Besides the features of hypomanic psychopathy there was a marked readiness to pseudologize, therefore his psychical examination required great patience.

The kalender, […] hath late deſcry'd / That evill affected planet Mars, ally'd / To temporizing Mercury, conjoyn'd / I'th'houſe of Death; […]

Prior to poker becoming widely televised, the movie Rounders (1998), starring Matt Damon and Edward Norton, gave moviegoers a romantic view of the game as a way of life. Texas hold 'em was the main game played during the movie and the no-limit variety was described, following Doyle Brunson, as the Cadillac of Poker.

His mother tongue is Italian, but he also knows French and English.