Sunday, February 5, 2012

IPT SAN REMO: KOVALCHUK CONTINUES WINNING WAYS - DOMINANT W AT SAN REMO

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There may not be a more clutch live tournament poker player out there than Oleksii Kovalchuk. Kovalchuk has captured the IPT San Remo crown - his second IPT title in five months and his fourth title on the poker circuit in the past twelve months.

We first were introduced to Kovalchuk (2011 PTPR Rank: 19th) when he won the Russian Poker Tour Kiev Main Event in his native Ukraine, he followed that up with a big win at the WSOP this summer, collecting his first bracelet, and now, two IPT Champioships ... almost 2M in earnings in less than a year.

The reigning PTPR Tournament Poker Rookie of the Year, Kovalchuk also had a deep run at the Partouche Grand Final - making it to the final table last November.

Kovalchuk is an absolute threat to Eugene Katchalov when debating just who is the best poker player from the Ukraine?

Marco Fabbrini finished fifth in the event. Fabbrini (2011 PTPR Rank: 1692nd) had a deep run at EPT San Remo in April.

Last year's champion of this event, Luca Pagano, will participate in final table play at EPT Deauville on Monday.



TOP 10 PAYOUTS (in EURO)
1- KOVALCHUK OLEKSII, UKR 175,000
2- VITALE ANDREA, ITA 110,500
3- SPIGOLON ALBERTO, ITA 68,000
4- BONAVENA SALVATORE, ITA 51,000
5- FABBRINI MARCO, ITA 34,000
6- PILATO FABIO, ITA 27,200
7- CETARA FABIO, ITA 20,300
8- MAZZARIELLO GIANFRANCO, ITA 13,600
9- MOSCA ENRICO, ITA 10,200
10- VALENTI ANTONIO, ITA 10,200

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PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
Italian Poker Tour San Remo
IPT San Remo NLH Main Event
January 26-30, 2012

Casino Municipale di San Remo | Italy
Buy-in: $2,200 | Prizepool: $892,545
Entries: 350

DEFENDING CHAMPION
Luca Pagano, (2011 PTPR Rank: 201st)

PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION
OLEKSII KOVALCHUK 35
ANDREA VITALE 18
ALBERTO SPIGOLON 10
SALAVATORE BONAVENA 8
MARCO FABBRINI 5

NEXT TOUR STOP
IPT Nova Gorica, Perla Casino
March 1-5, 2012


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