• Name: Eric Buchman
  • Current Residence: Valley Stream, New York, USA
  • DOB:1980
  • WSOP Stats: 0 bracelets, 10 cashes, 2 final tables
  • Position at 2009 ME Final Table: 2nd, will start play with 34.8 million chips
  • Live Tournament Earnings: $967,199 (prior to the $1,263,602  he is assured now)

INTERVIEW

Buchman: I’m really happy right now. When I’m playing, I’m not going to get emotional because it’s not my style. If I win a big hand to survive, I’ll be happy. I know what reality is and I could have gotten knocked out of this tournament. If that happened, I would have been disappointed.

WSOP Media: You were really close to elimination. Tell us about it.

Buchman: I had eights against kings and made a straight. There was another time I got really lucky. I had A-10 of hearts against jacks and flopped the nuts. I was all-in that hand.

WSOP: What are your plans now?

Buchman: Just to relax. I’ll probably play a little less, but I’m still going to play. I deserve a vacation now.

WSOP Media: Will you watch it on television?

Buchman: I’m going to watch it on TV and I’d watch it on TV anyway. It’s a great show.

WSOP Media: Do you play online?

Buchman: I don’t play online. I played online a little bit in the old days. Now, I play at the Mohegan Sun and Borgata.

WSOP Media: Are you flying a lot of people out here for the final table in November?

Buchman: A lot of people are coming. All of my friends at the regular game want to come, so I’ll have maybe 30 people or so.

 

Source: PND