Flaminio Malaguti

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Flaminio Malaguti
Born
OccupationPoker Player
Years active2006-present
Children1, ZaZa Maree

Flaminio Malaguti is an Italian professional poker player residing in Las Vegas, NV. [1]

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Poker

Malaguti placed 6th in the 2009 World Series of Poker $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout. [2] In 2012, he completed four world record poker achievements including 15 cashes in a single month and 51 cashes, 20 first place tournament wins, and 39 final tables in a calendar year. [3] In 2013, he had 73 ITM (in the money) tournament finishes, which lead to him obtaining the all-time world record for most ITMs in a calendar year. [4] Malaguti won the 2013 WSOP Deepstack Player of the Year award after finishing with the most points out of all players competing in a specific series of WSOP tournaments between 29 May and 30 June 2013. [5] He placed 503rd in the 2017 WSOP main event. [6] As of 2018, Malaguti has earned $393,751 through sanctioned poker tournaments. [7] [8] Malaguti has 109 first place tournament wins, the all-time world record for most first place tournament wins in the history of poker. [9] [10]

Personal life

Malaguti lives in Las Vegas, NV and has a daughter, singer-songwriter ZaZa Maree. [11] [12] He is the owner of the Rock 'n' Roll Cafe on the Las Vegas strip. [13]

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