Todd Alan Brunson was born on August 7, 1969, in the United States. Despite being a poker pro, Todd is the son of living legend Doyle Brunson. However, many are wrong to point out that the player Todd learned the facets of the sport from his father. According to Alan Brunson, his poker knowledge only blossomed when he entered law school at Texas Tech University. Therefore, in his period of study, Todd Brunson ended up developing his skills "alone". So, before graduating from law school, Brunson dropped out of college and went 100% into poker.
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Career with poker
Despite having a journey closely associated with his father, who is a legend and major contributor to the game of poker, especially to the Texas Hold'em format, Todd Brunson spent a good part of his journey playing at the poker tables. Therefore, a large part of Todd Brunson's profitability is due to the games at the Bellagio, where he made his biggest career gains.
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However, Todd Brunson owns a bracelet from the World Series of Poker, where the grinder won the 2005 WSOP Omaha High-Low tournament. In this, Brunson played with his father and that resulted in a great emotion for the poker community.
In that time, Todd Brunson did well at the $2,500 World Series of Poker Omaha High-Low Split table. After making his way to the big decision, Todd Brunson took home the $255,945 plus his WSOP event series bracelet.
In addition, Todd was also a major contributor to his father's book, Super System 2. Therefore, Todd Brunson collaborated on the Seven Card Stud High Low Eight or Better chapters.
Through his journey in the poker market, Todd received the nickname "Darkhorse" after one of his first tournaments ever played. On that occasion, Todd was considered an "underdog" in the game, but managed to beat the legend Chip Reese. In addition, Todd Brunson also had the honor of competing with another legend of the game, being Johnny Chan in the Grand Final of the Poker Superstars 2 event.
During this period, the Darkhose participated in the final stretch of Poker Superstars 2. Despite making it to the final round, Todd Brunson managed to take home the sum of US$500,000 after beating Ted Forrest in the heads-up. It is also worth mentioning here that Darkhorse participated in the Grand Final of Poker Superstars 3, where he had the opportunity to fight with Antonio Esfandiari and managed to succeed, after overcoming the first three rounds of the game. After that journey, Todd Brunson managed to take the title and shelve the amount of US$ 400.00 thousand. In addition, Todd Brunson has participated in several event circuits, such as the Ultimate Poker Challenge and GSN High Stakes Poker.
Years later, in 2009, Todd Brunson participated in an episode in a TV series. Brunson made an appearance on Startgate Atlantis in episode 519 "Vegas", where he was filmed at a poker table in Las Vegas.
Fortune
Todd Brunson's fortune, according to data collected in January 2015, had already surpassed the amount of US$ 4 million. And with that, the Darkhose had made 47 withdrawals at the WSOP, a circuit that netted him $1,507,822 during his journey in the series.
Due to his excellent performance in the game of poker, Todd Brunson was quickly able to leave the image of being the son of legend Doyle Brunson.
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