2012 World Series of Poker

Event 61: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k5
Prize
$8,531,853
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$62,021,200
Entries
6,598
Level Info
Level
42
Blinds
1,000,000 / 2,000,000
Ante
300,000

"Can I Talk To Him?"

We saw that Eric Baldwin was heads up with another opponent on a board that read {k-Spades}{2-Spades}{5-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}, and Baldwin had checked his option. His opponent fired out 800, and Baldwin came along. The river was the {4-Clubs}, and Baldwin checked again. His opponent didn't slow down, as he fired out 2,600.

This sent Baldwin into the tank, and after about 20 seconds, he looked to the dealer and said, "Can I talk to him? That's ok right?" The dealer confirmed that he could, but Baldwin didn't do much talking after that. He simply tossed in the call, then mucked when he was shown the {k-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}.

That hit drops Baldwin and his mustache down to 25,000 early.

Player Chips Progress
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Eric Baldwin
25,000
-5,000
-5,000
WSOP 2X Winner

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