Who is this FT Pro? He sucks...

Mario Aldinolfi was a red pro in a 600FTP Satty to the $200K Doubel deuce... running 100/100/100 this whole time. Seen him 3-bet total garbage and go to SD with a pair of twos and a weak flush draw, he kept hitting so I shoved this hand and I was amazed to see 45o there... I dunno. Anyone know anything about this guy?

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SB: t1380 M = 23
BB: t1455 M = 24.25
UTG: t1365 M = 22.75
Hero (UTG+1): t1500 M = 25
MP: t1500 M = 25
CO: t1185 M = 19.75
Mario Aldinolfi: t5115 M = 85.25

Pre Flop: (t60) Hero is UTG+1 with 6 6
MP raises to t80, 1 fold, Mario Aldinolfi raises to t300, 3 folds, Hero raises to t1500 all in, MP calls t1420 all in, BTN calls t1200

Flop: (t4520) 4 5 6

Turn: (t4520) 2

River: (t4520) A

Final Pot: t4520
Hero shows 6 6 (three of a kind, Sixes)
MP shows J J (a pair of Jacks)
Mario Aldinolfi shows 4 5 (two pair, Fives and Fours)
Hero wins t4520

Maybe he's just playing stupid for some fun. Or he got lucky in 1 tournament and is set for live.

Don't full tilt have slightly higher standards for their red pros?

Looks like he was the big stack and made a button move. Then with the pushes he had pot odds to call, since he had only another 1200 to call to get almost 3 to 1 with no more betting, since everyone was all in.

Yeah but 3-betting OOP and Running 100% VPIP 100% PFR and 100% AgF?

I think 3:1 isn't good enough pot odds against 2 other opponents. Which 1 is likely to have an overpair. In this case 2 players had an overpair.

Yes and he was drawing dead on that flop.

He gets a stipend from Full Tilt and is required to play a certain amount of games.

Maybe he had things to do, and was just hoping to bust out early?

If you bust him, you get a t-shirt.

Not quite sure why he's even considered a full tilt pro......

http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/mario-adinolfi

He's a writer, and has only cashed in one major tournament... he took 6th in the WPT Venice / WPT Event Season 8 (WPT No Limit Hold'em Championship) last year.

Very odd... Sounds like a Recreational player got a deal... lame

UFC Fighter Mike Swick is one of their pros, so I guess its some publicity-esque stunt.

It's cause he is a "Friend of Full Tilt" meaning that in his writing he jocks FT's nuts and bashes everyone else's. I could do that if they'll pay me...

True.. I actually played a game with him once on Full Tilt.. right after he got injured before one of his fights, and ended up not being able to compete.. he was pretty disappointed that night.

Randy Couture is also a red pro over at Full Tilt.. but he puts on a lot of charity events for soldiers at Full Tilt.. maybe that's why he's a red pro.

He is an Italian Player I believe... Italian players are known for bluffing... to them that's their thing about poker... so they will play a lot of hands, and try to bluff their way to victory... so it doesn't surprise me the way this guy played... almost like Dario Minieri.

He called an all-in with 54..... I wouldn't consider that a bluff.

i seriously @ you Mortis... 100% Awesomeness

lol.. I meant if someone were to bluff, they would raise.. like he originally did. A donk would call an all-in like that with cards like 54.

In other words.. you can't bluff off an all-in player.

This is how it looked to me, it was hillarious, watch you go into my head and come back out and tell me that that wasn't funny.

Tex: Italian players are known for bluffing... to them that's their thing about poker... so they will play a lot of hands, and try to bluff their way to victory... so it doesn't surprise me the way this guy played...

Mortis: Umm........He called an all-in with 54..... I wouldn't consider that a bluff.

Sean.. I just went inside your head.. and I found where you stuck your porn memory bank!

Umm........ What's this....... uh...... Porn...... you speak of?

Pretty sure they encourage their pros to sign up for satellites to big tournaments in order to bump their numbers up.

A few times I've seen pros register for a satellite then unregister at the last minute - even when that pro is already entered into the tournament that the satellite is offering seats for. Maybe this guy just didn't unregister in time? Though if it's an FTP buyin rather than a real money one it's likely he's just goofing around.

Doesn't everyone run 100/100/100 in a points Satty?

Sounds like a publicity thing... writer, plus in italy FT commericial is probably Mario saying: I play at Fulla Tilt Poker Italiano Capiche?

Sean ... that "pro's" actions are confusing, no question, and as Mortis said, calling an all-in isn't much of a "bluff", but didn't you make a mistake yourself? One of your opponents had pocket J's - let me check my chart here ... hold on .... yep! Jacks are much higher than sixes. You either failed to read MP's commitment to his hand (after all he did call), or you were just assuming no one could be better than a pair of lofty sixes ... sorry to be the devil's advocate. Did you apologize to the J's guy for sucking out?

wait.. so is this how you play poker like a pro?

or should I read Hellmuth's book?

I'm confused /:

A good poker player looks back at the hands he has sucked out on and makes the correct adjustments.

No adjustments neccesary.

sucking out= reward for perfect play.

^^everyone knows that.

I've never seen an Italian with a full beard before. All the ones I see are all smooth and supple until the chest.

I didn't say it was a SMART play..just trying to make sense of it.

only reason why red pros on full tilt actually plays FTP tourneys or micro/low stakes is because they have requirements to fulfill as stipulated in their contracts with FT. basically, they have to spend a X amount of hours at these stakes or tourneys every month.

Maybe it just proves that its rigged

You're right .. those pros seem to "mail it in" just to fulfill their obligations. Bastards!

I actually fully checked out the Full Tilt Poker website.. and they have separate lists for "Full Tilt Pros" and "Friends of Full Tilt".... the "friends" aren't FT pros, but still have their names in red.

Some of their friends include: Gabriella Hill, Mario Adinolfi, Don Cheadle, Mekhi Phifer, 2007 WSOP Champ Jerry Yang (I guess he doesn't consider himself a pro), Gaming Champion "Fatal1ty," and UFC fighters Matt Hughes and Mike Swick.

I also saw Randy Couture's name actually turn red right before a charity tournament that he was putting on in the lobby. But he's not listed on the site.

Looks to me he had won everybody else's marbles, so from his POV he wasn't about to lose his marbles!

FullTilt pro's can be donks too you know calling those kind of hands and nice hand by the way.