THE ITALIAN LUCA PAGANO

The Italian poker player Luca Pagano is probably one of the most recognized Italian players, almost as well known as Dario Minieri.

Lately this player has been the centre of attention because he has managed to reach the final table at the European Poker Tour six times, and that is a fantastic achievement.

When poker fans ask him what his secret is, he always makes reference to his solid playing style and his risk avoidance attitude to explain the good results. He says that this playing style is the best way to keep his chips and of course to accumulate more.

IVEY AT THE TOP OF THE RANKING

Last week it was published the list of the best poker players at the moment. A total of seven experts in this discipline, among which there were members of ESPN, Bluff Magazine and PokerNewsDaily, vote to decide which players had perform better during the last months.

At the top of the list, as it was expected, is Phil Ivey, winner of seven WSOP bracelets, followed by Patrick Antonious, who has just won the biggest pot ever playing online poker. In the third position is the charismatic Negreanu, who is one of the greatest poker ambassadors thanks to the media coverage he gets.

The list of the ten best poker players is as follows:
1. Phil Ivey
2. Patrik Antonius
3. Daniel Negreanu
4. Tom Dwan
5. Barry Greenstein
6. Jason Mercier
7. Jeffrey Lisandro
8. Bertrand Grospellier
9. Phil Galfond
10. Yevgeniy Timoshenko