The former professional chess player,won his bracelet in style as the $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. final table proved to be a difficult one with pros Stephen Chidwick and David Chiu in the final three.
“It was a real see-saw tournament for everybody,” said Schwartz. “The stacks were just going up and down all day. I’ve never seen anything like it in all my years playing.”
Ylon Schwartz has been a chess master for years but on Saturday he officially joined poker’s elite by winning his first World Series of Poker bracelet……
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