Doyle Brunson began his gambling profession by taking component in outlawed games located in Exchange Street, Texas along with a pal, Dwayne Hamilton. At a later date the two of them visited through Texas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma participating in bigger matches and getting together with other professional bettors like Sailor Roberts and Amarillo Slim. Dwayne Hamilton left the team after some time and left the other 3 who for the next 6 years bet on almost everything. Then they made a trip to Vegas and lost it all. That broke up the relationship however the 3 remain buddies to this day. Doyle Brunson resides in Sin City.

In addition to his achievement at the game itself, Doyle Brunson’s publication Super/System, was also rather profitable and is regarded by lots of as one of the very best publications on the game of poker. The publication was first released in 1978 and for the first time the common person was able to take a look at the game the way a expert bettor would. A follow up, Super/System 2 was printed in ‘04. Doyle Brunson isn’t the only contributor to these guides but it consists of inputs from a lot of other professional professionals like Mike Caro, Bobby Baldwin, David Sklansky, Joey Hawthorne, … Chip Reese. Besides these 2 guides, Brunson has also penned Poker Wisdom of a Champion, a book that was formerly titled According to Doyle.

Doyle Brunson is still active on the world poker scene and in the year 2003 he collected his ninth gold bracelet. In 2004, he finished 53rd out of two thousand five hundred gamblers in No Limit Texas Holdem Championship ace s well ace spades winning the Legends of Poker WPT that gained him an additional one million dollars in prize cash. His profits continued into 2005 when he earned his tenth World Series of Poker bracelet. In doing so he tied the score with Johnny Chan who had also won the same series for the tenth time.

Doyle Brunson’s nickname, "Texas Dolly," is a result of error made by Jimmy Snyder who was expected to say, "Texas Doyle" when saying Brunson but read the very first name incorrectly. The nickname stuck and his friends within the betting world just call him Dolly.

Two Hold em hands are named after Doyle Brunson. The Ten and Two of any suit is 1 such hand although the other is known by his name and comprises of the Ace and Queen of any suit. The second hand was named based upon a remark in his publication that claims Doyle Brunson doesn’t play this hand. Doyle Brunson now has his own on-line Poker room known as "Doyles Room".