Dario Alioto became the third player from Italy to win a WSOP bracelet. Valter Farina won a bracelet in Seven-card Stud in 1995. The Italian Pirate Max Pescatori won a bracelet in Hold'em last year.
"I want to be the best player in the world at this game," Alioto said in a post-victory interview. "This is very special."
Here are today's final table money winners:
1 Dario Alioto ��234,390
2 Istvan Novak ��137,280
3 Tony G ��94,380
4 David Callaghan ��65,520
5 Antoine Arnault ��49,530
6 Sherkhan Farnood ��38,220
7 Sampo Lopponen ��30,420
8 Andy Bloch ��22,020
9 MH Razaghi ��16,380
Hand #164: Alioto limped and Novak checked the big blind. The flop was . Both players checked. The turn was the . Both players checked. The river was the . Both players checked. Novak showed a pair of sixes and won the pot.
Hand #165: Novak raised to 210,000. Alioto called. The flop was . Alioto bet the pot and Novak folded. Alioto won.
Hand #159: Dario Alioto raised 120,000 from the small blind. Tony G called. The flop was . Alioto fired out 230,000. Tony G moved all in and Alioto called.
Tony G:
Alioto:
Tony G was in the lead, but Alioto had a lot of outs as The G needed to dodge a lot of bullets to stay alive. The turn was the and the river was the . Alioto rivered a straight and Tony G was eliminated from the tournament in third place. The G won ��94,380.