Jared Jaffee Wins World Series of Poker $1,500 Mixed Max Event

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The $1,500 no-limit hold’em mixed max event at the 2014 World Series of Poker drew a whopping 1,475 players, creating a total prize pool of $1,991,250. In the end, it was Brooklyn, New York pro Jared Jaffee who came away with the victory and the $405,428 first-place prize.

Jaffee, who won a World Poker Tour event last November, now has nearly $2.1 million in career tournament earnings. The 33-year-old pro was confident entering the final day of play.

“I felt like there were a bunch of spots in the past where I was right there and could have gotten [a bracelet] and I didn’t,” he said. “I kind of felt like I was in the zone all day yesterday and today. It just felt like I was going to win. Today I thought it was my time.”

The event features a mixture of no-limit hold’em variations. Day 1 plays nine-handed, day 2 plays six-handed until the final 24 players, when the tournament switches to four-handed play. Then the final eight players play a series of heads-up matches to determine a winner.

By winning his first bracelet, Jaffee denied Canadian pro Mike Watson his. Watson, along with Mark Herm (3rd), Joseph Alban (4th), Brandon Cantu (6th), Jeff Gross (7th) and Anton Smirnov (8th), were among the number of notables who made a deep run in this event.

Here is a look at the final table results.

*Photo courtesy of the WSOP

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