While tournament success put him in the public spotlight, Brunson was most revered for his cash game success in the highest-stakes games available.
Brunson became a World Poker Tour ambassador in 2022. Brunson topped the 667-entry field, defeating Lee Watkinson heads-up for the win and a $1,198,290 payday. The 2005 win made him just the second player with 10 bracelets, tying the record longtime rival and friend Johnny Chan had set just four days earlier.īrunson also won a World Poker Tour title, taking down the WPT Legends of Poker at the Bicycle Casino in 2004. Brunson won the WSOP Main Event in 19, he won a second bracelet each of those years and then added bracelet wins in 1978, 1979, 1991, 1998, 2003, and 2005. May he rest in peace.”īrunson first rose to mainstream fame in the early 1970s as the World Series of Poker brought the game from backrooms, pool halls, and private clubs into the spotlight. Please keep Doyle and our family in your prayers. We’ll have more to say over the coming days as we honor his legacy. He was a beloved Christian man, husband, father and grandfather. “It is with a heavy heart we announce the passing of our father, Doyle Brunson. The Brunson family released a statement Sunday night through his longtime agent, Brian Balsbaugh. Doyle Brunson, the Godfather of Poker, passed away at the age of 89.ĭoyle Brunson, the poker icon whose legend spanned the entirety of the modern poker era, died Sunday afternoon in Las Vegas.
