Todd Brunson

He quickly found his grove and started earning a name for himself. Most people dismissed him at first for just having a name. That soon changed and the younger Brunson became one of the most feared players in the game.

To date, he has over $5 million in tournament and cash winnings, a WSOP bracelet and 13th money finishes. More impressive was Brunson being credited as the professional player who stopped Andy Beal in the super high-stakes poker games in 2001-2004. Beal challenged the best players in the world to super high-stakes poker games with the SB/BB being $100,000/$200,000. The best poker players pooled their money together and played heads-up against Beal. The players suffered loss after loss until Brunson was able to stop Beal and turn the tide. Besides being poker royalty, he can also be considered poker’s savior.