The price of poker increased in 2023 Poker masters High stakes tournament festival. After six $10,100 buy-in tournaments to start the series, event no. 7 Increase the subscription to $25,200. A total of 44 No Limit Hold’em tournament entries were made, resulting in a prize pool of $1.1 million. After two days of top-flight action, it was Nick Schulman who emerged victorious with the title and the grand prize of $374,000.
It was the second title of the year for Schulman, who won his fourth career World Series of Poker A gold bracelet in the seven-card stud event worth $1,500 this summer. The 39-year-old now has nearly $16.6 million in lifetime tournament earnings. His biggest points remain the $2.1 million he earned as 2005 champion World Poker Tour World Poker Finals At foxwoods resort casino.
In addition to the title and money, Schulman also received $420 Card player Player of the Year points for winning. It was his ninth place at the final table so far, bringing his total points for 2023 to 2,430. As a result, he tied with Yuri Dzivilevsk for 99th place in this year’s tournament. Boy Race standings provided by World poker.
the High stakes poker The commentator got 224 Go poker tour points after finishing this event, enough to move into sixth place in the race for the Poker Masters Purple Jacket.
This event took place over two days Bookergo studio in ARIA Resort and casino in Las Vegas. The second day began with six players remaining, with Ren Lin (7th – $44,000) being the only player eliminated after the money bubble burst late in the first day. Lin scored 105 points Boy points to take 22nd place in this year’s final position. With two titles and nearly $3.7 million to date Boy Earnings, it currently ranks fifth on the list Boy Leaderboards.
Two-time bracelet winner Justin Saliba’s run in sixth place came to an end when his Jeep trio lost a race against the A-10 of six-time bracelet winner Brian Rust. Saliba received $66,000 and $140 Boy Points for his 11th bid at the 2023 final table. He now sits 13th in the standings Boy Ranking as a result.
Schulman scored the next two knockdowns. First, his pocket cards held up against Victoria Livschitz’s A-4 (5th – $88,000). He then pushed from the small blind with a score of 9-8 to the short group of two-time bracelet winner Chris Brewer, who got up with AQ. Brewer made the call and was ahead on the flop, but the eight on the turn saw Shulman lead the hand significantly with one card coming. The void eventually sent Brewer officially home in fourth place ($121,000).
Brewer has been one of the most popular players on the live circuit this year, earning more than $11 million Boy Earnings via 21 final table finishes. With five titles and 7670 Boy point, and he now ranks third in the standings Boy The race is heading into the last few months.
The next big showdown before the flop saw two-time bracelet winner Nick Petrangelo raise from the button with pocket sixes and call three bets with about 14 big blinds from Rast, who had an A-2. Rust added a shot to go along with his trailing card on the flop. The turn brought a six to give Pietrangelo a set, leaving Rust needing a four on the river. Instead, a king came out of the deck, ending the Poker Hall of Famer’s run in third place ($165,000). He now has nearly $25 million in lifetime tournament earnings.
Head-to-head play began with Pietrangelo receiving 3,625,000 to Shulman’s 2,975,000. The latter two agreed to raise the curtains several levels. The first few bets all went Schulman’s way, creating a lead of more than 4:1 by the time the final hand of the tournament came up about 10 minutes later. Schulman popped the button for an effective 12.5 big blind while holding A
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. Pietrangelo was called up with the A’s4
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310C To give Schulman a trip of the jacks for the win. Pietrangelo earned $242,000 in second place, increasing his career earnings to $32.1 million.
Here’s a look at the payouts and ranking points awarded in the final table:
| place | player | Profits | Boy points | Bgt points |
| 1 | Nick Shulman | $374,000 | 420 | 224 |
| 2 | Nick Pietrangelo | $242,000 | three hundred fifty | 145 |
| 3 | Brian Rust | $165,000 | 280 | 99 |
| 4 | Chris Brewer | $121,000 | 210 | 73 |
| 5 | Victoria Lifshitz | $88,000 | 175 | 53 |
| 6 | Justin Saliba | $66,000 | 140 | 40 |
| 7 | Ren Lin | $44,000 | 105 | 26 |
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