'There was almost 20 people in the room at the start of the game.Here are some other updates Loman tweeted throughout the night: Loman did snap a quick picture (see right), one that shows 'Texas Dolly' sweating his son, and you can see that to the right. An image of the game from Loman's Twitter account If they started with five, which is what I thought I saw, Todd up a milly. Todd with six million and Beal with four million+. I'm about to lose my mind,' Loman reported in the first of a series of tweets. 'Andy Beal playing HU 50K/100K with Todd Brunson in Bobby's Room. 23, Beal's most recent return was confirmed thanks to the rise of social media and Loman's reports. Those rumors were unsubstantiated, but on Friday, Jan. Since then there have been rumors that Beal has dabbled in limit hold'em, his favorite game, which, earlier this month, scientists claimed they solved. It was at that point Beal claimed he was done with poker. He quickly lost $3.3 million, went on a three-day $13.6 million upswing, and then lost $16.6 million to Ivey in a separate three-day match. Despite winning a massive $11.7 million pot on May 13, 2004, Beal ended up quitting the game with a loss, only to return in Feb. In 20, Beal grew fond of playing high-stakes heads-up limit hold'em, which he played against a group of poker players nicknamed 'The Corporation' in a legendary game documented in Michael Craig's classic book, The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King: Inside the Richest Poker Game of All Time.Īs Craig described it, Beal won and lost millions in the game as he circulated through players such as Ted Forrest, Jen Harman, Phil Ivey, and both Todd and Doyle Brunson. According to poker pro Kyle Loman, who was live tweeting the match while playing in a different game outside the high-stakes room, each bought in for $5 million, and when all was said and done, Brunson held all the chips.įew amateur players have shook the poker world quite like Beal, a Texas billionaire who made his fortune through real estate and banking. He's back! Andy Beal was spotted late Friday night and early Saturday morning playing heads-up limit hold'em with blinds of $50,000/$100,000 in Bobby's Room at Bellagio against Todd Brunson.

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