The chatter in Italy yesterday was all about Carla Solinas and her monster lead heading into the final table of the Italian Poker Tour Nova Gorica event. Solinas had more than twice as many chips as second-placed Dubravko Bagic. As it turned out, Solinas finished runner-up, but not to Bagic....more

The PokerStars Italian Poker Tour never fails to deliver, bringing big fields and plenty of excitement. The Nova Gorica event, which reaches a climax later today, proves the point once more. Leading the final eight is Carla Solinas, one of the emerging talents of Italian poker. When I say leading...more

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...more

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

After eight hours of play today the field of 103 who started Day 2 made it down to 24 players who moved forward to Day 3 and a had their shot at cashing here at IPT Malta. The Italian player Marco Bognanni began the day the chip leader 546,200 chips,...more

IPT Malta welcomed another 83 runners to the felt on Friday, making the combined field for this event to 131 players. The total prize pool up for grabs stands at €254,140, with €82,000 on offer for first place. 103 players have made it through another arduous day's play, with Italian...more