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$100,000 NLH Main Event
Day 3 Completed
2026 Triton Poker Series Jeju II
$100,000 NLH Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
2026 Triton Poker Series Jeju II
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 3
Buy-in
$100,000
Prize Pool
$19,600,000
Total Entries
196
Places Paid
32
Level
31
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
1,000,000
Entries
1
Players Left
1
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Level 31
: Blinds 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante
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 a Triton 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.
Triton Main Event Final Table Results
| 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
Winner's Reaction
For Schulman, the victory was about much more than the money or another prestigious title. After playing poker since he was 15, the veteran said he has learned to appreciate just how difficult it is to consistently succeed at the highest stakes.
“Yeah, it's really incredible. I think it's no secret that when you look at this Triton scene, sometimes you see truly great players get wrecked for a year or two. You see some spicy players make scores. And I think for all of us as live players, when you make a big score like this, you just have to be very, very grateful because it can be really hard out here. Things have to go right. And it means the world to me because I've been playing since I was 15. It's been such a big part of my life. I'm very thankful.”
Despite a list of poker milestones that now includes two Triton titles, Schulman said he isn't particularly motivated by adding more trophies to the collection.
“For me, I really do love to play. I'm not goal-oriented as far as wins. It's just when I can continue to feel like I can hold my head high—win or lose. That's a good feeling for me because I haven't always had it. I feel I have it now and I just want to keep that going as long as I enjoy it, which I think will be for a while. Hopefully, I'm finding that level.”
The quality of the opposition made the victory even more meaningful.
“It is extra special to win something like this when you know there's just very few holes anywhere. And even the Chinese VIPs—'Big Boss Man' is so fearless and hard to play against. People say that about Tritons sometimes, like those guys, the big boss type dudes—they'll still put you in crazy spots, you know? They're real gamblers, these guys, and he was so icy. So, yeah, I'm over the moon.”
Schulman also isn't expecting the victory to suddenly turn him into a Triton regular, saying most of his poker volume will continue to come in Las Vegas.
“Maybe. Well, I get a fair amount of volume in Vegas, but, as far as coming to these, I will come sometimes. But for the most part, I'm going to stick around Vegas.”
Day 3 Action
Just 12 players returned to Les A Casino to battle for the prestigious title, and the action didn't disappoint, with several dramatic double-up and reversals of fortune right out the gate.
Wesley Fei entered the final day dead last in chips, but, thanks to a couple of pair of fortunate double-ups, Fei managed to come all the way back and briefly assume the chip lead.
Meanwhile, Miroslav Atanasov and Chahnhoon Jung were the players eliminated after getting all-in preflop with dominated hands and failing to improve.
In one of the more bizarre hands of the day, Danny Tang found himself facing a shove holding top pair against the exposed aces of Roberto Perez. With no time banks remaining, Tang was forced to make a pot-odds calcuation and ended up folding, leaving himself just a few big blinds. Not long after, Tang ultimately bubbled the final table after getting his kings cracked by Gytis Lazauninkas.
While Binder got off to a hot start at the final table by winning a race to eliminate Perez and then putting a beat on Danilo Velasevic to double up, Fei was on the wrong end of a brutal cooler to lose the majority of his stack. In the hand, Fei turned a king-high flush, while Xu Yang turned an ace-high flush. All of their chips got into the middle on the river and Fei was shown the bad news. Unable to recover, both Fei and Velasevic bowed out in eighth and seventh, respectively.
A series of hands that went Yang's way saw him take a commanding chip lead six-handed, and it didn't take long for Isaac Haxton to get short and take a stand with an ace against Binder. Unfortuantely for Haxon, Binder hit a pair holding king-three, ending Haxton's run in sixth. Coincidentally, Ryuta Nakai also got all in preflop with king-three against a low ace from Schulman. The eventual champion caught a pair, however, sending the lone Japanese player out in fifth.
Binder asserted himself four-handed with a series of aggressive plays, but eventually made a misstep after shoving king-nine into Schulman's Big Slick — vaulting Schulman into the lead.
Desite his earlier lead, Yang lost all his momentum and ultimately fell to Lazauninkas' pocket nines. With hardly a lull in the action, Schulman then woke up with pocket tens facing a preflop shove from Lazauninkas holding pocket eights — eliminating the Lithuanian pro in third.
Heads-up between Binder and Schulman got off to a fierce start even though Schulman held a considerable chip lead, with both players showing a willingness to bluff and neither player willing to easily back down to early aggression.
After a bit of jousting, Binder got the best of Schulman after two savage bluffs went his way to claw his way to narrow the gap.
However, Schulman wouldn't be denied. With escalating blinds, Schulman got a large portion of Binder's stack after turning a queen and getting value. Just a few hands later, Schulman laid a trap by slowplaying with pocket kings.
Despite an ace-high flop, Schulman called two streets from Binder, who then check-called all in against Schulman's river shove with just king-high , securing the title for Schulman and putting an end to the tournament.
This concludes PokerNews' coverage of the event. For ongoing updates from Triton Super High Roller Series Jeju II, be sure to check out our live-reporting hub here.
Level 31
: Blinds 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante
Nick Schulman has won the $100,000 Triton Main Event at LES A Casino in Jeju, overcoming a 196-entry field to claim the $3,854,888 first-place prize after a heads-up deal with Bernhard Binder for the biggest score of his tournament career to date.
The victory adds another prestigious title to an already remarkable poker résumé for the 41-year-old American, who is an eight-time WSOP bracelet winner, two-time WPT champion and Poker Hall of Famer.
Stay tuned for a recap of the event and some words from our champion.
Main Event Final Table Results
| 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
Level 31
: Blinds 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante
Nick Schulman limped on the button and called after Bernhard Binder made it 3,500,000 to go from the big blind.
The flop came A♥8♦2♥ and Binder continued for 1,000,000. Schulman called.
Binder sized up for a 2,000,000 bet on the 5♣ turn and Schulman again called.
The 10♦ completed the board and Binder slowed down and checked. Schulman took the initiative by moving all in, which was enough to put Binder in for his last 4,300,000.
Binder didn't like it, but he eventually stuck in a call holding K♣J♦ for king-high.
Schulman triumphantly tabled K♥K♠ for Cowboys and immediately got up to shake hands with Binder, who was eliminated in second place.
*denotes heads-up deal
Level 31
: Blinds 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante
Bernhard Binder limped on the button with K♠5♠ and Nick Schulman checked his option holding Q♥7♥.
The flop came 2♦9♥5♣ and Schulman check-called a 2,000,000 bet from Binder with his backdoors and overcard.
Schulman checked again after hitting his queen on the Q♣ turn and Binder checked behind.
The 4♣ filled the river and Schulman bet 2,400,000. Binder quickly called and Schulman showed him the best hand to take down the pot.
Level: 31
Blinds: 500,000/1,000,000
Ante: 1,000,000
Level 30
: Blinds 400,000/800,000, 800,000 ante
Bernhard Binder limped with 10♠9♥ and Nick Schulman checked his option with J♣8♣.
Schulman called an 800,000 bet from Binder on the K♦A♥3♣ flop and called a 2,700,000 barrel after picking up a flush draw on the 5♣ turn.
The 7♦ completed the board and Binder shoved again. Schulman laid his jack-high down and Binder closed the gap some more.
Level 30
: Blinds 400,000/800,000, 800,000 ante
Bernhard Binder limped on the button holding K♥Q♣ and Nick Schulman checked his option with 6♣2♠.
Schulman check-called an 800,000 bet from Binder on the J♠2♣4♦ flop and both players checked on the 8♣ turn.
Schulman checked with his pair of deuces a final time on the 9♣ river and Binder announced he was all in for a 2x pot overbet.
Schulman would win the match if he was able to muster a call, but he ultimately laid his hand down — conceding the pot to Binder.
Level 30
: Blinds 400,000/800,000, 800,000 ante
Bernhard Binder limped on the button with 8♦4♠ and Nick Schulman checked his option with 10♣3♣.
Neither player bet on the 4♦9♠7♦ flop or 10♠ turn, and Schulman checked a final time after improving to trips on the 10♥ river.
Binder bet 1,600,000 with his four and Schulman promptly check-raised to 7,200,000.
Binder tanked a bit, but eventually decided to look up Schulman, who showed him the bad news to claim the pot and secure his biggest lead of the match so far.
Level: 30
Blinds: 400,000/800,000
Ante: 800,000