Engaging, and popular with other players due to his always friendly manner, Humberto's favorite tournament attire are brightly-colored jump suits, a visor, and two pairs of glasses, one atop the other. A poker tournament player since 1988, he has actually played poker since the age of seven when taught by his father.



As of 2006, Humberto has won two World Series of Poker bracelets and has finished in the money in numerous World Series of Poker and World Poker Tour tourneys.His WSOP bracelets were both won in the 1993 WSOP tournament playing limit Texas Hold 'em and pot limit Omaha.

Brenes championship career began in 2002 when he finished first at Jack Binion World Poker Open Championship, in Tunica, MS. Humberto took home half-a-million dollars in that one.In 2004, Benes finished in the money at the Foxwood Poker Classic, where his third place won more than $1.5 million.

Humberto's poker playing skills have certainly earned him a pretty good living, but poker playing is far from his only source of income. Humberto is an astute businessman as well, owning, and having owned numerous successful businesses in Costa Rica, among which were several restaurants, a Univision TV station, and a construction company. Currently he owns a nut processing plant in his home country. Additionally, Humberto holds a degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Costa Rica.

Team Pokerstars is a poker site (not a poker casino), in which poker players world-wide can play against each other, and not the house. The site makes it's money through the "rake" the percentage charged to monitor the games. The site is buttressed by the recruitment of tournament champion poker players who have achieved celebrity status and respect within the field for their playing prowess. Current poker champions who are now members of Team Pokerstars are; Victor Ramdin, Barry Greenstein, Isabelle Mercier, Joe Hachem, Chris Moneymaker, Luca PaganoVanessa Rousso, Bertrand Grospellier, Steve Paul-Ambrose, Wil Wheaton, John Duthie, Tom McEvoy,Lee Nelson and Greg Raymer.

And now, as of July, 2006, Humberto Brenes has joined this illustrious group. Team Pokerstars made the announcement that it had requested Humberto to join their membership and were very pleased that he accepted.

Humberto's World Series of Poker stats as of 2006 are as follows:

? WSOP Event # 26A ? Pot-Limit Omaha ? 64th place - $598

? WSOP Event # 17 - No-Limit Hold 'em ? 7th place - $74,715

? WSOP Event # 14 - No-Limit Hold 'em w/re-buys ? 58th place - $4,636

? WSOP Event # 10 - Seven-Card Stud - 19th place - $5,220

? WSOP Event # 2 - No-Limit Hold 'em ? 250th place - $ 2,274