Max Pescatori

{{Short description|Italian poker player (born 1971)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}

{{Infobox poker player

| name = Max Pescatori

| image = Max Pescatori 2019.jpg

| caption = Max Pescatori in 2019

| nickname = The Italian Pirate

| residence = Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.

| birth_name = Massimiliano Pescatori

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1971|01|22}}

| birth_place = Milan, Italy

| wsop bracelet count = 4

| wsop money finishes = 66{{Cite web |title=Max Pescatori |url=https://www.wsop.com/players/profile/?playerid=148 |access-date=2 December 2023 |website=WSOP.com}}

| wsop main event best finish rank = None

| wsop main event best finish year =

| wpt titles = None

| wpt final tables = 0

| wpt money finishes = 8{{Cite web |title=Max Pescatori |url=https://www.worldpokertour.com/player/max-pescatori/ |access-date=2 December 2023 |website=World Poker Tour |language=en-US}}

| ept titles = None

| ept final tables = None

| ept money finishes = 3

| updated = 2017-07-15

}}

Massimiliano Pescatori (born 22 January 1971 in Milan) is an Italian professional poker player.

His first tournament win was in the $300 limit hold'em event in the 2003 World Poker Challenge in Reno, Nevada.{{Cite web |title=2003 World Poker Challenge, Limit Hold'em |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=11501 |access-date=2024-04-01 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}} Three days later he won the Omaha High Low event. At the 2006 WSOP, Pescatori won the $2,500 no limit hold 'em event when his {{cards|Jc|8c}} defeated Anthony Reategui's {{cards|Qc|Td}} on a board of {{cards|Tc|7d|6h|Kh|9d}}.{{Cite web |title=37th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2006, No Limit Hold'em |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=15822 |access-date=2024-04-11 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}} At the 2008 World Series of Poker he won the pot limit half Texas hold 'em, half Omaha hold 'em event, with its $246,471 first prize.{{Cite web |title=39th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2008, Pot Limit Hold'em/Omaha |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=29697 |access-date=2024-04-11 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}} At the 2015 WSOP, Pescatori won two bracelets in the $1,500 Seven Card Razz and the $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better events.{{Cite web |title=46th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2015, Seven Card Razz (Event #9) |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=287330 |access-date=2024-04-11 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=46th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2015, Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better Championship (Event #41) |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=287364 |access-date=2024-04-11 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}

Pescatori has also finished in the money in eight World Poker Tour (WPT) events.

As of 2017, his total live tournament winnings exceed $4,475,000.{{Cite web |title=Max Pescatori's profile on The Hendon Mob |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=3195 |access-date=2 December 2023 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}} His 66 cashes as the WSOP account for over $2,450,000 of those winnings.