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2012 WSOP: Larry Wright wins his first gold bracelet - after nearly 40 years!

Tags: 2012 wsop, Deuce-to-Seven Draw Lowball, erick lindgren, larry wright, michael mizrachi.
Posted on 18 June 2012 by "T".

Yesterday, Larry Wright, a part-time poker player and retired businessman from McQueeney, Texas, that has been coming to the World Series since the 70s, won the Deuce-to-Seven Draw Lowball (No-Limit) Championship and received his very first gold bracelet and $101,975 in prize money (the biggest cash of his entire poker career).

Wright overcame a field of 285 players during the three-day period that the tournament was played. The final table included a very strong lineup - including 4 former World Series of Poker champions: Brandon Cantu (runner up), Michael Mizrachi (4th), Rep Porter (6th), and Erick Lindgren (5th).

 

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6 comments on "2012 WSOP: Larry Wright wins his first gold bracelet - after nearly 40 years! "


 Fakiry18/06/2012 11:39:31 GMT
The Money is not that much and it represents his biggest prize Money? And he is playing for 40 years in the WSOP? At first, these questions i just made may look that i am joking with Larry Wright, but it’s exactly the oposite. This just shows how difficult is to win na event in the middle of the best of the best.
 DaMessiah66618/06/2012 12:45:09 GMT
$101,975 in prize money (the biggest cash of his entire poker career)?? I suppose he was an amateur player who had enough money to go once a year to Las Vegas and participate to WSOP.

I don't how he hasn't won anything yet because in 70s when there were only 15 or 20 participants in WSOP: easier was impossible.

 ayaraled18/06/2012 13:54:56 GMT
Wow 40 years of waiting....thats a very long time.....but its worth waiting for.....
 noonlion19/06/2012 00:19:01 GMT
One hell of a wait..

I know he's an amateur but in 40 years you'd think he would have won one before, but like someone said maybe it just shows the level and ability needed to win.

I'll bet he's been close before.

Amazing story though.
 pochui19/06/2012 07:37:46 GMT
cool dude- now that's commitment, comes to wsop every year, gets beaten up. loses the buy in and comes back next year for more, and so on and on for 40 years? i doubt there are many players like him- certainly i feel happy for him and for that type of players in general- hard work and patience pays off
 Fakiry21/06/2012 12:14:30 GMT
Posted by pochui:
cool dude- now that's commitment, comes to wsop every year, gets beaten up. loses the buy in and comes back next year for more, and so on and on for 40 years? i doubt there are many players like him- certainly i feel happy for him and for that type of players in general- hard work and patience pays off

Nice way of seeing things, pochui, this almost seems like a religious thing, geting back to the same place every year, like a ritual, hoping that one day things will change, and now they did. I finally won and can get back to his home and his family, it’s also like if a promessa has been acomplished. Summing all the buy-ins he paid during these 40 years in WSOP, the value shouldn’t far from the $101k he won, now he can see this as the return of his savings in WSOP.

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