Koon just called and they saw a meaningless 3 ♣ on the river. Brunson, who turned a straight, bet out 15,000. When the 10 ♥ flipped over on the turn, both players connected in a big way. The flop came 2 ♥ Q ♥ K ♣ and the preflop raiser bet 7,000 with a gut-shot straight draw, and his opponent called with a flush draw. He'd built his stack over 130,000 following a rocky start to the day, but a chunk of those chips were about to move over to Jason Koon, a recent bracelet winner and the latest GGPoker ambassador.īrunson opened to 3,500 with A ♠ J ♥ and Koon came along with 8 ♥ 7 ♥. On Day 2, with the blinds at 800/1,600/1,600, the 'Godfather of Poker' was put in another sticky situation. But not the legendary Texas road gambler. Some players would jam there given there were no straight or flush possibilities on the board. Instead of losing most of his stack, Doyle still had over 70,000 chips. Brunson bet 12,000 and was check-raised to 30,000.īrunson sniffed out the monster hand correctly and found a fold. Nguyen, who picked up a full house, checked. The river 10 ♥ was a cruel card for the Poker Hall of Famer. Yamin got out of the way Nguyen refused to go away and called. Yamin checked and Brunson finally began the aggression with his big hand, betting out 3,500. Brunson and Nguyen called to see the A ♠ on the turn. The flop came 2 ♠ 9 ♥ A ♣ and Eliran Yamin, who was in from the blinds, bet 1,000 with his 4 ♣ 2 ♣. The 10-time bracelet winner had A ♦ K ♣ when he and Chau Nguyen, holding 10 ♣ 10 ♠, both surprisingly limped for 500. On Day 1, while seated at the PokerGO feature table, Brunson avoided complete disaster in a bad beat hand thanks to his strong instincts. Yet, despite all that, he stuck around well into Day 2 when most players likely would have been gone much earlier. In a more standard spot, he lost a crucial race. 'Texas Dolly' was put in difficult spots, multiple times tasked with trying to find a fold with a big hand against a bigger hand.

Even so, the 88-year-old showed the poker world once again that he can still compete at a high level against much younger competition. He won't even reach the money as he was eliminated on Day 2abc late Tuesday evening. Doyle Brunson isn't going to win the 2021 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event.

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