Poker Player. Author. Entrepreneur. Creator.
From Gaeta to Las Vegas, from the poker tables to building businesses. Seven cashes at my first World Series, twenty years in the game, and a new chapter every time I bet on myself.
Tell me why you're here and I'll show you where to go.
The roadmap I wish I had: from $1/$2 to the nosebleeds, bankroll included.
Gaeta where I was born, Sperlonga, Florence and Rome, the way locals live them.
Interviews, sponsorships, speaking and partnerships, with a 500K+ audience behind them.
Tankers, Milan salons, live TV, the World Series and second acts. All-in, every time.
Hairdresser, ship captain, real estate agent, poker pro, photographer, founder. Every chapter started with a bet on myself.
"It's better to write in a blank book than to correct other people's mistakes."
Raised on the coast of Lazio, between the sea and a family that still calls Gaeta home.
On the oil tankers I saw America for the first time, sailing under the Golden Gate Bridge into San Francisco. I fell in love on the spot, and from that day all I could think about was living there.
Years with Aldo Coppola between Milan and Rome, backstage at fashion shows and on live television, after working the sea and earning a real estate license.
Seven cashes in seven different World Series of Poker events in my first year, the most of the series, and a final table in the $2,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em. Pros who had played for years already knew my name. That's when I understood something special was in the air.
Played as a sponsored pro on Full Tilt Poker, appeared on Poker After Dark, the National Heads-Up Poker Championship and WSOP broadcasts, and wrote for Card Player Magazine.
Reinvented myself as a photographer and manager: fashion and jewelry shoots, and campaigns that ended up on billboards in Las Vegas and Los Angeles.
Built an audience of 500K+ across TikTok, YouTube and Instagram, sharing life between Las Vegas and Italy.
Published The High Limit Playbook and second editions of my earlier books, and launched a network of sites on poker, Italy, travel and faith.
Sometimes I was bluffing, sometimes I was convinced, sometimes I had the nuts.
The whole story, from the rooftops of Gaeta to the high-limit rooms of Las Vegas, with everything the timeline leaves out. Leave your email and you'll be the first to read it.
First edition in Italian, then English. No spam, just the launch.
In the same rooms as the players who built the modern game.
Life between Las Vegas and Italy, poker stories and what I'm building, every week.
Put your bankroll on the table. The bankroll rules from The High Limit Playbook tell you which game you can sit in today, and what it takes to reach the high-limit room.
Money set aside only for poker, money you can afford to lose.
Never borrow to play, never use money meant for bills. For adults of legal gambling age.
Every book is available in English and Italian. Switch the language at the top of the page to see the Italian editions.
The road from your first $1/$2 seat to the big game
Twenty years at the tables in one practical guide: six levels from $1/$2 to the nosebleeds, bankroll tables for every stake, the mental game and a 90-day plan.
For adults of legal gambling age. Educational content only.
The whole story, simply told
From Genesis to Revelation in about an hour: 21 short chapters, in the order it happened, in plain modern language.
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My registered apparel brand, named after Rome's historic market. Heavyweight pieces, made to order and shipped worldwide.
Companies and sites built from what I know: poker, Las Vegas, Italy and faith.
The Waze of poker. See which live games are running in Las Vegas card rooms right now.
pokerwar.com → Flagship · High stakesFor players who want to reach the high-limit games: training, tools and The High Limit Playbook.
highlimitpoker.com → Flagship · FaithDaily Mass, recorded and available to watch at any time, for anyone who can't be in church.
santamessa.com →Away from the tables: the people, the places and the moments that matter.
A poker player with a record, an author with three books, a creator with an audience in two languages. Here's what we can do together.
Poker, the high-stakes life, the Italian-American story. Print, podcast or TV, in English or Italian.
Integrated video and photo for brands in poker, travel, menswear and Italian lifestyle, to 300K+ followers.
Talks on risk, bankroll and decision-making for events, companies and poker rooms. Charity and celebrity games.
Bio, record, audience, press photos and what I offer, on two pages.
Interviews, sponsorships, speaking, partnerships or a game. Write to me directly and I'll get back to you.
