Brian Rast has won one of the biggest payouts in the history of poker after outlasting a field of 43 entrants to win the $7.5m first prize at the inaugural $500,000 Super High Roller Bowl.

Brian Rast is going to have to pinch Daniel Idema’s hot air balloon to drag his latest haul away from the Aria. The creator of Zen Poker Mentoring has won $7.5m playing in one of the toughest High Roller events in recent memory.

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There was a time that these events were attractive to the pros because they contained so many whales. The harpoons have done their damage. You are more likely to see a flamingo in the Manchester Ship Canal, than a field full of dirty rich businessmen in a High Roller these days.