Mustapha Kanit (born 24 January 1991) is an

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professional poker player.

Biography

Kanit was born in

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and currently resides in

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. He began playing poker as a teenager participating in live tournaments at private clubs. He worked at these clubs as a bartender and dealer. He later started playing in online poker under the alias lasagnaaammm.

Poker career

Kanit overtook

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on the Italian all time money list and is currently ranked 2nd behind Dario Sammartino. His results include thirteen cashes and two final tables at the WSOP winning $800,424, a 4th place finish in the High Roller PCA Bahamas, followed by two victories in the

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. Kanit won the 13 March 2016 $215

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Sunday Million. As of 2021, his career live tournament winnings exceed $11,500,000.

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