Event 34 - $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha w/Rebuys Day 3 | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-20-2008 13:01 UTC-8

Seat 2: Dario Alioto (Palermo, Italy) -- 659,000

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Full Tilt Poker-sponsored pro Dario “Ryu” Alioto first made a splash at the 2005 EPT Barcelona Main Event when he made the final table of his first ever live tourney. Since then Alioto has numerous cashes in European events, the most prestigious being his first place finish in the £5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha event at last fall’s WSOP-Europe in London. Alioto has also cashed in Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 and hold’em events, and earlier this summer took ninth in the $5,000 No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball event. His total career earnings exceed $650,000.

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06-20-2008 12:59 UTC-8

Seat 1: Frank Vizza (Cold Spring Harbor, New York) -- 378,000

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It only took two huge hands on Day 1 to propel former New York commodities trader and father of five Frank Vizza to 400,000 chips and a massive lead early on. After successively eliminating David Grey and Andy Black on those hands, Vizza was able to maintain his stack throughout Day 2 and make today’s final table. Vizza has over $400,000 in career tournament winnings, including three cashes at the 2005 WSOP. He has also cashed in WPT and WSOP Circuit events, winning the $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em WSOP Circuit event in Atlantic City in late 2007. His biggest previous payday was when he took fourth at the WSOP Circuit Championship event in Atlantic City in March 2007, earning him over $100,000. All of Vizza’s previous major tourney cashes have been in hold’em events.

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06-20-2008 12:58 UTC-8

A Few Minutes Away

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Players are arriving and starting to unbag their chips for today's $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha with Rebuys final table. Looks like we are few minutes from kicking off. Meanwhile, here are some player bios . . .

06-20-2008 02:48 UTC-8

Day 3 Seat Assignments Announced

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Ted Forrest arrives at the final second in chips

The seat assignments for this afternoon's finale in Event 34, $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha w/ Rebuys, have now been released. Kyle Kloeckner heads a tightly bunched table, with the seat order, hometowns and chips as follows:

Seat 1: Frank Vizza (Cold Spring Harbor, New York) -- 378,000
Seat 2: Dario Alioto (Palermo, Italy) -- 659,000
Seat 3: Tim West (Los Altos, California) -- 187,000
Seat 4: Daniel Makowsky (Zurich, Switzerland) -- 493,000
Seat 5: Kyle Kloeckner (St. Louis, Missouri) -- 845,000
Seat 6: Jacobo Fernandez (Hollywood, Florida) -- 348,000
Seat 7: Layne Flack (Las Vegas, Nevada) -- 601,000
Seat 8: Michael Guzzardi (Melbourne, Australia) -- 751,000
Seat 9: Ted Forrest (Las Vegas, Nevada) -- 757,000

Play is scheduled to begin at 2pm PDT on Friday. Join us here for the latest updates from the final table.

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