Haven't watched the interview yet but that's strange. Im pretty sure in SS 2 he mentioned his parents dying and they were no where near 100.

I read somewhere that Doyle wanted to live to 102 in honor of his famous 10,2 hand.

i mean he was 89 what did you expect?

Meh, that question was always different with Doyle, who defied expectations of his age the entire time I've known who he is.

My only interaction with him was at Bellagio's Five Diamond Classic tourney that bore his name. I was shooting photos for some now-defunct poker magazine. Doyle was "only" in his mid 70s at the time, but he was quite active on Twitter in an era when people half his age were having to attend training sessions on how to use it. (No, really... the Big West Conference held just such a tutorial for us right around this time. I remember my co-workers being tickled by such terms as Tweet and Retweet.)

During a break, Doyle was sitting across from where I was waiting for the action to resume. I snapped a photo of him pecking away into his cell phone. He looked up, and I said something like, "There... I just got proof for all the doubters that you run your own Twitter." He smiled at that, and we chatted briefly about how much we both enjoyed it.

But the whole time, I couldn't help but think that my parents were a decade younger and barely knew how to turn on the computer, while this guy is a septuagenarian who was active on social media. It seems quaint now, since Facebook seems to only have people born in the 1970s and earlier.

He seemed pretty optimistic about his future and within a matter of weeks was gone.

My 2 suggestions for WSOP to honor Doyle:
1. Name Main Event bracelet (or create new ME trophy) after Doyle. Similar to Poker Player's Championship trophy named after Chip Reese.
2. Sell Doyle style cowboy hats with commemorative decal. Proceeds to charity that Doyle supported. Believe this would be a big seller if reasonably priced. Would be cool to see these cowboy hats among the tables in the Horseshoe/Paris ballrooms.

They should do permanent T2s prop bets in the side games.

He also was way overweight and tipped 3 bills and wasn't really mobile since his summer job accident in college. If that didn't happen who knows if we even have his legend as his life could have gone another way if he played in the NBA.

Two deaths mean the end of an era the death of Benny Binion in the early 90's and now this death. Super System for me was dated when I read it as the poker instructions were for noobs but his road gambler stories were invaluable and from another time in the history of America.

Sad news in hearing of the passing of Doyle Brunson.

He had this thread that ran for several years that probably has some good stories:

from ray to zee

A Class Act.

Forever Poker's Greatest Ambassador.

Rest in Peace Doyle.

I mean who knows. It's not like NBA players were making any money in the early 1950s he still would have had to work in the offseason so he may have found poker anyway. One of my gym teachers in high school played in the NBA in the early 50s and was making more in the offseason teaching part time.

He lived an incredibly interesting life and we should all be so lucky to be as sharp as he was in old age. RIP Doyle.

This is pretty awesome but unfortunaely I do not know how to embed a tweet

https://twitter.com/TexDolly/status/...jeUCgAKWQ&s=09

RIP Doyle... You're one of the reasons I got into poker. Watching how you carried yourself at the table, and it always seemed like you were having a great time... It feels like the end of an era.

I play and deal in a bar poker league. The guy who runs it put a special bonus this week in honor of Doyle: Take 10-2o to the river and win the pot, you win a ten and a two-dollar bill.

Unfortunately, no one's gotten there so far, but a fun gesture.

Doyle stated he won a lot of money with players trying to beat him with 10, 2.

Doyle (Todd I assume) takes a swipe at Matusow from beyond the grave, classic lol!

my heart goes out to his beloved wife , i hope she is ok, i can only imagine how she is feeling right now.

No you are right I remember reading about early NBA players renting rooming house rooms across from the arena in my city. It was semi pro money by todays standards. I meant more in terms of coaching and opportunities like that.

Doyle Brunson entered Heaven on May 14, 2023. As he wondered around, he saw a building with a sign out front that read, "Poker Played Here". Doyle walked in and saw a single table with seven guys in the middle of the room. Strauss, Moss, Unger, Slim, Sailor, Puggy, and Reese.

Moss spoke, "Dolly! Welcome! We saved a seat for you! Let's play some poker!".

Why give Mike matusow any publicity with Doyle's final tweet? I mean yeah it's funny but Mike is a degenerate. Was he Doyle's best friend or something

I think it was just Todd. Very Todd thing to Todd.

Was obviously just the setup for his heart giving out joke, was pretty funny imho.

The Godfather of Poker did as much as anybody to give the game a boost during the boom, especially among the casual viewers. High stakes poker, WSOP, etc.

Sad to see a legend pass.

RIP, Doyle.

Slim ?