Baldwin Gets Lucky and Survives
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Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Eric Baldwin moved all in first to act for his last 127,000. The player in the small blind, with less chips than Baldwin, called all in. The player in the big blind, had both players covered, made the call. The hands were turned over and Baldwin was in trouble:
Player in small blind: 
Player in big blind: 
Baldwin: 
The flop would change Baldwin's outlook as it came 
to give him a set of sevens. The turn was the 
and the river was the 
and Baldwin would nearly triple up with that pot. Brian Pinkus said to Baldwin "probably just what you were looking for with your sevens... two callers."
Baldwin grinned and said "if you're gonna be behind might as well do it six ways."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
330,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
||
and Salvatore had him slightly covered. The Italian's scooped the pot with 
.
flop from 30,000 to 85,000 and Peng called before moving all in after the 
turn for 123,000.
for the top pair on the flop, but Tureniec had that beat with pocket kings. The 
river completed the board and Tureniec doubled up. He did not "get penged" as cheered by the rail of the Canadian during her deep run in the $ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em - Mixed Max (Event #58) a few days ago.
. Only Gibralter called with 
and his kicker played after a blank on the river.
flop, Sinclair check-raised from 21,000 to 55,000 and Gibralter called to see the 
on the turn. Sinclair bet 200,000 and had 63,000 behind, Gibralter had an almost equal stack in 265,000 total and moved all in with 
and the 
board. Only two minutes later the remaining stack vanished as well and he headed to the payout desk.
of Alexander Ziskin. Ziskin started the day as second in chips and continues to boast a large stack after the 
board.
