On Tuesday, July 2, a special tournament was on the schedule to benefit United States military veteran organizations. The Salute to Warriors NLHE tournament was a way to celebrate those who have served.
Meanwhile, the anticipation grew around the Rio Convention Center for the start of the WSOP Main Event. But on the day before it gets underway, this is what happened at the 50th Annual World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.
Event 64: $888 Crazy Eights NLHE – Day 3/4
Total entries: 10,185Prize pool: $7,720,210Players paid: 1,223Minimum payout: $1,500Winner payout: $888,000Day 3 players remaining: 10Final table chip counts:Aleksandras Rusinovas (Lithuania) – 114,625,000 chipsThomas Drivas (USA) – 58.6 million chipsVivian Saliba (Brazil) – 43.5 million chipsUselis Gediminas (USA) – 43.4 million chipsMark Radoja (Canada) – 36.1 million chipsPatrick Clarke (Ireland) – 36 million chipsVlad Darie (Hungary) – 26.75 million chipsRick Alvarado (USA) – 21.15 million chipsMario Hofler (USA) – 15.2 million chipsKeun Kwak (USA) – 12 million chipsDay 4 starting time: 12 noon
Event 66: $1,500 LHE – Final
Total entries: 541Prize pool: $730,350Players paid: 82Final table payouts:1st place: David Baker (USA) - $161,1392nd place: Brian Kim (USA) - $99,5643rd place: Dominzo Love (USA) - $68,3534th place: Ruiko Mamiya (Japan) - $47,7475th place: Chris Ferguson (USA) - $33,9486th place: Chicong Nguyen (USA) - $24,5747th place: Kenneth Donoghue (USA) - $18,1188th place: Danny Woolard (USA) - $13,6099th place: Greg Mueller (Canada) - $10,418
Event 67: $10K Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo 8-or-Better – Final
Total entries: 151Prize pool: $1,419,400Players paid: 23Final table payouts:1st place: Robert Campbell (Australia) - $385,7632nd place: Yueqi Zhu (China) - $238,4203rd place: Mike Wattel (USA) - $164,6474th place: Mike Matusow (USA) - $116,2555th place: Ryan Hughes (USA) - $83,9716th place: Qinghai Pan (USA) - $62,0797th place: Andrey Zhigalov (Russia) - $46,9998th place: Steven Wolansky (USA) - $36,460
Event 69: $1K NLHE Mini Main Event – Day 2 of 3
Total entries: 5,521Prize pool: $4,968,900Players paid: 829Minimum payout: $1,499Winner payout: $628,654Day 2 players remaining: 8Final table chip counts:Andrews Korn (Argentina) – 75 million chipsJeremy Saderne (France) – 64 million chipsYi Ma (Hong Kong) – 62.6 million chipsKoji Takagi (Japan) – 44 million chipsLulu Taylor (USA) – 30.5 million chipsStefan Widmer (Switzerland) – 28.4 million chipsBen Alloggio (USA) – 13.9 million chipsPhilip Gildea (Ireland) – 12.4 million chipsFinal table payouts thus far:9th place: James Stewart (USA) - $55,118Day 3 starting time: 12noon
The first win of the day was the second career bracelet for longtime poker pro David “ODB” Baker, and this one happened in the $1,500 LHE. He won his first WSOP victory happened in 2012, but more recently, he won a World Poker Tour title several months ago. And he really wanted a second WSOP title. “All my friends had more bracelets than me,” he said, “so I’ve been really wanting to get number two for a long time and finally did. I’m thrilled. I think it’s pretty obvious I wear my heart on my sleeve when it comes to the WSOP and what it means to me.”
Baker also got the better end of the numerous bracelet bets with fellow pros. “I live for the pressure, and I wanted it,” he said. “Now that I have those taken care of and I know I can’t lose no matter what happens to all these other players out there that I have bets against, that’s a relief.”
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Later on Tuesday, Robert Campbell of Australia took down the $10K Stud Hi-Lo Championship title, which was his second bracelet in a matter of weeks. His first was in a Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw event. He became the first player in 2019 to capture double gold bracelets.
“I had probably played less poker (coming into the summer) than I’ve ever played, and I felt really, realy excited to play,” he admitted. “I was really excited to come to Vegas, much more excited than I had been in the past.”
With that, Campbell took the lead in the WSOP Player of the Year race.
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