Doyle Brunson's Super System 2 - A Course in Power Poker (Doyle Brunson)(1), Poker, Książki
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FOREWORD
by Avery Cardoza
Super/System 2 gathers together the greatest poker players and theoreticians
today. This book is not meant to replace the original Super/System, but to be
an extension of that great work, with more games, new authors, and most
importantly, more professional secrets from the best in the business. Doyle’s
expert collaborators have won millions upon millions of dollars in cash
games—that’s each one of them. You’ll be learning expert strategies from a
pool of talent that includes three world champions—Doyle Brunson, Bobby
Baldwin, and Johnny Chan (Doyle and Johnny being two-time consecutive
winners). Add to that an all-star team of contributors with so many World
Series of Poker bracelets among them, you could fill a bucket with their gold.
And, for good measure, throw in Mike Caro, a world-class player who is the
leading poker researcher, theoretician and instructor. These are the superstars
of the game.
With the completion of Super/System 2, Doyle has created two powerful
works that every serious poker player simply must own. This makes the two-
volume set of Super/System a full library of the best playing advice,
strategies and professional concepts ever put into print. Own both these
books, and you’ll have the complete masterpiece of poker.
It is impossible to overstate the importance of Doyle’s accomplishments and
the tremendous impact he has had—and still has—on the game. He is the
“Babe Ruth of Poker,” a living legend who has been at this game for fifty
years and still plays in the highest limit poker games in the world. Along the
way he won back-to-back world championships in 1976 and 1977 and a total
of nine WSOP gold bracelets, tied for the most ever at the time of this
writing. I’d bet he’s won more money playing poker than any man who has
ever lived.
Along with Crandell Addington and a few other early players, Doyle
introduced Texas hold’em to Nevada, an event that has had profound
implications on the world of poker. In fact, the widespread popularity that
televised no-limit hold’em enjoys today would never had occurred if not for
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these men. Crandell will tell you more about this event and its ramifications
in his chapter on the evolution of hold’em. When the History Channel did a
special on the history of poker, the producer, slightly embarrassed, told me
that the program had turned into the Doyle Brunson hour—every player
interviewed paid homage to the man that is poker, Doyle Brunson. The
original Super/System, published in 1978, is the single most influential poker
book ever written. Back then, the original price of $100 was a lot of money
for a book, but this was no ordinary book; this was the bible of poker.
Super/System was a steal at that price. The same holds true today. And why
not? This book changed the way players looked at that game and, for the first
time, gave away secrets that brought readers to a new level of expertise. The
master of poker had spoken, and the game would never be the same.
I had always admired this book and through my friendship and association
with Mike Caro, the “Mad Genius of Poker,” Doyle and I got together. We
made a deal to get Super/System out to the mainstream bookstores as a
paperback for the very first time, and people who had never been exposed to
this great work just went gaga over this bonanza of poker riches. Did they
ever! Super/System hit #1 worldwide on Amazon, ahead of the Harry Potter
books and best-selling authors like Steven King and John Grisham. Even as I
write this, Super/System holds steady in the top 100 of all titles—usually in
the top 40. Pretty heady stuff. In the bookstores themselves, Super/System
sales eclipsed those of all other titles in the gaming category.
Doyle just keeps going. He’s somewhat past the age where the government
kind of suggests you collect your paychecks and retire, but the competitive
fire that has powered his entire career still burns fiercely. So what does the
legend do? In late August 2004, at the Bicycle Club, Doyle plays against the
largest field ever to play a World Poker Tour event to date—667 players.
And he wins it all. Again. He takes home more than a million dollars cash.
The legend grows. And the accolades and accomplishments keep coming—a
World Poker Tour event named after him, a poker-playing website that bears
his name, an autobiography due in spring 2005, a movie based on his life that
may see the big screen one day soon. And on and on.
I’ve had the honor of getting to know Doyle away from the tables and have
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always enjoyed his company. He’s gracious, wise, and has the big heart of a
Texan. After spending time with him, you walk away feeling a little taller,
because this ex-basketball player makes you a bigger person, and richer,
because he’s a man who’s been a big winner in life—and you take a little bit
of that away with you. I’ve seen the respect he gives and the respect he gets.
All earned. Doyle is more than a great man in poker; he’s a great man, and I
say that with the utmost respect.
Well, it’s time you move on and see the gems of knowledge this book has in
store for you. My friend Doyle has taken good care of you in these pages.
When you’re done studying the wisdom within and have profited from that
very powerful advice, you’ll feel like Doyle’s your good friend, too.
Enjoy this book, profit from it, and remember to give homage to one of the
men who made this modern-day phenomenon possible, Mr. Doyle “Texas
Dolly” Brunson, the greatest poker player who has ever lived. And remember
to honor the game itself, something Doyle loves with every fiber of his being.
Avery Cardoza
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