Dario De Toffoli writes about poker on La Stampa (in the sunday special page dedicated to games) and often on his blog on Il Fatto Quotidiano.
He has also written about poker on Poker Sportivo, Jokonline, Tangram and others, with many other interventions in blogs, like Italia Poker Club.
He also did many conferences, among them API Giovani and Luiss.
ARTICLES
LA STAMPA
In the Sunday page dedicated to games, a section dedicated to poker and comments about really played hands for the readers.
Il Fatto Quotidiano
On Il Fatto Quotidiano Dario De Toffoli writes his blog about Games and the Culture of Games, dedicating a lot of space also to the gambling situation in Italy. Many post about this issue (click here). He wrote also to defend poker against the accuse of being considered a gambling game, as in this post about the Italian champion Dario Sammartino.
Dario De Toffoli also wrote about poker on:
POKER SPORTIVO
For Poker Sportivo, besides some riddles, Dario De Toffoli signed also poker texts about the rules, math, strategies and the different styles.
On Jokonline Dario De Toffoli wrote about the rules of Poker including its many variants. In particular he wrote about the many mathematical aspects of Poker and some other games.
TANGRAM
On Tangram in 2011 Dario De Toffoli begun his “Viaggio intorno al Poker” (trip around the poker). He wrote about this game to present it to the people that were fearing it: “Let’s begin a new trip. The most played game in the world. A game that has a doubtful past, surrounded by whiskey and smoke. A game that changed a lot in the last years. Somebody will say that it was about time, somebody else will not agree. Whatever your opinion might be, I think this game deserves attention as it has become not only a ludic but also a cultural and social event. I will analyse it under many different aspects: history, math, social, legislative, media, industrial and of course the game as it is (rules and variations).”
INTERVENTIONS
Poker: no laws
March 2016: Dario De Toffoli interviewed on Italia Poker Club about the lack of laws about poker: “It could be because of ignorance or just because it is not convenient”.
Taking decisions: from backgammon to poker
October 2015: Dario De Toffoli at the Luiss University of Rome, invited to talk at the course of Prof. Scarsini “Gambling: probability and decision”.
Risk and unknown between poker and market
July 2010: poker taken as a model for decisions to take in a competitive environment. An issue at the API of Mantova.
INTERVIEWS
by Dario De Toffoli
Gruppo Espresso daily newspapers (2010)
Max Pescatori
THE STRONGEST ITALIAN POKER PLAYER
Until now he won 2,5 milion dollars, now he is back in Italy and is the captain of the GDPoker “pro” team. Today he talks to us about his other passions.
What games have you been playing before poker? (…)
Fausto Gimondi
THE INDUSTRIAL ADVENTURE OF ITALIAN POKER
Together with Carlo Gualandri and Carlo D’Acunto he grounded Gioco Digitale, the first legal italian poker room, today property of Bwin.
Fausto, were you a poker player? (…)
Jack Bonora
A CONDUCTOR WITH A PASSION
He was a promise playing chess, as a journalist he comes from the sports world, he conducted the popular TV show “Poker Sportivo Show” and he is also the author of the book All in.
Jack Bonora and poker, when did this story begin? (…)
Carla Solinas
THE FIRST FEMAL ITALIAN PROFESSIONIST IN POKER
Proud to be part of the GD Team, she says: “The professionist is a real business: you should never invest more than what you can afford.”
Carla, have you been playing other games before playing poker? (…)
Alessandro Impronti
A PUBLISHER FOR POKER
It has been the passion for poker that made him accept the chellenge offered by Max Reynaud: now his Poker Sportivo is the main magazine for poker players.
Before poker, have you had any interest in other games? (…)
Ciccio Valenti
BOTH NICE AND SERIOUS WITH A MIKE
He also plays. “When I win it is thanks to Luca Pagano who taught me well, when I lose it is my fault, because I haven’t learned well!”
Here at the Grand Prix GD in Saint Vincent, where you have been one of the best players… I take the opportunity to make you some questions.. (…)
Flavio Ferrari Zumbini
CULTURE AND INTELLIGENCE APPLIED TO POKER
Two degrees, globetrotter, a promising work career abandoned for the sake of poker, a poker room foundem by himself… and now professional player!
First thing first, congratulations for your brilliant performance at the WSOP. (…)
ITALIAN POKER WILD
Italian Poker Wild, the new game presented by Diego Ferrari together with his team of expert croupiers. It presents some innovations that should attract many players.
Esy to learn, fascinating and modern.
The development and mathematical analysis of the game were created by the studiogiochi team, Dario De Toffoli, Margaret Bonaldi and Filippo Cavallarin.
In the video below, Diego Ferrari explains the characteristics of Italian Poker Wild.
GIOCO DIGITALE
The collaboration with Gioco Digitale has been a great opportunity! Since the very beginning, when it was a very creative start up and was the first company to offer online poker playing in Italy; after it became a real business and the fun begun to disappear. Fausto Gimond’s insights, meeting with Max Pescatori and the book that we realized together, and the tournaments.
“It is the story of a new industry that gives work to thousands of people and not only to the people that work for the poker rooms: TV programms, reviews, specialized websites and a huge amount of blogs and communities. And also a quite remarkable literature compared to other games or sports”.
Fausto Gimondi
founder of Gioco Digitale
Gioco Digitale also launched Poker Digitale (www.pokerdigitale.it), a very up-to-date website with many tools: there is a magazine with the last news in the world of poker; an internet TV with programs about poker; a blog in wich the user can partecipate; a very crowded Poker School (based on our texts) that answers to all the questions and shows the rules and the first main techniques.
Here above a picture of the introduction (“Quick start”) of the Poker School (www.pokerdigitale.it/scuola), that is arranged in 10 lessons shown at the left.
In the section about Strategies of the blog Poker Digitale you may find a series of technical articles by Dario De Toffoli.