Jim Brier - A Guy that Must a Lot of Heart

Jim Brier is why I come to 2+2. I wrote a post. He replied. A few days later I was at Oceans Eleven and two guys were talking about 2+2 and I jumped in. It was Jim Brier and Bob Morgan. I didn't know much about 2+2 yet, but I knew I wanted to go where they went.


I came home all giddy to write here about the rendevous. I said that I couldn't get a line on Jim's play because he never saw a flop, but then, we only played for three days. :-)


Yeah, Jim plays tight. So tight that if I hadn't met him, I'd probably be leading the lynch mob. He writes in absolutes about things that aren't, and that's a style of poker writing that tastes bad to me. Only because we met do I know that his writing style does not reflect the humility that is unmistakable in person.


I constantly think of Jim's thoughts while refining my game because Jim has convinced me that if a game is soft enought to live off of, then it can be beaten with a simple plan. Creativity, flair, spunk, shutspah, whatever it is, those art-like qualities we admire in competition, they are not required to win at poker.


Doesn't mean I won't keep looking for the unusual and new. To me, that's fun. And I value fun up there with money. But I always spend chunks of hours doing it how Jim does it too, because, if it had to be done that way, all the time, it could be. Things is, only people with Jim's consistently iron will can pull it off. In that way, I suspect Jim is a better player than virually all of his detractors, and he can play my money, however cautiously, anytime.


Tommy

"...his writing style does not reflect the humility that is unmistakable in person."


He's never come across that way to me with his writing and posting here.


I'm glad you're here and I wish we saw more of Jim still. I want everyone here, so we can all be one big fuzzy bunch. Where's Dan Hanson too.?!


G