Adam “Roothlus” Levy is a poker player with over $3 million in career earnings and a true beast of online tournament poker. Sponsored by UB.com, Levy is coming off a sick run in the World Series of Poker Main Event where he finished 12th.
Much of the interview focused on Levy’s mindset following such a deep run in the Main Event, with Levy pointing out that it’s both very exciting and at the same time, very disappointing. “It’s still definitely fresh in my mind. Up until the Main Event ended I felt like it was kind of lingering but now that it’s over I can close the book on it… and not having to hear some guy did this or some guy did that while I got twelfth place. It’s time to move on.”
When asked about being bounced from any major tournament, Levy responded, “It’s not easy. It took me months. It’s the sickest you are ever going to feel for winning that amount of money… Honestly, if I won a WPT for that same amount of money I would have been ecstatic, but the fact that I won that money for getting twelfth and that close to the final table, it’s pretty tough to deal with. Honestly, I did not like poker for a good month.”
When looking ahead at 2011 and how he likes his chances, Levy said, “Yeah, there’s a lot of good stuff going on. As far as US poker goes, it went through a lull and it’s back now.”
Levy has enjoyed online success with his biggest score in 2010 coming at Full Tilt Poker in a $200 buy-in $750,000 Guarantee where he took second place for $102,018. Levy is a professional poker player currently residing in Orlando, Florida and is a noted soccer enthusiast. He has been sponsored by UB.com since late 2008.