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 ninth episode, Connor speaks with poker streamer and reality TV star Kevin Martin, who opened up about his experience on the hit GGPoker show Game of Gold and gave some insight into his upcoming appearance on The Amazing Race Canada, which Martin told PokerNews will be the "final chapter" of his reality TV career.

Martin also talked about get cast for Big Brother Canadawhen he was 22, winning Big Brother Season 5, the traits that make for a good reality TV contestant, the early days of poker streaming, prop bets with Dan "Jungleman" Cates and the evolution of poker content creation.

This interview was filmed at the 2024 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 Kevin Martin by heading to the PokerNews YouTube channel.

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Time Stamps
Time	Topic
0:00	Intro
1:04	Getting involved in reality TV
2:39	First time on Big Brother
4:53	Traits of a good reality TV contestant
8:05	Playing small stakes on Twitch
10:39	Start of poker and streaming career
14:31	Different waves of poker content creation
17:17	Prop bets with Jungleman
18:33	Trying to win a tournament w/o looking at cards
20:08	Game of Gold
27:15:00	"Heartbroken" after losing Game of Gold
28:02:00	Deep run at WSOP Paradise
32:11:00	Bankroll challenge
38:02:00	Amazing Race Canada/Final chapter for reality TV
41:03:00	2024 WSOP
44:45:00	What motivates you?
46:23:00	Advice for younger self
47:12:00	Favorite life lesson from poker

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