We all knew this day would come eventually, but every day we hoped it wasn’t today… but it is. Doyle Brunson, the legendary godfather of poker, has died. He was 89 years old. I was honored and thrilled to meet Doyle at industry events when his Doyle’s Room poker site worked with us years ago. He was the same exact man in person as you saw on television. During one of our meetings, Doyle even let me wear one of his famous cowboy hats while we filmed… just to be funny. He was that sorta guy. Known as Texas Dolly,…

From Card Player In what could be his last main event ever, poker legend Doyle Brunson had quite a run. Brunson entered Day 4 with about 700,000, but failed to get anything going through the first six hours or so of the day. He was down to his last 290,000 when his elimination hand occurred. With blinds at 4,000-8,000, a player opened to 16,000 in early position. Another player called, and Brunson raised to 86,000. The action folded to the original raiser, who elected to fold as well. The player in the middle shoved, and Brunson called off his last…

The great ones can’t stay away. And Doyle Brunson, one of the best poker players of all time, showed an old professional-sports rule of thumb also applies to card games: Retirements never stick, not with legends. Doyle vowed he was done playing in the World Series of Poker in May. He had softened the stance by June, stating he “hadn’t ruled it out.” With one day left before July, the 79-year-old smashed the idea all together. Brunson was one of 111 entrants through two levels of play Sunday in the $50,000 buy-in Poker Player’s Championship. “I give him a lot…