The EPT Prague Main Event is now over and the tour have an Italian champion. FOR THE FIRST TIME AN ITALIAN.

• And no, it’s not Dario Minieri. Roflmao

Salvatore Bonevana, one of the most stereotypically Italian-named men we’ve ever heard of, took down the tournament and a €774k first-place prize after a rollercoaster of a final table that saw the chip lead change hands more times than the briefcase in Pulp Fiction.

TOP 4 !

1. Salvatore Bonavena — €774,000

2. Massimo Di Cicco — €445,000

3. Andrew Alan Chen — €257,000

4. Francesco Cirianni — €166,000

FullTilt Poker also known as FTP have recently announced FTOPS tournament series dates. I love FTOPS, I think everyone in the world that

European Poker Tour Warsaw! The winner, Joao Barbosa, actually celebrated his birthday winning the Tour. This earnings are not bad, €367,141 top prize!

I would rather say that I don’t like how the word Warsaw sounds since it’s like War and a Saw, I mean how could a country be named like that. ANYWAY…

Barbosa took a substantial chip lead into heads-up play, but the stacks were close enough that the two players took their time feeling each other out before making any major moves. Finally, after a lengthy heads-up match, all the money went in the middle preflop, and the cards went on their backs for the last time.

• Nico Behling raised preflop with J7s. Barbosa re-raised with ATs, and Behling moved all in.

The Tour was organized by Pokerstars.com

There are several important tournaments close to being played. Two EPT, one APT and one APPT.

EPT Barcelona, Sept 10-14, 2008. Buy-in €8,000 + 250.

EPT London, Oct 1-5, 2008. Buy-in £5,200 + 200.

APT Macau, Playing now. Buy-in USD $5,300.

APPT Macau,  Sept 1-9, 2008. Buy-in Main Event USD $3,200, High Rollers USD $19,250.

You can qualify winning satellites in PokerStars! What are you waiting for?