Back in 2016, popular Italian poker player Mustapha Kanit won the PokerStars Sunday Million for $177,229.79 and take his total online tournament winnings to more than $4.25 million. Kanit is now a Winamax Team Pro and sits with over $5.7 million in lifetime earnings and is a bona fide High Roller super star.
However, we caught up with him before the Winamax SISMIX in Madrid to talk about his Sunday Million memories, and he admitted that it had always been somewhat of a dream to win the prestigious poker tournament.
Mustapha Kanit, alias lasagnaaammm At 26, the jovial Italian Number 1 is really an unknown quantity among the pros: charismatic, but dreaded at the tables, feared as much as loved. For Mustapha Kanit, the encounter with poker was made during adolescence.
'It's always been a chase,' he told PokerNews. 'The Sunday Million was something that I played every Sunday, and I really wanted to win it, especially in the beginning of my career.
- Total life earnings: $11,566,695. Latest cash: $2,133 on 06-Sep-2020. Click here to see the details of Mustapha Kanit's 124 cashes.
- Mustapha Kanit is listed as a Managing Member with Wiki Wiki Vegas LLC in Nevada. The address on file for this person is 8524 W. Sahara Ave, Las Vegas, NV 89117 in Clark County. The company is a Nevada Domestic Limited-Liability Company, which was filed on July 27, 2018. The filing status is listed as Active.
'Winning the Sunday million can be a career changer. I decided many times that this was the day I'm going to win the [Sunday] Million, but it was always a dream and it never happened.'
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However, that changed after 10-12 years with Kanit adding his name to a long list of poker players who have won the title.
However, we caught up with him before the Winamax SISMIX in Madrid to talk about his Sunday Million memories, and he admitted that it had always been somewhat of a dream to win the prestigious poker tournament.
Mustapha Kanit, alias lasagnaaammm At 26, the jovial Italian Number 1 is really an unknown quantity among the pros: charismatic, but dreaded at the tables, feared as much as loved. For Mustapha Kanit, the encounter with poker was made during adolescence.
'It's always been a chase,' he told PokerNews. 'The Sunday Million was something that I played every Sunday, and I really wanted to win it, especially in the beginning of my career.
- Total life earnings: $11,566,695. Latest cash: $2,133 on 06-Sep-2020. Click here to see the details of Mustapha Kanit's 124 cashes.
- Mustapha Kanit is listed as a Managing Member with Wiki Wiki Vegas LLC in Nevada. The address on file for this person is 8524 W. Sahara Ave, Las Vegas, NV 89117 in Clark County. The company is a Nevada Domestic Limited-Liability Company, which was filed on July 27, 2018. The filing status is listed as Active.
'Winning the Sunday million can be a career changer. I decided many times that this was the day I'm going to win the [Sunday] Million, but it was always a dream and it never happened.'
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However, that changed after 10-12 years with Kanit adding his name to a long list of poker players who have won the title.
'Even when I was playing in Super High Rollers it was always a dream. I still wanted to win the Sunday Million, and when it happened it was a really nice feeling.'
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Kanit says that he was never in trouble at the final table, picking the right spots and eventually emerging triumphant for the six-figure pay day.
The fulfilment Kanit says he got from winning the tournament was unparalleled.
'It was just one of those tournaments that I had always chased and wanted to win, and it finally happened. There was this sense of fulfilment, almost. Something that you chase and chase and chase.'
'I always had a good stack throughout the tournament. The final table was comfortable and I just took the right spots. I felt good after the final table. It was a great feeling. It was like something you worked hard for and it finally happened so it was a great feeling.'
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And what did he do with the money? Where there any crazy purchases after his win?
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'It was a great win, but I just put the money on my bankroll! I didn't spend any of it, I just added it into my poker bankroll at the time!'