{"id":25770,"date":"2020-12-30T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-30T23:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/?p=25770"},"modified":"2020-12-17T08:48:57","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T14:48:57","slug":"what-ever-happened-to-doyle-brunson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/what-ever-happened-to-doyle-brunson\/","title":{"rendered":"What Ever Happened to Doyle \u201cTexas Dolly\u201d Brunson?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There are very few players who have left as big\nof a mark in the poker community as Doyle \u201cTexas Dolly\u201d Brunson. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Doyle
Image: Wikimedia Commons<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The man who can rightfully be called the living\nlegend is loved by fans from all over the world and appreciated by his peers\njust the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brunson started playing poker<\/a> way before it was cool, and he has truly seen it all. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

From private and often dangerous games in\nhidden backrooms of smoke-filled saloons to glamorous high stakes cash games and\ntournaments played inside the best casinos and TV studios, he was never one to shy\naway from a challenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s fair to say that Bruson was also one of\nthe first true students of the game. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Back when most people saw Hold\u2019em as just\nanother gambling game, Doyle spent time figuring out its mathematical and\nstrategic aspects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This culminated in his Super System, one of the first poker strategy books<\/a> that was soon dubbed the Poker Bible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite being born in 1933, the Texan was quite\nactive in the live poker scene. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, during the 2018 World Series of Poker,\nDoyle announced his retirement, explaining that he wanted to spend more time\nwith his wife and family and focus more on his personal life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But could the man who spent well over six\ndecades playing poker professionally truly stay away from the felt? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What happened to Texas Dolly after his\nretirement, and what has he been up to in recent years?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Very Active Twitter\nFeed<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

First of all, if you are wondering what the man\ndubbed the Godfather of Poker has been up to, your best bet is to follow him on\nTwitter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Somewhat unusual for someone of his generation,\nDoyle has taken a liking to Twitter and as he has a very active account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, not all of it is about poker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brunson tweets his personal thoughts and\nopinions on all sorts of things, and not all of them are super popular or\nmainstream. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But it\u2019s not as if the man who was held at\ngunpoint multiple times during his poker career is afraid of the wrath of the\nTwitter community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Doyle Brunson may not be as active as he once\nwas in the poker circles, but he keeps up with everything on Twitter under his\nmoniker \u201ctexdolly.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Give his account<\/a> a follow if you want access to first-hand information about his plans and whereabouts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among hundreds of tweets you\u2019ll find in the\nfeed, there are a few concerning the latest Daniel Negreanu vs Doug Polk grudge\nmatch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In one of them, Brunson shared his views on high stakes internet poker and why he never got involved with it and the sentiment definitely hit home with a fair portion of players and fans of the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Want to know why I never played high stakes internet poker? I have no idea what all those things are. In my day, we played what our gut told us to do. Using that stuff ruins poker. https:\/\/t.co\/0MuKWtl8gg<\/a><\/p>— Doyle Brunson (@TexDolly) October 8, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote>