2019 WSOP Day 35: Baker and Campbell Win Second Titles

Written by Jennifer Newell

Last updated on July 3rd, 2019

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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 50^th Annual World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.

Event 64:  $888 Crazy Eights NLHE – Day 3/4

Total entries:  10,185 Prize pool:  $7,720,210 Players paid:  1,223 Minimum payout:  $1,500 Winner payout:  $888,000 Day 3 players remaining:  10 Final table chip counts: Aleksandras Rusinovas (Lithuania) – 114,625,000 chips Thomas Drivas (USA) – 58.6 million chips Vivian Saliba (Brazil) – 43.5 million chips Uselis Gediminas (USA) – 43.4 million chips Mark Radoja (Canada) – 36.1 million chips Patrick Clarke (Ireland) – 36 million chips Vlad Darie (Hungary) – 26.75 million chips Rick Alvarado (USA) – 21.15 million chips Mario Hofler (USA) – 15.2 million chips Keun Kwak (USA) – 12 million chips Day 4 starting time: 12 noon

Event 66:  $1,500 LHE – Final

Total entries:  541 Prize pool:  $730,350 Players paid:  82 Final table payouts: 1^st place:  David Baker (USA) - $161,139 2^nd place:  Brian Kim (USA) - $99,564 3^rd place:  Dominzo Love (USA) - $68,353 4th place:  Ruiko Mamiya (Japan) - $47,747 5^th place:  Chris Ferguson (USA) - $33,948 6^th place:  Chicong Nguyen (USA) - $24,574 7^th place:  Kenneth Donoghue (USA) - $18,118 8^th place:  Danny Woolard (USA) - $13,609 9^th place:  Greg Mueller (Canada) - $10,418

Event 67:  $10K Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo 8-or-Better – Final

Total entries:  151 Prize pool:  $1,419,400 Players paid:  23 Final table payouts: 1^st place:  Robert Campbell (Australia) - $385,763 2^nd place:  Yueqi Zhu (China) - $238,420 3^rd place:  Mike Wattel (USA) - $164,647 4^th place:  Mike Matusow (USA) - $116,255 5^th place:  Ryan Hughes (USA) - $83,971 6^th place:  Qinghai Pan (USA) - $62,079 7^th place:  Andrey Zhigalov (Russia) - $46,999 8^th place:  Steven Wolansky (USA) - $36,460

Event 69:  $1K NLHE Mini Main Event – Day 2 of 3

Total entries:  5,521 Prize pool:  $4,968,900 Players paid:  829 Minimum payout:  $1,499 Winner payout:  $628,654 Day 2 players remaining:  8 Final table chip counts: Andrews Korn (Argentina) – 75 million chips Jeremy Saderne (France) – 64 million chips Yi Ma (Hong Kong) – 62.6 million chips Koji Takagi (Japan) – 44 million chips Lulu Taylor (USA) – 30.5 million chips Stefan Widmer (Switzerland) – 28.4 million chips Ben Alloggio (USA) – 13.9 million chips Philip Gildea (Ireland) – 12.4 million chips Final table payouts thus far: 9^th place:  James Stewart (USA) - $55,118 Day 3 starting time:  12noon

Event 70:  $5K NLHE Six-Handed – Day 2 of 4

Total entries:  814 Prize pool:  $3,785,100 Players paid:  123 Minimum payout:  $7,393 Winner payout:  $757,078 Day 2 players remaining:  28 Chip leader:  Joao Vieira (Portugal) – 2.1 million chips Day 3 starting time:  2pm

Event 71:  $500 NLHE Salute to Warriors – Day 1 of 3

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Total entries:  1,723 Prize pool:   $723,660 Players paid:  259 Minimum payout:  $699 Winner payout:  $121,161 Day 1 players remaining:  267 Chip leader:  Dominique Terzian (France) – 801,000 chips Day 2 starting time:  12noon

Event 72:  $10K LHE Championship – Day 1 of 3

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Total entries:  110 (registration remains open) Prize pool:  $1,034,000 (not final) Players paid:  TBD Minimum payout:  TBD Winner payout:  TBD Day 1 players remaining:  51 Chip leader:  Andrew Brown (USA) – 337,000 chips Day 2 starting time:  2pm

Notable Information

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.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=VR5dWIjoKr0 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. https://twitter.com/WSOP/status/1146348287512834048