Posts Tagged ‘poker’
Visiting the gambling Mecca in Nevada should not be ridiculously monetarily crippling for any person. At least for the smart ones who pick to stay away from the practices in Las Vegas which could cost them one hundred bucks per beverage. I’ve heard things from friends who have visited Las Vegas and they all have just one thing to say. It costs an arm and a leg for one to get through a night in Vegas so what more for those who pretty much live there.
Well for one, I’m pretty sure folks who practically live in Vegas know by now how to get through every single night of drinking, gambling and partying without having to empty your pocket and bank accounts clean. If you’d only learn to take it from the ones who know it more than the gamblers scattered all over Las Vegas, you’d survive for more than a week and still come back completely.
One of the cruel ironies of human existence is that bountiful gifts are often given to those who cannot handle them. Beauty and money come immediately to mind, but talent in a particular discipline is often bestowed upon those who cannot maximize it to its greatest potential. Still others are unwittingly destroyed by some trait or characteristic that makes them exceptional. That’s what makes an athlete like Michael Jordan so exceptional-seldom are awesome talent, desire, discipline and dedication found in the same package in such prodigious abundance. The mass of humanity often reaps the benefits of their talents despite their external flaws. Such was the case with poker great Stu Ungar, who was found dead in his room at the Oasis Motel in Las Vegas on November 22,’98.