Final Table Player Bio: Terry Schumacher

Seat 5.  Terry Schumacher

Terry Schumacher enters the final table in fifth chip-position, and the Belgian poker player will book his third WPT cash at his first WPT final table. He took ninth place at partypoker.net WPT Montreal last November, and cashed in 15th place closer to home at the WPT National Brussels stop in 2014. This is the first WPT event he has played in the United States.

“I was always in good shape, because I was almost every time the biggest stack at my table, and I could just play a lot wider, and people almost never played back at me. I just kept on grinding little by little,” said Schumacher when he was asked about his journey through the tournament on Day 3.

Schumacher has 15 career cashes to his credit for $205,254 in earnings, but the majority of them have come at international events, with his handful of stateside cashes coming in Las Vegas. But it sounds like Schumacher is ready to broaden his horizons in terms of traveling to tournaments as he changes focus from online to live poker. “I’ve only played in Vegas before this trip. I started to play live seriously six months ago; I used to play online only. This is pretty nice. The dealers are fast and good, and the atmosphere is nice and fun. It’s a good thing,” said Schumacher.