Luca Pagano
| Luca Pagano | |
|---|---|
 Pagano in 2011 | |
| Born |
July 28, 1978 (age 38) Treviso, Italy |
| World Series of Poker | |
| Bracelet(s) | None |
| Money finish(es) | 3 |
| Highest ITM Main Event finish | 40°, 2006 |
| European Poker Tour | |
| Title(s) | None |
| Final table(s) | 7 |
| Money finish(es) | 18 |
Luca Pagano (born July 28, 1978 in Treviso) is an Italian-born poker player who finished third place in the Barcelona Open, a European Poker Tour (EPT) event, in 2004. Since then he has reached six more EPT final tables, finishing in the money 20 times, placing him top of the EPT All-Time Leaderboard. He has also placed in two events at the 2006 World Series of Poker. He is a Team PokerStar PRO member and, as of 2012, his total live tournament winnings exceed $2,000,000.[1]
Biography
Pagano attended the informatic branch at the Ca' Foscari University of Venice; quickly his managerial skills took over and the nightlife family-run business was profitably administrated. The big love for poker comes a little later, during a trip in Slovenia where he played a game in the Casino of Nova Gorica.
He has been a poker professionist since 2004, year in which he scored the third place at the EPT Barcelona Open. This rising career takes him to play in the major tournaments having places in the most eminent cities, so that PokerStars chooses to make him the perfect Italian testimonial of the Team Pro.
Pagano adds to his palmares lots of successes and builds up a very solid bankroll, being in short time the player with the most in the money placements in the whole Italian history.
Together with poker, Pagano is an entrepreneur, Angel Investor, TV commenter and host, and main host of the Italian talent and reality show La Casa degli Assi, sponsored by PokerStars.
European Poker Tour
In the European Poker Tour, Pagano gained 21 ITM placements with 7 Final Tables. Despite the strong perseverance, he never scored any first place; his best EPT result is 3rd place in Barcelona in 2004.
On September 11, 2008 was awarded by the European Poker Tour Awards as "The Player of the Year".
Pagano holds the first position in the EPT All-Time Leaderboard with 5.500 points, right before French player Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, and still holds the first position in the EPT ITM Rank Score; the Global Poker Index has estimated his winnings in about $2,199,136.
|
Date |
City |
Event |
Position |
Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 18, 2004 |  Barcelona |
EPT Barcelona €1,000 Main Event | 3° | $24,500 |
| February 16, 2005 |  Deauville |
EPT Deauville €2,000 Main Event | 8° | $17,492 |
| March 10, 2005 |  Varsavia |
EPT Vienna €2,000 Main Event | 14° | €5,750 |
| September 16, 2005 | Barcelona |
EPT Barcelona €1,000 Main Event | 24° | €7,800 |
| January 19, 2006 |  Copenhagen |
EPT Copenhageh DKr 30,000 Main Event | 24° | DKr 47,776 |
| October 26, 2006 |  Dublin |
EPT Dublin €5,000 Main Event | 13° | $25,563 |
| October 30, 2007 | Dublin |
EPT Dublin €7,700 Main Event | 24° | €10,210 |
| February 19, 2008 | Copenhagen |
EPT Copenhagen DKr 47,750 Main Event | 27° | DKr 84,346 |
| April 12, 2008 |  Monte Carlo |
EPT €10,000 Monte Carlo Grand Final | 6° | $533,253 |
| March 10, 2009 |  Dortmund |
EPT Dortmund €5,000 Main Event | 6° | $198,900 |
| April 28, 2009 | Monte Carlo |
EPT Monte Carlo €10,000 Main Event | 55° | €31,000 |
| October 20, 2009 | Varsavia |
EPT Warsaw PLN 25,000 Main Event | 4° | $128,930 |
| December 1, 2009 |  Prague |
EPT Praga €5,000 Main Event | 6° | €100,000 |
| January 11, 2010 |  Paradise Island |
EPT PCA World Cup of Poker NLH | 6° | $2,000 |
| January 20, 2010 | Deauville |
EPT Deauville €5,000 Main Event | 72° | €10,900 |
| May 1, 2010 |  Nova Gorica |
All Stars of Poker €5,000 NLH | 1° | €220,000 |
| August 11, 2010 |  Tallinn |
EPT Tallinn €4,000 Main Event | 26° | €8,000 |
| August 28, 2010 |  Vilamoura |
EPT Vilamoura €5,000 Main Event | 52° | €7,263 |
| December 13, 2010 | Prague |
EPT Praga €5,000 Main Event | 43° | €10,000 |
| March 20, 2011 |  Hinterglemm |
EPT Snowfest €3,500 Main Event | 50° | €6,000 |
| January 7, 2012 | Paradise Island |
EPT PCA $10,000 Main Event | 30° | $46,000 |
| January 31, 2012 | Deauville |
EPT Deauville €5,000 Main Event | 7° | €110,000 |
| October, 10 2013 |  London |
EPT UKIPT £10,000+300 NL High Roller | 7° | £60,930 |
| February 14, 2016 | Dublin |
EPT €50,000+300 Main Event | 17° | €25,820 |
Italian Poker Tour
On August 1, 2011 wins for the first time the Italian Poker Tour Sanremo step, gaining a trophy and €210,000 of prize.
As October 2015 he holds the 8th place in the "All Time Money List" of HendonMob, for a global earnings of $2,170,082.
|
Date |
City |
Event |
Position |
Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 23, 2010 | Nova Gorica |
IPT Nova Gorica €2,000 Main Event | 12° | €8,200 |
| July 28, 2011 |  Sanremo |
IPT Sanremo €2,000 Main Event | 1° | €210,000 |
| April 29, 2013 | Sanremo |
IPT Sanremo €5,000 Main Event | 4° | €8,000 |
| November 30, 2014 | Sanremo |
IPT Sanremo Grand Final €900 Main Event | 20° | €2,400 |
| October, 21 2015 |  Malta |
IPT Malta €1,000 Main Event | 87° | €2,210 |
| May, 15 2016 | Saint-Vincent |
IPT St-Vincent €1,000 Main Event | 9° | €5,500 |
World Series of Poker
Pagano's best placement in the World Series of Poker was in 2006, in the $1.500 Seven Card Stud event, where he reached the 40° place.
|
Data |
City |
Event |
Position |
Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 28, 2005 |  Las Vegas |
WSOP $2,000 Main Event | 56° | $3,945 |
| July 5, 2006 | Las Vegas |
WSOP $1,500 7 Card Stud Main Event | 40° | $2,610 |
| June 18, 2008 | Las Vegas |
WSOP $1,500 Main Event | 149° | $3,340 |
Poker related activities
Co-hosts, together with commenter Giacomo Valenti, the famous TV show "Poker1Mania", airing in the late night on Italian public television.
Organizes poker events by the Venice Casino, by the detached branch Ca' Noghera and by the Casino Sanremo.
In mid 2014 he hosted the first edition of talent and reality show La Casa degli Assi, original format by PokerStars produced by Magnolia Italy; this reality was aired for the first time on a terrestrial satellite TV channel and secondly re-aired on the public television, at night. Since March 2015 Luca Pagano hosts the second edition of the talent show, aired late night on public television.
Bibliography
- Pagano, Luca (2010). Dal Texas Hold'em a Las Vegas: il poker e altre storie. Italy: Gremese. ISBN 978-88-8440-631-6.
- Pagano, Luca (2011). Giocare a Texas Hold'em e poker americano. Italy: De Vecchi. ISBN 978-88-412-0383-5.