Event #10 – $100,000 NLH Main Event

Player Spotlight: Jake Schindler

Posted February 23, 2019 at 12:10 am ET by Lucas Thomas

It has quietly been a productive U.S. Poker Open for pro Jake Schindler.

Though he wasn’t won any events, the 30-year old poker pro has two cashes for a combined $327,000. That money stems from a 9^th place finish in Event #1 and a runner-up finish to Bryn Kenney in Event #7. To say that Schindler enjoys the series might be an understatement.

Schindler has six career cashes at the USPO in the series’ second year of play. During the 2018 debut Open, Schindler placed 2^nd twice and added a 4^th and 9^th place finish. He made nearly $700,000 during the week.

The Florida native got his start by grinding online and in mid-stakes tournaments. He logged sever five-figure cashes from 2009 through 2013, including winning the 2013 World Championship of Online Poker under the name “CaLLitARUSH”. Early in 2014, his breakthrough tournament win came.

Schindler won the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $25,000 High Roller, taking home $1.1 million from his first banner victory. He did so by edging former World Series of Poker Main Event champion Greg Merson and now-retired poker pro Vanessa Selbst.

Schindler’s largest payday came from a 2^nd place in the $300,000 High Roller Bowl buy-in at ARIA in 2017 that paid $3.6 million. He has earned nearly $24 million throughout his career, good for 13^th on the all-time money list. He’s currently the sixth rated player in the world, according to Global Poker Index.

This year’s USPO is wrapping up and Schindler will have to wait another 12 months to play the series that has treated him so well. Before that happens, Schindler is aiming to add the tournament’s Main Event title to his list of career accomplishments.