'I was really just looking to keep open as many options as possible,' he said. He also took a number of hotel restaurant management courses, out of an interest in the field, through his three years at school. He was working toward getting a Bachelor of Arts with a teaching certificate. Todd was a pre-law student at Texas Tech University majoring in political science and minoring in history. In an interview with PokerNews conducted via email this week, the intensely-private Todd ducked questions about his family and living and playing in his father's shadow, but he did say he had another plan before poker took over.
Doyle Brunson plays against his son, Todd. But when Todd did it anyway and won his first WSOP bracelet in 2005, he was as proud as a father could be. Rumor has it that Poker Hall of Fame member, two-time World Series of Poker Main Event champion and ten-time WSOP bracelet winner Doyle Brunson didn't want his son to follow in his footsteps. Yet somehow, Todd Brunson has been able to do it, putting together a career worthy of nomination in the Poker Hall of Fame for the first time this year. Living up to the legacy of a living legend and pursuing a career in a field where your father's name is synonymous with the game has to be a tall order.
