We watched him win EPT Prague with inventive play and a bubbly personality that endeared him to the rail. Since that day in 2008, Salvatore Bonavena, the Team PokerStars Pro, has gone on to yet more success with live winnings totaling $2.2 million. Now he is poised for another big score after making the final table of PokerStars IPT San Remo. Italian Bonavena is second in chips (1,355,000) going in to today's showdown, behind previous IPT winner Oleksii Kovalchuk from the Ukraine (1,970,000), and in a great position to bag the €175,000 first prize on home soil. The final, which
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Kovalchuk leads IPT San Remo
Former PokerStars Italian Poker Tour winner Olevksii Kovalchuk leads the field as IPT San Remo moves into Day 3. After 10 hours of play on Day 2, 37 players remained in the hunt for the €175,000 first prize. Kovalchuk, from Ukraine, won the recent Nova Gorica leg of the IPT,...more
Muhamet Perati leads IPT San Remo
While things were already in full swing at ESPT Madrid, PokerStars IPT San Remo opened its doors for another bumper crowd in the tour's sixth Season 3 event. 102 played Day 1A of the €2,000 tournament, including 16 PokerStars qualifiers. After eight levels, with blinds at 400-800 (ante 75), the...more
Danilo Donnini wins PokerStars IPT Campione
Italian player Danilo Donnini has won PokerStars IPT Campione for CHF 272,000. He beat a field of 482 players after finally seeing off his heads-up opponent Mikica Mitrovic, from Serbia, who picked up CHF 181,000 for his second-place finish. The final action saw a flop of 7♣6♦3♣ and Donnini move...more
PokerStars IPT Campione final table set
Today sees the final table of PokerStars IPT Campione, with eight players fighting it out to be crowned champion and handed the CHF 272,000 first prize. One woman has made it through the final, PokerStars qualifier Tania Scremin, who has featured strongly on each day of the tournament so far....more
Mikica Mitrovic leads charge to IPT Campione final table
It took just eight hours on Day 2 of PokerStars Italian Poker Tour Campione for the 177 survivors to fall to the 37 players who now move forward to today's Day 3. Mikica Mitrovic , from Italy, is the runaway chip leader with 1,340,000 chips, followed by Alessandro Fasolis with...more
Davide Scafati leads into Day 2 of IPT Campione
It was another great day of poker here in Campione d'Italia, back to the action of Day 1B and a further 315 players clocked in. Added to day 1A's field, that makes a total entry of 482 players. The bumper field at the Casino Campione means the event is looking...more
Sergio Castelluccio leads PokerStars IPT Campione
The latest leg of the successful PokerStars Italian Poker Tour got under way yesterday in the beautiful Campione d'Italia, surrounded by Lake Lugano. Sergio Castelluccio, with 217,500 chips, holds the Day 1A lead followed by Michele Caroli on 198,800. It was the fourth time that Castelluccio has ended the first...more
Oleksii Kovalchuk wins IPT Nova Gorica for €150,000
The PokerStars Italian Poker Tour continues to attract impressive fields, and this Nova Gorica event was loaded with talent that generated a very healthy €556,780 prize pool. After it was all said and done, Oleksii Kovalchuk from the Ukraine took down the title and banked the €150,000 first prize. Kovalchuk...more
IPT Nova Gorica: Final table set, Minakov leads
Eight players will today sit down at the final table for the Italian Poker Tour event in Nova Gorica. As has become customary for PokerStars IPT events, the first prize is substantial: €150,000 goes to the winner from a €556,780 prize pool. Day 3 finished late on Sunday, when 32...more
Luca Pagano takes IPT San Remo
He's one of the nicest guys in poker, one of its greatest businessmen, and now the winner of the San Remo stop of his native Italian Poker Tour. Today, Team PokerStars Pro Luca Pagano took down the event in San Remo for €210,000. Though Pagano has been a professional poker...more
IPT San Remo begins under the summer sun
PokerStars.IT IPT San Remo started today in the beautiful San Remo Casino. The weather is great here, the city is beautiful and the show must go on! It's the third stop in the third season of the Italian Poker Tour here in the city of flowers. One player who is...more
Domenico Cordi wins IPT Campione d'Italia
Italian player Domenico Cordi won CHF 230,000 (Swiss Francs) as he picked up the PokerStars IPT Campione d'Italia title. He beat a bumper field of 391 players to pocket the lion's share of the CHF 898,870 prize pool. Heads-up, Cordi faced Maurizio Musso from Italy, and Cordi won the event...more
IPT Campione d'Italia final table set
Each of them are already guaranteed CHF 18,000 (that's Swiss Francs), and eight players return today to chase the CHF 230,000 first prize at PokerStars Italian Poker Tour Campione d'Italia. With the final table beginning at 2pm local time, the men to beat are chip leader Domenico Cordi with 2,335,000...more
IPT: Day 1 in Campione d'Italia
The PokerStars.IT Italian Poker Tour is back for more action. Its latest event kicked off today in the the beautiful Campione d'Italia. After one full day of play, Day 1a chip leader here at IPT Campione, Italian player Alessandro Minasi sits atop the field with 156,600 chips. He's closely followed...more
Marco Figuccia first to win two IPT titles
The PokerStars Italian Poker Tour continues to grow in popularity, attracting players from all over the world. Yet despite the cosmopolitan nature of the field, and as you've probably gathered from his name, a local has bagged the latest leg of the tour Marco Figuccia picked up €82,000 for topping...more
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