Brad Booth plays online at Full Tilt Poker.

You won’t find too many world-class poker pros that jump-started their poker career by delivering pizzas – but Brad Booth is one of them.

Brad’s path to poker mastery began with a delivery job. After a night spent delivering pizza around his native Vancouver, Brad was often able to scrape together enough dough to buy into the $4/$8 Limit Hold ‘em games in his local card rooms.

His dedication to hitting the felt soon paid off in spades. Even though Brad never read a single poker book while learning to play, the time he put in every night – and the vast experience he gained while doing so – turned him into a formidable player.

Based on his success in cash games, Brad decided to enter the tournament circuit in 2005. His expertise was quickly rewarded by an impressive number of back-to-back cashes. In his first major tournament, the $5,000 Short-Handed No-Limit Hold ‘em event at the 2005 World Series of Poker (WSOP), Brad placed 12th, cashing for nearly $17,000. This was quickly followed in October by a second-place finish in the Bellagio Festa Al Lago $2,500 No-Limit Hold' em tournament, where he netted nearly $88,000. In December, Brad cashed for almost $50,000 more in the Five Diamond World Poker Classic.

Brad continued his hot streak in 2006, with a string of five-figure cashes in World Poker Tour events. In June of that year, he scored his biggest success to date, finishing third in the $10,000 No-Limit Hold' em Mandalay Bay Poker Championship and taking home almost $320,000. Since then, Brad has had several more impressive finishes in large tournaments, most notably a fifth-place finish in the 2007 National Heads-Up Championship broadcast on NBC.

From his humble beginnings as a pizza delivery guy, Brad has turned into one of the most skilled players on the tournament circuit – showing just how far dedication, passion, and experience can take you in poker.

Look for Brad playing online at Full Tilt Poker.