Backgammon and Jim's Influence

Dan was on a gifted track in school. At the Mayfair Jim was grinding back gaming games but he wasn't hustling. He didn't rely on any act to convince people he was bad. In fact Jim is basically incapable of giving people the wrong impression about how sharp he is. People would come over from the stock market after a day and play me even if they thought they couldn't win. It was just a different era. Just to try and beat me. I was actually able to also give lessons then for $200 an hour which nobody was getting because I had gotten lucky in one of the number of tournaments. But I never had, I never made believe ever that I was