Event #17: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout

Schwartz raises to 700,000, and Young reraises all in. Call. Just like that. And it's a gigantic, bracelet-sized coinflip. Schwartz:     Young:     Board:           And after one of the most impressive and dramatic comebacks ever, it's all over for Michael Schwartz, and a massively relieved Jason Young can finally pick up that bracelet and take it home.

Schwartz raises to 500,000, and Young reraises all in. Schwartz stands up, and contemplates. Eventually, he folds     face-up. Young shows A-6.

During one on the double ups, Jason Young turned to the dealer he ambushed earlier and announced, "I'm not kissing you again." Either he doesn't believe the dealer is as lucky as he first thought, or maybe she slipped him the tongue.

The following two hands, Mike Schwartz pushes all in twice in a row, and it's enough to make Jason Young fold both times.

Michael Schwartz picked up a few chips in small pots, so he was slight chip leader when the following happened. He limped, and Young made it another 400,000 from the blind. Schwartz called. Young bet out 750,000 on the       flop, and Schwartz called. The turn came the  , and Young went all in. Schwartz got out of his seat and strolled around the table, perplexed. Eventually he declared, "I think you have A-10. I call." Schwartz:     Young:     River:   And Jason Young is whooping and high-fiving everyone, kissing the dealer, shaking hands, and he's actually picked up the bracelet when the TD informs him that Schwartz has change. In fact, that he'll be all in on the blind next hand...

On a     flop, Mike Schwartz bets 280,000. "Is that 280,000?" observes Jason Young. "Goooooood counting," replies Schwartz. On that note, Young calls. Turn =   Glancing briefly at his opponent, Schwartz dips into his stack and pulls out a bet of 500,000. Without too much hesitation, Young folds, showing the   in the process. "That must have been a lousy kicker," comments Schwartz, elongating the word "lousy."

Schwartz limped and Young checked, so they saw a       flop, which they checked, thus leading them to see a   turn. Young checked it but Schwartz bet 375,000, which Young quickly called. They both checked the   river, and Schwartz'     was the winning hand. Young took the next hand, raising from the button and Schwartz folding     up. Then it was Schwartz' turn to button-raise to steal the blinds. At this point one of the gentlemen at the rail tapped Schwartz on the shoulder, and informed him that everyone at the rail could see his hole cards (Schwartz has his back to the rail, and although the crowd has rather thinned, there are still spectators watching). The cheerful Schwartz didn't seem to mind in the slightest, though.

Young limps on the button and then calls the 150,000 raise from Schwartz on the the big blind. Schwartz bets out 500,000 on the      flop, and Young folds. A pot for Schwartz. Then they limp/check a           board all the way down, until Young turns over     to win it. A pot for Young. They then limp/check all the way down a           board, until Young bets around 550,000 from the button. He doesn't announce an amount or count them out, he just grabs a handful and pushes them forward. "Slow-playing your quads?" jokes Schwartz, and folds. A pot for Schwartz.

Schwartz raises the button to 400,000, and Young calls instantly, and announces, "I check," before the flop is dealt. The flop is      , and Schwartz checks it too. The turn is the  , and Young bets out 1 million. "Ace eight?" asks Schwartz as he folds, but Young doesn't show.

No! The very next hand, Young limped and Schwartz checked to see a       flop, which they both checked. Schwartz bet out 400,000 on the   turn, and Young asked how much he had left. "It's there!" said a frustrated but still fairly jovial Schwartz. "One, two, two and a half... You've got me covered," he added, unnecessarily. Young flat-called. The river was the   and Schwartz pushed his chips in. "Sh*t," said Young and grinned. He pulled a variety of unpleasant faces as he considered his course of action. Schwartz put on a pair of sunglasses with holographic dollar signs on the lenses, and refused Young's requests to see if he folded. He folded, and dropped down to 6.1 million.