{"id":278993,"date":"2023-06-25T11:31:22","date_gmt":"2023-06-25T16:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=278993"},"modified":"2023-06-25T11:58:42","modified_gmt":"2023-06-25T16:58:42","slug":"bracelet-a-ring-poker-champ-proposes-to-girlfriend-after-wsop-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/bracelet-a-ring-poker-champ-proposes-to-girlfriend-after-wsop-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Bracelet & a Ring: Poker Champ Proposes to Girlfriend After WSOP Win"},"content":{"rendered":"

For poker pro AP Louis Garza, the $1.3 million he won in Event #50 of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas on Saturday night just wasn\u2019t life-changing enough.<\/p>\n

So the San Antonino resident dropped to both knees and changed it more. He proposed to his girlfriend immediately following the $10K Pot-Limit Omaha Championship at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

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AP Louis Garza gains a bracelet and loses a ring on Saturday at Horseshoe Las Vegas. (Image: Poker News<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“Don’t think any other time would be right besides now, because I don’t think I would even be right here without her,” Garza interrupted the winner photo session to announce, as a dozen of his friends captured video from the rails.<\/p>\n

Garza dressed for the occasion in an unbuttoned sleeveless denim jacket, Christian Dior shades, and plenty of jewelry of his own.<\/p>\n

“Man, that’s just me all day, any day, Monday, Tuesday, Jesus’ birthday, your birthday,” Garza told Poker<\/em> News<\/em> before his win or proposal.<\/p>\n

It was Garza’s first career bracelet after several Top 20 WSOP finishes and a circuit ring he won in January 2018. His career earnings now total $1.8 million, according to Poker News.<\/em><\/p>\n

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A gleeful AP Louis Garza poses with his lovely, though unidentified, fianc\u00e9 on Saturday night. (Image: Spenser Sembrat\/WSOP.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Rally at (the Former) Bally’s<\/strong><\/h2>\n

For a while, Garza no doubt thought, his proposal would have to wait for a better time.<\/p>\n

Garza was dead last in a field of four when the four-day tournament opened its final day on Saturday. But a series of good plays turned his fortunes around. Garza faced fellow Texan Arthur Morris of Plano in a heads-up duel that caused several chants of \u201cLet\u2019s go Texas!\u201d to erupt from the rails.<\/p>\n

That action lasted only a few minutes, though — until Garza caught a third four on the river.<\/p>\n

Morris, with six Top 10 WSOP finishes and his own circuit ring to his name, took home $809K.<\/p>\n

The tournament began last Wednesday with 731 players competing for a $6.8 million prize pool — including poker heavies Stanislav Halatenko, who finished third; Sam Soverel, who finished sixth; and Kosei Ichinose, who finished seventh.<\/p>\n

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