Tom Schneider Captures Event #29: $5,000 H.O.R.S.E. Gold Bracelet ($318,955)!
It's all over, and Tom Schneider has done it!
In just over a week's time, Schneider has secured his second gold bracelet here at the 44th annual World Series of Poker. On June 9, Schneider won Event #15: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. for $258,960. He's again recognized as part of the elite club of players to win more than one bracelet in a single year, and belongs to an even more elite club of players to win four pieces of WSOP hardware.
Coming into the fourth and final day, Schneider had the big chip lead. He held nearly 64% of the chips in play and never gave it up. After Viatcheslav Ortynskiy fell in fourth place and Greg Mueller hit the rail in third place, all that stood between Schneider and the gold was former WSOP gold bracelet winner Benjamin Scholl.
Scholl's chip deficit was big, and he could never really get anything going in the few hands that heads-up play lasted. In the end, Schneider edged him out in the final confrontation during a hand of hold'em, and Scholl earned nearly $200,000 for his runner-up finish.
Schneider's first two bracelets both came in 2007, the year he also won WSOP Player of the Year. With two pieces of gold jewelry here in 2013, Schneider's name is right in the mix for Player of the Year once again, and he'll be looking to become the first player to win that honor twice. And for him, the poker isn't over. In his winner interview with PokerNews' own Lynn Gilmartin, Schneider mentioned he'll be hopping right into the 5 p.m. $2,500 Razz event and will be looking for another deep run and another gold bracelet. You can catch the interview in the following video: