Paul Vogel might not have cashed on this week’s 2024 World Poker Tour (WPT) Seminole Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Championship at Seminole Arduous Rock Hollywood, however that hardly issues to the ClubWPT qualifier. After a number of years away from poker, the 57-year-old Merrick, New York resident was simply pleased to be again on the desk.
Vogel gained a WSOP Circuit ring in 2010 earlier than stepping again from poker to give attention to elevating his household of seven. He would not get to play typically and made essentially the most out of the journey to South Florida by hopping in each satellite tv for pc, facet occasion and money recreation he may discover.
PokerNews caught up with Vogel in a kind of facet occasions to speak about his current return to poker, which included a money end within the 2022 WPT World Championship in Las Vegas.
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“I Really feel Like I am Again”
Married at 19, Vogel has at all times put household first. He gained $61,599 and a Circuit title in Atlantic Metropolis however determined to go for one thing extra secure within the wake of Black Friday.
“I needed to drop out,” he instructed PokerNews. “I’ve acquired 5 children and a spouse. And I make all the cash for my household, so I form of needed to take a bit of break for some time … I dropped out for like six, seven years. I used to be simply working hardcore … I needed to pay for my home.”
Regardless of his ardour and expertise for the sport, Vogel mentioned his spouse “hates playing cards” and “by no means wished to return to Vegas” or different poker stops. That provides Vogel the liberty to give attention to the playing cards when he does get an opportunity to play. “It is good that approach,”
When PokerNews met up with Vogel within the Arduous Rock ballroom, he was grinding away in a $400 facet occasion. He kindly stepped away from the desk after enjoying his button, darting again each few inquiries to see if he had been dealt a playable hand.
“I really feel like I am again,” he mentioned. “I need to play some playing cards.”
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Vogel gained his journey to the RRPO Championship on ClubWPT, and it wasn’t his first deep run on the location. When he completed second out of 1,454 gamers in a $5 million Freeroll satellite tv for pc to barely miss out on a free seat to the largest freeroll in poker historical past, he mentioned it was extra exhilarating than a bracelet run he made on the 2021 WSOP when he completed fifteenth for $16,491.
“That night time after I got here in second place, holy sh**,” he mentioned. “I do know the cash is a lot totally different and all that, however it’s what you are into on the time.”
Vogel was in excessive spirits as he performed the second beginning flight of the Championship occasion, which he didn’t money in.
Vogel left on Wednesday and goes again to household life in Merrick. However he’ll possible be smiling about his Florida poker getaway till Christmas.
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