Poker News Daily: How did you get into poker?
Kevin Saul: I started off playing pool and everyone wanted to have the stone nuts and so the pool action dried up, so we started playing poker. We created more action.
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Aug 27, 2008 Kevin Saul is a talented poker pro who goes by 'BeL0WaB0Ve' online. At the age of 28, he is already a seasoned veteran of the online poker world with a bright future ahead of him. Saul got his start from a modest poker beginning, playing in small stakes live games as just a teenager in 1995.
PND: Who introduced you to Omaha?
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Ironman frankfurt slots 2017 videos. Saul: My best friend George introduced me to gambling in general and all sorts of poker. Pot limit Omaha was the game. We started off with quarter ante and went from there and the stakes rose.
PND: How did you transition from Omaha into Hold'em?
Saul: We started playing Omaha at people's houses and I would ditch school to go play because [George] lived three blocks from my high school. I'd go during my lunch and study hall. If I was winning money, I'd go back for Spanish class. If I was stuck, I'd miss Spanish. In the pool halls, we started playing $6/$12 and $8/$15 limit. It was probably three or four years until I knew what no limit was.
PND: When did you start playing online?
Saul: Four or five years ago when I finally moved out of my mom's house because I wasn't allowed to do it at her house. I wasn't allowed to use her computer for it. Once I decided I was going to do it, I was told by my parents that I wasn't welcome to live with them anymore. I was 23 years-old and had to be on my own and support myself. Legends casino buffet friday. They support me in what I do now when they see all of my hard work and I'm sure if I needed to stay with them, they would let me.
PND: How do you improve your game?
Saul: Mostly talking to friends about hands. I'm living with four poker players, which means there is constant poker talk all summer and on messengers when you're back home and playing online. I've sent hands to friends to have them look them over and discuss whether it was the right play, [whether] I should have done something differently, etc.
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PND: Whose opinion do you value the most when you get advice on hands?
Saul: There are a lot of friends. It's been four years of making new friends. You go in phases in who you talk to. There are some people that I used to talk to a lot more about hands that I don't talk to so much now. In the beginning, Ozz87 and I were close friends and he helped me learn about re-steals and fold equity. AJKHoosier1 and gboro780, two of the guys I'm living with, talk hands all of the time whether when we're at the house or all back home.
PND: What do you do to relax?
Saul: I play pool. I like sports.
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Kevin Saul | |
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Nickname(s) | BeL0WaB0Ve |
Residence | Warrenville, Illinois |
World Series of Poker | |
Bracelet(s) | None |
Money finish(es) | 6 |
Highest ITM Main Event finish | 216th, 2011 |
World Poker Tour | |
Title(s) | 1 |
Final table(s) | 1 |
Money finish(es) | 2 |
European Poker Tour | |
Title(s) | None |
Final table(s) | 1 |
Money finish(es) | 1 |
Kevin Saul (born May 25, 1980) is an American professional poker player from Warrenville, Illinois.
Saul is known for his online nickname 'BeL0WaB0Ve' on sites such as PokerStars, Bodog and UltimateBet and is also known by the name 'GetPWN3D' on Full Tilt Poker. He became better known outside the online poker community in 2007 when he won the World Poker Tour (WPT) Bellagio Cup III Championship after defeating Mike Matusow during heads-up play, earning him the first place prize of $1,342,320.[1]
At the 2009 European Poker Tour's PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Saul who held the chip lead during the previous day of play until losing a big pot against Team PokerStarsPro member Alexandre Gomes leaving him as the third shortest stack coming in to the final table, unable to mount a comeback he was the first eliminated, finishing in eighth place, earning $214,000.[2]
Saul is also a guest instructor, along with other online professionals such as Eric Lynch at PokerXFactor.com, an online poker training center headed by Cliff Josephy and Eric Haber.[3]
As of 2010, his total live tournament winnings exceed $2,000,000[4]
Notes[edit]
- ^Kevin 'BeL0WaB0Ve' Saul Wins Bellagio Cup IIIArchived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^Lucchesi, Ryan (January 10, 2009). 'EPT -- Poorya Nazari Wins the 2009 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure'. CardPlayer.com. Retrieved January 11, 2009.
- ^pokerxfactor.com Guest Pros biographies
- ^Hendon Mob tournament results
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PND: What do you do to relax?
Saul: I play pool. I like sports.
See Full List On Pokerdb.thehendonmob.com
Kevin Saul | |
---|---|
Nickname(s) | BeL0WaB0Ve |
Residence | Warrenville, Illinois |
World Series of Poker | |
Bracelet(s) | None |
Money finish(es) | 6 |
Highest ITM Main Event finish | 216th, 2011 |
World Poker Tour | |
Title(s) | 1 |
Final table(s) | 1 |
Money finish(es) | 2 |
European Poker Tour | |
Title(s) | None |
Final table(s) | 1 |
Money finish(es) | 1 |
Kevin Saul (born May 25, 1980) is an American professional poker player from Warrenville, Illinois.
Saul is known for his online nickname 'BeL0WaB0Ve' on sites such as PokerStars, Bodog and UltimateBet and is also known by the name 'GetPWN3D' on Full Tilt Poker. He became better known outside the online poker community in 2007 when he won the World Poker Tour (WPT) Bellagio Cup III Championship after defeating Mike Matusow during heads-up play, earning him the first place prize of $1,342,320.[1]
At the 2009 European Poker Tour's PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Saul who held the chip lead during the previous day of play until losing a big pot against Team PokerStarsPro member Alexandre Gomes leaving him as the third shortest stack coming in to the final table, unable to mount a comeback he was the first eliminated, finishing in eighth place, earning $214,000.[2]
Saul is also a guest instructor, along with other online professionals such as Eric Lynch at PokerXFactor.com, an online poker training center headed by Cliff Josephy and Eric Haber.[3]
As of 2010, his total live tournament winnings exceed $2,000,000[4]
Notes[edit]
- ^Kevin 'BeL0WaB0Ve' Saul Wins Bellagio Cup IIIArchived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^Lucchesi, Ryan (January 10, 2009). 'EPT -- Poorya Nazari Wins the 2009 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure'. CardPlayer.com. Retrieved January 11, 2009.
- ^pokerxfactor.com Guest Pros biographies
- ^Hendon Mob tournament results