| Date | Event | Buy-In | Place | Entries | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Feb 28 - Mar 4, 2013 Saint-Vincent,  |
Italian Poker Tour - Saint Vincent No Limit Hold'em - IPT Main Event QE |
€2,000 | 22nd | 358 | €4,500 |
|
Jan 26 - 29, 2013 Kiev,  |
Russian Poker Tour - Kiev No Limit Hold'em - Main Event QE |
€1,550 | 10th | 199 | €5,000 |
|
Jul 26 - 30, 2012 Sanremo, |
IPT San Remo No Limit Hold'em - Main Event QE |
€2,000 | 5th | 375 | €36,000 |
|
Jul 3 - 5, 2012 Las Vegas, NV,  |
43rd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2012 No Limit Hold'em - Six Handed (Event #57) QE |
$10,000 | 12th | 474 | $57,031 |
|
Jun 28 - 30, 2012 Las Vegas, NV, |
43rd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2012 No Limit Hold'em (Event #50) QE |
$5,000 | 12th | 1001 | $53,728 |
|
May 3 - 7, 2012 Sanremo, |
IPT San Remo No Limit Hold'em - Main Event QE |
€2,000 | 23rd | 418 | €4,900 |
|
Mar 28 - 29, 2012 Campione d'Italia, |
EPT Campione No Limit Hold'em QE |
€2,000 | 6th | 169 | €15,500 |
|
Mar 16, 2012 Madrid,  |
EPT Madrid No Limit Hold'em - Win the Button QE |
€1,000 | 7th | 52 | €2,250 |
|
Mar 14, 2012 Madrid, |
EPT Madrid No Limit Hold'em QE |
€2,000 | 9th | 119 | €5,750 |
|
Feb 6 - 10, 2012 Venice, |
WPT Venice Grand Prix No Limit Hold'em - Main Event QE |
€4,500 | 3rd | 155 | €72,275 |
|
Dec 13, 2011 Venice, |
WPT Venice No Limit Hold'em - Main Event QE |
€3,000 | 4th | 213 | €43,170 |
|
Nov 24 - 28, 2011 Campione d'Italia, |
IPT Campione II No Limit Hold'em - Main Event QE |
CHF2,000 | 5th | 482 | CHF46,100 |
|
Oct 21 - 27, 2011 Sanremo, |
EPT San Remo No Limit Hold'em - Main Event QE |
€4,600 | 78th | 837 | €10,000 |
|
Jun 18 - 20, 2011 Las Vegas, NV, |
42nd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2011 No Limit Hold'em QE |
$1,500 | 47th | 2828 | $10,498 |
|
Jun 7 - 9, 2011 Las Vegas, NV, |
42nd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2011 No Limit Hold'em - Triple Chance QE |
$1,500 | 3rd | 1340 | $138,044 |
|
Mar 17 - 21, 2011 Nova Gorica,  |
IPT Nova Gorica 2 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event QE |
€2,000 | 20th | 396 | €4,200 |
|
Oct 14 - 18, 2010 Sanremo, |
IPT San Remo 2 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event QE |
€2,000 | 17th | 344 | €4,350 |
|
Jun 17 - 21, 2010 San Marino,  |
2010 IPT San Marino No Limit Hold'em - Main Event QE |
€2,000 | 15th | 380 | €5,300 |
|
May 24, 2010 Sharm el Sheikh,  |
Red Sea Poker Cup 2010 No Limit Hold'em |
€550 | 1st | 161 | €20,000 |
|
Feb 25 - Mar 1, 2010 Sanremo, |
IPT San Remo V No Limit Hold'em - Main Event QE |
€2,000 | 45th | 488 | €4,000 |
|
Jan 23, 2010 Saint-Vincent, |
2010 Poker Grand Prix No Limit Hold'em QE |
€1,000 | 8th | 94 | €3,640 |
|
Jan 21, 2010 Saint-Vincent, |
2010 Poker Grand Prix Pot Limit Omaha |
€500 | 1st | 41 | €7,535 |
|
Jun 14, 2009 Saint Vincent, , |
Poker Grand Prix - Saint Vincent No Limit Hold'em |
€200 | 16th | €400 | |
|
May 22 - 24, 2009 Nova Gorica, |
Tana Delle Tigri - Nice Hand Main Event - Deepstack No Limit Hold'em |
€550 | 18th | 199 | €1,094 |
|
Nov 25, 2008 Sharm el Sheikh, |
Royal Poker Tour - Red Sea No Limit Hold'em |
€500 | 9th | €1,000 | |
|
Jun 1, 2006 Sanremo, |
Texas Hold'em Italian Championship No Limit Hold'em |
€300 | 8th | 228 | €1,670 |
Andrea Dato is an Italian professional poker player who made his first live-event cash in 2006.
In the first 6 years, Andrea cashed 17 times, made 9 final tables, cashed twice at the WSOP, won a pair of events, and earned over $435,000.
Born in 1979 in Italy, Andrea attended college where he graduated with honors in engineering. While working as an engineer, in 2005, he started playing poker, focusing on cash games. A year later, he made his first live-event cash at the 2006 Texas Hold\\\’em Italian Championships when he finished 8th in the €300 NLHE event to earn €1,670.
Andrea didn’t cash again until 2008, when he finished 9th in the €500 NLHE at the Royal Poker Tour Red Sea, Sharm el Sheikh to earn €1,000. His next cashes were in 2009, when he made the money at the Tana Delle Tigri in Nova Gorica, and at the Poker Grand Prix in Saint Vincent.
For the 5th live-event cash of his career, Andrea started 2010 by winning the €500 PLO at the Poker Grand Prix Saint-Vincent to earn €7,535. At the same event, he also finished 8th in the €1,000 NLHE for €3,640. After making the money in the Main Event at the Italian Poker Tour (IPT) San Remo V, Andrea was at the Red Sea Poker Cup, where he won the €550 NLHE event to earn €20,000. To finish the year, he cashed at the IPT San Marino, and the IPT San Remo 2.
In 2011, Andrea made the money 6 times, starting with a cash at the IPT Nova Gorica. At the WSOP, he cashed twice, finishing 3rd for $138,044 in the $1,500 NLHE Triple Chance, and taking 47th place in the $1,500 NLHE to earn $10,498. To end the year, Andrea cashed for €10,000 in the Main Event at the EPT San Remo, finished 5th for SFr46,100 in the SFr2,000 NLHE Main Event at the IPT Campione. In December, he made the first of his back-to-back WPT final table appearances when he finished 4th in the €3,000 NLHE Main Event at the WPT Venice to earn €43,170.
In January 2012, Andrea was at home in Italy to make his 2nd WPT final table in a row, and first cash of the year. In Venice for the WPT Venice Grand Prix, he finished 3rd in the €4,500 NLHE Main Event to earn €72,275.
Making his home Rotue, Italy, Andrea has left the world of engineering for poker. In just a few years, he has become known as one of Italy’s toughest and most aggressive poker pros.
