2011 World Series of Poker

Event #28: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 1
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j7
Prize
$599,153
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,375,000
Entries
2,500
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000

Baldwin Quadruples for Free

Level 10 : 400/800, 100 ante

Under the gun, Eric Baldwin raised to 1,400 and received one caller before a player in position raised to 5,100. It folded to Baldwin who four-bet to 12,400 and the player who flatted his initial raise folded. If a four-bet wasn't enough, his opponent five-bet all in and Baldwin snapped him off with {k-}{k-}. He was ahead of the [axqx of his opponent] and held that lead through the {10-}{10-}{7-} flop. However, the turn and river brought an Ace and shipped the pot away from Baldwin.

The stacks were counted and it turned out that Baldwin had the player covered by just one 25 chip. Since it was on the very last hand before the color up break and you can't get raced out of the tournament, Baldwin earned an automatic quadruple up to 100.

He's going to need a lot of help though as that is just one ante.

Tags: Eric Baldwin