Alec Torelli, is very much the pro of the life hack generation, a regular high stakes cash game player, occasional tournementista, poker coach, self-help guru, Instagram traveller, blogger, vlogger, Tweeter, writer and self-marketer.
A regular on cash game programs like Poker Night in America and Live At The Bike, Torelli is a recognisable face in the poker world. This high profile has put him in the firing line a couple of times, most notably chipgate in which $10,000 in large chips weren’t front and centre during a hand, leading to accusations of angle-shooting from poker pundit Doug Polk among others.
Alec Torelli started playing poker when he was 16, finding that the boom triggered by Moneymaker’s first place in the WSOP served his young self well. By the time he was nineteen he was a multi-tabling cash pro, mixing in the odd tournament to keep things crunchy.
One of those tourneys was his big break, satelliting him into the $5,000 UltimateBet Aruba Poker Classic. Taking eighth in Aruba event in September 2006 gave him $39,730 and the confidence to take his name to the next level.
Nowadays as well as his regular TV appearances, Torelli spends a lot of time playing cash in Macau, in the sort of high stakes poker games that stirred up many a Tom Dwan/Triad rumour.
Along the way he’s picked up three tournament titles and $1,517,086 in winnings. Of that $336,896 was for a second place finish in the $10,000 Heads Up Poker Championship in the 2008 World Series of Poker.
In 2013 he started vlogging his adventures, along with hand analyses and short tutorials on poker, good living and in particular productivity. With 28.5k followers and a long back catalogue – he vlogged most weeks for the last four and a half years – he was well positioned to take advantage when Andrew Neeme kicked off the poker vlogging boom in 2016.
Torelli also sells coaching and courses from his website, selling his expertise and time as a low-variance side-hustle to go with the high-stakes poker playing.
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Alec Torelli - Trusting Your GutAlec Torelli responds to a viewers question about trusting your gut and following your dreams in relation to making a career out o...
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Alec Torelli - $200,000 Pot Against Tom DwanAlec "Traheho" Torelli reviews one of his own hands he played back in 2009 online on Full Tilt poker against Tom "Durrr" Dwan and ...
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Alec Torelli - Overbetting with Phil IveyAlec Torelli explains overbetting in poker using a hand from the Aussie Millions, involving Phil Ivey and Dario Sammartino, as an ...
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Alec Torelli - A Mistake on the BubbleAs part of his Hand Of The Day series, Alec Torelli reviews one of his own hands in the 888 Live event from Innsbruck, Austria in ...
9 years ago6,553BestPokerVids,Published 9 years ago
Alec Torelli - Setting A Trap In No Limit Hold'EmAlec Torelli analyses a viewers hand in his "Hand Of The Day" feature, where the player runs into trouble with a big hand.
9 years ago7,311BestPokerVids,Published 9 years ago
Alec Torelli - Decision Making in Tournament PokerAlec Torelli analyses a viewers hand in his "Hand Of The Day" feature, taken from a big field MTT played on PokerStars.
9 years ago22,781BestPokerVids,Published 9 years ago
Party Poker Big Game - Torelli Vs Tilly in a $150K potAlec Torelli reviews a big hand he played against Jennifer Tilly during the Party Poker Big Game which was played at the Dusk Till...
9 years ago16,813BestPokerVids,Published 9 years ago
Alec Torelli's Top 3 Hero folds of 2015Alec Torelli shows us his 3 best hero folds of 2015, featuring Phil Hellmuth and 2015 WSOP ME Champion Joe McKeehan
So why have poker vlogs become such a hit with the poker community? And who are the top vloggers and up and comers to look out for in 2018?
Daniel 'Clarence' Wolf released a YouTube video expressing his opinion on Alec Torelli's alleged angleshoot.
Torelli dissects everything in minute detail, apologizing for not having his chips on show, but in the process having a serious go at Doug Polk.
Well-known pro Jimmy Fricke tweeted about the incident and sparking a lot of interest in who the party on the receiving end might have been…
The furore over Alec Torelli’s ‘angle-shoot’ on a recent episode of Poker Night in America shows no sign of dying down.
A pair of $5,000 chips in Alec Torelli’s stack were tucked away out of sight and caught Daniel Wolf out for an extra 100 big blinds.
Alec Torelli went pro 12 years ago, ‘traveling the world full-time playing the biggest games on the planet.’ And he certainly seems to have put those years on the grind to good use.
A hand breakdown that has received a lot of attention among poker fans everywhere saw Doug Polk facing off against Alec Torelli.
Torelli used his experience and intuition in making a sick fold that kept his chip stack from being decimated.
Torelli explains in simple terms the difference between game theory optimal and exploitative play using the example of rock-paper-scissors
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