DOYLISM OF THE DAY: “The word listen contains the same letters as the word silent.”

[Doyle Brunson]

It’s almost time to go to the Commerce for the WPT event. *I’m going to play in the $10K H.O.R.S.E. on the 16th of this month. *Matt Savage is responsible for adding this game and it was a brilliant move. *A lot of us wouldn’t be going this early but the H.O.R.S.E. will bring us. *I also think there will be lots of cash games.

I’m almost through Season 3 of the old miniseries, “Dallas”. *As I was watching J.R. Ewing in his role, I noticed his hat with a feather band around it. *About 10 years ago, Irwin Molansky, who produced Dallas, gave me that hat when he found out I was a fan of the show. *I think it is in my garage, I’m going to check it out. *It has been a couple of decades since Louise and I watched this series and she can’t believe I still remember what happened. *I guess it’s just a poker player’s memory. *It’s a really lazy time for me. *I can’t seem to get any enthusiasm for anything. *Besides watching Dallas, there are Oscar-winning movies on a movie channel and I’ve been watching the great “oldies” like, “An Officer and a Gentleman”, “The Bridge on the River Kwai”, “Gone With the Wind”, and the best of all, “The Godfather” trilogy. *I hate it when I get in a funk like this and I’ve got to snap out of it. *I need to start eating healthy and get out on the golf course. *The trouble with playing golf is I hurt for two or three days afterwards. *Nobody ever said getting old was for sissies.

ESPN called me and they are coming to my house to film. *They are doing a documentary on “Jimmy The Greek”, who I knew very well. *Jimmy Snyder was a columnist for the Las Vegas Sun back in the early 70’s. *He is the guy that stuck the “Texas Dolly” nickname on me because I was trying to avoid publicity. *Jimmy went on to become a national celebrity when he became the football analyst on CBS with Brent Musburger. *“The Greek” as we called him, was a unique guy and also endorsed my first Super System book.

The old group of poker players called the Texas Rounders is getting smaller and smaller. *David Baxter from Corpus Christi, Texas passed from a long illness. *He was instrumental in getting tournament poker started and he won several events before he retired back to Texas. *The only remaining player I can think of out of the professional players that brought Texas Hold’Em to Vegas, are Crandell Addington, Aubrey Day, James “Goody” Roy, Bobby Hoff and Carl McKelvey. *I miss those guys that have died and I remember and miss the great times we shared.

Michael Phelps is getting a lot of flak about his picture smoking dope. *It’s too bad, he is a nice kid but he has to realize his every move is scrutinized and he can’t make mistakes like that. *He has lost lots of money because he has lost some major endorsement deals. *I think Michael will get back on track. *Remember, he is a 23 year old kid.

-DB



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