Who's behind PokerWar

About Marco Traniello

PokerWar is built by Marco Traniello, a Las Vegas poker player with 47 World Series of Poker cashes, five WSOP final tables and twenty years at the table.

From Gaeta to Las Vegas

I was born in Gaeta, Italy, in 1973. Before poker I worked on oil tankers, earned a real estate license, and spent years as a hairdresser with Aldo Coppola in Milan and Rome, backstage at fashion shows and on live television. I came to Las Vegas with no plan to play cards for a living.

Poker

I entered my first World Series of Poker in 2005 with one rule: don't play stupid. That summer I cashed seven times in seven different events, tied for the most cashes of any player that year, and made the final table of the $2,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em.

After that I played as a sponsored pro for Full Tilt Poker, appeared on Poker After Dark, the National Heads-Up Poker Championship and the WSOP on ESPN, and wrote for Card Player Magazine. Today I have 47 WSOP cashes, five final tables and more than $713,000 in tournament earnings. Now I play only the games I like.

Check the record: The Hendon Mob · WSOP.com · Card Player · Wikipedia

Why PokerWar

PokerWar is the site I wish I'd had when I started: where to find a good game in Las Vegas, the odds every player should know, honest book picks, and quick challenges to sharpen your decisions. Everything here comes from real hours at the table. PokerWar is independent and doesn't offer or accept real-money gambling.

Books and more

The High Limit Playbook: how to move up from $1/$2 to the big games without going broke.
I'm All-In: my memoir, from Gaeta to the high-limit rooms of Las Vegas.
HighLimitPoker.com: articles on high-stakes cash games, bankroll and moving up.
PokerStories.com: hands and stories from twenty years at the table.

Get in touch

Interviews, partnerships, or just a poker question: all my channels are on linktr.ee/MarcoTraniello.