Brian Rast

Quick Facts

Full Name	Brian Rast
Occupation	Poker Player
Date Of Birth	Nov 8, 1981(1981-11-08)
Age	43
Birthplace	Denver
Country	United States
Birth City	Colorado
Horoscope	Scorpio

Brian Rast Biography

Brian Rast is one of the most popular and richest Poker Player who was born on November 8, 1981 in Denver, Colorado, United States.

Rast was born November 8, 1981 in Denver, Colorado where he lived until 1990 when he moved to Poway, California. There he attended Poway High School where he became the Class of 2000 valedictorian, earning his way to Stanford University. Brian always loved strategic games, and although being familiar with poker dating back to high school, Brian started playing weekly at the Stanford Poker Club (founded by his friend Mike Asmar) in the spring of 2003. That summer Brian went home to Poway determined to learn poker and make some money. He started buying and reading as many poker books as he could. He took a temp job and used that money to fund his poker habit, playing online and live at Barona Casino. Within five weeks, he had quit the temp job to focus full time on poker for the remainder of the summer. After making $20,000 his first summer playing, Brian was hooked and never looked back. By 2004, he had dropped out of school to pursue a career in poker.

Brian Rast (born November 8, 1981) is a professional poker player living in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Brian Rast Net Worth

Brian Rast is one of the richest Poker Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Brian Rast 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

His second was in the $50,000 Player’s Championship, the second highest buy-in event that awards third highest prize money of $1,720,328, also award is the David “Chip” Reese memorial trophy and what was described by Andrew Feldman of ESPN as “the most prestigious bracelet of the Series”. The Player’s Championship started out with a field of 128 players and after four days of play in a mixed game format known as 8-Game, the format was switch to No-Limit Texas Hold’em on the fifth day when the final table of eight was set with following noted poker professionals and where they finished: Ben Lamb (8th), Scott Seiver (7th), PokerStars Pro and SuperNova Elite George Lind (6th), Matt Glantz (5th), Owais Ahmed (4th) and Minh Ly (3rd).

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Who is Brian Rast Dating?

According to our records, Brian Rast married to Juliana Rast. As of December 1, 2023, Brian Rast’s is not dating anyone.

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When heads-up play began, 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. As the match progressed, Hellmuth established a 5-1 chip lead on Rast; however, Rast gained the lead after a series of draws that failed to improve Hellmuth’s hands. Rast captured the bracelet when Hellmuth’s flush draw failed to improve against Rast’s King high straight.

Facts & Trivia

Caroline Ranked on the list of most popular Poker Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Brian Rast celebrates birthday on November 8 of every year.

At the 2012 World Series of Poker, 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.