Brooklyn native, Ylon Schwartz began his gambling career at the age of 13. He was a professional chess player until realizing that he had to expand his gambling empire to make more money. He turned his attention to pool, darts, horse betting and eventually, poker. He has over 1 million in live tournament winnings and 11 WSOP cashes including his historic run to become one of the original November Nine.

Schwartz is also a prolific online MTTer playing on PokerStars or on Full Tilt as "TenthePlanet" with over 1 million in online winnings as well.  You find him on line or at a gathering of world class chess players taking on the best in the world.