Rocco Palumbo, who won Event #44 for $464,464 at the 2012 WSOP, is the latest World Poker Tour main event champion. The Italian poker pro overcame a field of 173-players to keep the Venetian title from leaving the country after defeating fellow countryman Marcello Montagner heads up. Mike Sexton was the biggest name on the final table and he finished in third place, his best WPT performance ever!
1) Rocco Palumbo, €140 000
2) Marcello Montagner, €84 200
3) Mike Sexton, €54 200
4) Robert Begni, €40 100
5) Xia Lin, €30 100
6) Erion Islamay, €24 100
