2008 World Series of Poker

Event 32 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
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Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a♦7♥
Prize
$573,734
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,144,960
Entries
2,304
Level Info
Level
24
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000

Official Final Table Seat Assignments

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The WSOP has announced the seat assignments for today's final table in Event 32, $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em. Jose Luis Velador will hold a commanding lead when play resumes at 2pm PDT, with the table lineup as follows:

Seat 1: Dean Bui (Seattle, Washington) -- 211000
Seat 2: Justin Hoffman (Alpharetta, Georgia) -- 138000
Seat 3: Jose Luis Velador (Lake Elsinore, California) -- 1898000
Seat 4: Dany Georges (Burbank, California) -- 1082000
Seat 5: Utsab Saha (Fremont, California) -- 961000
Seat 6: Jae Chung (Atlanta, Georgia) -- 716000
Seat 7: Shane Stacey (Hyde Park, Vermont) -- 640000
Seat 8: Osmin Dardon (West Covina, California) -- 660000
Seat 9: Anthony Signore (Boynton Beach, Florida) -- 636000

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Final Table Bios: Seat 1, Dean Bui (211,000)

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Seat 1, Dean Bui
Seat 1, Dean Bui
Originally from Vietnam, 26-year-old Dean Bui now calls Seattle home. An avid online poker player, Bui has already cashed once at this year's WSOP, taking home over $17,000 for his 27th-place finish in Event #13, $2,500 NLHE. This is his third year playing in the WSOP and his first final table.

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Final Table Bios: Seat 3, Jose Luis Velador (1,898,000)

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Seat 3, Luis Velador
Seat 3, Luis Velador
Luis Velador arrives at the final table as the overwhelming chip leader. From Lake Elsinore, CA, Velador has a long list of cashes in Los Angeles area tournaments, including five first-place tournament finishes in a variety of poker disciplines including Omaha 8 or better, limit hold'em, stud 8 or better, and no-limit hold'em. Velador has nearly $350,000 in career tournament earnings and has made two prior cashes at the WSOP. This is his first World Series final table.

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Final Table Bios: Seat 5, Utsab Saha (961,000)

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Seat 5, Utsab Saha
Seat 5, Utsab Saha
Utsab Saha is a 21-year-old software engineer from Fremont, CA. Though he started playing online poker purely as a hobby, he found great success on the virtual felt and used his winnings to pay his way through college. This is Saha's first WSOP cash and his first final table.

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

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Seat 7, Shane Stacey
Seat 7, Shane Stacey
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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Final Table Bios: Seat 8, Osmin Dardon (660,000)

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Seat 8, Osmin Dardon
Seat 8, Osmin Dardon
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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