The real test of character is not watching someone during a time of celebration. Rather, it is watching someone in a time of despair. Anyone can behave politely when things are going good. But what about during the bad times? What do they do? How do they act? This notion brings about the old saying, “adversity introduces a man to himself.”



The 2006 Pot-Limit Hold’em championship concluded on July 21, 2006. But the story of John Gale and his inspiring gold bracelet-winning victory started more than a year earlier.