Eric Baldwin, a 26-year-old poker pro who graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and played on the school’s 2005 Division 3 national championship baseball team, won a World Series of Poker event worth $521,991 Thursday in Las Vegas.
Baldwin, who was born in Peoria, Ill., but grew up in Beaver Dam, moved to the Las Vegas area about a year ago to focus on playing poker full time, according to a WSOP news release.