Interview with poker legend Doyle Brunson
Posted on Dec 04, 2008 under Interviews, Other interesting people | No Comment
Some call him the “Granddaddy of Poker,” others the “Godfather,” and “Ten-Deuce” represents the hand that won him back-to-back World Series of Poker championships. Doyle “Texas Dolly” Brunson revolutionized the game of poker and set the standard for excellence by which other players would be measured.
Born Aug. 10, 1933, Brunson grew up in Longworth, Texas. Young Brunson had natural athletic and academic gifts. The Minneapolis Lakers drafted Brunson, but after severely breaking his leg, his athletic career ended.
During the 1950s, he played small-limit poker, but graduated quickly to the higher-stakes games and traveled throughout Texas playing in the biggest games with the likes of Sailor Roberts, Amarillo “Slim” Preston, and Johnny Moss.
Brunson’s first book, titled How I Made Over $1,000,000 Playing Poker, became Super/System. It transformed the game and gave ordinary players an insight into the way professionals played and won. His second book, According to Doyle, was published in 1976, but was later retitled Poker Wisdom of a Champion.
Brunson has made tons of tournament final tables, holds a World Poker Tour title, and is tied with Johnny Chan for the second-most WSOP bracelets, with 10.
