Known in his home-country as El Diablo, The Devil, Gino Alacqua is from Milan, Italy. Poker was not his profession for most of his life. Rather, Gino Alacqua treasures old objects and values the past, for he is an antique dealer. His cover-up story for picking the game of poker is that in search of love he came to the romantic Czech Republic city of Prague. Despite of the results of his initial romantic quest, Gino Alacqua ended up cashing a big payday in the fancy European Poker Tournament. He got to 2nd place in the main event, playing No Limit Hold’em and loosing to the French poker player Arnaud Mattern. The match lasted seven and a half hours and was head to head between the two, with the crowd encouraging both players in French and Italian. The money prize Gino Alacqua won was €407,300 equaling at that time $570,220. Starting to play professionally only a few years ago, Gino Alacqua has participated in a few Italian tournaments, where he came in 2nd place in the 2006 Italian Championship and pocketed $29,489. Most of the games Gino Alacqua has played during the tournaments he participated in were of No Limit Hold’em. In another Italian tournament in 2006, which was held in the Casino de la Vallee in Saint Vincent, Gino Alacqua came in first place, winning $13,640. Always with a smile on his face, Gino Alacqua is known to be a non aggressive poker player. Playing online at the 2008 pokerstars.net Caribbean Adventure, Gino Alacqua came in 28th place with a cash of $2,230. A month later he has participated in the 208 EPT Scandinavian Open, and came in 19th place on the main event, collecting $22,572.
The single 48 years old Gino Alacqua has made it to the final table four times, with 10 money finishes. He has 7 cashes and is ranked number 2991. Gino Alacqua has exceeded over $610,000 up to 2008.
Gino Alacqua – Winnings and Highlights
1st Place: 2006, No Limit Hold’em Tournament, Italy
2nd Place: 2006, Italian Championships, No Limit Hold’em
2nd Place: 2007, EPT Prague, No Limit Hold’em
Cashes: 7
Money Finishes: 10
