Eric Baldwin Among Early Arrivals

The field climbs well into triple digits in the opening minutes of Day 1A, reaching 117 .

Eric Baldwin is one of the players in his seat from the beginning of play. Baldwin has more than $8 million in live earnings, including $1.2 million in World Poker Tour events. His largest WPT score came at the $25K buy-in WPT World Championship in April 2010, where he finished in second place for $1,034,715.

Other Level 1 arrivals include Ryan Laplante and LoriAnn Persinger, who finished in 30th place in last year’s WPT World Championship for $119,300.