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Nick Schulman Adds Triton Main Event Title to Poker Résumé

By Mrinal Gujare

16 Sep 2026

Mrinal Gujare 16 Sep 2026

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Nick Schulman wins $100K Triton Jeju II Main Event for $3.85M, his biggest payday.
Matthew Wantman takes down the $50K NLH 7-Handed event, and Ben Tollerene wins the $50K Turbo Bounty Quattro.
Three American champions highlight strong U.S. presence at Triton Jeju II.

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Nick Schulman won the $100,000 Triton Jeju II Main Event for $3,854,888 after defeating Bernhard Binder heads-up. Matthew Wantman and Ben Tollerene also won titles during the series, adding two more American victories at Triton Jeju II festival in total.

Nick Schulman has won the $100,000 Triton Jeju II Main Event, defeating Bernhard Binder heads-up to claim the title and a $3,854,888 first-place prize.

The American emerged victorious from a field of 196 entries at LES A Casino in Jeju. The result also marked the biggest single cash of Schulman's career to date.

The Main Event created a $19,600,000 prize pool, with the final table featuring players from the United States, Austria, Lithuania, China, Japan and Serbia.

Schulman reached the final stages of the tournament alongside Bernhard Binder, Gytis Lazauninkas, Xu Yang, Ryuta Nakai, Isaac Haxton, Danilo Velasevic, Wesley Fei and Roberto Perez.

Binder made an early impact at the final table, while Fei lost a significant portion of his stack in a cooler against Xu Yang. Fei ultimately finished eighth, with Velasevic following in seventh place.

Haxton was eliminated in sixth place by Binder, while Nakai finished fifth after losing to Schulman.

Yang then exited in fourth place before Schulman eliminated Lazauninkas in third, setting up the heads-up battle between Schulman and Binder.

Schulman started heads-up play with a considerable chip lead, although Binder managed to reduce the deficit by winning several significant pots, including two successful bluffs.

The two players had reached a heads-up deal before the conclusion of the tournament. Binder received $3,080,112 for second place, while Schulman collected $3,854,888 as champion.

The Jeju victory adds another major title to Schulman's extensive poker résumé. The American is an eight-time WSOP bracelet winner, a two-time WPT champion and a Poker Hall of Famer.

The 41-year-old had already spent more than two decades playing poker before adding a Triton Main Event championship to those accomplishments.

Following the victory, Schulman said that succeeding at the highest stakes can be difficult and that he was grateful for the result. He also indicated that most of his poker volume would continue to come in Las Vegas rather than making him a regular on the Triton circuit.

Matthew Wantman Adds To His Triton Trophy List

Schulman's Main Event victory was not the only American title run at Triton Jeju II. Matthew Wantman won the $50,000 NLH 7-Handed event for $836,721, securing his first Triton title.

Wantman defeated fellow American Nick Schulman heads-up after the pair reached the final two alongside Ben Tollerene.

The tournament attracted 70 entries from 49 unique players and generated a $3.5 million prize pool. Schulman finished second for $810,279, while Tollerene took third for $448,000, producing an all-American top three.

Wantman and Schulman agreed to a heads-up deal before continuing to play for the title and an additional $30,000. Wantman ultimately secured the championship and the additional prize, finishing with $836,721.