Jimmy Casella

Who was Jimmy Casella?

Fiore "Jimmy" Casella was a prominent poker player at the World Series of Poker in the 1970s.

In the 1971 World Series of Poker he won the Limit Razz event, but his main poker success came in the 1974 World Series of Poker, where he won the Seven Card Razz and the Seven-Card Stud world championship. For winning these three events, he won over $76,000.

After his wins in the 1974 World Series of Poker, Jimmy did not have another cash or first-place finish in a poker tournament. He died on August 10, 1976.

Jimmy Casella was the uncle of siblings Elizabeth Beckwith and Christian philosopher Dr. Francis J. Beckwith, whose father is the brother of Jimmy's first wife, Doris. Jimmy is mentioned in Dr. Beckwith's book, Return to Rome: Confessions of An Evangelical Catholic.