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Bad Beats, Good Deeds

When you play in a tournament like the Aruba Poker Classic there’s a chance you could win life-changing money. First prize this year was around $750,000; last year it was a cool million. That’s a nice chunk of change no matter what your current bank balance is. Even if you “only” make the final table [...]

In Recovery

Home sweet home. That’s what a lot of people who attended the 2009 Aruba Poker Classic have been saying the last day or so as we wended our ways home. Don’t get me wrong, who doesn’t LOVE being in Aruba? I know I did, especially when I got home to Pittsburgh last night and the [...]

Brandon Hall Wins the 2009 Aruba Poker Classic

After hours where (literally) nothing happened there were two quick eliminations following Eric Baldwin’s exit. Chase Steely moved in for about 500,000 after a Robert Mizrachi raise and Robert called with K-J to Steely’s pocket Queens. The flop came A-10-9, giving Mizrachi a gutshot draw (though Steely held two of the necessary Queens). The turn [...]

Eric Baldwin Eliminated in Fourth Place

Once play resumed there weren’t many major confrontations before Brandon Hall and Eric Baldwin contested a huge pot. Hall opened for 90,000, Baldwin re-raised to 275,000 and Hall moved in for almost 1.4 million. Baldwin had Hall’s stack counted down, ran the numbers in his head, and announced a call. Eric’s Ac-10 needed help against [...]
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