Respected pro Max “The Italian Pirate” Pescatori captured his first bracelet by defeating Anthony “Leatherhead” Reategui for the title. Putting aside the fact that the entities that comprise Wicked Chops Enterprises would immediately file cease and desist orders on anyone that gave us a nickname that ended in “Pirate,” not to mention our previously stated aversion to the Italian soccer team, we were glad to see Pescatori win the title, because really, after getting their asses handed to them in not one but two World Wars, it’s nice to see Italy, at least for one day each century, come out on top.
Actually, I’m happy to see Max win because he not only came ot the very first WPBT event at Sam’s Town but he also stayed to play in the event (and finished second). Max is an all-around nice guy. I mean, he even took a piece of a guy’s action at the LA Poker Classic who’s blog is called “Dead Money = Al Can’t Hang.”
Congrats Max!
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Hi, my name is Bill Rini and this is my poker blog. I've been blogging about poker and the poker industry since around 2003-ish. Like most people I started out playing poker as entertainment in home games whenever we wanted to sit around and smoke cigars, drink beer, and eat pizza, and needed a good excuse. I started playing online shortly after the first online card rooms opened and it wasn't long before I was playing 20, 30, or even 40 hours a week or more. One day I received a phone call about a program manager position at Tiltware which was the company that consulted to Full Tilt Poker on software development and marketing. After Tiltware I spent about 2.5 years working at Party Poker where I was the poker room manager.
