Non-Breaking News: Doyle Brunson Still Living
by Dan Michalski, May 18, 2008 | 4:04 pm
Doyle Brunson has not died — this according to his own blog, where he reports on his pre-WSOP vacation in Montana. Hmm, I wonder where he coulda heard such rumors — I know one of my generally reliable sources told me that was the story on 2+2 last week, but I could find nothing of the sort. While Pokerati has not independently confirmed the status of Brunson’s vitals, we’ll take his electronic word for it for now. Developing …
UPDATE: Pauly is still alive, too.
Kevin Mathers says:
May 18th, 2008 at 4:50pm
The reason why you don’t see a post on 2+2 is that I deleted the post, then permabanned the person who decided to post the rumor. I’m certain the poker community won’t miss that poster.
DanM says:
May 18th, 2008 at 5:31pm
I didn’t realize you were so powerful, Kmath. I guess next time I will check with you before Brunson’s peeps.
Karridy says:
May 18th, 2008 at 8:00pm
There’s a lesson to be learned here, Dan. If Brunson *had* actually died, you wouldn’t be ready with the insta-post. You should take a page CNN who has obituary/tribute pages standing by for some of the more notable and mortally delicate celebrities.
pkrporcupine says:
May 19th, 2008 at 9:43am
And if you would have checked the rest of your msgs dan, you would have gotten the one from me telling you that I spoke to kevmath. Of course he told me the same thing, just much sooner……hint hint