Ylon Schwartz and Dennis Phillips Join PokerStarsYlon Schwartz and Dennis Phillips both were part of the 2008 November Nine, which were the remaining nine players from the World Series of Poker Main Event. Both Philips and Schwartz wore PokerStars gearing during the final table, where Schwartz finished fourth and Philips who came into the final table with the chip lead finished third.

Schwartz was born in 1970 and became a chess master before ever getting serious into poker. He learned how to play Texas Hold’em while growing up in Brooklyn, New York, however, he learned a lot more when after his November Nine appearance, where he went on to win $3,774,974. If you’re wanting to play against Schwartz, do a player search on Pokerstars with screen name: YlonSchwartz.

Dennis Phillips 53, was the louder player of the bunch who was a old account manager for Broadway Trucks, a commercial trucking company out of St. Louis Missouri. He satellited his way to the WSOP Main Event through a $200 satellite at Harrah’s casino in St. Louis. His $200’s parlayed into $4,517,773 cash prize after finishing third. Phillips can be found playing under screen name ‘D. Phillips’.

Both Philips and Schwartz will be touring with the Team PokerStars through the year of 2009, which will take them to Australia, New Zealand, South America, Asian countries and many more places since PokerStars now operates many poker tours across the world, while increasing their brand name.

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