The 2021 World Series of Poker is shaping up to be the year of the established professional player as a slew of pros are adding second, third, or in Phil Hellmuth’s case, a 16th career WSOP bracelet to their collection.
The $1,500 limit 2-7 triple draw event continued that trend as David “Bakes” Baker took it down for his third career WSOP title. He joins Chance Kornuth and Anthony Zinno as players who won their third career bracelet at the 2021 series. Zinno, however, won his fourth just a few days later.
Baker defeated a field of 285 entries to secure an $87,837 payday, as well as the proverbial hardware. The Las Vegas pro defeated Peter Lynn heads-up for the title and earned 456 points towards his Card Player Player of the Year standings.
The 35-year-old Michigan native has proven to be a beast in the mixed game world. He won the $10,000 no-limit 2-7 single draw championship in 2010 and the $10,000 HORSE championship two years later.
He went nine years between his second and third title with three runner-up finishes in that span, with his most recent near-miss coming in the $800 online no-limit hold’em six-max during the 2019 WSOP. He also finished runner-up in 2018 $10,000 HORSE and the 2013 $10,000 no-limit 2-7 single draw.
“I don’t know what I was doing heads-up those last few times,” Baker told WSOP live reporters after the victory.
Despite holding a sizable lead for a good chunk of his heads-up match against Lynn, there were times where cards didn’t fall Baker’s way and he was fighting off feelings of déjà vu.
“Once you lose a couple of all ins like that you aren’t feeling great and you’re wondering what could happen,” Baker told WSOP reporters. “The last time I was heads-up, I won a massive pot and had a 3-to-1 chip lead and then he ground me all the way back. There were some visions of that. There’s just so much tension from the situation that it’s hard to keep your head screwed on.”
The 285-entry field was trimmed down to the final table on Monday night. […]
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