Schwartz Bites Chidwick

Limit Hold'em:

Stephen Chidwick raised the button, and Ylon Schwartz defended his big blind to go heads-up.

The flop came {2-Clubs} {5-Spades} {4-Diamonds} , and Schwartz check-raised. Chidwick bet-called, then called another of Schwartz's bets on the {8-Spades} turn. The river paired the board with the {8-Hearts} , and Schwartz had already bet in the dark, leaving just 15,000 behind once again. Chidwick tanked and called.

Schwartz showed down {2-Hearts} {2-Diamonds} , and his full house was plenty good. It's a big pot for Schwartz, and it bumps him back ahead of his opponent in that pot.

Chidwick went on to lose the next hand as well. After three-betting preflop and losing one small bet thereafter in that hand, he's slipped back to the short stack with 470,000.

Even in limit poker — maybe especially in limit poker — things change quickly.