Seat 6: Francesco "cecho1977" Notaro, 33, Galatina, Italy, PokerStars qualifier – 745,000
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He started playing poker 15 years ago and now plays regularly on PokerStars.it. He started competing in live events in 2006 in tournaments organized by Team PokerStars Pro Luca Pagano and his family at Casino Sanremo. Francesco is the owner of a betting agency and used to have a poker club before Italian law prohibited it. Notaro loves live tournaments even though he originally started playing online. In 2009 he was runner-up the Sunday Special. His nickname is "cecho1977" on PokerStars