2 minutes of googling confirms its him. I found his linkden:
https://pt.linkedin.com/in/jose-mari....google.com%2F
Scroll down to the bottom. Interesting he could've just not put his poker history. Looks like he's gone legit and is a highly successful bullshit artist lol.
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Professional Poker Player
Self-Employed Professional Poker Player
Aug 2009 - Jul 20112 years
-Starting with a $30 deposit, grew to play the highest stakes online by the age of 18 using game theory, bankroll management, data mining and statistics as well as behavioural economics and psychology.
-Possessed one of the top 10 highest win-rates in the world in 6-max and Heads Up poker.
-At age 18, planned and executed my own marketing campaign culminating in announcingmyself to the world on Twoplustwo where I became known as the "Portuguese Poker Prodigy":
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/29...rodigy-990495/ in a thread which reached over 10 million views.
-Throughout my career, I conducted over 30 interviews with all the top poker publications such as Bluff Magazine, Cardplayer magazine, Pokernews, Pokerstatic among others.
-Sponsored by Lock Poker (one of the top 5 biggest poker sites in the world) as a "Lock Elite Pro" and the face of the Lock Poker brand (
http://www.parttimepoker.com/wp-cont...kerprodigy.jpg)
-Hired as a coach and sponsored by PokerStrategy (the world's biggest poker training site) in what was at the time the biggest sponsorship deal in training site history. Also created the most popular training video ever on PokerStrategy at the time (100k+ views).
-Did private 1 on 1 coaching for $1000/hour and had a stable roster of 10 students as well as a 75 student waiting list.
-Chosen as one of the "experts" for Expertinsight.com a website which allowed people to buy an hour of coaching from world-class experts in different fields. Was featured alongside nobel laureate Gary Becker, Stephen Levitt, Rob Friesen and many others. More about this here:
http://www.psfk.com/2011/06/expert-i...-for-rent.html
-Quit Poker in 2012 due to becoming involved in a high-profile cheating scandal which sapped my love for the game.
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