We all know Doyle Brunson. The “Texas Dolly” is one of the most popular names in poker, and has some of the most impressive results among poker players today as well. His overall winnings in his lifetime of poker playing are astronomical, and he has won over $2.8 million JUST from the World Series of Poker. Brunson has hit quite a bad streak in terms of live poker tournaments recently though, and it seems like it has been since around Black Friday occurred. With all of this being taken into account, Brunson has decided to skip some big time poker tournaments, in order to play in high stakes cash games.
Brunson has a seat at the $20k buy-in Epic Poker League Main Event, but has chosen to stick with high stakes poker instead. Even more interesting is the fact that he was also offered to be the guest of honor at the European Poker Tour’s Prague Main Event, and that he chose to go with the cash game option there as well.
This may not come as a shocker to other players in the game, as Brunson has always been big at the high stakes cash game tables, and he also never really travels much in order to compete in poker tournaments. Brunson did play in the European Poker Tour’s London event earlier this year, but soon after that he decided not to compete in the World Series of Poker Europe.
Doyle Brunson and his partners recently sold his namesake poker room Doyles Room to the up and coming America’s Cardroom.
Brunson tweeted that he would not be attending the Epic Poker League’s Main Event, but that he did “like the format, and will support it when possible”. He went on to say that the reason for missing it is that he has an opportunity to play in a “very high stakes cash game”, and that “any pro would understand”.
This could potentially have something to do with Brunson hitting a bad run on the live poker tournament circuit as of late, but only time will really tell. Regardless though, you can bet that Brunson will be on the high stakes poker cash game tables somewhere! We’ll keep you updated on this story as more is released.