Brian Townsend

Brian " sbrugby " Townsend ( b. 1982 in California ) is a professional American poker player who lives in Santa Barbara.

Townsend is known for his cash game successes in the variants No Limit Hold'em and Pot Limit Omaha. He plays for the highest stakes on Full Tilt Poker under his nickname " sbrugby ". From March 2007 to early 2010, he was officially a sponsored Full Tilt Pro and played under his own name.

Because Townsend from the smallest limits with 0.50/1.00- $ - blinds up to the highest stakes, the online is played, 200/400 and $ 300/600 $, highly played, he has many fans who want to follow him.

Brian Townsend took part in the third season of the series High Stakes Poker part. In the TV format in which a cash game and a tournament takes place, he walked away with $ 750,000 the table.

In addition, he is also co-owner and instructor of CardRunners.com, an online site where members with videos and reports the successful poker game should be taught. He also posting his blog, where he talks about life as a high-stakes poker pro.

During the 2007 WSOP Townsend played a heads up cash game against Sam Farha in Bobby 's Room at the Bellagio. The blinds were 500/1000 and $ Townsend managed Farha on three days over $ 700,000 decrease after he was already behind a total of 1.2 million dollars. On the third day, David Benyamine, Patrik Antonius, Bobby Baldwin and some other poker players advanced to the round of Townsend and Farha. After 18 hours at the poker table Townsend could leave this richer by $ 1,885,000. The following day, he was still able to record a profit of $ 600,000 David Benyamine and Johnny Chan. As on the previous days Pot Limit Omaha was played in half No Limit Hold'em and the other half. Townsend was able to take 4 days of $ 2,150,000, which is one of the biggest gains in the cash game by a single player over such a short period of time.