Top 10 Poker Rooms

Player		Location
	Doyle Brunson	Las Vegas, NV, United States
	Gus Hansen	Copenhagen, Denmark
	Johnny Chan	Cerritos, CA, United States
	Annie Duke	Los Angeles, CA, United States
	Andy Bloch	Las Vegas, NV, United States
	Phil Hellmuth	Palo Alto, CA, United States
	Phil Ivey	Las Vegas, NV, United States
	Ted Forrest	Las Vegas, NV, United States
	Kathy Liebert	Las Vegas, NV, United States
	John Juanda	Marina Del Rey, CA, United States

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Doyle ‘Texas Dolly’ Brunson is a true Legend of poker. He was enthusiastic about the game for the love of it as against for the money. The game’s growth could be attributable to the works of Doyle Brunson that include his numerous books. He has several World Series of Poker bracelets in addition to making numerous final table finishes in different World Poker Tours.

His high level of experience were gathered from playing a number of games like Stud Split, Mixed Doubles, H.O.R.S.E., the famous No Limit Hold’em among others. The top professional poker player is also the author of the Super System book.

The late seventies saw only a few poker players ruling the world owing to their knowledge of the game’s strategy and statistics. Upon publishing Texas Dolly’s Super System however, this trend changed. The book reveals the fundamental strategy for all sorts of poker games like Draw, No Limit Hold’em, Stud and Razz. Among the various games discussed, Doyle Brunson’s pages on No Limit Texas Hold’em stirred its readers most. Popularly called Texas Dolly, Doyle Brunson gave an insight into the fundamentals of finishing winner playing no-limit poker. The author underlines the importance of aggression, aggression, & more aggression in playing the game of cards.

Doyle Brunson’s Super System is one of poker’s best known and seminal materials. Originally written by Doyle Brunson in 1979, the book was published at a time when only a few poker books existed. Doyle Brunson published the Super System after winning the World Series of Poker Main Events in 1976 & 1977. Many top professional poker players consider the book invaluable to the success of the various poker games. The book’s original title was ‘How I Made Over $1,000,000 Playing Poker’ before it was later changed to Super System. The book’s latest edition ‘Super/System: A Course in Power Poker’ was written by a number of prestigious and world-class poker players like Mike Caro (The Mad Genius) and Bobby Baldwin among others.

In the early pages of the book, Super System, Doyle Brunson’s biography is pictured after which are discussions of the general strategy of poker. Issues that were addressed under this general strategy are reasoning-out play, controlling emotions, understanding opponent’s play as well as other related concepts required for winning all kinds of poker. The 1979 edition of Super System has been a major influence on many poker players. Irrespective of the time it was published, there are still a lot to learn from the book.

It’s been more than twenty five years since the book’s publication but it nevertheless covers various strategies and concepts that aid winning in the current poker world. In as much as the book is one of the most relevant, it however does not feature many of the current poker games but this and many more were discussed in the later edition, Super/System 2, which was published in 2004.