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Amanda Baker Wins Big at WSOPC, Joins FTP
Amanda Baker Wins Big at WSOPC, Joins FTP
November 01, 2007 - Deanna Goodson
Mandy B at the WSOP Main Event (Credit: World Series of Poker - Official Web Site) 
Amanda “Mandy B” Baker is 27 years old and a rising poker star. She admits that the game helped her pay her way through college. The pro, who resides in Las Vegas, NV and quit an internship with a non-profit teaching businesses how to be more socially responsible so she could focus on the game, has won over $150,000 in major tournament events since 2005. This includes her recent first-place finish at the World Series of Poker Circuit in Indiana.
Mandy won Event #10, a No-Limit Hold’em tournament with a $1,000 buy-in. She played impressive poker, knocking out six out of her eight opponents at the final table alone. Mandy, who earned $88,368 to her tournament take for the win, loves tourneys because they’re ‘more fun’. However, like many other pros, she finds that cash games, especially in the $5 - $10 limit range, to be more profitable.
Before the win at the WSOPC, Mandy’s biggest cash was her 253rd finish at this summer’s WSOP Main Event. She earned over $44,000 for that. Mandy, an active environmentalist, proved that she is willing to put her money where her mouth is. She plans to donate 50% of her bank from the WSOPC to environmental groups.
In other Mandy B news, Full Tilt Poker announced earlier this week that they’ve signed this up-and-comer to their growing roster of pros. She joins other newbies such as Julian Gardner, Jared “TheWacoKidd” Hamby, Nikolaus “kaibuxxe” Jedlicka, Jon “PearlJammer” Turner, Peter “Nordberg” Feldman and Peter Jepson.
