Name Vasilis Lazarou | Money finish(es) 18 Bracelet(s) 2 | |
Highest ITMMain Event finish None | ||
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 currently 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.
He won his second bracelet in the 1997 WSOP, in the $2,500 Seven Card Stud tournament, earning $169,000. Later in the same WSOP, Lazarou came close to winning a third career bracelet in the $5,000 Seven Card Stud event, but chose to settle for 2nd place.
As of 2012, Lazarou has total tournament winnings over $700,000. His 18 cashes at the World Series of Poker account for $575,144 of that total.