Luca Pagano

Luca Pagano

With an analytical mind and a head for numbers, Italian player Luca Pagano was always going to be well suited to poker. Previously, he studied computer programming and also dabbled in the stock market. With poker, he was able to find a far more exciting way to make money.

After discovering PokerStars, Luca began playing at the free money tables and found himself beating them after only a short time. He made the decision to graduate to real money games soon after and hasn’t looked back since. He’s clocked up many cash finishes in PokerStars biggest tournaments and also won countless amounts of money at the high stakes cash tables.

Luca has also enjoyed great success in live poker tournaments, in particular at events on the PokerStars European Poker Tour. He finished 3rd at the Barcelona event in Season 1, cashing for $24,500. In April 2008, Luca finished 6th at the Grand Final of Season 4 in Monte Carlo, earning an impressive $533,253. Season 6 EPT Warsaw saw him add to his resume, with yet another final table appearance for $128,930, and his EPT career has grown to become one of the best-ever, with a record 18 cashes. In 2011 he notched a big win on home soil, when he won IPT San Remo, good for €210,000.

Although he spends most of his time travelling around the world looking for the next big event or juicy cash game, Luca also has a hand in a range of different business interests and continues to trade in stocks and shares.

An aggressive player who perfectly sums up an entire generation of internet poker pros, expect to see Luca claim his first major win in the not too distant future. He is a member of Team PokerStars Pro and plays online using the screen name ‘LucaPagano’.

For more information, visit www.lucapagano.com.

Career Highlights

Event	Date	Position	Prize
EPT Barcelona €1,000 Main Event	September 2004	3rd	$24,500
EPT Deauville €2,000 Main Event	February 2005	8th	$17,492
EPT Dublin €5,000 Main Event	October 2006	13th	$25,563
EPT €10,000 Monte Carlo Grand Final	April 2008	6th	$533,253
EPT Dortmund €5,000 Main Event	March 2009	6th	$198,900
EPT Warsaw PLN 25,000 Main Event	October 2009	4th	$128,930
IPT San Remo €2,000 Main Event	August 2011	1st	$298,720

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