Event 34 Of 2009 World Series Of Poker Comes To Close

June 19, 2009 - Written By Jimmy

Congratulations is in order for Eric Baldwin, how took home the bracelet and the Event 34, No Limit Hold 'Em, title. Early, Friday morning, Baldwin was about to out last all of his competition, to take home $521,932 from the $1,500 Buy In No Limit Hold 'Em Tournament. Baldwin was able to outlast a total of 2,094 other players, finally eliminating Jonas Klausen with a pair of pocket 10s.

Event 34 began like any other WSOP Tournament, on Tuesday, June 16th, and didn't wrap up until the wee hours of the morning, on Friday, June 19th. Total prize pool for the tournament ended up being in the neighborhood of $2,859,675. After day 1 ended, Baldwin was left with only 240 players out of the original 2,095 and only 20 players were left, after day 2 concluded.

Among the names that Baldwin beat were Phil Hellmuth, Greg Raymer, Chris Ferguson, Antonio Esfandiari, and Humberto Brenes. The competition was fierce, but in the end, Eric Baldwin found himself holding all the chips. 2nd through 10th:  Jonas Klausen: 2nd - $322,371  James Taylor: 3rd - $212,045  Benjamin Sholl: 4th - $150,132  Roland De Wolfe: 5th - $112,957  Andrew Youngblood: 6th - $89,221  Steven Bradbury: 7th - $74,351  Martin Jacobsen: 8th - $65,486  Eric Defontes: 9th - $60,339  Young Phan: 10th - $42,895