2019 WSOP Day 35: Baker and Campbell Win Second Titles

Published 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

Today at 11am starts Event 71: $500 Salute to Warriors. $40 of each buy-in goes to support the @the_USO and other Veteran organizations.
Late registration and a single re-entry is open for the first 9 40-minute levels. pic.twitter.com/laFYMoEBaX
— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) July 2, 2019

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

32 players registered in the $10,000 Limit Holdem Championship, registration open until the start of Day 2 Wednesday at 2pm.
Updates at https://t.co/YALHrFMgt0 pic.twitter.com/nF1TWiIWQg
— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) July 2, 2019

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.”

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.

We have a new leader in the POY race. Robert Campbell wins his second bracelet in the $10,000 Stud Hi-Lo for $385,763.https://t.co/JS1BnMAMhx pic.twitter.com/JClA27epPF
— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) July 3, 2019