Todd Brunson
Todd Brunson has had a very impressive poker career, if only for the fact that he's been able to distinguish himself from his father, poker legend Doyle Brunson. No other player has grown up in a larger shadow, but Todd has done an awesome job at making a name for himself and building his career up slowly but surely. Todd Brunson has won 1 bracelets and 0 rings for total earnings of $1,955,904. See all events where they placed in-the-money.
Todd Brunson
An American “Hall of Fame” professional poker player and the son of poker player Doyle Brunson. Doyle Brunson did not teach Todd Brunson 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.
Most of his 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.
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| 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]
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.
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Brunson has also competed in the Ultimate Poker Challenge series. He has also appeared in the GSN series High Stakes Poker.
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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 $1,507,822 of those winnings.[4]
World Series of Poker bracelets[edit]
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| Year | Tournament | Prize (US$) |
|---|---|---|
| 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 at IMDb