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Daniel Lazrus has won his second WSOP gold bracelet after taking down the Million Maker for a cool $1,000,000. He defeated his 5,235 opponents to take the top share out of the $7,110,210 prize pool.
Previously, the American only had $14,035 in live tournament winnings from a career only two-years-old, and his last cash was winning his first bracelet in the WSOP Event #28 $3,200 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller Championship ONLINE (US Only) in July.
Now it looks like this new kid on the block is going to be a major figure in tournament poker for the foreseeable future.
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Incredibly, Daniel Lazrus only started playing poker four and a half years ago. The 31-year-old American has taken to the game like a duck to water and is getting better faster than any player we can name right now."I only started playing about four and half years ago, at first just recreationally. I started winning, met the right guy, who put me in touch with the other right guys, just learned. Starting like two years ago I started raising stakes and studying very very aggressively almost as a priority."
One of the players who he pointed at on the rail when saying that was Ali Imsirovic, one of the best players in the business right now. Another up-and-comer out of nowhere.
By the time the event was down to the final two players, Lazarus had a 3-1 chip lead but there was no play left in the stacks. It was pretty much a pre-flop game where anything can happen.
Darryl Ronconi survived the first couple of all-ins but finally Lazrus had his ace-jack hold against only ten-high and it was all over. We’re sure that we’ll be seeing a lot more of Daniel Lazrus before this series is over.
Final results:
| 1 | Daniel Lazrus | $1,000,000 |
| 2 | Darryl Ronconi | $500,125 |
| 3 | Jeffrey Gencarelli | $377,125 |
| 4 | Michael Gathy | $288,715 |
| 5 | Ignacio Moron | $222,430 |
| 6 | Kevin Palmer | $172,455 |
| 7 | Todd Saffron | $124,570 |
| 8 | Adam Sherman | $105,690 |
| 9 | Sertac Turker | $83,545 |
