He said it on Twitter so it\’s gotta be true …
@TexDolly
No main event for me.maybe the DOJ will stake me.
1:10 AM Jul 4th via Twitter for iPhone
Less than a half hour earlier Brunson tweeted:
@TexDolly
Busted… Total nightmare… Goodbye WSOP
via Twitter for iPhone
… which seems about as long as it might take to come up with such a jab at the DOJ.
UPDATE: He changed his mind.
Still looking to get confirmation on how many main events Brunson has missed before. Many seem to recall his sitting out for a few years in the \’80s — as do I — but have yet to find any definitive source on where he stands in the record books for total number of WSOP main events, consecutive or otherwise.
Brunson joins a growing list of prominent big-money pros who have publicly declared their intent to sit out the 2011 WSOP, along with big-money Full Tilters who have gone silent amid severe legal and financial difficulties and thus are expected to be no-shows.
Doyle Brunson
Phil Ivey
Tony G
Howard Lederer
Chris Ferguson
Am I missing anyone? I mean other than Russ Hamilton …
