Horseshoe Las Vegas to Host Celebration of Poker Legend Doyle Brunson’s Life

Horseshoe Las Vegas to Host Celebration of Poker Legend Doyle Brunson’s Life
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Angus Dunnington Pokerlistings Author
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  • Updated: July 2, 2025
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You don’t have to be a keen poker player to have heard of Doyle Brunson (10 August 1933 – 14 May 2023) who, sadly, passed away just before the poker world’s attention focused on Las Vegas for this year’s World Series of Poker (WSOP), which is currently underway.

What better way to commemorate the legacy of the player universally known as the Godfather of Poker than to celebrate his life during the WSOP, and this will indeed take place on 2 July. When Scotty Nguyen, a five-time WSOP champion said in his tribute “… you will always be held high in our hearts, the man, the myth, the legend & THE GODFATHER of poker baby!” he was speaking for legions of fans around the world, so it’s fitting that the player favourite will be so fondly remembered at the WSOP. This enormous poker fest takes over Vegas every summer and sees numbers large enough to populate a small country battle away for glory in the form of a coveted WSOP champion’s bracelet.

Doyle the Bracelet Collector 

Incidentally, over a career that spanned decades and saw Doyle Brunson rack up a long, long list of successes, the player also known as Texas Dolly racked up a massive 10 bracelets, a tally second only to fellow Poker Hall of Fame star Phil Hellmuth, who has amassed 16.

Everyone Is Invited

The poker community and poker fans from around the world are invited to what will undoubtedly be an emotional and heartfelt celebration of the fascinating life and legacy of Doyle “Texas Dolly” Brunson at the Jubilee Theater at Horseshoe, Las Vegas, with proceedings betting underway from noon on 2 July.

The event is organized by his management company, Poker Royalty, LLC in conjunction with the World Series of Poker, The World Poker Tour and PokerGO and, amongst others, will see poker legends such as Jack Binion, Lyle Berman, Dewey Tomko, Billy Baxter, Eric Drache, Phil Hellmuth and Daniel Negreanu joining friends and family to reminisce about the icon Doyle’s extraordinary life.

Doyle Brunson will be sadly missed and always remembered.