Baldwin showed , and Scholl . The board came , and Scholl doubled up again. He's at around 600,000 now. Baldwin has about 850,000.
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 34 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Baldwin showed , and Scholl . The board came , and Scholl doubled up again. He's at around 600,000 now. Baldwin has about 850,000.
First, Jonas Klausen raised to 95,000 from late position, and all folded. Then Steven Bradbury raised to 125,000 from early position, winning the blinds and antes.
On next one, Andrew Youngblood raised to 95,000 from middle position, and Eric Baldwin reraised to 315,000. It folded back to Youngblood who folded, and Baldwin took the pot.
Next, James Taylor opened with a raise to 100,000, winning the blinds and antes. Klausen got a walk in the big blind. Then, Roland de Wolfe opened by pushing all in from the button, and the blinds folded.
Finally, Klausen limped in from the button, and Youngblood completed from the small blind. Then Taylor raised to 205,000 from the big blind. Both his opponents folded.
(Only Benjamin Scholl, currently the short stack, was not active during the round.)
Showdown
Jacobson:
Baldwin:
The board ran out dry for Jacobson, coming . Failing to improve, Martin Jacobson has been sent off in 8th place. For his work over the last three days, he'll walk away with more than $65,000.
The board came , and Scholl doubled up. He has about 350,000, while Baldwin is at 1.18 million.
Showdown
Youngblood:
Jacobson:
Youngblood stood to await his fate as the dealer spread the flop of . Jacobson paired up, but it was his low card to keep Youngblood in the lead.
The dramatic turn card came the to give the at-risk player top set, but giving Jacobson flush outs for the win. Youngblood walked away from the table now to join his group of cheerleaders on the rail. "Don't worry, don't worry," one of them said. "I folded diamonds." That eased the tension just a bit for Youngblood, but he was still visibly nervous with one card to come. The rest of the crowd came to life with screams and cheers as the dealer ran the final card: . Dodging the river diamond, Andrew Youngblood has notched a big double up and then some. He sits now with an even 850,000, dropping Jacobson all the way back around 200,000.
Baldwin riffled his chips and smiled, then gave it up. De Wolfe gets back to half a million -- no longer the short stack (that's Benjamin Scholl at the moment), but still needing to accumulate chips. Meanwhile Baldwin still has a healthy 1.7 million.
Showdown
Taylor:
Scholl:
There was some chatter around the table as the players were thinking back to the series of two-outers that were hitting hard earlier in the day. There would be none of that nonsense this time though as the board ran . With his kings holding, James Taylor has earned a big double up to 1,200,000. That leaves Scholl with the short stack of 328,000.
Steven Bradbury -- 1.86 million
Eric Baldwin -- 1.8 million
Benjamin Scholl -- 908,000
Martin Jacobson -- 633,000
James Taylor -- 484,000
Andrew Youngblood -- 453,000
Roland de Wolfe -- 393,000
Level: 25
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 5,000