2009 Aruba Poker Classic

$5,500 Aruba Poker Classic Championship
Day: 5
Event Info

2009 Aruba Poker Classic

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j10
Prize
$753,330
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$2,303,750
Entries
475
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Hall Homers Through Basebaldy

Brandon Hall
Brandon Hall
Brandon Hall opened with a raise to 90,000 from the button. Eric "basebaldy" Baldwin three-bet to 275,000 from the small blind before Robert Mizrachi folded in the big blind. Action went back over to Hall and he moved all in.

"Can I get a count?" asked Baldwin.

Matt Savage and the dealer counted down the chips and verified that Hall was all in for 1.385 million total. Baldwin now sat in the tank and had about 1.4 million behind in his stack.

A few minutes went by before finally Baldwin said, "I call." Hall tabled {J-Hearts} {J-Spades} against Baldwin's {A-Clubs} {10-Spades}. The crowd rose to their feet and the cameras rushed to the scene.

The flop came down {Q-Clubs} {9-Diamonds} {7-Diamonds}, no help for Baldwin. The turn brought the {3-Hearts} and still Baldwin was behind.

The river was the {9-Hearts}, pairing the board, keeping Hall's hand best and earning him the double up. Baldwin pushed in his chips and was left with only 190,000. Hall on the other hand doubled big to approximately 2.8 million and is now challenging Mizrachi for the chip lead.

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