$2,200 Eight-Handed No Limit Hold’em (Freezeout)
Level 6: 150/300 with a 50 Ante
Total Entries: 175

The prize pool for Event 17 has reached $350,000 with 90 minutes left to register and we expect a few more notables to pop their head into the meeting room then hit the registration desk.

Eric “basebaldy” Baldwin has been here since cards first went in the air. If you’re going to come across the country for the big series, might as well get in as many hands as possible.

Baldwin is a three-tool threat; star college baseball player, online poker wizard, and live poker champion. He has a bit under $5 million in live career earnings, including a WSOP bracelet win in 2009 and WPT Five Star Poker Classic runner-up finish, and another $1.4 million in online winnings before Black Friday shut down that option.