# Roberto Romanello > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Roberto_Romanello > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Roberto_Romanello.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Romanello > Source revision: 1334870945 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Welsh poker player This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libelous. Find sources: "Roberto Romanello" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (January 2020) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Roberto Romanello Romanello in 2019 World Series of Poker Bracelet 1 Money finishes 38[1] Highest WSOP Main Event finish 312th, 2006 World Poker Tour Title 1 Final table 1 Money finish 1 European Poker Tour Title 1 Final tables 2 Money finishes 5 **Roberto Romanello** is a [Welsh](/source/Welsh_people) professional [poker](/source/Poker) player from [Swansea](/source/Swansea), Wales. He has made more than $4,000,000 from live tournaments.[2] Romanello took up poker in 2005 after a sports injury sidelined him for three months. After enjoying watching the [World Series of Poker](/source/World_Series_of_Poker) on television, he started to play online and won a [World Poker Tour](/source/World_Poker_Tour) prize package within his first two weeks of playing.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] After this initial success, Romanello began playing live tournaments at his local casino, in 2006. Also in 2006, he traveled to [Las Vegas](/source/Las_Vegas_Valley) for his first [WSOP Main Event](/source/World_Series_of_Poker#Main_Event). Romanello performed well, finishing 312th and taking home almost $40,000.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] Romanello is one of the most successful Welsh poker players. He is top of the Wales All Time Money List.[3] In December 2010 he won the [European Poker Tour](/source/European_Poker_Tour) stop in Prague for €640,000. In April 2011 he won the €2,500 buy in [World Poker Tour](/source/World_Poker_Tour) stop at Bratislava in Slovakia with pocket fives.[4] ## World Series of Poker bracelets Year Tournament Prize (US$) 2020 O $1,500 No Limit Hold'em $216,613 An "O" following a year denotes bracelet(s) won during the World Series of Poker Online ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Roberto Romanello"](https://www.wsop.com/players/profile/?playerid=20806). *[WSOP.com](/source/World_Series_of_Poker)*. Retrieved 2024-03-16. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Roberto Romanello's profile on The Hendon Mob"](https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=61367). *[The Hendon Mob Poker Database](/source/The_Hendon_Mob_Poker_Database)*. Retrieved 2023-11-24. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Wales All Time Money List"](https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/ranking/203/). *[The Hendon Mob Poker Database](/source/The_Hendon_Mob_Poker_Database)*. Retrieved 2023-11-24. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Roberto Romanello"](https://www.worldpokertour.com/player/roberto-romanello/). *[World Poker Tour](/source/World_Poker_Tour)*. Retrieved 2024-04-01. ## External links - [Card Player profile](https://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/95513-roberto-romanello) - [Global Poker Index profile](https://www.globalpokerindex.com/poker-players/roberto-romanello-61367/) - [Hendon Mob profile](https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=61367) - [WPT profile](https://www.worldpokertour.com/player/roberto-romanello/) - [WSOP profile](https://www.wsop.com/players/profile/?playerid=20806) v t e 2020s WSOP bracelet winners 2020/ 2020 O Kristen Bicknell Tony Dunst Daniel Dvoress Michael Gathy Alan Goehring Juha Helppi Fedor Holz Joe McKeehen David Peters Roberto Romanello Brad Ruben Damian Salas 2021/ 2021 O/ 2021 E Michael Addamo (2) Koray Aldemir Josh Arieh (2) Jeremy Ausmus (2) Mikita Badziakouski David "Bakes" Baker Farzad Bonyadi Yuval Bronshtein Daniel Cates Shaun Deeb Adam Friedman Benny Glaser Brian Hastings Phil Hellmuth Jason Koon Chance Kornuth Leo Margets Adrián Mateos John Monnette Chris Moorman David Peters Bryan Piccioli Shankar Pillai Brian Rast Brad Ruben (2) Ole Schemion Erik Seidel Brian Yoon Ben Yu Anthony Zinno (2) 2022/ 2022 O/ 2022 E Steve Albini Brian Altman Jeremy Ausmus (2) Pedro Bromfman Daniel Cates Eli Elezra Ali Eslami Amnon Filippi Alex Foxen Adam Friedman Brian Hastings Hong Jin-ho Phil Hui Espen Jørstad (2) Alex Livingston David Peters Brad Ruben Jake Schindler Scott Seiver Dan Smith Michael Wang Daniel Weinman Daniel Zack (2) 2023/ 2023 O/ 2023 E/ 2023 P Josh Arieh (2) Jeremy Ausmus David "ODB" Baker Chris Brewer Shaun Deeb Daniel Dvoress Yuri Dzivielevski (2) Kristen Foxen Benny Glaser Mike Gorodinsky Isaac Haxton Phil Hellmuth Ryan Hughes Faraz Jaka Alex Keating Ben Lamb Toby Lewis Tom Marchese Ian Matakis Jason Mercier John Monnette Brian Rast Nick Schulman Erik Seidel Shannon Shorr (2) Daniel Weinman Brian Yoon 2024/ 2024 O/ 2024 E/ 2024 P Calvin Anderson Richard Ashby Tony Dunst Yuri Dzivielevski John Hennigan Phil Hui Phil Ivey Bryn Kenney Maria Konnikova Chance Kornuth Alex Livingston Michael Mizrachi Robert Mizrachi Daniel Negreanu James Obst John Racener Dario Sammartino Nick Schulman Scott Seiver (3) Jonathan Tamayo Mike Watson 2025 David "ODB" Baker Michael Banducci Shaun Deeb (2) Darren Elias Benny Glaser (3) Mike Gorodinsky Dan Heimiller Ian Johns Cary Katz Rainer Kempe Jason Koon Jonathan Little Adrián Mateos Michael Mizrachi (2) John Racener Brian Rast Brad Ruben Nick Schulman Michael Wang Daniel Zack 2026 Calvin Anderson (2) Scott Clements Shaun Deeb Yuri Dzivielevski Alex Foxen Kristen Foxen Benny Glaser Marco Johnson Jeff Madsen Adrián Mateos Michael Mizrachi Daniel Negreanu Nick Schulman 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s This poker-related article is a stub. 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