Young poker player David Baker (23) has been ripping up the WSOP finisihing regular in the money and recently taking another payday wage when he won the No Limit Deuce to Seven.
At this rate he is fast traking to be the next superstar on the poker tables and once again seem to prove that poker should be regarded as a sport since you have to be young to win it.
In fact he has only started playing low ball poker four months ago which shows two things:
1. If they are good at online poker and have acquired the skills needed to win then this is transferable to live games.
2. The old guard better get used to it, the youngsters are fast learners.
Event 19: 2-7 draw lowball world championship
Buy-in: $10,000
Entries: 101
Prize pool: $949,400
Players in the money: 14
1. David Baker ($294,314)
2. Eric Cloutier ($181,886)
3. George Danzer ($115,295)
4. John Juanda ($78,088)
5. Doug Booth ($55,483)
6. Erik Seidel ($41,270)
7. Eric Kesselman ($32,080)
8. Daniel Negreanu ($26,004)
9. Andy Bloch ($22,387)
10. John Monnette ($22,387)
11. Vincent Musso ($22,387)
12. Yan Chen ($19,273)
13. Chad Brown ($19,273)
14. Peter Gould ($19,273)
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