The family of longtime poker pro Brad Booth is seeking help from the public and poker community. The 43-year-old hasn’t been seen for almost a month and his family is deeply concerned.
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- Booth, who very recently celebrated his 44 th birthday, eventually moved from Vancouver to Yukon, which move would end up earning him his alias, Yukon Brad. A former Full Tilt Poker so-called “red pro”, which during the site’s rise to prominence was considered an insignia of honour, Booth.
Booth’s sister Jackie Martic has reached out via social media to spread the word and seek help. That has included filing a missing person’s report with police.
At long last, Brad Booth has been found. And the best part of it is the former high-stakes poker player is, as his family says, “alive and well.” Booth’s friends and family have been trying to find out where he’s.
“I’m begging all who know him on your assistance for getting this photo to go viral in hopes of finding him,” Martic wrote in a message to the poker community. “We’re feeling very hopeless that he’s been absent for so long and we need your help.”
Unusual disappearance disturbs family and friends
Booth was last seen on July 13 leaving the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada. He told his roommate he was going camping.
However he took a minimal number of items, which would only last him a few days. Booth was driving a silver 2002 Toyota Tacoma truck with the Nevada license plate 601PMR.
Booth is described as 6 feet, 2 inches tall and weighing 200 pounds with brown hair and hazel-colored eyes. Police and family released this photo below of Booth in his truck.
They believe finding the truck may be key in locating Booth.
Friends and family are baffled by his disappearance and desperate for any help in the case. The missing person’s report was filed with the Reno Police Department.
Family members are asking anyone with information to contact Detective Tazy Ciofalo at 775-334-2175.
Poker players asked to offer information in case
Brad Booth Poker Broke
Originally from Vancouver, Canada, Booth has almost $800,000 in live tournament winnings. His biggest tournament score came in 2006 when he finished third in the $10,300 World Poker TourMandalay Bay Championship. He took home more than $319,000 in that event.
Players remember him as more of a cash game player. During the poker boom, Booth was a regular on televised poker shows like High Stakes Poker and Poker After Dark.
Many poker fans may remember a huge bluff he ran against Phil Ivey.
Booth spent some time in the Yukon Territory in Canada, which gave him the nickname “Yukon.” His Twitter handle is even @YukonBrad.
There have been numerous retweets and posts aiding in the search over the last few days. Some players offered comments about Booth as a person on Twitter.
“Played many hours with Brad,” poker player Omar LoxTweeted. “He had his financial [problems], but he was always a pleasant dude. Hope all is well for him.”
Others relayed nice experiences with Booth at the cash game tables.
Share some POSITIVE Brad Booth stories.
I was crushing this guy HeadsUp cash online, but in chat he said I hope you burn in a grease fire. I was so upset that someone wished me to die, I was bawling ? and could barely see the screen.
Brad said. Don’t Ever Cry Over Poker.
I was crushing this guy HeadsUp cash online, but in chat he said I hope you burn in a grease fire. I was so upset that someone wished me to die, I was bawling ? and could barely see the screen.
Brad said. Don’t Ever Cry Over Poker.
— Gillian Epp (@GillEpp) August 8, 2020
“Alive and well”
Poker player Brad Booth, who had been missing for two months, is reportedly “alive and well”. The confirmation came from his family on September 16, first shared with the poker community early Thursday morning by poker journalist Jennifer Newell.
In a short message, Booth’s family said it turned out that he had been “taking some time to himself”. He did not notify anyone as to his plans or his whereabouts, however, which is why friends and family were worried when he seemingly disappeared on July 13.
His family did not provide any more information on the matter, such as what Brad was doing or where he went. They thanked everybody for the support over the last couple months and left it at that.
Went “camping” and didn’t return
Brad Booth Poker
The saga began in early August, when poker podcaster Adam Schwartz tweeted that Booth had not been seen since July 13 and that his friends were quite worried. Schwartz included a link to the official missing person report on NamUS.gov.
The report, created on July 30, said Booth was last seen leaving the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada in a 2002 silver Toyota Tacoma truck. Booth’s roommate told authorities that Brad said he was going camping, but the roommate was concerned that by all appearances, the supplies Booth took with him would likely only last a day or two. The implication of this observation was that either Booth’s survival during a camping trip would be difficult, or Booth was not telling the truth about what he was doing, causing further cause for concern.
I hope he’s just out there catching his breath again.”
Schwartz received dozens of public replies to his tweet, along with nearly 200 retweets. The vast majority of people expressed their worry for Booth. A couple described him as being “like a brother” to them. One said that Brad had helped him get through “a pretty rough time” in his life, adding: “I hope he’s just out there catching his breath again.”
Fortunately, it seems like that is what was happening.
Rollercoaster high-stakes poker career
Brad Booth, who will celebrate his 44th birthday this weekend, was born in Vancouver and rose to fame as a high stakes poker player during the poker boom of the early-to-mid 2000s. He made several appearances on the popular poker program High Stakes Poker, telling his tablemates at one point that he had played poker every day for 14 years. He moved from Vancouver to Calgary to the Yukon, the latter being the genesis of his nickname Yukon Brad.
Booth was a former Full Tilt Poker “red pro”, a badge of honor during the site’s heyday. He arguably became more associated with UltimateBet, however, because of the superuser cheating scandal on the site from 2005 to 2007. In an interview with Mediocre Poker Radio, Booth estimated that he may have lost as much as $2m to cheating UltimateBet insiders. Over a three-year span, he lost $4.2m playing poker.
In 2012, Booth admitted to scamming $28,000 from poker pro Doug Polk in a cash-for-online money swap. In an emotional video, he apologized, promising to make good. He vowed to stay away from alcohol, the “pit” at casinos, and online poker until “I get back on my feet and get control of my life.”
the last four years have been so super difficult”
“The last four years have been so super difficult and I’ve had many chances to get my life back together after the UB scandal. And I’ve seemed to fail in every opportunity,” he added.
Brad Booth Poker Missing
Booth’s past troubles with finances and alcohol, combined with a comment he made in 2011 when he said that he sometimes felt “at the end of his rope”, were primary sources of concern for friends and family during his disappearance. The poker pro was also known to march to the beat of his own drum, so the hope was that he just went off by himself for an extended break from a crazy year.