He is also one of only three players to have won the Main Event at the World Series of Poker multiple times, which he did in 19. He won ten WSOP bracelets throughout his career, tied with Johnny Chan and Phil Ivey for second all time, behind Phil Hellmuth's seventeen bracelets. He was a two-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champion, a Poker Hall of Fame inductee, and the author of several books on poker.īrunson was the first player to win $1 million in poker tournaments. Brunson at the 2006 World Series of Pokerĭoyle Frank Brunson (Aug– May 14, 2023) was an American poker player who played professionally for over 50 years.