Poker legend Doyle Brunson shows up to play WSOP after three years
At 88 years old he is still one of the greatest players of this sport of the mind and went to the Rio casino halls in Las Vegas to dispute the Seniors Event.
Source: PokerNews
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.
Brunson was the first player to win $1 million in poker tournaments. He has won ten WSOP bracelets throughout his career, tied with Johnny Chan and Phil Ivey for second all-time, behind Phil Hellmuth’s sixteen bracelets. He is also 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. He is also one of only three players, along with Bill Boyd and Loren Klein, to have won WSOP tournaments in four consecutive years. In addition, he is the first of six players to win both the WSOP Main Event and a World Poker Tour title. In January 2006, Bluff Magazine voted Brunson the most influential force in the world of poker.
On June 11, 2018, Brunson announced he was retiring from tournament poker that summer. That day, he entered the $10,000 2-7 Single Draw at the 2018 WSOP. He made the final table and finished in sixth place, earning $43,963.
At 88 years old he is still one of the greatest players of this sport of the mind and went to the Rio casino halls in Las Vegas to dispute the Seniors Event.
The most popular form of poker is No-Limit Hold’em and Doyle Brunson is considered the precursor of this type of game.
Brunson has a total of ten bracelets from the series and was at Casino Rio to play again in a WSOP tournament. The competition chosen by the ace was the Event #58 US$1,000 Super Seniors No-Limit Hold’em, a competition aimed only at athletes over the age of 50 years. The poker legend’s performance was less than expected, as he was eliminated in just one hour of play.
The player arrived inside the late register of the tournament and attracted everyone’s attention. Escorted by his friend Mori Eskandani, member of the poker hall of fame and president of streaming platform PokerGo. In the very first hand, “Texas Dolly” opened strong and received an all-in 3bet from a player who after seeing the legend fold showed KK, as revealed by a PokerNews report.
Shortly thereafter the elimination came. Short of chips, Doyle Brunson moved all in with and went head-to-head with Jana Vondach. The board showed AKJ7T and the legend of the game didn’t find the miracle he needed. His presence at this WSOP came after a hiatus of 3 years.
