Player Bios: Lou Esposito (Seat 3)

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Perhaps the handicapping favorite in this event is 32-year-old Lou "The Big Easy" Esposito. Esposito is a native of Howard Beach, NY, but appears to be at very much home here in New Orleans. In each of the last three WSOP Circuit Events here, Esposito has made it to the final table, cutting through fields of 346, 160, and now 249 players respectively. He took the title in the first of those, making him the defending Harrah's New Orleans Circuit Champion.

Esposito has only been playing poker since 2006, but has already racked up more than $1,000,000 in career earnings. Apart from his title here last year, he also won the 2007 Borgata Winter Open $1,000 event, and then came close to repeating that feat with a 4th place finish in the same event this year.

The Big Easy will start the day in 8th place with 116,000 chips.

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