Action folded to Darren Elias who moved all in from the small blind, and Oscar Johansson called for his last 900,000 in the big blind.
Both players drew one. Elias turned over Jx5x4x3x, while Johansson had 9x6x4x3x. Elias drew a 9x to make J-9-5, while Johansson received a Jx to make an inferior J-9-6 as he was sent to the rail in fourth place.
Nick Schulman raised to 160,000 under the gun and Oscar Johansson called in the big blind.
Both players drew one and Johansson then led out for 250,000. Schulman raised to 675,000 and Johansson took around two minutes before sliding in a reraise to 1,500,000.
Schulman turned around to take a sip of his drink (his usual order of hot water and lemon) before burying his face on the rail of the table. He eventually ripped off his sunglasses and spent a few minutes counting out his chips before announcing a call.
"Good call," Johansson said, and Schulman turned over 9x8x6x3x2x. Johansson mucked and Schulman took in the massive pot.
Ben Yu raised to 160,000 under the gun. Chad Eveslage sat in the small blind, asking how much Yu played in total before moving all in. Yu quickly called off his stack of 1,660,000, and saw Eveslage stand pat on the draw.
Yu spent the next minutes in thought, looking at his hand several times before deciding to also stay pat.
Eveslage showed 10x8x7x4x3x for a ten-eight, beating the ten-nine of Yu, who tabled his 10x9x4x3x2x before he left to pick up his payout.
Dan Smith was first to act and raised to 920,000, leaving only a single T-5,000 chip back. Nick Schulman called in the small blind and stood pat on the draw.
Smith drew one card, after which the players checked it to showdown. "Number three," Schulman announced, and tabled 7x6x5x3x2x.
Smith's hand disappeared into the muck as he placed his final chip as the big blind for the next hand. Ben Yu then limped in from the hijack before he called button Schulman's raise to 250,000.
Smith and Yu drew one card each, while Schulman remained pat behind. Yu checked to Schulman after the draw, but he folded once the six-time bracelet winner placed a bet of 175,000.
"You gotta beat an eight, cowboy," Schulman said to Smith as he showed 8x7x6x4x2x.
Smith had been drawing dead to Schulman's hand with his 9x6x5x2x, and he revealed an Ax as his final card before departing the stage.
In 2009, Nick Schulman won his first World Series of Poker bracelet in the $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship. Three years later, he won it again for his second one. Over the next 12 years, four more bracelets followed, and today, at the 2025 World Series of Poker, Schulman can capture number seven in the same event as his first two, adding $497,356 to his eight-figure lifetime earnings.
Schulman is one of only six players out of the field of 233 entries, who created a prize pool of $2,166,900, returning to the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas for the final day of Event #30: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship. Third in chips, Schulman will return with an above-average stack of 2,670,000, approximately 33 big blinds. The chiplead, meanwhile, is in the hands of Darren Elias, who will try to use his 3,475,000 chips to close out a victory in this No-Limit 2-7 Championship after having finished third in 2019 and 2017.
Darren Elias
Second in chips with 2,910,000 is the only European player at the table, Swede Oscar Johansson. Like Elias, Johnasson is still chasing his first bracelet, having two runner-up finishes on his resume. Chad Eveslage and Ben Yu have also made the final day, looking to add to their multi-bracelet collection. The absolute short stack is Dan Smith, who will have to spin up his stack of 905,000 to remain in contention for his second bracelet.
Final Six Seating and Chip Counts
Seat
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Darren Elias
United States
2,350,000
78
2
Ben Yu
United States
1,300,000
43
3
Oscar Johansson
Sweden
1,850,000
62
4
Nick Schulman
United States
2,800,000
93
5
Chad Eveslage
United States
950,000
32
6
Dan Smith
United States
2,300,000
77
Dan Smith
With $83,179 locked up for the final six, six-figure payouts will commence once the first elimination of the day has taken place. The pay jumps will increase with every spot, until eventually the winner walks away with nearly half a million dollars.
Final Table Payouts/Results
Place
Player
Country
Earnings
1
$497,356
2
$336,421
3
$231,321
4
$161,721
5
$114,989
6
$83,179
7
Daniel Negreanu
Canada
$61,231
Play will resume at 1 p.m. local time, with blinds at 40,000/80,000 with an 120,000 big blind ante. The levels will continue to be 90 minutes long, with a short break planned after every completed level.
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