Nick Gullo is a native of New Orleans and a graduate of Southeastern Louisiana University. He also attended Loyola University Law School. His father was a poker player and taught him the basics of the games and created a love of poker that has stayed with him throughout his life. In 1965, Nick moved to Las Vegas to pursue a full-time career in gaming. Over the past forty years, Nick has experienced almost every known position in the gaming industry. He started as a shill on Fremont St. and eventually became an owner of a small casino and the president of a Las Vegas hotel/casino. He has written books and magazine articles on casino marketing and he taught at UNLV and Clark County Community College.

He recently wrote a Texas Hold?em study guide for beginners to advanced players. In 1998, he retired as the vice president of gaming of the Showboat Corp. to create and manage his own gaming and marketing consulting firm and to devote more time to playing poker. In 2000, Nick opened a poker room in Costa Rica and hosted some of the largest tournaments ever held in all of Central America. In 2002, he brought the World Poker Tour to Costa Rica.