Nick Schulman Leads POY Race After Tearing Up PGT Mixed Games Series

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Two and a half months into 2025, five-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner and renowned poker commentator Nick Schulman leads the Global Poker Index (GPI) Player of the Year (POY) race after a series of deep runs and one victory inside the PokerGO Studio.

Schulman has never had an issue taking off the headset and performing at poker’s highest levels and this year isn’t proving to be an exception. He started the year by winning the PGT Last Chance opening $10,000 buy-in event for $283,050 and followed it up with runner-up finishes in the PGT $1 Million Championship and $5,000 PGT kickoff.

Schulman was just getting started. He had fourth and sixth-place finishes at the PGT PokerGO Cup in February before going on a tear at the PGT Mixed Games series. He first finished third in the $5,000 buy-in Event #2 for $74,000 before another third-place finish in the $10,000 8-Game Mix for $110,400.

Finally, Schulman finished runner-up in the $15,000 Dealer’s Choice event for $190,125, falling to none other than Daniel Negreanu.

Nick Schulman

Nick Schulman’s 2025 Results So Far

Date Event Place Prize POY Points
03-Mar-2025 PGT $15,000 + 200 Dealer’s Choice (Event #6) 2nd $190,125 267.32
28-Feb-2025 PGT $10,000 + 200 8-Game Mix (Event #4) 3rd $110,400 241.8
26-Feb-2025 PGT $5,000 + 100 8-Game Mix (Event #2) 3rd $74,000 245.81
18-Feb-2025 PGT $15,000 + 100 No Limit Hold’em - PokerGO Cup (Event #7) 12th $32,250 164.06
17-Feb-2025 PGT $10,000 + 100 No Limit Hold’em - PokerGO Cup (Event #6) 6th $65,250 201.22
15-Feb-2025 PGT $10,000 + 100 No Limit Hold’em - PokerGO Cup (Event #5) 4th $90,000 224.12
14-Feb-2025 PGT $10,000 + 100 No Limit Hold’em - PokerGO Cup (Event #4) 14th $24,500 150.57
20-Jan-2025 PGT $5,000 + 100 No Limit Hold’em - PGT Kickoff #1 2nd $75,600 231.87
10-Jan-2025 PGT No Limit Hold’em - PGT Championship 2nd $200,000
04-Jan-2025 PGT $10,000 + 100 No Limit Hold’em - PGT Last Chance #3 13th $23,800 161.56
02-Jan-2025 PGT $10,000 + 100 No Limit Hold’em - PGT Last Chance #1 1st $283,050 379.86

Foxen & Weissman Close Behind

Trailing Schulman by just 38 points is fellow five-time bracelet winner Kristen Foxen, who started the year by winning January’s $10,000 PGT Kickoff Event #5 for $197,625 before winning February’s $15,000 PokerGO Cup Event #7 for $348,300. Foxen also finished runner-up in the $10,000 PGT Last Chance #5 for $187,550.

Kristen FoxenMeanwhile, Joey Weissman sits in third with 2,219.54 points after winning the $10,000 PokerGO Cup Event #2 for $295,000 and finishing runner-up in the PokerGO Cup Event #2, #4 and #8 in a historic series performance.

Other players cracking the Top 10 so far include Justin Saliba (9th - 1,723.51 pts), Shannon Shorr (6th - 1,833.81 pts) and Ren Lin (5th - 1,868.78 pts), who last year finished fourth in the GPI POY race.

GPI Player of the Year 2025 Standings

Rank Player GPI Points
1 Nick Schulman 2,268.21
2 Kristen Foxen 2,230.56
3 Joey Weissman 2,219.54
4 Brandon Wilson 2,047.38
5 Tony “Ren” Lin 1,868.78
6 Shannon Shorr 1,833.81
7 Biao Ding 1,786.92
8 Michael Berk 1,771.48
9 Justin Saliba 1,723.51
10 Zhen Chen 1,713.12

Connor Richards is an Editor & Live Reporter for PokerNews and host of the Life Outside Poker podcast. Connor has been nominated for two Global Poker Awards for his writing.

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