Noah Schwartz

Noah Schwartz (born August 1, 1983) is an American professional poker player from Miami Beach, Florida. He has won a World Series of Poker bracelet and a World Poker Tour title. He has reached six WPT final tables, five WSOP final tables and his lifetime winnings as of April 2016 exceed $5.3 million.

Early life Schwartz was born and raised in South Florida. He played high school baseball and was a highly recruited left-handed pitcher. During his freshman year at Florida International University he injured his elbow, prematurely ending his baseball career.

Poker career When he was 17 his father died suddenly of cancer and Schwartz began playing poker as a distraction. Schwartz started 2012 with a win in a PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Preliminary event and then made another WPT final table, finishing fourth in the LA Poker Classic for $355,750. That summer he also took sixth in the EPT Grand Final high roller event for $219,535. In 2013 Schwartz earned his first World Series of Poker bracelet, beating Ludovic Lacay to win the €3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Mixed Max Event at the 2013 WSOP Europe in Cannes, France. In December 2014 Schwartz made the final table in the WPT Alpha8 Las Vegas, finishing fourth and winning $539,550. In January 2015 Schwartz won the World Poker Tour's Alpha8 Florida tournament at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino. He won $585,000 and became the first player in poker history to win both an Alpha8 title and a regular WPT title.

As of 2023, Schwartz's total live earnings are greater than $6.5 million. He is involved with the Make-a-Wish Foundation and the South Florida After-School All-Stars organization.