Poker Pros Doyle Brunson, Vanessa Selbst Get In Ugly Twitter Exchange

As election day draws near, it appears that politics have driven a huge wedge between two of the best no-limit hold’em players the game has ever seen.

Poker Hall of Famer Doyle Brunson and three-time bracelet winner Vanessa Selbst got into it on Thursday over Trump vs. Clinton. The argument began with Brunson saying something anti-Clinton and Selbst chiming in. It ended with both poker players taking a shot at each other’s character in the gambling world.

Brunson referenced a controversial prop bet Selbst had this past summer at the World Series of Poker with Jason Mercier. Selbst responded, “Yeah, paying $100,000 [equals] welching. I doubt you want to start a debate about ethics in poker.”

The 83-year-old poker legend no longer competes at the WSOP, but he’s still a fixture in high-stakes cash games in Las Vegas. Selbst, 32, is a Yale Law School grad and the top female tournament earner of all time.

@TexDolly You're just like the rest of the ignorant masses. Recycling talking points, making assertions, avoiding actual facts and logic.

— Vanessa Selbst (@VanessaSelbst) September 22, 2016

@VanessaSelbst Don't know if you follow me but if you do, please unfollow me. You showed me your character when u welshed on Jason.#triedto

— Doyle Brunson (@TexDolly) September 22, 2016

@TexDolly I haven't followed you for a long time. And yeah, paying 100k = welching. I doubt u want to start a debate about ethics in poker.

— Vanessa Selbst (@VanessaSelbst) September 22, 2016

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