Anyone else think Marco Traniello is moving out of his wifes shadow?

[Dazzler69]

After being taught the games by his wife Jennifer Harman, Marco Traniello is slowly making a name for himself, some may even say 'quietly making a name for himself'. He has finished 5th in the World Omaha Championships which is a great job in itself when the final table consisted of Robert Mizrachi (1st), Patrick Antonius (3rd) and everyones favourite Doyle 'I'm still gonna be better at poker than you when I'm dead' Brunson!!! As well as surpassing other players such as Scrawnybob's fave Roy Brindley, Scotty Nguyen, Annie Duke to name a few.

I had this discussion with friend this afternoon and their response was that he could have got lucky and got the cards and the breaks go in his favour and that he couldn't be that good of a player if he had never heard of him. This is before I pointed out that the final table finish is his 14th World Series cash bringing his total WSOP winnings to just under $300K.

I say he is a lucky man, he has an attractive wife who has taught him well and is profiting from it, as well as having a succesful business of his own (as a hairdresser, but we'll leave that alone lol)

[scrawnybob]

hi Dazzler

lol - I like your theory that Doyle Brunson will still be able to out play everyone even when he's dead

I didnt know Jennifer Harman other half played poker - got to be the best kept poker secret and a decent record too

It's crazy when people do down "unknown" players who actually aren't anything of the sort
as if they've "suddenly" win something - when they've been grinding away cashing in regularly.

Its weird I met other poker site owners in Amsterdam who didnt know how Marcel Luske was (I'd stood with my back to him not knowing he was there) and when I turned round and saw him briefly before he disappeared I said the the people I was talking to - how could you not have seen Marcel Luske ? there response "Marcel who ?"

another good example of an underated player is Mike Sexton - most people think he's just a presenter and even think he must have got lucky to get the WSOP TOC but he is a great player in his own right

he's also a winning ballroom dancer - but I guess you cant hold that against him

cheers scrawnybob