Max Pescatori
Max Pescatori | |
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![]() Max Pescatori in 2019 | |
Nickname(s) | The Italian Pirate |
Residence | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. |
Born | Massimiliano Pescatori (1971-01-22) 22 January 1971 (age 51) Milan, Italy |
World Series of Poker | |
Bracelet(s) | 4 |
Money finish(es) | 66[1] |
Highest ITM Main Event finish | None |
World Poker Tour | |
Title(s) | None |
Final table(s) | None |
Money finish(es) | 8[2] |
European Poker Tour | |
Title(s) | None |
Final table(s) | None |
Money finish(es) | 3 |
Information accurate as of 15 July 2017. |
Massimiliano Pescatori (born 22 January 1971 in Milan) is an Italian professional poker player.
His first tournament win was in the $300 limit hold'em event in the 2003 World Poker Challenge in Reno, Nevada. Three days later he won the Omaha High Low event. At the 2006 WSOP, Pescatori won the $2,500 no limit hold 'em event when his J♣ 8♣ defeated Anthony Reategui's Q♣ T♦ on a board of T♣ 7♦ 6♥ K♥ 9♦. At the 2008 World Series of Poker he won the pot limit half Texas hold 'em, half Omaha hold 'em event, with its $246,471 first prize. At the 2015 WSOP, Pescatori won two bracelets in the $1,500 Seven Card Razz and the $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better events.[1]
Pescatori has also finished in the money in eight World Poker Tour (WPT) events.[2]
As of 2017, his total live tournament winnings exceed $4,475,000.[3] His 66 cashes as the WSOP account for over $2,450,000 of those winnings.[1]
WSOP Bracelets[edit]
Year | Tournament | Prize (US$) |
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2006 | $2,500 No Limit Hold'em | $682,389 |
2008 | $2,500 Pot Limit Hold'em/Omaha | $246,509 |
2015 | $1,500 Razz | $155,947 |
2015 | $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship | $292,158 |
Books[edit]
Max Pescatori has co-authored two books on poker originally written in Italian.[4]
Book title | ISBN |
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Giocare e vincere a poker online, 2009, by Max Pescatori and Dario De Toffoli | ISBN 978-88-200-4760-3 |
A scuola di poker, 2010, by Dario De Toffoli, Max Pescatori and Giorgio Sigon | ISBN 978-88-200-4890-7 |
References[edit]
- ^ a b c WSOP.com profile
- ^ a b World Poker Tour profile
- ^ Max Pescatori Hendon Mob tournament results
- ^ Claudio Zecchin (13 November 2010). ""A scuola di poker" per restare al passo" ["A poker school" to stay abreast]. La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 13 February 2017.
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2018/ 2018 E |
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