I watched a really interesting epidsode of Beyond the Glory today about poker legend, Doyle Brunson.I really don't know much about poker. I learned to play it on an Amtrak train from Los Angeles to Philly thanks to some fellow passengers killing just about the same amount of time. However, I didn't know anyone who played, so I lost the "how to's" of it shortly thereafter.
Watching this documentary didn't require a PhD in poker, though. It was an interesting glimpse into the life of Brunson, a poor kid from Texas that turned the "lemons" of a freak injury, that caused the end to his NBA dream, into the "lemonade" of becoming a poker legend.
He even wrote a book about his strategies. According to the show, he charged $100 for each book and sold 300,000 of them at the time. Smart, smart man--at the game and at life; both of which, at times, is one big gamble.
Brunson just seems like the type to look a challenge and grave disappointment in the eye and find a way around it. I admire that in people and I guess that's why the show caught my attention.
**Also given some attention in this documentary was poker player, Barry Greenstein, who donates a lot of his earnings to help children in need.
2 comments:
You're right RT, he is a very interesting fellow- Made and lost millions, or so people say, but he never stays down. He's always looking for the positive.
I guess it is refreshing to hear stories about someone who didn't have a victim-like attitude. He overcame quite a few setbacks in life. He just happened to do it in a way that most people don't.
I think in the comfort offered by our present times allows for us to feel like victims a bit more than the generations past.
Stories like that really interest me.
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