I forgot to mention an interesting book I picked up last week--Poker Wisdom of a Champion by Doyle Brunson. Having spent the past three years or so reading just about every poker book ever printed, somehow I overlooked this one. (I also haven't gotten around to reading Super System II just yet, either).
Anyhow, it's a pretty easy read--I think I finished the whole thing in less than two hours, but it's a collection of about 40 or so poker tips, each with a short story illustrating the point. It's fairly entertaining, but it's in it's second printing--it was first published back in the early 80's, I think. The stories won't really give you any lightning-bolt insight into how to win a bracelet, but it's more like listening to Grandpa sitting on the porch swing talking about the old days as a road gambler--great stories, with a few practical nuggets of insight sprinkled around.
Speaking of poker, I just realized the other day that my car issues are going to preclude me from playing in any of the World Series events this summer like I'd planned on doing. I was definitely going to do the $500 buy-in Casino Dealers tournament, maybe one of the $1000 Limit tourneys, and I was considering even playing in a satellite or two hoping to stumble ass-backwards into the Main Event. But that idea has gone completely out the window now. Probably for the best--I think I'm probably the textbook definition of Dead Money. Well, maybe not as much as Doc Al or Terry, but you know what I mean.
Heh.
Guess that bracelet will just have to wait another year...
Mikey
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