Umberto Ruggeri

Umberto Ruggeri

Nationality
Italy
Italy
GPI Rank 255
Total Live Earnings $1,189,390
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Biography

Umberto Ruggeri is an Italian poker player with more than $1 million in live cashes. He is best known for his deep runs in the 2023 & 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague Main Event.

Ruggeri's first recorded cash came in 2019 in Malta, but he had to wait for his first five-figure payout until he notched a 91st-place finish in the 2023 EPT Barcelona Main Event. Four months later, Ruggeri was back under the EPT lights in the Czech capital. Ruggeri's third-place run in the record-breaking Main Event netted him a career-launching €459,240 payout.

Six more five-figure EPT cashes followed as Ruggeri began a string of impressive results, with highlights being bronze and silver medals in €2,100 NLH 6-Max events at 2024 EPT Paris & Monte Carlo festivals. Ruggeri's 2024 rounded out with another eye-catching run in the EPT Prague Main Event, recording an 11th-place performance which yielded a $86,237 windfall.

Ruggeri's 2025 kicked off in the best possible way: a Main Event victory at the Merit Poker Western Series. The tournament featured a $3,300 buy-in, and the Italian overcame a record-breaking field of 791.

"I play poker for life, and I want to continue," said Ruggeri as he collected his $377,500 prize.

PokerNews Covered Events

Event Place Prize
2025 Merit Poker Western Series
$3,300 Main Event
1st $377,500
2024 PokerStars EPT Prague
€5,300 EPT Main Event
11th €81,600
2024 WSOP-C Sanremo
€1,000 Main Event
37th €4,155
2024 PokerStars EPT Cyprus
$2,200 Eureka High Roller
72nd $5,740
2024 PokerStars EPT Barcelona
€5,300 EPT Main Event
50th €23,350
2024 PokerStars EPT Barcelona
€10,300 EPT High Roller
61st €17,300
2024 PokerStars EPT Barcelona
€2,200 Estrellas High Roller
228th €3,650
2023 PokerStars EPT Prague
€5,300 EPT Main Event
3rd €459,240
2023 PokerStars EPT Prague
€2,200 Eureka High Roller
221st €3,260
2023 PokerStars EPT Barcelona
€5,300 EPT Main Event
91st €20,550
2023 PokerStars EPT Barcelona
€1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event
720th €2,290

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