Henrico County resident Ellis Baggs won his opening-round match last night at the 2009 Monopoly U.S. National Championship at the Sheraton National Hotel in Arlington County. Baggs, a lawyer with Hunton & Williams, bankrupted his three opponents to earn 28 points in the opening round. He bankrupted his last opponent with about six minutes remaining in the 90-minute match.

Growing up the youngest of six children, Henrico County resident Ellis Baggs was the one being beat at board games by his older brothers and sisters. Years later, Baggs is the one who routinely comes out on top at board games. The environmental lawyer at Hunton & Williams is so successful at Monopoly that he qualified for this week’s 2009 Monopoly U.S. National Championship in Washington.