Luca Pagano
Encyclopedia
Luca Pagano is an Italian-born poker
player who finished third place in the Barcelona Open, a European Poker Tour
(EPT) event, in 2004. He has placed in the money in multiple EPT events since then. He also placed in two events at the 2006 World Series of Poker
.
He has a computer programming
background, but has been a full time professional poker player since 2004 and is a member of Team PokerStars, a group of players sponsored by PokerStars
.
As of 2010, his total live tournament winnings exceed $1,500,000.
Poker
Poker is a family of card games that share betting rules and usually hand rankings. Poker games differ in how the cards are dealt, how hands may be formed, whether the high or low hand wins the pot in a showdown , limits on bet sizes, and how many rounds of betting are allowed.In most modern poker...
player who finished third place in the Barcelona Open, a European Poker Tour
European Poker Tour
The Pokerstars European Poker Tour is a series of poker tournaments similar to those in the World Poker Tour , created by John Duthie, winner of the inaugural Poker Million tournament. It began in 2004 as part of the worldwide explosion in Texas Hold 'em popularity...
(EPT) event, in 2004. He has placed in the money in multiple EPT events since then. He also placed in two events at the 2006 World Series of Poker
2006 World Series of Poker
The 2006 World Series of Poker began on June 25, 2006 with "satellite" events, with regular play commencing on June 26 with the annual Casino Employee event, and the Tournament of Champions held on June 28 and 29...
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He has a computer programming
Computer programming
Computer programming is the process of designing, writing, testing, debugging, and maintaining the source code of computer programs. This source code is written in one or more programming languages. The purpose of programming is to create a program that performs specific operations or exhibits a...
background, but has been a full time professional poker player since 2004 and is a member of Team PokerStars, a group of players sponsored by PokerStars
PokerStars
PokerStars is the largest online poker cardroom in the world. PokerStars' satellite tournaments produced the 2003 World Series of Poker champion, Chris Moneymaker. 1983 champion Tom McEvoy, 2005 champion Joe Hachem, 2009 champion Joe Cada and 2010 champion Jonathan Duhamel and others also represent...
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As of 2010, his total live tournament winnings exceed $1,500,000.