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.
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.
ReplyDeleteI 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.
ReplyDeleteI 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.