Marco Traniello
Marco Traniello is an Italian professional hairdresser and is sponsored professional poker player on Full Tilt Poker.Poker
Traniello made his first appearance at the World Series of Poker in 2005, finishing in the money in seven different events. Amongst these money finishes, Traniello made the final table of the $2,000 pot limit hold'em event.
He played in the 2005 World Speed Poker Open in London and cashed in the $15,000 no limit hold'em main event of the World Poker Tour Five Diamond World Poker Classic.
Traniello writes for Card Player Magazine and is a member of Marcel Luske's Circle of Outlaws.
At the 2007 World Series of Poker, he made it to the final table in the $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha event. He finished 5th, winning $156,435, his biggest win to date.
As of January 2015, his total live tournament winnings exceed $700,000. His 27 cashes at the WSOP account for $489,220 of those winnings.Prior to working as a professional poker player, Traniello was a real estate agent and the captain of an oil ship.
