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VIDEOS: HEADS-UP AND SIX-MAX PLO, NLHE
LOCATION: SANTA BARBARA, CA


Brian "Sbrugby" Townsend started playing home games and .25-.50 limit in August '05 but quickly moved up in stakes. In 2006 he became a professional player and switched from limit to no-limit.  Within a year Brian was playing the largest NLHE games in the world. He added PLO to his repertoire more recently and his latest challenge is learning mixed games, including Omaha 8 or better, Stud 8 or better, Razz and Triple Draw. He was the first primarily online player to be featured on the cover of Card Player and he has made TV appearances on the most popular televised cash game, High Stakes Poker on the Game Show Network, and in the Million Dollar Cash Game on Sky Sports. Brian currently plays NLHE from 10-20 deepstack and higher, and PLO from 25-50 deepstack and higher.


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