Chris Brewer is a former collegiate runner turned high stakes poker player from Oregon with over $15 million in career tournament earnings, putting him second on the state's all-time money list behind Seth Davies.
After getting his first tournament cash in 2015, Brewer broke out onto the high-stakes scene and is a regular in Triton events and in the PokerGO studio.
In September 2021, Brewer took down the Poker Masters $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em event for $427,500, his biggest career score to date, just one month after getting his second-best score of $420,670 after winning the $50,000 Super High Roller at the World Poker Tour (WPT) Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open.
Brewer's heater continued into 2022 and he finished first in the Triton Poker Series Madrid €20,000 No-Limit Short Deck event for $387,209.
At the 2021 WSOP, Brewer finished fifth in the $50,000 Poker Players Championship for $211,235.
In 2023, Brewer won his first WSOP title in the $250,000 High Roller event for $5,293,556.
Chris Brewer's Top Five Cashes
DATE | BUY-IN | TOURNAMENT | PLACE | PRIZE (IN USD) | |
September 2021 | $25,000 | Poker Masters NLH | 1st | $427,500 | |
August 2021 | $50,000 | WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Super High Roller | 1st | $420,670 | |
May 2022 | €20,000 | Triton Poker Series Madrid Short Deck | 1st | $387,209 | |
April 2021 | $50,000 | WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown | 3rd | $295,365 | |
March 2022 | €49,000 | EPT Prague Super High Roller | 4th | $275,938 |