Bryan Huang Diwei

Lives: Singapore/Macau

Age: 24

Born in Singapore, Bryan Huang discovered poker at the age of 20. He realised that Poker enabled him to travel the world, pay for his education and could help him with his family’s house mortgage and car loans. Upon graduating at the age of 23 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Accountancy, he turned down conventional job offers and decided to turn professional.

Bryan started playing online poker in 2005 where deposit bonuses caught his attention. He managed to turn his small deposits into thousands of dollars, week in, week out, as well as qualifying for a Caribbean Poker Cruise package.

In addition to running deep in the Main Event, he also won the USD$1100 NLHE side event for a cool USD$80,000 in prize money, besting some of UK’s best players like David “Devilfish” Ulliot on the final table. This welcomed bankroll injection paid for his regular travels to Australia, Europe and Las Vegas during his college holidays to play poker.

During his final semester holidays, Bryan made a stunning debut at the 2008 APPT season by cashing in three out of five tournaments - Macau, Seoul and Auckland. He was also named “Rookie of the year” by Bluff Australasia (Dec 2008) and was featured on the cover of Poker Asia Times Magazine.

Bryan has made final tables in poker tournaments all over the world such as Spain, Macau, Philippines, Australia, Caribbean, and Russia.

Already one of the highest earning Singaporean poker players of all time, Bryan Huang will be looking to take down his first major title at the biggest events around the world. He is a member of PokerStars Team Asia Pro and plays exclusively online on PokerStars using the screen name ‘Brasstal’ and can be seen regularly playing cash games and live tournaments at the PokerStars Macau tables.

Career Highlights

Event	Date	Position	Prize
Caribbean Poker Cruise $1,100 No Limit Hold’em	January 2006	1st	USD$77,875
Canpeonata de Espana Peralada €300 No Limit Hold’em	December 2006	8th	USD$2,112
APPT - Macau HK$25,000 No Limit Hold'em	September 2008	3rd	USD$153,841
APPT - Seoul $2,870 No Limit Hold'em	September 2008	13th	USD$4,006
APPT – Auckland NZ$2,800 No Limit Hold'em	October 2008	23rd	USD$4,001
Pokernews Cup Championship Melbourne A$2,000 No Limit Hold’em	October 2008	20th	USD$5,068
APPT – Manila P$20,000 Teams Event No Limit Hold’em	November 2008	1st	USD$1,820
Western Classic Poker Championships – Perth No Limit Hold’em	November 2008	6th	USD$12,422
Asian Poker Tour Manila USD$2,500 No Limit Hold’em	January 2009	21st	USD$6,000
Macau Poker Cup HK$450 No Limit Hold’em	March 2009	5th	USD$1,184
Russian Poker Tour – Moscow RUB32,000 No Limit Hold’em	May 2009	3rd	USD$6,212
Macau Poker Cup HK$1,000 No Limit Hold’em	July 2009	1st	USD$5,140
Macau Poker Cup, HK$500 Rebuy No Limit Hold’em	July 2009	6th	USD$1,045