the 2012 WSOP , he won his second bracelet in a No Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball event and another $ 300,000 prize money. In early January 2013, Schulman finished third in the PCA Super High Roller for just under $ 750,000. At the 2013 WSOP , he finished eighth at the most expensive event on the tournament schedule, the High Roller for One Drop with a buy-in of $ 111,111, for just under $ 500,000. In mid-July 2016, he finished a tournament at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas in second place and received prize money of over $ 550,000. In August 2017, Schulman won the Super High Roller at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open in Hollywood for $ 440,000. In mid-September 2017, he also won the opening tournament of the Poker Masters at the Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas with a prize of $ 918,000. In February 2019, Schulman prevailed at the eighth event of the US Poker Open and secured the grand prize of $ 270,000. At the 2019 WSOP , he won the Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship and received his third bracelet and the grand prize of more than $ 460,000. He then finished third in the series’s $ 100,000 high roller event for more than $ 1.2 million in prize money.

In total, Schulman has made more than $ 13 million in poker playing live tournaments . As a commentator he worked a. a. at the Super High Roller Bowl 2016 and 2017 . In late February 2018, Schulman was named Broadcaster of the Year 2017 at the American Poker Awards in Los Angeles . He received the same award at the Global Poker Awards for 2019 in March 2020 .

Bracelet overview

Schulman after winning a bracelet at the 2009 WSOP

Schulman cashed 46 times at the WSOP and won three bracelets :

year Buy-in (in $ ) competition Attendees Prize money (in $)
2009 10,000 World Championship NL 2-7 Draw Lowball 096 279,742
2012 10,000 2-7 Draw Lowball (No-Limit) 101 294,321
2019 10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better 193 463.670

Prize money overview

year Prize money (in $ ) Tournament victories
2005 02,241,995 1
2006 00.062,886 1
2007 01,048,472 -
2008 00.098.085 -
2009 00.431.476 1
2010 00.352.162 1
2011 00.615.425 -
2012 00.631.758 1
2013 01,640,826 1
2014 00.447.773 -
2015 00.286.506 -
2016 00.802.855 -
2017 01,564,602 2
2018 00.625.078 1
2019 02,267,632 2
2020 00,000.000 -
total 13.117.530 11

Web links

Commons : Nick Schulman  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b The PokerNews Profile: Nick Schulman on pokernews.com July 10, 2009, accessed January 21, 2016 (English).
  2. ↑ Nick Schulman in the Global Poker Index database, accessed March 2, 2016.
  3. ↑ a b c d Nick Schulman in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed January 21, 2016.
  4. ↑ 2005 World Poker Finals ($ 10,000 + 200 WPT - No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on January 21, 2016 (English).
  5. ↑ 2007 World Poker Finals ($ 9,700 + 300 No Limit Hold'em - Championship Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed February 5, 2018 (English).
  6. ↑ 40th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2009 ($ 10,000 World Championship No Limit Deuce to Seven Draw) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on January 21, 2016 (English).
  7. ↑ PCA - 2011 ($ 100,000 + 500 No Limit Hold'em - Super High Roller Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on February 5, 2018 (English).
  8. ↑ 43rd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2012 ($ 10,000 No Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball (Event # 60)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on January 21, 2016 (English).
  9. ↑ PCA - 2013 ($ 98,000 + 2,000 No Limit Hold'em - Super High Roller (Event # 1)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed February 5, 2018.
  10. ↑ 44th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2013 ($ 111,111 No Limit Hold'em - One Drop High Roller (Event # 47)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed February 5, 2018.
  11. ↑ Bellagio Cup XII ($ 10,000 + 400 No Limit Hold'em - Bellagio Cup XII) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on February 5, 2018 (English).
  12. ↑ 2017 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open ($ 50,000 No Limit Hold'em - Super High Roller (Event # 8)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on February 5, 2018 (English).
  13. ↑ Poker Masters ($ 50,000 No Limit Hold'em - Event # 1) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed September 15, 2017.
  14. ↑ 2019 US Poker Open ($ 25,000 Mixed Game - USPO # 08 (Event # 8)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on February 22, 2019.
  15. ↑ 50th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2019 ($ 10,000 Pot Limit Omaha - Hi-Lo 8 or Better 8-Handed Championship (Event # 65)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 2, 2019.
  16. ↑ 50th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2019 ($ 100,000 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller (Event # 83)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 14, 2019.
  17. ↑ Q and A: Nick Schulman Talks Poker Commentary on cardplayer.com from September 27, 2016, accessed on May 29, 2017 (English).
  18. ↑ Poker Awards: Polk gets nothing , Neeme wins double on pokerfirma.com on February 23, 2018, accessed on February 24, 2018.
  19. ↑ The Global Poker Awards 2019 are given on pokerfirma.com on March 7, 2020, accessed on March 7, 2020.
  20. ↑ Nick Schulman in the World Series of Poker database, accessed February 1, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Schulman, Nick
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schulman, Nicholas (full name); The Takeover (nickname); cashUSklay (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American poker player and commentator
DATE OF BIRTH September 18, 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH New York , United States