Nick Petrangelo

Nick Petrangelo is a Massachusetts-born American poker player who has won two World Series of Poker bracelets. He has amassed over $31 million in live tournament winnings, which places him first in the state’s all-time earnings list. Petrangelo has made a name for himself as one of the top poker players currently participating in tournaments. He achieved outstanding success online as well, taking first place in the 2017 WCOOP’s High Roller division. 

If you’re interested in learning more about his poker career, early life, and other topics, continue reading this article. 

Nick Petrangelo: Early Life

In 2015, Nick Petrangelo shared the start of his poker career with the Slovak website allin1.sk. He also revealed that while growing up in Massachusetts, he played golf and hockey with a lot of motivation. From Skidmore College in New York, he received a degree in Economics and Finance.

He became quite interested in the game of poker while playing with friends in high school. This inspired him to learn as much as he could on his own.

Whilst in school, he tried to get together as much money as he could to use on PokerStars. Starting at the lowest stakes cash games and working his way up to $5/$10.

When he eventually ran into poker player Jonathan Jaffe, he realized he needed to change his approach. Jonathan served as his mentor. Providing all of his advice and coaching while allowing him to watch him play for many years. He assisted him as well in low-stakes tournaments. 

Nick Petrangelo: Poker Career

Petrangelo goes by the screen name ‘caecilius’ when playing online. He won the most points in the PocketFives ranking in December 2012, which puts the top player in online tournaments. He earned $625,000 for winning the high-roller event of the World Championship of Online Poker on PokerStars in September 2017. And has taken part in live competitions since 2009.

• He achieved his first World Series of Poker bracelet in 2015. 
• He lost to Fedor Holz in the $100,000 WPT Alpha8 No Limit Hold’em High Roller event in December of that year, but he still came away with $1,015,335 in prize money.
• In 2016, he earned $93,208 by winning a side event at the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown.
• He received AU$882,000 after winning the 2017 Aussie Millions ANTON Jewellery AU$100,000 Challenge in January 2017.
• His largest live tournament win, $2,910,227, came in the $100,000 No-Limit Hold’em event at the 2018 World Series of Poker, where he also won his second bracelet.
• Since the pandemic began, he has been seen playing more online games than usual. He played Poker Masters Online throughout the year, and this is where he made the majority of his winnings in 2020. When he won the $3,200 WPT World Championship 6-Max Online event on partypoker, he achieved one of his high online scores. There were 999 other players in the field. For that victory, he earned a respectable $494,550.
• Petrangelo won the $200,000 No-Limit Hold’em – Aria High Roller 26 Event in October 2021 as part of the PokerGO Tour – Aria High Roller Series, resulting in yet another huge paycheck of $1,468,800.
• Petrangelo’s final victory of the year came at the $10,000 NLHE – PokerGO Tour High Roller event on the World Poker Tour, where he finished first and won $151,200.
• His total live tournament winnings as of August 2023 are more than $29,662,009.

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Conclusion

Nick is a true tournament beast. His best piece of advice for aspiring pros who want to make poker their profession is to avoid getting too worked up before a game. On The Hendon Mob database’s United States All Time Money List, Petrangelo is currently ranked 12th. Given these numbers, it is only reasonable to assume that the young player will continue to rule the game for many years to come. He has recently been playing almost exclusively in high-roller events. it is likely that he will do so in the future and be a regular at all major buyin events.