Shannon Shorr, Nick Schulman Winners at PokerGO Tour’s Last Chance Series

Shannon Shorr and Nick Schulman are the winners of the first two events of the PokerGO Tour’s final series of their season, which ends with a $1 Million Championship Freeroll Jan. 10.

Nick-Schulman
Nick Schulman is the winner of the PGT Last Chance Series Event #1

Nick Schulman continues crushing

After a fantastic 2024, Schulman began 2025 by winning the first event in the Last Chance series, turning $10,100 into $283,050. The man is coming off a World Series of Bracelet in the $5,300 Closer event a week before Christmas in the Bahamas ($145,000) — the second bracelet of the year after wining the $25,000 High Roller event in June for $1,667,842.

The heads-up battle with Joao Simao took nearly two hours and saw Schulman climb back from a five-to-one chip deficit while also being down to depending on a king on the river to make a straight, which was “the first of many doubles during heads-up play.”

Schulman, who turned 40 in September, will be eligible for the Poker Hall of Fame in 2025 for the first time. An entertaining poker commentator as well as a high-stakes pro, Schulman will most certainly be considered for induction, joining a long list of players that should be considered for the honor.

The event brought in 111 entries and the top 16 won at least $16,650.

Place Name Country PGT Points Prize Pool
1st Nick Schulman United States 283 $283,050
2nd Joao Simao Brazil 178 $177,600
3rd Victoria Livschitz United States 128 $127,650
4th Bryce Yockey United States 100 $99,900
5th Matthew McEwan United States 72 $72,150
6th Nguyen Le United States 56 $55,500
7th Aram Zobian United States 44 $44,400
PGT Last Chance Series Event #1: 10,100 No-Limit Hold’em Final Table Payouts

Shannon Shorr stacks another

Shorr won his third PGT title in the second event of the series, another $10,100 no-limit hold’em contest, adding another $297,500 to his stack, which pushed his lifetime tournament winnings up over the $14 million mark, according to the Hendon Mob. It’s his largest tournament cash since he finished second in a $2,000 WSOP bracelet event in 2005.

Shannon Shorr
Shannon Shorr is the winner of PGT Last Chance Series Event #2

It’s just another bead in a strand of six-figure cashes that is 38 long. Amazingly, the long-time pro has never had a tourney cash worth at least $1 million.

Shorr had another nice score in early December when he won $272,600 for taking third in the $25,000 High Roller Event at the Seminole Hard Rock Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open. Brandon Wilson won that one for $602,900. Since then, Shorr, cashed six times.

The event brought in 119 to the PokerGO studios at the Aria. The top 17 were paid at least $17,850.

Place Name Country   PGT Points  Prize Pool
1st Shannon Shorr United States 298 $297,500
2nd Joe Serock United States 184 $184,450
3rd David Chen United States 131 $130,900
4th Stephen Song United States 101 $101,150
5th Ben Tollerene United States 77 $77,350
6th Ren Lin China 60 $59,500
7th Adam Hendrix United States 48 $47,600
PGT Last Chance Series Event #2: $10,100 No-Limit Hold’em Final Table Payouts

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