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Mon Jun 01 2009 00:09 GMT-70 | Posted by change100
Final Table Bios: Seat 6, Jonathan Tare (639,000)
37-year old Jonathan Tare hails from New York City and tells us he's played poker since the age of five. Prior to today, Tare has logged six WSOP cashes including two Main Event cashes in 2006 and 2007. Most recently, he made the final table of the $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em event at the Bellagio Cup IV, finishing in seventh place. This is his first WSOP final table.
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Mon Jun 01 2009 00:08 GMT-70 | Posted by tsbostic
Final Table Bio: Seat 5, Kevin "Kice32" Iacofano (770,000)
An internet professional and self-proclaimed “Live Donk” Kevin Iacofano is making his first final table appearance at a WSOP. He only WSOP cash came when he finished in 54th place at a $2,000 NLHE event last year. Iacofano is a true member of internet generation of poker, writing columns for online sites as well as tweeting updates of his tournament progress at www.twitter.com/icekevin.
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Mon Jun 01 2009 00:08 GMT-70 | Posted by tsbostic
Matt GiannettiFinal Table Bio: Seat 4, Matt Giannetti (311,000)
Matt Giannetti is a professional poker player from Massachusetts, however, these days you will most often see him around Las Vegas staring over a mountain of chips at a cash game. A regular at some of the highest stake No Limit games in town, Giannetti has also dabbled in tournament poker over the past few years, cashing six times at the WSOP with one final table. A finish of fourth place or above would officially make this Giannetti’s largest tournament payday to date.
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Mon Jun 01 2009 00:07 GMT-70 | Posted by change100
Final Table Bios: Seat 3, Chris Biondino (182,000)
Chris Biondino is a 25-year old professional poker player from Baldwin, Maryland. Mostly an online player, Biondino has two live scores, both at Caesar's Atlantic City in preliminary WSOP-Circuit events. An avid Baltimore Ravens and Orioles fan, this is Biondino's first WSOP cash and his first final table.
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Mon Jun 01 2009 00:04 GMT-70 | Posted by tsbostic
Jason MercierFinal Table Bio: Seat 2, Jason Mercier (384,000)
Jason Mericer has been among the chip leaders since the early levels of this tournament. Surging to an early chip lead, at the end of Day 2 he had 60% more chips than his nearest competitor. He was able to use the big stack effectively to ride it all the way down to the final table. Today he comes in at 394,000, fourth in chips.
Many in America may not be familiar with the 22 year old prodigy, but in Europe he has taken down over $2.6 million in cashes including an EPT Title at San Remo, a victory at the High Roller Event in London, and another EPT final table in Barcalona (all between April and October of 2008). But Mercier is not just a Hold’em specialist; he has four cashes in major PLO tournaments including a 1st place at a LAPC prelim this year as well as FTOPS takedown for $84,000. -
Mon Jun 01 2009 00:03 GMT-70 | Posted by tsbostic
Final Table Bio: Seat 1, An "The Boss" Tran (455,000)
An Tran is one of those old school poker players that has been around since before the boom. Born in Vietnam, Tran has not received a lot of ink in the past few years, but don’t let that fool you – The Boss has over $2,500,000 in career tournament earnings. With one bracelet already to his name (a $1,500 PLO bracelet to be exact), this will be Tran’s 18th lifetime cash at the WSOP.
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Sun May 31 2009 23:44 GMT-70 | Posted by change100
Final TableOfficial Final Table Seating Assignments and Chip Counts
Seat 1 - An Tran (445,000)**
Seat 2 - Jason Mercier (384,400)
Seat 3 - Chris Biondino (182,000)
Seat 4 - Matt Giannetti (311,000)
Seat 5 - Kevin Iacofano (770,000)
Seat 6 - Jonathan Tare (639,000)
Seat 7 - Dario Alioto (315,000)
Seat 8 - Vic Park (341,000)
Seat 9 - Steven Burkholder (263,000)
**- Count is unofficial, as player did not report
Started 1st Jun, 2009
