Legendary poker player Doyle Brunson tweets that he was likely target of robbery

By CHRISTIAN BERTOLACCINI LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

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Poker icon Doyle Brunson plays during the third day of the World Series of Poker Main Event on Thursday at the Rio Convention Center. Brunson, 79, who won the event in 1976 and 1977, was one of 747 players remaining late Thursday. The final 648 will make the money.

A legendary poker champion took to Twitter on Friday, telling his 400,000-plus followers that he was the likely target of an armed robbery of a neighbor who lives down the street from him in the southwest valley.

Doyle Brunson, a two-time World Series of Poker main event champion and winner of 10 WSOP bracelets, said a police officer came to his home and informed him that a neighbor on his street was robbed at gunpoint.

A police officer just left my house. There was a robbery a few doors from my house last night. the robber told the guy he knew he was

— Doyle Brunson (@TexDolly) August 12, 2016

a poker player and got him in his garage. that was probably meant for me. Don't these idiots know we leave our money at the casinos where

— Doyle Brunson (@TexDolly) August 12, 2016

we play? He told the victim his cut was supposed to be 700,000. WARNING…I carry a pistol with me at all times. When I come home I get out

— Doyle Brunson (@TexDolly) August 12, 2016

of my car with a gun in my hand. I have all kinds of silent alarms, motion detectors, etc. Plus I'm 83 years old, have been good with guns

— Doyle Brunson (@TexDolly) August 12, 2016

all of my life and am not going to be robbed again. 5 times in my life is enough! So any aspirations of trying had better be reconsidered!!!

— Doyle Brunson (@TexDolly) August 12, 2016

The robber got about $500 from his victim and said he was going to kill his informants for giving him the wrong house.

— Doyle Brunson (@TexDolly) August 12, 2016

According to Metropolitan Police Department dispatch logs, a robbery was reported at 8:56 a.m. Friday, down the street from Brunson’s home. Metro spokesman Jesse Roybal confirmed the robbery but did not provide additional details.

Although three other poker players live in the area, Brunson said he believes he was the intended target of the robbery.

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