A Remarkable Run — 2012 WSOP Press Conference Video Clip With Third-Place Finisher Jake Balsiger

 

Jake Balsiger, a 21-year-old college student at Arizona State University, had a chance to become the youngest world champion in poker history.  However, he ended up finshing in third place, which paid a nice consolation prize of nearly $4 million.

Balsiger lasted nearly 11 hours in a three-handed marathon that set the record as the longest span ever recorded without a bustout in the Main Event Championship.

After he was eliminated at 5 am on October 31, 2012, I shot this short video of Balsiger at his press conference at the Rio in Las Vegas.  Considering the battle he’d endured and the disappointment he must have felt at having played so long, and still finished third (he actually had the chip lead at one point), Balsiger appears remarkably positive and upbeat.

I think this video is the perfect testament to a remarkable young man who enjoyed an incredible once-in-a-lifetime run at the World Series of Poker.

Read more, including the official report of this event which is posted here:  OFFICIAL SITE OF THE WORLD SERIES OF POKER