Mustapha Kanit: Italy’s High Roller and Online Tournament Specialist
Mustapha Kanit is an Italian professional poker player born in 1991 in Alessandria. Known online as lasagnaaammm, he built his reputation through major online tournament victories and a series of high roller titles on the European circuit. His career connects the online tournament boom with the increasingly international world of elite live poker.
The Hendon Mob snapshot supplied for this profile records 18.668.924 $ in live tournament earnings and a largest cash of 3.600.000 $. It places Kanit first on Italy’s all-time money list and 89th worldwide, with Vienna, Austria, listed as his residence. Rankings and cumulative totals are a dated snapshot, rather than permanent career positions.
Born in 1991 in Alessandria
Kanit was born on January 24, 1991, in Alessandria, Italy. His rise came during a period when online poker gave young European players a way to gain experience across large numbers of tournament hands before becoming established on the live circuit.
His Italian identity remains central to his public poker career. Although his tournament schedule and listed residence have taken him beyond Italy, he has represented the country in team competition and reached the top of its recorded live tournament earnings list.
The Online Identity: lasagnaaammm
The name lasagnaaammm became familiar to followers of major online tournaments. Kanit developed a record in the demanding high buy-in events where established professionals regularly face one another, and online success remained an important part of his career after his live breakthrough.
Online tournament results need to be distinguished from the live earnings total shown in this profile. A headline combining both categories without explaining the difference would give readers an inaccurate picture of the database figures.
An Early High Roller Milestone in the Bahamas
At the 2014 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Kanit finished fourth in the 25.500 $ High Roller for 492.600 $. The result gave him a substantial international live cash before the sequence of victories that made 2015 his breakthrough year.
His subsequent career would repeatedly return to this part of the tournament schedule: smaller, expensive events with deep fields of experienced professionals. The Bahamas result provides useful context for understanding why his later European titles attracted attention.
2015: Winning the Monte Carlo Super High Roller
Kanit won the 50.000 € Super High Roller at the 2015 EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo for 936.500 €. He defeated Mike Watson heads-up in an event that attracted 66 entries.
The victory established him as a champion at one of Europe’s most prominent poker festivals. It was a super high roller title within the EPT festival, a distinction that should be preserved when describing his record rather than calling it an EPT Main Event victory.
A SCOOP Main Event Victory
Later in May 2015, Kanit won the 10.300 $ High Main Event in PokerStars’ Spring Championship of Online Poker. Playing as lasagnaaammm, he collected more than 1.300.000 $ in one of the most prestigious online tournament victories available at the time.
The combination of Monte Carlo and SCOOP is a defining feature of his breakthrough. Within the same month he demonstrated that he could win both an expensive live tournament and a major online championship, rather than relying on a single successful setting.
Barcelona: Another Major High Roller Title
Kanit added the 10.300 € High Roller at EPT Barcelona in August 2015. He received 738.759 € after a three-handed deal with Kuljinder Sidhu and Nick Petrangelo, before completing the tournament as champion.
The event drew 506 entries, giving this title a different character from the smaller Monte Carlo super high roller. Taken together, the two victories show success across both a relatively compact elite field and a much larger high roller tournament.
Representing Italy at the Global Poker Masters
In 2015, Kanit was part of the Italian team that won the Global Poker Masters. His teammates were Rocco Palumbo, Dario Sammartino, Andrea Dato and Giuliano Bendinelli.
The team result adds a national dimension to a career usually measured through individual cashes. It also places Kanit alongside several of the other Italian professionals who helped raise the country’s international poker profile during the same period.
2016: Dublin and Another Monte Carlo Final
Kanit continued his run by winning the 25.750 € High Roller at EPT Dublin in 2016 for 501.640 €. That result extended his European high roller record beyond the exceptional results of the previous year.
He then finished second in the 100.000 € Super High Roller at the 2016 EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo, collecting 1.462.000 €. The seven-figure payout remains a major milestone, and his repeated deep runs at the festival make Monte Carlo particularly prominent in his biography.
Joining Team Winamax
In 2017, Kanit became the first Italian professional to join Team Winamax. The partnership gave a more formal public platform to a player already well known through online championships and European high roller results.
His career subsequently continued across a broad international schedule. Recorded results include second place in a 50.000 $ event in the Bahamas in 2017 for 695.740 $, and second in the 51.000 € Super High Roller at MILLIONS Germany in 2018 for 500.000 €.
2024: A Career-Best Cash at WSOP Paradise
Kanit’s largest recorded live tournament payout came at WSOP Paradise in December 2024. He finished third in the 25.000 $ Super Main Event for 3.600.000 $.
The result substantially changed the scale of his live career totals. It also came almost a decade after his 2015 breakthrough, demonstrating that his biggest payday belonged to a later chapter rather than the original burst of high roller victories.
A Further Seven-Figure Result in 2025
Kanit returned to the Paradise results with second place in the 50.000 $ High Roller Turbo in 2025 for 1.215.000 $. This provided another seven-figure cash in the Bahamas, following his much larger Super Main Event finish the year before.
His recorded 2026 schedule also includes cashes at Triton Montenegro and the World Series of Poker. Those results belong to the continuing career record, while the largest historical achievements remain the major European titles, the SCOOP championship and the Paradise payouts.
Selected Tournament Milestones
| Year | Event | Finish | Prize |
| 2014 | PCA 25.500 $ High Roller | 4th | 492.600 $ |
| 2015 | EPT Monte Carlo 50.000 € Super High Roller | 1st | 936.500 € |
| 2015 | SCOOP 10.300 $ High Main Event — online | 1st | More than 1.300.000 $ |
| 2015 | EPT Barcelona 10.300 € High Roller | 1st | 738.759 € |
| 2016 | EPT Dublin 25.750 € High Roller | 1st | 501.640 € |
| 2016 | EPT Monte Carlo 100.000 € Super High Roller | 2nd | 1.462.000 € |
| 2024 | WSOP Paradise 25.000 $ Super Main Event | 3rd | 3.600.000 $ |
| 2025 | WSOP Paradise 50.000 $ High Roller Turbo | 2nd | 1.215.000 $ |
Understanding the Career Figures
Kanit’s recorded live tournament earnings are the total value of reported cashes. They do not deduct tournament entry costs, re-entries, travel expenses, taxes or any financial arrangements with backers. They should therefore be described as tournament earnings rather than net poker profit or personal wealth.
His online tournament titles are an additional part of his sporting record, but are outside that live total. Private cash-game outcomes are also excluded. The most useful account of his career combines the figures with their context: a strong online background, several major European victories and continued relevance in large international events.
Mustapha Kanit at a Glance
| Category | Detail |
| Name | Mustapha Kanit |
| Date of birth | January 24, 1991 |
| Birthplace | Alessandria, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Listed residence | Vienna, Austria |
| Online name | lasagnaaammm |
| Recorded live tournament earnings | 18.668.924 $ |
| Largest recorded live cash | 3.600.000 $ |
| Worldwide all-time money list | 89th in the supplied snapshot |
| Italy all-time money list | 1st in the supplied snapshot |
| Key achievements | 2015 Monte Carlo and Barcelona high roller titles; 2015 SCOOP High Main Event champion; 2024 WSOP Paradise Super Main Event third place |
Career figures checked on October 25, 2026. Recorded live tournament earnings are gross cashes and exclude private cash-game results. Image positions refer to three separately supplied AI-generated illustrations created in October 2026.