Doyle Brunson

Name: Doyle Brunson
Nickname: Texas Dolly
Current Residence: Las Vegas, Nev.
Birth Date: August 10, 1933
Birth Place: Longworth, Texas, United States

Don't deal Doyle Brunson out just yet. The legendary poker pro is still making news, winning games and hoping to claim an 11th World Series of Poker bracelet. Retirement, Brunson says, will come when he quits winning.

Born August 10, 1933, in the midst of the Depression in Longworth, Texas, the man who later would become known as "Texas Dolly" was just another farm boy in a town of 100. Early on, Brunson found a niche in athletics. After...

Trivia

Authored Super/System, often called the poker bible
Has nearly $5 million in tournament winnings
Holds 10 gold WSOP bracelets, a record he shares with Johnny Chan
Won his first two World Series of Poker events with a 10-2 hand
Drafted as a young man to play for the Minneapolis Lakers, a former NBA team

Recent Tournament Placings

Tournament	Place	Winnings
2008 WSOP, Event 45, World Championship H.O.R.S.E.	16th	$124,320
2008 WSOP, Event 8, World Championship Mixed Event	21st	$16,243
2008 Special, NBC Heads-Up Championship	10th	$25,000
2007 WSOP, Event 50, World Championship Pot-Limit Omaha	6th	$123,967
2007 WSOP, Event 26, H.O.R.S.E.	22nd	$9,024
2006 WSOP, Event 45, No-Limit Hold'em	21st	$3,372
2006 WSOP, Event 20, H.O.R.S.E.	8th	$274,560
WPT Season 4, Bellagio Five Diamond	3rd	$563,485
2005 WSOP, Event 31, $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em, Short-Handed...	1st	$367,800
2004 WSOP, Event 33, World Championship No-Limit Texas...	53rd	$45,000
2003 WSOP, $2,000 H.O.R.S.E.	1st	$84,080
1998 WSOP, $1,500 Seven-Card Razz	1st	$93,000
1991 WSOP, $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em	1st	$208,000
1979 WSOP, $600 Mixed Doubles	1st	$4,500
1978 WSOP, $5,000 Seven-Card Stud	1st	$68,000
1977 WSOP, $1,000 Seven-Card Stud Split	1st	$62,500
1976 WSOP, $5,000 Deuce-to-Seven Draw	1st	$80,250

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Player Statistics

Cashes	24
Total Winnings	$4,377,348
First Place Finishes	11
WSOP Bracelets	10

Player Analysis of Doyle Brunson

Description

Doyle is the Arnold Palmer of poker: the king. A fiery competitor at over 70 years of age, Doyle remains one of the top five players in the world. He was once strictly a No-Limit specialist, but he probably became a top Limit player when he was working on his Super/System book. People who don't know him are amazed when he makes it to the final table of one of the few tournaments he enters each year. He is still a better player than all of the players on the tournament trail.

Best Game

All around great player

Weakness

Stamina is limited, although it has improved since gastric bypass surgery

Doyle Brunson's Score

6.7/10

Agressiveness 5
Looseness 4
Limit 7
No-Limit 8
Side Games 8
Steam Control 7
Against Strong Players 8
Tournaments 7
Short-Handed 7
Against Weak Players 6

Amusing Anecdote

When I first started playing with Doyle, we'd play in out-of-the-way places because some of the well-known players didn't want public scrutiny. I would ask Doyle about the poker game, but he would always talk about the food spread at the game. He weighed 400 pounds and he'd say to me, “Look at those pork chops” or “Tell me if you've ever tasted a better sweet potato than those.” He seemed to get much more delight from eating than playing poker.

Analysis brought to you by Barry Greenstein