May the Schwartz Be with You
Schwartz led out with a bet that Kochan raised to 15,500. Schwartz, undeterred, reraised to 35,000. Kochan made the call to an on the turn that both players checked. When the river came down , Schwartz checked the action over to Kochan, who made it 44,000 to go. That was not enough to fold Schwartz. He called and tabled before Kochan opened his hand. As a result, we never found out what Kochan had. He mucked, preserving only 30,000 chips in his stack. Schwartz is up to 270,000.