Matthew Wantman Chops Triton Title With Best Friend Nick Schulman

An emotional Matthew Wantman described his maiden Triton Poker title as a "huge breakthrough" after defeating best friend Nick Schulman heads-up to win the Triton Jeju II $50K NLH 7-Handed for $836,721.

The American, who has endured a tough year on the felt, became the latest in a long line of first-time winners here at Les A Casino this festival, getting the better of some truly elite talent at the final table, including Hall of Famer Schulman, Daniel Dvoress, Ben Tollerene and Danny Tang.

Speaking to PokerNews following his victory, Wantman said, "I've been fighting for deep runs and big scores for a while without any. Coming back, playing bad, questioning myself, and just going through it like any poker player does, struggling and having that last longer than I was expecting, and then to come here and get a huge win, it's so massive I can't even put it into words."