Anton Karasinsky Wins PokerStars.it Italian Poker Tour Nova Gorica

Anton Karasinsky

The seventh stop of the PokerStars.it Italian Poker Tour has come to an end. IPT Nova Gorica attracted 286 players, creating a €572,000 prize pool. Anton Karasinsky won the title at IPT Nova Gorica after defeating Carla Solinas in a two-hour heads-up match.

On Tuesday all eyes were on Solinas, who would have become the first woman to win an IPT tournament. However, Karasinsky proved to be a stronger heads-up opponent. Even though Solinas began the heads-up match with a slight lead, Karasinsky was able to overtake her.

In the final hand, Solinas was all in with 65 against Karasinsky, who was holding 99. The board rolled out J2JAQ giving the victory to Karasinsky.

Karasinsky took home the PokerStars trophy €140,000.

This IPT stop ends the regular season. Now the tour is moving to Campione d’Italia (March 22 through 26) for the Mini IPT Grand Final and to Sanremo (May 3 through 7) for the IPT Grand Final. Both events will determine the winners of the IPT and Mini IPT leaderboards.

2012 IPT Nova Gorica Results

PlacePlayerPrize
1Anton Karasynskiy€140,000
2Carla Solinas€74,000
3Carlo Andreoli€46,000
4Yordan Mitrentsov€37,000
5Dubravko Bagic€29,400
6Iacopo Brandi€23,900
7Alessandro Minasi€18,300
8Brando Naspetti€12,740

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