Italian Poker Tour season 8 results

Season 8 of the Italian Poker Tour (IPT) — a series of live Texas Hold ’em poker tournaments organised by PokerStars — took place between May 2016 and April 2017. It featured six main events across Saint‑Vincent (Italy), Malta, and Nova Gorica (Slovenia). The season began at the Saint‑Vincent Resort & Casino from 11 to 16 May 2016, where Eric Joss claimed the €47,000 top prize in the €1,100 main event following a deal . Subsequent highlights included a €330 mini‑IPT in July, a €600+500 knockout edition in August won by Francesco Elefante, a €1,100 main event in Malta in October with Ismael Bojang taking €101,940, and the season‑closing €330 mini‑IPT in Nova Gorica won by Daniele Caldarola in April 2017. Season 8 continued the IPT’s tradition of combining high‑stakes and accessible buy‑in events within a diverse European casino circuit.

Below are the results of the seventh season of the Italian Poker Tour (IPT) sponsored by PokerStars. For this season, there will be six stops in total, Saint-Vincent Resort & Casino, Saint-Vincent, one step inside EPT Malta season 13

• Venue: PokerStars LIVE ROOM at Saint-Vincent Resort & Casino, Saint-Vincent, Italy
• Buy-in: €1,100
• 6-Day Event: May 11-16, 2016
• Number of buy-ins: 260
• Total Prize Pool: €252,200
• Number of Payouts: 31
• Official Results: [1]

Final table
Place	Name	Prize
1st	Eric Joss[1]	€47,000*
2nd	Arturs Daugis	€47,000*
3rd	Aaron Gustavson	€24,000
4th	Marco Monello	€19,500
5th	Paul Testud	€15,000
6th	Alessandro Minasi	€11,500
7th	Delfino Novara	€9,000
8th	Raffaele Castro	€6,500

* Deal at final table

• Venue: PokerStars LIVE ROOM at Saint-Vincent Resort & Casino, Saint-Vincent, Italy
• Buy-in: €330
• 6-Day Event: July 14-19, 2016
• Number of buy-ins: 508
• Total Prize Pool: €150,000
• Number of Payouts: 31
• Official Results: [2]

Final table
Place	Name	Prize
1st	Diego Raimondi[2]	€22,000*
2nd	Stefano Mantovani	€21,000*
3rd	Luca Sebastiani	€21,000*
4th	Andreas Moser	€11,000
5th	Lorenzo Pio	€8,450
6th	Jamal Mamouni	€6,500
7th	Gianvito Bitetti	€4,800
8th	Alessandro Adinolfo	€3,500

* Deal at final table

• Venue: PokerStars LIVE ROOM at Saint-Vincent Resort & Casino, Saint-Vincent, Italy
• Buy-in: €1,100 Knock Out Edition
• 6-Day Event: August 3,8, 2016
• Number of buy-ins: 370
• Guaranteed Prize Pool: €300,000
• Total Prize Pool: €179,450 + €179,450(K.O.)
• Number of Payouts: 39
• Official Results: [3]

Final table
Place	Name	Prize
1st	Francesco Elefante[3]	€28,500 + €11,500 KO
2nd	Nicolaj D'Antonij	€22,000
3rd	Jean Poingt	€16,500
4th	Codrin Macovei	€13,900
5th	Tommaso Assuntore	€11,000
6th	Francesco Crisafulli	€8,200
7th	Andrea Cortellazzi	€6,010
8th	Mauro Cordisco	€4,400

* Deal at final table

• Venue: Portomaso Casino, St. Julian's, Malta
• Buy-in: €1,100
• 5-Day Event: October 19–23, 2016
• Number of buy-ins: 775
• Total Prize Pool: €751,750
• Number of Payouts: 152
• Official Results: [4]

Final table
Place	Name	Prize
1st	Ismael Bojang[4]	€101,940
2nd	Francesco Leotta	€75,690
3rd	Vladimir Shabalin	€56,200
4th	Johan Guilbert	€41,720
5th	Dominik Panka	€30,970
6th	Alexander Lakhov	€23,000
7th	Daniel Portiansky	€17,070
8th	Filip Demby	€12,670

* Deal at final table

• Venue: Perla Casino & Hotel, Nova Gorica, Slovenia
• Buy-in: €330
• 6-Day Event: April 6-11, 2017
• Number of buy-ins: 439
• Guaranteed Prize Pool: €200,000
• Total Prize Pool: €200,000
• Number of Payouts: 39
• Official Results: [5]

Final table
Place	Name	Prize
1st	Daniele Caldarola[5]	€38,353
2nd	Dragoljub Martinovic	€30,475
3rd	Enzo Pin	€25,594
4th	Francesco Intini	€24,876
5th	Paljic Dalibor	€10,000
6th	Alberto Genta	€7,900
7th	Guglielmo Di Benedetto	€6,300
8th	Alberto Follador	€4,850

• Italian Poker Tour - Season 8 Champion: