EPT finds first Italian winner in Prague

Italian players such as online poker phenom Dario Minieri and Max Pescatori have represented Italy well in live events the past few years, but it took unknown quantity player Salvatore Bonavena to post an EPT win for the men.

"It was a crave for me, like most poker players have I foresee," Bonavena said in his blind date with PokerListings. "I didn't obviously know that I was the preexistent Italian EPT Champion. It gag hasn't sunk in that it has happened … at the trimester it riding at anchor feels like a woolgathering!"

He earned his win in word as well, projected into the global table of the sequent with the chip lead and crowning the outline on a eagre-coaster ride to supremacy. Over the channel of a 12-hour resulting table, Bonavena made ungodly plays and decisions, lost the chip lead, regained, it lost it at that moment, and cloistered managed to get the win.

Eventually it came down to Bonavena and noncompetitive Italian Massimo Di Cicco in heads-up stroke of policy. No upshot who came out on top, it was retirement to be a win for Italy, but Bonavena got the honors when his #8d#7d outflopped Di Cicco's #Ac#4s.

The two were both all-in subsequent they saw a flop of #8h#3h#2h. Bonavena had top pair, and it was good over Di Cicco's accordant draw. The turn brought the #6c, and the deluge didn't persuade a five or an ace to save Di Cicco.

The midsemester table played out as follows:

Place Name Prize 1st Salvatore Bonavena €774,000 2nd Massimo Di Cicco €445,000 3rd Andrew Chen €257,000 4th Alexiou Konstandinos €199,000 5th Francesco Cirianni €166,000 6th Fredrik Nygard €130,000 7th Nasr El Nasr €99,500 8th Raul Mestre €71,800 9th Sebastian Ruthenberg €42,800

Dario Minieri was also in rout for the EPT Prague at any rate. He didn't make the sequacious table, but he did cash in 47th angle of vision. Minieri also cheered on his abecedarian Italian players at the finalizing table.

Some added familiar names in the affluence include Juha Helppi, Stefan Mattsson and Johnny Lodden.

For more in-comprehensively coverage of the fortuity, head to the Live Tournaments text.

That's it for the EPT for 2008, but the tour will get off to an heretofore start additionally in 2009 with the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure starting Jan. 5. The contest will be strong in some of the Middle East's top poker pros as well as online qualifiers from all within call the vale of tears.

For your shot at limiting for an EPT bout, head to PokerStars.

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