Salvatore Bonavena Wins European Poker Tour PragueFirst Italian to Win an EPT Event Collects €774,000 |
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The PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Prague has been won by Italian Salvatore Bonavena, who collected €774,000 for topping the 570-stong field at the Hilton Hotel Casino in the Czech Republic. The €5,0000+€250 buy-in event attracted a strong and broadly European field, including Luca Pagano, Johannes Strassmann, Gino Alacqua, Sebastian Ruthenberg, Ludovic Lacay, Michael Martin, Arnaud Mattern, Dario Minieri, Katja Thater, Roland de Wolfe, Nenad Medic, Noah Boeken, Juha Helppi, Praz Bansi, Alexander Kravchenko, Davidi Kitai, Andreas Krause, and William Thorsson.
The final table comprised three Italians, one Canadian, one German, one Spaniard, one Finn, and one Greek player:
Salvatore Bonavena: 1,402,000
Alexiou Konstantinos: 1,382,000
Francesco Cirianni: 807,000
Fredrik Nygard: 666,000
Massimo Di Cicco: 429,000
Nasr El Nasr: 376,000
Raul Mestre: 309,000
Andrew Chen: 309,000
In the final hand of the evening, Massimo Di Sicco moved all in on an 8
3 2 flop with A
4
. Salvatore Bonavena called with 8 7.
The turn was the 6
, and the river was the J. Bonavena's pair of eights held, and the EPT had its first-ever Italian champion.
Dario Minieri, among other Italian notables, were there to congratulate him as he picked up the cheque worth €774,000, the trophy, the title, and, of course, the honour.
Di Sicco finished runner up for €445,000.
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