Alec Torelli

Alec Michael Torelli (born March 24, 1987) also known by his moniker Traheho, is an Italian-American entrepreneur, motivational speaker[1] and professional poker player from Orange County, California who specializes in live high stakes cash games.[2][3] Torelli was formerly sponsored by Doyles Room.[4]

Alec Torelli
Nickname(s)traheho
Born (1987-03-24) March 24, 1987
Orange County, California, U.S.
World Series of Poker
Bracelet(s)None
Final table(s)2
Money finish(es)4
World Poker Tour
Title(s)None
Final table(s)2
Money finish(es)3
European Poker Tour
Money finish(es)2

Poker career

Torelli's begin playing poker in 2004 after a friend invited him to a home game of poker where he won $12.

Torelli's 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 2nd in the $10,000 Heads Up event. Later that fall, he won back-to-back events at the Bellagio. The next summer, he placed 6th in the commemorative $40,000, 40-year anniversary WSOP event, and 4th in the World Poker Tour at the Bellagio.

Currently, he is an active poker vlogger.[5] His YouTube channel is Conscious Poker.

In May 2017, during a televised episode of Poker Night in America Torelli had larger denomination chips totaling $10,000 placed behind smaller denomination chips in his stack of poker chips. Poker rules 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.[6] Poker player Doug Polk released a video questioning the ethics of the hand played during the episode.[7][8] Torelli offered a response video trying to blame his incident on Polk's editing but the video received far more dislikes than likes and was not generally considered sincere.

As of 2018, Torelli has amassed over $1,500,000 of poker tournament winnings.[9]

References
  1. Hoffman, Bobby (2015). Motivation for Learning and Performance. San Diego: Academic Press. p. 251. ISBN 0128011254. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
  2. Kristy Arnett (November 26, 2013). "Strategy with Kristy: Alec Torelli Talks How to Decide If You Should Go Play Poker". PokerNews Global. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
  3. PokerNews Staff (April 22, 2015). "Hellmuth, Elias, Shak Confirmed for This Weekend's Poker Night in America SugarHouse". PokerNews Global. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
  4. Stephen A. Murphy (August 18, 2009). "'The Brunson 10' Hopes to Take DoylesRoom to New Heights". CardPlayer. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
  5. "Alec Torelli: Poker Training, Poker Lessons and Poker Strategy". Alec Torelli's Official Website. Retrieved July 29, 2017.
  6. Sofen, Jon (July 4, 2017). "Alec Torelli (Finally) Responds to Doug Polk's Angle Shooting Accusation". Cardschat. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
  7. "Doug Polk Calls Out Alec Torelli Over Poker Night In America Angleshoot". PokerTube. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
  8. Burnett, Andrew (July 8, 2017). "Torelli Releases Unedited Footage Of The Alleged Angle Shoot Incident & Fires Back At Polk". PokerTube. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
  9. "Alec Torelli's profile on The Hendon Mob". The Hendon Mob Poker Database. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
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