Brian Hastings - Poker Player

Brian Hastings

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Brian Hastings is a professional poker player who has played for 20 years across a variety of formats — cash games and tournaments, no-limit hold’em and mixed games. He has won six WSOP bracelets and is a no-limit hold’em and mixed-game coach at Run it Once and Octopi Poker.

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