1. Brian Rast was born on November 8,1981 and is a professional poker player living in Las Vegas, Nevada.
17 Facts About Brian Rast
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Brian Rast attended Stanford University before dropping out in order to pursue a career as a full-time poker professional in 2004.
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In 2011, Brian Rast married his wife, Juliana Karla Carlos da Silva.
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Brian Rast was primarily a cash game player online and played very few poker tournaments.
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Brian Rast has very limited tournament results, playing a small volume in 2007 and again in 2016, and barely any in between.
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Brian Rast was one of the pros from the online poker training site Poker VT as well as RunItOnce.
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Brian Rast has six World Series of Poker bracelets, two of which he won at the 2011 World Series of Poker.
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Brian Rast's first was in the $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em event, where he earned $227,232 after he defeated poker professional Allen Kessler heads-up,.
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Brian Rast's second was in the $50,000 Players Championship, the second highest buy-in event, that awards third highest prize money of $1,720,328; awarded is the David "Chip" Reese memorial trophy and what was described by Andrew Feldman of ESPN as "the most prestigious bracelet of the Series".
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When heads-up play began, Brian Rast was up against 11-time bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth, who was trying to capture his 12th bracelet in his third heads-up match of the 2011 series.
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Brian Rast captured the bracelet when Hellmuth's flush draw failed to improve against Brian Rast's King high straight.
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At the 2012 World Series of Poker, Brian Rast made two final tables: sixth place in the $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Re-entry for $137,632 and sixth place in the $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop for $1,621,333.
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Brian Rast won his second Poker Players Championship bracelet at the 2016 World Series of Poker, beating Justin Bonomo heads up and winning $1,296,097.
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Ten-time bracelet winner Doyle Brunson, four-time bracelet winner John Hennigan, and two-time bracelet winner Mike Wattel, whom Brian Rast defeated in heads-up play, were among the players at the final table.
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Brian Rast was inducted to the Poker Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2023.
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In December 2013, Brian Rast won the World Poker Tour Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic $100,000 High Roller at the Bellagio by defeating Erik Seidel heads up for the title, taking home a prize of $1,083,500.
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Brian Rast has cashed for over $1 million in tournaments for seven years in a row.