Brenes has cashed 22 times at the (WSOP), making three final tables and finished as runner-up in two of them, the first was in the $3,500 Number Limit Hold"em event where he finish runner-up to Mike Matusow in 1999 the next was to Jim Lester in the $3,000 Texas Fixed-Limit Hold"em in 2001.
Brenes resides in Miami Lakes, Florida. Brenes has also cashed in the money twice at the WSOP Main Event, 24th in 2001 and 197th in 2004. Poker Classic, earning $100,000.
On May 5, 2008, Brenes was a participant at the inaugural Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) in the LAPT Rio de Janeiro event in Brazil and made the Final Table finishing fourth, earning $62,800 then later that year in August he finished runner-up at the LAPT Punta del Este $2,700 Number Limit Hold"em Main Event earning an addition $127,625
As of 2009, his total live tournament winnings exceed $1,100,000.
His 22 cashes as the WSOP account for $402,817 of those winnings.
Brenes was the winner of a title in 2005 and is the younger brother of professional poker players Humberto Brenes and Eric Brenes, the three of them together are known as "Godfather of Costa Rican players,". Brenes has cashed four times at the title events, and won the WPT Invitational - Season 3 tournament at the 2005 Los Angeles
