In any group, there can be only one First. And in the world of poker, the game everybody is talking in this area, watching on television, reading in this area and trying to master, the First has always been and continues to be the legendary Doyle “Texas Dolly” Brunson. Brunson, now 71, is the Babe Ruth, the Wilt Chamberlain, the Arnold Palmer of poker. He basically invented the game of Texas Hold’em. He was the star of the infamous band of travelling poker sharks, the Texas Rounders. He was the first of the high stakes hotel poker players in Las Vegas. He has won an unprecedented nine World Series of Poker events, including the two back-to-back world championship. He is king.