Wednesday, November 21, 2012

IPT NOVA GORICA: D'ANTONI SURVIVES BONAVENA CHARGE


The task at hand was certainly not an easy one to complete. The mission? Beat a former IPT and EPT Champ with tons of live tournament poker experience heads-up in order to secure the first live tournament victory of your career.

For Riccardo D'Antoni, it's mission accomplished! The young Italian won ITP Nova Gorica earlier this week, defeating tournament 2008 EPT Prague Champ Salvatore Bonavena (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-362nd) heads-up.

For Bonavena, it's a fourth Top 5 placing at IPT events. Funny enough, he's collected a 1st, 2nd, 3rd and a 4th place finish ... fifth position next for Bonavena?

Bonavena also placed third at the WSOP Europe 1K event - event won by Antonio Esfandiari.

Third place finisher Sebastiano Giudice and fourth place finisher Fausto Cheli have a history of playing final tables together. They both had the opportunity to play in the WPT National Series St-Vincent event together - Cheli finished second and Giudice fourth in that event.

Picture courtesy of PokerStars, IPT


TOP 10 PAYOUTS (EURO)
Riccardo D'Antoni €155,000 $196,998
Salvatore Bonavena €95,000
Sebastiano Giudice €55,000
Fausto Cheli €42,000
Paolo Casaburi €33,000
Massimiliano Bramati €25,000
Michele Di Lauro €18,000
Michele Limongi €12,000
Manilo Iemina €9,000
Antonio Massi €9,000

DEFENDING CHAMPION
Anton Karasinsky, €140.000

RELATED POSTS
> ESFANDIARI WINS WSOP EUROPE
> KARASINSKY WINS IPT


PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
ITALIAN POKER TOUR
IPT Nova Gorica
NLH Main Event
November 15-19, 2012

Hit Casino Perla | Slovenia
Buy-in: $2,815 | Prizepool: $740,340
Total Entries: 298

PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION
RICCARDO D'ANTONI 35
SALVATORE BONAVENA 18
SEBASTIANO GIUDICE 10
FAUSTO CHELI 8
PAOLO CASABURI 5

NEXT IPT TOUR EVENT
IPT Campione
Campione Casino, Italy
January 10-14, 2013


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