Brad Booth
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Bradley Booth (born September 20, 1976 in Vancouver
, British Columbia
, Canada
) is a Canadian professional poker player known for his appearances on the GSN series High Stakes Poker
and buying in for a "cool million."
For a time, he was one the most successful high limit cash game players of the last decade. He was once referred to as a "poker savant" by Phil Laak
and is rated as one of the best poker players in the world by Phil Hellmuth
and Doyle Brunson
. In the thirteenth episode of the third season of High Stakes Poker
, Booth stated that he has been playing poker every day for fourteen years – first in Vancouver
, then Calgary
and then in the Yukon
, hence his nickname "Yukon Brad" – but is now slowing down. According to an interview on Mediocre Poker Radio, Booth was a victim of the Ultimate Bet cheating scandal, and may have been cheated out of $2 million. He continued to play poker online after being cheated, but without his former success. Since 2008, he has lost 4.2 million playing poker.
Booth appeared on the second season of NBC
's Poker After Dark
on the episode "International Week" and finished in second place to Patrik Antonius
. This match was notable for the length of time it lasted, breaking previous Poker After Dark heads-up records. As of 2009, his total live tournament winnings exceed $710,000.
In November 2009, Booth left the fold of professional players at Full Tilt Poker to become the Spokesman and Director of Poker Programming at .
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
, British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
) is a Canadian professional poker player known for his appearances on the GSN series High Stakes Poker
High Stakes Poker
High Stakes Poker is a cash game poker television program broadcast by the cable television network GSN in the United States. The poker variant played on the show is no limit Texas hold 'em. It premiered on January 16, 2006 and ended on December 17, 2007 and it returns back on March 1, 2009 and is...
and buying in for a "cool million."
For a time, he was one the most successful high limit cash game players of the last decade. He was once referred to as a "poker savant" by Phil Laak
Phil Laak
Philip "Phil" C. Laak is a professional poker player, now residing in Los Angeles, California. Laak holds a World Poker Tour title, a World Series of Poker bracelet and has appeared on numerous nationally-aired television shows.-Early life:...
and is rated as one of the best poker players in the world by Phil Hellmuth
Phil Hellmuth
Phil Hellmuth is an American professional poker player. He is best known for holding a record 11 World Series of Poker bracelets, for winning the Main Event of the 1989 World Series of Poker and for his temperamental, "poker brat" personality...
and Doyle Brunson
Doyle Brunson
Doyle F. Brunson is an American professional poker player who has played professionally for over 50 years. He is the first two-time World Series of Poker main event champion to win consecutively, a Poker Hall of Fame inductee, and the author of several books on poker.Brunson is the first player to...
. In the thirteenth episode of the third season of High Stakes Poker
High Stakes Poker
High Stakes Poker is a cash game poker television program broadcast by the cable television network GSN in the United States. The poker variant played on the show is no limit Texas hold 'em. It premiered on January 16, 2006 and ended on December 17, 2007 and it returns back on March 1, 2009 and is...
, Booth stated that he has been playing poker every day for fourteen years – first in Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
, then Calgary
Calgary
Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...
and then in the Yukon
Yukon
Yukon is the westernmost and smallest of Canada's three federal territories. It was named after the Yukon River. The word Yukon means "Great River" in Gwich’in....
, hence his nickname "Yukon Brad" – but is now slowing down. According to an interview on Mediocre Poker Radio, Booth was a victim of the Ultimate Bet cheating scandal, and may have been cheated out of $2 million. He continued to play poker online after being cheated, but without his former success. Since 2008, he has lost 4.2 million playing poker.
Booth appeared on the second season of NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
's Poker After Dark
Poker After Dark
Poker After Dark was an hour-long poker television program on NBC. The show made its debut on January 1, 2007, and was cancelled as another victim of the "Black Friday" criminal case due to the show's sponsorship by Full Tilt Poker, one of that case's defendants. on September 23, 2011 For its first...
on the episode "International Week" and finished in second place to Patrik Antonius
Patrik Antonius
Patrik Antonius is a Finnish professional poker player, former tennis player and coach, and model from Vantaa, Finland. He currently resides in Monte Carlo...
. This match was notable for the length of time it lasted, breaking previous Poker After Dark heads-up records. As of 2009, his total live tournament winnings exceed $710,000.
In November 2009, Booth left the fold of professional players at Full Tilt Poker to become the Spokesman and Director of Poker Programming at .