Barry Shulman wins WSOP Europe title

Barry Shulman, chief executive officer of Card Player Magazine, held up his end of could become a unique father-son double victory.

Shulman, 63, won the main event of World Series of Poker Europe Thursday night in London, setting the stage for his son, Card Player Magazine editor Jeff Shulman.

The younger Shulman is one of nine qualifiers for the final table of the original World Series of Poker’s world championship in November at the Rio.

“I did my part. Now, you do your part. It’s your turn to win,” Barry Shulman told his son after the Las Vegas resident completed a more than 16-hour final table and won more than $1.28 million in the no limit hold’em championship.

The elder Shulman topped a field of 334 players who paid an entry fee equivalent to $16,020 in the final event of the four-event tournament, which marked the third year the World Series of Poker came to Europe.

“This tournament, because it was a relatively small field, attracted the best players in Europe and brought over the best players in the United States,” Barry Shulman said “So, there just were no weak spots, to use a poker expression, at least at my tables.”

Barry Shulman was born in Seattle and became a millionaire through real estate investments. After retiring from real estate in the mid-1990s, he moved to Las Vegas to play poker professionally. He bought Card Player in 1999. He initially served as president and publisher. Jeff Shulman became editor in 2001.

Barry Shulman and runner-up Daniel Negreanu went heads-up for three hours in the final. Negreanu’s runner-up money gave him more than $12 million in poker tournament earnings.

Jeff Shulman will enter November’s $10,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em world championship fourth in the chip lead. Two of his competition reached the final table of the European event as well, James Akenhead of London, currently ninth in the chip count, and Antoine Saout of France, who is eighth.

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