Doyle Frank Brunson was an American poker player who played professionally for over 50 years.
32 Facts About Doyle Brunson
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Doyle Brunson was a two-time World Series of Poker Main Event champion, a Poker Hall of Fame inductee, and the author of several books on poker.
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Doyle Brunson won ten WSOP bracelets throughout his career, tied with Johnny Chan and Phil Ivey for second all time, behind Phil Hellmuth's sixteen bracelets.
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Doyle Brunson is one of only four players to have won the Main Event at the World Series of Poker multiple times, which he did in 1976 and 1977.
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Doyle Brunson is one of only three players, along with Bill Boyd and Loren Klein, to have won WSOP tournaments in four consecutive years.
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On June 11,2018, Doyle Brunson announced he was retiring from tournament poker that summer.
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Doyle Brunson made the final table and finished in sixth place, earning $43,963.
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Doyle Frank Brunson was born in Longworth, Texas, on August 10,1933, as one of three children.
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Doyle Brunson occasionally required a crutch because of the injury and had said that breaking his leg ruined his lifetime dream of playing in the NBA.
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Doyle Brunson obtained a bachelor's degree in 1954 and a master's degree in administrative education the following year with plans to become a school principal.
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Doyle Brunson had begun playing poker before his injury, playing five-card draw.
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Doyle Brunson played more often after being injured, and his winnings paid for his expenses.
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Doyle Brunson soon left the company and became a professional poker player.
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Doyle Brunson started by playing in illegal games on Exchange Street in Fort Worth with friend Dwayne Hamilton.
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The illegal games Doyle Brunson played in during this time were usually run by criminals who were often members of organized crime, so rules were not always enforced.
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Doyle Brunson had recounted the violence and criminality of that era, such as the time a player at another table was shot and killed during a game.
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Doyle Brunson was a regular player at the World Series of Poker since its inception in 1970, playing in the Main Event nearly every year since then, in addition to many of the other preceding bracelet-awarding events.
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Doyle Brunson made some WSOP championship event final tables before his back-to-back wins, but since this was when the event was winner-take-all, they are not counted as cashes.
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Doyle Brunson played in many of the biggest poker tournaments around the world.
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Doyle Brunson won his ninth gold bracelet in a mixed games event in 2003, and in 2004, he finished 53rd in the No Limit Texas hold 'em Championship event.
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Doyle Brunson won the Legends of Poker World Poker Tour event in 2004.
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Doyle Brunson finished fourth in the WPT's first championship event.
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Doyle Brunson was six bracelets behind Phil Hellmuth, who earned his 16th bracelet at the 2021 World Series of Poker.
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Doyle Brunson cashed in the 2013 World Series of Poker $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Championship event, marking the fifth decade he had cashed in the event.
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Doyle Brunson temporarily came out of retirement from tournament play to participate in the 2021 WSOP No-Limit Hold-Em Master of Ceremonies Invitational, placing 5th behind Phil Hellmuth, Norman Chad, Lon McEachern, and Vince Vaughn.
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Doyle Brunson totaled over $3,000,000 in earnings from his 37 cashes at the WSOP.
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Doyle Brunson met his future wife, Louise, in 1959 and married her in August 1962.
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Doyle Brunson attributed his cure to the prayers of friends of his wife and their correspondence with Kathryn Kuhlman, a self-proclaimed Christian faith healer.
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Doyle Brunson died in Las Vegas on May 14,2023, aged 89.
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On December 14,2005, the Securities and Exchange Commission filed an action to enforce subpoenas issued to the attorneys of Doyle Brunson regarding his unsolicited offer in July 2005 to buy WPT Enterprises, Inc.
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Shortly after that, the Commission contended, a public relations firm Doyle Brunson hired, and a website he endorsed, publicly announced the offer.
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The SEC formally investigated whether Doyle Brunson's offer and its publication violated federal securities laws, including the anti-fraud provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.