Event 32 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-19-2008 14:28 UTC-7

Hand #1 - Osmin Dardon

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Anthony Signore has the button in Seat 9. Joseph Georges raises to 44,000 from early position and Shane Stacey makes the call. Next to act, Osmin Dardon announces a reraise and makes it 179,000 total. Action folds back around to Georges and he takes his time before folding. Stacey folds quickly and Dardon picks up the pot.

06-19-2008 14:27 UTC-7

Shuffle Up and Deal!

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With 19 minutes remaining in Level 19 and the button in Seat 9, the cards are in the air.

Level: 19

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 2,000

06-19-2008 14:22 UTC-7

Shuffle Up and Deal!

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With 19 minutes remaining in level 19 and the button in seat 9, the cards are in the air.

06-19-2008 14:09 UTC-7

Play To Begin Soon

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The players are unbagging their chips and getting mic'd up by the ESPN crew. After some quick introductions, the cards should be in the air...

06-19-2008 14:08 UTC-7

Friendly Fire

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This final table lineup is one of the chummiest in recent memories. The players have been photographing each other, as well as the stage and the final table area. It seems like every one of these guys has high-fived the other as if they were part of their own entourage.

They all just seem happy to be here and are clearly excited to have made it this far. It's as if they are all on the same team. We'll see if that attitude changes when the first hand is dealt.

06-19-2008 13:47 UTC-7

Final Table Bios: Seat 9, Anthony Signore (636,000)

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32-year-old Anthony Signore was born in Japan and now lives in Boynton Beach, Florida. This is his first recorded live tournament cash and his first final table.

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06-19-2008 13:46 UTC-7

Final Table Bios: Seat 8, Osmin Dardon (660,000)

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Osmin Dardon is a professional poker player from West Covina, CA. He's already cashed once at this year's WSOP, making the money in Event #9, $1,500 six-handed NLHE. Dardon boasts a long resume of finishes in Los Angeles area events, where he has made six final tables in NLHE tournaments. His biggest tournament score came last November, when he finished third in a $2,500 NLHE event at the Bellagio's Five-Diamond World Poker Classic for over $63,000. Married with one daughter, this is his first WSOP final table.

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06-19-2008 13:46 UTC-7

Final Table Bios: Seat 7, Shane Stacey (640,000)

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Shane "Loonbat" Stacey comes to the WSOP from Hyde Park, Vermont, and has already bested his 15th-place finish from playing this event last year. Stacey most recently chopped a $500 WPT preliminary event at Foxwoods for $100,000 and is a proud member of the staking/strategy site Part Time Poker, where members of their crew have made an astounding three WSOP final tables inside of five days.

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06-19-2008 13:45 UTC-7

Final Table Bios: Seat 6, Jae Chung (701,000)

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From Atlanta, Georgia, 35-year-old Jae Chung is married with two sons, Ethan and Eli. Though he's been playing in the WSOP for four years now, this is his first cash and first final table appearance.

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