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Aug 16 2006, 12:55 PM
The PocketFives.com Podcast returns this week after a two-week hiatus due to coverage of the WSOP Main Event at the Rio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. For this week’s show, we’ve brought in one of the hottest online tournament players in the game: Kevin ‘BeLOWaBOVe’ Saul, who is currently ranked the 5th best Online Tournament player in the world.
Kevin hails from the Chicago area, where he grew up and learned to play Pot-Limit Omaha at the age of 14 at a local pool hall. All types of stakes card games, including poker, were thought to be merely “gambling” by our special guest, until he finally realized in 2005 that there was long-term profit making potential in the game of poker.
A true gambler at heart, things haven’t been easy for this superstar. When he began having losing days of several thousand dollars at the horse tracks, it was time to seek help. He spent two months at Gambler’s Anonymous at one point in his young life, after being urged to seek help by his father and other close relatives and friends.
However, Kevin’s work ethic is something for all to admire. An online multi-tabler who often plays over 60 hours per week, BeLOWaBOVe is staked for every tournament he plays; whether it is live or online. Some of his closest friends include his father, and online tournament superstars Eric Haber (Sheets) and Cliff Josephy (JohnnyBax).
Our second guest on this week’s show placed 23rd in this year’s WSOP Main Event. Rob Roseman won two Main Event Seats via Party Poker $215 Multi-Table Satellites this year, and parlayed those wins into cashing almost $500,000. He’ll talk to us about the pressure situations he felt during the largest poker tournament in the history of the world, as well as the roles both luck and skill played during his Main Event run.