Brian Rast

Nationality

Poker Hall of FamerHOF 2023

GPI Rank 74

WSOP Bracelets 6

Total Live Earnings $27,653,366

Data provided by The Hendon Mob

Biography

Brian Rast

Brian Rast is an American poker pro, six-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner, and a member of the Poker Hall of Fame.

Brian Rast Background

Brian Rast was born November 6, 1981 in Denver, Colorado. As an adult, he��s spent most of his time living in Las Vegas where he��s been one of the top professional poker players in the world for many years.

Rast had originally attended Stanford University, but dropped out when he realized the money from poker was just too good. In 2011, he got married to his now wife Juliana Karla Carlos de Silva.

Brian Rast Twitter

Brian Rast is fairly active on poker X, and his screen name is @tsarrast. He often tweets about crytopcurrency or politics, along with of course poker.

Brian Rast Instagram

Brian Rast is also on Instagram under the same screen name he uses on X �� @tsarrast.

Brian Rast YouTube

Brian Rast does not have a YouTube channel.

Brian Rast Poker History

Brian Rast is one of the most accomplished poker players in history. As of 2024, he��s won six World Series of Poker bracelets. But his biggest score ever came in the inaugural Super High Roller Bowl in 2015, a $7.5 million payout for a $500,000 buy-in tournament.

In 2023, Rast was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame just one year after he became eligible at age 40.

Is Brian Rast Good at Poker?

Rast is an absolute beast at the poker table. So, yes, he is good at poker. Actually, he is incredible at poker. If he wasn��t, he wouldn��t be in the Poker Hall of Fame. For the past 15-20 years, Rast has been one of the best high stakes players in the world, both in tournaments and cash games. He excels at more than just no-limit hold��em, and has had much of his success in the various mixed games.

Wealth - What is Brian Rast��s Net Worth?

Given that Brian Rast has made millions of dollars playing poker and is a savvy investor, suffice to say his net worth is in the millions. But there is really no way of assessing his true net worth, especially considering he plays poker for a living.

How Did Brian Rast Make His Money?

Brian Rast has various ways of making money. While the professional poker gig has made him millions of dollars over the years, he��s a savvy investor who heavily believes in cryptocurrency, most notably Ethereum and Bitcoin. He��s been invested in crypto for years and appears to have made a significant amount of money that way.

Brian Rast Family, Wife/Husband/Girlfriend/Boyfriend and Children

Brian Rast has a small family, but does not have children.

Brian Rast Wife/Husband - Is Brian Rast Married?

In 2011, Rast married Juliana Karla Carlos da Silva. They have been married for over 13 years now.

Does Brian Rast Have Children?

Brian Rast does not have children at this point in his life.

Brian Rast Controversies

Brian Rast is one of the most respected poker players in the world, and not just on the felt. As such, he has not been linked to any major controversies, and his image within the game is nearly squeaky clean.

Brian Rast FAQs

Is Brian Rast in the Poker Hall of Fame?

Yes, he was inducted in 2023.

How many World Series of Poker bracelets has Brian Rast won?

Brian Rast has won six WSOP bracelets.

What is Brian Rast��s largest career win?

In 2015, he won the $500,000 Super High Roller Bowl for $7.5 million.

Who won the boxing match between Sorel Mizzi and Brian Rast in 2016?

Sorel Mizzi won a competitive fight.

He is one of only two players to have won the $50,000 Poker Players Championship on three occasions, doing so in 2011, 2016 and 2023.

Biography

Rast was born in 1981 in Denver, Colorado. He then moved to Poway, California where he graduated from Poway High School in 2000. After finishing High School Rast entered Stanford University, but dropped out rather soon in order to seek career as a professional poker player.

Rast's passion for poker came in 2003 after he saw the best-known poker-themed movie ��Rounders�� starring Matt Damon and Edward Norton.

Rast at the World Series of Poker

After cashing at the WSOP for the first time in 2005, it wasn't until 2011 that Rast really hit his stride at the festival. He cashed just three times, but won two bracelets. His first came in the $1,500 Pot Limit Hold'em after defeating Allen Kessler heads-up.

Later that same year he triumphed in the $50,000 Poker Players Championship, defeating Phil Hellmuth heads-up to win the prestigious event for $1,720,328.

The following year, in 2012, Rast finished sixth in the inaugural $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop for $1,621,333. Another seven-figure score came in 2013 with victory in the WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic $100,000 High Roller.

Rast was making a name for himself in the High Roller community, with several six-figure cashes in Bellagio and ARIA High Roller tournaments. In 2015, he final-tabled the Aussie Millions Main Event before going on to win the inaugural Super High Roller Bowl for $7,525,000.

In 2016, Rast won the $50,000 Poker Players Championship again, joining Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi as the only two-time champions of the event.

A fourth bracelet came in 2018 in the $10,000 2-7 Lowball Championship, and after a fourth in 2021 in Event #51: $3,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold��em Rast was building up a Hall of Fame-worthy poker resume, something even Rast himself admits.

��I turn 40 in a couple of weeks and it was on my mind to make the Poker Hall of Fame," Rast told PokerNews after his fifth WSOP bracelet. "I think I have a pretty good claim. I��ve played the biggest cash games in the world for over a decade and I��ve done a lot in tournaments as well. I just don��t think there are too many people. I wanted to come back here this year to the WSOP and show myself that I can still play great poker and be around and enjoy it and hopefully add more.��

PokerNews Covered Events

Event	Place	Prize
2024 World Series of Poker Event #81: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship	24^th	$350,000
2024 World Series of Poker Event #79: $50,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha	8^th	$221,778
2024 World Series of Poker Event #73: $25,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha (8-Handed)	2^nd	$1,497,824
2024 World Series of Poker Event #53: $3,000 Nine Game Mixed (7-Handed)	29^th	$6,384
2024 World Series of Poker Event #31: $3,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em	170^th	$6,015
2024 World Series of Poker Event #16: $5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold'em	24^th	$21,468
2024 World Series of Poker Event #8: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha (8-Handed)	10^th	$36,526
2024 World Series of Poker Event #1: $5,000 Champions Reunion	17^th	$15,471
2023 World Series of Poker Event #55: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better	7^th	$18,709
2023 World Series of Poker Event #43: $50,000 Poker Players Championship	1^st	$1,324,747
2023 World Series of Poker Event #35: $10,000 Secret Bounty	69^th	$11,876
2023 World Series of Poker Event #16: $25,000 High Roller (8-Handed)	7^th	$202,532
2023 World Series of Poker Online Event #1: $333 No-Limit Hold'em Triple Treys Summer Tip Off	196^th	$952
2022 World Series of Poker Event #86: $10,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em Championship	39^th	$20,000
2022 World Series of Poker Event #70: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event World Championship	134^th	$62,500
2022 World Series of Poker Event #83: $50,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em	5^th	$347,658
2022 World Series of Poker [Online] $3,200 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller 8-Max	37^th	$6,853
2022 World Series of Poker Event #60: $10,000 Short Deck No-Limit Hold'em	3^rd	$121,718
2022 World Series of Poker Event #53: $5,000 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em/Pot Limit Omaha	22^nd	$23,327
2022 World Series of Poker Event #35: $2,500 Mixed Big Bet Event	24^th	$5,000
2022 World Series of Poker Event #33: $3,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em	188^th	$4,804
2022 World Series of Poker Event #10: $10,000 Dealer's Choice 6-Handed Championship	3^rd	$134,370
2022 World Series of Poker Event #8: $25,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em 8-Handed	19^th	$57,009
2022 World Series of Poker Event #4: $1,500 Dealer's Choice 6-Handed	12^th	$5,993
2021 World Series of Poker Event #78: $10,000 Razz Championship	17^th	$16,299
2021 World Series of Poker Event #64: $5,000 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha	83^rd	$8,070
2021 World Series of Poker Event #51: $3,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em	1^st	$474,102
2021 World Series of Poker Event #31: $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw	39^th	$2,445
2021 World Series of Poker Event #16: $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship	11^th	$18,506
2021 World Series of Poker Event #9: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship	15^th	$18,750
2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events Event #81: People's Choice Event [Spin the Wheel]	175^th	$1,251
2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events Event #76: $400 FORTY STACK No Limit Hold'em	26^th	$5,285
2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events Event #66: $800 Pot Limit Omaha	118^th	$1,944
2020 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events Event #31: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Championship	291^st	$1,616
2020 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events Event #28: $1,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 6-Max	69^th	$1,596
2020 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events Event #25: $500 No-Limit Hold'em Summer Saver	87^th	$1,455
2020 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events Event #22: $500 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo Deepstack	33^rd	$2,913
2018 Poker Masters Event #5: $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em	3^rd	$214,500
2018 World Series of Poker Event #69: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed	60^th	$5,947
2018 World Series of Poker Event #33: $50,000 Poker Players Championship	8^th	$144,049
2018 World Series of Poker Event #23: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship	1^st	$259,670
2017 World Series of Poker Event #30: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship	11^th	$23,508
2017 World Series of Poker Event #20: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em MILLIONAIRE MAKER	75^th	$13,147
2015 Super High Roller Series $500,000 Super High Roller Bowl	1^st	$7,525,000
2015 Aussie Millions $10,600 Main Event	5^th	315,000 AUD
2014 World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific $1,650 8-Game Dealer's Choice	3^rd	18,482 AUD
2014 World Series of Poker Event #59: $3,000 Omaha Hi-Low	38^th	$5,888
2014 World Series of Poker Event #42: $5,000 Six-Handed Pot-Limit Omaha	40^th	$10,409
2014 World Series of Poker Event #41: $1,500 Six-Handed Dealer's Choice	41^st	$2,799
2014 World Series of Poker Event #36: $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball	16^th	$3,471
2014 World Series of Poker Event #13: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball Championship	4^th	$67,264
2013 World Series of Poker Event #32: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em (Six Handed)	54^th	$9,240
2013 World Series of Poker Event #2: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em (Eight Handed)	14^th	$23,624
2012 World Series of Poker WSOP National Championship	14^th	$26,439
2012 World Series of Poker Event 55: $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop	6^th	$1,621,333
2012 World Series of Poker Event 28: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em - Four-Handed	22^nd	$10,510
2012 World Series of Poker Event 9: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Re-Entry	6^th	$137,632
2012 World Series of Poker Event 6: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Mixed-Max	24^th	$14,328
2011 World Series of Poker Event #55: $50,000 Poker Player's Championship	1^st	$1,720,328
2011 World Series of Poker Event #23: $2,500 Eight-Game Mix	42^nd	$4,883
2011 World Series of Poker Event #15: $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em	1^st	$227,232
2010 World Series of Poker Event #35: $10,000 Heads Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship	16^th	$38,424
2008 World Series of Poker Event 28 - $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha w/ Rebuys	9^th	$84,863