After more than two hours of heads-up action between Team Italy & Team Russia it was the all-star Italian line-up of Dario Sammartino, Mustapha Kanit, Rocco Palumbo, Andrea Dato and Giulliano Bendinelli of Italy that took advantage of their 4-1 chip lead heading into the Finals to lock up the victory & title of World Champion Nation at the Global Poker Masters.