Rocco Palumbo

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Rocco Palumbo
  Personal information  
Date of birth August 18, 1988
place of birth ItalyItaly Genoa
Nicknames
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sephirot88PokerStars

RoccoGePokerStars.IT

RoccoPaFull Tilt Poker

sephir0t888poker & Americas Cardroom

sephir0t88PokerStars.FR
place of residence ItalyItaly Genoa
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money 0.$ 464,464
Total prize money $ 2,263,368
World Series of Poker
Bracelets 1
Cashes 13
Best main event 158th ( 2018 )
  Main Event of the World Poker Tour  
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Cashes 3
  Main event of the European Poker Tour  
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Cashes 4th
  Main Event of the PokerStars Championship  
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Cashes 1
Last updated: June 23, 2020

Rocco Palumbo (born August 18, 1988 in Genoa ) is a professional Italian poker player .

Personal

Palumbo worked as an accountant before starting his professional poker career . He lives in Genoa .

Poker career

Palumbo played online from January 2007 to April 2019 under the nicknames sephirot88 ( PokerStars ) , RoccoGe (PokerStars.IT) , RoccoPa ( Full Tilt Poker ) , sephir0t ( 888poker and Americas Cardroom) and sephir0t88 (PokerStars.FR) . During this period he won with tournament poker nearly 5 million US dollars , with the majority of more than 3 million US dollars , PokerStars has been obtained. In 2016, Palumbo was temporarily in sixth place in the PocketFives ranking, which lists the most successful online poker tournament players worldwide. Since 2009 he has also been taking part in renowned live tournaments.

Palumbo earned his first live prize money at smaller tournaments in Sanremo and Saint-Vincent . In October 2011 he reached the final table at the main event of the European Poker Tour (EPT) in Sanremo, where he finished seventh, endowed with 95,000 euros . In June 2012 , Palumbo was successful for the first time at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and came in the money in two tournaments. He won an event the variant No-Limit Hold'em and a secured bracelet and a prize money of around 465,000 US dollars. He also won the main event of the World Poker Tour (WPT) in Venice at the end of March 2013, which brought him the main prize of 140,000 euros. In May 2013, Palumbo finished eighth in the WPT Main Event at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas for more than $ 100,000. At the EPT in Monte-Carlo in May 2015, he took second and first place, thereby securing prize money of over 110,000 euros. In mid-December 2015, Palumbo finished the EPT High Roller in Prague in seventh place, which was paid for with around 100,000 euros. At the end of October 2016, he finished second in an EPT event in Malta and received prize money of almost 140,000 euros due to a deal with two other players.

Overall, Palumbo has earned more than $ 2 million in poker in live tournaments.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rocco Palumbo in the Global Poker Index database, accessed on June 23, 2020.
  2. ↑ a b Rocco Palumbo in the World Series of Poker database, accessed on June 23, 2020.
  3. ↑ RoccoGe in the PocketFives database, accessed June 23, 2020.
  4. ↑ a b c Rocco Palumbo in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on June 23, 2020 (English).
  5. ↑ European Poker Tour - EPT Sanremo (€ 4,600 + 300 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on June 23, 2020 (English).
  6. ↑ 43rd World Series of Poker - WSOP 2012 ($ 3,000 No Limit Hold'em (Event # 41)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on June 23, 2020.
  7. ↑ 43rd World Series of Poker - WSOP 2012 ($ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em (Event # 44)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on June 23, 2020.
  8. ↑ World Poker Tour - WPT Venice (€ 3,000 + 300 No Limit Hold'em - WPT Grand Prix) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on June 23, 2020 (English).
  9. ↑ World Poker Tour - WPT World Championship ($ 25,000 + 500 No Limit Hold'em - WPT World Championship) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on June 23, 2020 (English).
  10. ↑ European Poker Tour - EPT Monte Carlo Grand Final (€ 3,000 + 250 No Limit Hold'em - Escalator '8 Handed' (Event # 69)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on June 23, 2020 (English).
  11. ↑ European Poker Tour - EPT Monte Carlo Grand Final (€ 2,000 + 150 No Limit Hold'em - Turbo '8 Handed' (Event # 78)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on June 23, 2020 (English).
  12. ↑ European Poker Tour - EPT Prague (€ 10,000 + 300 # 81 No Limit Hold'em -High Roller - 8 Handed) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on June 23, 2020.
  13. ↑ European Poker Tour - EPT Malta (€ 10,000 + 200 No Limit Hold'em - 8 Handed (Event # 44)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on June 23, 2020 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Palumbo, Rocco
ALTERNATIVE NAMES sephirot88 (nickname); RoccoGe (nickname); RoccoPa (nickname); sephir0t (nickname); sephir0t88 (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian poker player
DATE OF BIRTH August 18, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH Genoa , Italy