Brad Booth, Date of Birth

    

Brad Booth

Canadian poker player

Date of Birth: 20-Sep-1976

Profession: poker player

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Brad Booth

  • Bradley Booth (born September 20, 1976) is a Canadian professional poker player known for his appearances on the GSN series High Stakes Poker and buying in for a "cool million." Booth was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
  • For a time, he was one of 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 Full Tilt Poker to become the Spokesman and Director of Poker Programming at GR88.com. In 2012, Brad Booth by his own admission failed to repay $28,000 from a fellow poker player Douglas Polk during a cash-for-online funds swap.

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