David ODB Baker (born July 14, 1972) is an American professional

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player living in

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, who has won four

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(WSOP) bracelets. Baker currently has over $8.3 million in

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winnings. Baker is an

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alumnus.

Career

Born in

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, Baker earned a

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degree from Auburn and became a business

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. , he lived with his wife and daughter Kathy in

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. He had been introduced to poker in college. By the mid 1990s, he was playing pot limit

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at casinos in New Orleans and eventually began playing three times a week at underground casinos in Houston. He became a full-time professional poker player in 2004.

World Series of Poker

Baker currently has 156 WSOP in the money finishes. Highlighted by a 17th-place finish in the main event, his

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performance included seven

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finishes. Baker's success was confusing to those following the WSOP because

David "Bakes" Baker David Bakes Baker (born October 17, 1986) is an American professional poker player who has won a World Series of Poker bracelet and appeared at four World Series of Poker final tables. He also has a Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) c ...

also finished in the money four times and won a

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at the 2010 WSOP. His first World Series of Poker cash was an 18th-place finish at the 237-player $2,500 2004 Limit Hold'em Event 11 for a prize of $4,360. His first WSOP final table was in the 720-player $1,500 2007 Limit Hold'em Shootout Event 53 for a prize of $12,776. , his highest WSOP prize was in the 2025 $5,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em event for a prize of $646,845. In June 2012, Baker won his first

in the $2,500 Eight Game Mix event, defeating

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heads-up to earn $271,312. As of 2025, he has won over $8,300,000 playing live poker tournaments.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Baker, David 1972 births American poker players World Series of Poker bracelet winners World Poker Tour winners Auburn University alumni People from Connecticut People from Katy, Texas Living people

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World Series of Poker

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