Kevin Saul Poker
Kevin Saul ZGT195 GPID is a unique identification number, assigned to each individual player, that will be used in the future in order to register for most poker tournaments around the world. Total life earnings: $3,748,144. Latest cash: $4,326 on 18-Oct-2019. Click here to see the details of Kevin Saul's 110 cashes.
An outstanding bluff helped Kevin Saul to come from behind in the Borgata Poker Open Heads-Up Event #16 and snatch victory from an unlucky David Paredes.
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An outstanding bluff helped Kevin Saul to come from behind in the Borgata Poker Open Heads-Up Event #16 and snatch victory from an unlucky David Paredes
Event #16 of the Borgata Poker Open was a two-day Heads-Up bounty tournament for which 64 players paid the $1,500 + $150.00 buy-in plus an extra $500.00 for their bounty. Four former Borgata heads-up winners entered the event – none of whom cashed – and the field also included Will “The Thrill” Failla, 2005 WSOP runner-up Steve Dannenmann and the highest GPI ranked woman to being competing at the Borgata Poker Open, Amanda Musumeci.
Quarterfinal Results
Three preliminary rounds of heads-up matches were played on Day 1, with the eight remaining players returning to do battle on Day 2 – each assured of a min-cash of $4,656, plus the $500 bounties they would collect for progressing to the semi-finals and the finals. Straight sets wins for Kevin Saul and David Paredes saw them safely through to the semi-finals, but Jeff Coon found it difficult to shake off Matt Rock, while Jeff Gross overturned a 1-0 deficit to beat Mike Linster.
| Kevin Saul | 2 | 0 | Orson Young |
| Jeff Coon | 2 | 1 | Matt Rock |
| Jeff Gross | 2 | 1 | Mike Linster |
| David Paredes | 2 | 0 | Aaron Massey |
Semi-Final Results
In the semi-finals of the Borgata Poker Open Heads-UP Event #16, David Paredes recorded his fifth straight 2-0 win in the event to earn his place in the final. His opponent was in the balance for some time, as Jeff Coon won the first of the best-of-three games against Kevin Saul – only for Saul to fight back and level the series of games, before taking down the deciding rubber.
Heads-Up Final
Round 1 of the heads-up final went to David Paredes, after both players had survived flips during the game. On the third occasion that all the chips were in the middle, Kevin Saul (A-9) was the player at risk against Paredes´ pocket Eights. The pair held and Paredes took a 1-0 advantage in the climax of the event.
Kevin Saul levelled the match in the next game, courtesy of an outstanding bluff with his tournament life at stake. On a board of 10♠ 5♠ 3♥ / K♥ / 9♥ Saul (J-8) moved all in – forcing a considered fold from Paredes and leaving him short-stacked in the game. Saul went on to win the match in a K♣ Q♣ > 10♥ 10♣ hand, but admitted afterwards that the bluff was the pivotal hand that turned the match in his favour.
The final match of the heads-up event was a drawn out battle – with many of the hands being taken unseen due to some aggressive pre-flop and post flop betting. Eventually Kevin Saul´s opening bet of 600 chips was raised by Paredes (to 1,700) and Kevin Saul moved all in with K♦ Q♦. David Paredes (9♥ 9♦) made the call, and was looking good for a valuable double-up on the board of J♦ 8♥ J♥ / 4♥, but the K♠ spiked on the River to give Kevin Saul victory in the Borgata Poker Open Heads-Up Event #16.
Borgata Poker Open Heads-Up Event #16 Result
| # | Borgata Open #16 Result | Prize |
| 1 | Kevin Saul | $37,248 |
| 2 | David Paredes | $18,624 |
| 3 | Jeff Coon | $9,312 |
| 4 | Jeff Gross | $9,312 |
| 5 | Mike Linster | $4,656 |
| 6 | Matt Rock | $4,656 |
| 7 | Aaron Massey | $4,656 |
| 8 | Orson Young | $4,656 |
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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.
PND: Who introduced you to Omaha?
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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.
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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. 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.
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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?
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Saul: I play pool. I like sports.