Who Is Saulo Costa?
Saulo Costa is a Brazilian high-stakes online poker professional and one of the most respected poker coaches in the world. His journey started in 2016 when he was studying to become a programmer at a top-100 university in Brazil. After discovering poker, he quickly pivoted — and never looked back.
Starting at the lowest stakes (NL5), Saulo climbed through every limit on PokerStars Zoom over millions of hands. Within two years, he had reached NL200 with shots at NL500. Today, he is a regular in 1k-2kNL games on major poker sites.
A Track Record That Speaks for Itself
Saulo's results are nothing short of impressive. Over nearly one million hands at NL200 Zoom, he won $96,900 — maintaining a winrate above 5 bb/100 in a game where most players struggle to surpass 3 bb/100. By 2019, his total poker income had already reached $120,000 per year.
Beyond his own play, Saulo has staked and coached over 250 players, generating a combined profit of $6 million. In March 2019, he also became a video contributor on Run It Once, one of poker's most prestigious training platforms.
Crushing Made Simple — The Flagship Course
Saulo's flagship course, Crushing Made Simple, is built on three pillars:
- How to Play Balanced Strategies — Learn the GTO foundations that form the backbone of winning poker.
- How to Exploit Your Opponents — Master exploitative adjustments using tools like node locking and GTO miners.
- How to Stay One Step Ahead — Develop the analytical mindset to continuously adapt and evolve your game.
The five-week course combines theory with hands-on practice. Students gain access to:
- Live workshops on the most important poker tools
- 5 weeks of free access to Hand2Note
- A private Discord community with direct access to Saulo
- 10 hours of live Q&A sessions
- The proprietary X-Ray Bluffcatch Sheet and GTO Hand Histories
- Guest Q&A sessions with high-stakes legend Dan "Jungleman" Cates and sports psychologist Luiz Scipião, PhD
What sets this course apart is Saulo's ability to make complex concepts accessible. Rather than overwhelming students with theory, he provides practical heuristics and teaches them how to build their own GTO frameworks.
Cash Made Simple — The Community
For players who prefer bite-sized learning, Saulo also offers the Cash Made Simple Community. Instead of long, drawn-out lectures, the content is delivered in focused 5-minute videos packed with actionable information. It moves away from the traditional model of 40-minute instructional videos and random topic libraries, offering a streamlined learning experience instead.
Teaching Philosophy
Saulo has been teaching exploitative poker strategies since 2019, long before it became a mainstream trend. His approach bridges the gap between GTO theory and real-world execution — giving students the tools to not just understand solver outputs, but to actually apply them at the table.
With hundreds of thousands of dollars invested in research and coaching, Saulo Costa has built a system that turns average players into consistent winners. Whether you are grinding micro stakes or looking to break into mid and high stakes, his courses offer a proven roadmap to get there.
