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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
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 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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