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The winner was Dario Minieri, from Italy. He is a 23-year-old professional poker player.

Minieri collected $528,418 for first place. He also earned his first WSOP gold bracelet.

This was Minieri's fourth time to cash at the WSOP. Previously, he was best known within the poker world for being one of the chip leaders at the end of Day One in last year's WSOP Main Event. Minieri went on to cash out, finishing 96th in the 2007 world championship.

Minieri has made it to three final tables at the Italian Championship of Hold'em (Capionato Italiano di Poker) since 2005.

Minieri becomes the second WSOP gold bracelet winner from Italy at this year's WSOP. Max Pescatori, from Milan, won his second WSOP victory last week.