There is a new kid on the poker scene who goes by the name sbrugby. If you have been watching big stakes cash games you’ll be aware of who I am speaking of. On any given day, you are able to see Brian Townsend AKA sbrugby playing at the maximum limits on Full Tilt Poker. The normal match of 200/400no limit has a maximum buy in of forty thousand dollars. Many nights sbrugby will wind up having nearly two hundred thousand dollars by the close of his games. Sbrugby is believed to be 24 years old and has just been playing for two years. He captured a little 20 dollar buy in tournament worth about 2,000 dollars and has never looked back. He sharpened his games in poker room cash games at the 2/5NL poker table. Phil Ivey has been hammering away on this fellow continually for the last number of weeks. Most of Ivey’s competitors go down in fire after Phil defeats them. Sbrugby is not like a majority of Ivey’s competitors.
Sbrugby understands how to hold his own against the best gambler in the world. He plays a very fierce style and is always applying pressure on his competitors. Whenever he notices weakness in his competitor, he’ll put his opponent to the test. His incredible skill to read his competitor’s hand puts him amidst the biggest in the world. Brian Townsend is featured in the 3rd season of GSN’s High Stakes Poker (HSP). Brian is one of a number of new internet superstars who are controlling web poker.