Brian Rast

Who is Brian Rast?

Brian Rast is a professional poker player from Las Vegas, Nevada who won the 2011 World Series of Poker $1,500 Pot Limit Hold'em event and the $50,000 Player's Championship.

Rast was born in Denver, Colorado but raised in Poway, California, where he graduated as valedictorian from Poway High School in 2000. He attended Stanford University before dropping out in order to pursue a career as a full-time poker professional. He began playing poker in 2003 after being inspired by John Dahl's 1998 film Rounders.