Brunson Poker Pro

Brunson is more than a famous name in poker. Almost always seen wearing his cowboy hat, his silhouette is just as famous. Those who are close to him know that there is more to the man than poker hands and his hat. Brunson married in 1962, and soon after, his wife Louise got pregnant. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Doyle F. 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. Doyle Brunson is a name known to all avid poker fans and to those who treat poker as just one of many pastimes alike. Often termed “Godfather of poker”, this is a man who has truly seen it all. Born on August 10 1933 in Longworth, Texas, he had a promising sports career ahead of him before a serious knee injury decided that his life would.

Todd Brunson
Nickname(s)	Darkhorse
Residence	Las Vegas, Nevada
Born	August 7, 1969 (age 51)
World Series of Poker
Bracelet(s)	1
Money finish(es)	47
Highest ITM Main Event finish	13th, 1992
World Poker Tour
Title(s)	None
Final table(s)	None
Money finish(es)	7
European Poker Tour
Title(s)	None
Final table(s)	None
Money finish(es)	1
Information accurate as of 12 September 2010.

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]

Doyle Brunson’s list of World Poker Tournament (WPT) prizes. One of Brunson’s favorite places to play is in the Mecca of poker within ‘Bobby’s Room’ and the Bellagio. With the common game of choice of a $4,000/$8,000 limit mixed poker game as Brunson’s regular. Other tournaments of interest.
Poker Pro Todd Brunson New Co-owner of Roma Deli. Brunson is the best known player of the trio and is also the son of the legendary 'Texas Dolly,' aka 'The Godfather of Poker,' Doyle Brunson.

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]

World Series of Poker bracelets[edit]

Year	Tournament	Prize (US$)
2005	$2,500 Omaha High-Low Split	$255,945

References[edit]

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

External links[edit]

Todd Brunson on IMDb