As of January 2015, his total live tournament winnings exceed $4,000,000. In 2009, Brunson made a guest appearance on one of the final episodes of the series Stargate Atlantis (#519 'Vegas'), during a poker game set in Las Vegas. He has also appeared in the GSN series High Stakes Poker. In 2006, he competed in the Poker Superstars 2 quarter-finalists freeroll and took home the $500,000 first prize after defeating Ted Forrest in the final heads-up confrontation.īrunson has also competed in the Ultimate Poker Challenge series. Brunson took home the $400,000 first prize In 2006, he competed in the Poker Superstars 3 Grand Final against Antonio Esfandiari and defeated him by winning the first three matches in a best three out of five heads-up format. He competed in the Poker Superstars 2 Grand Final against Johnny Chan. His nickname 'Darkhorse' comes from a tournament he played early in his career, where he was reckoned to be a huge underdog, but outlasted the likes of Chip Reese. Todd Brunson also contributed to his father's book, Super System 2, the 2005 sequel to Doyle Brunson's poker book Super/System, writing the Seven Card Study High Low Eight or Better section. Before his senior year, he dropped out of school to turn professional. lieutenant was not until he was studying law at Texas Technical University that he learned how to play on his own. Doyle Brunson did not teach Todd Brunson how to play.

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