Doyle Brunson is one of the best known poker players of all time and we thought it fitting to write a brief profile of this famous modern day gambler after the recent wrap-up of the first part of the World Series of Poker 2009 (WSOP). The table is set for the main event to be held in November and while Brunson won't be at that table this year, he has won more than his share of WSOP bracelets.

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He was born and raised in Texas where he was a star basketball player and runner. He was even drafted by the Lakers while they were still in Minneapolis but a professional basketball career was not in the cards for Brunson. He broke his knee in two places while working in a local gypsum factory, an injury that left him using a crutch to this day.

He went on to finish college, earning a master's in Administrative Education but he didn't end up with a career in that field after finding he could make more playing poker than he could earn in a job. Poker satisfied his competitive spirit and he became one of the best poker players that has ever been seen. He was a member of a group called the Texas Rounders which played many high stakes poker games while it was still considered a criminal act.

Brunson wrote and published a book that is still often referred to as the bible of poker. Super System remains the definitive guide to the popular Texas Hold'em poker and has the distinction of being the top selling poker book of all time. Later he also published a sequel, fittingly called Super System 2, which details even more strategies for that game as well as others.

Throughout the history of the WSOP, Brunson has been a well known face. He has won the second highest number of bracelets in the popular poker tournament, surpassed only by Phil Hellmuth.

Brunson has won 10 bracelets:

• 1976 $10,000 No Limit Hold'em World Championship $220,000

• 1977 $5,000 Deuce to Seven Draw $80,250

• 1977 $10,000 No Limit Hold'em World Championship $340,000

• 1977 $1,000 Seven-Card Stud Split $62,500

• 1978 $5,000 Seven-Card Stud $68,000

• 1979 $600 Mixed Doubles (with Starla Brodie) $4,500

• 1991 $2,500 No Limit Hold'em $208,000

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• 1998 $1,500 Seven-Card RAZZ $93,000

• 2003 $2,000 H.O.R.S.E. $84,080

• 2005 $5,000 No Limit Shorthanded Texas Hold'em (6 players per table) $367,800