Italian Poker Tour season 1 results
Season 1 of Italian Series of poker tournaments sponsored by PokerStars
Season 1
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
Italian Poker Tour - Season 1 Champion: Giannino Salvatore [ 11]
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