Twenty-year-old Mustapha Kanit has won the PokerStars.com Italian Poker Tour Nova Gorica taking down €200,000 for his victory over the 395-strong field.
The €2,000 buy in event created a prize pool of €768,240 and in the final hand Kanit had to come from behind holding Q
9 against Marco Mancini’s K Q
and did so convincingly, hitting a 9 on the flop and another on the turn to lift the title and first prize.
The final table payouts were:
1: Mustapha Kanit — €200,000
2: Marco Mancini — €122,000
3: Salvatore Castorina — €76,000
4: Daniele Scatragli — €57,000
5: Enrico Fabrizi — €38,000
6: Maurizio Cappanni — €30,500
7: Ciro Calabrese — €23,600
8: Massimiliano di Paolantonio — €15,600
