Many of the poker idols in this series have been those who have battled across the poker ages to succeed, people like Doyle Brunson, Erik Seidel and Johnny Chan. Those names have all become legends, but modern legends deserve just the same respect and the man who has won more money in professional poker tournaments than any other chiefly so.  

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Bryn Kenney is a bona fide poker legend, having cashed for over $56.4 million at the live felt – that’s more money than any other poker player in history. But what more is there to him? Where did the Long Beach native come from to dominate the poker world?  

Let’s step back in time to get to know a poker idol who is at the top of the tree right here and now too – Bryn Kenney.