Brad Booth

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Broadcast schedule: Saturdays on NBC

· November 14, 2009 – 3:00pm ET
· December 12, 2009 – 3:00pm ET
· January 2, 2010 – 2:30pm ET

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updated 11:50 a.m. ET Sept. 5, 2009

Nickname is “Yukon Brad” due to spending time during the summer in the Yukon Territory
Highly regarded by his peers as a high-stakes no-limit cash game player who occasionally plays tournaments
Career live tournament winnings in excess of $748,000
Began playing penny ante poker at the age of 7, and started his poker career by playing $4/$8 limit poker in smoky underground card rooms in Vancouver while not yet of legal age with money he made nightly delivering pizzas
Was once considered by many pros to be “the best unknown poker player in the world,” a label given to him first by Phil Hellmuth

NHPC record: 2-1
NHPC total winnings: $25,000

2007: Defeated Howard Lederer and David Williams before losing to Chad Brown in Round 3 ($25,000 )

PAD record: 0-2

Match 12: 2nd
Match 43: 4th