Max Pescatori

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Max Pescatori
Max Pescatori (2019)
Max Pescatori (2019)
  Personal information  
Date of birth 22nd January 1971
place of birth ItalyItaly Milan
Nickname The Italian Pirate
Nickname
MaxSparrowWSOP.com
place of residence United StatesUnited States Las Vegas
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money 0.$ 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 $)
2006 0.2500 No-Limit Hold'em 1290 682.389
2008 0.2500 Pot-Limit Holdem / Omaha 0457 246,471
2015 0.1500 Razz 0462 155,947
10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship 0111 292.158

Web links

Commons : Max Pescatori  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Massimiliano Pescatori, il pirata italiano pioniere dell'hold'em on ilpallonaro.com from October 28, 2010, accessed on September 7, 2015 (Italian).
  2. ↑ a b Max Pescatori in the database of the Global Poker Index, accessed on February 25, 2016 (English).
  3. ↑ Max Pescatori Profile on pokerraume24.de, accessed on September 7, 2015.
  4. ↑ a b Max Pescatori in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on September 7, 2015 (English).
  5. ↑ 2004 Legends of Poker ($ 200 + 25 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed September 7, 2015.
  6. ↑ 37th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2006 ($ 2,500 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed September 7, 2015.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ 46th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2015 ($ 1,500 Seven Card Razz (Event # 9)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed September 7, 2015.
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ Rome Emperors on the Global Poker League website, accessed May 12, 2016.
  11. ↑ Max Pescatori in the World Series of Poker database, accessed February 1, 2016.
personal data
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