Seat 3: Juan Manuel "Pibe" Perez (Lugo, Spain) - 1,090,000
Originally from Buenos Aires, 32-year-old Jos�� Manuel "Pibe" P��rez has been living in Lugo, North Spain for the last 14 years. ��Pibe�� started playing 5-Card Draw when he was a child to get his start in poker.
Together with his wife, Pibe owns a cafeteria in his home town, but considers himself a semi-professional poker player, competing regularly on the European Poker Tour circuit and also the La Toja Poker League in Pontevedra, Galicia.
His best result on record was third in an EPT Vilamoura side event last season. He also plays the Sunday Majors on PokerStars and once finished fourth in the Sunday Warm-Up as well as making two final tables in PokerStars $100 rebuy tourneys.
P��rez will enter the final table just over one million in chips and sitting in second-to-last place overall.
Bio courtesy of PokerStars