BeL0WaB0Ve (those are zeroes, not O's) is one of the most frequently seen names in online poker. You'd be hard-pressed to find a leader board or personal top-10 list without his name on it. BeL0WaB0Ve is a self-described "very aggressive" player, raising most pots and often... more

BeL0WaB0Ve (those are zeroes, not O’s) is one of the most frequently seen names in online poker. You’d be hard-pressed to find a leader board or personal top-10 list without his name on it.

BeL0WaB0Ve is a self-described “very aggressive” player, raising most pots and often surprising players with the range of hands that he plays. BeL0WaB0Ve has been making frequent appearances in the large brick-and-mortar tournaments lately, as well, usually hidden within the hood of a sweatshirt.

Underneath the hood is Kevin Saul, a player with a more typical rise-to-success story involving false starts and multiple deposits. His first big win came when he chopped the $11 rebuy tournament on PokerStars for $4,500. Just one week later, he turned that $4,500 into $500 and decided to keep his day job. It wasn’t until January, 2005 that he started consistently winning and could finally stop reloading his account.

Since January, 2005, Saul has raked in winnings of more than $700,000 from online tournaments on PokerStars alone. Saul has also notched over $1.5 million in live-tournament wins, manly from his first-place finish in the Bellagio Cup III main event, from which he earned $1.3 million. He also made two final tables at the World Poker Finals in 2006. He took second ($101,000) in a $1,850 buy-in no-limit hold’em event and then took fourth ($55,000) three days later in a $2,800 buy-in no-limit hold’em event.

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