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With his puppy-dog eyes and trademark cowboy hat, 75-year-old Doyle Brunson is one of the most recognizable players on the professional poker circuit. This summer marks the 40th annual World Series of Poker (WSOP), and the Texas native has competed in all but two of them - more than anyone else in the event's history - and racked up 10 championship bracelets, tied for second all-time. On the eve of this year's "Main Event," a $10,000 buy-in No-Limit Texas Hold 'Em tournament which starts July 3, TIME caught up with Brunson to talk...
...mental acuity; the body is breaking down but the engine is still pretty good. That said, for me the Main Event isn't really about skill anymore - it's all about numbers. I can be the best player in the world, but because I'm Doyle Brunson, I have to jump too many hurdles to win. People read my books so they know how I'll play. They recognize me from TV, and they want to play a pot with me, so they call. It's like I have a bull's-eye on my forehead. I might...
...People's fares to Florida. Piedmont is offering the same low prices to North Carolina. Continental offers $99 "cheap frills" flights between New York and California and is letting senior citizens fly anywhere in the U.S. for an incredible $65. The first $65 tickets were sold to Susan Brunson, 115, and her "baby daughter" Mary McDaniel, 75, of Roosevelt, N.Y., who plan to fly to Miami or Los Angeles to visit relatives. All the largest airlines, including American, United, Delta and Northwest Orient, are offering discounts of up to 75% if passengers make their reservations 30 days in advance...
...made the tournament, qualifying in the eighteenth game of the season, but we didn't get very far. We were matched--overmatched--against an impressive Salem team that featured All-American Eric Brunson. Brunson, Temple-bound, poured in 37 points that night...
...bragging rights to the Series are important, even if first prize is only $835,000. By day four Diane Borger is back at college. Addington has left, beaten but unwrinkled. Jerry Buss, owner of the Los Angeles Lakers, has run through $10,000 in pocket change. Big old Doyle Brunson, a two-time World Series winner and perhaps the best poker player of all, they say here, has tossed in his last chip...