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Todd Alan Brunson (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.
- Brunson collected $43,963 in his first WSOP cash since the 2013 Main Event. As Brunson was leaving the Rio on Tuesday evening, an unidentified player sprinted through the hallway to catch up with.
- Professional poker player who has consecutively won the World Series of Poker and has been featured in Bluff magazine. Doyle Brunson was born in TX. He was a promising young athlete, but a pre-existing knee injury prevented him from exploring sports professionally.
| 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.
Brunson has also competed in the Ultimate Poker Challenge series. He has also appeared in the GSN series High Stakes Poker.
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 $1,507,822 of those winnings.[4]
World Series of Poker bracelets[edit]
| Year | Tournament | Prize (US$) |
|---|---|---|
| 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 on IMDb
The Kansas City Chiefs defeated the San Francisco 49ers 31-20 Sunday night to win Super Bowl LIV and one of poker’s most legendary players wagered a hefty sum on the wrong side.
10-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Doyle Brunson tweeted before the game started that he had bet $175,000 on the 49ers to win.
Lines varied slightly depending on location and when the bet was placed, but just before kickoff, the 49ers were 1-point dogs and +100 on the money-line. Brunson didn’t clarify whether he took the points or the money-line, but both wound up losing.
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Before disclosing the amount that he bet, the 86-year-old professional poker player said that he has bet on every Super Bowl that was ever played. His smallest bet was $20,000 and his largest bet was $200,000.
I've bet every Super Bowl ever played. My smallest bet was 20k. My biggest bet was 200k. I usually bet the underdog, including this year. Go 49er's.
— Doyle Brunson (@TexDolly) February 2, 2020
I keep pressing my bet on 49er's. Im up to 175k…I should bet 26k more where it would be my biggest Super Bowl play ever. Please no more calls.
— Doyle Brunson (@TexDolly) February 2, 2020
Last night’s game was the 52nd Super Bowl in league history, meaning that in his lifetime, Brunson wagered somewhere between $1.04 million and $10.4 million on the big game. In response to a question from a follower, Brunson said that he bet $200,000 on the 1985 Chicago Bears to win the Super Bowl. Mike Ditka’s Bears beat the New England Patriots 46-10.
The American Gaming Association estimated that 26 million Americans would wager a combined $6.8 billion on the game. The poker world seems to have contributed their fair share to those pre-game estimates.
Aside from Brunson’s loss, former high-stakes poker pro Jason Mo tweeted that he took sizable losses of his own. Mo, who finished runner-up in the 2014 WSOP $25,000 no-limit hold’em mixed max and the 2012 WSOP $10,000 heads-up no-limit hold’em championship, claimed he lost $50,000 in prop bets before the kickoff.
-50k in pregame props lol damnit demi
— jmo (@cuntycakes123) February 2, 2020
Later in the night, Mo and gamblers around the country took a bad beat on one of the most commonly-bet props of the game. With less than a minute left and the game sealed, Chiefs quarterback Patrick Maholmes had already amassed 44 rushing yards. The line for the over/under was anywhere between 27.5 and 36.5 depending on when the bet was placed.
Maholmes took a knee on three straight plays, including one where he ran backward nearly a dozen yards before kneeling down to let more time run off the clock. Those three plays trimmed 15 yards off Maholmes’ rushing total and he finished the game with 29 yards, which cost Mo an undisclosed amount.
Just realize I lost mahomes over rushing despite covering by 10 yards before the kneel downs
— jmo (@cuntycakes123) February 3, 2020
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ESPN Chalk is reporting that the last-second change to his statistics gave the sportsbooks a big win. Online sportsbook PointsBet said that it accepted twice as much money on the over and William Hill claimed 75 percent of the bets it accepted were on the over.
“That was close to a six-figure swing [in favor of the house],” Jeff Davis, director of trading for Caesars Sportsbook told ESPN.