While he calls himself an "Average Joe" (or Average Bob) in the poker world, Brooklyn native Bob Carswell, representing New York Free Poker has quite the poker tale to tell.

Diagnosed with dyslexia when he was a child, Carswell found a love of mind games and math, discovering poker at a later age which fell perfectly into his wheelhouse.

"I still can't spell worth a s***," joked Carswell, telling PokerNews that the math and psychology of poker is what drew him to the game about 15 years ago.

Carswell made his first trip to the World Series of Poker this summer, originally intending to play the Main Event as a bucket list item. Instead, he bought into several smaller events, including his first, the $500 Salute to Warriors event.

He fired two bullets in the tournament, bricking both, but said it was the greatest time of his life. That high would quickly be topped though by winning a Daily Deepstack the very next day for over $40,000!

Carswell still chose not to play the Main Event last summer, but says he'll definitely be playing it in 2024, and in the meantime loves playing in the Bar Poker Open.