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Know your poker face: Doyle Brunson

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Doyle “Texas Dolly” Brunson is the best known legend in poker. In America, poker is the third most watched sport on television, and Brunson is number one in this sport.

Poker was once known as a game played by crooks and criminals not earning much prestige in the sporting world. Doyle Brunson changed the face of poker, putting it on a new level where top executives and world leaders embrace the game.

 Brunson, now 75, was once the top dog of the Texas Rounders, a notorious gang of traveling poker players. He has played professional poker for over 50 years. He is an adventurous player who doesn’t mind losing large sums of money on a single hand. He recently said, “To be a successful gambler you have to have a complete disregard for money”.

 He has a record of winning ten World Series of Poker events which includes two in following years. Brunson is also best-selling author with his books Super System: A course in Power Poker and Super System 2, considered the best poker books of all time. He is considered the number 1 influential force of the poker world. Doyle also endorses the online poker room Doyles Room. Ultimately he is the king of professional poker.