Juan Maceiras Lapido: 2023 WSOP Main Event Finalist and WSOP Circuit Winner
POKER HALL OF FAME
Inducted 2014
Juan Maceiras Lapido is a Spanish poker player whose career spans the early years of the European Poker Tour, a deep run in the biggest tournament in poker and a return to the winner's circle more than a decade after his first major live results.
Maceiras finished eighth in the 2023 World Series of Poker Main Event for $1,125,000, the largest live tournament cash of his career. He has also reached multiple EPT Main Event final tables and won a WSOP Circuit event in Las Vegas in July 2026.
As of August 2026, The Hendon Mob lists Maceiras with $3,256,779 in live tournament earnings. Tournament databases are updated over time, so career totals and rankings can change as additional results are recorded.
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Who Is Juan Maceiras Lapido?
Juan Maceiras Lapido is a poker player from A Coruña, Spain. Tournament databases and poker publications also frequently identify him simply as Juan Maceiras, while older coverage sometimes uses Juan Maceiras Jr. to distinguish him from his father, Juan Antonio Maceiras.
PokerNews listed Maceiras as 39 years old and from La Coruña when he reached the 2023 WSOP Main Event final table. The publication also identifies him as the son of Juan Antonio "Vietcong01" Maceiras, a well-known Spanish online poker player.
Maceiras was previously a member of Team PokerStars and became a familiar name on the European tournament circuit during the late 2000s and early 2010s.
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Career Breakthrough on the European Poker Tour
Maceiras began recording significant live tournament results in Spain before establishing himself on the European Poker Tour.
One of his first major international performances came at the 2007 EPT Barcelona Main Event. He finished ninth for €64,800, putting himself among a generation of Spanish players beginning to make deeper runs on the international circuit.
He followed that result with sixth place in the 2008 EPT Warsaw Main Event. The Hendon Mob records his payout at zł344,641, worth approximately $148,196 at the time.
His biggest EPT result arrived at the 2011 EPT Grand Final in Madrid. Maceiras reached the final table and finished fifth for €315,000. The result remains one of the largest tournament scores of his career.
Those performances gave Maceiras a record of deep EPT Main Event finishes across several seasons without an EPT Main Event title.
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2023 WSOP Main Event Final Table
Maceiras returned to the international spotlight during the 2023 World Series of Poker Main Event.
The $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em World Championship drew 10,043 entries, which at the time made it the largest WSOP Main Event field ever played. Maceiras advanced through the field and became chip leader with 15 players remaining.
He reached the nine-player final table with 68 million chips.
Maceiras ultimately finished eighth for $1,125,000. The payout became his largest recorded live tournament cash and pushed his career earnings well beyond $2 million.
Official WSOP results confirm his eighth-place finish and $1,125,000 payout.
The result was especially notable because Maceiras had spent years away from the volume of live tournament play associated with the busiest periods of his earlier career. His Main Event run immediately became the defining result on his tournament résumé.
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Maceiras Remains Active After the Main Event Run
The 2023 Main Event was not a one-off return.
Maceiras continued posting results in Europe and Las Vegas during the following seasons. His record includes cashes in No-Limit Hold'em, Pot-Limit Omaha and mixed-game tournaments, showing a broader tournament schedule than his early EPT résumé alone might suggest.
In August 2023, shortly after his Main Event final table, he finished third in a €10,200 Pot-Limit Omaha event at EPT Barcelona for €145,200.
He remained active during the 2024 and 2025 World Series of Poker and continued competing at European festivals.
His 2026 results included a runner-up finish in the €250 El Mini event at CNP Winamax Barcelona for €10,000 and a 62nd-place finish in the $1,500 8-Game Mixed event at the World Series of Poker for $3,310.
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2026 WSOP Circuit Victory in Las Vegas
Maceiras added another significant title immediately after the 2026 World Series of Poker.
At the WSOP Circuit stop at Horseshoe Las Vegas, he won Event #8, a $1,125 No-Limit Hold'em tournament. The event attracted 243 entries and generated a $243,000 prize pool.
Maceiras earned $54,978 for the victory.
The official WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Las Vegas results identify Maceiras as the Event #8 champion.
The victory added WSOP Circuit hardware to a career already highlighted by WSOP Main Event and EPT final tables. WSOP's separate player-summary page had not yet updated its displayed Circuit-ring counter when checked in August 2026, but the newer official Circuit event record confirms the tournament victory.
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Juan Maceiras Career Earnings and Major Results
As of August 2026, The Hendon Mob lists Maceiras with $3,256,779 in live tournament earnings and a career-best cash of $1,125,000.
His most significant recorded tournament accomplishments include:
Eighth place in the 2023 WSOP Main Event for $1,125,000
Fifth place in the 2011 EPT Grand Final Madrid Main Event for €315,000
Sixth place in the 2008 EPT Warsaw Main Event for zł344,641
Ninth place in the 2007 EPT Barcelona Main Event for €64,800
Third place in a €10,200 Pot-Limit Omaha event at EPT Barcelona in 2023 for €145,200
Victory in the 2026 WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Las Vegas $1,125 No-Limit Hold'em event for $54,978
Maceiras has not won a WSOP bracelet. WSOP's player database lists zero bracelets.
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Tournament Versatility
Maceiras became best known through No-Limit Hold'em, particularly his EPT Main Event results and 2023 WSOP Main Event final table, but his later tournament record shows experience in several formats.
His results include Pot-Limit Omaha, 8-Game mixed tournaments and other non-Hold'em events in addition to traditional No-Limit Hold'em.
That range makes it more accurate to describe Maceiras as an experienced live tournament player than to assign him a narrow playing-style label. Reliable public sources do not provide enough evidence to characterize him consistently as tight, loose, aggressive or otherwise across different stages of his career.
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Juan Maceiras Today
Maceiras remains an active tournament player.
His 2026 schedule included events in Spain, Ireland and Las Vegas, followed by his WSOP Circuit victory at Horseshoe Las Vegas in July.
That activity continues a career that began producing significant recorded results in the mid-2000s and has now extended across roughly two decades of live tournament poker.
The 2023 WSOP Main Event remains his biggest individual score, while the 2026 Circuit victory demonstrated that he continues to compete successfully after his return to regular tournament action.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How much has Juan Maceiras won playing live poker?
As of August 2026, The Hendon Mob lists Juan Maceiras with $3,256,779 in live tournament earnings. That figure represents recorded tournament cashes and can change as new results are added.
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What is Juan Maceiras's biggest poker win?
His largest live tournament cash is $1,125,000, earned for finishing eighth in the 2023 WSOP Main Event.
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Does Juan Maceiras have a WSOP bracelet?
No. WSOP's player database lists Juan Maceiras with zero World Series of Poker bracelets as of August 2026.
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Has Juan Maceiras won a WSOP Circuit event?
Yes. Maceiras won the $1,125 No-Limit Hold'em event at the WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Las Vegas stop in July 2026 for $54,978. The official WSOP event page confirms him as the tournament winner.
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Has Juan Maceiras won an EPT Main Event?
No. Maceiras has made several deep European Poker Tour Main Event runs, including ninth at EPT Barcelona in 2007, sixth at EPT Warsaw in 2008 and fifth at the EPT Grand Final Madrid in 2011, but he has not won an EPT Main Event.
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Where is Juan Maceiras from?
Juan Maceiras is from A Coruña, Spain. Both major poker databases and tournament coverage identify him as a Spanish player.