Max Pescatori
Max Pescatori | |
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![]() Max Pescatori (2019) |
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Personal information | |
Date of birth | 22nd January 1971 |
place of birth |
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Nickname | The Italian Pirate |
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MaxSparrowWSOP.com
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place of residence |
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Live Poker Tournament Achievements | |
Highest prize money | $ 682,389 |
Total prize money | $ 4,620,846 |
World Series of Poker | |
Bracelets | 4th |
Cashes | 93 |
Best main event | 148th ( 2017 ) |
Main Event of the World Poker Tour | |
title | no |
Cashes | 9 |
Main event of the European Poker Tour | |
title | no |
Cashes | 4th |
Last updated: August 3, 2020 |
Massimiliano "Max" Pescatori (born January 22, 1971 in Milan ) is a professional Italian poker player . He is nicknamed The Italian Pirate ( German , Italian pirate ) and four-time bracelet winner of the World Series of Poker .
Personal
Pescatori is from Milan. He lives in Las Vegas .
Poker career
Career
Pescatori started playing poker with family and friends at a young age . In 1999 he began his living with the variant Seven Card Stud to earn. After his friends introduced him to Hold'em , he intensified his game and from 2002 took part in renowned live tournaments . At tournaments he often wears soccer jerseys for the Italian national team or AC Milan .
In 2004 he played for the first time at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas . Pescatori earned his first major prize money on August 14, 2004 when he won the Legends of Poker in Los Angeles for more than 100,000 US dollars . In July 2006 he won a tournament at the WSOP for the first time and secured a bracelet and almost 700,000 US dollars in prize money. Pescatori got his second bracelet in June 2008 in a mixed Hold'em and Omaha tournament. He was twice successful at the 2015 WSOP , winning tournaments in Seven Card Razz and Seven Card Stud Hi-Low .
In total, Pescatori has earned more than 4.5 million US dollars with poker in live tournaments, making him the third most successful Italian poker player behind Mustapha Kanit and Dario Sammartino . From April to November 2016 Pescatori played as team manager of the Rome Emperors in the Global Poker League , but missed the playoffs with his team.
Bracelet overview
Pescatori cashed 93 times at the WSOP and won four bracelets :
year | Buy-in (in $ ) | competition | Attendees | Prize money (in $) |
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2006 | 2500 | No-Limit Hold'em | 1290 | 682.389 |
2008 | 2500 | Pot-Limit Holdem / Omaha | 457 | 246,471 |
2015 | 1500 | Razz | 462 | 155,947 |
10,000 | Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship | 111 | 292.158 |
Web links
- Max Pescatori in the Hendon Mob Poker Database (English)
- Max Pescatori in the database of the Global Poker Index (English)
- Max Pescatori in the database of the World Series of Poker (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Massimiliano Pescatori, il pirata italiano pioniere dell'hold'em on ilpallonaro.com from October 28, 2010, accessed on September 7, 2015 (Italian).
- ↑ a b Max Pescatori in the database of the Global Poker Index, accessed on February 25, 2016 (English).
- ↑ Max Pescatori Profile on pokerraume24.de, accessed on September 7, 2015.
- ↑ a b Max Pescatori in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on September 7, 2015 (English).
- ↑ 2004 Legends of Poker ($ 200 + 25 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed September 7, 2015.
- ↑ 37th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2006 ($ 2,500 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed September 7, 2015.
- ↑ 39th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2008 ($ 2,500 Pot Limit Hold'em / Omaha) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on September 7, 2015.
- ↑ 46th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2015 ($ 1,500 Seven Card Razz (Event # 9)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed September 7, 2015.
- ↑ 46th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2015 ($ 10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better Championship (Event # 41)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed September 7, 2015.
- ↑ Rome Emperors on the Global Poker League website, accessed May 12, 2016.
- ↑ Max Pescatori in the World Series of Poker database, accessed February 1, 2016.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Pescatori, Max |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pescatori, Massimiliano (full name); The Italian Pirate (nickname); MaxSparrow (nickname) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian poker player |
DATE OF BIRTH | 22nd January 1971 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Milan , Italy |