There is hardly a poker player living today who doesn’t know Doyle Brunson’s name, his favorite poker hand, or some legendary tales from his life.
Yet, it wasn’t always so, as Doyle Brunson was once one of a group of poker pioneers, balancing the thin line between underground poker games and the phenomenon that poker would become someday.
Brunson was a part of the original crew of players who “invented” the World Series of Poker, along with Benny Binion, and was a third-place finisher at the 1972 WSOP.
Yet, it wasn’t until his incredible success in 1976 and 1977 that Doyle Brunson officially became “The Godfather of Poker,” and that his place in the poker history books was cemented forever.