Sasso got Peters all in with [Ah][Th] versus Peters' [Ad][2d]. The board ran out [Kh][Ts][3d][3c][Ac] giving Sasso the title.

Sasso, who plays on PokerStars under the name JackReRaise won his seat in the event for €100, The businessman's biggest win before this weekend was a €2,745 cash in a €200 limit poker event.

The IPT heads to San Marino next month, June 13-17.

For more information on the tour, visit, the IPT website.

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Although Abduraimov Enver holds the lead with 160,500 chips, it's Mandavia's 142,200 that the field should be worried about. Not only does the American hold WCOOP and SCOOP bracelets but he's currently leading the EPT Season 9 Heads-Up Player of the Year leader board. You don't win two of those heads-up events in a season without a lot of poker acumen.

Mandavia carries through the second-largest stack of the 66 players that made it through from the 128 that sat down. Day 1B kicks off later today with another bumper field, including PokerStars Team Online Alessandro De Michele and PokerStars Team Pro Luca Pagano, Dario Minieri and Pierpaolo Fabretti.

If you can read the Italiano, or can sinmply read between the lines, then you can follow the live coverage in the Italian wing of the PokerStars Blog.

Find out more about the PokerStars.it Italian Poker Tour here.

Rick Dacey is a staff writer for the PokerStars Blog.

It's Moschitta's 7th IPT Main Event cash and the second time that he's managed to make it to the heads-up. Last time he got down to the final two - at IPT Nova Gorica in 2011 - he lost out to Oleksii Kovalchuk. This time Moschitta refused to settle for silver and beat Gianbattista Sacchella into second place to take the title and the largest share of the prize pool. Sacchella collected €115,000, still an incredible return on his €2,200 buy-in.

Moschitta has not once but twice bought Porsche sports cars using FPPs accrued through playing on PokerStars and then PokerStars.it. He can now cap off being one of the hardest working (and fastest) online players in Italy with live success. Perhaps an IPT trophy would look a little too much mounted on the bonnet of one of those Porsches?

The next stop takes place in Sanremo 2-6 May for the Season 4 IPT Grand Final. Check the full schedule of all 18 events, and how to qualify, by clicking on this link.

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He beat a field of 385 players at the Casino Municipale, where the Italian Poker Tour generated a CHF 892,546 prize pool.

Montini's heads-up opponent was Vito Planeta, from Italy, a Supernova Elite on PokerStars.it who took second place for CHF 163,000. The final action saw Planeta go all-in with [Jc][8c] but he fell way behind Montini's [ac][qd] when the board ran out [As][5h][3d][10h][2d].

The next stop on the Italian Poker Tour will be at Saint Vincent from February 28 to March 4. You can see all the details over on the IPT website, and for more on this final table (in Italian!) visit our sister Italian blog.

The Casino Municipale is home to the fifth stop of the PokerStars IPT's fourth season, and 105 players showed up for Day 1A, 17 of them being PokerStars qualifiers who would have taken their seats for much less than the €2,200 buy-in.

When it was all said and done, 44 of those who sat down at the start were still sitting down at the end. Top of the pile was Giuseppe Esposito with 207,000 chips, followed by Raz Friedrich with 149,600 and Nicolo Caramatti with 123,300.

Day 1B begins later today with Team PokerStars Team Online player Christian Favale, Alessandro De Michele and Vito Barone.

You can follow all the action over on our sister Italian blog. To do so would require mastery of the Italian language, or at the very least a working knowledge of Google Translate.

D'Antoni beat a field of 298 players at the Perla Casino to win his slice of the €578,120 prize pool when his four-bet shove with [Ac][ts] managed to beat Bonavena's [As][Kc] with a paired 10 on the turn. That card sent Bonavena to the rail for €95,000 halting the Team Pro's attempt to win his second IPT title. Bonavena has now finished first, second, third and fourth in IPT Main Events over the last four seasons.

IPT Nova Gorica final table payouts
1. Riccardo D'antoni, Italy, €155,000
2. Salvatore Bonavena, Team PokerStars Pro, Italy, €95,000
3. Sebastiano Giudice, Italy, €55,000
4. Fausto Cheli, Italy, €42,000
5. Paolo Casaburi, Italy, €33,000
6. Massimiliano Bramati, Italy, €25,000
7. Michele Di Lauro, Italy, €18,000
8. Michele Limongi, Italy, €12,000

The next stop of the Italian Poker Tour will be in Campione 10-14 January 2013. Satellite qualifiers will start running soon on PokerStars.

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Bonavena, who we learnt does not speak that much English, starts today average stacked with 950,000 in an all-Italian finale and certainly has the most poker experience of any of the eight players. A podium finish seems likely.

Massimiliano Bramati - 1,390,000
Sebastiano Giudice - 1,281,000
Riccardo D'Antoni - 1,032,000
Michele Di Lauro - 1,012,000
Salvatore Bonavena - 950,000
Paolo Casaburi - 767, 000
Michele Limongi - 566,000
Fausto Cheli - 515,000

Final table payouts
1. €155,000
2. €95,000
3. €55,000
4. €42,000
5. €33,000
6. €25,000
7. €18,000
8. €12,000

You can follow the updates (in Italian) at the PokerStarsBlog.it

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At the end of Day 1A one player who was taking a serious bite out of other people's chips was chip leader Filippo Candio, a well known Italian player who had stacked up to 93,700. He was closely followed by Domenico Di Francesco with 89,000. Filippo Candio is a hugely popular player in Italy having been the only Italian player to ever reach the WSOP Main Event final table in Las Vegas That happened only two years ago.

A field of 74 players from around Europe made their way to the gorgeous Perla Casino for the PokerStars.it Italian Poker Tour and 13 of those qualified online with PokerStars. A total of 47 survived Day 1a and return to see the start of Day 2.

Day 1B kicked off today with another bumper field, including PokerStars Team Pros Dario Minieri, Luca Pagano, Salvatore Bonavena, Massimiliano Martinez and Pierpaolo Fabretti, and PokerStars Team Online's Luca Moschitta and Giada Fang (who you can see more of talking about go-karting at EPT Sanremo here).

You can follow all the action as it happens over on the PokerStarsBlog.it.

31-year-old Iemina, who is one of the most successful online players in Italy and has a growing live record to back it up, last night took the title on his second IPT final table attempt. His live results include a 21st place at the IPT Sanremo in January 2012 (€4,400), a 9th place at EPT Snowfest in December 2011 (€25,000) and a huge runner-up spot at IPT Nova Gorica in March 2010 for €121,000. Expect to see Iemina making more late apperances at both the IPT and EPT.

Final table payouts
1. Manlio Iemina, Italy, CHF154,000 (Swiss Francs)
2. Stefano Terziani, Italy, CHF126,000
3. Fabrizio Ortolomo, Italy, CHF65,000
4. Alain Medesan, Romania, CHF50,000
5. Jacopo Brandi, Italy, CHF32,500
6. Ivo Donev, Austria, CHF 25,500
7. Paolo Compagno, Italy, CHF19,000
8. Zeng Zhiping, China, CHF14,625

The next stop of the Italian Poker Tour will be Nova Gorica which runs 15-19 November 2012. The main event buy-in is €2,200. Check the site closer to the date for a full tournament schedule. You can also follow the action (in Italian) by going to the PokerStars Blog and follow IPT news in English here.

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Ortolomo is in pole position to take home the first prize of CHF170,000 (approx $178,000). You can follow the updates, albeit in Italian, at the Italian PokerStars Blog.

The final table
1. Zeng Zhiping, 38, China - 739,000
2. Fabrizio Ortolomo, 27, Castellammare di Stabia, Italy - 1,597,000
3. Iacopo Brandi, 26, Florence, Italy - 970,000
4. Manlio Iemina, 31, Mondovì (Cuneo), Italia - 665,000
5. Ivo Donev, 52, Austria - 800,000
6. Alain Medesan, 36, Romania - 421,000
7. Paolo Compagno, 37, Italy - 976,000
8. Stefano Terziani, 29, Scandicci (Firenze), Italy - 883,000

Rick Dacey is a staff writer for the PokerStars Blog.

The kickoff of this week's tournament marks the third event of the IPT's fourth season. The €2,200 buy-in main event has drawn some of the best players from around the region.

The tour last visited Campione in May when Antonino Venneri won CHF 140,000.

Now, there's even bigger money on the line.

If you'd like to follow along with the live coverage, visit the Italian PokerStars Blog.

Italian Alessandro Meoni beat out 375 players at the Casino Municipale for the €166,000 lion's share of the €727,500 prize pool.

Meoni's final opponent, Raffaele Bertolucci, was freerolling the event after buying a seat with Frequent Player Points. He banked €129,000 after getting [tc][9d] all in behind Meoni's [as][kc]. The board ran out [Ks][6c][Jc][6s][3c] and handed the title to the Supernova Elite.

Meoni's next chance at an IPT title will come at the end of this month when the Italian Poker Tour visits Campion August 30-September 3.

Allisardi, a 23-year old player who plays under the name 'jokers_89', descibes his style as nitty while Meoni, a 29-year old whose online identity is 'cippino1', claims to play poker in a 'sick' way. They're polar opposites and could make for a great irresistible-force-versus-immovable-object heads-up contest. They just have to despatch the other four players first...

You can follow the action at the IPT San Remo final table live by direct video stream but be warned that it's all in Italian commentary. Just click the mute button if it you don't speak the lingo - the card-up table graphics are good enough to follow the action.

You can find out more about the Italian Poker Tour by clicking here.

Antonino Venneri beat a field of 224 players at the Casino Municipale, where the Italian Poker Tour boasted a prize pool of CHF 517,127.

Venneri's heads up opponent was Ivan Losi, from Italy, who took second place for €100,000. The final action saw Venneri go all-in far behind his opponent's hand with [Ac][2c]. Ivan Losi called the all-in with [9d][9s] but the board ran out [2d][Ah][Jc][3h][Qd].

The IPT's next stop will be in San Remo July 26 - 30.

Chip leader Antonino Venneri, a 58-year old player from Italy sits with a gigantic chip lead headed into the final showdown.

Here are the final table players.

Massimiliano Bellon Bellucci - 505,000 chips
Massimiliano is a 42 year-old-player from Italy who's been playing poker for only one year. His best results include a third place at the EPT Berlin €2,000 Side event (for a €45,000 prize), a 7th place at the €300 Side event during EPT Campione, 54th place at the EPT Campione 2012 (€9,000), 36th at the Mini IPT Campione 2012 (€ 680), 2nd at the Italian Poker Open in Campione d'Italia (CHF 66,000). When he doesn't play poker, he works in IT. His favourite poker game is Texas Hold'em and his favourite player is Tom "Durrr" Dwan. His style is tight aggressive.

Palumbo Rocco - 421,000 chips
Rocco is a 23 year-old-professional poker player from Italy who's been playing poker for five years online on PokerStars as "roccoge". His best poker performances include a 6th place at the IPT Sanremo €5,250 High Roller (€14,050), a 10th place at the €1,000 Side event "win the button" during the EPT Montecarlo Grand Finl (€2,250), 3rd at the €1,000 Side event "turbo bounty" during EPT Grand Final Montecarlo (€ 7,050), 13th at the EPT Campione 2012 (€ 5,600), 2nd place at "La notte degli assi" (CHF 58,000), final table at the EPT Sanremo (7th place for € 95,000 - October 2011), 34th place at the EPT Sanremo 2011 (€ 20,000), 17th place at the Mini IPT Sanremo 2009 (€1,100). He's planning to spend his next winnings to increase his poker bankroll and to take care of his family. His favourite game is Texas Hold'em tournaments, his favourite player is Phil Ivey, and his biggest dream is to live happy.

Massimiliano Patroncini - 210,000 chips
Massimiliano is a 42-year-old player from Italy who's been playing poker for four years on PokerStars as "DaPapiii". This is is first serious cash at a live tournament. He is planning to use his first poker winnings for his family and to increase his poker bankroll. He won a ticket to IPT Campione after he played a live satellite here at the Casino, the night before day 1A. When he doesn't play poker, he works as manager at a restaurant in Milan and at a shop called "Poker bum bum". The shop sells poker items of any kind. His favourite poker game is hold'em. His favourite players are Barry Greenstein and Amato Landi. His poker style changes according to his opponent

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Silvano Peracchi - 327,000 chips
Silvano is a 52 year-old-player from Italy. This is the first time he has cashed at a live poker tournament. He is planning to use his first poker winning to take care of his family. He works as a business man. His favourite game is Texas Hold'em, and his style is tight and relaxed.

Michele Bianchi - 345,000 chips
Michele is a 38-year-old player from Lugano (Switzerland) who's been playing poker for 10 years. His best performance at a live poker tournament was at IPT Campione in January 2011 (14th place for a €7,597 prize). He reached this final table after he won with aces against opponent's aces (flush on the river). His dearest memory about poker is the day he went to Caribbean to play poker. His favourite poker game is Hold'em. His style is "relaxed."

Marco Pistilli - 646,000 chips
Marco is a 44-year-old player from Italy who's been playing poker since 2006 and online on PokerStars as"scalinger". His best results so far: 83rd place at the EPT Campione (€7,500), 1st at the 1st €300 Side event during EPT Prague (€3,050), 12th place at the IPT Nova Gorica March 2010 (€8,410), 22nd at the IPT Sanremo December 2009 (€4,000), 2nd at the IPT Nova Gorica October 2009 (€95,000), 23rd at the IPT Sanremo 2009 (€ 5,500). He works as a manager.

Antonino Venneri - 2,071,000 chips
Antonino is a 58 year-old-players from Italy who plays online on PokerStars as "vennerux." His best results are: 12th at IPT Campione November 2011 (CHF 10,200), 20th at the IPT Sanremo October 2011 (€ 2,370), 10th at the EPT Sanremo April 2011 (€ 50,000). He is planning to use his next winnings to increase his poker bankroll. He works as a business man. He reached the final table after he won all-in preflop with aces against the kings of Oleksii Kovalchuk for 1.3-chip million pot. His favourite poker game is Texas Hold'em. His favourite player is Salvatore Bonavena. His style is aggressive. His dream is to win a bracelet at the WSOP.

Ivan Losi - 1,080,000 chips
Ivan is a 38 year-old-player from Italy who's been playing poker for six years. His best results include a 35th place at the Mini IPT Sanremo and a final table at the "La notte degli assi". He works as a tattooist. His favourite game is Omaha. His favourite player is Daniel Negreanu. His biggest dream is to win the WSOP.