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Doyle Brunson



Doyle Brunson was born in Longworth, Texas on August 10, 1933. He played basketball, baseball, and ran track in high school.  The NBA’s  Lakers showed great interest in Doyle until he suffered a basketball career-ending knee injury. Unable to participate in sports, Doyle turned to the game of poker to satisfy his competitive nature.  He finished college with his Master’s degree in Education.  Realizing that the money he was making in poker was far greater than anything he could make in a typical job, he opted not to pursue a career in education.

Doyle married his wife, Louise, in 1962. They had four children: Todd, Pam, Cheryl and Doyla. Doyla died in her sleep due to a valve problem with her heart when she was 18.  Doyle currently lives in Las Vegas. He also owns a home on Flathead Lake in Montana.



Doyle's accomplishments are many. He made the final table at the first World Poker Tour Championship, won the Legends of Poker Season Three WPT event, and in 2004 he was one of the first three inductees into the Poker Walk of Fame, with Gus Hansen and actor, James Garner. He holds 10 WSOP bracelets, including 1976 Deuce to Seven Draw, 1977 Seven-Card Stud Split, 1978 Seven Card Stud, 1979 Mixed Doubles, 1991 and 2005 No Limit Holdem, 1998 Seven Card Stud, 2003 H.O.R.S.E, and two champion event titles in 1976 and 1977. In his back to back titles he won both with the exact same poker hand, a full house (tens full of deuces) giving the Holdem hand T2 the nickname: "Doyle Brunson". In 1978, Brunson released the poker book Super System, a complete guide to Texas Hold'em and other poker games, and is certainly a must read for anyone who takes poker seriously. His book has since then had some modifications, and a re-release is available, called Super System 2. Recently he started his own online poker site, Doyle's Room.


Nicknames
Texas Dolly
The Godfather of Poker
Poker's Living Legend


Doyle Brunson on the web

Doyle Brunson Official Website
Find a bio, photos, multimedia clips, guides and strategy and much more on Doyle Brunson at his official website.


Doyle Brunson’s Wikipedia Page
Check out stats and a bio on Doyle Brunson at his Wikipedia page.


World Poker Tour Player Profile: Doyle Brunson
Check out Doyle Brunson’s player bio and stats at the official site for the World Poker Tour.


About.com Player Profile: Doyle Brunson

About.com’s player profile on Doyle Brunson provides information about his poker stats, his book and also provides trivia.


DoylesRoom.com
Play poker at Doyle Brunson’s official player’s site.





Doyle Brunson Quotes:

"...To be a successful gambler you have to have a complete disregard for money..."

"...A man with money is no match against a man on a mission..."

"...It's not the cards that you have all the time that makes you a winner or a loser..."

 "...saw that I could make more money in one pot than what was in that entire paycheck selling a week of office supplies..."

"I'm a gambler. I'll always be one. I couldn't be anything else. So, my life will always be full of wins and losses. I wouldn't have it any other way. It's exciting. There's never been a dull moment in my life."


"In a big no-limit game against tough opponents, you should never show a quality lay-down unless you intend to call in the future. When you are floundering around in the ocean, it's stupid to drop bait for the sharks."