It’s probably not easy being the son of the most legendary pokern players in all of history. Surely when Todd got started, he’d sit at the table and start getting ribbed from those in the know, hearing how he’d never be anything like his father, how who does he think he is, etc.

Though like Ken Griffey Jr., there might be some who’d say Todd Brunson has not only made his own name for himself, but that he is just as hardcore a poker player as his father. Playing in all the big cash games and invitational poker TV, Todd has gone deep in Poker Superstars and the NBC National Heads Up Championship, as well as turning a nice profit on High Stakes Poker. He’s also got an amazing ponytail, if you’re interested.

Todd is a model for the quiet player, sitting back and making his moves not based on what the louder players at the table want his attention on, but how the texture of the table feels. Todd is perhaps more an odds and texture based player than some of the more read-based players, but if there is anything to be learned from Todd it is the ways of exploiting a tight aggressive image at the right time, and always keeping tabs on your money. Todd is the kind of player that works for his money, that is not there to gamble. If you want to make a living at poker, you could do worse than following Todd Brunson’s model to the T.