Career
He is best known for making two European Poker Tour (EPT) final tables as well as being the only player from Slovakia who has cashed in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, finishing 120th in 2009 and 37th in 2010. Palovič first became notable in late 2007 by making a final table at €4,700 EPT Prague Main Event, being first Slovak player to do southern Palovič was eliminated in 7th place winning $137,151.
He repeated this success five months later with his second final table appearance, this time at main event of EPT San Remo with another 7th-place finish, this time taking home $176,628.
Since then, Palovič cashed at the EPT three time, including a 14th place in EPT Grand Final held in Madrid in May 2011, for which he earned $89,054. In summer 2008 Palovič also made his first in the money finish at the World Series of Poker, finishing 69th in $5,000 Number Limit Hold"em event.
He managed to break his own record a year later with a 37th-place finish and prize of $206,395. As of October 2012, Palovič"s 5 cashes at the WSOP account for $268,826 of his $909,405 career winnings.
Outside of EPT and WSOP he is also known for winning €5,000 Internationaux de France de Heads Up in March 2010 with a first prize of $84,570 as well as being author of book "Ako sa stať poker pro" co-authored by Tom McEvoy.
Before poker, Palovič was known mostly as a television personality, being host of several television shows as well as playing a few roles in Slovak movies in mid-80s. As a host of music programmes during 1996 - 2004 he has done interviews with celebrities such as Lauryn Hill, Jamiroquai, Wyclef Jean, Lenny Kravitz, Kate Ryan or Tiziano Ferro.
