Nov 23, 2020 The life of Doyle Brunson – nicknamed the Godfather of Poker – has been an extra ordinary one. From the basketball court – yes, really – to the poker felt, the man who became known as ‘Texas Dolly’. Brunson (born August 10, 1933) is a retired American poker player who played professionally for over 50 years. He is a two-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champion, a Poker Hall of Fame inductee, and the author of several books on poker.

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Doyle Brunson was in the prime of his poker playing career and was gunning for his first Main Event title. Down to heads-up play against a final-table fixture of the day in Jesse Alto, The Doyle Brunson hand would make its first mark on the poker world. Preflop, Alto raised with his unsuited A-J, an excellent heads-up hand. Brunson, a member of the Poker Hall of Fame, is considered one of the best no-limit Texas hold'em players in history. He spends a great deal of his time in high-stakes poker games at the Horseshoe. Play Online Poker Check out our new Online Poker section which hosts 5 of the best online poker rooms, each of which has a great sign up bonus and huge value promotions for DoyleBrunson.com players.

Todd Alan Brunson^[1] (born August 7, 1969) is an American professional poker player and the son of poker player Doyle Brunson. Doyle Brunson did not teach Todd how to play; it was not until he was studying law at Texas Tech University that he learned how to play on his own. Before his senior year, he dropped out of school to turn professional.^[2]

Most of Brunson's years as a poker player have been spent playing cash games. He plays at the Bellagio in some of their biggest cash games. Brunson won a bracelet in Omaha High-Low at the 2005 World Series of Poker, making the Brunsons the first father-son combination to each win bracelets at the World Series. Todd Brunson also contributed to his father's book, Super System 2, the 2005 sequel to Doyle Brunson's poker book Super/System, writing the Seven Card Stud High Low Eight or Better section.

Brunson's nickname 'Darkhorse' comes from a tournament he played early in his career, where he was reckoned to be a huge underdog, but outlasted the likes of poker legend Chip Reese.

Brunson competed in the Poker Superstars 2 Grand Final against Johnny Chan.

In 2006, Brunson competed in the Poker Superstars 3 Grand Final against Antonio Esfandiari and defeated him by winning the first three matches in a best three out of five heads-up format. In the third round, he was down to 170,000 chips against 3,830,000 chips owned by Esfandiari and eventually won by getting more than five double ups. Brunson took home the $400,000 first prize

In 2006, Brunson competed in the Poker Superstars 2 quarter-finalists freeroll and took home the $500,000 first prize after defeating Ted Forrest in the final heads-up confrontation.

Brunson won over $13.5 million in a two-day span in a heads-up, $50,000-$100,000 limit hold-em game,^[when?] as chronicled in the 2005 book, The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King.

Brunson has also competed in the Ultimate Poker Challenge series. He has also appeared in the GSN series High Stakes Poker.

In 2009, Brunson made a guest appearance on one of the final episodes of the series Stargate Atlantis (#519 'Vegas'), during a poker game set in Las Vegas.^{[citation needed]}

As of January 2015, his total live tournament winnings exceed $4,000,000.^[3] His 47 cashes as the WSOP account for $1,507,822 of those winnings.^[4]

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References[edit]

1. ^US Search Todd Brunson^{[permanent dead link]}
2. ^Doyles Room
3. ^Hendon Mob tournament results
4. ^World Series of Poker EarningsArchived July 12, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, worldseriesofpoker.com

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External links[edit]

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• Todd Brunson on IMDb

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