Life Outside Poker is a new podcast for PokerNews hosted by Connor Richards that seeks to pull back the curtain on poker players and allow viewers and listeners to get to know them on a personal level.

In the 14th episode, Connor speaks with Brazilian poker vlogger Romulo Dorea, aka "Poker Profit," who talked about coming to the US to play college soccer, studying economics, discovering poker and making content in both English and Portuguese.

Romulo also shared his six principles for success in poker and talked about his life-changing trip on the WPT Voyage.

This interview was filmed at the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) inside Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.

The Life Outside Poker podcast is available on major streaming platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify and iHeartRadio. You can also watch the interview with Romulo Dorea by heading to the PokerNews YouTube channel.

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Time Stamps TIME TOPIC 0:00 Intro 0:56 Growing up in Brazil 2:17 Soccer in Brazil 3:56 Strengths in poker 8:19 Vlogging in two languages 16:09 Going to college in the US 19:13 Six principles for success in poker 20:51 Looking up to other poker players 26:11 Influences 30:53 WPT Voyage 32:49 Book recommendations 34:18 Advice for younger self 35:17 Life lesson from poker

*Thumbnail image courtesy World Poker Tour (WPT)