BY TOM SOMACH

Seventy-four-year-old poker legend Doyle “Texas Dolly” Brunson proved “he still got game” this week at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas, finishing sixth in a major event and taking home a six-figure payout for his trouble.

The event was WSOP Event #50, a $10,000 buy-in, pot-limit Omaha tournament with 314 entrants and a total prize pool of $3,140,000.

The event was won by Robert Mizrachi of Sunny Isles Beach, Fla., USA, who earned $768,889.

Finishing in second was Rene Mouritsen of Copenhagen, Denmark, who picked up $464,877.

Ending up in sixth place was Brunson, of Las Vegas, Nev., USA., who collected $123,967.

Probably the most famous poker player in the world, Brunson won his first WSOP event in 1976, when the WSOP was just seven years old and few outside the poker world had heard of it.

The event was a lowball tourney that paid Brunson $80,250.

He went on to win 10 WSOP events in all over the course of his lifetime, including the main event in 1976 and 1977, and stands one bracelet behind career leader Phil “Poker Brat” Hellmuth Jr., who has won 11 WSOP championship gold bracelets.

So what does Brunson credit his good fortune to?

It’s either religion or another poker player.

On his player profile at Poker Pages (www.pokerpages.com), Brunson lists his favorite celebrity as “Jesus.”

It’s unclear whether he means Christ or fellow poker player Chris “Jesus” Ferguson.

Other notables finishing in the money in WSOP Event #50 were Scotty Nguyen of Las Vegas, who finished in 15th place and earned $30,992; and Annie Duke of Los Angeles, Calif., USA, who finished in 17th place and took home $28,040.

In other WSOP action, Chandrasekhar Billavara won Event #49, a $1,500 buy-in, no-limit Texas hold ‘em tournament with 3,151 participants and a total prize pool of $4,301,655.

Billavara, who hails from India and now calls San Francisco, Calif., USA, home, earned $722,914 for the big win.

The runnerup was Taylor Douglas of Athens, Ga., USA, who took home $467,101.

Also, Event #51, a $1,000 buy-in, S.H.O.E. tournament with 730 entrants and a total prize pool of $664,300, was won by Dao Bac of Garden Grove, Calif., USA, who earned $157,975.

Finishing in second was Adam Geyer of Austin, Tex., USA, who took home $86,691.

S.H.O.E., a multi-game competition, is H.O.R.S.E. minus the “R” or razz, leaving seven-card stud, hold ‘em, Omaha and eight-or-better stud.

(E-mail Tom Somach at tomsomach@yahoo.com.)