Daniel Lazrus’ 2nd WSOP bracelet comes with $1M prize

The archetypal millionaire has been made astatine the World Series of Poker, successful an appropriately named event.

Daniel Lazrus won $1 cardinal — the biggest archetypal prize truthful acold astatine this year’s WSOP — by defeating a tract of 5,326 entries successful Event 17, the $1,500 buy-in Millionaire Maker No-limit Hold’em, connected Wednesday astatine the Rio.

Lazrus besides picked up his 2nd WSOP bracelet of the year. He won the $3,200 No-limit Hold’em High Roller astatine the WSOP Online successful July for $205,347. (The WSOP awards trophy bracelets for tourney victories.)

“It’s the top feeling successful the world,” Lazrus told PokerGO. “I beryllium it each to immoderate of the guys backmost there, friends that aren’t present that I’ve been playing poker with and talking hands with for years.”

Lazrus defeated Darryl Ronconi heads-up for the title. In the last hand, Ronconi reraised all-in preflop arsenic a bluff with ten-seven. Lazrus called with ace-jack, and the committee ran retired safely.

Ronconi earned $500,125.

Michael Gathy, who was seeking his 5th WSOP bracelet, finished 4th for $288,715.

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