Five Decades of Main Event Cashes for Tex Dolly
Level 16
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Among the 648 players cashing in this year's Main Event is two-time Main Event winner, Poker Hall of Famer, and legend of the game Doyle "Tex Dolly" Brunson.
Brunson played in the very first World Series of Poker in 1970, and in nearly every one since. Besides winning the Main Event twice, he's now cashed in the Main Event in each decade it has been staged — the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, and now the 2010s.
Here are Brunson's Main Event cashes over the years:
| Year | Finish | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1st | $220,000 |
| 1977 | 1st | $340,000 |
| 1980 | 2nd | $146,000 |
| 1982 | 4th | $52,000 |
| 1983 | 3rd | $108,000 |
| 1997 | 16th | $25,440 |
| 2004 | 53rd | $45,000 |
| 2013 | ? | ? |