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Phelps May Join Doyles Room Poker
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12 September 2008
 September 12 - An unlikely friendship has sparked between Olympic medalist swimmer, Michael Phelps and the poker great Doyle Brunson. While both have grabbed gold (Brunson for his wins in the World Series of Poker event), the similarity between the two stops there. Brunson runs the hugely popular Microgaming-powered online poker room, Doyles Room, while Phelps is already training for the London Olympics of 2012.
However, the poker industry is rife with rumors that following a meeting between Brunson, his son Todd and Phelps, the swimmer may very soon be joining Doyles Room as a member of its celebrity team. If this partnership comes into fruition, it could very well propel the online poker room to even greater heights.
As it is, Doyles Room enjoys the status as one of the most successful poker sites on the Microgaming network and has the added advantage of accepting US players, meaning a huge cut in the global market.
Stories have emerged that Doyle and Todd Brunson are teaching Phelps how to play poker, so much so that even during the Olympics he supposedly enjoyed some great online poker sessions while he was not practicing for his swims.
Brunson told about his first meeting with Michael Phelps. "What a great feeling to be 23 years old and on top of the world," he said. "What a nice kid! He had a bunch of his friends from home with him and they were the guests of the Palms Hotel and Casino. I got a call that he was an avid poker fan and wanted to meet me, Todd and Hoyt Corkins....Phelps and some of his friends wanted books so I took Super System 1 and 2 to them and they asked all kinds of poker questions. Michael said that all he wanted to do in life was eat, swim and play poker. His suite had a basketball court, a swimming pool, workout room, multiple bedrooms and bathrooms. It must have been 15 - 20 square feet, the nicest one I`ve ever seen."
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