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
Italy Stefano Puccilli[ 3]
€120,000
2nd
Italy Vittorio Meraviglia
€70,000
3rd
France Roger Hairabedian
€35,000
4th
Italy Enzo Nardotto
€35,000
5th
Italy Alessandro Speranza
€27,000
6th
Italy Giovanni Drago
€22,000
7th
Italy Luca Moschitta
€17,000
8th
Italy 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
England Matt Perrins [ 4]
€150,000
2nd
Sweden Johan Soderstrom
€120,000
3rd
Denmark Jesper Witved
€90,000
4th
Italy Luigi Pignataro
€80,000
5th
Italy Gianluca Bovini
€65,000
6th
Italy Marco Petrocchi
€30,000
7th
Italy Sandro Mescola
€20,000
8th
Italy 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
Sweden Ramzi Jelassi[ 5]
€170,000
2nd
Italy Andrea Sapere
€100,000
3rd
Italy Francesco Veronese
€68,000
4th
Italy Massimo Di Cicco
€50,000
5th
Italy Giuseppe Pipino
€39,000
6th
Italy Roberto Pompei
€28,000
7th
Switzerland Claudio Rinaldi
€18,000
8th
Italy 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
Italy Marco Figuccia[ 6]
€160,000
2nd
Italy Marco Pistilli
€95,000
3rd
Italy Davide Pennelli
€65,000
4th
Slovenia Primoz Adamic
€45,000
5th
Italy Antonino Di Martino
€35,000
6th
Italy Sebastiano Kisvarday
€27,000
7th
Italy Marco Bognanni
€20,000
8th
Italy 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
Italy Giovanni Salvatore[ 7]
€150,000
2nd
Italy Umberto Pavoncello
€85,000
3rd
Italy Alessandro Pennisi
€60,000
4th
Italy Mario Ristaldi
€42,000
5th
France Christian Debeil
€31,000
6th
Italy Gianbattista Sacchella
€25,000
7th
Italy Sergio Castelluccio
€20,000
8th
Italy 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
Italy Alessio Isaia[ 8]
€140,000
2nd
Italy Alioscia Oliva
€93,000
3rd
Italy Gerardo Muro
€58,000
4th
Italy Giorgio Salemi
€42,500
5th
Italy Stefano Puccilli
€27,000
6th
Finland Joni Jouhkimainen
€21,400
7th
Italy Tania Scremin
€16,000
8th
Finland 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
Italy Salvatore Bonavena[ 9]
€155,000
2nd
Italy Giuseppe Diep
€100,000
3rd
Hungary Andras Kovacs
€60,000
4th
Italy Gianni Billa
€45,000
5th
Italy Sergio Castelluccio
€30,000
6th
Italy Paolo Petrucci
€24,000
7th
Italy Gianluca Marcucci
€18,000
8th
Italy 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]
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
Italy Giuseppe Di Cicco[ 11]
€200,000
2nd
Italy Manlio Iemina
€121,000
3rd
Italy Michele Di Lauro
€75,000
4th
Hungary Peter Kamaras
€57,000
5th
Italy Vincenzo Tommasone
€38,000
6th
Italy Roberto Masullo
€30,000
7th
Italy Paolo Palmieri
€23,000
8th
Italy Giovanni Salvatore
€15,000
Italian Poker Tour - Season 1 Champion: Italy Giannino Salvatore [ 11]
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