| The Godfather of Poker: The Doyle Brunson Story |  | Authors: Doyle Brunson, Mike Cochran
Publisher: Cardoza
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Media: Roughcut
Edition: 1
Pages: 352
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9
Dimensions (in): 8.7 x 5.9 x 1.5
ISBN: 1580422578
Dewey Decimal Number: 795.412092
EAN: 9781580422574
ASIN: 1580422578
Publication Date: November 10, 2009
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The story of Doyle Brunson, an American treasure and the greatest poker player of all time, is one for the ages. It’s a story of guts and glory, of good luck and bad, of triumph and unspeakable tragedy, of courage and grace. He has survived whippings, gun fights, stabbings, mobsters (the real-life ones portrayed in the movie Casino), murderers, and a death sentence when, riddled with incurable cancer, he was given months to live by doctors who told him his hand was played out. Apparently, fate had never played poker with Brunson—he lived. Of a group of 32 men he played poker with in the tough alleys of Texas, just he and one other survived the treacherous perils of that life. A master of the bluff, his most outrageous bluff came after being pistol-whipped and told he’s going to die with a gunman pointing a pistol at his forehead. Again, he lived. He’s gambled for millions of dollars—and with his life against the real-life mobsters and killers made famous in the movie Casino—and was the biggest sports bettor in the world with a reputation of betting enormous sums of money on just about anything. Doyle has not only made more money at golf than anyone else until Tiger Woods came along, he once bet one million dollars on a single hole—that, when he was virtually wheelchair-bound and could barely stand. He’s been hard-up flat broke more times than he’s got fingers and has won millions of dollars just as many times. Brunson has seen it all: from the athletic dreams and a leg shattered by a freak injury which waylaid his path to the NBA (he was drafted by the Lakers), to the devastating death of his first-born daughter, to outrageous exploits like trying to discover Noah’s Ark and raise the Titanic. Doyle’s rollercoaster of a life defines the saying: Truth is stranger than fiction. Twice a winner of the prestigious World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, he's won millions and lost millions—sometimes in seconds—but decidedly more of the former than the latter. Brunson can still be found playing in the highest stakes poker games in the world, often with as much as one million dollars in front of him. To every one of the 250 million people worldwide who play poker each year, Doyle Brunson, is the legendary “Babe Ruth of Poker”—the greatest gambler and poker player who has ever lived.
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great book - thanks! July 24, 2010
jmdangelo
item rec'd in good readable condition, just as promised. very happy with this transaction. thanks!
One of the best biographies I have ever read May 7, 2010
Craig Gross (Lansdale, PA USA)
This is a story of a man who literally had his dreams crushed just as his college days were coming to an end. He soon set off on a way of life that would begin as one's man's journey, but would come out the other end as a legend.
The life of Doyle is not just a memoir of poker, it is a piece of old Americana. It takes us back to the old days of Texas, where some didn't have electricity, and bath water was carried up the stairs to the bathtub. Oh, and yes, there were still out-houses. We are hearkened back to the 50's, college days, sports, and the hopes of a bright future. Along the way fate comes crashing down upon Doyle, thus forcing him down a new path of his choosing, and that choice would be poker.
We continue to follow this gripping, and detailed life from the back streets of Texas, to remote mid-western destinations, long lonely roads, and eventually to the burgeoning days of an old Las Vegas. The story continues through one mans eyes as he literally watches the new world slowly overtake the old, and replace want was once a mafia run town, turn into a modern day tourist attraction.
This book is a riveting and exciting account of one man's life through rough and tumble times. We see through Doyle's eyes the old America slowly turn into what it is today. We learn of a bygone era and discover how a man accidentally becomes a legend.
Amazing life & great read March 31, 2010
Anthony M. Rossi (Southern New Jersey)
I just finished Doyle's life story, and the book exceeded all of my expectations.
He pulled no puches in what has been an incredible journey from the cotton fields of Texas, through the mean streets of Ft. Worth, on the road with Slim & Sailor,
and onto the high limit world of Las Vegas. Doyle really shares his life, the good, bad, legal, not so legal. He has seen things that very few us will ever see or experience, as many of the old road gamblers and that lifestyle are long gone.
This man is as tough as they come, has unlimited "gamble", but also a big heart.
I highly recommend taking this journey with poker's Babe Ruth - it's a wild ride!
 Life of a professional gambler March 29, 2010
M. Anderson (Dallas, Texas)
Doyle Brunson, a poor West Texas farm boy has done well to overcome adversities. The book is inspiring, motivational and educational. Overcoming the gambler's stigma of hypocrisy from college alumni and administration took courage and determination to live a life he loved and is a testimonial to his character. Learning to handle and adjust to pressure in high stakes poker and golf "high money games" is a unique characteristic of professional gamblers, and perhaps an attribute more people should aspire to achieve in life. Autobiographer Mike Cochran writes in a humorous and entertaining style that makes the reader eager to get to the next page. For a guy that has never played one hand of poker, I thoroughly enjoyed this book.
From the cotton field to the top March 20, 2010
Herman Jackson
The path Doyle Brunson has traveled is indeed a fascinating one and a unique one. Those of us who grew up in similar surroundings know only too well the unending dawn-to-dusk labor he saw at an early age. And, like Doyle, we walked those unending rows of cotton looking for a way out. Doyle's out - into the world of professional basketball - was shattered along with his leg, but the resilience that came with growing up in that environment saw him through. Only a handful such as Doyle and Johnny Moss found that path where risking everything on ones wits would lead to such success, and none who traveled that path did so with more style than Doyle Brunson.
Some of the stories made the hair literally stand up on the back of my neck - the cheating, the hijackings, the law. Growing up in a religious home, Brunson walked a tightrope playing big stakes poker while concealing his livlihood from his parents.
Poker was indeed different in the 1950-1960 era when it was simply illegal in Texas. But it was the harsh, unyielding, and sometimes brutal schooling of those days that made men like Doyle Brunson, Amarillo Slim, etc. the men they are. No computers for simulating hands - deal the cards until you have the answer. Nobody to assure the games are on the level - figure out the gimmick and turn it to your own advantage. No protection from hijackers - carry your own protection.
And through it all Brunson is - though a big time gambler by any reasoning - the honest upright "good" man his parents would have wanted.
If you like a good story, read this book. If you want to understand how poker came to the sanitized casino environment, read this book. If you want to get a sense of the forces that made Doyle Brunson into the man he is, read this book.
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