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Hold 'EM Over Kill It is True Doyle Brunson is one of the Legends of Poker primarily because of the high risk reputation he gained through all the back room card games in Texas. He has won 9 WSOP Gold Bracelets, including 2 back to back Titles in the 70's. But the question has to be asked , What have you done for me lately? Most of the younger, and newer players to the game have read Super System, and Brunson basically spilled his guts, and strategy out on the table when writing that book. Which can possibly explain why he has not won a title since. On World Poker Tour show 2/16/2005, Brunson with a 9 to 1 chip lead lost in 5 hands to David Sklansky, now that would be like Michael Jordan playing one on one with someone leading 40 to 10 going to 50, and losing, that is total embarasement. You can take all the odds, strategys, philosophys and what ever is being sold to hype Texas Hold 'em right now, and the game boils down to the LUCK OF THE DRAW. Yes the strategies, and odds can help keep you in the game longer, but when all is said and done the Luck of The Draw makes or breaks the player. Texas Hold 'EM is a good if not the best poker game, but all the media hype, and overkill is going to cause a negitive back lash in a year or two that will seriously deminish the interest in the game. Craps at one time was the big casino glamor game, but it is seldomly mentioned any more, just like Rubex Cubes were all the rage in the 80's. All the hype, is doing Texas Hold 'EM a dis service, because it will fade in the sun set as yesterdays fad.