Max Pescatori | |
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![]() Max Pescatori in 2019 | |
Nickname(s) | The Italian Pirate |
Residence | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. |
Born | Massimiliano Pescatori 22 January 1971 Milan, Italy |
World Series of Poker | |
Bracelet(s) | 4 |
Money finish(es) | 66 [1] |
Highest
ITM Main Event finish | None |
World Poker Tour | |
Title(s) | None |
Final table(s) | None |
Money finish(es) | 8 [2] |
European Poker Tour | |
Title(s) | None |
Final table(s) | None |
Money finish(es) | 3 |
Massimiliano Pescatori (born 22 January 1971 in Milan) is an Italian professional poker player.
His first tournament win was in the $300 limit hold'em event in the 2003 World Poker Challenge in Reno, Nevada. [3] Three days later he won the Omaha High Low event. At the 2006 WSOP, Pescatori won the $2,500 no limit hold 'em event when his defeated Anthony Reategui's on a board of . [4] At the 2008 World Series of Poker he won the pot limit half Texas hold 'em, half Omaha hold 'em event, with its $246,471 first prize. [5] At the 2015 WSOP, Pescatori won two bracelets in the $1,500 Seven Card Razz and the $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better events. [6] [7]
Pescatori has also finished in the money in eight World Poker Tour (WPT) events. [2]
As of 2017, his total live tournament winnings exceed $4,475,000. [8] His 66 cashes as the WSOP account for over $2,450,000 of those winnings. [1]
Year | Tournament | Prize (US$) |
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2006 | $2,500 No Limit Hold'em | $682,389 |
2008 | $2,500 Pot Limit Hold'em/ Omaha | $246,509 |
2015 | $1,500 Razz | $155,947 |
2015 | $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship | $292,158 |
Max Pescatori has co-authored two books on poker originally written in Italian. [9]
Book title | ISBN |
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Giocare e vincere a poker online, 2009, by Max Pescatori and Dario De Toffoli | ISBN 978-88-200-4760-3 |
A scuola di poker, 2010, by Dario De Toffoli, Max Pescatori and Giorgio Sigon | ISBN 978-88-200-4890-7 |