Alan Goehring won the tournament for $1,011,886 while Ivey and Brunson finished in third and fourth place. The first time poker fans saw Brunson and Ivey square off was during the first season of the World Poker Tour, when they both made the final table of the Bellagio Five Diamond WPT Championship. Over the years, Ivey and Brunson battled for countless hours in Bobby’s Room as well as in some of the biggest tournaments. He just rolls in there and wins the money.” The guy’s been doing it for a very long time at the top level, and he’s still a winning poker player. After a brief pause, he added, “He’s one of the best to have ever done it, especially if you look at all the years he’s been doing it for. Upon Ivey hitting the rail and heading for the exit, we caught up with him briefly to discuss Brunson’s status in the game, and what he’s meant for the public image of it. Brunson, currently playing in the $10,000 No Limit 2-7 tournament, is still in contention for his 11 th bracelet, while the man he’s tied with at 10, Phil Ivey, has just been eliminated.

Earlier today, Doyle Brunson announced his retirement from the game of poker at the end of this summer, leading to a flurry of responses on social media about the “Godfather of Poker” leaving the game behind him for good.

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