Grow a Poker Face!

How could you pick on Doyle Brunson? He’s the coolest man alive. Wins ten bracelets, and continues to play poker at 79, and with his fans in his own online poker room.
So Layne Flack has the audacity to question his integrity, saying that he won a bracelet because he bought back in.
Well, excuse me, but there is nothing wrong with buying back into a tournament. Here’s the thing, in the WSOP, you have to have SOME chips to buy back in… I mean, you can’t be completely out to buy back in, so it’s not like you’re losing and having a second chance. Not to mention, buying back in adds more money to the pot, and who doesn’t want to win more money? I mean, a million dollars is awesome, but throw another ten thousand on top of that and I won’t complain.
It seems lately that poker players don’t have the same spirit that they did back in Doyle’s day. While poker, especially online poker, is much more challenging than it used to be, and far more competitive, people don’t take it seriously enough, in my opinion.
With all of the finer pointing, and the whining, and the poor sportsmanship – cough, nguyen, cough – it just seems to me that there should be more respect for other players, and frankly, these people need a better poker face.
I think this new generation of people, who have so many luxuries that weren’t always available, online poker being one of them, are too soft. Poker is a tough man’s sport, it requires a lot of tolerance and patience, and sanity, and some people just don’t have it.
Doyle almost died of cancer 40 years ago. He was diagnosed and given 3 months to live. He survived and has continued to be an icon to poker players everywhere, offline and online, he’s still an amazing player, so leave him alone!