Former financial analyst, Canadian Pablo Mariz has outplayed 7,758 paid entries to win Event 20, the WSOP $1,500 No-Limit Millionaire Maker.
It’s Mariz’ second deep run in this season at the Rio, his first saw him finish as a runner-up with David Guay in Event 10, the $1,000 Tag Team No-Limit Hold’em.
Mariz made short work of Dejuante “D.J.” Alexander during heads-up play to win the top prize, title and his first WSOP career bracelet.
Final Table results were:
1 Pablo Mariz, $1,221,407
2 D.J. Alexander, $754,499
3 Alex Farahi, $561,530
4 Marc MacDonnell, $420,805
5 Bryce Yockey, $317,544
6 Yuriy Boyko, $241,303
7 Jonathan Gray, $184,663
8 Thiago Grigoletti, $142,323
9 Hector Martin, $110,476