Brian Townsend Poker Player of the Week

Brian Townsend is the biggest "mover" among poker players from this past week, as chosen by PokerTableRatings.com.

It took Townsend just 88 minutes to earn a tad over $1.1m, that site reports.

This wasn't any kind of heads up session: this was 1,018 hands of $200/$400 Pot Limit Omaha simultaneously played over four tables, lasting only 88 minutes! Here are some jaw-dropping stats: $1,103,698.50 was the net profit for Townsend at the end of the session. This equates to roughly $12,500 per minute of play, equating to just over $200 PER SECOND of play. Bear in mind, many top lawyers bill out at $200 per hour...

Not a bad showing for Townsend, considering this week he has primarily been playing $25/$50 Pot Limit Omaha.

Brian Townsend currently resides in Santa Barbara, California. Townsend is largely known for his success playing no limit hold 'em and pot-limit omaha at Full Tilt Poker, playing under the nickname 'sbrugby.

Townsend does not have the best reputation in the world of online poker and has, in fact, been banned from Full Tilt Poker for a period of 6 months following an investigation that found he was in violation of that company's terms.  Townsend was found to be playing under multiple account names, a disallowed practice known as "multiaccounting".  It was later learned he engaged in similar activity at rival online poker room PokerStars. 

Ace King, Gambling911.com