Brock Parker Out in Sixth Place
Saturday, October 10, 2009 - Gene Bromberg
I mentioned in my last post that Roberto Santos was running good this week with Ace-King and in fact it seems like every time there’s been a race late in the tournament it’s the overcards that’ve won against the pocket pair. But Brock Parker and Eric “basebaldy” Baldwin just played the biggest pot of the tourney so far and this time Big Slick failed to deliver.
After Baldwin opened for 40,000 Parker re-popped it to 125,000. Baldwin then made it 300,000 to go and after sitting quietly for a moment Parker announced he was as all-in for an additional 1.1 million. Baldwin asked for a count, saying that he was almost sure that he was going to call, and after a minute’s contemplation that’s what he did. He turned over pocket Queens and Parker showed the Ace-King of hearts, and the two players grinned at each other as their suspicions about each other’s cards were confirmed.
In the past this is when the dealer would spread an Ace on the flop, but not this time, and when the board ran out 2s-2c-6h-8d-10s Baldwin scooped up a massive 2.7 million pot and Parker, the winner of two WSOP bracelets this year and the inaugural UltimateBet Online Championships Main Event, was our sixth-place finisher, pocketing $66,810.
Here are the current chip counts, courtesy of PokerNews:
Eric Baldwin – 2,700,000
Robert Mizrachi – 2,198,000
Chase Steely – 1,145,000
Brandon Hall – 530,000
Jose Santos – 340,000
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