Doyle Brunson
Doyle Brunson
Doyle F. Brunson is an American poker player who has played professionally for over 50 years. He is a two-time World Series of PokerMain Event champion, a Poker Hall of Fame inductee, and the author of several books on poker...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionOther
Date of Birth10 August 1933
CityLongworth, TX
CountryUnited States of America
years mind stills
I still have the mentality of a 19-year-old mind.
hitting tickets
It's like hitting the lottery. We've got more tickets than everybody, but you've still got to hit.
super system
Super System 2, I try never to play this hand.
thinking years young
Through the years I've never stopped doing things, thinking about things, and I still think young.
office saws pot
Saw that I could make more money in one pot than what was in that entire paycheck selling a week of office supplies
gambling house
We never talk about gambling around my house.
summer sleep night
I once went a whole summer without seeing the sun. I would play all night, then sleep all day.
sky clouds floating
There's no life like the life I've lived. You're free like a cloud floating up in the sky.
games worry police
To start with you had to keep from getting arrested by the police. Then, you had to keep from getting cheated in the games. You also had to worry about collecting the money if you won. Then finally, after all that was said and done - you had to keep from getting hijacked.
people cards credit
When I was coming up through the ranks, not that many people carried a lot money of money on them. This was before checks and credit cards.
sports believe born
I can't believe how much money I lose betting on sports. "sucker born every minute". That's me!
mentor moss ifs
So, if I had a mentor, it was Johnny Moss.
kids player hands
What took me decades to learn, these kids can get on the Internet...What I learned by brute force, dealing out hands, they learn on computers. It tends to make for fairly technical players, but they make up for it with aggression, the kind that comes when you learn things fast.
nice important fame
The thought of money and fame and all that is nice to have. But it's not what's really important.