Pro Poker Player Profiles - Todd Brunson
Saturday, September 23, 2023
Todd Brunson Fast Facts
Nickname: Darkhorse
Birth date: Aug. 7, 1969
Education: Dropped out of Texas Tech
WSOP Bracelets: 1
WPT Titles: 0
Poker Room Affiliations: Dolye’s Room
Son of poker legend Doyle Brunson. Won his first WSOP gold bracelet in 2005, making he and Doyle the first father son combination to win WSOP titles. Key character in The Professor, The Banker, and The Suicide King: An Inside Look at the Richest Poker Game of All Time. Plays in high stakes cash games and did not play tournaments in favor of profitable side games for some time. Authored the section on Seven-Card Stud Hi/Lo section of his father’s book Super System II: A Course on Power Poker, known to many poker fans as the poker Bible.