World Series of Poker execs debate game's Mount Rushmore: 'Doyle has to be first'

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PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas – The World Series of Poker held its first-ever event in the Bahamas this month and stars of the card game came down to the island nation to compete for $50 million in guaranteed prize money.

A handful of former World Series of Poker champions were on hand for the events, including Daniel Weinman and Jamie Gold. As the stars aligned in the Caribbean, it brought up a question about who is on the Mount Rushmore of poker stars.

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Ty Stewart, the senior vice president of the World Series of Poker, and Jack Effel, the vice president of the World Series of Poker, both agreed with one aspect of the debate: Doyle Brunson belongs up there.

Brunson, nicknamed "Texas Dolly," won the World Series of Poker in 1976 and 1977. He won 10 bracelets over the course of his career and made 26 final tables. He died in May at the age of 89.

"Doyle has to be first. Doyle has to be up there," Effel told Fox News Digital at the World Series of Poker Paradise in Atlantis Bahamas. "The others, I think that’s the rest of the debate."

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