Final Table Tension

Shamus

Jonas Klausen folded from the button, and James Taylor raised to 180,000 (3x) from the small blind. Eric Baldwin called from the big blind.

The flop came {2-Diamonds}

. Taylor bet 235,000 (about two-thirds the pot), and after shuffling his chips for a bit Baldwin made the call.

The turn was the {4-Hearts}

. With great deliberation, Taylor carefully set out a bet of 425,000. Baldwin took about five seconds to announce he was raising all in. As Baldwin had Taylor well covered, Taylor had a big decision to make.

And he took his time. About five minutes' worth, in fact. Most of that period he spent staring at the board, though occasionally would look to his left and ask brief questions of Baldwin, none of which did his opponent answer.

Finally, though it obviously pained him to do so, Taylor let it go. After that hand, Taylor dips down to about 1.4 million. Baldwin is up to 4.34 million, the new chip leader, pushing past Jonas Klausen who has 3.68 million.

Tags: Eric Baldwin James Taylor