Haydon Wins Event No. 26
Jun 17, '10
Baldwin’s Kings Cracked in Third Place ($248,265)
William Haydon moved all in from the small blind and Joe Baldwin had to be pleased to look down and see K
K
. He called, and Haydon showed A
7 and was calling for an ace.
He got one. The flop came AQ3 and he took the lead. He never lost it.
The turn was the 8 and the river brought the 9
, and Baldwin was the third-place finisher, winning $248,265.
With that, they were down to two players — Haydon and Jeffrey Papola. Haydon had around 7.3 million chips to Papola’s 1.9 million.
Papola Meets Broadway, Out in 2nd Place ($391,068)
Not long into their heads up battle, Jeffrey Papola moved all in and William Haydon made the call. Their cards:
Haydon: AJ
Papola: A6
Papola was in bad shape and the KQ4 flop didn’t help. The board finished with the 9 and the 10, giving Haydon the unnecessary broadway straight and his first WSOP title. He earned $630,031 for the win.
Papola took second place and $391,068.
Player Tags: Joe Baldwin, Will Haydon, Jeffrey Papola
