WSOP 2010 Event 19 - David Baker Wins 2-7 Low

Event #19 of the 2010 WSOP, $10,000 2-7 Lowball World Championship, drew 101 players with hopes of winning a bracelet and $294,314 in prize money.

WSOP 2010 Event 19 winner David Baker

As expected, an all-star field took the felt on Day 1.  All of the games greats and a few lowball specialists all took their seats in what proved to be a relatively uneventful day one.  Day 2 on the other hand saw the field thinned from 72 players down to just 10.  $1,500 NL Lowball bracelet winner Yan Chen finished in the money, but failed to make the final table.

Day 3 saw Daniel Negreanu and Andy Bloch looking to make the final table of seven, but Bloch finished 9th and Negreanu was the final table bubble boy in 7th place.  These were the final seven players for this event.

Erik Seidel

John Juanda

Eric Cloutier

David Baker

George Danzer

Doug Booth

Eric Kesselman

The final table drug on well into the night and heads-up play was between David Baker and Eric Cloutier.  Baker held a 2.19 Million to 837,000 chip lead over Cloutier at the start of heads-up play.  The final hand saw Cloutier shove for 560,000 pre-draw and Baker make the call drawing one to a ten.  Cloutier held three cards to a six and drew two.  Cloutier finished with a pair of sixes and Baker drew a jack to win the hand and the championship.

David Baker wins his first WSOP bracelet and $294,314.  This was his 2nd World Series of Poker final table and he is now a strong candidate for 2010 WSOP Player of the Year.

Below are the final table payouts:

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