Matthew Wantman makes a deal with Nick Schulman and takes the title of Triton Jeju Event 11

At Triton Jeju, in South Korea, a North American celebration was seen this Tuesday (15) as the Event 11 (US$ 50,000 NLH 7-Handed) was decided. Matthew Wantman won his first title on the Super High Roller circuit, securing a deal with his friend Nick Schulman in the heads-up, while Ben Tollerene completed the podium.

In summary, Triton Jeju Event 11 recorded 70 entries, generating a prize pool of US$ 3.5 million. For the title, Matthew Wantman earned US$ 836,721, an amount defined after the deal, which also gave US$ 810,279 to Schulman. Tollerene, finally, took home US$ 448,000.

Wantman describes himself as an intermediate ABI player, but according to him, “he likes to challenge more expensive fields”. And in this contest, he had to overcome a typical group from these top-tier competitions. Just in the final stretch, the American knocked out names like Daniel Dvoress, Danny Tang, and Bryn Kenney (11th, US$ 88,000).

Check out the final standings of Event 11:

Position	Name	Country	Prize
1	Matthew Wantman	USA	US$ 836,721*
2	Nick Schulman	USA	US$ 810,279*
3	Ben Tollerene	USA	US$ 448,000
4	Daniel Dvoress	Canada	US$ 344,000
5	Danilo Velasevic	Serbia	US$ 273,000
6	Danny Tang	Hong Kong	US$ 213,000
7	Aliaksandr Shylko	Belarus	US$ 168,000

Wantman started the final table in the middle of the stack sizes, with a good 41 big blinds to work with. The only elimination he made was Tollerene to form the heads-up, although he won a big pot against Velasevic, who fell to Schulman in the next hand.

When the heads-up between friends began, the stacks were virtually tied. The players then agreed on a deal to split as much of the remaining prize pool as possible, and played all-ins in the dark to decide the trophy owner. Wantman won with AJs, beating Schulman’s Q7s.

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