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Billy Baxter is an
accomplished poker pro who has won several world series of poker events,
mostly in the Deuces to Seven Draw events, and a win in Ace to Five Draw
and one in Razz. Beyond his
personal poker accomplishments, he was an important backer of
Stu Ungar.
Billy's greatest win was through his staking of Stu Unger in the 1997
WSOP main event ($10,000 buy-in), in which Stu won $1,000,000..
Billy and Stu split the winning evenly.
He also backed Stu other times
through Stu's poker career, but the 1997 win was the big one. In
1990, Billy Baxter staked Stu in another $10,000 buy-in event. Stu
did not return on the final day due to a drug problem, but his chip
stack was so large that even after being blinded out, he made it to the
final table. Billy did not take a loss because Stu won about $20K taking
9th place (blinded out). Had Stu played on the final day, Billy likely
would have split 1st prize with Stu as he did in 1990.. |
