Doyle's Poker Wisdom
Here's a great quote from the book, "Poker Wisdom of a Champion" by Doyle Brunson. I got this book for Christmas.
"What an idiot!" a player once whispered to me, nodding to a doctor across the poker table. "He don't know enough to throw away a pair of 6s against an obvious flush."
Two hours later that same player suffered a chest pain and immediately sought the doctor's advice. is this normal? How can you tell it's not a heart attack?
He wanted to know everything, and the doctor answered calmly and professionally. It turned out to be nothing, and here are some words the doctor never said: "You're an idiot. Your can't even tell heartburn from a heart attack!" Too bad -- those words would have been appropriate.
The book is pretty good. Lots of amusing anecdotes; however, most of them are quite brief. The Bobby Baldwin book is good too "Winning Poker Secrets." The book is more a biography of Baldwin rather than a strategy book. A really interesting read though.
Phil
"What an idiot!" a player once whispered to me, nodding to a doctor across the poker table. "He don't know enough to throw away a pair of 6s against an obvious flush."
Two hours later that same player suffered a chest pain and immediately sought the doctor's advice. is this normal? How can you tell it's not a heart attack?
He wanted to know everything, and the doctor answered calmly and professionally. It turned out to be nothing, and here are some words the doctor never said: "You're an idiot. Your can't even tell heartburn from a heart attack!" Too bad -- those words would have been appropriate.
The book is pretty good. Lots of amusing anecdotes; however, most of them are quite brief. The Bobby Baldwin book is good too "Winning Poker Secrets." The book is more a biography of Baldwin rather than a strategy book. A really interesting read though.
Phil