Rafael Lebron The 2021 World Series of Poker crowned a new gold bracelet winner at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino on Friday. The final day of Event #14: $1,500 Seven Card Stud came to its conclusion after just over four hours of play.
At the end of all of the stud action, it was Rafael Lebron walking away with a shiny new bracelet and a grand prize of $82,262. He topped starting field of 260 runners, which created a prize pool of $348,435.
Lebron has been on the big stage before as it was the second bracelet of his career with the first coming in the 2016 WSOP $3,000 Limit Hold’em Six-Handed for $169,337.
“I was hoping (to win a second bracelet). Didn’t expect it so soon though,” Lebron told PokerNews . “I felt good about last year but since it was online only last year I shifted my focus to 2021 and thought, I guess 2021 is my year”. Event #14: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Final Table Results
Place Player Hometown Prize Money 1 Rafael Lebron Puyallup,WA $82,262 2 David Williams Las Vegas,NV $50,842 3 David Moskowitz Sunset Beach,CA $35,521 4 Christina Hill Desoto,TX $25,344 5 Shaun Deeb Las Vegas,NV $18,475 6 Nicholas Seiken Fort Worth,TX $13,766 7 Maurizio Melara Milan,Italy $10,490 8 Hal Rotholz New York,NY $8,179 9 Steven Albini Chicago,IL $6,528 Despite now having two bracelets to his name, Lebron does not play poker all that often as he runs a car dealership out of Puyallup, Washington.
“I literally play like three times a year besides when I come down for the WSOP,” he explained. He went on to mention how he plays any event he can, no-limit hold’em first and then the rest of the games through that base.
The 38-year-old made sure to mention the people closest to him: “I have three kids. I have to make sure to bring them up because the last time I won I forgot because I was so excited. And they will really not be happy with me if I don’t bring them up again!”
One of the interesting dynamics of the final […]
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