Doyle Brunson Autobiography a Five Year Effort

Considered by many to be the "The Godfather of Poker" Doyle Brunson for more than 30 years has been the poker pro. The story teller has just published an autobiography delivering a very interesting read about the characters involved in the game and the passion with which it is played. The book demonstrates the psychology of devoted players and the codes of conduct they live by. Brunson grew up on a cotton farm in Texas and was a high school and college athlete of some note. He earned a master's degree in administrative education and business administration. He took a job selling Burroughs' business machines and while trying to flog one to a pool hall he found a poker game in the back room. "I sat in and cleared a month's salary in less than three hours," wrote Brunson. "I didn't need one of Burroughs' machines to tell me those numbers didn't add up. So I quit."

Mr. Brunson has had a variety of things happen to him in his life that he writes about with certain enthusiasm. He at one time organized Bible study classes that drew high-stakes players away from their big games. He built a Christian television station and even helped fund an archaeological expedition seeking Noah's ark, and along the way he became a student of the Scriptures. This book is a collaboration that took over five years to complete with Mike Cochran, a respected Texas journalist, who has known Doyle since their college days together. Las Vegas-based Cardoza Publishing Co. acquired rights to Brunson's first book, which was re titled as "Doyle Brunson's Super System". Cardoza became the original publisher of "Super System 2," a sequel with additional authors discussing newer games, and three other books by Brunson. Avery Cardoza is thought to have published more gambling books than anybody else in the world. "I wanted to do it because it would be a landmark book about one of the most interesting men of the century, a link to the bygone days of wild west poker," he said, "The story of modern poker pretty much follows the story of Doyle Brunson. He was important to the World Series of Poker; he was important to online poker. In fact, if Doyle didn't get born, modern poker doesn't happen."