Brian Rast Wins Fifth World Series of Poker Gold Bracelet

The unique record of gamers with 5 or extra World Series of Poker bracelets to their title grew by one within the late hours of Wednesday, Oct. 27. Brian Rast emerged victorious within the 2021 WSOP $3,000 six-max no-limit maintain’em occasion to change into simply the twenty seventh participant in poker historical past to safe 5 titles on the sequence. The 39-year-old poker defeated a subject of 997 whole entries to safe the {hardware} and the first-place prize of $474,102.

This newest victory noticed Rast surpass 4 gamers as he surged into twenty sixth place on poker’s all-time cash with $21,746,912 in lifetime match earnings. His largest profession rating got here when he gained the inaugural Super High Roller Bowl for $7,525,000. More than $6.5 million of Rasts’ profession winnings have are available WSOP occasions.

“I turn 40 in a couple weeks and it was on my mind to make the Poker Hall of Fame. 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,” Rast told the PokerNews live reporter after securing the title. “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.”

All of Rast’s 5 bracelet wins have come within the final decade. He gained his first two in 2011, taking down the primary of his two $50,000 Poker Players Championship titles and that 12 months’s $1,500 pot-limit maintain’em occasion. Rast earned his second $50k PPC title 5 years later to safe his third bracelet. His fourth got here within the $10,000 buy-in no-limit deuce-to-seven lowball occasion.

Rast got here into the ultimate day of this match among the many high 5 stacks with 41 contenders remaining. By the time the official remaining desk of six was set, he had battled his approach into the outright lead. He added to that benefit by eliminating Francisco Benitez in sixth place ($73,107). Benitez shoved for six.5 huge blinds as the primary to behave preflop with AQ. Rast referred to as from the large blind with 76 and flopped center pair to take the lead. The flip and river modified nothing for both participant and Rast’s pair of sevens was sufficient to win the pot and slender the sector to 5.

Not lengthy after that Jun Obara received all-in with 75 on a J106 flop. He was up in opposition to the J9 of Nick Yunis. Obara didn’t catch any of his outs on later streets and was despatched to the rail in fifth place, incomes $100,827 for his robust exhibiting on this occasion.

Despite securing that knockout, Yunis was the subsequent to fall. Rast open-shoved from under-the-gun with A4. Yunis referred to as for round 15 huge blinds from the large blind with A5. The board got here down 107438 and Yunis was eradicated in fourth place ($141,478).

Rast took greater than 75 p.c of the chips in play into three-handed motion. He doubled up one of his short-stacked opponents however gained the subsequent all-in to arrange the ultimate heads-up showdown. Rast shoved from the small blind with 54 and Tuan Phan referred to as with QJ. The J8657 runout noticed Rast spike a straight on the river to bust Phan in third place ($210,913).

Heads-up play received underway with Rast holding 33,880,000 to the 6,000,000 of John Gallaher. It was solely a matter of minutes earlier than Rast transformed his sizable lead into the title. Galleher limped in from the button with Q10 after which referred to as when Rast moved all-in. Rast confirmed Ok10. The board got here down JJ6103 and Rast’s king kicker performed to earn him the pot and the title. Gallaher was awarded $293,009 because the runner-up finisher.

Here is a have a look at the payouts and POY factors awarded on the remaining desk:

Winner picture supplied by PokerGO / Antonio Abrego.