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Giacomo Loccarini has won the Pokerstars IPT Malta - defeating reigning WPT Venice Champion Alessio Isaia heads up.
Loccarini collects 35 PTPR Points with the victory.
Isaia's 18 PTPR count as his second PTPR Score of the season and propels him to top spot on the PTPR Tournament Poker Player of the Year, surpassing PCA Main Event winner Galen Hall.
Dominik Nitsche finished 11th in the event and EPT London champ David Vamplew managed a top-25 finish. Neither collected PTPR Points in the event.
1 €122,000.00 Giacomo Loccarini
2 €80,000.00 Alessio Isaia
3 €50,000.00 Nicola D'Arrigo
4 €37,000.00 Gavino Bechembauer Virdis
5 €23,000.00 Gianluca Speranza
PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
Italian Poker Tour Malta
IPT Main Event
February 17-21, 2011
Casino at Portomaso
Malta
Buy-in: $3,012
Prizepool: $629,567
Entries: 237
FINAL RESULTS
GIACOMO LOCCARINI 35
ALESSIO ISAIA 18
NICOLA D'ARRIGO 10
GAVINO BECHEMBAUER VIRDIS 8
GIANLUCA SPERANZA 5
