Lyle Berman Writes About His Life in the Poker World
Among the achievements of Lyle Berman in the poker industry are his victories in cash games, his three World Series of Poker bracelets, and his establishment of the World Poker Tour. Prior to Lyle Berman's penetration of the poker world, he was already a successful businessman. His family was engaged in the fur industry in Minneapolis and owned several leather goods stores. Lyle Berman was the one who founded Grand Casinos and he was one of the biggest investors of the Rainforest Café.
These are only some of his achievements but it is pretty obvious that the Life of Lyle Berman should definitely be recorded. Besides, Lyle Berman is also interested in sharing his life story with the hope that he gets to inspire a lot of people to work harder and more seriously. And this is the reason why Lyle Berman collaborated with poker writer Marvin Karlins. Together, they were able to complete Lyle Berman's autobiography titled "I'm All In! High Stakes, Big Business and the Birth of the World Poker Tour."
Since the life of Lyle Berman is mostly composed of business and poker, these two things comprise the poker book "I'm All In! High Stakes, Big Business and the Birth of the World Poker Tour." Lyle Berman starts his poker book with a description of how he was brought up in Minneapolis. It was in this state where he learned how to gamble with his friend and it was also in this state where he learned how to be a businessman by working at the business of his family. Because of the fact that he had been hooked in playing poker at such an early age, it was not surprising that he got kicked out of school for conducting a poker game. But such failure did not hinder him from becoming a successful businessman and professional poker player.
What makes "I'm All In! High Stakes, Big Business and the Birth of the World Poker Tour" a realistic poker book is that Lyle Berman does not only share the positive side of his life. He also talks about the negative aspects of his life to ensure that the readers get to relate to his life. Lyle Berman believes that reaching his audience that way will make them feel that his life is not at all different from their lives. Thus, it is possible for these readers to also attain the goals achieved by Lyle Berman.
Aside from being kicked out of school, the other negative aspects of Lyle Berman's life that he mentions in "I'm All In! High Stakes, Big Business and the Birth of the World Poker Tour" include being divorced a couple of times and his shortcoming of not being able to spend time with this family.
"I'm All In! High Stakes, Big Business and the Birth of the World Poker Tour" does not discuss any poker strategy or it does not offer any poker tip or piece of advice. This book has been written to merely inspire poker players to do better in their craft. And we believe that Lyle Berman has succeeded in inspiring his readers through "I'm All In! High Stakes, Big Business and the Birth of the World Poker Tour."