Mustapha Kanit (born 24 January 1991) is an Italian professional poker player.[1]

Biography

Kanit was born in Alessandria, Italy and currently resides in London, United Kingdom.

He began playing poker as a teenager participating in live tournaments at private clubs. He worked at these clubs as a bartender and dealer. He later started playing in online poker under the alias lasagnaaammm.[2]

Poker career

Kanit overtook Max Pescatori on the Italian all time money list and is currently ranked 2nd behind Dario Sammartino.[3] His results include thirteen cashes and two final tables at the WSOP winning $800,424, a 4th place finish in the High Roller PCA Bahamas, followed by two victories in the Aussie Millions in Melbourne.

Kanit won 13 March 2016 $215 PokerStars Sunday Million.[4]

As of 2021, his career live tournament winnings exceed $11,500,000.[5]

References

  1. ^ Nuwwarah, Mo (25 February 2016). "The Out-of-Position Float: Breaking Down Mustapha Kanit's Big Bluff at EPT Dublin". PokerNews Global. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  2. ^ "Mustapha "lasagnaammm" Kanit wins Sunday Million". HighstakesDB. 14 March 2016. Archived from the original on 16 March 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  3. ^ Derbyshire, Marty (24 February 2016). "Italy's Leading Money Earner Mustapha Kanit Wins Largest Buy-In Event Ever in Ireland". PokerNews Global. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  4. ^ Pitt, Matthew (14 March 2016). "Unstoppable Mustapha Kanit Takes Down the PokerStars Sunday Million". PokerNews Global. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  5. ^ "Mustapha Kanit's profile on The Hendon Mob". The Hendon Mob Poker Database. Retrieved 26 January 2021.

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