Greek poker player
Vasilis Lazarou is a Greek professional poker player who has won two bracelets at the World Series of Poker. He is mainly a seven card stud player, but he has cashed in various other poker tournament games as well.
Lazarou was born in Methana, a small town in Greece and lives in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Poker career
Lazarou first cashed in the WSOP in 1990 and also won his first bracelet that year in the $1,500 Seven Card Stud event, winning a cash prize of $158,400 in addition to the title.[1]
He won his second bracelet in the 1997 WSOP, in the $2,500 Seven Card Stud tournament, earning $169,000.[2] Later in the same WSOP, Lazarou came close to winning a third career bracelet in the $5,000 Seven Card Stud event, but finished as the runner-up.[3]
As of 2012, Lazarou has total tournament winnings over $700,000.[4] His 18 cashes at the World Series of Poker account for $575,144 of that total.[5]
World Series of Poker Bracelets
| Year
|
Tournament
|
Prize (US$)
|
| 1990
|
$1,500 Seven Card Stud
|
$158,400
|
| 1997
|
$2,500 Seven Card Stud
|
$169,000
|
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