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The Jake Schindler Story: How a poker star went from millions to being banned
Full name Jacob Carl Schindler (born 1989) is an American professional poker player from Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, known for his success in live and online poker tournaments. During his 15-year career, Jake has won nearly $40 million and climbed into the top 20 of the world's all-time money list. But all that glitters is not gold, and today we take a closer look at his story.
Jake Schindler's achievements
Schindler got into poker as a teenager and started playing live tournaments in 2009. He hasn't been shy in the online waters either, winning the World Championship of Online Poker in September 2013 for nearly $150,000 under the name CaLLitARUSH .
His first success at the World Series of Poker came in 2011, where he reached the ITM in the $5,000 No Limit Hold'em - Six Handed and $1,000 No Limit Hold'em events. But his breakthrough came in 2018 when he first won the $800,758 SHRPO High Roller in August, where he defeated Shaun Deeb in heads-up play, and later that year he won the $1,332,000 WPT Five Diamond 100k event.
During that year, he made a record 31 final tables, beating Stephen Chidwick's 26. His success in 2018 earned him the Card Player of the Year Award and kick-started an incredible career. As of 2018, Schindler has won more than $23,000,000 in live tournaments, become the Pennsylvania No. 1, and has risen to No. 17 in the world rankings.
Fraud charges?
Every fairy tale has an ending, and many consider 2022 to be Schindler's year. During that year, he and Ali Imsirovic faced allegations of cheating, which led to a ban from all PokerGO-organized events during the 2022 season.
The charges included collusion and the use of real-time assistance (RTA - the term real-time assistance was coined relatively recently and includes the use of any kind of assistance while playing poker) while playing online. In addition, both players also received a permanent ban from GGPoker.
Despite rumors that both players were banned from European Poker Tour events (there was no official announcement), Schindler and Imsirovic were free to compete elsewhere on the live circuit, making appearances at events such as the 2022 World Series of Poker. Imsirovic had a nice deeprun in the WSOP Main Event (229th place for $46,800), and Schindler even won his first bracelet, though the road to it was lined with verbal attacks from some high roller players.
Schindler is just one of a handful of top players who have been linked to alleged cheating scandals. Whether the aforementioned Ali Imsirovic or even world number one Bryn Kenney, even Jake Schindler, despite his immense talent and love of poker, will never be free of this taint. What is your opinion of Jake and his career? Would you be able to admire and appreciate his accomplishments even after the transgressions he has had? Let us know in the comments on our social media!
Sources - YouTube, cardplayer, pokernews, thehendonmob, PokerGO