Todd Brunson had almost immediate success, as he won the Diamond Jim Brady poker tournament at the Bicycle Club in Los Angeles when he was 21, earning $200,000 for his victory. He played poker a lot during college, and eventually dropped out to become a professional poker player instead of continuing on to law school like he had planned. Despite having a legendary poker player for a father, the first time Todd Brunson ever played poker was when he accompanied his father to Australia shortly before he went off to college. Todd Brunson is the son of the legendary Doyle Brunson and was born on August 7, 1969.
