Roberto Romanello

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Roberto Romanello
Roberto Romanello (2019)
Roberto Romanello (2019)
  Personal information  
Year of birth 1976
Country of birth ItalyItaly Italy
Nicknames
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WelshWizardTeam partypoker

Roberto RomanelloGGPoker
place of residence United KingdomUnited Kingdom Swansea
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money 0.$ 846,180
Total prize money $ 4,241,758
World Series of Poker
Bracelets 1
Cashes 38
Best main event 312nd ( 2006 )
  Main Event of the World Poker Tour  
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Cashes 3
  Main event of the European Poker Tour  
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Cashes 15th
  Main Event of party poker Live  
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Cashes 3
Last updated: July 27, 2020

Roberto Claudio Romanello (* 1976 in Italy ) is a professional British poker player from Wales . He won a bracelet at the World Series of Poker , the Main Event of the World Poker Tour and the Main Event of the European Poker Tour , making him one of nine poker players who have completed the so-called Triple Crown .

Personal

Romanello attended Penyrheol Comprehensive School in Swansea , where he still lives today.

Poker career

Romanello joined poker in 2005 after being forced to stay at home due to a three month injury sustained while playing football . He started playing at the local casino and building a bankroll. Romanello is sponsored by the online poker platform partypoker and plays there under the nickname WelshWizard . Since 2006 he has been taking part in renowned live tournaments.

Romanello was successful for the first time at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas at the beginning of August 2006 and finished 312nd in the main event for around 40,000 US dollars in prize money. In mid-February 2010 he came to the final table at the main event of the European Poker Tour (EPT) in Copenhagen and finished the tournament in sixth place for a purse of around 100,000 US dollars. In December 2010, Romanello won the EPT Main Event in Prague with a prize money of 640,000 euros . At the beginning of April 2011 he was also victorious in the main event of the World Poker Tour (WPT) and won the tournament in Bratislava . For this he prevailed against 197 other players and received around 140,000 euros. In the WSOP 2016 Romanello came at a tournament in the variant No-Limit Hold'em at the final table, finishing in third place for just under $ 150,000 in prize money. In mid-November 2018 he won the high roller of the partypoker Caribbean Poker Party in Nassau , Bahamas, and received a prize of 450,000 US dollars. At the main event of partypoker Millions Europe in King's Resort in Rozvadov , Romanello took sixth place in mid-August 2019, endowed with 170,000 euros. In July 2020, he prevailed in a tournament of the World Series of Poker Online played on GGPoker due to the COVID-19 pandemic and received over 215,000 US dollars and a bracelet . With his win, Romanello became the ninth player to secure tournament titles in all three major tournament series WSOP, WPT and EPT. This achievement is known as the Triple Crown .

In total, Romanello has earned more than $ 4 million in live poker tournaments, making it the most successful Welsh poker player .

Web links

Commons : Roberto Romanello  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Roberto Romanello wins PokerStars.com EPT Prague for € 640,000 in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on August 23, 2016 (English).
  2. ↑ Roberto Romanello - king of the poker table on walesonline.co.uk of August 23, 2009, accessed on August 14, 2020.
  3. ↑ a b Roberto Romanello in the database of the Global Poker Index, accessed on August 23, 2016 (English).
  4. ↑ Player Bio and Tournament Info About Roberto Romanello ( Memento from March 23, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) on robertoromanellopoker.com, accessed on August 23, 2016 (English).
  5. ^ Roberto Romanello - Team partypoker on partypoker.com, accessed on May 19, 2018.
  6. ↑ a b Roberto Romanello in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on August 23, 2016 (English).
  7. ↑ 37th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2006 ($ 10,000 No Limit Texas Hold'em - World Championship Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on August 23, 2016.
  8. ↑ EPT - 6 - Copenhagen (DKr 35,000 + 2,250 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on August 23, 2016 (English).
  9. ↑ EPT - 7 - Prague (€ 5,000 + 300 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on August 23, 2016 (English).
  10. ↑ WPT Bratislava (€ 2,500 + 220 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on August 23, 2016 (English).
  11. ↑ 47th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2016 ($ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em (Event # 17)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on August 23, 2016.
  12. ↑ partypoker Caribbean Poker Party ($ 10,000 + 300 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on November 18, 2018 (English).
  13. ↑ partypoker Live - partypoker Millions Europe (€ 10,000 + 300 No Limit Hold'em - Millions Europe) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 27, 2020.
  14. ↑ GGPoker WSOP: Triple Crown for Roberto Romanello on pokerfirma.com on July 27, 2020, accessed on July 27, 2020 (English).
  15. ↑ Wales All Time Money List in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 27, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Romanello, Roberto
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Romanello, Roberto Claudio (full name); WelshWizard (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British poker player
DATE OF BIRTH 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Italy