Brian Townsend
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| Brian Townsend | |
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| Nickname(s) | sbrugby, aba20, "Btown" |
| Hometown | Santa Barbara, California |
| World Poker Tour | |
| Titles | None |
| Final tables | None |
| Money finishes | 1 |
Brian Townsend is an American professional poker player, currently residing in Santa Barbara, California.
Townsend is largely known for his success playing no limit hold 'em and pot-limit omaha at Full Tilt Poker, playing under the nickname 'sbrugby.'[1] Townsend began playing online poker at $0.50/$1.00 blinds but gradually moved up in stakes, eventually becoming a regular player in some of the highest stakes games online.[2]. He posts regularly on Two Plus Two Publishing forums under the name aba20. Although better known to be a heads up and short handed specialist online, he has participated in several live tournaments, including an in the money finish at a World Poker Tour no limit hold 'em event,[3] and making a final table at a World Series of Poker circuit event.[4] His total live tournament winnings exceed $230,000.[3]
He appeared on season 3 of GSN's High Stakes Poker.[5]
He is co-owner and lead instructor for Cardrunners.com, an online instructional website where he posts instructional videos and writes about his daily life and poker experiences in a blog.[6]
He is featured on the front cover of the August/September 2007 issue of Cardplayer Magazine and November 2008 issue of Inside Poker.
He played Lock for UCSB's 2003 league championship rugby team.[7]
Townsend appeared on NBC's Poker After Dark and won beating Doyle Brunson heads up. He won the 120,000 thousand cash prize.
He became a pro at Full Tilt Poker, playing under his real name Brian Townsend in March 2008.[8] In August 2008, Townsend was found to be violating Full Tilt's terms of service by playing under multiple account names, "multiaccounting".[9] Townsend was suspended for six months as a Full Tilt professional player. Townsend issued an apology and also admitted to multiaccounting on PokerStars.
[edit] Notes
- ^ The Official World Poker Tour Magazine
- ^ Rounder Poker Show radio interview
- ^ a b "PokerPages.com Brian Townsend Profile". Retrieved on 2008-03-18.
- ^ "PokerPages.com tournament results". Retrieved on 2008-03-18.
- ^ "Card Player Magazine article". Retrieved on 18 March 2008.
- ^ Cardrunners.com profile
- ^ Lykissas, Alexis. "Men’s Rugby: Sweet-Sour Season Ends for SB", Daily Nexus. Retrieved on 18 March 2008.
- ^ "Brian Townsend Full Tilt Poker profile". Retrieved on 2008-03-18.
- ^ Pokernews.com: Brian Townsend Admits to Multiaccounting
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