There is a fresh kid on the poker block who goes by the name sbrugby. If you have been paying attention to big stakes money games you will know who I am talking about. On any day, you will be able to see sbrugby (Brian Townsend) playing at the maximum limits on Full Tilt Poker. The normal game of 200/400no limit has a max buy-in of $40, 000. Most evenings sbrugby will finish up having close to $200,000 by the close of his games. Sbrugby is rumored to be 24 years old and has only been gambling for two years. He won a little $20 buy-in tournament worth about $2,000 and hasn’t stopped. He sharpened his skills in poker room cash matches at the 2/5no limit poker table. Phil Ivey has been hammering away on this guy continually for the past number of weeks. Most of Ivey’s competitors go down in flames after Phil defeats them. Sbrugby isn’t like most of Phil’s opponents.
Sbrugby understands how to play up against the greatest gambler on the planet. He plays a very fierce style and is always applying pressure on his opponents. Whenever he sees weakness in his opponent, he will put his competitor to the test. His impressive skill to analyze his competitor’s hand places him amidst the best on the planet. Brian Townsend is featured in the 3rd season of GSN’s HSP (High Stakes Poker). Brian is one of many new internet whiz kids who are controlling web poker.