Poker news tagged with 'max pescatori'

Last week, Max Pescatori and Todd Brunson were the talk of the poker community after news came out that they purchased the renowned Las Vegas restaurant named Roma Deli, situated a few miles west of the strip, at 5755 W Spring Mountain Road.

A 2016 Poker Hall of Fame inductee and winner of one WSOP bracelet, Todd Brunson is a known foodie who frequently posts photos of his meals at various restaurants on Twitter. He said he’ll have a 25% stake in the restaurant but does not share Pescatori’s ownership stake.

Massimiliano ‘Max’ Pescatori was born in Milan, Italy, so you’d bet that he knows a lot about authentic Italian-style cuisine. He is also known to be the most successful poker player in history from his home country. He has 4 WSOP bracelets and so far has won $4.2 million in live tournaments. 

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Italian pro Max Pescatori earned his 50th cash and 4th gold bracelet after topping a field of 111 entries in the $10,000 Seven Card Stud 8 or Better event.

The tournament attracted many of poker's best players and Pescatori had to overcome Stephen Chidwick, Daniel Negreanu and Gary Benson on the final table to become the last man standing!

Read more » 2015 WSOP: Max Pescatori Wins Event #41 - $10,000 Seven Card Stud 8 or Better

In the early hours of the morning, the 44 year old italian pro Max Pescatori had beaten the rest of the field and won WSOP event no.9, the $1500 Razz tournament and secured him his 3'rd career bracelet.

Pescatori, who is widely known in the poker community as "The Italian Pirate" won his first bracelet back in 2006 where he took down the $2.500 NLHE event and won $682.389. Two years later he took down his second bracelet in the $2.500 Pot Limit Hold'em/Omaha event where he added $246.509 to his bankroll.

After what some would call a major tournament drought, Pescatori is finally on top again after outlasting a tough 462 players field and a final table which included 2 time WSOP bracelet winner, Eli Elezra. Heads-up Pescatori eventually overcame Ryan Miller to win the title and add $155.947 to his career live tournament earnings, which now exceed $3.7m

The 6th Italian to ever win a Gold Bracelet in the history of the WSOP was declared the winner of the $1,000 No Limit Hold'em event #44 which concluded late on Tuesday eve.

Rocco Palumbo of Genoa was the last remaining player of the 2,949 entrants that battled it out for three long days at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino. Besides the Gold Bracelet, Palumbo left the ESPN Main stage with $464,464 in prize money and could proudly enter the exclusive group of Italian WSOP winners which up until Tuesday eve only included Valter Farina, Dario Minieri, Dario Alioto, Jeffrey Lisandro and Max Pescatori.

Palumbo's  previous WSOP record shows a 81st placement in this year's No-Limit Hold'em event #41 which earned him $8,791.

The runner up was the american poker pro Nelson Robinson whose past WSOP merits dates back to 2009 and includes 6 cashes and total earnings of $262,381.