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Shurane Vijayaram goes from local grinder to world champ in eight days. (Photo: Aussie Millions)

The final day of play of the 2017 Aussie Millions Main Event was a grueling final table that saw the amateur best a lineup of pros to win the title. Shurane Vijayaram won a $130 qualifier into the $10,000 seat and ran it up to a AUD$1.6 million payday.

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Vijayaram ran up against WSOP bracelet winners David Olson and Fedor Holz with former Main Event final tablist Jeff Rossiter and British pro Ben Heath. Holz finished in third place in the $100,000 Challenge the day prior.

Pokernews was on-hand and captured Vijayaram’s thoughts after the win. “Absolutely amazing, it’s like a dream!” he said.

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“I qualified last Sunday night in a AUD$130 rebuy tournament. First Aussie Millions satellite I ever played, this the fourth-ever tournament I played at Crown. I’ve played poker for a long time but I’m more a cash game player than a tournament player. I’m just getting back into tournaments now,” said VIjayaram.

Vijayaram gets his first live result in one of the most prestigious Main Events in the world compared to Holz who recently crossed the $20 million-mark in all-time earnings.

Heath wrapped up a month where he earned $282,380 – he finished runner-up for AUD$1 million, he took eighth place in the PSCB $25,000 High Roller and won a $15,000 Eight Max on the final day in the Bahamas. Olson earned his first six-figure cash since his bracelet win in the 2014 $10,000 Limit Hold’em Championship.

The Main Event drew 725 entrants for a AUD$7.6 million prize pool for the third-largest Main Event field in their history and second year in a row over 700 entrants. Jason Somerville also hosted the largest live poker broadcast to date on Twitch with over 30,000 viewers worldwide.

Final Table Payouts (AUD)

1. Shurane Vijayaram – $1,600,000
2. Ben Heath – $1,000,000
3. Tobias Hausen – $620,000
4. Jeff Rossiter – $440,000
5. Fedor Holz – $335,000
6. David Olson – $270,000
7. Luke Roberts – $210,000

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David ODB Baker
Nickname(s)	ODB, Original David Baker, 'OG'
Residence	Sahuarita, Arizona
Born	July 14, 1972 (age 48) Connecticut
World Series of Poker
Bracelet(s)	2^[1]
Final table(s)	17
Money finish(es)	73
Highest ITM Main Event finish	17th, 2010
World Poker Tour
Title(s)	1
Final table(s)	2
Money finish(es)	11
Information accurate as of 2019-03-12.

David ODB Baker (born July 14, 1972)^[2] is an American professional poker player living in Sahuarita, Arizona, who has appeared at five World Series of Poker (WSOP) final tables. Baker currently has over $5.4 million in tournament winnings.^[3] Baker is an Auburn University alumnus.

Career[edit]

Born in Connecticut, Baker earned a finance degree from Auburn and became a business salesman. As of 2008, he lived with his wife and daughter Kathy in Texas. He had been introduced to poker in college. By the mid 1990s, he was playing pot limit omaha 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.^[4]

World Series of Poker[edit]

Baker currently has twenty-five WSOP in the money finishes (2011-5, 2010-7, 2009-4, 2008-2, 2007-1, 2006-5, 2004-1).^[5] Highlighted by a 17th-place finish in the main event, his 2010 World Series of Poker performance included 7 in the money finishes, which was one behind the 2010 Series leaders.^[6] Baker's success was confusing to those following the WSOP because David 'Bakes' Baker also finished in the money four times and won a World Series of Poker bracelet at the 2010 WSOP.^[6]

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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.^[1]^[7] 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.^[5]^[8] As of July 17, 2011, his highest WSOP prize was in the 7319-player $10,000 2010 No-Limit Hold'em Championship Event 57 for a prize of $396,967.^[9]

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In June 2012, Baker won his first World Series of Poker bracelet in the $2,500 Eight Game Mix event, defeating Greg Mueller heads-up to earn $271,312. As of 2018, his has won over $4,400,000 playing live poker tournaments.

World Series of Poker results
Year	Cashes	Final tables	Bracelets
2004	1
2006	5
2007	1	1
2008	2	1
2009	4
2010	7	2
2011	5	1
2012	8	4	1
2013	3	1
2014	4	1
2015	5	2
2016	6

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World Series of Poker bracelets
Year	Tournament	Prize (US$)
2012	$2,500 Eight Game Mix	$271,312

Baker confusion[edit]

David 'Bakes' Baker, has cashed regularly at the WSOP since the 2008 World Series of Poker.^[10] ODB Baker has cashed regularly at the WSOP since 2006.^[5] Both David Bakers have had multiple in the money finishes in each WSOP since 2008 with at least 4 in each year since 2009.^[5]^[10] As of July 12, 2011, the two David Bakers have twice cashed in the same WSOP event. At the 3042-player $1,000 2010 No-Limit Hold’em Event 13, ODB placed 3rd for a prize of $206,813, while Bakes placed 59th for a prize of $6,132.^[11] At the 817-player $5,000 2011 Triple Chance No-Limit Hold’em Event 50 Bakes placed 32nd for a prize of $21,311, while ODB placed 39th for a prize of $17,817.^[12]

Additionally, both David 'ODB' Baker and David 'Bakes' Baker won World Series of Poker bracelets three days apart at the 2012 World Series of Poker. ODB won $2,500 477-entrant Event #37: Eight Game Mix,^[13] while Bakes won $10,000 178-entrant Event #32: H.O.R.S.E.^[14]

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

^ ^a^bWSOP.com results
^'David 'ODB' Baker bio'. EpicPoker.com. Archived from the original on September 23, 2011. Retrieved August 31, 2011.
^Hendon Mob tournament result