Rast Charging
Last year, Brian Rast won two World Series of Poker gold bracelets. He's charging up the counts here in Event 9 and now has 134,000 in chips thanks to a recent pot where he flopped a set of deuces against Christopher Bolek.
We picked up the action on the 
board as Rast checked to Bolek. Bolek fired 4,200 and Rast put in a check-raise to 15,200. After a minute in the tank, Bolek called.
The river completed the board with the 
and brought in a backdoor flush draw. Rast led for 16,500. Bolek made the call and Rast tabled the 
for a set of twos. Bolek mucked and Rast won the pot.
Last year, Rast first one Event 15: $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em for nearly $230,000. He then won the prestigious Event 55: $50,000 Poker Player's Championship for over $1.7 million after defeating Phil Hellmuth heads up. Needless to say, Rast has got some game and he's showing it here on Day 2 as he builds up a mountain of chips.
Also of note is that Rast is doing his moving on Day 2 with both Jonathan Duhamel and Jason Mercier at his table. Mercier has direct position on Rast and the table is one of the tougher ones in the room.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
134,000
39,000
|
39,000 |
|
||
|
21,500 | |
|
||