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Banker cashes in at first Italian Poker Tour event

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

Thumbnail image for ps_news_thn.jpgStefano Puccilli, a 37-year old banker, has become the first PokerStars Italian Poker Tour (IPT) champion after fighting through more than 250 people and winning the inaugural event event in San Remo.

Twenty-two players made it to Day 3 to fight for the lion's share of the nearly 500,000 Euro prize pool. It took nine and half hours to make it down to the eight-handed final table. The only Team PokerStars Italy Pro remaing in the field, Nicola Fedeli, exited in 10th place.

It took another six hours to see the final hand. Puccilli got it all-in preflop with pocket eights versus a naked ace, only to see a [Jc] [Ah] [Qc] flop. Then the [9d] popped up on the turn and opened up a few more outs for Puccilli. The the miracle: the [10s] fell on the river and the game was Puccilli's. The banker banked 120,000 Euros for the win.

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Puccilli has only been playing poker for four years and learned the game after watching televised poker with friends. He eventually outgrew games with friends and started playing on PokerStars. A satellite qualifier led him straight to San Remo and glory.

If you'd like to play in the next IPT event, you might want to wax up your gondola. Venice, Italy will host the next IPT tournament on these rescheduled dates - July 27-August 2 for the main event, and a High Roller which runs August 2-3.


Italian Poker Tour kicks off in San Remo

Saturday, June 6th, 2009

ps_news_thn.jpgWhile the World Series dominates the world poker spotlight, the brand new PokerStars Italian Poker Tour is kicking off across the Atlantic.

The first stop of the PokerStars Italian Poker Tour found players right back in San Remo, Italy. More than 250 players, including 37 Pokerstars qualifiers, settled in for some Italian action today. After nine levels on Day 1, 110 players remained.

In action today, the brand new Team PokerStars Pro Italia. The fresh faces on the tour include Filippo Candio, Pier Paolo Fabretti, Simone Ruggeri, Nicola Fedeli, and Elena Ichim.

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Among the faces in the Italian crowd, None other than Team PokerStars Pro Isabelle Mercier. Armed with an Italian dictionary and a love for the host country, Mercier is marching into Day 2 with 70,000 chips.

At day's end, Daniele Amatruda is resting on more than 200,000 chips, good for the chip lead and a good night's rest. Italian poker fans will probably also recognize some of the names still in contention:Gianni Giaroni, Daniele Mazzia, Alessandro De Michele, Giorgio Bernasconi, Sergio Castelluccio, Massimo Di Cicco, Simone Rossi, Marco Figuccia, Michele Di Lauro, Stefano Moresco, Simone Coppari, Matteo Pecorella, Danilo D'Ettoris.

Day 2 kicks off on Sunday. Good luck to all the players still in the hunt.