Nick Schulman was added to the Poker Hall of Fame in 2025, roughly a month after winning his seventh World Series of Poker gold bracelet. The World Poker Tour champion and current High Stakes Poker commentator is far from done racking up the accolades, though.
Schulman’s latest addition to his lengthy résumé saw him defeat a field of 84 entries in the 2026 PGT Mixed Games $10,000 eight-game event, securing $235,200 and his eighth career PokerGO Tour title. This score increased the 41-year-old’s lifetime earnings to just shy of $25.3 million.
This was already the third final-table finish of the year for Schulman, with all three coming in PGT events. The 480 Card Player Player of the Year points that came with this title run moved him inside the top 20 in the 2026 POY standings presented by CoinPoker. He also secured 235 PGT points, putting him in third position in the series-long points race.
The Schulman Show
In his early years as a tournament circuit regular, Schulman was sometimes referred to as ‘The Takeover’. The nickname seemed fitting in this event, as he ran away with the chip lead down the stretch. Schulman came into the second and final day of play inside the PokerGO Studio in the middle of the pack. Nicolas Milgrom led the remaining seven contenders to start, and added to that advantage early when his A♦K♣ held against the A♠Q♠ of Jesse Klein (7th – $33,600).
Schulman then scored his first knockout of the day with pocket aces besting pocket tens for Walter Chambers (6th – $42,000). Schulman pulled ahead during five-handed action and essentially never looked back. He won a monster pot with turned aces full of queens against the flopped aces full of eights of three-time bracelet winner Qinghai Pan in a hand of Omaha eight-or-better. Pan made the laydown on the river, but still lost a sizable chunk of his stack.
Seven-time bracelet winner Scott Seiver (5th – $58,800) was eliminated by Schulman during a round of triple draw deuce-to-seven lowball when he was unable to beat 10-8-4-3-2. After more than 100 minutes of five-handed play, the final four were narrowed to a champion in less than 45 minutes. Shortly after Seiver was sent packing, Milgrom’s 8-7-5-4-3 was bested by an 8-6-4-3-2. Schulman, who correctly broke a made 10-8, was rewarded with a winning six on the end. Milgrom earned $79,800 as the fourth-place finisher.
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Surging Across The Finish Line
European Poker Tour champion Dzmitry Urbanovich got his last 17 big blinds in with A♠9♣ dominated by Schulman’s A♦Q♣ in no-limit hold’em. The superior hand held through a queen-high runout and the Polish pro settled for $109,200.
Heads-up began with roughly a 4:1 chip advantage for Schulman over Pan. The gap widened from there. The final hand saw the chips go in on a 10♠7♣6♠A♣ board in Omaha eight-or-better. Pan held Q♦Q♣7♥5♥ and was up against K♣5♠3♠2♦ for Schulman, who had the low side locked up and could win the high with a spade, four, or king on the end. The K♦ rolled off the deck, giving Schulman a scoop for the win. Pan earned $151,200 as the runner-up.
This was Pan’s second podium showing of the series, having placed third in the $10,000 T.O.R.S.E. just a day earlier for $107,900. He now sits in second place in the series points race. His lifetime tournament earnings grew to more than $2.3 million thanks to this score.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Payout | POY Points | PGT Points |
| 1 | Nick Schulman | $235,200 | 480 | 235 |
| 2 | Qinghai Pan | $151,200 | 400 | 151 |
| 3 | Dzmitry Urbanovich | $109,200 | 320 | 109 |
| 4 | Nicolas Milgrom | $79,800 | 240 | 80 |
| 5 | Scott Seiver | $58,800 | 200 | 59 |
| 6 | Walter Chambers | $42,000 | 160 | 42 |
| 7 | Jesse Klein | $33,600 | 120 | 34 |
Photo credit: PGT / Antonio Abrego.
