Daniele Mazzia has been playing poker professionally for the last two years and, as a regular competitor in tournaments all over Europe, has a string of notable results to his name. In July 2007, he took down the Velden Masters event for over �70k and since then has cashed in a further seven events, including first place in the Italian Championship��s $500 NLHE event in October. Daniele is great friends with Italian-speaking pros Claudio Rinaldi and Alessio Isaia �C the three travel to events together - but his biggest supporter is girlfriend Carla Solinas, also a highly successful poker player.