Seat 1. Francesco De Vivo, 40, Turin, Italy – 1,090,000
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Born in Turin 40 years ago, former real estate agent Francesco began to play poker in 2005 and from 2008 it became his primary activity, scoring over $600,000 in tournament winnings. Francesco become famous for the exceptional result at EPT Copenaghen in 2010 where he finished second, winning approximately $400,000. De Vivo had already demonstrated that he was a winning player in 2008 when he won the Italian championship of Texas Hold'em. Some months later, he went to Las Vegas for WSOP 2008, where he cashed in the Main Event, finishing 503th. His favorite loves are Texas Hold’em Tournaments and his favourite player is Phil Ivey. His Pokerstars ID is Checco.D.