Simone Ruggeri
A lot of professional and newly-emerged poker players out there has started their career by playing Magic: The gathering, a collectible card game that is being played by over six million players around the world using a deck of printed cards. But there is really nothing wrong with that. Because of player’s background in the game, they are now at least know what it feels to be in 
tournaments, competing against other players. Indeed a perfect practice for budding poker players. Being a Magic player, Simone Ruggeri was introduced by one of his Magic mates in poker to become one of the the best Italian pro players out there. He began playing online games of Sit-n-Go’s before moving up to higher levels. Although his starting bankroll was always shifting from here to there, he practiced and focused more on his game until he has become a better poker player and building for himself a decent bankroll.
Though Simone has only cashed in in one game, the 2007 Italian Championships No Limit Hold’em event where he took the 38th spot taking home a total cash wins of $1,966, he is looking forward to appearing in more live and big tournaments especially in Italian Poker Tour and the European Poker Tour events. A man of a who likes reading a wide array of book genres, Simone also likes traveling around and hanging out with his friends. For him, being a member of the PokerStars Italian team has been a dream come true, something that he has looked forward for a long time since he has been a loyal PokerStars online player. Truly, not all people are granted their wish of being a part of a team that they have long to join, so Simone is looking forward to major events that he will join in the future. Make sure to watch for this budding Italian poker player in future tournaments.