Now That’s Dedication!
Hal Lubarky is a very good poker player, he placed 118th out of 335 players in the World Series of Poker in 2007 with a chip count of over four hundred thousand dollars at the end of it. Hal is special in his poker playing abilities even more so due to the fact that he is is legally blind. A poker enthusiast from a young age Hal found himself struck with a serious eye disease in the late nineties that left him unable to read the cards.
Hal fell into a great depression when he was forced to give up the game he loved but eventually was coaxed into trying an online poker game with a friend over his shoulder reading the cards to him. Soon Hal had discovered a new way to play the game he had loved. Hal progressed to live poker games and finally started entering tournaments. It was a red letter day for Lubarky when the gaming officials finally altered the rules so as to allow handicapped people to play in professional tournaments. To most players at last year’s tournament Hal is an inspiration. Hal is just happy to be able to enjoy his game again.
