Doyle Brunson Undergoes Another Successful Cancer Surgery

The legendary Doyle “Texas Dolly” Brunson went under the surgeon’s knife earlier this week to remove a cancerous growth from his face.

Brunson, a 10-time World Series of Poker gold bracelet winner and member of the Poker Hall of Fame, took to Twitter on Monday and informed his army of 422,000 followers that the surgery to remove squamous carcinoma had been successful.

Squamous cell carcinoma is a cancer of the squamous cells, which are the main part of the epidermis of the skin, although they also occur in the lining of the lungs and digestive tract. This form of cancer is responsible for 90 percent of cases of head and neck cancer, and is most common in patients in their 70s.

In February 2015, Brunson revealed that he was scheduled for the 12th major surgery of his life after doctors discover four tumors on his head. At the time, Brunson tweeted “Simple or not, this will be my 12th major operation. Gonna play poker now because I always heard [you] get lucky right before [you] die.”

The post made by Brunson’s daughter, Pam Brunson, was less tongue-in-cheek. She wrote, “I’ve been hesitant to update about my Dad’s cancer on Facebook because I just can’t take negative and rude comments about my Dad …

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