'Godfather of poker' Doyle Brunson dies aged 89 with tributes paid by other stars of card game

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'Godfather of poker' Doyle Brunson dies aged 89 with tributes paid by other stars of card game
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Brunson won 10 World Series of Poker (WSOP) events - including back-to-back world champion titles - amassing winnings of more than $1m in the WSOP tournaments and $6m in earnings overall.

Altogether, Brunson won 10 WSOP tournaments, second only to Phil Hellmuth - another poker veteran - who has claimed 16 bracelets. His titles won him a total of around $1m in prize money.He played in Las Vegas cash games for 50 years and also wrote a book called"Super System" in 1979 - one of the first to delve into Poker strategy, and one that introduced many to the game."Texas Dolly", the name by which many knew him, was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 1988.

He was famous for wearing his cowboy hat while playing and his favourite hand was 10-2 - usually a terrible starting hand in poker - but one that resulted in him winning him the WSOP Main Event twice as his final two cards.

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