Eric Baldwin is now a two-time Mid-States Poker Tour champion, with each of his victories coming in MSPT occasions held on the The Venetian Las Vegas.
The longtime poker professional primarily based out of Sin City first broke by way of on the MSPT in 2019, topping a area of 377 in a $1,100 buy-in affair that September to earn $80,872. The two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner’s newest win additionally got here in a $1,100 buy-in. time round, he bested a area of 274 entries to safe his second MSPT trophy and the highest prize of $55,261.
“It feels good. It’s hard to win a live tournament,” Baldwin told MSPT reporters after coming out on top. “The MSPT puts on a great show, and over the years, Venetian is a place where I have had a lot of success, so it’s cool to win one here.”
Baldwin has now cashed for almost $391,000 in MSPT occasions. This latest rating propelled his total profession match earnings to greater than $8.3 million.
In addition to the title and the cash, Baldwin was additionally awarded 432 Card Player Player of the Year factors because the champion of this match. This was his first title and twelfth final-table end of the 12 months, with greater than $467,000 in to-date POY earnings accrued alongside the way in which. As a consequence, he has climbed inside the highest 100 within the 2023 POY race standings introduced by Global Poker.
Baldwin was one among a number of extremely completed gamers who made it to the ultimate day of this occasion. Among others who cashed by making the highest 30 have been Nicholas Pupillo (twenty eighth), five-time MSPT champion Blake Bohn (twenty seventh), bracelet winner Michael Holtz (twenty first), bracelet winner and MSPT champion Rob Wazwaz (nineteenth), Hayley Hanna (twelfth), bracelet winner Ryan Laplante (tenth), bracelet winner Jeremy Eyer (ninth), and bracelet winner Tamas Lendvai (4th).
2021 World Poker Tour Venetian primary occasion champion Qing Liu completed second to Baldwin, incomes $39,452 for his newest deep run on the venue. He now has greater than $2.9 million in profession cashes to his identify.
Here is a have a look at the payouts and POY factors awarded on the last desk:
| Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
| 1 | Eric Baldwin | $55,261 | 432 |
| 2 | Qing Liu | $39,452 | 360 |
| 3 | Andrew Rodgers | $28,648 | 288 |
| 4 | Tamas Lendvai | $21,165 | 216 |
| 5 | Moises Torres | $15,913 | 180 |
| 6 | Hal Marcus | $12,180 | 144 |
| 7 | Tjam Tepeh | $9,494 | 108 |
| 8 | Tyler Willse | $7,539 | 72 |
| 9 | Jeremy Eyer | $6,100 | 36 |
Winner photograph supplied by MSPT.
