David ‘ODB’ Baker earns his first Million-Dollar-Payday, defeating a 546-player field to win the World Poker Tour $10,000 LAPC Championship.
Baker held off Matas Cimbolas in the heads-up match at the HyperX Esports Arena at the Luxor in Las Vegas, where the WPT was filming three consecutive days of WPT final tables.
Baker was the Day 3 and Day 4 chipleader, moving to the final table as one of the top stacks, with Darren Elias as chipleader. Elias was eliminated in third-place, cashing for $473,280, with Cimbolas earning $646,930 as runner-up.
Here’s the coverage we provided up to the final table at LAPCnews.com, and the full reporting from the WPT Live Updates team.
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