Brain Rast Newest Member Elected to Poker Hall of Fame

In simply his second yr of eligibility, Brian Rast has been elected to the Poker Corridor of Fame. Celebrating him in a ceremony earlier than the $1,979 Poker Corridor of Fame Bounty No-Restrict Maintain’em on the World Collection of Poker, WSOP Vice President Jack Effel known as Rast “probably the greatest poker gamers we’ve ever seen.”

Afterward, Rast and his household attended the disclosing of his image on the new Poker Corridor of Fame exhibit at Horseshoe Las Vegas.

Rast has two headline resume bullet factors, each cemented on the 2023 WSOP. He gained the $50,000 Poker Gamers Championship, changing into the second participant to win it 3 times (Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi” was the primary); in his HOF acceptance speech, Rast known as it his “favourite” poker achievement. With that win, Rast additionally turned simply the 19^th participant to win six profession WSOP bracelets.

the one participant to have scored $1m in event cashes seven years in a row

All informed, Rast has over $25m in profession dwell event earnings and is the one participant to have scored $1m in event cashes seven years in a row.

Maybe greater than his event prowess, although, Rast is thought amongst his friends for dominating high-stakes money video games. In an interview with PokerNews in 2021 simply earlier than his 40^th birthday (40 is the minimal age for Corridor of Fame eligibility), Rast mentioned he deserved to be within the Corridor, stating, “The Corridor of Famers that play in Bobby’s Room (at Bellagio) know who the most effective money sport gamers are.”