My name is Nicholas Nicastro. I am known as 'donniccolo' online. I have sold many packages on 2+2 w links below.

Pre-Black Friday I played a lot on PokerStars, ranked in the 99th percentile in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011. I played mostly 180s and a decent amount of low-mid stakes MTTs.

Since Black Friday, I have continued to play mainly live, and I study the game regularly. Lately, I have focused on live cash games ($1/2 and $2/5) and daily MTTs at my local Hollywood Casino. As the Hollywood Columbus is just over 1 year old, my sample size is not huge, however I have managed to beat both limits as well as posting 16 cashes in 42 MTTs with an ROI of 85%. This past March, I played a full schedule at the Queen City Classic (Horseshoe Cincinnati), winning the first Nightly I played for $4k while finishing 47/2647 in Event 1 and 57/530 in the Main.

I am selling up to 50% of myself in the upcoming Hollywood Poker Open: Columbus Regional. I am reserving 5% for CJNP and keeping a min of 50% for myself. Ancillary expenses are on me and the package will run no matter how much I sell. I will be posting updates on Twitter @donniccolo. The package shown below includes all events I could possibly play. There is virtually no chance I play every event listed (overlap, fatigue, etc) and all events skipped will be refunded with markup.

For simplicity, any event I play between 5/16 - 5/25 will be considered part of the package. Although I do not foresee any major deviations from the schedule, this way it is clear.

Schedule
1a- $50k guar Fri 5/16 $900 (buy-in is $450, allowing for 2 entries)
1b- $50k guar Sat 5/17 $900 (buy-in is $450, allowing for 2 entries)
2- Nightly NL Sun 5/18 $125
3- Deepstack NL Mon 5/19 $235
4- Nightly NL Mon 5/19 $125
5- Deepstack NL Tues 5/20 $235
6- Nightly NL Tues 5/20 $125
7- Deepstack NL Weds 5/21 $235
8- Nightly NL Weds 5/21 $125
9- Deepstack NL Thurs 5/22 $235
11- Mega Satty Fri 5/23 $235
15- HPO Main $100k Guar Sat 5/24 $1,800
16- Deepstack NL $20k Guar Sun 5/25 $235

Total x ~1.09 markup = $6,000

Investments
1% = $60
5% = $300
Payments
Payments can be made through Chase QuickPay, PNC Transfer or PayPal to nick [at] nicknicastro [dot] com or in person at Hollywood Columbus (Please include your 2+2 screen name on any electronic transfer. Please do NOT include any poker related comments). If you use PayPal, please choose options ‘Personal’ and ‘Gift’ to avoid any fees.
Booked
You are booked once you send payment, unless noted in this thread or via pm. If your electronic payment is returned (bounces) your action will revert to reserved or wait listed based on how much is left. Please post in the thread once you have sent payment. I will post to confirm.
I will do my best to keep the thread as up to date as possible re: % available, etc. In the event that multiple people send payment for the last remaining shares prior to my updating the thread, the shares will go to whoever sent payment first and the others will be waitlisted or cancelled at their preference.
Taxes
Golden standard...For large scores, I will need sensitive details from Investors in order to get their money pre-tax (W9, proof of ID, etc). If the Investor chooses not to provide this information, I will withhold 30% of their share for tax purposes.
Bonuses/Added Seats
I will keep all bonuses/awards, however should I win a seat to the HPO in Vegas in June, investors and their % WILL roll over to that event!
Updates
The package and results will be updated via google spreadsheet here. Live updates once play starts on Twitter @donniccolo.
Other
I reserve the right to alter the schedule at my discretion. Any missed events, Day 2’s, unused re-entries, etc will be refunded with markup.
Previous 2+2 Packages
WSOPc Caesar’s Atlantic City Dec 2011
Winter Classic Feb 2012
WSOPc Caesar’s Atlantic City March 2012
Merge Maximus Main Events $650k Guaranteed
Merge Maximus Events 34 & 35 March 2012
Merge Maximus $150k Guaranteed March 2012
WSOPc Horseshoe Cincinnati September 2013
Some Links
OPR Link to PokerStars
Hendon Mob Profile
Personal Website/Facebook/Twitter/Wordpress

Thanks for your consideration. I look forward to seeing some of you in my city and to making us money!

-Nick

In to confirm Nick is a beast and this package is ungodly +EV. I played at their last big tournament and the play is lawlful. I'll be staying with him championship weekend and can obv confirm everything.

Save me a couple %. If you need it before I get down there text me!

I'll take it all.

Looking forward to it, bud. Finally a decent MTT series in our state north of Cincy! Thanks for the kind words. Let's definitely swap a point or two.

Thanks, Derek. Rec'd via PP and your 40% is booked. I'll be updating regularly via Twitter and itt. GL us!

-Nick

The #COLHPO starts today in ~:60 minutes w a $450 re-entry. Updates @donniccolo. GL me!

Well we did not win the Columbus Hollywood Poker Open. The package returned $24/share and I've sent $979 to Derek today via PP.

We cashed in events 1, 2 and 3 but ran bad in the money. We then pretty much ran bad the rest of the series.

Event 1- AJss < KQo aapf for heaps w ~29 left

Event 2- AQcc < AA for 6th

Event 3- 99 < AsKs for 12th. Older gentleman tanked forever before calling off. Winning this pot or getting this fold would have been nice.

Event 5- AK < AK (bullet 1) then TT< 99 board = 9TJQ9

Event 7- KK < 98o otf. 20 left this was for heaps and was a tough one...w rock image I 3b and woman who had open limped calls then jams 982 flop. GG me.

Event 9- QQ < A2

Main Event- chipped up early but never got anything going. Surfed a short stack into day 2 while trying to accumulate but nothing working and no spots appeared. Found the spot I wanted early on day 2 but 44 < AQ for 25 BBs. Great structure. I wish I could play this MTT every day.

Event 16- AK < JJ, T9ss < QQ and 99 < AA.

Thanks for investing, railing and supporting. Overall I feel that I played great and minimized mistakes. I hope to continue to put myself into a position to make deep runs and eventually one of them will turn into a win!

-Nick