it may be a case of the ' you have it and i will never get close enough to touch it, let alone own it syndrome.'.he had an awfull lot of things going for him. being at the right place at the right time where as a lot of us get there but either too late or too early. also his attitude on life. from what i have read ,,he never had to play poker and a lot of times he played because he was asked by friends and strangers some with motives of thier own true enough and to see this in another person it isn't hard for me to see where anyone who could never become a person like that ,would become pissed and find any reason to diss him your right it doesn't make it right but it does happen. and yes he played some great poker!!!