$4.49M
Recorded cashes
4
Bracelets
$682,389
Best cash
15
Tournament wins
Selected cashes
Tournament Results
2026
WSOP
$10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event
NL Hold'em · 1070th
$17,500
2026
WSOP
$300 No-Limit Hold'em Gladiators of Poker
NL Hold'em · 1338th
$600
2026
WSOP
$2,500 Mixed Big Bet Seven Max
Mixed · 40th
$5,318
2025
WSOP
$1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Super Turbo
NL Hold'em · 116th
$2,421
2025
WSOP
$1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Mystery Bounty
PLO · 257th
$2,210
2025
WSOP
$1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi/Lo 8/OB Eight Max
PLO · 95th
$3,346
My story
Massimiliano Pescatori, or Max. I came from Milan to Las Vegas to enter the gaming industry. Not long after, I started playing poker. After many good results, I decided to pursue a career as a poker player. That was mostly in the cash games — more than one section of them.
After a few years I decided to try tournaments. Around 2003, tournaments became my main goal. I wanted to win them, and at the same time build the experience so I could go and play the World Series. In 2006 I won my first bracelet. After that, I kept playing the World Series.
On the felt
The last hand of 9 July 2006
Italy had just won the World Cup. Heads-up at the Rio, jack-eight of clubs. The river was a nine. First bracelet. The rest of the career is what came after.
A hand
9 July 2006, the last hand
WSOP $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em · heads-up · Rio, Las Vegas. Italy had just won the World Cup.
Hole · J♣ 8♣
Deal
Heads-up against Anthony Reategui. I have J♣ 8♣. He has Q♣ T♦. The room is loud in a way only that summer was loud.
FlopT♣ 7♦ 6♥
He has top pair. I have a gutshot and a backdoor club. The chips go in. There is no later street to wait for.
TurnT♣ 7♦ 6♥ K♥
A king. Not my king. The bracelet is still a card away, or gone.
RiverT♣ 7♦ 6♥ K♥ 9♦
Nine. Straight. First bracelet. I told my friends to watch Italy, then to watch me. That night they did both.
Notes
The bracelet
For the first six years the prize was a cup. Since 1976 the game has counted the gold.
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