Only name that comes to mind from that time from Italy that was prominent on TV was Dario Minieri. He was hyper-aggressive, and always wore a scarf, and Norman Chad would refer to him as the Harry Potter of poker because of the scarves. Was it him?
I played in a wsop Circuit event one time against a guy who had won a bracelet event at the WSOP. I can't remember his name, but he was wearing the bracelet at the table and another dude at our table recognized him. Seemed like a nice guy, too.
"Jesus" Chris Ferguson back in the day when he did his bankroll challenge on Full Tilt. I miss those good ole days in the US when we had more than 2 or 3 sites. He was super nice and chatted with the folks at the tables.
I met a german pro once in an online rebuy mtt (micro stakes)...and he went allin with every hand..so after some time i started calling (only with good hands of course)..and i got his stack about 3 times...he did not care and payed for my chips.
My guess was, he was maximum tilted..but who knows.
I never heard from him again until recently he won a big tornament.
Today I played in a satellite on pokerstars and at my table there was a player marked as a professional player, but I saw this player’s nickname for the first time!!!So to answer your question, I can say that I played with a professional player, but whether this player was a big celebrity, I cannot say!!!
I knew sometimes i played against some famous persons. In some german games i played against a famous actor. From a german soap. In some freerolls or homegames i played against some famous streamers.
No , I could have since I saw Patrik Antonius playing on a VIP cashgame table in Vienna but I would have needed to take a bank loan lol.
He bought 20.000€ worth of chips with his black mastercard like I would with 20€ xD
Yes, i played against Daniel Nedreanu in tournament in Kings Casino and i played in EPT main in Barcelona against Fatima de Melo and Michael Mizrachi because we are at the same table there