It all started in Las Vegas, the "monster was numb" ... In 2004 I went with my wife to Las Vegas Play the BCA Pool. Pool biggest event of the United States, and is held in the Hotel RIVIERA every year in May. Dr. Paulo Martins, a longtime friend began by injecting a dose of Blackjack... I swear I did not realize what was happening... Casinos / card games was something that was not part of my sports culture. Pool or billiards was and is the sport that I practice since I was 10 years old.

And after seeing them for hours clinging to chips and glued to the chairs that aroused my interest. I started to create an account in the mythical "PokeRoom.com" room which was only just for Free Play, not much time from there started to play on PokerPT Freeroll's and open an account at PokerStars.

I started to play some live events and the experience was going well, so well that one night I paid a trip to Vegas in 2007 (bachelor trip) And there I found Paradise! Imagine 3 days to play poker without stopping, to the point to fall asleep at 02:00 AM at Binions (Binion's Gambling Hall & Hotel) after a 3 day marathon, after having lost my whole stack at the table where it was held the 1st WSOP Final Table in history! Is registered...

Felt Good return to the land of "Amalia" and "5 Violinios" with $ $ $ in my pocket, which does not happen when we go on vacations to other destinations where the spending is a reality! From this training, 12 days in Vegas, then get my passion for poker, where the solverde, BetfairPT and other live events, begin to be part of my weekends. Masters Poker Club appears in parallel at this time when I have the pleasure of meeting Pedro "LuckyLuso" Carrega through the forum and do a meeting among Masters Poker Club Players where the sharing of knowledge and events begin to be like a rule between us.

From there, on the Mythic Masses with DarioPT, RPessoa, Tijoao, Caneira, Zimix, Makado, Castro, Amadeu, Aristites, Ivan, Demeyere, among others, began to develop good players and a powerful school with some sweet juice!

Online: Nowadays on online poker i devote myself primarily to Chilipoker.com where I play Cash (Holdem 50/1 and PL Omaha 100) that fuels me in the month, in parallel I play some guaranteed Tournaments and keep the loyalty to the main events of PokerStars . Live, I try to keep attendance in Solverde season and parallel events held between Portugal and Spain.

I Started to Play about 4 years ago incentivised by a friend, "Ricbot", having opened some accounts in online poker rooms and participating in some online events organized at the time by pokerpt.com and pokersintra.com .

Of all variants that poker offers us nowadays i feel more comfortable in playing Holdem NL tournaments, being this the stile where i won and still win, and also where i collect various Final Tables.

About my Live Poker achievements, my availability is not great but i still manage to participate on some Solverde Poker Season Events and some tournaments of Casino do Estoril Season, having some ITM participations but still haven't won any, something I hope to change in 2010.

In 2008 in a Poker Club Sintra meeting with some friends i end up meeting some Masters Poker Club Members, from where i get knowledge of this Club dynamic (Organization and Players Incentives) and end up registered in Masters forum, where i was incentivised by the "Boss" RPessoa who shown me the advantages in playing with Masters Poker Club on the main sponsor Chilipoker.com, where i played during 2009, and consider to have been my best year in online tournaments having achieved many Final Tables and many Tournament Wins that lead to this invitation from the admins of Masters Poker Club.

And now starts 2010 and Masters challenges me to represent the club and continue this Great online results in Live Events all through Portuguese Poker Season. At this time i only hope to have the wisdom and chance to be able to repay the thrust deposited in me.

Kind regards to all Masters and GL to all at the tables.

Tulio "Tpcosta" Costa Masters Live Team