Poker, Futurism, and Brazil | "Jungleman Dan Cates" and Brian Rast

Brian Rast is an American poker player and winner of six World Series of Poker bracelets. Rast has been crushing it as a poker pro for well beyond a decade at the highest level. He's won in tournaments and in some of the biggest cash games in the world. He has won the $50,000 Poker Players Championship on three occasions and was inducted into the Poker Hall Of Fame in 20223. Rast was born in Denver, Colorado. He then moved to Poway, California where he graduated the Poway High School in 2000 as Valedictorian. After finishing High School Rast entered Stanford University, but dropped out rather soon in order to seek career as a professional poker player. This is part two of our interview with Brian Rast. Check out part one, episode 67.Here is what you can expect on this week's show: 0:00 Introduction 0:56 Competition 7:41 Keeping it light 12:11 Is Jungleman done bluffing? 15:28 What will you do with the money? 16:50 Fighting for the environment 29:14 An invite to Brazil 30:56 Politics - a difficult game 42:33 Society - Good at solving, bad at preventing 45:37 Saving the world from AI 54:45 Is society getting more superficial? 59:49 The story behind Jungleman’s Terminator 1:04:35 It’s NOT all about the Benjamins 1:18:00 Plans for the future Follow Brian Rast: Instagram: @tsarrast Twitter: @tsarrast Follow "Jungleman" Dan Cates on social: Websites: https://www.wtgol.com Instagram: @wtgolpodcast @thedancates Twitter: @junglemandan Join Poker Academy today using this link: https://www.preflop.academy/?via=dan Poker strategy tips Poker tournament highlights Poker player profiles Poker player rankings Poker coaching Poker mental game