What is Doyle Brunson?
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The "Doyle Brunson" is common slang for 2 particular pre-flop hands in the variation of Poker known as "Texas Hold 'Em". These hands are 10-2 offsuited, and A-Qo. The former is named the Doyle Brunson because Doyle Brunson, the actual living poker legend, won the World Series of Poker with this hand twice consecutively. The latter is named for Brunson because it is a hand that for an odd reason he will almost ALWAYS fold.
I flopped a full house with a Doyle Brunson, but fell to a higher full house with 10s full of 9s on the turn.
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A living poker legend who won the World Series of Poker in back-to-back years ('76 & '77), Doyle "Texas Dolly" Brunson is widely regarded as perhaps the greatest poker player who ever lived. He is the author of "Doyle Brunson's Super System: a Course in Power Poker," also known as "the poker bible," and has won countless millions of dollars over the course of his career.
"I paid $10,000 to enter the World Series of Poker just to play in the same tournament as Doyle Brunson."
