In the question as to whether this year’s World Series of Poker is thus far favoring the pros or the amateurs, three more events seem to be tipping the balance towards the pros. WSOP Events #19, #20 and #23 were all recently taken down by established, American, professional players, each earning over $200,000 to go along with their shiny new bracelets.

Event #19, the $10,000 buy-in Deuce-to-Seven Draw Lowball World Championship, was taken down by young poker pro David Baker, who survived one of the toughest WSOP final tables of the year.  The 101 person event, featured a final table that held not only Erik Seidel but also John Juanda, Eric Kesselman and even Daniel Negreanu- that is at least if you define the final table as the last table in play (8th- $26,004).

Event #20, a $1,500 buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha tournament, saw 885 players take to the felt before finally concluding with John “Tex” Barch grabbing the prize.  Barch, a WSOP Main Event final tablist in 2005, earned $256,919 for the victory, after successfully outlasting such tough competition as Matt “All in at 420” Stout (51st- $4,647), Quinn Do (32nd- $6,630), Nick Binger (16th- $9,856), Christian Harder (11th- $15,197) and Nenad Medic, who made the top five (4th- $74,946).

Event #23- recently completed early this morning (6/14)- was a $2,500 buy-in, Limit Hold ‘em six-max tournament that attracted 384 entrants.   The event was taken down by Dutch Boyd, known not only for his previous WSOP bracelet win in 2006 but also for being prominently featured on ESPN during past WSOP coverage.  Other known players to cash in this event included Justin Bonomo (32nd- $5,202), Michael Binger (22nd- $7,675), Rafe Furst (16th- $9,635) and J.J. Liu, who made it nearly all the way to the final table before busting in 7th place overall for $21,991.

Final table results for WSOP Events #19, #20 and #23 were as follows:

Event #19, 2-7 Draw Lowball World Championship

1st.  David Baker- $294,321

2nd.  Eric Cloutier- $181,886

3rd.  George Danzer- $115,295

4th.  John Juanda- $78,088

5th.  Doug Booth- $55,482

6th.  Erik Seidel- $41,270

7th.  Eric Kesselman- $32,080


Event #20, $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha

1st.  John “Tex” Barch- $256,919

2nd.  Klinghammer Thibaut- $158,698

3rd.  Trai Dang- $102,306

4th.  Nenad Medic- $74,946

5th.  Ashkan Razavi- $55,711

6th.  Chris Hyong Chang- $41,971

7th.  Blair Rodman- $32,007

8th.  Tyler Patterson- $24,695

9th.  Denton Pfister- $19,259


Event #23, $2,500 Limit Hold ‘em- Six Handed

1st.  Dutch Boyd- $234,065

2nd.  Brian Meinders- $144,650

3rd.  Albert Minnullin- $93,892

4th.  Julian Parmann- $62,769

5th.  Domenico Denotaristefani- $43,117

6th.  Al Barbieri- $30,399

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