To: gregor who wrote (6577 ) 8/16/2005 11:50:56 AM From: Shoot1st Read Replies (1) | Respond to Don't look for inconsistency in my words.....Phil Gordon, who has won more than $1.3 million on the World Poker Tour and co-hosts Celebrity Poker Showdown on Bravo, is a world-class poker player and teacher, as well as a respected and successful author. His first book, Poker, The Real Deal, sold nearly 100,000 copies in four months and was widely praised in poker circles. His second book will be released in October. Gordon is a major fundraiser for the Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation, where he serves on the Board of Directors.I’ve been watching a lot of poker on TV lately (remember it is the dead of summer here in Las Vegas) and every show has one or two or more dot com multi-millionaires. Often these guys are retired thirty somethings with way too much time and money, people that discovered poker after they became the idle rich. I am not talking about professional players like Barry Greenstein, a retired millionaire software developer, whom has played poker for decades and donates all his winnings to children’s charities. I watch Barry and most of his play is textbook perfect"
