Luisgallo
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I know a lot of people are not going to like what I am about to write but I feel I have to.
I never liked the guy and I thought, being Italian, he was not representing my country but he was actually making us feel a bit ridicolous with the ROMA AC scarf and the Harry Potter look.
I certainly do not judge people by their physical appearance so my dislike was mostly based on his weird/super aggro poker style and, since he always insisted that he never read a book, I came to a conclusion that this guy was just a huge gambler therefore far away to any respect a good poker student of the game deserves.
Well Yesterday I was listening at EPTLIVE coverage in Italian and Dario was the commentator, I have to say the guy is very funny, very down to earth and above all he knows the game, the latest one impressed me the most.
He came up with some very clever comments, very good analysis and always very well explained, he has a strategy behind, he is a huge superaggro but he is not the gambler he wants others to believe.
Bottom line: I am Italian, I still do not think he is the looks alike typical Italian young macho and the ROMA scarf is ridicolous but wasn't Greg Raymer ridicolous with the funny sunglasses? Or Chris Fergusson with the hat? They were al wearing that before winning...I definitely now respect Dario as a poker player.
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I liked him simply because he handled himself very gracefully and was like one of the only few people who got air time at the main event that didnt act like a douche nozzle
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imabigdeal
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yeah, i have hated on him before, i mean i think that if he isn't gay he's very metro but w/e who cares. he's obv very good at poker and he seems like an ok dude so that's what matters
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nhWPjstUnLKy
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looks alike typical Italian young macho and the ROMA scarf is ridicolous
WTF.. AS ROMA!!!
Forza Roma
that just cant be ridicolous
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gman06
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I think he sucks at poker and refuses to slow down at the appropriate times, even with his ridiculously aggro image. I took a few buy ins from him in like 10 minutes @ 25/50NL HU last week before he quit me.
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ajrees
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worpler
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I lived in Italy for 2 years and to me he is a bit "femminucia". Saw him on some TV tourney a while ago and he came across as a bit of a kn0b. Guess I just don't like the fashion victim metrosexual look.
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I never liked the guy and I thought, being Italian, he was not representing my country but he was actually making us feel a bit ridicolous with the ROMA AC scarf and the Harry Potter look.
by Italian, you mean you were born in Philadelphia and have never left the US, but you eat a lot of pizza and two of your grandparents came from Italy? I don't see any actual Italian writing this.
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I never liked the guy and I thought, being Italian, he was not representing my country but he was actually making us feel a bit ridicolous with the ROMA AC scarf and the Harry Potter look.
by Italian, you mean you were born in Philadelphia and have never left the US, but you eat a lot of pizza and two of your grandparents came from Italy? I don't see any actual Italian writing this.
LOL
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"by Italian, you mean you were born in Philadelphia and have never left the US, but you eat a lot of pizza and two of your grandparents came from Italy? I don't see any actual Italian writing this. "
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Luisgallo
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I never liked the guy and I thought, being Italian, he was not representing my country but he was actually making us feel a bit ridicolous with the ROMA AC scarf and the Harry Potter look.
by Italian, you mean you were born in Philadelphia and have never left the US, but you eat a lot of pizza and two of your grandparents came from Italy? I don't see any actual Italian writing this.
Can you explain?
I am 100% Italian...
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I never liked the guy and I thought, being Italian, he was not representing my country but he was actually making us feel a bit ridicolous with the ROMA AC scarf and the Harry Potter look.
by Italian, you mean you were born in Philadelphia and have never left the US, but you eat a lot of pizza and two of your grandparents came from Italy? I don't see any actual Italian writing this.
Can you explain?
I am 100% Italian...
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faarcyde
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I never liked the guy and I thought, being Italian, he was not representing my country but he was actually making us feel a bit ridicolous with the ROMA AC scarf and the Harry Potter look.
by Italian, you mean you were born in Philadelphia and have never left the US, but you eat a lot of pizza and two of your grandparents came from Italy? I don't see any actual Italian writing this.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JMOh-cul6M
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The B
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refuses to slow down at the appropriate times
huge leak in the young Italian's game
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Horacewinsagain
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AS Roma
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I never liked the guy and I thought, being Italian, he was not representing my country but he was actually making us feel a bit ridicolous with the ROMA AC scarf and the Harry Potter look.
by Italian, you mean you were born in Philadelphia and have never left the US, but you eat a lot of pizza and two of your grandparents came from Italy? I don't see any actual Italian writing this.
Can you explain?
I am 100% Italian...
I think he made it pretty obvious with the part he bolded. it is AS ROMA.
edit: see picture:
edit2: wtf is going on in that picture?
Edited by Horacewinsagain (10/10/07 02:10 PM)
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sleepi
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not a super gambler my ass, he never folded a flush draw or OESD no matter what the bet size was, whether he had to call off his chips or shoving with no FE on the flop, he was drawing no matter what.
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edit2: wtf is going on in that picture?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romulus_and_Remus
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Kaka
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Romulus and Remus are eating from the mother wolf before they founded Roma. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romulus
edit: FoldALot is too fast. Sorry for double-up on the wiki-titty explanation...
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CmnDwnWrkn
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The celebrity crush forum is that way ----->
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cardsfan04
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I've always thought he was a pretty good player, but a bit reckless. ME supports that. He didn't play bad I don't tihnk, but the hand he busted on was horrible. over 50BB's on a FD is pretty retarded IMO.
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his sharkscope graph is one of the all-time hi-larious ones.
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over 50BB's on a FD is pretty retarded IMO.
Its always a laugh reading the poker stratgery in NVG
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over 50BB's on a FD is pretty retarded IMO.
Its always a laugh reading the poker stratgery in NVG
i laugh at people who cant spell strategy
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I never liked the guy and I thought, being Italian, he was not representing my country but he was actually making us feel a bit ridicolous with the ROMA AC scarf and the Harry Potter look.
by Italian, you mean you were born in Philadelphia and have never left the US, but you eat a lot of pizza and two of your grandparents came from Italy? I don't see any actual Italian writing this.
Can you explain?
I am 100% Italian...
I think he made it pretty obvious with the part he bolded. it is AS ROMA.
edit: see picture:
edit2: wtf is going on in that picture?
for my cousins from across the Atlantic, I don't think many of you would talk about the Chicago Yankees or the New York Steelers.
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It is real childish to make fun of ppl's looks on an internet forum, no doubt... but dario is just not a great poker player, there is no question. He is good at hu sit and gos, but when he plays cash games he gets taken to the cleaners, and even in tournaments i have never been impressed. Not to mention he is super prone to tilt.
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over 50BB's on a FD is pretty retarded IMO.
Its always a laugh reading the poker stratgery in NVG
i laugh at people who cant spell strategy
it's strategery durrrrrrrr
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huge leak in the young Italian's game
true . this is his big problem at the moment, but with some more experience i think he' s gonna have some result.
problem for him could be that much people from now knows his style ...
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EL Burro Loco
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I never liked the guy and I thought, being Italian, he was not representing my country but he was actually making us feel a bit ridicolous with the ROMA AC scarf and the Harry Potter look.
by Italian, you mean you were born in Philadelphia and have never left the US, but you eat a lot of pizza and two of your grandparents came from Italy? I don't see any actual Italian writing this.
If they never naturalized by the Italian law of Jure Singuinis one would be a dual American / Italian citizen even if he lives in Philly and never set foot on Italian soil. He could also get an Italian passport which then means he's a citizen of the EU and could live and work legally in any EU nation. [Thread Jack Over ]
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chucky
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edit: see picture:
edit2: wtf is going on in that picture?
For those who have no knowledge of roman mythology the picture is a wolf giving its milk to Romulus and Remus the founding children of Rome who were abandoned as babies in the wilderness. Wolves raised the children.
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Luisgallo
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In Italy we jus call each team by their name without the actual corporate acronymous, therefore AC MILAN is MILAN, FC INTER MILAN is INTER or FC JUVENTUS is JUVENTUS.
TO be honest although I a huge football fan I would not know most of AC,FC or whatever for the majority of the teams...this DEFINITELY makes me Italian!
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therefore AC MILAN is MILAN, FC INTER MILAN is INTER or FC JUVENTUS is a bunch of crooked cheats.
FYP
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In Italy we jus call each team by their name without the actual corporate acronymous, therefore AC MILAN is MILAN, FC INTER MILAN is INTER or FC JUVENTUS is JUVENTUS.
TO be honest although I a huge football fan I would not know most of AC,FC or whatever for the majority of the teams...this DEFINITELY makes me Italian!
he called soccer---> football = his mindset is not American
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metalfdoom
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he calls it football because that's what it's called
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FiSheYe
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Hmm honestly when I saw Dario in the WSOP episodes he looked like the 16year old queer Italian version of Harry Potter. Nonetheless I don't know him in person and the people who I met that know him in person all said that he a nice guy, so I won't comment on him based on what I saw on ESPN (I know Rainkhan in person and I like him but if my opinion was only based on the WSOP airtime I would think he is an unfunny douche).
Dunno about Dario's SNG skillz in general but his cashgames and HU SNG abilities seem very low. I cannot understand how he can hold himself in the 5k HU SNGs. When I played with him he was just extremely bad. Maybe he has hidden skillz that I am not aware of
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Enervate
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In Italy we jus call each team by their name without the actual corporate acronymous, therefore AC MILAN is MILAN, FC INTER MILAN is INTER or FC JUVENTUS is JUVENTUS.
TO be honest although I a huge football fan I would not know most of AC,FC or whatever for the majority of the teams...this DEFINITELY makes me Italian!
he called soccer---> football = his mindset is not American
Football is called football
American football is called gridiron, NFL "american football" even
Australian football is called "aussie rules"
OK?
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Luisgallo
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therefore AC MILAN is MILAN, FC INTER MILAN is INTER or FC JUVENTUS is a bunch of crooked cheats.
FYP
Levy is actually Italian, good to see an Italian defending his Nation!
Levy don't be ashamed if other countries make fun of our patriotism...
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Luisgallo
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he called soccer---> football = his mindset is not American
American football has its origins in varieties of football played in the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century. American football is directly descended from rugby football.
LOL at americans stealing our stuff and then claiming the ownership!!
I heard that many americans believe that Pizza is US national food!!
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In Italy we jus call each team by their name without the actual corporate acronymous, therefore AC MILAN is MILAN, FC INTER MILAN is INTER or FC JUVENTUS is JUVENTUS.
TO be honest although I a huge football fan I would not know most of AC,FC or whatever for the majority of the teams...this DEFINITELY makes me Italian!
he called soccer---> football = his mindset is not American
Football is called football
American football is called gridiron, NFL "american football" even
Australian football is called "aussie rules"
OK?
lol, say that when u have a 300 lb. linebacker coming at u.......
and thats just high school football
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eurythmech
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American football is called rugby for girls
That'd be stupid, since it's mostly played by men.
I'd call it Ameerican Handball.
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Enervate
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In Italy we jus call each team by their name without the actual corporate acronymous, therefore AC MILAN is MILAN, FC INTER MILAN is INTER or FC JUVENTUS is JUVENTUS.
TO be honest although I a huge football fan I would not know most of AC,FC or whatever for the majority of the teams...this DEFINITELY makes me Italian!
he called soccer---> football = his mindset is not American
Football is called football
American football is called gridiron, NFL "american football" even
Australian football is called "aussie rules"
OK?
lol, say that when u have a 300 lb. linebacker coming at u.......
and thats just high school football
What? In 50 years time Rugby and Football will be your national sports and boring sports (NFL, NHL, NBA) will be nothing. 
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EL Burro Loco
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In Italy we jus call each team by their name without the actual corporate acronymous, therefore AC MILAN is MILAN, FC INTER MILAN is INTER or FC JUVENTUS is JUVENTUS.
TO be honest although I a huge football fan I would not know most of AC,FC or whatever for the majority of the teams...this DEFINITELY makes me Italian!
he called soccer---> football = his mindset is not American
Football is called football
American football is called gridiron, NFL "american football" even
Australian football is called "aussie rules"
OK?
lol, say that when u have a 300 lb. linebacker coming at u.......
and thats just high school football
What? In 50 years time Rugby and Football will be your national sports and boring sports (NFL, NHL, NBA) will be nothing.
I am a huge football (soccer) fan and i take constant abuse from all of my sports watching friends. Soccer will never be #1 in America. Most Americans don't understand the game and just say "nothing ever happens... ohhhh 1-0 what an exciting game!!
I counter attack, because even though i like American Football its easy to poke holes in as well... it's a seriously slow overly commercialized game. It's a 3 hour broadcast with at most 30 minutes of actual action.
My girl is Irish and she got me into Rugby during this world cup and im surprised its not more popular in America. I enjoyed watching it.
Also, Arsenal pwns the world this year!
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Pudge714
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And whats the deal with football? People don't use their feet it should be called throwball or catchball.
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Veecee
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And whats the deal with football? People don't use their feet it should be called throwball or catchball.
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worpler
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the AC stands for assocaizione calcio = football association...
There is football and then there is american football.
The former is a world wide game, the later is played by a bunch of big girls in padded suits. Quite simple really.
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Bedreviter
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TO be honest although I a huge football fan I would not know most of AC,FC or whatever for the majority of the teams...this DEFINITELY makes me Italian!
In soccer/football cheating, diving, whining and being corrupt makes you Italian. Stabbing people from behind means you are probably an Italian football-fan. Knowing the letters connected to the various teams means you are interrested in the sport.
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imabigdeal
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soccer sucks
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eurythmech
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And whats the deal with football? People don't use their feet it should be called throwball or catchball.
Yeah, this wacky idea was probably first brought out in the nineties.
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Luisgallo
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Stabbing people from behind means you are probably an Italian football-fan.
Then I hope you support my same team otherwise you have to hope to never walk in front of me...
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And whats the deal with football? People don't use their feet it should be called throwball or catchball.
Yeah, this wacky idea was probably first brought out in the nineties.
That's just plain sarcasm-dripping, backstabbing, cynical gold! 
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Wolverine
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lol, say that when u have a 300 lb. linebacker coming at u.......
He wouldn't last 5 mins on a rugby pitch.
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faarcyde
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Are you still impressed? Someone call the suicide hotline for him.
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Luisgallo
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playing 2000$ sngs and 5000$ HU sngs leads to a huge variance, I would say the very few people have a positive ROI at that level and rake back is usually enough to make decent money!
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faarcyde
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That doesn't look like variance to me, it looks like he is losing. A lot.
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ChicagoRy
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It is real childish to make fun of ppl's looks on an internet forum, no doubt... but dario is just not a great poker player, there is no question. He is good at hu sit and gos, but when he plays cash games he gets taken to the cleaners, and even in tournaments i have never been impressed. Not to mention he is super prone to tilt.
His husng skills have cost him 130k in the turbos. He has made 75k in the regulars, so I guess he's just a slight loser overall. 2k avg stake is nothing to scoff at, but the players he plays are clearly better than he is.
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faarcyde
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what's the deal with airline peanuts, it's such a small bag..
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xxThe_Lebowskixx
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are any of you italian citizens? pm me please have some questions about poker laws there.
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the_casino_kid
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ARE YOU KIDDING..DARIO HAD THE MONSTER CHIPSTACK AND BLUFFED IT ALL AWAY ...HE'S THE DEFINITION OF LAGTARD
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