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    Italian poker player kills himself after racking up $600,000 in poker debt

    Italian poker star Alessandro Bastianoni was found dead inside a luxury apartment in Miraflores, Peru Wednesday with reported gambling debts of $600,000. His death appeared to be a suicide.
    Apparently this occurred on July 6.

    Here is a picture of him:



    Here is a short article about it: http://www.lagazzettadelmezzogiorno....-loss-no637621

    Here is an article translated from Spanish:
    Bastianoni Alessandro, an Italian of 48 years who made ​​a fortune abroad thanks to his incredible skill at cards, was found dead in an apartment in Miraflores (Peru), reported the local newspaper 'The Republic'. Apparently the man committed suicide after losing $ 600,000 in two championships in the city poker .

    His girlfriend, Colombian Yeinni Ospina, reported her missing after several days of not to hear. The last contact with your partner Ospina was last July 6, in which the woman spoke by phone with Bastianoni. "He said he had lost a lot of money. His voice was a deep sadness. I encouraged him, but in vain" , Ospina said to 'The Republic'.

    Miraflores Bastianoni had reached on May 13 from Panama to participate in the international championship of poker 'Latin Series of Poker 2013' . He left on 31 March. Ten days later he returned to the country to participate in the'Poker Star of Lima ".

    The authorities managed to denude the Italian following track your cellphone signal . Bastianoni was on a floor of a luxury building he had rented for his stay in the city. According to medical examiners man had died ten days before so.

    Next to the body of Bastianoni, authorities found a glass container containing waste water mixed with poison gas. Also, a briefcase with $ 140,000 and a letter written in his own hand requesting that the money is used to cremate his remains .
    From what I can tell, he chunked off a lot of money, was $600k in debt (probably mostly in cash games), and offed himself.

    LOL @ leaving $140k for cremation rather than using the bulk of it to pay back the people he owed before offing himself.

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    lol suicide by loan shark



    oh no only 140k cask left - time to off myself
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rollo Tomasi View Post
    lol suicide by loan shark



    oh no only 140k cask left - time to off myself
    I bet that is a bad translation and he left like $ 140 or $ 1400.
    They seem to cost about $ 1000.

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    lol @ poker star

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