6/24/2012 – For some years chess players have been a threat at the World Series of Poker tournaments, and now, more than ever there’s reason to expect big things from them. Ylon Schwartz, a 2300 chess master, outlasted 889 players to take a first place prize of $267,081. Not bad, except that Ylon earned more than $3.7 million finishing fourth in the 2008 Main Event. There's money in them thar cards.