See, I read the book a month ago and really enjoyed it. I like these kinds of stories. No, not one where some guy goes on a drug bender, wasting his money and ends up in jail. No, stories that are real. Things that actually happened and are retold. It is one of the things that makes Positively 5th Street as good as it is.
But days have gone by and I never jotted down what I wanted to say and now don't recall much. Going to Def Leppard/Poison concerts and drinking all weekend may do that to you I guess. But let me try this anyways in outline form:
- What is with the first chapter? One page? I thought I had a defective book.
- Give Matusow credit for allowing people to document his life. Not a lot of good things happened to this man. He brought it on himself and though he couldn't handle it at times, survived.
- I always heard he wasn't like the person you see on TV. That he was quite different and the antics you see at the table help him win money. I believe that after reading this book. Especially with the company he keeps. Some of his friends wouldn't be there if he was that douchebag on TV.
- I couldn't help but want him to win. I would like to see Matusow win another bracelet.
- He had a chance to invest in Full Tilt Poker. On the ground floor even. But he chose to blast through $250,000 in sport betting. WOW!
Go get the book. An at times tragic story about what seems to be a genuinely good guy.
end of crappy review of a really good book
How about something that isn't crappy?
2 comments:
I plan to buy this one soon. Thx.
i was surprised at Chapter 1's punyness but def a good read.
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