The Hastings approach to the game is to draw on the strength of the collective; accent the importance of off-table work, and impart life balance to one's daily routine.

[7] Brian Hastings and Cole South were found to have not breached Full Tilt Poker's rules.

With restrictions placed against online play in the United States, Hastings moved to live poker.

Hastings outlasted Griffin Malatino in the Heads Up Play, Malantino taking home $117,300 as the second place player.

[10] Brian Hastings defeated Jason Mo in the final match of the $10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em event at the 2012 World Series of Poker to win his first bracelet.

[16] Hastings joined the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity at Cornell University,[2] and through that organization, the Irving Literary Society.