Nick Schulman Joins 7 Bracelets Club After Winning $10K NL 2-7 Lowball

The 40-year-old was already a serious contender after he turned 40 last September but now that he holds seven bracelets it’s looking like he should be one of the favourites.

Many will think that his performance in the eight-hour heads-up match alone is enough reason. It’s not very often we get treated to such a show like that.

Take a look below at the company Nick Schulman is in with right now on the all-time bracelet winners list.

Schulman spoke ever so highly about Darren Elias who he beat heads-up for the win.

“First of all, Darren Elias, with whom I heads-up, is easily, probably the toughest No-Limit Deuce player I’ve ever played with. Big shoutout to him. It was a crap shoot at the end and I made hands. 

“It’s a little silly. He just hung in there the whole time and played so great. It’s a little emotional because I was content to lose to him because he deserved it. I wanted to win. It feels amazing. I’m a little bit overwhelmed with this one.”

Action Recap

When Day 4 kicked off, there were six players remaining out of 233 starters. Elias led the way with Schulman chasing hard in third place, while Dan Smith was hoping he could spin up the smallest stack.

Sadly for the cowboy hat-wearing American he couldn’t get past Schulman in an early hand and the field was down to five.

Ben Yu didn’t last much longer after standing pat with a 10-9 but Chad Eveslage rocked up with a 10-8 to thin the field even more.

Oscar Johansson then fell unlucky when his J-9-6 ran into Elias’s J-9-5 to leave three players in the mix.

Eveslage was now on the slide as Schulman began to extend his lead. He risked it all jamming 915,000 and drawing one with a 10-6, Schulman called and also drew one for his 9-7, hitting an eight to send Eveslage home.

The four eliminations had come thick and fast leaving the rail looking at a possible early finish for the day. But even with a lead of 9,640,000 to 4,340,000 for Schulman it was far from a quick job.

That said; it almost was done quickly. Elias four-bet to 2,000,000 on the button and got a call. Both players drew one and Schulman shoved. Elias called and hit an 8-7 to beat his opponent’s 10-7.

Two hours went by without much movement in the chip count and even then it was still a back-and-forth battle. Eventually, after eight hours and with the players returning from a much-needed break, Schulman got the job done.

Schulman raised and Elias jammed for his last 20 big blinds. He got a call from Schulman with a at 10-8 and he was already drawing dead with a 10-9.

In his winner’s interview, Nick Schulman talked about just how much he loves this game:

“2-7 Single Draw, it really is a beautiful game. A lot of times, there is a moment in a hand where, you know, maybe you got him a little bit. 

“You can bet thin for value, but often times it’s you have it or you don’t. I played with some of the best players ever. Rest in peace, Doyle Brunson. Billy Baxter, I played a ton of cash with him. These old school guys. 

“It’s a fairly simple game, but it’s not. Some of these guys from back in the day would still be some of the best players today.” 

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