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PokerStars Italian Poker Tour – Lendvai wins
Posted by: James Carter. - Wed, 2010-08-04 16:11
The PokerStars.it Italian Poker Tour’s Venice stop was a true record setter. The €2,000 event saw 504 players belly up to the tables of the Casino Ca’Noghera, marking the biggest Italian Poker Tour event ever. Hungary’s Tamas Lendvai was the one who grinned into the camera trophy in hand and €235k in his pockets at the end of it all.
The Hungarian bested a final table at which he had started out with the smallest stack.
Sandro Mazzei of Italy was the one to be bounced first from the final table though. He was followed in short order by Toby Lewis of the UK. Lendvai proved resilient and the next player to exit was Andras Kovacs, the Hungarian who’d finished 3rd in the same event last year. His 6th place finish meant that Kovacs would not improve on last year’s effort, but he still had a more than decent cash.
Ali Tekitamgac’s was one name you’ve probably already heard. He won the WPT’s Barcelona stop last year, and started this final table with the biggest stack. The advantage offered to him by his stack wasn’t enough though. He was the one to exit the event in 5th place.
Cristiano Guerra’s exit in 4th and Giovanni LaPadula’s in 3rd meant that the home contingent would be cut down to one: Davide Cerrato. By this stage though, Lendvai had built up a nice lead and having come from behind, he was clearly in the zone. The Hungarian won the poker tournament, giving his career
poker tournament earnings a huge boost. Cerrato walked away with €147k for his second place.
PokerStars’ Luca Pagano had busted out much earlier, although his father, Claudio, managed to hang on all the way to 13th place.
