Event #34: Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw

David "Bakes" Baker beat Peter Lynn of Tacoma, Washington heads-up to win his third gold bracelet in Event #34: $1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw at the 2021 World Series of Poker. The lowball variant attracted 284 runners and generated a prize pool of $380,475, and Baker will take home $87,837 for the victory.

Baker beats out a tough field of mixed game specialists to win his third WSOP gold bracelet and his first in nine years. Other bracelet winners that finished in the money include Brian Yoon (40th), John Esposito (26th), Cory Zeidman (25th), Frankie O'Dell (20th), Ian Johns (19th), and Matt Grapenthien (17th).

Final Table Payouts

Winner's Reaction

Baker has finished in the top ten of a WSOP event 15 times since his last gold bracelet, and he walked away as the runner-up three times. The win marks the break in a nine-year drought for the new three-time champ.

"It feels amazing. I wanted it real bad," Baker said in a post-win interview with PokerNews. "I don't know what I was doing heads-up those last few times."

Baker had to fight off some old feelings when runner-up Peter Lynn was catching cards to stay alive in smaller all-in pots.

"Once you lose a couple of all-ins like that you aren't feeling great and you're wondering what could happen. 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."

His two previous WSOP victories came in the 2010 $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw and the 2012 $10,000 H.O.R.S.E., and it's no secret that Baker finds the most tournament success in mixed games. He has also finished as a runner-up in the same events that he has won. A fixed limit game like triple draw presented a unique set of challenges for the 35-year-old poker pro.

"I like triple draw a lot. It has a mechanical component to it that fits my skill set. I've always been more on the logic and math side of things as opposed to being a great reader of people. This is a game that's very technical and it fits my skill set well."

The WSOP offers the rare opportunity for mixed games specialists to compete in a tournament setting against the best in the world, and Baker doesn't take that for granted.

"The thing about these games is that it's hard to get a straight triple draw game anywhere. It's hard to get a straight H.O.R.S.E. game anywhere. Some of these mixes and variants aren't played a lot outside of the WSOP and certainly not in a tournament format. So this is unique for everyone."

The champ is eager to celebrate, but the WSOP only comes once a year and the time for rest and reflection will have to wait.

"I came out here and initially I was only going to do ten days. But when you come out and win you just want to keep playing. So I'll be here through the Main Event. $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. is tomorrow. That's my tournament. I will celebrate tonight and I'll get right back in it and celebrate this after the Main Event."

Final Table Action

The final six players came into Day 3 after fighting their way through the 76 players that qualified for Day 2. It took more than 90 minutes for Mark Fraser to be the first of the final table to hit the rail when he made a pair of threes to lose to Stephen Deutsch's nine-perfect.

Marc Booth followed soon after in fifth place when he made a pair of sixes on the third draw to fall to Baker's eight-seven. This was Booth's first career cash at the WSOP.

After more than two hours of four-handed play that saw everyone take their turn at the top of the leaderboard, Kristijonas Andrulis finished in fourth place when he clashed with Deutsch and was left with crumbs. Runner-up Peter Lynn finished the job soon after with a ten-seven that narrowly beat the ten-eight of Andrulis.

Baker took control in three-handed play and fought to extend his lead over Deutsch and Lynn. Deutsch was a tough out and found several timely doubles when forced to commit his last bets to the pot. His last moments came when Baker stood pat with an eight-seven.Deutsch drew a nine to ruin his eight-five and finish in third place. It was a career-best finish for Deutsch, who previously finished 33rd in the 2019 $1,000 Double Stack.

Lynn came into the day looking for his second career cash at the WSOP after taking 120th in the 2019 $600 Deepstack. He had entered the day with a narrow chip lead, but Lynn found himself with a six-to-one disadvantage at the beginning of heads-up play. Lynn fought hard and found small doubles as he got close to the felt, but Baker's big lead turned out to be impossible to overcome. Baker's big moment came with he turned over eight-six to find that Lynn was drawing dead with an eight-seven.

Congratulations to David "Bakes" Baker on his third WSOP gold bracelet!

This concludes coverage of Event #34: $1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw. Be sure to keep it here throughout the entire WSOP for updates on all the action as it happens from the PokerNews live reporting team.

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With Peter Lynn getting very short-stacked, David "Bakes" Baker raised on the button and Lynn called.

After both players drew two cards, Lynn led out and was raised by Baker. Lynn called, leaving himself a little over one big bet behind.

Lynn still needed one card while Baker stood pat.

Lynn checked, and after Baker bet, Lynn put his last 310,000 into the pot, which Baker called.

Both players stood pat, and Lynn showed       which was good enough to take the pot and give him a much needed double-up.

David "Bakes" Baker	5,800,000	-745,000
Peter Lynn	2,300,000	1,845,000

The action began as David "Bakes" Baker raised on the button and Peter Lynn called.

Lynn drew three, while Baker only needed one. Lynn then surprisingly came in with a check-raise after Baker bet, but was quickly met with a third bet by Baker. Lynn slowed down and called.

Lynn drew one, while Baker patted his hand. Lynn then check-called another bet from Baker and drew one again while Baker stayed pat.

They each checked the final betting round and Baker showed       for the winner, while Lynn showed a   and said he broke a nine on the final draw.

David "Bakes" Baker	6,200,000	895,000
Peter Lynn	900,000	-895,000

David "Bakes" Baker raised and Stephen Deutsch three-bet right behind. Baker returned with a four-bet and Deutsch called.

Both players took one card.

Baker fired a bet after the first draw and Deutsch called. Both players took one card again.

Deutsch called his last bet after the second draw. Baker stood pat and Deutsch drew one.

Baker turned over      . Deutsch had      and he was live until he turned over a   and hit the rail in third place.

David "Bakes" Baker	5,305,000	2,005,000
Peter Lynn	1,795,000	-1,205,000
Stephen Deutsch	0	-800,000

Stephen Deutsch raised from the button and Peter Lynn three-bet from the small blind. Deutsch called.

Deutsch drew two and Lynn drew one.

Lynn fired a bet after the first draw and Deutsch called. Both players took one card on the second draw.

It was check for Lynn after the second draw and Deutsch bet. Lynn called and both players took one card again.

After the third and final draw, Lynn checked. Deutsch fired a bet and Lynn folded.

"I had a pair of sevens," Lynn said.

Stephen Deutsch	1,450,000	250,000
Peter Lynn	1,310,000	-1,130,000

David "Bakes" Baker raised from the button and Stephen Deutsch called from the small blind while Peter Lynn came along from the big blind.

Baker took three cards, Deutsch took two, and Lynn took two.

Deutsch checked and Lynn bet the first draw. Baker raised and Deutsch got out of the way. Lynn called the raise.

Baker stood pat and Lynn drew one card.

Lynn checked and Baker bet. Lynn check-called and took one card on the third draw. Baker remained pat.

Baker bet again after Lynn's check. Lynn got away from it and Baker took the pot to open up a chip lead.

David "Bakes" Baker	3,250,000	1,430,000
Peter Lynn	2,440,000	-305,000
Stephen Deutsch	1,100,000	-1,450,000

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Kristijonas Andrulis committed his final 50,000 in chips versus both Stephen Deutsch and Peter Lynn.

First to act, Deutsch drew two, Andrulis drew three, and Lynn drew one.

A side pot began to grow, as Deutsch check-called a bet from Lynn.

Each player drew one card, then Deutsch check-called another bet from Lynn.

Deutsch still needed to draw one, while both Andrulis and Lynn stood pat.

The last betting round was checked through, and while Andrulis had hoped that his       would be enough to keep him alive, Lynn's       would claim both the main and side pots, as Deutsch tossed his cards into the muck.

Peter Lynn	3,300,000	650,000
Stephen Deutsch	500,000	-250,000
Kristijonas Andrulis	0	-50,000

David "Bakes" Baker raised on the button and got a call from Kritijonas Andrulis in the big blind.

Andrulis drew just one, while Baker needed to draw three.

Baker check-called a bet from Andrulis, then drew one, while Andrulis also still needed to draw one.

Baker then led into Andrulis with a bet, which was called, and then patted his hand. Andrulis still needed to draw one.

Baker followed through with a final bet, which Andrulis called.

Baker showed       to win a healthy pot and vault back into the chip lead, while putting Andrulis onto a short tack.

David "Bakes" Baker	3,350,000	1,965,000
Kristijonas Andrulis	545,000	-1,055,000

Stephen Deutsch raised from the button and Peter Lynn called from the big blind. Deutsch stood pat and Lynn drew two.

Lynn checked the first draw and Deutsch bet. Lynn raised and Deutsch called. Deutsch took one and Lynn remained pat.

After the second draw, Lynn bet. Deutsch called and drew one. Lynn stayed pat.

Both players checked the third draw. Lynn turned over       and took the pot to put Deutsch closer to the felt.

Peter Lynn	2,275,000	1,025,000
Stephen Deutsch	355,000	-520,000