25 year old Londoner Luke ‘FullFlush’ Schwartz may come across as cocky and obnoxious, but his outspoken, carefree approach is a breath of fresh air in the poker world.
He’s one of the hottest young NL Hold’em players on the planet right now, racking up over $1 million online in the past year. He started online poker in 2005, and aided by victory in the PokerStars Sunday Million, took a successful shot at $5/$10 on Full Tilt Poker.
Schwartz has a reputation as a wind up merchant online, and endures a fractious relationship with Tom Dwan, who he considers ‘cringe-worthy’, ‘geeky’, and ‘gay’. Schwartz doesn’t just reserve his remarks for Dwan, referring to Antonius as ‘golden trollocks’.
In his interview with Jesse May, he calls Benyamine ‘atrocious’, and describes his war of words with Di ‘urindanger’ Dang, where he labels him a ‘nitty, bum hunter’. He names Swedish iPoker player ‘blom90’ as one of the strongest heads up players.
Schwartz has been absent from the Full Tilt online scene in recent months, and he bemoans the site for the $5k monthly deposit limit they have on his account, which means he can’t access the high stakes games.
You can look forward to seeing Schwartz at the WSOP Europe and PKR heads up Championship, but not at the EPT London, since he was banned from the Vic Casino for refusing to remove his hat. You can catch the full interview with FullFlush here.