Billy Baxter

Billy Baxter

Billy Baxter

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$3,211,671 total poker live earnings

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Nationality
United States
GPI Rank
247,365
WPT Wins
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total poker live earnings
$3,211,671

Biography

Billy Baxter is an American poker player and seven-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner. Five of Baxter’s seven bracelets have come in 2-7 Draw. He was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 2006 and has amassed over $2.7 million in career earnings. Baxter famously won a 1986 court case that argued that poker was a game of skill. In 2010, Baxter narrowly missed out on a World Poker Tour title, finishing fifth for $246,921. This remains the largest cash of Baxter’s career. More than a decade later, Baxter came within inches of winning his first Hold’em bracelet in the $1,000 Seniors Championship at the 2023 WSOP, finishing runner-up to Lonnie Hallett for $473,212. Billy Baxter WSOP Bracelets

Year Tournament Prize (US$)
1975 $1,000 Deuce to Seven Draw $35,000
1978 $10,000 Deuce to Seven Draw $90,000
1982 $10,000 Deuce to Seven Draw $95,000
1982 $2,500 Ace to Five Draw $48,750
1987 $5,000 Deuce to Seven Draw $153,000
1993 $5,000 Deuce to Seven Draw $130,500
2002 $1,500 Razz $64,860

PokerNews Covered Events

Event Place Prize
2023 World Series of PokerEvent #48: $1,000 Seniors Championship 2nd $473,212
2021 World Series of PokerEvent #67: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event World Championship 733rd $17,500
2019 World Series of PokerEvent #32: $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold’em Championship 764th $1,603
2018 World Series of PokerEvent #8: $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball 18th $7,163
2013 World Series of PokerEvent #33: $2,500 Seven-Card Razz 24th $5,752
2008 World Series of PokerEvent 40 - $2,500 2-7 Triple Draw 7th $15,054
2008 World Series of PokerEvent 5 - $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em w/ Re-buys 59th $8,971
2007 World Series of PokerEvent 55 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Holdem 136th $58,570
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Biography Todd Brunson may be the son of poker legend Doyle Brunson, but since turning pro himself after dropping out of Texas Tech University, Todd had put his own stamp on the poker world. Among his accolades, Todd has amassed over $3.2 million in career tournament earnings and owns his own WSOP gold bracelet. Much like his father, most of Todds poker career has been spent playing cash games. Hes a regular in the highest limits around Las Vegas and has proven himself to be one of the best players in the world. Outside of the cash games where he has won millions, Todd has had significant success in tournaments. His tournament results date back to 1990. In 1992, Todd cashed at the WSOP for this first time in two events. The following year in 1993, he won $198,000 after taking down the Jim Brady Month Championship Event. In 1994, he won another six figures in a tournament after taking down the $1,500 No-Limit Holdem Hall of Fame Poker Classic. A few years went by without much stirring up the record books until 2000. This year, Brunson finished second to Ronnie Williams in the Jack Binion World Poker Open in Tunica for nearly $120,000. Two years later, five cashes at the WSOP rolled in. Immediately following the WSOP at the Festa al Lago II, Brunson won nearly $160,000 after taking down the $2,000 No-Limit Holdem event. At the 2005 WSOP, Todd would get his hands on World Series gold for the first time, a feeling that his father has come to know all too well over the years. Toss took down the $2,500 Omaha Hi-Lo event for over $255,000. The final table held Allen Kessler, Manny Minaya, and Allyn Jaffrey Shulman as some of Brunsons obstacles. His father Doyle also won a bracelet this year, making them the first father-son combo to both win bracelets in the same year. He also made two more WSOP final tables that year with an eighth- and a sixth-place finish for over $140,000 combined. The year had continued success for Todd after he finished runner up in the Poker Superstars Inivitational Grand Final for $140,000. He was able to earn $95,000 total from winning some of the events preliminary matches as well. To kick off 2006, Brunson won $500,000 at the Quarter Finalists Freeroll of the Poker Superstars Invitational. He also won the tournaments Grand Final for the second year in a row and earned himself another $400,000. In 2007, Brunson placed in the money in six WSOP events. His best finish that year was a seventh place for over $50,000. Off the felt, Todd has helped work with his father in the book Super/System 2. Todd wrote the seven-card stud hi-lo section of the book. Hes also contributed to Daniel Negreanus book and had some stories about him told in The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King.

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