Chengxu Hu raised to 10,000 in the cutoff and called when Mohamed El-Wely three-bet to 27,000 on the button. El-Wely then continued for 31,000 on the 7♣2♠7♠ flop, which Hu check-raised to 75,000.
El-Wely decided to shove all in, and Hu called off for 293,000 in total.
Chengxu Hu: A♠9♠ 
Mohamed El-Wely: 9♦9♣
El-Wely's overpair remained best on the 2♦ turn and 3♥ river, spelling the end of Hu's first Main Event bullet.
Level: 7
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 5,000
There are few résumés in poker quite like Nick Schulman's. At just 41 years old, the American pro is already an eight-time WSOP bracelet winner, two-time WPT champion and Poker Hall of Famer, having spent more than two decades excelling across tournaments and high-stakes cash games.
Now, he can add the 2026 Triton Poker Series Jeju II $100,000 Main Event title to that extraordinary list after conquering a 196-entry field at LES A Casino and defeating Bernhard Binder heads-up in a hard-fought battle for $3,854,888 — the biggest single cash of his career.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick Schulman | United States | $3,854,888* |
| 2 | Bernhard Binder | Austria | $3,080,112* |
| 3 | Gytis Lazauninkas | Lithuania | $1,968,000 |
| 4 | Xu Yang | China | $1,596,000 |
| 5 | Ryuta Nakai | Japan | $1,263,000 |
| 6 | Isaac Haxton | United States | $958,000 |
| 7 | Danilo Velasevic | Serbia | $700,000 |
| 8 | Wesley Fei | China | $512,000 |
| 9 | Roberto Perez | Spain | $424,000 |
*Denotes heads-up deal
The field has grown to 184 entries, and the 143 remaining players have been sent on another 15-minute break.
Hadi Khordbin opened his button to 8,000, and Roman Stoika defended in the big blind. Stoika checked the 2♣9♣7♥ flop to Khordbin, who fired a continuation-bet worth 8,000.
Stoika raised to 31,000, only to be put all in by Khordbin. Stoika quickly called, putting him at risk for 241,000.
Roman Stoika: 9♦7♠
Hadi Khordbin: A♣3♣
Stoika's two pair was in the lead, but Khordbin's flush came in on the K♣ turn. The 4♠ river did not fill up Stoika, and he consequently exited the tournament area.
In a three-bet pot worth around 80,000, Nemanja Lukovic fired a bet of 25,000 from the small blind on the 6♦8♣A♥ flop. His opponent was Isaac Haxton, who tanked for a little bit before relinquishing his hand.
Lukovic showed Haxton he played 10♠10♣, earning a nod from the poker legend.
Over at another table, Haxton's fellow high-stakes phenom Leon Sturm was seen playing over double the starting stack.
Pavels Spirins open-raised to 8,000 from the hijack, and Zhicheng Miao flicked in a three-bet to 26,000 on the button. Spirins called to the 5♥Q♣2♦ flop, where he check-called Miao's continuation-bet of 16,000 as well.
Miao doubled his sizing to 32,000 on the A♦ turn. Spirins check-called again, and third check from the Latvian player followed on the 10♣ river.
Miao then bet 132,000, leaving a single chip behind. Spirins confirmed the number and spent a couple of dozen seconds from his time bank before calling.
Miao tabled A♣5♣ for aces-up, winning the hand as Spirins quickly mucked.
Zhuoqun Zhang open-raised to 10,000 under the gun. Fahredin Mustafov was next to act and three-bet to 30,000, after which the action folded back to Zhang. He four-bet to 81,000, and Mustafov called.
Zhang then checked the 10♠3♥J♣ flop to Mustafov, who claimed the initiative with a bet of 35,000. Zhang called to the 3♠ turn, where he was put all in by Mustafov.
Zhang quickly check-called for 149,000, and the players flipped up their cards.
Zhuoqun Zhang: A♦A♣
Fahredin Mustafov: Q♥Q♣
Mustafov had just two outs against Zhang's aces, and neither of them arrived on the J♠ river. Zhang doubled up, while Mustafov still had over two starting stacks in his possession.
Level: 6
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
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