17 Facts About Bobby Baldwin

In part due to his relative youth at the time he won the 1978 WSoP bracelet, Bobby Baldwin has the earliest Main Event victory of any poker player alive.

Bobby Baldwin was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and attended Oklahoma State University in 1970.

Bobby Baldwin won his first two bracelets at the 1977 World Series of Poker, first winning the $10,000 Deuce to Seven Draw event, then winning the $5,000 Seven-Card Stud event.

Bobby Baldwin won his largest tournament prize in 1978 when he won the WSOP Main Event, earning the title and the $210,000 first prize.

Bobby Baldwin defeated a final table that included professional poker players Ken Smith, Jesse Alto, Buck Buchanan, WSOP bracelet winner Louis Sager Hunsucker Jr.

When Bobby Baldwin won the 1978 World Series of Poker Main Event at age 28, he became the youngest winner in its history.

Bobby Baldwin competed in the Super Bowl of Poker tournaments, organized by 1972 world champion Amarillo Slim.

Bobby Baldwin cashed in several SBOP events and won the $5,000 Seven Card Stud event in 1979.

Bobby Baldwin won WSOP bracelets in three consecutive years which only a small number of players have done in the history of the WSOP.

In 2003, Bobby Baldwin was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame.

Bobby Baldwin cashed in the 2012 World Series of Poker in the Big One for One Drop, finishing seventh.

In 1982, Bobby Baldwin became a consultant for the Golden Nugget casino, and in 1984 was named the president.

Bobby Baldwin was selected to head The Mirage in 1987, and was named as the president of the Bellagio hotel and casino in 1998.

In 2005, after the acquisition of Mandalay Resort Group by MGM Mirage, Bobby Baldwin became CEO and President of the announced Project City Center, while continuing his responsibilities as CEO of the Mirage Resorts subsidiary.

Bobby Baldwin now oversees additional resorts added through the Mandalay Resort Group buyout as well as the previous Wynn properties.

In 2018, following a lengthy tenure as Chief Customer Development Officer of MGM Resorts and CEO and President of CityCenter, MGM announced that Bobby Baldwin would leave both positions by the end of 2018.

Baldwin and his playing style are the subject of a book entitled Bobby Baldwin's Winning Poker Secrets, which was written by Mike Caro.