Season 1 of Italian Series of poker tournaments sponsored by PokerStars
Season 1 [ edit ] Below are the results of the first season of the Italian Poker Tour (IPT) sponsored by PokerStars [1]
The winner of the IPT Leaderboard ranking will win a sponsorship contract for all stages of the second season of the PokerStars .it Italian Poker Tour.[2]
Venue: Casino Sanremo, Sanremo , Italy Buy-in: €2,200 3-Day Event: June 5–7, 2009 Number of buy-ins: 254 Total Prize Pool: €508,000 Number of Payouts: 40 Official Results: [1] Final table Place Name Prize 1st Stefano Puccilli[3] €120,000 2nd Vittorio Meraviglia €70,000 3rd Roger Hairabedian €35,000 4th Enzo Nardotto €35,000 5th Alessandro Speranza €27,000 6th Giovanni Drago €22,000 7th Luca Moschitta €17,000 8th Bruno Stefanelli €12,000
Venue: Casino Di Venezia, Venice , Italy Buy-in: €2,200 4-Day Event: July 30-August 2, 2009 Number of buy-ins: 439 Total Prize Pool: €851,660 Number of Payouts: 61 Official Results: [2] Final table Place Name Prize 1st Matt Perrins [4] €150,000 2nd Johan Soderstrom €120,000 3rd Jesper Witved €90,000 4th Luigi Pignataro €80,000 5th Gianluca Bovini €65,000 6th Marco Petrocchi €30,000 7th Sandro Mescola €20,000 8th Massimiliano Forti €15,060
Venue: Casino Sanremo, Sanremo , Italy Buy-in: €2,200 5-Day Event: August 27–31, 2009 Number of buy-ins: 368 Total Prize Pool: €713,920 Number of Payouts: 56 Official Results: [3] Final table Place Name Prize 1st Ramzi Jelassi[5] €170,000 2nd Andrea Sapere €100,000 3rd Francesco Veronese €68,000 4th Massimo Di Cicco €50,000 5th Giuseppe Pipino €39,000 6th Roberto Pompei €28,000 7th Claudio Rinaldi €18,000 8th Niccolo Domeniconi €13,000
Venue: Perla Casino & Hotel, Nova Gorica , Slovenia Buy-in: €2,200 5-Day Event: October 8–12, 2009 Number of buy-ins: 332 Total Prize Pool: €664,000 Number of Payouts: 48 Official Results: [4] Final table Place Name Prize 1st Marco Figuccia[6] €160,000 2nd Marco Pistilli €95,000 3rd Davide Pennelli €65,000 4th Primoz Adamic €45,000 5th Antonino Di Martino €35,000 6th Sebastiano Kisvarday €27,000 7th Marco Bognanni €20,000 8th Gennaro Falanga €16,200
Venue: Casino Sanremo, Sanremo , Italy Buy-in: €2,200 5-Day Event: November 12–16, 2009 Number of buy-ins: 325 Total Prize Pool: €670,000 Number of Payouts: 48 Official Results: [5] Final table Place Name Prize 1st Giovanni Salvatore[7] €150,000 2nd Umberto Pavoncello €85,000 3rd Alessandro Pennisi €60,000 4th Mario Ristaldi €42,000 5th Christian Debeil €31,000 6th Gianbattista Sacchella €25,000 7th Sergio Castelluccio €20,000 8th Romolo Rosa €16,700
Venue: Casino Sanremo, Sanremo , Italy Buy-in: €2,200 5-Day Event: December 10–14, 2009 Number of buy-ins: 273 Total Prize Pool: €529,620 Number of Payouts: 32 Official Results: [6] Final table Place Name Prize 1st Alessio Isaia[8] €140,000 2nd Alioscia Oliva €93,000 3rd Gerardo Muro €58,000 4th Giorgio Salemi €42,500 5th Stefano Puccilli €27,000 6th Joni Jouhkimainen €21,400 7th Tania Scremin €16,000 8th Riku Koivurinne €13,000
Venue: Casino di Venezia, Venice , Italy Buy-in: €2,200 5-Day Event: January 14–18, 2010 Number of buy-ins: 310 Total Prize Pool: €600,000 Number of Payouts: 48 Official Results: [7] Final table Place Name Prize 1st Salvatore Bonavena[9] €155,000 2nd Giuseppe Diep €100,000 3rd Andras Kovacs €60,000 4th Gianni Billa €45,000 5th Sergio Castelluccio €30,000 6th Paolo Petrucci €24,000 7th Gianluca Marcucci €18,000 8th Massimiliano Forti €12,600
Venue: Casino Sanremo, Sanremo , Italy Buy-in: €2,200 5-Day Event: February 25-March 1, 2010 Number of buy-ins: 488 Total Prize Pool: €976,000 Number of Payouts: 72 Official Results: [8] Final table Place Name Prize 1st Valdemar Kwaysser[10] €227,000 2nd Enrico Castaldi €142,000 3rd Massimo Valentini €85,000 4th Brent Wheeler €57,000 5th Michele Di Lauro €45,000 6th Antonio Scalzi €33,000 7th Matt Perrins €24,000 8th Andrea Benelli €17,500
Venue: Perla Casino & Hotel, Nova Gorica , Slovenia Buy-in: €2,200 5-Day Event: March 18–22, 2010 Number of buy-ins: 393 Total Prize Pool: €762,420 Number of Payouts: 56 Official Results: [9] Final table Place Name Prize 1st Giuseppe Di Cicco[11] €200,000 2nd Manlio Iemina €121,000 3rd Michele Di Lauro €75,000 4th Peter Kamaras €57,000 5th Vincenzo Tommasone €38,000 6th Roberto Masullo €30,000 7th Paolo Palmieri €23,000 8th Giovanni Salvatore €15,000
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