When Thomas Cannuli walks into the Penn & Teller Theatre on November 8, he might very well be the least recognizable face amongst his pack. That's not to take away anything from Cannuli, but when you roll with a rail including the likes of Sorel Mizzi, Jeff Gross, Antonio Esfandiari, and Brian Rast, you've got some tough competition.
"He's like a little brother, a protégé," Gross said of his man. Cannuli, a frequent visitor to Turning Stone and Borgata.
The 23-year-old player from Erma, New Jersey, has $52,235 in live tournament earnings, including a 26th-place finish in the 2013 Venetian Deep Stack Extravaganza III Main Event for $13,473 and eighth in the 2014 WSOP Circuit Harrah's Philadelphia for $13,648.