Es ist bereits Bracelet # 4 für David „ODB“ Baker, aber der Sieg beim $5.000 Senior High Roller No Limit Hold’em bei der World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2025 im Horseshoe & Paris Las Vegas ist das erste NLH Bracelet für ihn.
Definitiv zählt David „ODB“ Baker zu den versiertesten Spielern, wenn es um Mixed Games geht. Seine ersten drei Bracelets hat er im 8-Game, Limit Hold’em und Razz gewonnen. Nun stand er im Finale beim $5k Seniors High Roller. Nur noch vier Spieler waren übrig und kaum hingesetzt, hieß es auch schon „Seat open“ für Ron West. Short ging er mit
all-in und bekam den Call von Chanshu Chen mit
. Das Board
brachte die Straigt für Chen und das Aus für West.
Zu dritt ging es dann deutlich länger und einige Big Pots wanderten über den Tisch. Unter anderem gelang es David „ODB“ Baker, mit den 6s Quads zu treffen und die Könige von Carmino Argiero zu zerstören. Argiero musste sich mit
gegen die Asse von Chanshu Chen verabschieden und so ging Chen ins Heads-up gegen Baker.
Zwar lag Chen knapp vorne, doch Baker übernahm schnell die Führung und gab sie dann auch nicht mehr aus der Hand. In der letzten Hand ging Chanshu Chen mit
all-in undtraf auf
von David „ODB“ Baker. Das Board
war dann eindeutig und Baker konnte über sein viertes Bracelet, aber sein erste NLH Armband, jubeln. $646.845 Preisgeld konnten sich aber auch sehen lassen.
World Series of Poker 2025
Datum: 27. Mai bis 16. Juli
Ort: Horseshoe & Paris Las Vegas
Events: 100 live & 30 online
Buy-Ins: $300 bis $250.000; Online Events ab $215
Satellites: Live & GGPoker
—> WSOP 2025 Schedule
—> Online Bracelets Schedule
—> Alle Infos zur WSOP+ App
—> Las Vegas Summer Schedule Übersicht
WSOP Event #40: $5,000 Seniors High Roller No-Limit Hold’em
Buy-In: $5.000
Entries: 801
Preisgeld: $3.780.720
Bezahlte Plätze: 121
Berichte: Tag 1 – Tag 2 – Tag 3
Die Payouts
| Rang | Name | Nation | Preisgeld |
| 1 | David „ODB“ Baker | United States | $646.845 |
| 2 | Chuaanshu Chen | China | $431.173 |
| 3 | Carmino Argiero | United States | $302.208 |
| 4 | Ron West | United States | $215.095 |
| 5 | Peter Kiem | United States | $155.498 |
| 6 | Ramana Epparla | United States | $114.208 |
| 7 | John Esposito | United States | $85.244 |
| 8 | Stephen Bierman | United States | $64.674 |
| 9 | Joseph Mole | United States | $49.891 |
| 10 | Scott Eskenazi | United States | $39.143 |
| 11 | Charles Mitchell | United States | $39.143 |
| 12 | Josef Gulas | Czech Republic | $31.243 |
| 13 | Ernest Ward | United States | $31.243 |
| 14 | Curt Kohlberg | United States | $31.243 |
| 15 | Mike Matusow | United States | $31.243 |
| 16 | David Stamm | United States | $25.378 |
| 17 | Jun Liu | China | $25.378 |
| 18 | Joe Cook | United States | $25.378 |
| 19 | Herbert Gelman | United States | $25.378 |
| 20 | Champie Douglas | United States | $25.378 |
| 21 | Stuart Taylor | United Kingdom | $25.378 |
| 22 | Greg Henry | United States | $25.378 |
| 23 | Anthony March | United States | $25.378 |
| 24 | Thomas Brownscombe | United States | $20.985 |
| 25 | Gary Gelman | United States | $20.985 |
| 26 | Theo Jorgensen | Denmark | $20.985 |
| 27 | Reginald Roberts | United States | $20.985 |
| 28 | Jeremy Dresch | United States | $20.985 |
| 29 | Leonardo Fernandez | Spain | $20.985 |
| 30 | Colin Wickersheim | United States | $20.985 |
| 31 | Ariel Abbatiello | Italy | $20.985 |
| 32 | Marc Rivera | Philippines | $17.670 |
| 33 | Matt Glantz | United States | $17.670 |
| 34 | Chad Lipton | United States | $17.670 |
| 35 | Guillermo Castillo | United States | $17.670 |
| 36 | Daniel Defreitas | Brazil | $17.670 |
| 37 | Scott Lazar | United States | $17.670 |
| 38 | Julio Belluscio | Argentina | $17.670 |
| 39 | Danny Li | Canada | $17.670 |
| 40 | Ira Friedman | United States | $15.155 |
| 41 | Brian Roelke | United States | $15.155 |
| 42 | Peter Charalambous | United Kingdom | $15.155 |
| 43 | James Leonard | United States | $15.155 |
| 44 | Steve Jelinek | United Kingdom | $15.155 |
| 45 | Jeffrey Schwimmer | United States | $15.155 |
| 46 | Daniel Lowery | United States | $15.155 |
| 47 | Russell Head | United States | $15.155 |
| 48 | William Baxter | United States | $13.246 |
| 49 | Raj Vohra | United States | $13.246 |
| 50 | Paul Snead | United States | $13.246 |
| 51 | David Ha | United States | $13.246 |
| 52 | Gregory Mccurry | United States | $13.246 |
| 53 | Dean Eyman | United States | $13.246 |
| 54 | Christopher Nelligan | United States | $13.246 |
| 55 | Arthur Fleischmann | United States | $13.246 |
| 56 | Tom Thomas | United States | $11.801 |
| 57 | Chip Jett | United States | $11.801 |
| 58 | Johnson Juanda | Indonesia | $11.801 |
| 59 | Michael Lin | United States | $11.801 |
| 60 | Kevin Palmer | United States | $11.801 |
| 61 | Michael Gilbert | United States | $11.801 |
| 62 | Boyd Rose | United States | $11.801 |
| 63 | Elton Beebe | United States | $11.801 |
| 64 | Paul Sokoloff | United Kingdom | $10.722 |
| 65 | Danny Panagatos | United States | $10.722 |
| 66 | Andrei Konopelko | Belarus | $10.722 |
| 67 | Fraser Macintyre | United Kingdom | $10.722 |
| 68 | Lawrence Greenberg | United States | $10.722 |
| 69 | David Simon | United States | $10.722 |
| 70 | Roberto Betbeseaguerriber | Spain | $10.722 |
| 71 | Danny Noam | United States | $10.722 |
| 72 | David James | United States | $9.937 |
| 73 | Kathleen Liebert | United States | $9.937 |
| 74 | David Solomon | United States | $9.937 |
| 75 | Mark Seif | United States | $9.937 |
| 76 | Craig Paisley | United States | $9.937 |
| 77 | David Roepke | United States | $9.937 |
| 78 | Insun Geoum | United States | $9.937 |
| 79 | David Hengen | United States | $9.937 |
| 80 | Jeremy Maher | United States | $9.937 |
| 81 | Paul Richardson | United States | $9.937 |
| 82 | Roberto Begni | Switzerland | $9.937 |
| 83 | William Mcmahon | United States | $9.937 |
| 84 | James Frank | United States | $9.937 |
| 85 | Naseem Salem | United States | $9.937 |
| 86 | Nicholas Wright | Australia | $9.937 |
| 87 | Iwan Jones | United Kingdom | $9.937 |
| 88 | Joseph Beasy | United States | $9.937 |
| 89 | Rick Allan Whitesell | lUnited States | $9.937 |
| 90 | Jeffrey Kimber | United Kingdom | $9.937 |
| 91 | Gualter Fortuna | Brazil | $9.937 |
| 92 | Michael Sibulkin | United States | $9.937 |
| 93 | Arie Kliper | Israel | $9.937 |
| 94 | Roberto Finkelberg | United States | $9.937 |
| 95 | Silvio Crisari | Italy | $9.937 |
| 96 | Paul Vang | United States | $9.937 |
| 97 | Jason Bullock | United States | $9.937 |
| 98 | Christopher Quackenbush | United States | $9.937 |
| 99 | Harold Evans | United States | $9.937 |
| 100 | Antonin Teisseire | France | $9.937 |
| 101 | Rudolph Bourg | United States | $9.937 |
| 102 | Farhad Jamasi | United States | $9.937 |
| 103 | Christopher Savage | United States | $9.937 |
| 104 | Eric Smidinger | United States | $9.937 |
| 105 | Darrell Hopkins | United States | $9.937 |
| 106 | John Magee | United States | $9.937 |
| 107 | Adam Singer | United States | $9.937 |
| 108 | Martin Raus | Canada | $9.937 |
| 109 | Matthew Ehrlich | United States | $9.937 |
| 110 | Dusti Smith | United States | $9.937 |
| 111 | Michael Farris | United States | $9.937 |
| 112 | Michael Adamo | Canada | $9.937 |
| 113 | Igor Alekseev | Russian Federation | $9.937 |
| 114 | Jeffrey Sauer | United States | $9.937 |
| 115 | Frederick Wolf | United States | $9.937 |
| 116 | Gerald Claunch | United States | $9.937 |
| 117 | David Nixon | United States | $9.937 |
| 118 | Ernie Galliani | United States | $9.937 |
| 119 | Patrick Ray | United States | $9.937 |
| 120 | James Nelson | United States | $9.937 |
| 121 | Shawn Rice | United States | $9.937 |

