Nick Schulman has claimed the biggest score of his career, winning the $100,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em main event at the Triton Super High Roller Series Jeju II for $3,854,888. The result came only two days after the 41-year-old American finished second in a $50,000 high roller at the same festival for $810,279, the sixth-largest payday of his career.
The two results have added nearly $4.7 million to Schulman’s lifetime tournament earnings, which now stand at more than $31.7 million. It marks his second Triton title, following his 2018 short deck victory in Jeju during his debut appearance on the tour. He also holds eight World Series of Poker bracelets and a World Poker Tour main event title, and won a $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. event at this summer’s WSOP.
“It’s pretty unbelievable,” Schulman told Triton staff after his win. “I really want to go home and see my wife. The champ is coming home soon, baby, get ready.”
The $100,000 event attracted 196 entries, building a prize pool of $19,600,000 across the top 31 finishers. A simultaneous double elimination on the direct bubble saw the opening $173,000 payout split into two shares of $86,500 for Samuel Mullur and Hannes Jeschka. Notable names to fall before the final table included Wiktor Malinowski (29th), Patrik Antonius (28th), David Coleman (27th), Alex Foxen (17th), Jessica Teusl (15th), Christoph Vogelsang (14th), Jesse Lonis (13th) and Danny Tang (10th), the last of whom was eliminated in tenth for $359,000 when his pocket kings were cracked by Gytis Lazauninkas.
Xu Yang held the chip lead as the final table began, with Schulman sitting mid-pack. The field narrowed steadily through the session: Roberto Perez departed ninth for $424,000, Wesley Fei took eighth for $512,000 after his flush was outdrawn by Xu, and Danilo Velasevic went out seventh for $700,000 in a clash with eventual runner-up Bernhard Binder. Isaac Haxton fell in sixth for $958,000 after his ace-high hand was beaten by Binder’s four.
Binder ultimately finished as runner-up to Schulman, banking $3,080,112 and 1,400 Card Player Player of the Year points. The 2025 WSOP Paradise Super Main Event champion, who also won the $125,000 seven-max event at this year’s Triton Jeju spring stop, now sits just outside the top 25 in the 2026 standings with two titles and five final tables this year.
Schulman’s victory has propelled him to the outright lead of the 2026 Card Player Player of the Year race, presented by CoinPoker, with 7,556 points from 13 final tables and three titles this season. He holds a 58-point advantage over second-placed Punnat Punsri, who has reached 24 final tables in 2026. Schulman has now cashed for more than $6.2 million across his final-table appearances this year alone, including five at the WSOP where he won the $10,000 deuce-to-seven triple draw championship and finished runner-up in the same event.
