 He later lived in Alexandria, Virginia, where he practiced for the U.S. Department of Justice and later as a public defender in Washington, D.C.Among poker players he is known as the author of the books "Cappelletti on Omaha", "The Best of Cappelletti on Omaha", "Poker at the Millennium" and "How to Win at Omaha High-Low Poker", and also as columnist for the poker magazine, "CardPlayer".He is well known among bridge players as the inventor of the Cappelletti convention.