How’s about Lyle and Bradley Berman (who I believe were scheduled to be the 6th team in the Fathers v Sons special).

The other Sexton is Matt Sexton, all three are FTP red pros.

@Shrink, surely you’re not thinking of Vince van Patten and Dick van Patten?

http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=24269

Also playing in that invitational six-family event: The Brunsons, the Shulmans, Steve & John Stolzmann, Dick & Vince Van Patten, and Michael & Romeo Simon (who I’m not familiar with).

If, for example, Blair & Grant Hinkle won such a tournament, would that mean anything to anybody? I don’t think so. They are both fine, respectable players, but the best poker-playing family? Hardly.

A single event isn’t enough to make someone the greatest, even if it’s the WSOP Main Event. Barry & Jeff Shulman would definitely move up the list, but you’re on crack if you think they’d deserve a higher rank than Doyle & Todd Brunson. The Brunsons are clearly at the top of this list even if you take away Doyle’s two Main Event bracelets (back when the field sizes were very small).

i think i wanna see a tournament to sort this out. it would be like The Amazing Race. (Might also be funny to see the divorced couples get back together just for the chance to win money!)

Dan, are you only looking for families that are currently active? If a poker-playing member of a family is dead, then I think they should still count. By that logic, I would also include divorced couples, provided that they both played poker while they were married — such as Bill & Kristy Gazes and Carlos & Cecelia Mortensen. If you’re restricting the list to active families, then I can see leaving off the divorced couples, but you’d also have to leave off dead players (like Puggy Pearson).

Again, it depends on what kind of list you’re trying to compile.

Eric & Alex Brenes have both won WPT titles, the only family members to accomplish that feat on the WPT.

I think the criteria for this list (decent results in biggish events) is lower for y’all than it is for me. Maybe it’s because I spend most of my time in the industry at the biggest events, so I have a higher standard for what constitutes decent results in biggish events. It seems that you’re including anyone who plays occasional tournaments or is involved in the industry (like Max Shapiro or Pam Brunson).

That means Shirley and David Williams (mother & son) should be put back on the list.

Another possibility among the players we know is Steve Wong and Donna Varlotto. I’m just not sure if they’re formally married or not.

I would also second everyone in Kevin Mathers’ most recent comment.

On a lesser scale:

Vadim and Ilya Trincher

Other married couples:
Chip and Karina Jett
Ming and Chris Reslock
Nichoel Peppe and Tad Jurgens

Former husband/wife Carlos and Cecilia Mortensen

(Are the Bingers brothers, btw?)