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Alec Torelli

Alec Torelli

Italian-American poker player (born 1987)


Alec Michael Torelli (born March 24, 1987), also known by his moniker Traheho, is a professional poker player from Orange County, California who specializes in live high stakes cash games.[1][2] Torelli was formerly sponsored by Doyles Room.[3]

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Poker career

Torelli began playing poker in 2004 after a friend invited him to a home game of poker, where he won $12. His first live poker event was in the Bahamas in January 2006. After turning 21, Torelli moved to Las Vegas. During his first World Series of Poker (WSOP), he finished second in the $10,000 Heads Up event. Later that fall, Torelli won back-to-back events at the Bellagio. The next summer, he placed sixth in the commemorative $40,000, 40-year anniversary WSOP event, and fourth in the World Poker Tour at the Bellagio.[citation needed]

As of 2023, Torelli has amassed over $2,200,000 in poker tournament winnings.[4]

Controversy

In 2017, Torelli was first accused of engaging in angle shooting during a televised episode of Poker Night in America by members on the 2+2 forum. Later, professional poker player Doug Polk released a video questioning the ethics of the hand played during the episode.[5][6] During the hand, larger denomination chips totaling $10,000 were placed behind smaller denomination chips in Torelli's stack of poker chips. Poker etiquette and rules in casinos require that larger denomination chips have to be in plain view. This influenced Torelli's isolated opponent in the hand, Daniel Wolf, who ended up losing $10,000 more than he believed was at stake.[7]

Following the hand, Torelli stated that he used his opponent's surprise at the discovery of the high-value chips as a "read" to determine that his opponent's hand was mediocre. Later, Torelli posted a video on YouTube faulting his opponent for not knowing his chip stack size.[8]


References

  1. Arnett, Kristy (November 26, 2013). "Strategy with Kristy: Alec Torelli Talks How to Decide If You Should Go Play Poker". PokerNews Global. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
  2. Murphy, Stephen A. (August 18, 2009). "'The Brunson 10' Hopes to Take DoylesRoom to New Heights". CardPlayer. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
  3. "Alec Torelli's profile on The Hendon Mob". The Hendon Mob Poker Database. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
  4. Burnett, Andrew (July 8, 2017). "Torelli Releases Unedited Footage Of The Alleged Angle Shoot Incident & Fires Back At Polk". PokerTube. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
  5. Sofen, Jon (July 4, 2017). "Alec Torelli (Finally) Responds to Doug Polk's Angle Shooting Accusation". Cardschat. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
  6. "New Detailed Video Analysis of Alec Torelli "Chip hiding" Scandal Emerges". HighstakesDB. July 13, 2017. Retrieved July 22, 2017.

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