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View the profiles of professionals named 'Brad Booth' on LinkedIn. There are 100+ professionals named 'Brad Booth', who use LinkedIn to exchange information, ideas, and opportunities. 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.
Brad Booth is safe.
His family revealed the news on the evening of Wednesday, September 16. There are few details to reveal to the public, but Booth's family is confident that he is 'alive and well' while taking some time away.
Dominic loriggio. In a year that has been brutal to the poker community on many levels, this news is most welcome and celebrated by many people. It is evidenced by the social media and forum posts, all breathing a sigh of relief that a longtime member of the community is safe.
A Worrisome Disappearance
The news of a missing poker player was concerning. When the 43-year-old poker pro left a Reno casino by himself on July 13 with only enough supplies to stay safe for a few days, the concern began. But it turned to worry when days and then weeks passed with no word from Booth and no sign of his truck.
His family and close friends contacted the Reno Police Department and ultimately filed a report, declaring Booth missing. The police put him into the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System with details of his appearance and his truck, including his license plate number.
More details emerged. He told his roommate he was going camping but ceased all contact instead. His cell phone last pinged near Reno on the night he disappeared and then ceased connecting to any cell tower.
Booth's family began reaching out through members of the poker community. They issued a statement to share on the Two Plus Two forum and provided the case number and contact at the Reno PD. And they asked for serious tips only, that people stop harmful and unnecessary speculation.
Friends had known Booth to seek anonymity at times, but they and his family felt that this time was different. They were clearly worried.
A Wide Search
Of course, Booth's friends and family searched, as much as was possible due to Covid-19 and associated restrictions. Those in Canada depended upon the authorities in Reno and word of mouth through the poker community to find him.
People who only knew him as 'Yukon Brad' asked around and shared informational posters. They shared memories of Booth from playing poker with him or watching him play on television on shows like High Stakes Poker.
Those in Reno and surrounding areas who knew nothing about poker whatsoever shared information as well.
Brad Booth Update
Some friends and family members created a special Facebook page called 'Let's find BRAD BOOTH' that grew quickly to more than 600 members. (It currently stands at 685.) People checked in there for news, and many shared memories of their times with Booth.
A Family Message Spreads Relief
On September 16, Booth's family found out – and confirmed – that he was alive and missing by choice. They immediately took to social media and spread the message.
Some in the poker world recently endured the tragic and jarring loss of Susie Zhao, and many were and remain in mourning for Mike Sexton, who very recently lost his battle with cancer. Information that Booth was alive and well was truly welcome and joyous news.
For the Haters and Critics…
This is where I get personal.
A person generally doesn't disappear from the lives of all family members and friends for an extended period of time to be hurtful. The person who disappears is typically hurting in some way and feels the need to disappear, to escape, maybe to think.
I do not know if Brad suffered from any type of depression or other mental illness. However, I do. And I know what it is like to want to disappear, to want to run away from everything heavy and overwhelming, to feel that there are no real-life options for fixing what is (or seems) broken.
Brad has been open about the highs and lows of his career, speaking freely at some periods in his life about debts he owed or bad decisions he made.
I have no knowledge of his reason for disappearing in July. I have no information about his financial situation or personal life.
What I do know is that a person who disappears is hurting. To come out of hiding can be just as difficult. Anyone who uses this opportunity to comment about Brad's rumored debts or to opine about the downfalls of 'gambling' should stop. There are times and places to debate poker, gambling, and financial decisions, and this isn't it.
In addition, unless you have first-hand knowledge of Brad's finances, personal relationships, and every thought in his head, you are merely speculating, and this isn't the time for that, either.
I will spend this time being grateful that the worst outcomes did not come to pass, that he is safe and alive and beginning to resume contact with loved ones. This is good news in a time when goodness is so desperately needed.
A person generally doesn't disappear from the lives of all family members and friends for an extended period of time to be hurtful. The person who disappears is typically hurting in some way and feels the need to disappear, to escape, maybe to think.
I do not know if Brad suffered from any type of depression or other mental illness. However, I do. And I know what it is like to want to disappear, to want to run away from everything heavy and overwhelming, to feel that there are no real-life options for fixing what is (or seems) broken.
Brad has been open about the highs and lows of his career, speaking freely at some periods in his life about debts he owed or bad decisions he made.
I have no knowledge of his reason for disappearing in July. I have no information about his financial situation or personal life.
What I do know is that a person who disappears is hurting. To come out of hiding can be just as difficult. Anyone who uses this opportunity to comment about Brad's rumored debts or to opine about the downfalls of 'gambling' should stop. There are times and places to debate poker, gambling, and financial decisions, and this isn't it.
In addition, unless you have first-hand knowledge of Brad's finances, personal relationships, and every thought in his head, you are merely speculating, and this isn't the time for that, either.
I will spend this time being grateful that the worst outcomes did not come to pass, that he is safe and alive and beginning to resume contact with loved ones. This is good news in a time when goodness is so desperately needed.
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ByBrad Booth is missing.
The 43-year-old poker player is not just on a long hike or a two-day bender. Brad Booth is missing and has been long enough to concern family and friends to the point of filing an official report with the police department.
There is a solid amount of information available about Booth, his vehicle, even his license plate number. But worries have grown as this Thursday will mark one month since anyone saw him.
What is Public Information
NamUs is the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, a nationwide resource to help resolve missing person cases.
According to this NamUs posting, Brad Booth left the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada, on Monday, July 13. He was driving a silver/aluminum-colored 2002 Toyota Tacoma pickup truck with Nevada license plates reading '601-PMR' and expiring in 2020. There is also a 'black steel cage bar' around the front of the truck.
Brad Booth
Please share and help find @YukonBrad@ASchwartzPokerpic.twitter.com/3XIl4Toyrv
— April Facey (@teamPokerFacey) August 8, 2020
He told his roommate that he was going camping. However, this roommate noted that Booth took only 'minimal items that would not sustain him for more than a day or two.'
Booth is a 6'2' white man weighing about 200 pounds. He is 43 years old, turning 44 in September.
He has brown hair and hazel eyes. The report also noted that he has well-groomed hair. (Author note: Confirmed, especially the nice hair.)
Reno, Nevada Police file# 20-12315
NamUs #MP72238#Missing Brad Booth, 43, Reno, Nevada. July 13, 2020.
Brad Booth was last seen leaving the Grand Sierra Resort in a 2002 Silver Toyota Tacoma truck
NV plates 601PMR
Male – White
6' 2'
200 lbshttps://t.co/rG61yVuQJg
— Andy 🇨🇦 (@Android_78) August 8, 2020
What is Shared by Family
Last Thursday, someone posted a since-confirmed statement from Booth's family on the Two Plus Two forum. It read:
'All of our family would like to say thank you to everyone that is trying to locate Brad.
'At this time, we ask that you please refrain from sharing second-hand information and to please stop spreading suspicions and rumors. It is impeding the investigation instead of helping by taking valuable time away to verify all the information.
'If you have any relevant information to this investigation, we ask that you contact detective Tazy Ciofalo at the Reno Police Department at (775) 321-8372 and reference file #20-12315.
'Should she not answer, leave a detailed message and she will get right back to you. We are all heartbroken over this and wish for his safe return.
'Thank you.
Casumo free spins. '—Family of Brad Booth'
In addition, on that same Two Plus Two thread, a friend of Booth wrote, 'Brad has at times gone off but would have contacted family or a close friend by now. We are hopeful for good news.'
Brad Booth's friends are very worried for him, he was last seen in Reno July 13 when he told his roommate he was going camping, attached is MP report
If you have any information about Brad or his whereabouts please tweet it at me
Plz RT for awarenesshttps://t.co/Eq5zjwx2yz
— Adam Schwartz (@ASchwartzPoker) August 4, 2020
As of mid-August, we have a new flyer reflecting more current pictures and description of Booth.
What Poker Knows
Booth was known for many years in poker as 'Yukon Brad.' Hailing from Vancouver, British Columbia, he started playing poker in Vancouver, then Calgary, and on to the Yukon. He played from the mid-1990s, when he was 19 or 20, and never stopped.
In live poker tournaments, though Booth shows results dating back to 2005 in Las Vegas at events like the World Series of Poker. He also made a big television appearance via the World Poker Tour when he final tabled the WPT Mandalay Bay Poker Championship in 2006 and finished third for $319,180.
By 2007, Booth was playing in high-stakes live games at the Bellagio in Las Vegas and on television shows like the NBC National Heads-Up Championship, High Stakes Poker, and Poker After Dark.
His online poker play at some of the highest-stakes tables online around 2007 prompted Full Tilt Poker to sign him as a 'Red Pro.' Ultimately, Booth lost what he claimed was millions of dollars to the UltimateBet cheating scandal and Black Friday, the latter the date in 2011 that the United States seized all major online poker sites.
Booth has experienced some very serious highs and lows throughout his poker career, having been a well-known personality through the 'poker boom' – even living at the Bellagio in Las Vegas for nearly two years – and involved in some of poker's biggest and most memorable hands.
Some of these videos through the years offer some insight into Booth's personality and love for poker.
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