Nick Petrangelo

{{Short description|American poker player (born 1987)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}}

{{Infobox poker player

| name = Nick Petrangelo

| nickname = caecilius

| image = Nick Petrangelo wins 2018 WPT LAPC High Roller.jpg

| caption = Nick Petrangelo (2018)

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|1|2}}

| birth_place = Feeding Hills, Massachusetts

| wsop bracelet count = 2

| wsop money finishes = 23

| wsop main event best finish rank=45th

| wsop main event best finish year=2021

| multi-year wsop winner

| wpt titles = None

| wpt money finishes = 2

| ept money finishes = 5

| updated = {{nobold|November 16, 2021}}

}}

Nick Petrangelo (born January 2, 1987) is an American professional poker player from Feeding Hills, Massachusetts, who won two World Series of Poker bracelets.

Poker career

Petrangelo plays online under the nickname caecilius.{{Cite web |last=Bradley |first=Lance |date=2017-09-23 |title=WCOOP: Nick 'caecilius' Petrangelo Wins $25K High Roller, $625K |url=https://contents.pokerstake.com/articles/wcoop-nick-caecilius-petrangelo-wins-25k-high-roller-625k-593381/ |access-date=2024-04-13 |website=PokerStake |language=en-US}} In December 2012, he scooped the most points in the PocketFives ranking, which lists the most successful online tournament players. On PokerStars, Petrangelo won the high-roller event of the World Championship of Online Poker in September 2017 winning $625,000. Since 2009, he participates in live tournaments.

In 2015, Petrangelo won his first WSOP bracelet at the World Series of Poker.{{Cite web |last=Dalla |first=Nolan |date=May 31, 2015 |title=WSOP NEWS: NICK PETRANGELO WINS 3K BUY IN SHOOTOUT AT 2015 WSOP |url=http://www.wsop.com/news/2015/May/6253/NICK-PETRANGELO-WINS-3K-BUY-IN-SHOOTOUT-AT-2015-WSOP.html |access-date=January 30, 2019 |website=WSOP.com}} In December of that year, Petrangelo finished runner up to Fedor Holz in the $100,000 WPT Alpha8 No Limit Hold'em High Roller event, winning $1,015,335.{{Cite web |last=Fast |first=Erik |date=December 21, 2015 |title=Fedor Holz Wins 2015 World Poker Tour Alpha8 Las Vegas |url=https://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news/19781-fedor-holz-wins-2015-world-poker-tour-alpha8-las-vegas |access-date=January 30, 2019 |website=Card Player}}

Petrangelo won a side event at the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown in 2016, winning $93,208.{{Cite web |last=Davy |first=Lee |date=April 17, 2016 |title=WPT Ink Deal With Adda52; Petrangelo Takes Down Side Event in Florida |url=https://calvinayre.com/2016/04/17/poker/wpt-ink-deal-with-adda52-nick-petrangelo-takes-down-side-event-in-florida/ |access-date=January 30, 2019 |website=CalvinAyre.com}} Petrangelo won the 2017 Aussie Millions ANTON Jewellery AU$100,000 Challenge in January 2017, netting him AU$882,000.{{Cite web |last=Op de Woerd |first=Frank |date=January 28, 2017 |title=ANTON Jewellery $100,000 Challenge |url=https://www.pokernews.com/tours/aussie-millions/2017-aussie-millions/100-000-challenge/ |access-date=January 30, 2019 |website=PokerNews}}

Petrangelo won his second bracelet in the $100,000 No-Limit Hold’em event at the 2018 World Series of Poker, winning $2,910,227 making it his biggest live tournament score.{{Cite web |last=Schult |first=Steve |date=June 4, 2018 |title=WSOP NEWS: NICK PETRANGELO WINS SECOND BRACELET IN 100K HIGH ROLLER |url=http://www.wsop.com/news/2018/Jun/10559/NICK-PETRANGELO-WINS-SECOND-BRACELET-IN-100K-HIGH-ROLLER.html |access-date=January 30, 2019 |website=WSOP.com}}

As of January 2019, his total live tournament winnings exceed $16,600,000.{{Cite web |title=Nick Petrangelo's profile on The Hendon Mob |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=130435 |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}

World Series of Poker bracelets

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! Year

! Tournament

! Prize (US$)

2015

| $3,000 No Limit Hold'em Shootout

| $201,812

2018

| $100,000 No Limit Hold'em High Roller

| $2,910,227

References

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